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COPTIUGHT; 1»S4, BT YABIKCT. inc. AI.I. BIGHTS BESBJIVED. 



Vol 113* No. 8 



NEW YORK, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1934 



64 PAGES 



N. Y. SEES BIG SUMMER 



CWA Fund for Music Revives 
Dream of Gov't Fme Arts DepL 



Wofd" that the ClVll Works Ad- 
ministration has approved an ap- 
propriation of 120,000 for a music 
project in New York City may have 
ing effect on the music 
World generally despite the relative- 
ly small ;3um appropriated. It marks 
the first Government subsidy ot 
music in the U. S. 

■this Government subsidy of arts 
Is one of those Utopias which mu- 
eioiana and artists generally have 
hoped for for generations and It 
l0(*s like the. CWA, however tem- 
porary, has .paved, the way for 
Bomethlng bigger to follow. Ulti- 
mate aim of such hopeful ones has 
been the Inclusion of a Minister of 
Fine Arts in the President's Cabi- 
net 

:presently the GWA thing, of 
course, is only one of those employ- 
lent giving plans. 
The $20,000 mentioned as ap- 
(Continued ,oji page 61) 

NA6E MAMMAS CAUSE 
BOW PIC'S YANK-OUT 

Pittsburgh, Feb. 5. 

First instance on record here of a 
nabe house yanking a picture before 
end of its run because Of complaints 
from family trade to which It caters 
took place here last week at Harris- 
Fahjlly. Film was Clara BoVr's 
•Hoopla,' booked in for full week. 

At end of three days It^ was 
pulled, not because buslnesis yash't 
satisfactory, according to manage- 
ment, but because no end of moth- 
ers had protested against sending 
.; their. kids to see Bow turning on the 

Hdrs6 opr'y, Will James* 'Smoky,' 
was rushed in to fill 'Hoopla's' un- 
expired time. 



Fire iSale 



Commenting on a recent pre - 
.miere, a Broad^vayite said: 'It 
was so bad even the fireman 
walked out pn.it.' 




Mexico Weighs Good 
And Bad hflaences 
Of Those Americans 



Mexico City, Feb. 15 
Editorial scribe of is^ local paper 
saying American Influence has ben- 
efited Mexico in some respects, but 
hasn't been so hot in others, lists 
following good and bald points of 
Americanism . in Mexico. 

Good: Daily bathing custom 
which has made the Saturday night 
only thing a gag; love of sport, 
which has made indolence a rarity 
and Mexicans happier and health 
ler; horror of obesity, implanted by 
U. S. films that has - radically 
changed, along American lines, n.a 
tional beauty ideals; barber shop 
habit and procedure, with folk now 
eager to be barbered regularly. 

Bad: Flappers and flippers;, drug 
store cowboys and cinema mashers; 
tiny mustaches; ham and eggs, 
which' -promote national indiges- 
tion; fake coffee with crea,m; per- 
fumed tobacco; women smoking; 
incorporation of 'whoopee' artd 
'oke' in the language; cocktails; 
wild parties; vamps; chemical cold 
drinks; knickers and pyjanias for 
femmes, gangsters; gunmen and 
racketeers. 



FOR S. REM 



Transatlantic Travel Wert, 
Because Exchange, 
Should Converge World's 
Pleasure-Seekers Towards 
Manhattan^ — Legit's Ex- 
tensive Plans 



LeGaUieiine Tefls Mpls. Folks 

They Are lousy Americans' 



BEST BREAK SINCE '17 



Prom Checks 



Anti-Nazi Spirits 



Very small deniiand German 
wines, liquor and beer in New York 
since repeal. So far it is virtually 
Impossible to find any Gernriah beer 
save in a few isolated spots. 

Credited ' to the American antl- 
Nazi feelin . 

French wine imports going best; 
Italian (chianti chiefly) and Hurir 
garian (Tokay brand most) selling 
next best. 



The Cherrys Again 

Cedar. Itapl Feb. 

the mauve decade, are ti'ouping 
once again. i?hlrty yearsi' ago • the 
sisters, the corn state's gift to show 
busines-s, were the best bad act in 
vaude. 

"The present venture is one of a 
score or mure made since their 
•eclipse in 1917 from the regular cir- 
cuits.- 



Everything points to a revived 
New York theatre this summer. 
World economic conditions, revolv- 
ing about the new rat^ . of .exchange 
as result of the reestabllsheid F.D.R.. 
dollar, is regarded by New York 
apausement purveyors aa a natural 
to place Manhattan In a fortuitous 
position. 

New York as the playground of 
the world, the direct result of a new 
westward transatlantic travel-con- 
sciousness — instead ot Americans 
going abroad— is expected by the 
theatre and nlte life entrepreneurs 
to boom the metropolis as it hasn't 
been boomed since the war. 

From the nitery angle, with repeal 
no longier luring the bibbers away— 
.i<Gontlnued on page 55) 

CAFES AFRAID 
TO COT COSTS 
ON SHOWS 



ChiciB«o, Feb. B, 
Band leaders poohpooh sur- 
veys, check-ups a.nd. other ac- 
cepted indices to decide on 
their popularity, x 

They generally agpee that 
the best of all indications of 
the standing of an orchestra is 
the demand among colleges 
and high school youths stag- 
ing proms and dances. 



N. Y. May Go Venice, New 
Outdoor Drinkery Idea { 



A little bit of Venice on the 
Harlem River, N. ., may be an 
other result of legal grog. 

Drinking garden Interests are 
mulling the idea of a biff outdoor 
munching-gurgllng development on 
the banks of the old Harlem in up 
per Manhattari, with gondolas and 
canoes and all the Venetian props 
The. boys and girls can ' gondola 
themselves amongst the floating 
bokes, barrels and driftwood...' 

In Chicago during tiie World's 
Fair, the gondola concession on the 
lagoon, proved one of the l)ig at 
tractions. 



Nite spots have come .to And 
themselves in the dilemma the pic- 
ture houses were a couple of years 
I ago. 

With the advent of repeal the 
cafes started ^piling on the namti 
and the talent expense. Joy empo- 
rium operators are now faced with 
the double problem of maintaining 
the naine level and keeping the 
I overhead down to the point where a 
profit is possible. 

Nlterle men are afraid that any 
retrerichmient in the floor-show fare 
will bring a sharp reaction on the 
till. 



Tobacco Road' Bars 
Kds; Editorial Praise 
Accelerates Grosses 

Persons, under the age of 16 are 
not admitted to 'Tobacco Road/ 
48th Street, N. Y., and it's no gag, 
nor is It advertised. Some com 
plaints from women who have at- 
tended the show accompanied by 
children in their earlier 'teens. Box 
o.«Bce has been instructed to advise 
patrons of the no-chlldreh rule. 

'Tobacco Road' has been accorded 
more editorial comment than any 
piay produced In. years. Earlier in 
the engagement the reviewers wrote 
follow-up Sunday yarns, lauding the 
acting then the Daily News, N. Y., 
although ^rating it a fine play, called 
attention to the condition of. poor 
whites in the South. Twice within 
a week the tabloid in its regular 
editorial column spoke highly of 
'Road' as a show and suggested that 
Washington aid In ridding such 
people of hookworm and other mal- 
adies. 

Show just about got by .first two- 
months, getting about $3,000 weekly 
alt the Masque. Plugging by the 
News after It moved to the 48th 
Stret about. doubled the takings. 

Last season 'One Sunday After- 
noon,' which folded at the Little, 
was resuscitated, and it relighted the 
48th Street, where it made a run. 
Cut rati ' a factor for both 
shows. 



Minnes-polis, Feb. 
Minneapolis still .quails from a 
stinging rebuke ladminlstered to It 
by Eva Le Galllenne during a tem- 
peramental outburst, a la Richard. 
Bennett and Ethel- Barrymorei 
which which made her a storm 
center here and brought forth some 
retaliation on the part of the local 
press, 

The. Le Galllenne outburst oc- 
curred during the President's Birth- 
day Ball at the Municipal Audi- 
torium when she publicly scolded- 
patrohs for their sluggishness in 
bidding for a cake which she auc- 
tioned off to provide additional' 
funds for Warm Springs. 

Among other things,, the actress 
told the crowd they 'aire lousy 
Americans,' that the people out 
here don't know what the 'new deal' 
Is, that they made her ashamed of 
h6r 'chosen' country ' and thJ^t she 
couldn't believe they wer©'- 'Vikings," 
Then iafter unbOBomlng herself In 
this fashion, she turned her back 
on the audience and swept off the 
(Continued on. page 61) 



Chi Indie Will Spill 
Inside Trade Stuff 
On Film Protection 



Chicago, Feb, 6. 
Gollos iBrothers are readying" 
newspaper advertising campaign to 
inform the public why their south- 
side Hyde Park theatre is forced to 
play pictures six months old. 

Gollos will bring out the plea that 
their investment in the newly- 
opened theatre is Jeopardized by a 
long protection period that ia not In 
keeping with their prescn.t ad- 
mission. 



FOY FAMILY KIDS 
REUNITING AS ACT 



Los Angele.s, Fob. 

City a'iid county of Los AngclcH'is 
now set up with a portable radio 
sending set for use. in any future 
major disaster. 

Ci-ty and county will use the War 
ner Brothers equipment, KIKD, 
which will be on tap for the au 
thorities whenever needed. 



Columbus, Ohio, Counts 
100 Assorted Niterieg 

Columbus. Feb, 6, 
-Ncw-^-^'ork-^ may=^'be--the=:-theater^ 
I f enter of the world, if there still is 
such a thing, but this town of les.s 
than 350,000 inhabitants lays claims 
to being the night club center of the 
1 universe. 

Town bbasts almost 100 night 
1 .spots with mo.^t of them using both 
regular dance bands and floor show 
1 attractions. 



4 Cops and Chief 



Chicago, Ffeb. 
Tiujse Tucson coppers who ciap- 
turmr^the Chicago and Indiana Dil- 
linger gang are show-^minded al- 
ready. Have, grabbed themselves a 
house manager as agent who is of- 
fering them as an act—four cop- 
pers and a chief. 

-.--T3e<ilflftH- thft . pfirsonak-anpe aran< :.o 
they proml.sc to furnish display, in- 
cluding machine guns, bullet proof 
vests and bags which contained the 
money from the banks. 

Some agents are' talking about 
building them into ji unit" with fi 
line of girls nnd ,'i fan dancfr. lint 
so far the fanner.s have ob.if" tfd to 
swinging bullet proof fc.'UlK-i-s. 



Family .df Eddie Foy will be intact 
onccmoire In vaudeville for the. first 
time since they cornmehced to. 
their Individual ways seven years 
ago. 

Irving Tishman is reuniting the 
'kids' and producing a new act for 
Eddie, Jr., Charlie, Dick, MadeUhe, 
Mary and Irving. Only one missing 
Is Bryan who quit tlie stage years 
ago to become a picture director. 

The six kids parted company with 
their father and went but in an act 
of their own in 1023, A rcconclll- 

Voy'H death in 19:i8, although the 
father and the kids never played. to- 
gether aAca'in. For a couple Of years 
the kids wont It alone hut gradually 
drifted ;iway.froin eae.h other, Eddie, 
.Jr.. went into IftiTt musn." I.s .and. 
picLnV";-; Inrk ami Irying retired; 
Cliarli" and \h'- two girls continued 
togetli(.'i- in an act. 



VAHIETY 



PICT 



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Tuesday, February 6, 1934 



"Rouge' Caravan Has Weather Trouble I 
But Capitol Luncheon Big Success 



Washirigtoh, Feb. 6. Rogers Too Busy biit 

th^MLSSJre ?a"^^;^nrSI^^^ Mfs. Roosevelt Shows Up 

uratlng- the troupe's tour o£ this 
east, had its hlgf moment with a 



Itincheon' In private dining room of 



Washington, Febi 6. 
Will Rogers , and Mrs. Roosevelt, 
night of the President's Birthday 



the tr> Capitol. William Gibbs „jg^jj.^^jQ^ ^goj ^^ere Invited to 



l^cAdOo wiBLs . Qfflipial host and. list 
of guests (present). Included' Vice- 
President .Garner, Speajter Ralney, 
Postmaster-General Farley, Under 



pear at. Loew's Fox mldhight show, 
staged jointly by all local theatres. 

Rogers explBilned he was too busy 
to make the theatre; but Mrs. 



Matador Would Exandoe 
Cphmibia Pix; 30QG Suit 



secretary of Treasury Robert, Mrs. U^^^g^^^j^ ^^^pp^^ up In a box with 
Curtiss pall, 28 senatprs and a l management knowing she 

flock of representatives. J was in the house, 

■Spot was Ideal to get cream ofj ' - - - 

newspa tier crowd. Press gallerlds 
of both houses were practically de- 
fserted as syndicate and wire service 
reporters slipped in. to . look. WRC, 
.local NBC outlet, was on the spot 
with a mijce and whole works, was 
aired. . Farley was. buttpn-holed to 
talk on the ether and was late for Unless ^in appeal Is taken, Co- 
at Cabinet meeting at the White lymhla Pictures, Jack Cobn. y. P-i 
House as a result. [and other officials .of the company,. 

Too Much Snovy [must submit to an examination be- 

Cariiyan, plugging 26th Century's [fbrer trial, according to the decision 
picture, 'Moulin Rouge,' met with handed down Saturday (3) by the 
considerable tough luck on ; first N. T. Supreme; Court,, iri the $300,- 
jauht. The 14 blue and gold limr. MO libel against Columbia 

ouslnes, plus two busses, were, lost brought by Sidney Franklin, 
•in snow enroute from New York, [lyn matador. 

Stars were inaklhg the trip by trialn Franklin, representejd by Attorney 
so it didn't affect them. But tlie [Milton J. Telger, complains 01 
eight bhorus girls had to walk a | "Throwing the Bull,' a Columbia 




WILL MAHONEY 

Week lieb. A, Vptown Theatre Chicago 
The Detroit Free Press si^ld; 
"This comediaji Is so widely knoyji 
and estfibllished as an entertainer 
par .excellencie that he needs no new 
encomiums. His songs, agile legs, 
land his remarkable ability to play 
the xylophonev with his feet never 
weary an audlience." 
AJl CommuniiiatlQns Direct to 

WILL MAHONEV 

460 80th Street 
Brooklyn, Nevy York 



[Nonna Nixes B. & D. Pic« 
After Seemg^npt 



Loew s Offer of a B' way Theatare Exec 
Spot May Cancel Roxys 4-a-Daying 



Play . Contract Halt? 

Mary Morris on Film 

Owing to Mary Mprrls' riinrof- 
the-play tour in 'Doyble Door,' Par- 
amount win probably riot hold up 
production for her of tb© fllm ver- 
sion of -this sbrlptr Nance O'Nell 
looks set for It. , 

Miss O'Nell has left for the COast 
to appear In the Belasco & Cvrran. 
production of 'Door,' doing Miss 
Morris' role, and will -probably go 
Into the picture.. " 

Who Win Be JosepUne 
ToMRobmsoii^W? 

■. . I • ,-, 
Hollyiwood, Feb. 5* 
Warners' speclflcatlohs for the 
woman to play Josephine to. Ed^ 
watd G. Robinson's 'Napoleon' muse 
be taller than, Josephine actualhr 



A managerial proposltlorij 
ported as i?omlng from Loew's, may 
stand between. S. Ij. 
his acceptance of nine 
more of personal appearance dates 
In the picture^ houses. It .Is under* 
stood Rothiafel can have the nln 
week contributed by three circuits, 
if he .<iares to accept.' 

Lioew's proposition, 
a report from Miami, where. Rotha- 

•fel is vacationing, involves his man- 
agement of a Broadway housie; That 
would Indicate the Capitol, biit still 
anqtber report Is. thiat through 
Loew's' the former RAdIo City Mur 
sic Hkll head rhay return to the 
original Roxy theatre, :bn . S6,v6n 
avenue. _ , 

iioew's ' leas6 oh' the' Capitol ex-i 
■plres some time ■" In li93!) and re- 
newal depends on settlement of ren- 
tal differences between now :and 
then. Prom time to tlme Loew's has 
beep said to havO sought the old 



w.ii'Eiv !.••«*«»:. — »-vvi— loeep saia lO nave «uuBin. mc vn* 

was, vare being answreried w^^^ the jiRpxy i^j. protection, in the eveiit 



London, Feb. 6; 



statement that Robinson Is much 
taller than vras Nap. r . : 

.Little Corporal measured aroiinid 
6 feet one Inch, whilei the actor 
who will portray him Is live feet 
eight. Josephine, for whom a nuni- 
ber of women liaV'e been tested but 



the ..Capitol cannot., be • not 
retained.. 

,Tiie Rbthaf el, personal appearance 
negotiations started wheji iQharlle 
MorrJ|s6n, agent,, fiew to Miami last 
week. An offer 'waa received from 
Paramount, wltH Rothafel replying 



gals were over twb hours late and ridicule. Matador further avei*s 

local shows at the Palace (Lioew) that his likeness in the short 'T^s; 

that night had to be presented introduced without his perriiisslbn 
minus costumes since all but play- 



ers^ personal handbags were snow 
bound.,' 

Despite . worst weather of season 
and that troupe' doesn't include a 
sock film namie, the Palace had to 
stop selling a half houx: before stage 
show ' was due. Show contains llt» 
tie talent outside of Roscoo Ates 
and his stutterinigr. Most of the 



Mary Astor and TaAot 
h WB Hetani Terror' 



a boat. ■ V [ Teiasdale and. Kaiy Francis. loria 

She came over on a burry call I g^j^^g^^^ j^^^g j^jg^ j^g^ under con- 
from BritltiH.&j Dominion to do one gj^gj,j^^jQn 
picturet deal . having been set for 1 



.. ^^K,, oer. oE women nave oeen xeaiea dui paramount, wi 

eigne cnorus Bin:? ""^>V, "I t,'"/"",','^ ^w"*""- ""iJri^ri^ I Norma Taltnadge will probably „^ picked, Is to be selected' in he'd accept at a $10,000 salary for 

mile to » f ^^l^'" for New Tork wlthlri tbe ^JJ^^^Jatlve height. Among play- hLselt-aSd his 'gah^,' 

'^^FT^^J'^L^^'^I^I^^ Ottere4.^,500 . , 

Pammouht held out for $7,500, as 
did Rbthafei at $10,000, but, ?icCord- 
Ing to Paramouat oftlclalia, the deal 
was . almost set at the $10,000 figure 
when the. Loew managerial offer ar- 
rived- at Miami, Paramount wanted 
Rothafel for New York, Brooklyn, 
Buffalo, Detroit and Chicago. Warr 
nerfl stepped in, offering Washing- 
tori, Philadelphia . Plttsbuv h,. 
also at $10,000, and Fanchori & 
Marco commenced negotiations m 



biesr by Joseph WE. SiiHenck. Arrived 
five days ago, looked the script, over 
and. decided it isn't ?ood enough. 
Says she didn't even: discuss 
changes proposed for the script, al- 
. _ 1 though she wouldn't mind a com- 
Hollywood, Feb. 5. piete .aubstitution. Meantime she'll 
Mary . Astor gets the top spot in - - . ^ pj^jy^^^^ 



Win Rogers-Fox -Hahim' 
In For New Seqaence 



Mary . Astor gets the top spox back to Florida, 

...o o..-.--*."... — "T- 1 the Edgar Wallace thriller, 'Return ^ •• - ■ ■ 

players make the same old speeches of the Terror,' which Warners will a-ii. •O.Wol»5««i. "EVftmt 

about how thrilled they are to be gho^ly put into production, Howard AlllSier ttuSIUng r rum 



... Hollywood, Feb. B, 
Will iRogers back from Washing .jjiarco commenutsu jice" — 
ton Saturday morhing (3), maHIriff hj^half of tho Metropolitan, Boston, 



wherever they are. They go for it 
in big way, however. 

Cara.van as lined up here included 
Ant9nlo . Moreno, Mary Carlisle, 
Ben, Turpin, Jack Mulhall, Roscoei 
Ates, Nancy "Welfordi Anna Q. Nilji- 
sbn, Dorothy Dunbar, Creightori 
Hale? Doris Hill, John Hundley, 
from legit, who is m.c, and the 
eight girls. 

Troupe went to Baltimore Sat- 
urday (3) and short Jumpd will be 
made in the autos and Ibng hops 
will find principals aboard trains 
Plans are, wherever weather pet 



Pretherton directing. MIsS: Astor 
Has just completed 'Upper World.' 
Lyle Talbot one of the male lestds. 
. EJugene Solow and Peter Milne are 
doing the screen play. 



I the plarie trip In 20 hours. 

Comedian rushed back to make 



fbr the same price. 
Another deal talked of for Rotba-! 



LoOldOn for ^DnUnniOnCl a new ending for 'David Harum' at fei involved a barnstorming tour, of 



ZASU'S RUNlMY 



Actress Just 



Must 
tri 



Hollywood, Peb^^^^ AlUster was iucxy m nitv.- ■ .Romantic ghost towns or V*"- I "^r^li with Paramoun^^ 

will find principals aboard trams. I Before starting In Conferencj ^j, I,^^^ ^^^^^^ «ilred $1^ 00^^^^^ 

Plans are. Wherever weather pet- for which ishe was loaned to Charles U^^^ America, to take his place: L^ae spots, used by picture conl- tho"gn offered^^^^^^ 

mlts, to have the entire troupe R. Rogers by Universal Zasu^^^^^^^ '^««"«***° panies for location since th* cradle 

climb Into the auto caravan on is determined to take that long de- I j^,^^^^ ^om run of the play ^^ys of the films, are rapidly belrig h^orized to represent mm on u.o 

outsltlrts of each town and enter |fen!ed second <^riP ,^to Ne\Y T<w^^ I - , . lines. 

with police escort. *' ~" 



Ldhdbn,' 27. 

Claude Allister has contracted 'ay , 

cable to pliy the part bf 'Algy' .for new sequence 
Twentieth Century Ih 'Bulldog 
Drurimi'orid Sffikes fei^^k,' starrii^ 
Cllve Brob"(c. TlilB necessitates Ai- 
listeif vaLca,ting the " cast ' of 'Gay | Qy^j 
Divorce,' Feb. 2, arid making the 
Bremen the next day^ 

He is due on the lot for shooting, 
Feb. 15. Allister Wtiis lucky in hav 



Fox. James Cruze, who originally 
directed the picture, will handle th^ 



MINING TOWNS FADE 



Carry Away 
ia Ghosts 



Call- 



Holiywobd, Feb. 
• Romantic ghost towns of ' Cali- 



two-a-day,' reserved.; seat ohe-nltera 
on ai route similar to that played 
It-t year by Eddie Cantor. ; The the-i, 
atre deals with Par, Warners and 
F^fcM, provided for . local broadcasts 
by Rothafel in each city. 

Miami, Feb. &. 
S.; L. Rothafel expects to return 
to New Tbrk about F.eb. 15. 
He stated he has not signed for 



On Welfare Island 



see the sights. Aictross having just 
finished '3. on a Honeymoon' for Fox, 
Is reported to haVe turned down 
trio of other pic offers and six bids 
for personal appearalnceSi ih order 
Xo make the Gotham sojourn. 

Vacation tickets are bought, and 
Miss Pitts tells friends she has en- 



Jory's Option Picked Up 



dismantled aind carried away piece- |«nBS. 
I meal by curlo-gathering tourists. 
Word to this effect bas Ju^t been 



Word to this effect has ju^t been - n . Q» Q UaIa« 

^ c brought back by George .Marshall, r A j|)(lft JCt lOr Ot Iieien 

Hollywood. Feb; 5. burector, on return from a location I _ .L. 

Fox- Is lifting option on contract | 4.^,^ ♦iirnnp-hmit much of 



Fox Is understood to be planning 

a rush job on a Welfare island ^^^^g^^^^^^ ^ 

story to take advantage of the pqb- ^aged two compartments, one for 
liclty. No scrivener assigned yetv . ^er baggage, and one for room in 

which to play rummy, about which 



, _ - . scouting trip throughout much of 

of Victor Jory for another year^ Northern California and Neva<^a 
Player has had Intensive buildup N^^^ production of Fox's 'Gold RuSh 
during the past year by Fox. I ^ — • — ^».ir ^y^^n* 



Mack Into 'Flenrette' 



Lasky Resumes 



she Is that way. First and last trip 
to N,. T. was 10. years ago. 



THAYER-SCRIPTS OWN TOME 

Hollywood, Feb. 5. 
Tiffany Thayer, on the Paramount I * « -tr i J 

lot as a scenarist, will write the ) MltZl Urcen lanKea 

script: on his own 'One Man.' Book 

was closed for last week. 

- ■■ -.. .j-:^ - " 



of 1934,' going Into work . abowt 
Feb. 12. Sonora,, one of the last 
surviving '49 towns, and as yet 
fairly exempt frbm the token^grab- 



Hbllywood, Feb. 5. 
With three pictures ..set for her, 
Claudette Colbert Is out of the 
T:r^ii,r«,^»/i -caH R liairiy exempt iroiu mo 1 tentative cast of Paramount's '52 

Hollywood, * CD. tt. 1^^^ tourists, .was finally selected h^^gj^g for Fleurette.' Looks like 
Jesse L.- Lasky was back at his |^^^ ^^^^ Uui^n Mack gets the part. 

Flood Of romantic stories about | j^jgg colbert has 'Honor Bright,* 



desk at Fox tf^^y (Monday) fol ^^^^^ ,„.„^„„. ^^gg ^o.^er. x.u. ^..o.... 

lowing a vacation in Florid^ \e&T\y California is held responsible .^j ^tra' and 'Here Is My Heart.' 

I Next for him at Fox is Spring- ^j^^.j^^^g^^g jn ^isn^an^^^^ ^ 

At Radio; Small Part time for Henra>.' .starting .F eb. 19. g ts 



INDEX 



* • *. • • « • * • • 



61 
63, 
60 -6i 
52 



»' i • • * t • • • • 



-a.* ••••••« 



19 
14 
11 
56 
15 
52 
45 
18 
38 
48 



Bills .... 

Burlesque 

Chatter . . 
.. Editorial 

Exploitation 

Film Reviews 

Foreign Film News ...... 

Foreign Show News. ... .. 

House Reviews. 

Infeidc^Leglt 

Insicle-^Music 

Inside— Pictures 

Insider^Racllo . . 

Inside— yaude 

LegUlmale .... « . . ♦ . . . .53-57 

Letter List . . • . . • . ... . . ».• . . 63 

•Literiitl ,. . J ..,•'.>•• 58' 

Music ..... «'.■« ....«.»'.•• .43-45 

Nev/ Acts... • •••• 49 

News from thip Dallies... 62 

Nite Clubs. . . i . . . . . i . . r . . 44 
^6bltuary=rv-T-.'VTrT=v»^'»=*r»=.^^^63. 

Outdoors ........... i ••• i • • *3 

Pictures '. 2-34 

Radio ...........36-42 

41 
62 
14 

62' 
50 



Radio Reports 
Sports . . 
Talking Shorts 
Times Square. 
Unit Reviews...--- 

Vaudeville '"^ ll 

Women ••• '''' 



Hollywood. Feb. 6. yp. ATT ARTHUR KETUBNS 

.Claiming the part was iiOt WiB I - Holiy wobd, Feb. 5. 

enough, parents of Mitzi Green j^an Arthur Is making a screen 
would not let bier appear In Radio's ^^^^^^^1,^01^ starting this week at Co- 
'Flnishlng School.' Kid player had N^^^^jj^^ .j- Whirlpool', 
been brought, from NfeW York f or ' - 
the. part. 



Stickney on Coast 



Dawn O'Day.: hired for a 
boosted to the fatter part. 



sical, for RKO. 



Miriam Hopkins Mulled 

Hollywood, Feb. 6; . . , ^ 

Miriam Hopkins, noW personal in the east, Bert Wheeler and__Rob 
amjearanclng In th 4 east, is not ex- ert Woolsey plane back to^Holly- 
Sed back he?e for a month. wood today (Tuesday). Dorothy 

pected J'f « ° Paramount Lee, also in the act, leaves by train, 
whethe? she win do 'Great Magoo' | Trio goes . Into 'Fratheads,' a mu 
or 'Woman of the Earth.' 

RADIO HIKES OWEN 

Hollywood, Feb. 6. 
Reginald Owen goes to Radio for 
two pictures. 

"^Stkr-ts=--thls=-weelc^in.jatirigM^$.l 
with William Wellmari directing, 
and then takes a featured spot In 
'Dover Road,' 



Sally EilersVRest i Hollywood," .. 5. 

iiollywood, Feb. ., . Dorothy Stickney, signed by Para^ 
Following completion of her part mount In the east, arrived here Sun- 
in Fox's 'Three- on a HOneymoon,' day (4). 
Miss Arthur who has been appear- I gajjy Ellers goes to Phoenix, Ariz., Player has been set for parts - 
ing iri plays in New Tork Is also ^ j^^g delayed vacation, -Murder at the Vanities and Double 

making, tests for a term coritract at Wants to boil but a protracted j DobrSi' 
Metro. Ralph Farnum Is agentlng. k^jj^j g^^d to get Into shape for con- 

' ■ - .: — ^ templated South American hbney- 

W. & W.'S TEATHEADS' [moon with her husband, Harry Joe 



After a brief personal apps. tour Brown, following next assignments 

- ^ . ^jQ^j^ them. 



SAILINGS 



Baer on the Hop 

Holiywobd, Feb. 6. 
Max Baer, with his riianager, 
lAncll Hoffman, are bn the coast 
from Miami, for a huddle with his 
I agent, Leo MOrrisoiii 

Baer also will go to Sacramento 



WINIFRED DUNN SET 

Hollywood, Feb. 6. 

Wlnifi-ed Dunn has been engaged 
by B. F. Zledniari to write an origi- 
nal for Universal. 

She will also. write the script. 



WItE MAY fiATE COMPANY 

Hollywood, Feb. 6. 
Jake Wllk returns east Thursday I -"ef'end a legal entanglement, and 
(8) after production conferences at JJ^^eijs^p^^^, ^^^^^ ^^^^ pj^rlda 

I S^^Siy^!^ MONTGOMERY RESTS 

— r \ Hollywood, Feb. 6. 

JESSIE RAIPH IN 'VANITIES* on completion of 'Rip Tide,' at 
Hollywood, Feb. 5. Metro, Robert Montgomery goes east 
Jessie Ralph goes into 'Murder at to spend a, couple of months on his 
the Vanities' at Paramount. Westchester County farm. 

She gets the part previously slated He'll be starred In 'Calm Yourself 
for Alison Sklpworth. (by Edwin Hope on his return. 



Feb. 3 (New York to Paris) 
Jascha kelfetz. Cole P;orter, Laura 
La Plante, Vera Foklrie, Gertrude 
Hoffman and troupe, Max Hoffman, 
islarlon: Chase, Robert Rit"chi.p, Max 
Constant, John Wilson,. Gare 
Schwartz (He de n-ance). . 

Feb. 3 (Now York to California) 
Nicholas M. Schenck and. wife, 
Jerry . Sussman (Pennsylvania). 

Feb. 3 (New York to Genoa) Carl 
Blckel, L, S. Glbldsborough, Sydney 

Howard (Re:c). . 
"^Feb;'=3'=^Londou^o-i=Ne\\>"-^^ 
Claude Allister (Bremen). 

Feb. 3 (London to New York), 
Roy Simmonds (Borengarla). 

Feb. 1 (Glasgow to Now York), 
Michael August (Washington). 
. Feb. 1 (Paris to New York) 'An- 
dre Hornez (Champlain). 

Jan. 31 (world tour) Carul bax 
(Empress of Australia). 



Tuesilay, February 6, 1934 



P I C ¥ V II E S 



VAgltTY 




May Robson, 45 Yrs. in Legit, and 5 
Yrs. in Pix, Gives It All to Ifwood 



By CECELIA AGEFl 

•The legit,* says May Rofeson, who 
for 50 years has been an actress and 
for the last five years a picture Ac- 
tress, >Is coming back; But by the 
time it doeB^t)ictiir^s Will bo a 
keeiier rlvaii than ever. "While the 
legit Is busy coming, back, pictures 
will have perfected color photog- 
raphy, the third dlmenislonal screen 
will be a reallty-^and then there's 
Miss kobsoh Is not one 
' ' to look back; she looks forward. 

Yet she believes, and mind you, 
; she says, it Is only her belief, that 

• though now forms airlse to compete 
with it, the legit will never b6 re- 
placed. Just as the impressionistic 
painting movement wiped oiit, so It 
claimed, the old art altogether, and 
now there Is a return to naturalism 
and impressionistie painting is >e 
duced to the status of merely an 
other iform of art, sp will the legit 
go, on forever, Personally, says Miss 
Robson, impressionism may all be 
very well, but she likes to look at a 
pialhting that really looks like what 
It's supposed to be. 

The legit will continue, she ex- 

• plains, because there will alWays be 
an audience for the deep plays. Pic 
tures, sh(B thinks, tend more and 
more to become a mediuni for educa 
tion. Ight now there is a distlnce 
difference between the legit and pic 
ture audience, a different viewjpolnt 
The legit followers are made UP of 
people who like to. go quietly to a 
theatre and have everything ex- 
I>lained to them. The picture audi- 
e^nce is more questing; it likes to 
pond ei*, to probe for the reasons, for. 
what happened before and after in 
the story It sees on the screen. 
'They: act for you in pictures,' says 
Miss Robson. 'Oh the stage, you 

" have to show- them every If, and, 
and but. The stage audience is not 
a more intelligent one — It's more 
blase. The picture audience is more 
alert; it has a childlike mind— not 
in its mental , age, but in its ques- 
tioning, in its seeklner the reason 

Camera Sees. Alii Tells All 

Miss Robsoti likes to act in pic- 
tures; it puts an actress on her 
mettlei. 'The camera has. the queer- 
est way of reading .your mind. You 
(ian't, you know, play a- close-up • In 
■ pictures and wonder what you're 
going to have for dinner that night. 
The steaic and lima beans would 
show right through . your eyes. But 
you can do it on the stage. No 
body'll be the wiser.' 

That's because picture acting, she 
finds, is so concentrated. You must 
say In our hour what takes three 
hours to say on the. stage.. One 
close- up can tell a story that no 
amount ' of gesticulating,, grimacing 
and dialog explanation on the stage 
can equal for telling effect and art 
.istry. At the moment you're doing 
it, you must believe utterly what 
you're doing before the camera; on 
the stage you can cheat a little. 

Miss Robson glories, she con- 
fesses, in golnig to previews. It is 
so much better, she is sure, to see 
what not to do— thdn to be tol^ 
what .to ' do'. ■ Tou 'a^^yays h6ttc^ 
when' a thing is wrong; . you^re not 
(JO apt to notice when it's right. So 
"^Mlss Robson goes to previews 
whether they^re of her own pictures 
, , or not, and always comes away 
with a few 'don'ts' and 'nevers' for 
the Uriprovemient of her technique. 
Miss Robson believes in. proflting by 
mistakes, her own as wiell as others. 
They do so many wrong little things 
on the stage, she sees now— now 
that she's become a picture actress. 
They show up so much when they'rie 
carried, into pictures. Watchinjg 
pi'€;vievv-s, you can sec them and re- 
member never to do them yourself. 

Miss Kobspn likes, too, to play 
character parts — ^in good pictures. 
Sill' would, rather have flve charac- 
ter lim-.s in a good picture than the 
load in a poor one. Slie.doe.sn't be- 
Hevf ill being typed. Ciiaracter 
parts stand out, she .tays. She 
'Ifaiiic'd' that whon at 38 she was 

hag of SI. 'They didn't fjo for type.s 
tlu-ii," Mis.s Robson recalls, and 
hriiscs ■ in contfnuiorary "vvord-, 
in;?: .<.i> 'aking ahvuys with a vigor 
ifihd fill lUislasin and arresting force 
tliiii mil si. sham 6 conlrhiporary lan- 
•iiiiil inaidc-us. She lovo.s above all 
Mi.rln'i-s. "A toiK'li of riiotlier 
I'l -. ui :iU.' .. slir. pa yw. 



ACADEMY APPOINTMENtS 



Now Reundino Out Con^mittoes oh 
Rotating Pasis 



Net Loss $10,000 



Hollywood, Feb. 6. 
A weeVa Imlng went Into the 
discard whMi Radio. ; took Cprinne 
Griffith .out. of 'Crime- Doctor^ and 
replaced her. with Karen. Morley. 
Execs flgiired after a week's filming 
that Wbb Grififlth did not fit the 
'Partk' 

Miss Grifflth was getting |10,000 
for ai. four-week minimum' work 
period.' 



Hpllywopd, i'eb. B. 
With the Aciademy climbing back 
on its feet under guidance of its 
speciiU prbgiiam committee, deferred 
appointments to committees are.. in 
order. Immediate addltloris to " the 
conciliation committee, and elec- 
tion of a chairman, must be nqiade to 
handle several cases .filed "before, 
that body. 

Majority of Acjeidemy committees 
have been organized on a rotating 
basis with 15 menibers, three from 
each of the five branched* bne man 
from each branch being ippoihted 
each yeiEir for a three-yeia^ teirm. 

W6 Would Bolster 
Ether Mu^cal vfith 
Broadcasting Names 



Warner is planning to use three 
Or four name radio acts to embellish 
'Hot Air*, musical with a radio plot, 
which Is now in the Bur bank cut- 
ting room. Dick Powell and Ruby 
Keeler top the pic's cast as It now 
stands, 

First perisonallty, contacted here 
was Jack Benny who refused to en- 
tertain the proposition unle^ he 
would be worked throughout the 
film. This could not be done unless 
the picture was remade entirely. 

Not only singers and comedians 
but WB wants, some iia;me «ther 
band. 





Banquet Set for 
Hivood Mar. 15 



A. P. and Hearst After More Film News, 
Adding Men and By-Unes for Coast 



BERGNER'S LEGrr, FILH 
PLANS ALLSET FOR U.S. 

llsabeth Bergner, star of 'Cath- 
erine the Great,' will do one picture 
for UA on the coast, accprding to 
Joseph M. Schenck, but probably 
not for some time. 

Miss Bergner is obligated to 
'Nymjph Errant* ^s a legit show in 
New York for C. B. Cochran and 
Arch Selwyn, a,s soon as that play 
closps in London where It's current. 
Then she Is under option to iFpx for 
a film, which Fox may call hjer to 
take up prior to the UA deal. 

Uoyd Uses First Tune 
h Ifis 'Catspaw' Film 



tlollywood, Feb. 5. 

For the first time Harold Lloyd 
will feature ia, song in his ''Catspaw,' 
•I'm Just That Way' by Roy Turk 
and Harry Askt.. 

On loan from United Artists, Al 
Newman has Joined Lloyd as mu- 
sical director. 



Radio's *Wench' Script 
Readied- for Hepburn 

Hollywood, Feb. .6. 

Alnsworth Slorgan has finished 
treatment and script on 'Tudor 
Wench,' slated as Katharine Hep- 
burn's next at Radio and has left 
tha company. 

Writer has been oh. Radio's writ- 
ing staff for nine months. George 
Gukpr is due . to return to this lot 
to direct 'Wench.' 



Florence Reed's Par Pic 

Baltimore, Feb, 6. 

Florence Reed entrained yeater^ 
day (4) for Holly wood on a sln&le- 
pic pact with Paramount, 

Past, month has been guest star 
of Charles Rmerspn C'ook Players, 
Ktock tr6itpft at . Auditbriuni, ahd 
during that period has evinced 
greater box oflice draft than, any 
stock gueat artist- appoaring. here- 
IhWu t sfTiTpiCst'^ e^ 

HERSHOLT-'COPPERFIELD' 

. Holly wopd, Feb. 5. 
Jean Ilersholt is In line for .a feu- 
lured spot in 'David ("opperflel.d' at 
^fetro.> 

f;(>ov£?c. f'Aikor will dirent. witb 
DTvid SolxnirU i)i'firliifiTi 



Hollywood, Feb. 5, 
With nomilnation blanks for its 
sixth annual at wards going out to 
memhers this week, Academy's 
steering iconamittee agreed on Mar. 
15 as the a,wards banquet date and 
; umped its awards committee from 
IB to 46 members. Awards rules 
and procedure 'will be used as for 
last year except for minor changes. 

Principal . rules revisions iare 
throwing votes on sound recording 
award, open to all members Instead 
of only by teOhnlcians, and- acces- 
sion to art directors demand that 
awards for their class be for only 
for plx 'made under nonnal produc- 
tion conditions in America/ ' 

Academyltes . flgiire sound has 
reached .technical. ' maturity and 
should be judged in th* future On 
a, showmanship basis by all mem- 
bers. Art directors' yell for limita- 
tion of candidates was based on the 
grounds advanced by lensers last 
yiear to get the same rules .change, 
that plx shot ' on expeditions, etc., 
offer unfair compfetitldn to achieve^ 
ments under regular production 
conditions. 

Fix ni9.de over a year and a half 
period will be eligible for the 1934 
awards, : as the - Academy switched 
this time to the calehdar year in- 
stead of starting , the awards year 
every July. Peirlod will be from Aug. 
1, 1932, to Dec. 1, 1933. 

After nominations have been made 
by the yarlbtis . branches and sec-^ 
tlbnsi' in secret balloting this months 
nominees will go on one ballot to 
the entire membership for final se- 
lection. 

Same Awards 

Same awards classification will 
prevail as last year, including best 
achievements In. production, acting* 
male and femm^, direQUph, writing, 
original and adaptation, cinematpg- 
raphjr, art direction, sound record- 
In^, short subjects, technical 
'achievements, and special awards at 
the committee's discretion. 

Increased committee to supervise 
the anual passing put of gold statu- 
ettes. will meet next week to organ- 
ize and pick a chairman. Commit- 
tee Includes: 

Actors: Lionel Atwill, Warner 
Baxter, Marion Davlcs, Leslie How- 
ard, DeWltt C. Jennings, Mary 
Pickford and Lewis Stone. 

Directors: Lloyd Bacon, Frank 
Capra, C. B. DeMllle, Frank Lloyd, 
Robert Z. Leonard, Mervyn LeRoy, 
Norman Taurog, King Vldor and 
Henry King. 

Producers: E. H. Allen, Emanuel 
Coheh^ 4larry Cohn, Walt Disney, 
B. B. Kahane, Winfield Sfaeehan, 
Irving Thalberig, Walter Wanger 
and J. L. Wamer; 

Technicians: John Arnold, .George 
Rarnes, Carl Dreher, HB'rrls Ensign; 
Robert Haas,. Fredrlc Hope, Wathfli-h 
.Leylnson, Wesley Miller, jf. Mi Niok- 
olaus, Max Parker, Van Neiat iPol-. 
glase and L James Wilkinson, 

•Writers: jack Cunningham, iaow- 
ard j. Greeiij. . Grover Jones, Jane 
MUrfln, Robert Riskln, Carey Wil- 
son, and Waldemar Young. 



Gilbert Sues Metro 



1j6s Angeles, • Feb, 
Contending that a contract en- 
tered Into late last fall between 
John Gllbfert and Metro Is Inequit- 
able while it gives the 
studio an option on the actor's serv- 
ices oyer a p:elriod Of. siCVen years, 
and also stipiilates salary to be 
paid if and when using him in a 
production, or in a directorial ca- 
pacity; Gilbert,, through attorney 
Peyton H. Moore, bias filed s, tiew 
cpmplaiht; In. Superior Court .for 
declaratory relief. 

Complaint is virtually a dupllpatei 
of an action started by Gilbert in 
December, at which ttm^ he spught 
to have the court declare the con 
tract void. Action was withdrawn 
When a cofnpromlse loomed, but 
this having failed to materialize, 
the hew action has been filed. 

Gilbert's contention .is tha.t there 
i^ nothing in the contract that stlp 
Tilates that Metro Will utilize his 
services, either as actor pr to di- 
rect at any tim* during the seyen 
year period, and his appeal tp the 
Superior Court is to permit him tp 
make an alliance where he will be 
assured a financial return; 



Soviet Will m 
TravelDg Cdmeons 
For U. S; Citizenry 



Hollywood, Feb, 



Russia will use pictures as one 
means of propaganda to attract 
American tourists to Russia under 
setup where the Unitied States 
recognizes U. S. S. R. . 

Films will be mainly triyelogs 
to show main points of Interest to 
pleasure-seeking travellers from 
this country* John Boyle, camera- 
man who made 'Sweiflen— La,nd of 
the Vikings,' has been approadhed 
by Soviet representatives to make 
a similar scenic in color. 



Hollywood, Feb. 5, 
Conipetiton among, various news 
seirvices for copy oh Hollywood, as 
a result of demands of dallies iii^ 

the middle: west and east for moife 
detailed, coverage, has resulted In 
the Associated Press adding .another 
man to; the . studio beat* 

Newcomer Is Robert B. Hargrove, 
on the night shift of the local A-i*. 
office fPr years. Hiargrove will han- 
dle, marriages, divorces and other 
spot news, pf the film colony for tho^ 
night wire, 

Hargrove's assignment is to com- 
pete with Lpuella Parsons and 
Hearst's Universal Service which 
has been scooping most of the press 
services on such news. : A. Is 
also ready to put addltionial men 
into Hollywood if necessary. It has 
had two men on this beat for some 
time, Hubbard Keavy and Robhln 

GOonfl. ; 

, Hearst outfit ha;s also rearranged 
its setup of picture . columnists oh 
the -afternoon Los Ang.eles Her:ald,: 
effective today (Monday)i Lloyd 
Paiitages tak^ over Harrison Caf- 
roli's daily column, which is syndi- 
cated by King Features. Carroll 
will laiunch a new by-line column 
on pictures and film -personalities 
along the lines of O. O: Mclntyre's 
column.. Carroll's new coliimn yi 
albo be syndicated by Hearst. 

Rearrangement of columnists oh 
the Herald gives that sheet three 
picture pillars dally, Carroll, Pan- 
tages« and Jimmy Starr by-Uned.' 
The .L. A. Times is also expanding 
On film news, with Edwin Schal- 
lert, Grace Kingsley and Read JCen- 
dall contributing daily and Sunday. 
Examiner carries daily coltjmns on 
plx by Miss Parsons and Jim Mitch- 
ell, with report that Jerry Hoff- 
man may soon . be . handed a daily 
column in that sheet. 



LE MAIRE'S BROADWAY 
PRODUCTION PLANS 



Par Takes Helen Mack 



Paramount wanted Helen Mack 
so it got a release on her from RKO 
and handed put ia. Ipng-termet' am 
the first step in plans to Irlve the 
^Irl this big push. 

She'll be teamed opposite George 
Raft as a starter. 



SLQAH'S husigal 

Hollywood, Feb. 6. 
' Paul Sloane, who decided Upon a 
vacatipn following completion of his 
Paramount ticket, is ready to go to 
work again. 

New move puts him on , Radio's 
payroll to direct 'Down' to Their 
Last Yacht', musical feature which 
JvOU=-Broefc=wlll"SupecvlHe. r — — 



Hollywood, Feb; 6. 

Ruf us Le Maire leaves the Twen- 
tieth Century fold May 1 to go to 
New York to put three plays in 
motion for' production in summer 
stocks to be readied for Broadway 
in the fall. Le Malre then plans to 
return to Hollywood on a new pic 
dfeal with a major organization. 

Le Malre walks from the Zanuck 
outfit on the completion of the cur- 
rent season's crop at 20th Century. 
Last three plx there are 'The Fire- 
brand,' going Into production sobnr 
'Bull Dog Drummond Fights Back' 
and 'Head of the Family,' 

No definite plans have been fpr-' 
mttlated by ZanuCk for next sea- 
son as the. producer wants to make 
only star product that will avern 
age around $400,000 or. more a pro- 
ductipn With the ppssiblllty that not 
over eight plx will he made by 
Zanuck ahd ppsslbly only six. 

Chevaiier's Widow* with 
Special French Songs 

Andre . Homez arrives In New 
York Wednesday (6) from Paris to 
write the French lyrics for Cheval- 
iers Metro picture 'The Merry 
I v.'idbw.' He goes right to the coast 
Metro will not m\iViQ a direct 
French Version of the film, but will 
haVe Chevalier's and all other songs 
done by the artists themsblves. Rest 
I will be. dubbed in. 



Mary Pickford's General 
Denial in $250,000 Suit 

In ah answer filed with the New 
York . Federal court last week Mary 
Pickford categorically denied every 
allegation maide by Edward Hemmer 
in his $250,000 suit against her. 
Replying papers declared that h© 
had been fully paid for any services 
he hawi performed for the screen 
star and her late mother, Charlotte, 
and. that if there was, any cause for 
the suit It has been invalidated by 
the statute of limitations. Hem* 
mer'is clalni goes back 12 years while 
thei statute allows for a six-year 
period. " 

Hemmer based his action on a, 
claim for managerial and personal 
advice which he said he gave Mary 
Pickford and her mother during the 
early part of former^s film 

career. 



Loan Befte Davis 

Hollywood, Feb. .B. 
Bt^to ].)avi3 gots the fcmme lead 
oppo.sitc Leslie Howard in RKO's 

.isc r(!<?iijng.._.of..^.'5fj[mcrjaei_Maagl^^ 



RAPT WITH MAE 

Hollywood, Pol).. . 

George Raft, scheduled for 'isflck 
the Greek,' will go Instead into Mae 
West's 'It Ain't No Slrt'. 

Aftpr finishing that picture rtaft 
(•ontcrripiat.eB a trip to Kurop*» 



'OC Human Bondage.' M1^3S Davis is 
on loan from Warners after six 
weokH' effort by RKO execs, 

lui'i-ently in \Va:rncr.s' 'Gonth.-man 
frorti San Franci.sco,' Miss Da,vlB i.s 
liaviiJK her sc(>n»?s Klven prcfftrcnfie 
In iinip In .orflf-r that .««hc may h( 
■rol'Tif'"',! sojin as pos.sib.lf for 

*i.!(,ii<l.ig^.' 



Trankie and Johnnie' Set 

with Lllyan Tashman siet, Chester 
Erskin's cast, for 'Frankle and 
Johhni0' is completed. Other names 
to be featured are Helen Morgan 
and Chester Morris, latter two in 
the title roles. Picture goes into 
production Feb. 12 In the Biograph 
Studios, Niew York for Reliance Pic- 
tures and United Artists release. 

Moss Hart wrote the scenario. 



MEBWIN LIGHT AT BEG 

.Merwin Light, stage juve, has 
betln signed by Radio starting at 
$200, with options up to seven years. 
Light's last appearance oh Broad- 
way was in 'Thoroughbred.' 
Denis Dui'.' .set tl»e' deal. 



JOE MORRISON SHOVES OFF 

Joe Morrison shov<'d off h^atur<iay 
{Hjt for Hollywood and I'araiflfcirit 
oil hi.-! new MTin oontract. 

Foi-jiK-r J..;inil vi>fvilivst will ht> a.S' 
oir-tiire afiC'i 



VARIETV 



P I C ¥ 



E S 



Tuesday, February 6, 1934 



Grosses for January, 1934, iyi% Uil 
Over % Marking 1st Real Advance; 
More Net Now, with Op. Costs Down 



trosses very 
inphaticHlly 
After a long and steady decline, 
tlje Wail Street cata- 
clysm of 1929, the month p£ . Jainu^ 
ary has come forwjird to assert an 
actual increase irx business hation- 
ally as compared to Jamiary, 1933. 
It's the first tiipe tliat Jthe figures 
of any rhontli have^shown a volume 
of receipts greater than for the cor-, 
responding four weeks 6t .the year 
before. 

Many showmen, without ia.<ctual 
figures In front of them, maV have 
believed IhsLt; 1933 topped. 1932; 
This Is not true: The level of busi- 
ness for 1933 in the ^ring and 
early summer; when new lows welre 
established, . failed nationally to 
compare with the level of 1932, but 
as a. result of?:_ecpnomies in •oper- 
ation the net prdflts column pre- 
sented the opposite picture. While 
grosses on the basis of a fall (1933) 
survey, were estimated' to be .7% be- 
hind the figures for the cofrespond- 
ing period the previous year, the 
profits were gauged to be 25% up, 
in other words, where in 1932 the 
lilgher level cf grosses showed red, 
the lower figures In 1^33 brought 
black to the ledgers. 

(^irst Fteal igh. 

For the first tim last month 
(January, 1934) brought the gross 
level higher than if was for the 
same period the prior year, a real 
sign that box office recefpts have 
turned that corner; >vith profits 
correspondingly Increased view 
of the rock- bottom overheads estab- 
lished by gradual stages up and into. 
1933. 

While the actual Incline marked 
by January is not steep; at an esti- 
mated the figures ate the 
most eii(?ouraging well informed 
theatre chieftains- have seen since 
1029. l)ecehiber . ^was not good^ say 
theatre operators, being slightly be-< 
low the gross takings nationally 
tot December, 1932|, But iimmedlT' 
ately with the turn of the new year 
there has been a fine .improvement! 

The south and sbuthwest have 
snapped out of .its boxTOflftce leth- 
argy in an outstanding manner. 
That part of the country, according 
to chieCkups by operating heads; has 
been markedly benefited by cotton 
and oil prices which today are about 
double what they were a year ago. 

The middle west isn't as good as 
the south and southwest, with the 
farm belt slo\ver to re.spohd, but in 
manufacturing caters from the 
Chicago territory eastward and into 
New England patronage has no- 
ticeably increased. Partictila,rly in 
thoise cities or sectors where mahu- 
£a;cturlng ■ has resumed, more peo- 
ple are employed and salary cuts 
have been 'restored; the theatres, are 
reaping the benefit. 

Both the CWA, putting thousands 
to work, and . repeal of proliibition 
have helped. The latter through 
increased employment has Increased 
oirc.ulatloh of money and an incli- 
nation, .to come out of the home for 
a change. 

As .ia factor at the box ofllce, re- 
peal has been important in every 
city where In practice. It has beeti 
Particularly helpful cities or 
towns which have knpWh no down- 
town life to speak of since prohibi- 
tion.- This wais not so important iii 
..a city like New "^ork. 



LUDDINGTON CONCERN 
READIES 3 FEATURES 



Hollywood, 
Ni<fk I^uddlntrton, John iPurtls and 
'rank Look, now. incorporullng for 
picture producticm, are du**^ at the 
(Joneral Service "Studio to start 
production of . three featiires around 
Feb. IS. 

.^ ^ .Trio, . of Bn)ad way j)hvy producers 



Weibert's indie Prods. 



Hollywood, Feb. 5. 

B: K. Welbei't .has tiaken oificea at 
the Metropolitan studio to produce- 
a group of feature pix costing . frbmi 
$'100,000 up. 

Expiects major release next year.! 




.Hollywood, Feb. 6. 
With Jack Cohri out here holler- 
ing- at brother HarrVt priricipally 
on the slowness with which edlumf 
bla .product has been, coming; 
through, that , studio spent most of 
last weefc trying to- get a, word Irj 
edffeWise as regards the destiny of 
•Red Square,,' the ^oviet yarn' which 
Lewis Mllestbhe was to ■ halve 
started upon this, week aft^r eight 
months of preparation. The boys 
finally decided that they had prob-l 
ably bitten off niore than'the studid 
could che-w, BO the picture is off. 
Jack had to stay over aji extra €ia.y, 
to rest up before flying east. He's 
due back In New York toda.\- 
(Monday). 

Decision wais that 'Red .Square' 
would cost too much, what with 
the firm, being committed for plenty; 
on '20th Century,^' so the invest-! 
ment -vvlll go toward a No. 2 ver- 
sion of the yarn which will be 
smaller alnd" cheaper -In scope than 
originally intended. Mileistone, hav- 
ing a two-picture contract with thLs 
company* will direct the new Ver- 
sion as. hls^econd effort, ills first 
is an orlgihal yarn with: a percent- 
age deal holding for him on both 
eitorts. 

Studio has also bitten off a good 
sized chunk on '20th -Century,' the 
.play which It bought, for $25;000 and 
for "which- it has contracted John 
Bairrymore at |60,006' against a per- 
centage, of the net, plus $5,000 a. 
day for the star for every day over, 
contract time. And Howard Hawks, 
"who will direct, is also In on per- 
centage. In addition this outfit paid 
Ben Hecht arid Charlie MacArthur, 
authors of the play, $10,000 for one 
week's work to fix up the^'scena,!.'!©, 
after the studio had had one pre- 
pared, and then called in Arthur 
Kober, from Metro, to fix that. 
^ Another angle to 'Century' is that 
this, lot Is , now trying to make a 
deal for Mlrlain Hopkins to replace 
Carole Lombard, in the cast. So 
Jack; Cohn may have to come back 
again to straighten things out. 



L. A. House Rushes 

In Ufa-Sten Picture 

Los Angelas, Feb. 6. 

Figuring, to cash in on the pub- 
licity for Anna Sten," the President 
theatre (Principal) here has booked 
Tlfa's 'Tempest/ featuring Miias 
Sten and Emil . Jannlngs. 

•Tempest,', opening Wednesday 
<7) is expected to beat 'Nana* to a 
Ipcal screen by 10 days or tw;b 
weeks'. 



GOVT. MAY LOAN COIN 

JO SCH00I3 roR niMS 



Waisbihgton, Feb. 5. 
boVernment Is toying "wltb the 
idea of mailing loans -to; educatldnal 
institutions for . purchase of jprd- 
jectors and other, equlpinent to 
stimulate ihteriest. In -visual' educa- 
tion. 

With definite developniehts In 
prospect, NRA urged hpn-the- 
atrlcal film industry to speed things 
up> In putting code into fOrm for 
hearing and tehtatiyely expects to 
take up proposals early in Mktch. 
Deputy Administrator William P. 
Farnsworth .was informed last week 
that the bode in its present form 
is generally satisfactory for hearing. 

Work on Federal loans Is being 
done under.auspices of>Interior De- 
partment -which last fail conducted, 
conference. . on possibliities of ez- 
pahding use of motion pictures in 
school activities. Bureau of Educa- 
tion ehthusiastic about making 
greater use- of educational pictures, 
but reported that principal dbstable 
Is lack of equipment. 



More Roxy^N. Y*i Tsdk 

Talks have been bad between 
Bltimenthal-Nathanspn and S. L. 
Rothafel relative to getting .to- 
gether for a takeover of the orig- 
inal Roxy, Broadway. 

But. the. banke'i^d are taking' a 
Missouri attitude and want to be 
siiown a film play-date guaranty 
before anybody really gets to tallc 
turkey about."., takeover. 



Jaffe's Own 2 Pix 

Hollywood, Feb. 6. 

Sam JafCe who had bejsn assist- 
ant to Sam Briskin at Columbia^ 
.besides performing these duties, 
will. produce two pictures on current 
program. One will be with either 
Carole Lombard or Elissa Land! 
and . the other With Jack Hplt. . 

JafCe came to Columbia less than 
a year ago from RKO studios. 



Par Engaged in a Re-Centralizii^ 
Move for Decentralized Theatres 



F-WC Re»if. by April 1 

.Reorganization of Fox West Coast 
theatres should b0 conipleted by 
April according present In- 
dications. Pre^ehtiy it'« mostly a 
matter ot tf^ attorneys, handling 
the situation, getting their teclihiciil 
parleys in shape fbr court diges- 
tion. 

In the meantinie, Spyros Skouras 
left the qba^t Saturday (8) .to 
be gone l.hdeflnltely as re6rganiza^ 
tion. of the .circuit tiears. 



BEMBUSCH SUIT tJP 

Trial of the suit by Frank Rem- 
busCh against Hays, et al., "on con- 
spiracy charges Is put over until 
Wednesday (7). 

it had been scheduled for yester- 
day (5) In the N. T. Federal Court. 



JULES lEVY TO COAST 

Jules Levy readying for an early 
hop to the Coast "tb b. b. new pro-- 
ductions. It's his annual trip. 

RKO general sales manager may 
get out there before Ned Depinet, 
v.-p. in charge of distribution, re- 
turns east. 



who jnade ^^faTJh}? '^^Ti]iie'^f "'tTie 
Mack Se.nnett studio, own eifjht 
.stories a id stage plays from whii-li 
the first- three will be .«!oicf:lo(l. 



iannini ack to Coast 

I>i?..A. H. Giannlnl returnod to tho 
Const last week. 

AVhIlo in New rork the^ banker 
looked in on film company .ind the- 
atre situatihns ffonor.illy. 



Coast Indie Prodncers Turn Down 



to 








HoUyw.ood, Feb;. 

Independent prbducers' but: here- 
turned doWh. overtures to form a. 
western branch of . the Federation of 
the- MMlon picture Industry. I. E, 
Cha^wlck,, Special crrilssairy of Fed- 
erated; found most of the Indies fa- 
vbring membership in the already 
operating independent. roducers 
Assoolatlpn. 

Latter groii with siioclal cpm- 
mlttce meeting the non-mfmber in- 
dies Jan; 29, at a session callod by 
Chadwick, pointed out that' any at- 
TeiiT" ^^"'foi^Sf'WiWlKT^nti??!^ 
group W.1S the height of dislojralty 
and a,n Injustice to those men who 
had spent time and mpney In ropre'^ 
Renting the interests of the Inde- 
pomlonts the past ,iwo year. At- 
toi'ney Sam Wolf, counsol for the 
IPA, claimed If those present 

wi.shf'd to become members of the 
old ori?.Tnlzatlon adjustment on in- 



itiation fees and dues would be 
made. — 

Cpmbination meeting was held 
•Thursday night (1) at M^cot,. with 
IPA accepting mem'bershlp applica- 
tions from "about 30. P'i-ior to this 
coiifab IPA held its annual : election 
Of officers, three , months overdue. 
Trem Carr ( Monogram) was elected 
President; M. H. Hoffman and Ken- 
neth Goldsmith, vice-presidents. 
Secretary Nat Le-vine and Treasurer 
Larry Darmour were re-elected. 
"VVolf Was retairie-^ as general cbun- 
sel. Setup still leaves two vice- 
presidents . and three members of 
the boiard of directors to be voted 
.Qn^iby-- general,: membership after 
special committee has passed on all 
new applications. 

IPA has pfo-vided for a new 
motliod of revenue. Instead of |25 
per month dues, members will be 
assessed at tiie rate of $5 per I'eel 
of -negative released, plan will al- 
low association to spread cost of 
menibor.ship to the Indies in prppor-r 
tlon to amount of production each 
^.n'r'ies throughout the year. 





R.C LEASE 



So far 



interests 



haye made hp move- to negotiate ;a 
new lease, on' the two Radip City, 
theatres with RKO, , it Is indlf 
cated in authoritative circles, do 
they contemplate doing anything 
about it. U. S. District Court 
jtidge William Bpndy, reviewing 
tiie year's lease on the Music Hall 
and RKO Center in RKO receiver- 
ishlp proceedings, ruled that the 
terms of the. lease contained an ex- 
pressed minimum- rental, but does 
not mention any maxlmum,and that 
steps should be taken to correct this 
condltibn in the lease. 

it .appears,, ^oih Inside reports, 
that the ilbckefellers will , stand pat 
on the lease they drew with . RKO 
to cover the two R.C- theatres. The 
lease was accepted by RKO last 
August and runs for one year. 

While there has been much di- 
vergence as, to the nature and terms 
of the leaslng-ppetatinfe arrange- 
ment With the Rockefellers over the 
Hall and Center, it is understobd 
reliably that the deal arrived at 
possesses unique points. The reiit 
is . set at $976,000 year, around 
$60(0,000 of which cpvers rent on the 
Music Hall, balance on the Center. 
Each week, under the deal, all over- 
head excepting rent cbmes . out of 
the gross receipts. Then the 
Rockefellers take out their rent, and 
if there is any excess left it Is split 
50-50 between the Rockefellers and 
RKO. 

The weekly nut, not including the 
rent, runs from $50,000 to $60,000, 
varying according tb the rental cpst. 
of the picture and budget for the 
stage show. , •■ 

What Will happen if the Rocke- 
fellers refuse to c"hange the terms 
of this lease, despite the order to 
the RKO receivers attacking the 
prespnt arrangement, cannot be 
foretold, but it would appear to 
take RKO definitely but of Radio 
City on theatre operation and Test 
that entirely in the Rockefellers 
who. own' the property. Operation is 
vested in the Board . of Directors of 
Radio City Theatres, Inc. 

What RKO actuatUy conticibutes to 
tine Radio City theatres on opera- 
tion is principally in picture 
service arid adyertisirtgrpubJicityi 
thougii at the Mui^ic Hiall bo far as 
the "latter is cpncerned a staff is 
maintained on aiiyertislng and pub - 
ilclty for that house alone. 



25TH ANMSARY 
OF NAT'L FILM BOARD 



Annual confelrcnce of the Na,tibnal 
Board of Review p£ Motion Pictures 
opens at the Astor hotel, N. 
"Thursday (8) for a three- day ■eiS'- 

^»on.L j?iih„^im__.stu^^ groupF" And 



better fllni -Workers from an""OveF 
the country participating. Confei'- 
ence marks the 25th anniversary bf 
the prgahlzation. 

Under tPpIc of 'The Films, the 
Times and the Public,' the confer- 
ence this year is divided into two 
sections, ^A Quarter CentuiT of 6r^ 
ganlssed Motion Picture Interest' 
and 'Motion Picture ilcsonrch and 
Appreclatipn.' 



Paramount .is 'undertaking an in- 
: novation 'In theatre operation under 
a prograni oic permanency thait ia 
being organized under Rdlph A; 
Kohn. Whit the company i^ at- 
tempting :to do as a result of its 
diS0rgagnized state; f ollpWing decen- 
trallzatipn and , ^ the .cbnfusion 
wrbught by bankruptcy, is tp weld 
decientrallz'ed and centralized ppcr- 
aUoii into a niedlum that will prove 
practicable and at the same time 
provide unity of strength. 

The, experiment calls for a mix- 
ture of^ the -.advantages of bpth 
forms of theatre .administration arid 
management, now that eabh has 
been given a trial. During the home, 
office bpetatipri' of theatres over a. 
wide area, certaiin disadvantagea 
w'^ie discovered; ^Ith decentra,li2a- 
tlon . and. theatres turned loose aU 
oyer the. cpuntry to. partners, oper- 
ators ot managers under scattered 
orders from New York, other dis- 
advantSLges becariie apparent* 

Npt. the least of these, under 
centralization, is the fact that part- 
ners,- not in conformity as to policy,, 
were .admini8terl.ng"^i)roperties iu 
which. Parambunt was interested 
60% -or more. One partner wbuld 
be adopting one policy, another the 
opposite; orie would be paying more 
foir materials, or product than 
othei's,- While some partnei's would, 
be operating partly-o-wned Par the- 
atres in one manner, some in an- 
other. 

The blame for much of this, is not 
laid to the partners .but to a de- 
centralization plan which created 
too great a local autonomy for cir- 
cuits in the Par theatre organiza- 
tion. 

In order to avoid this Kohn uii 
his theati'e administrative and op- 
erating lieutenants have decidcd- 
that features of centralized ppei-a- 
fipn must be borrowed for the cre- 
ation of a compromise between tii 
two. 

Sairi Dembow, Jr., v. p. of. Kohn's 
new cabinet and in charge of op- 
erating questions and partnerships, 
on his recent trip through, the 
sPuth With Kohn .and, others — to be 
followed by similar meetings else- 
where in the Par theatre domain- 
went over tills ground with the 
company's partners, All pai'triei'' 
recognized that a centralized ' gov- 
ernment over theatre opet'atibn was 
nePessary. 

Both the hpnie office and the 
partners seem convinced of the ad- 
vantages of depentraliziitibn and at 
the sa,me time are .In accord as to 
talcing adyantage of :Centralization. 
In additlbh to retaining uiiity of 
strerigth through the blend of the 
two, the pai'tners favor the servic- 
ing aids which' a home office can 
provide througb" exchange pf infor- 
mation on operation, bookings, 
vertising, policy, etc.; also the mass 
buying power which saves thou- 
sands of dollar.s on staple theatr 
articles. 

This buying power and servicing 
was one of the outstanding bene- 
fits of centralized theatre adminis-, 
tration. Some other chains follo-\ycd 
Pubiix on decentralization, but .With 
none were the theatre gt-oups so 
completely divorced from the home 
oflace as witii Pubiix. RKO, w;arr 
ner Bros, and Loew's have always 
retained a, fairly close grasp on 
everything done in the field by iheir. 
partners, opera.tors or managers. 



FOY GOES TO BAT 
ON 'ELYSIA' IN L. A. 



Los Angeles, Feb. 6. 
'Bitter court .fight~tp' determine 
the right of police to threaten the 
arrest of exhibs showing ' lySia,' 
nudist pic, with confiscation of the 
film, is expected to develop out pf 
injunction proceedings instituted by 
Bryan Fpy, film's . plroducer, against 
the' city and police department to 
restrain their interference Its 
screening- here. 

Poy studios, through. Attorn 
Charles W. Cradick has secured a 
temporary restrainirig order against 
the^^=muritcipality---.and==^the^polii^^^ 
Which: was made returnable Feb. i. 
Appeliato Division ruled It did nbt 
have jurisdiction and transferred 
the injunction hearing to Dept. 47 
of Superior Court where the- hearing , 
is scheduled for today (Monday). 
Cradick will file around 100 affi- 
davits from persons who liave 
viewed 'Elysia' attrestin to it be- 
ing clean entertainment. 



Taesday, February 6, 1934 



PICTURES 



VARIETT 



MAYBE 




Merian Cooper Remains ajt RKO 
ForSUiAJhslfHeaMtHolds 



LESS PIX FOR '35 

■liy piExpect New Studio Setup at Metro 
pDnn I When Nick Schenck Arrives on 




Hollywood, Feb. 
After icatlng the post 6£ eX' 
ecutive producer at Radio studios, 
Merian C. Cooper, who held the spot 
for 11 months, continues at the stu- 
dio as an- Individ uail producer. He 
Will make three specials next season 
t>roYldlng his health permltis. 
■ Resignation of Cooper .ddes iiot in 
any way affect the operation of the 
.£ittidlo from which he has. been ab-. 
s^nt the past six months due to ill- 
ness. To date the studio has turned 
out 26 the 40 pictured It is 
scheduled to malce this season, with 
10 of the remainlnfr. 14- either in pro- 
duction or preparation and. 12 
stories on hand from which to 
choose the last four to be completed 

by May 1. . . 

Cooper's resignation was no sur- 
prise, a previous story being used^t 
the time he. went on a leave of ab- 
sence that he would abdicate Feb. 1. 
. Cbbper has made a deal with. RKO 
through J, R. McDonough and. Ben 
Kahane to flniance his pictures, rsy/o 
are to be 'Last Days of , Pompeii," for 
which Cooper will go to rtaly to do 
research work, and a story based on 
the life of Cecil Rhodes in South 
Africa. For tH.e latter Copper will 
g6t his data in England from the 
British Geographicail Society. He 
expects to start his Continental 
Jaunt in April. 

It is indicated that the present 
studio persohhel will turn out the. 
season's product and that next 
year's work at the studio will be 
done on a straight unit basis with 
about six producers handling a pro 
posed schedule of 40 pictures. Ka 
hane, McDonough and Ned Depinet, 
y-p in charge of sales, will confer 
this week on the proposed amount 
of product. 

The future executive guiding pro- 
duction and. per>>onnel at RKO is 
contingent on cbmpahy getting to- 
gether with Pandro Berman on a 
new coiitract. His current ticket 
expires March 23. In the meantime 
Berman is working with Ben B. 
Kahane on getting 10 pictures set 
for Immediate production.. 

Kahane and J. R. McDonough wiU 
go into a huddle this week to work 
out a future setup, which will in- 
clude bringing two or three new 
producers into the RKO fold. Jiist 
what status Berman will .have, in 
the new setup, so far as seniority 
Is concerned, is to be worked out 
in case a new deal is made with 
him. 



FOX^HEABST SPLIT 

Total of 20 Let-out* Paves Way to 
Ultimate Rift 



Shake-up continues in Fox- 
Hearst , hewsreel circles with about 
eight ihore, mainly cameramen and 
sbuhd engineers, let out over the 
week-end. This brings total let 
oiit^ on both coasts to about 20. 

Reports Monday (5) were that 
split between F<ix and Hearsti AVlth 
Hearst returning to taewsireel' field 
on his own, is wider and- now im 
mlnent. 



[Majors Would Also Cut 
Down on Shorts' Produc- 
tion, but That May IJp to 
Round Out Supplementary 
Bills— A 10% Sciving 



THEY CAN'T TAKE IT IN 0. 

D, A.'s Sensitivities Rufflcid by U.'s 
• iflht' 



360 TOTAL FEATURES 





UP AGAIN, BUT 
SERIOUSLY 



Hollywood oh a rbyalty basis, 
now' up for probablj^ its most seri 
bus consideration, because thls tiitie 
the NRA is concerned, bias a history 
almost as long as the picture busi 
ness" itself. 

Walter Wanger Is among orig 
nal champions for artist and per 
.centage. 

In the past, however, as quick as 
it has come up it has been knocked 
down by a seemingly large ma- 
jority which hasn't been able to see 
the involved bookkeeping, as well 
as the block selling policy. 

It is known that Washington is 
incllrted to look favorably in the 
royalty direction as a merit system 
of artist remuneiration which might 
solve the high salary problem 



ANOTHER CUTE IDEA 
TO HARASS THEATRES 



Albany, Feb. 5. 
Cities and towns in New York 
state would take over theatres and 
operate thom, under a proposal 
sponsored by the New York State 
Conference of - Mayors as a part of 
its program to cojje with taxation 
problems. 

DifTlculties encountered by mu- 
nicipalities in recent .years through^ 
their inability, to collect ample 
taxes to sustain the cost of govern^ 
meht have resulted. in an appeal, to 
the ii-ogisiature to enact a law per- 
mitting back taxeis from revenUe- 
prodijcing properties through ap- 
pblntmpht Of a receiver. 

Undor the plan .owners of the- 
atres and other buildings who have 
been negligent in tax payments 
would find a receiver, appointed by 
the municipality;, at their front 
door to receive Income of tlie prop- 
erties. 



HolliywQod, Feb«,B. 
It is indicated that. Divisional Ad- 
ministrator Rosenblatt might rec- 
ommend a royalty system whereby 
writers, actors and directors would 
work on pictures on' a percentage 
basis, in his repoirt to Gen. Johnson 
and the President: 

The royalty suggestion was made 
and argued before the administrator 
by iaelegatipns of the Screen Writ- 
ers' and Screen Actors' guilds. 

Rosenblatt stated that he was 
keenly interested iii the royalty plan 
and said he would Investigate its 
merits further and likely embody a 
recommendation on the subject in 
his report. 

(GfUilds had endeavored to con- 
vince him that the percentage Idea 
would tend to economy as it would 
weed out the incompetents in the 
industry and reward only those who 
delivered box office product. 

Delegations suggested, however, 
that if the ide^ is put over that the 
percentage be based- not 6ii ifset" 
earnings but on gross takes and that 
Government auditors check the bus- 
iness ixt the- theatres and exchanges. 



Major companies are .viewing the 
1934-;35 production season with more 
caution and skepticism than proba 
hly in any similar period iii the 
past. Some pf the company heads, 
now with pencil and paper attempt- 
ing inital drafts of their new out- 
put, are seriously predicting a slash 
of at least 25"% in major feature 
releases and, generally, cipse to 
50% fewer, short subjects from the 
big rank.i^.. 

Everything, they concdde, hinges 
on the NRA. At the present time 
they hold it as the .maiin problem 
obstructing the usual fairly certain 
planning pf new product. The set 
:tlng of hours and wages is the one 
development so , far coming out of 
the code.. Tjiis, unofficially, is esti- 
mated to have raised Hollywood 
labor costs some $10,000,000. 

What producers have yet to learn 
from the NRA, spokesmen declare, 
is just what is actually going to 
happen when the trade practise por- 
tions of the code get into the clear- 
ing house. 

If double features . go, and there 
is nothing specifically against them 
in the code, this is bound to make 
a change in production, outlook. 
There would then necessarily have 
to be more short -subjects. 

KO< for Dualsi 
In the same respect producers, 
trying to see their way through .the 
'33-.'34 production fog, as well as ex- 
hibitors all over the country, note 
that the cPde by arming makers 
with the whip to force theatre own- 
ers into accepting as maiiy shorts 
as they buy features, indirectly aims 
what may be a deadly blow at 
dualism. 

Strong; selling policies which re 
fuse to be persuaded by the exhib 
itor into booking fewer shorts than 
the number declared the legal maxi'^ 
jnum, is seen by some of the com- 
pany heads es a successful step In 
Outmaneuverlng doubles. 

Should this or any of a • dozen 



Cblumbus, p.. 
Attorneys representing the state, 
and counsel repreientlhg the iflayif 
office, are slated to debate here one 
of the issues of the Hays prpduc- 
tioh cpde which frowns :upon any 
reflections being cast npon govern- 
mental and official representatives. 
.Pending the , outcome of the legal 
clash the -Ohio censor board Is. hold-; 
ing up release of Universalis .'Mldr 
night.' 

In answer to the. state's claim that 
dertain iSarts of the picture are 
detrimental to the., prosecuting of t 
ficers of Ohio the film Industry con- 
tends --that the; picture, instead, 
shows them as humane and dis- 
proves a public bellief that district 
attorneys all are persecutors. 

KAHANE HEADS 





BREEN UPS 



Observing Hays 

HoUywpo.d, Feb. 5, 
""^Wiir-=^H:='HSS^^i5="irot"^,Ktte^^ 
today's meeting of the producers as 
on Saturday night he came up from 
Palm h?prings and went directly to 
the Qufon of Angels hospital here, 
where lie is under observation for 
some .'sort of stomach disorder. It is 
not considered serious. 



HARRY WARNER TO SAIL 
ON FOREIGN PROD. 0.0. 



.Harry . Warner is going tp. 
Europe about the second week; of 
March t< look over the company's 
holdings there and see what can be. 
done oh production abroiidy Sam 
Morris, Warner foreig.n head, will go 
with him. 

A7B is already producing in Lon.-^ 
don. Laura La Plante sailed Satur-r 
day (3) tb go into two pictures for 
the company there. Warner and 
Morris will decide, oh their visit, 
how much this British production 
=Gan-bc-expande.d=arLd=ja:li£i;UifcJ:.J^^ 
the . e.pmpany ought to follow suit 
in France. 

Morris was operated on last week 
at Sydenham ho.<;pital, New York, for 
gall bladder, but is recuperating 
nicely, and figures to be well enough 
in time for the trip. 



(Continued on page 23) 



Hollywood, Feb. 6. 
Association pf Motion Picture 
Producers is holding its annual 
meeting late this afternoon (Mon- 
day) at which Ben B. Kahane will 
be elected president, succeeding 
Lpuis B. Mayer, who has held office 
for three years. At same session 
Joseph I. Breen, who has been per-- 
sonal representative fbr Will H. 
Hays out here for almost two years, 
will be placed in charge of the of- 
fice now headed by James A. Win- 
gate. Breen will be put in charge 
of enforcing the cbde with respect 
tb scripts and stories while Win- 
gate remains as censorship, contact 
being mbre familiar with the work 
of censor boards than studio routine. 

Breen has been best handling 
scripts and stories with respect to 
censorshij) restrictions, being a 
forceful factor in impressing pro- 
ducers on what they cannot do. 
Breen was one of the few perspns 
Who strongly impressed Sol A. 
Rosenblatt when latter was here 
(Continued on page 63) 



The issue of authority over stu- 
dio Production at. Metro will be set- 
tled when. Nicholas BI. Schenck 
reaches the coast, via the Canal,: 
Feb; 

Ever since Irving Thalberg re/- 
turned to that Ibt slx months ago, 
and was given free rein, . 
hive been that other M-G pro-, 
ducers, including Davi O: . Selz- 
hick, .sori-in-law of Louis B. Mayer, 
Walter WangeVi Hunt Stromberg 
and Harfy Rapf were dissatisfied 
with the setup as they couldn't 
make their ow decisions without 
obtaining the approval of Eddie 
Martnix, the cbmpany's geheral 
manager. 

Mannix resumably found the 
situation SO; annoying, he came east 
recently supposedly oh vacation but 
aqtually to cchfer with Schenck re- 
gaVrdlrig the studio problem. 

Schenck, wiib had . planned going 
to the coast anyway, had Mannix 
remain and. make the trip with him, 
during which time a final- studio- 
setup will probably be laid out. Un- 
derstood that since the deal where- 
by Thalberg only produced his own 
pictures, and Manhlx ; assumed the 
load -of handling the other produ- 
cers. Mayer has been sitting by 
withbut injecting himself Into the 
situation in any way. 

About 'Rip Tide' 
But the other prbducers have 
been squawking about Thalberg 
having - put only one picture, 'Rip 
Tide', into prpductlon and. are 
pointing out that this film has taken 
a long time to make and will be an 
expensive proposition, while they 
have had to secure periniisslon on 
every move. This, they claim, has 
Impeded their own pictures. 'Cat 
and Canary' is another studio ache, 
reported to already be around 
$800,000 In cost and may .need ad- 
ditional work. 

Reports are that Thalberg is 
standing pat and .might, if efforts 
were made to chahge his i>osltiPii, 
ask for his contract release. 

Mayer throughout has remained 
non-committal from the coast, leav;* 
Ing the entire situation up to 
Schenck for an all-time ruling bn 
authority. 



U. S. Supreme Ct. Decision on Future 
Rents Is a Break for Show Biz Bkpts. 



A- speedy .disposition of clalihs in 
amusement bankruptcies is looked 
for as a result- of the ruling by the 
U. S, Supreme Court yesterday 
(Monday) that future rents iare not 
proyeable. Adjudication of such 
claims has been held up altogether 
in Paramount Publlx/ Publlx Enter- 
prises ahdi other bankruptcies 
awaiting an Interpretation of this 
phase of the laws 'governing bank- 
ruptcies. 

, Fbr- Par, Publi Enterprises, 
Fox- West Coast and other bankrupt 
estates In; ^how business as well as 
outside the precedent not only, pro- 
tects these companies from possi- 
bility of satisfying large claims 
from landlords, but als6 relieves 
them of costly litigation. 

With landlords listing damages 
and future rents under long leases 
In claims against Paramount, for 
instance, the total filed ran to about 
-$30a.O!OO.P-QO, la.s .-agMnst Ijab^^^^ 
'51{5o,6oo,oTo . fisted by the company 
on entering bankruptcy. 



Washington, Feb. 5. 
Upholding decisions of lower 
courts, the Supreme court ruled in 
(Continued on page 59) 



WALTER TRUMBELL AS 
HAYS' WASH. CONTACT 

Walter Ti-umbell, ne\vspa.i)or and 
Washihgton contact man, seems to 
have Joined the ilays staff, officially 
although all the Haysites are acting 
secretive about it. .Some even pro 
fess not kno ;ing that Trumbell has 
been ocbiipyihg a vacant office in 
the Hays hallway for the past week. 

•Hay.<5 is building up some new re- 
lations \Vith the administration and 
al.so doing a special ppopapandlc. Job 
that has a radio . associatlo 
Trumbell wis associafod with the 
President's s(>C'l-r-tary, Louis Mf'H. 
HoWe, somo time ago in a .si-rics of 
nation.nl. irroartoa.sts. 



Sid Kont, prosiderit of Fox. is'- va- 
catibning in .Florida for aliout a 
month. 

It's his first real var-!itlon sin<^'' ho 
took .up the maniiK'-nif-rit f)f Fox 
Film more than a year awo. 



LOEf S 1933 NET 
100% UP OVER '32 



Loew's net earnings for the first 
quarter of the company's fiscal year, 
ended Nov. .23, 1933, are more than 
100% improved over the same pe- 
riod in 1932. 

The net profit for the 12 weeks 
ended Nov. 23, 1933. after deprecia- 
tion and taxes and after subsidi- 
.arles' preferrexl dlvdend.s, amounts 
to $1,591, 6dS. For the' same period" 
In 1932 the. n.p. w:as $741,910. Oper- 
ating profit, for the .name period in 
1933 w*as ^2,732,60^,. as cbmpared 
to $1,756,815; before d(6pr6clation 
and taxes for the. first quarter, 1932. 

GOLDWYN ASiaNG M 
FROM RKO FOR 'NANA' 

Sani Goldwyn and IIKO are at a 
standstill on rental terms for 'Nana' 
over the circuit, Gold.wyn is asking 
4()% of the gross but KKO has not 
actually turned down the proposi- 
tion. • 

G'oldwyn gets 2',% up to $65,000 
at the Music Hail for the first week 
of 'X;uia' and 75% thereafter, but 
for the first week that the film plays 
the Ct'ntre, smaller of the two R.C. 
=lroiJTTnHr-'t^oldAV'^yn-=eolieGl3=-25.f;cr ^.at=. 

Jli'O.OOf) find "^>'.'„ tlKireaftor. How 
lon.'i till- film ii^ to jiLuy at thO Centre 
it; ('> depend on the weekend gross. If 
the weekend tr>t;ils reooh $12,000 
over Fi-Miiy. Satiinl.Ty and Sunday, 
'S:\r..i' hol'l." ov<' 



^ 6 Variety 



P I C T ORES 



Tuesday, February 6, 1934 



Chi FAn fadnsfiry 



Chicago;' 

j^ftej* 25 years the; fllrn industry- 
of Gh.icago Is detei*niined\;to put up 
• a f{hteh«^ fight against th«5 censor 
board which has been a constant 
thbrii In the industry's .side: 

.Film Board last week decided to 
, go to the authorities and to the 
public to present their case a:hd to 
do away with the throttling by the 
censors. They have already se- 
•bured 'the ljacking of the newspapers 
throughout the , city With the dailies 
promising to aid in the battle 
against the |ilm slicing element. 
Newgpapibrs agree with the Film 
5oaVd that since the establishment 
.of the new Hays moral code and the 
effectiveness of the Industryls code 
.thferie is no. need for local snooping : 
•on Alms. 

rThe film Tciiein wHl^use the ixews- 
papetSi- screens' and xadip to inform 
the public^ of the vtaiy -the ..censors 
>hav^ been ■ encroaching on jpersbnal 
liberty rights. 

■Biow-pp comes afteif several 

ipriths .of .sin Jnci^easlrigly tough : 
:C(3nsbr board; a. board . that has be- 
come ruthless in ., its.': treiatmenif of -, 
ijnimiis. Haive been slicing them Into 
ribbons and eveh fla.tly banning 
pthers, causing hug® losses , by de- 
priving exhibitors, and .distributors 
orf releases in the second largest. lliin 
mWket of the world; 




MamduEan In 



itouben Mamoullan got in this 
\veek from the Coast to; huddle, with 
Sam Gol4!j)i'yn and Maxwell Ahdei'- 
son oh Ann , Sten's next, 'Resurrec-; 
lion.' Anderson has been, obtained 
to script. 

Fredrjc- March set opposite 
Miss Sten, 




Hearst CanqKiigiL 
With Naval Fib 



} Hollywood, Feb. . 

"■'Metro will help along ithe H<earst 
propaganda for a b.lgSer navy with 
.a; picture, based oh . the manner iii 
^Which recent administrations hayie 
allowed first line of defense to slip 
below par. 

Yarn, so far untitled,, has been 
yn'ltteri .on thie lot by Afarcus Good- 
' :'rich„ former Naval . man. Walter : 
."Wang^r" will pcodiice iti. 

FILMS ANXIOUS ON 
iUfn-TRQSTRDUNG 

Declaring .that smtlrtr-uSt rliaws' 
are,fcibi|snamed' feo far as jthejr' per.-. 
tali¥ to industries similit^ to films, 
picture leaders Monday (5) were 
awaiting eagerly the NRA defini- 
tion of 'monopolistic practiiaes! as 
promised during the past few days 
by General Hugh S: Johnson. 

The indie exhibitor ' who domi- 
nates a small town' is being held 
up as the only analogy to monopoly 
in filmS by major spokesmen. Such 
see any attempt by' the NRA to take 
into its own ^ hands a law which 
they describe as 'distorted " and 
colored by the courts'" as meaning 
a certain 1;>r.eak for large film in- 
.terests. In" other wOrds they aire 
confidently expecting a, final defi- 
nition and easelnerit of anti-trust 
worries : one which, some' of th^m 
evert antieip'ate, will enable majors 
to sit down . in the opeh at- a single 
. table and discuss- btfsiness w:ithput 
the i)fesent fears, at- least in quari- . 
I , of xjoercion charges from vari- 
indie and governmental ranks, 
reparing" their- own", front for 
easiier anti-trust conditions some of 
the leaders are resorting to the dlc- 
-tiohary.. 'The' exclusive' control, 
supply of any conimodity or service 
■ in . a given market' Is the first 
.-phrase they- discover. . That is true 
•of tlie eiectrfc an c: aluminum fields, 
but not pictures, they aver. In an-i 
swer to a further definition of mon-- 
opply, 'able to prevent entrance, en- 
joyed to th6 exclusion - of pthers,' 
they, are dra\ving. the picture pf 
eight . larpre companies, in the film 
Industry 'continupu.sly at each 
other's throats.' 



"5 4 vt : T r HolljpwQod, F6b. B.». 
|[y^oe5i jiaV jSpl R<J s^blatt's com - 
^liniehlfr: tor -its •*r6ric%along con- 
ciliation and research lines '.and 
wlt^i/a jfpro^is.e •k)% -Rvoi^iptc^r . money' 
to <^^nue^;;the ';<)atte^:^fe)Pttu^^ the. 
Acafleta^ i '^ciimbljpi[..1lbiick rbh its 
feet. 

Plus this .are.,, sesypral scores of 
resignees rJtjsrr5hin§'i-to tjie fold, 
chiefly In thOsii^^UilS.'cians' brian.ch> 
with promise tha,t some- writers 
who walked . also are on the way 
back; 

Technicians still resume thie; re- 
search work imimediately. EJxe'c^ 
utive committee of this branch met 
Saturda.y and appointed a commit- 
tee of four, comprising Wesley'^ll- 
ler, Major Nathan Levinsoii, Van 
Nest Polglase and Harris Enislgn, 
to formulate the pla?,. of campaign. 

Art Directors' branch is also back 
pn its. feet with a dinner , set for 
Friday to further thet revival of ih- 
teresit. 

Altho.ugh keeping w. in, the. ba<!k- 
ground during ^ Rosenblatt's;; stay 
here. Academy .committee was .sum- 
nioned before the ' Government 
prober two days before, he left and 
made, a greiat hit by telling .him 
they had no s<iuawks. 

He was insistent In his request 
that this oi-ganizatlon elect nomi-, 
nees for the various codA commit-- 
tees.- ■■ 

First of these elections set for 
Wednesday .(7) when writers will 
turn in their suggestions. Other 
branches will iiold similar elections 
later in the week. 

Writers and actors will supply 
seven or eight names for these 
commlWees but, will not, as was 
done in the Screen Writers' Guild 
election, define Just which commit- 
tees -they want .the particular mem- 
bers on. 

, .Directoi's and Technicians com- 
mittees, wijl each supply two. names, 
one for the code Authority and^one 
for the Agency Committee.. The 
other two employee branches elect 
additional, names as these two 
branches will also b,e represented 
on the So -called B-5 committees, 
which will comprise half producers 
and Ji'alf employees. 



ist Runs on Broadway 

(Subject to cdfinge) 

We9k Feb. 

Paramount — - 'Search 
Beauty (Par). 

Capitolr— 'This Side pf Heav- 
en'. (Metro)* 

Strand— 'HI Nellie' ( WB) (gd 
•Week). 

iaiio— fDevIl Tiger' (Fox) 

(t).- ■: 

R^xy— 'Madame Sjpy' (U).- 
Musie Hall— 'Nana^ (UA) (2d 

Rivoli— 'Moulin Ilouge' (Ua!) 
(7). 

W«ek Feb. 16 
Paramount— Six of a Kind' 
(Par). 

Capitol— 'Cat and the Fiddle' 
CHletro),,, 

Stpanf(-k'Hi Nellie' (WB) 
(3d 'w<>ek)i 

, Box:^. r-=! 'Lbjig Xost Fatlier.' 
(RkOjf. \ 

: Mu^ic Hail--'Gar6lIna' (Fox). 

Rivoli—'Mpuiln Rouge* (UA) 
(2d week). : 

1^2. pictures 

'Queeri Christina' (Metro) 
(AstOp) <eth' week). 



on Code 



M;inn<5^pollai. . 
nigoing 'Uhanlmouslsr on record 
Iri '-opp >the'' h^\ir "Industry 

c64^ .and ttj.e unqualified ^^s^ pf 
saine^^NprtjhVf^s^ AlUi^d States here 
neverthele»a"left- the'way open for 

falllns in line if the code Is 'prop- 
erly modified' or conditional signa- 
tures finally are' deemed acceptable. 

Another naeetlng of the Inde- 
pendent exhlljltors' organization 
was called foir iFeb: 26, two days be- 
fore the liew deadline. At that time 
theatre owners of -the . section will 
again consider the matter of signing 
of the code. p.— . 

The loqal meeting resulting in the 
unanimous ;-a,'^6ptIon .oC the. >jresolu- 
tlon con^emhing the -code 'and tak- 
ing a stand against its signing was 
attended by 87 members represent- 
ing;:!^ vilieatres. Ituleveloped that 
6nly"t.wo' exhibitors present liad al- 
ready signed the code.. One absent 
lenrkber al^^'ei ^as reported as . hav-. 
iiig''-'d6ne, SO;' ■ All three were 'to 'try 
to withdraw their signatures. 



COURT CLEARS HARRY 
M OF FLIINKINESS 



Singer's Denver Spot 

X^hicago, Feb. 6. 
M. H. Singer planning Expansion 
-lnto_Penver. 



Negotiations iiow"iirwTffi~hariker& 
for acquisition of the orpheum. Will 
bring the Singer circuit to nine 
theatres. 



Ceballos on 'Catspaw' 

Hollywood, Feb. 5. 
Larry Ceballos will stage the cab- 
aret dancevi, numbers for Harold 
Ilvloyd's 'CatRjjaw,' now in work at 
the Motropoiitah studios. 



Pathe's Embassy Geared . 
To IVIake Money at $3,000 



,Pa.the News, .under, the rent .deal 
it has made, cah make money in tiae 
Embassy with a $3,6(3.0 weekly gross; 
The new Embassy policy, is- such 
tliat Path e_ News esecutiyes, are 
mainly corTtroljers. , o^* thei^ .house.' 
Harpid ■Wondsei, editor. Is 

also executive y. . -of ' the theatre 
cprpox'atibn which is backed with 
outside 'money.. 

■When the house reopens' Feb. -10 
it will have an all-^Pathe news; pol- 
icy, running time '45 minutes; No 
shorts unless the.managfement later 
decides otherwise. 

. The Embassy. yfi\l hot end . Pathels 
relations with the Tran.slux. The 
reel will continue to serve its op- 
position with material' from Its na> 
tional I'elease, Rooster idea for the 
yEmb"^nmv'Hs-'to=build=^'upfc,:SpeGlai- 
ne.ws events. . 



JEFP LAZARUS DUE IN N. T. 

Arriving in New York Feb. 12 via 
the Canal, Jeff Lazarus, will, brush 
over the eastern literary market^ 
see shows and contact producers, 
playwrlght.s, etc. 

Lazarus is chairman of the Par 
studio editorial board. 



LdS Angeles, Feb. 6. 
No one Is going to call Harry 
Cohn, prez of Columbia*, a flunkey 
and get away with it. Even If Cohn 
has to go in' court about It. 

Luis ;<bhaudet\ a witness In the 
$240,000 breach of contract suit 
brought against. Aimee Semple. Mc- 
Pherson iHuttpn .by the estate of 
the the late .J. Roy 'Stewart, testi- 
fied that (Dohn Was a fiunkey.,Chau- 
det .liad. .^een chilled, to substantiate| 
claimst,tl?e.. .scenario for Aimee's plc. 
waSi'adequ.ate.,.. , ., 

.£|l\or,tly-,.. after C^iaudet testified. 
Cphn,. 9j?p€a^edl..in,.. Superior Judge 
LeOn R,i Yankw.ich.'s coijrt with- a 
iDieyvraillng., denial, that h,e . had -ever 
jj^en Chaud|9t's,qr, £^ny,o^e's flunkey.. 
:,T,lie,..|jufJg^,.,rehd<ed Cohn's-. denial 
^yi'tli: 'You. -are. thereby cleared of 
fiunkin.ess.' 



ir> tb %. Av 

'Jde ■'Mdrrispn. . '•■ ' 
Joe ■Shea. 
Andre Hornez.. 
Nah<!e lO'Neil. 
Dorothy 'Stickney. 
Nicholas M. Schenck. 
Dr. A- H. Gianhini. 
LOu Diiamond. 
Colin GllvOi 
Robert Gleckler. 
Wheeler and '^ooisey. 
Porothy Lee. 
Wm,. . • Rowland and. wife. 



L. Ar to N. Y. 



Lllyan Tashtnan. 
Jake Wilk. 
Henry King. 
Roubeh Mamoulian- 
Homer Ciirran. 
Sid Silvers,.' 
Barton MacLean. 
Will H. Hays. 



Better Films CouncO Coadung 
Chldren on M. P. Appreqsition 



King VidorV Indie 



Holiywpodi 

Ed Ralph as production manager 
and Monte Dinner as dialog .and 
icastlng director havei^tieen added to 
staff .of King • Vidbr in preparing 
'Our Daily Bread,' which the direc- 
tor- will make as an Independent at 
the General ' Service studio. 

Production on Which Vidor has 
been working for better part of a 
year,, is slated for the cameras about 
March 1. Joe, Manklewlcss has been 
working witli Vidor on the story, 
and Betty Hill is doing the script. 




, , Hollywood, Feb. . 

Sol' Rosenblatt, left here Thurs- 
day' night (i) enro'yte to. "Wasiiihg-. 
ton to begin prepara'tion of . his re- 
port for President Roosevelt and 
Gep». JDohiieop.. ^ * .\ ^ 
! itetutning ^ Wiytjr hwn vwprp 'Mrs. 
Ro^ei^jbTfttj^; %^of WiU| «tQi>!. over 'i iri 
Chicagp; hlS; assistant, Morris Le- 
jendr^K >Har(;;>lc| .^.Bie^esi^rdf ,. ?iVarner 
att6rh(^, axld'^-Mrs.' BairesfOiniJ, both, 
of wA(^ «(:cgompi^4ied^i^!^'^cst. 

Despite the number oif complica- 
tions Rosenblatt ^ran int^ while here, 
he stated he - had virtually coni- 
pleted. his mission although, spme' 
data he needs, fpr his r^PO^^ 1^ still 
missings and- will fpllPw by mail. 



Board Appointees Must 
First Be Assentors 



Question was being raised in legal 
circles Monday (6) aS to this status 
pf members being considered for 
jposltidhs on grievance and zoning 
boards who have not yet signed 
code, assents. Major lawyers 
claimed! such members will auto- 
matically .be disqualified. 

C. A. headquarters at same time 
said It Is. rechecking names and that 
non-aign^rs will probably, be weeded 
out. 

None of the field machinery can 
bei official Until ' digested and con- 
firmed by the entire Code Authority. 
This may he accomplished at the 
Friday sesslcn pf the C. A. The 
nbminatipns cpnlmittee meets again 
Thursday with the hppe pf complet- 
ing the tentative set-up. 



ZANFFS DEBTS 



Former Fox Exec Lists Wm. Fox 
Among Hi Debtors. 



On the eve of his unveiling in. 
the talent agency busihess in. Hoi-, 
lywpbd, John Zanft, former Fox 
exeo, 'declared himself a bankrupt, 
Schedule' he filed with the Federal 
Court' in New York last Week gave 
hifs liabilities as $244,216, and as- 
sets, ^168;729. Of 'the latter sum 
^i67,800 : cOffStitutes" claims which 
Zanft stated he has' against Vi'il- 
11am Fox m connection with sey- 
ei^al Philadelpiiia realty deals. 
' Judgments, entered by three 
building and loan associations 
against , him ttiake up $210,000 of the 
liability tally. Fcr ppe of these 
jiidgmehts, $92^270, Zanft declares in' 
his schedule,. Fox is liable,' Zanft 
'describes himself as acting as 
"Strawman" and agent for . the ex- 
picture magnate in. obtaining this 
sum on a. loan from the. Morris 
Haber Building .& Loan Asa'h of 
i>hiladelphia. 

Zanft .also, charges that Fox is 
ila'bje for ''$40,000. oh another judg- 
nrient' (Randall Building .& Loan 
Ass'n) - and again for half of: an 
$S,774 judgment a third Mortgage 
outfit (Pennsylvania Go;), has . re- 
covered. Liability- list also; Includes 
$8,500'. Zanft owes for iincome taxes 
to the..G_Qyernmerit. 



Hollywood, Feb. 6. 

Marie Dressier, who, has;-" been 
handling her . own business . affairs 
at Metro without an agent for the 
past two years, goes under the manr 
agement of John Zanft, starting In 
agency business this week.. 

Arthur Landau represented Miss 
Dressier until two years agd. 



CJhIcago, Feb. 6. 

Better Films Council of Chicago 
and C0ok,.G.o.unty instituted a cjjasa 
of mptlQin picture ap^re^Ieittoh' at 
the Mcrgan Park Military Academy; 
as a test cf the project. If success- 
ful similar classes will be eijii^b- 
lished thrpughput the state. 

Object pf the mpve as explained 
by Eunice L. McClure, president Of 
the organization,. Is to stimulate the 
boys' understanding of films, to de- 
velop a keener sense Of values and 
to become more discriminating, in 
picture selection. 

. Having ,. .worked out study 
course, eight films, with a ques- 
tlennalre prepared pn*each flicker, 
have, ,Tj.een selected; In smaller 
grcjuipa. a thprough dlscusslpn pf 
the fl.ln)is is carried on. ^t.p .bring out 
theme,^,^ apting .and. direction plua 
photography and treatm.ent. 

Lessons so far have dissected 
these, films: 'Day apd Age' (Pair), 
;Heil. Below' (MG), 'Qnce In a Life- 
time' .(U), >Best of . Enemies' (Fox) 
and 'Topaze* (RKO)> iFlrst lesson 
waS; merely dlscusslpn of the bapk- 
ground, . and the questionnaire on 
this topic was as . follows : ., 

1. : What sort of p,jctures.. 
enjpy most?- 

. 2. Dp ybu .select .films because, ot 
star Or critic's review^? 

.3; What is more iii:it>ortant — story 
Or star? 

,4. Are most, films original stories 
or' adapted? 

. - 5. Name the 'best pictures of 1930, 
.i?31,. 1932, 1933; 

5. Xist 10 stars In order of . their 
achievements.. 

7. List 10. directors! 

8. What are the major .companies? 
How are films spld? 

. Dp ypu remember ypur first 
'mpvle'? 

11. Give a brief history pf mptlon 
pictures. 

ilm Exam.- 

: Here is the questionnaire . on 'Day 
and Age,' which constituted les- 
sen n. 

•1. Give name of picture and com«: 
pany prpducing It/ 

2. Did title fit picture? 

3. ^hp was the dlrectpr^ 
; 4. ISfhat t»ther fllnis' had 

■rebtecr-?: r. ' . ' .i; 

6. Whe were stars? 

, -6.; Were they well c1|toden.7 

, ' - Who had 'the most Important 

and dlfl*cult' part ? '. > • < 

8. What outstanding qualities 
were displayed by Stephen? Gar- 
ret? Morey? Toledo?' 

.9. What was type of pleture? 

10. Did ypu enjoy It? (State rea- 
sons.) . 

11. Is this a picture for chlldrent 
Why? 

12. Was story well tpld? 

13. Which was best scene In pic- 
ture? 

14. Wpuld ypu have oriiltted any 
scenes? 

15. Can you remember a 'fade-In' 
that gave the keynote of the. play? 

16. What characters supplied com- 
edy? \ 

. 17. Did the romance detract from 
the story? 

18. Who Was the Little Fellow? 

19. Were city ofilciats honest? 

20. ' Was ending satisfactory? 

21. Give 50 -word resume, of -stqry» 
giving climax. 



Zoning Thing Defined 



Exhlbs whc expect the zpning 
bpards tp. Ipwer their rentals and 
mpve.them lntp first run are doomed 
to. dieappolntttient: Officially,' zpnIng. 
bpards have . npthing to with 
rentals; Their Jpb is tp define runs 
and qjearance In. all Of the .theatres 
In their territories.. 

Spokesmen point out that there is 
no such animal as a 'permanent first 
run.' 

The main function pf the zoning 
system Is to avoid confusion and 
disputes among exhibitors awaiting 
product, particularly those In the 
subsequent runs who are •waiting 
for product already playing In the 
territory. '. 

Wbjje the system Is unified under 
the NRA in certain respects it goes 

least In tl^e largest' cities' where ^ 
there are many runs; and It is long- 
est in the.', less theatre- populated 
'areas of the country. ' 



I. 

Muni's 'Bohunk* Next 

Warners ' has' taken an original 
from Harry Irving, 'The Bohuhk,' 
for Paul Muni; 



Tuesday, February 6, 1934 



p I c ¥ ■ a 



E S 



ViRlfTY 



SCRIPT READING REFORMERS 





to 




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With Borah Moving In, Causes Concern { p 



Washington, Feb. 5. 
Tuinin.S; to the Senate for aid, In- 
dcpcmleht exhibitors . in their war- 
fare against major film interests 
are also looking hopefully toward 
the House for further support in 
•thip. contest against the NRA code. 

■While no develoi>ments have oc- 
curred in 'th(B House during the past 
week, threaits to revise the copy- 
right laws in such tnanner as to 
outlaw block hooking, and added 
prcsf<ure on members to support the 
-Patman Federal regulation bill plus 
the cxhlbs* woes, strenprthened the 
conviction that the industry will 
be' lucky to escape Congressional 
hnr.ing this session. 
Opening of. the Senate attack . on 
film code was regarded as m. 
• igeripus storm signal and industry 
watchers reflected far iore appre- 
hension over this development' than 
over indications the. House may 
.swing Into action. 

r'reviousiy haying .slammed the- 
NRA for. failure to protect small 
enterprises and giving spt'cial con- 
'slderatibn jto large monopolistic out-- 
fits. Senator Korah of Idaho, vig- 
orous opponent of big business,- of- 
fered in, support of his contentions' 
.a now peeve from Allied State As- 
.spciktidn in which direct charige of 
.coda violation was fired- against 
major producers.. Allied also 
yelped' about failure of Oeneral 
Counsel IJtmald Richborg of NRA 
to come to its support. 

Although BoraH lias little famil- 
iarity with Jealousies rivalries, and 
technical phases of the motion piC- 
tin e industry, his willingness to ac- 
( Continued on page 10 V 



e. A. Moves Iti Feb. 15 



The Code Authority is not . slated 
to move into its permanent hi^adr 
quarters in the RKO Bidg. in Radio 
City until around Feb. 15. Reports 
that there has been some fumbling 
as to who would slgn the lease were 
cleared up Monday when it was r-Cr 
vealfed that John C. linn, as secre- 
tary, and Harold Baresford, repre- 
senting the Warners, , have assumed' 
the obligation for the C-A, 

In the meantime tbe C.A. will 
continue to traVel around the city 
for "meeting places. After Visita- 
tions to the Bar Association,. H. M. 
Warner's office and the Hotel As- 
ter, it is holding its fifth session in 
the N. Y. Athletic C^ijilj. 




NRA Looks to the Hays' Moral Codes 






on 









Admiilistrator Would Favor 
Thein Judcing Stories 
with Hays Office — But 
Says He Is Ojpposed to 
Snoopers and Censorskip 



INDIGNANT INFANTiS 



GRIEVANCE BDS. 
WILL m BUSY 



i<"rcocfpni tor filmtloui will "chaxige 
Into grief days for many in the 
busiiness when Grievance Boards 
come into their o\vn. Many are now 
violating the NRA code and have 
been for the past two months, ac- 
cording to industry overseers. They 
warn that such exlvlbitors and pro- 
ducers may be hauled Up. on the 
Grievance mait'ih March for a viola- 
tion committed last December, and 
be subject to that $500 per day fine. 

Despite the fact that.'thcre is no 
ofTicial police force for the NRA in 
pictures as yet, the industry has its 
own grapevine and secret .service 
system. 

All over the c(>ui\tiy right now, 
according to reports trickling into 
film headquarters, picture bosses 
are watching their neighbors, in 
some instance putting down on pa- 
pei' what will later a.<»sume the form 
of ah official coirfip.lal.nt before the 
local boards. Such sincifire employ- 
era are in NRA circles the vlga- 
lantes of the industry— nien who 
from the start have been, trying;; 
at least, to take the code seriously, 
despite the fact that 6ven sohi(& of 
the formula authorities, can't indi- 
vidually e.Ncplain some of the clauses. 



'asliington, Feb. 

iso aistion on salary or raiding 
provisions 6C the code if^ expected 
beforiB next month. Divisional Ad- 
ministrator Sol A. Rosenblatt an- 
nounced today on hi'3 .return from' 
Hollywood... 

Spending an hour making an in- 
formal report to Administrator 
John.. )n, Rosenblatt said he had 
reached, no conclusions on these 
matters ^nd intends to make a 
thorough stiidy of information col- 
lected 3n Hollywood before recom- 
mending action by the President. 

Rosenblatt expressed confidence 
that outstanding code problems will 
be solved easily as a result of his 
ta:;:s, complimenting producers and 
distributors for their co-operation, 
and deacribinjr himself as startled 
to .discover the difCerence in points 
of v; w between eastern and west- 
ern leaders of the industi-y. 



Hollywood, Feb.. . 5. 
ivisional Administrator ^oi A. 
Rosenbiatt, speaking before the 
\yampas, warned the industiry of;a 
further curtailment of box office re- 
ceipts, a plethora of censbrship 
trouble and, perhaps, goveriirtient 
Interference unless" flims ai-e clea.hecl, 
up. 

Along this line he said, after a rer, 
view of the Haya system of pollc-i- 
ing scripts and stories, that he fa- 
vpred a plan whereby a reputable 
and' genuine reform organization 
would • confer on scripts with Hays, 
brtlclals before they go into produc- 
tion. He stated that ho would not 
favor that the out-and-out sniopp 
ing element be given such prerpga 
tlve, .but said he believed that right 
thinking organizations, using their 
efforts, with discretion, woUld be. of 
help in malntaiining the proper 
standards of ihoralltyi 

'I am opposed to censorship. In 
(Continued on page 49> 



7.000 Assents 



John O. Flhin, executive secre- 
tary of tlio .Code Authority, yester- . 
day (Monday) reported receipt of 
approximately 7,00ff assents to the 
fllm! code. 

Beifore the month is but ianother 
1,000 is expected, figuring . that the 
Allled-NRA suit will have come to 
bit in the . meantime and settled, an 
issue which wlli add name's' to the 
cause. 



S. CAl 






How Alternate 
System on Code 
Works for MG, WE 



AN EXTRAS' PLAINT 

Got Di^iy Waiiing 11 Years to Be 
Rotated— NRA Squawk 



Chi Pic Cos. Fear 
Grievance Board 
Jobs Time Killers 



Hollywood, Feb. 5. - 
III a tiquawk letter to Central 
.•lasting Bureau, femimc whose name 
is being withheld bitterly complains 
she's never been 'rotated,' although 
she's, dizzy from .11 years' waitinfe 
for a job as an extra. Term is used 
as applied in the code to designate 
spread of Work. 
.-.u-.Coming,into the pictuirfe. precin cts 
somewhere between the- galloping 
tintype and talker eras, the com- 
plainant saya she's been registered 
and has waited patiently for over a 
decade but has' never once been 
called for atmosphere. Now she's 
.lust a little tired o% waiting and 
\vi>ndoi"s If .oho nn^rli*' not . to try 
«nTiu'thing olpf'. 



Chicago, Feb. 5. 

Latetit oineial notice on the griev 
ance board is that the setup will be 
announced on Feb, ?. The Chicago 
board looks to be compp.sed. of Phil 
Duna-s of Columbia and Felix Men 
delsohn of Metro fPr unaffiliated and 
a.fflliated exchanges. Walter I.m- 
mermah of B. & K. seems set as 
circuit exhibitor, with Fred Guilford 
as Indie exhib. Outside fifth man 
1 not definite, but s()me t.alk of/ Mike; 
igoe. 

Henry Herbel of Universal was 
penciled in by the New Torlc pffl- 
cials following an avalaiiche of rec- 
ommendations by ; both indie and 
circuit exhibitors, but Herbel bowed 
out of the grievance board picture 
Oh the plea that his time out.side of 
business is pretty, well taken up at 
present with his duties as president 
of the Chicago Film Board of Trade. 

This angle pf putsidc Interests to 
the possible injury tp the exchange 
sales record has caused many film 
companies to hesitate "before okay- 
ing-their .nian.agers fpr .jpb.^i On local 
grievance boards tliroiighout , the 
country. Film companies, feel that 
theic' managers must spbnd lOO% 
time and effort on the job. 

Only way thik may be worked put 
sa!iHf actorily -wTir be IFe allatTnlirTr 
of a certain number, of exchange 
managers for each company 
throughout the nation. Thus, with 
32 major distribution points, it's in- 
dicated that each of the eight major 
distribs will allow four exchange 
managers to perv<» oti ;?ri<»vnTif'f' 
boards; 



Precedent for a new set-up of al-, 
ternates in the code authority is 
established by Nick Schenck. The 
Metro head, because he has at- 
tended only ohe meeting of the Au- 
thority aind will be absent at the 
allrimportant Feb. 9 session, Is now 
reported as .ha-ving virtually turned 
over his Authority duties to assis- 
tants.: 

Officially, formal withdrawal, of 
Schenck is denied, it being pointed 
out that he has designalted J. Rob.^ 
crt Rubin as first alternate to rep- 
resent him on' production and dis- 
tribution matters, while he has as- 
signed Col. Ed Schiller to speak for 
him when the board Is dicussing 
code matters pertaining to theatres. 

So far Schenck is the only codlst 
known, to have adopted this prpce 
(lure in meeting authority duties. 
H. M. Warner is nearest to copying 
this method. 'While Txis first altefr 
nato is his lawyer, Harry Bares 
ford, Warner is also using: his the 
atre head, Joe Bernhard, to repre-t 
sent him at va,rious of the sessions 



Zoning and clearance: board set- 
ups for the.LiOs Angeles exchange 
territory imimcdlately upon his re- 
turn to Washiiigtpni and i any 
event -not later thian Feb. 10, was 
the parting assurance , of Sol iElos- 
onblatt to southern CaVlfornia thea- 
tre men. It was the first cheering 
iioAvs local exhibs have had' since 
. the code was promulgated, 
i Probable personnel of the zoning 
board for this territory is: Carroll 
'peacock, Howard Stubblns, Harry 
Hicks, J. J. Sullivan,. George 
Iiaynes, Russell Rogers. rlcvance 
and clearances: J. J. Mllstoln, A. 
.T. O'Keefe, Boh N. l^orinstein and 
.tiou Halper. 

Earlier in the week Rosenblatt 
breakfasted with Charles P. SkoUr- 
as and.C. A. Buckley, president and 
V. -p. -attorney respectively, . of 
F-WC, at which time the deputy is 
understood to have empliaslzod that 
the code was intended as a protec- 
tion of the iUtlo fellow,; and that if . 
there .wero any discrimination on 
the part of any one *lt would spieed- 
ily be wiped put. 

A small disgruntled minority of 
the IMPTO of southern California, 
which has been threatening to 
thro\v the cPde-overboai" , tried late 
in the week to dictate to the asso- 
ciation directors a choice of names 
for the zoning, clearance boards but 
made no headway. 



The .Ifays organization Is ready 
to fight any action? already .threat- 
ened within tho Code Authority, to 
divorce . adyertising and production 
morality . libards from it and bring 
them directly, under the ijl'RA... 
Spokesmen, for the major group 
hold that the NRA will likely op- 
pose- such a moveiiienti: tlmt the 
Gpv^rnmciit • is interested in -'comr^ 
mcrclal pi'actises . wltliin tlic indus- 
try and dpcsn't want to include for- 
eign matters in the. code.' 

Such .major sppkosmen now claljn 
that it was xmderstppd at Washing- 
ton, although newspaper corre- 
spondents covering the -story had. 
no, sufch direct IntpiTnation, that the 
Hays Pi'ganlzatlon was 'to take care 
of the industry's morals,' as one 'of 
th'e sppkesmen now. puts ■■ 

:Regarding declarations in in^ie 
'ccimiis and among .some of the 
members of "the C.A. tliat the Hays 
organi^tion docs not represent -the 
ihduatii*y as li ' whole,: majpr lieu- 
tenants . reply with vehemence that 
the MPPDA ■ (Haj'.s. corporatlott) 
ta;keH. in 95%- of the 'responsible 
producers.' 

"The matter wlU'comp to a. head-, 
sUcii viewers indicatP, -i^'hen some 
Indlo violates the nxbral ,c6de. Then 
they figure the CiA. will act. and the 
Hays eodes -wili dominate. 

That there will ,b,e u bittei' fight 
In the C.A. -when this climax- lis 
reached . is ' conceded by. major, 
spokesinen. But they are confldent' 
that the majority of codists, mainly 
Haysltes, believed that prodluction 
and advertising morality properly 
comes under the Haysian wing; 
that these two departments are but 
adjuncts to the general public re- 
lations program which the Hays or- 
ganisation, has always conducted. 



Rosj^ in a Hurry 



Arriving in a special through car 
to New York from Los Angeles 
Monday morning (5) were Mr. and 
Mrs. Clark Gable, Mr. and Mrs. 
Harold Baresford and Mrs. Sol 
Rosenbiatt.- • 

The Diyi.sional Administrator 
abandoned "tiic car at Clilcago to 
take a quicker route to Waflhlng- 
ton. 



Central Bureau's 17,000 Extras 
Will Dwindle to 1000 Und( 



Hollywood, Feb. 6. 

The more than 17,000 • names of 
prospective extras, registered at 
Central Casting Bureau, will be 
sliced to around 2,000 on recommen- 
dation of Divisional Administrator 
Uo.senblatt. 

Reclassification, provided for in 
thercod.cr'W'as=nPt^started='=until'af-= 
tor Ros'onblatt arrived here^ and 
formally prganiited tiio committee 
.empowered to revise the bureau's 
records. 

This committee, Which Will also 
handle all code' complaints- of the 
atmoHplifre plays; comprises Mrs. 
.\ffib<»l K'innfy. Stat* IndnstHal 



Welfare OommisHioner, chairman; 
Larry Steers, extra, and Phil Fried- 
man, Fox casting director. 

In cutting tiie number pn regis- 
tration at Central Casting to aroUhd 
2,000, it is Rcscnblatfa .belief that 
this is all that can be . assured of 
anything like steady work at the 
studiosv 



lATSE CLAIMS 
WAGE VKTORY 



Holly wopd, Feb. $. 
lAT.SlO .soundmen, who took It <»— 
the chin in last summer's strike, 
claim a big victory ior their cause 
In Divisional Administrator Roseur 
biatt's interpretation of the code ab 
far as their salary • .«jcale is con- 
cerned. 

Administrator stated that if. their 
classified scale was in effect at indie 
studios prior to Aug. 23, then this 
mu^t bo considered the minitnum 
for all stUdlps.^ lA claims it was 
and, according to Rosenblatt, on 
propf of this being shown the code 
labor commitee, the minimum will 
be so promulgated. 

The weekly scale of lA in opera- 
tion at ,severa:i of the indies calif 
for $175 a week for first .soundmen; 
.$f}7.50 for "seconds; $70 for third and 
$60 for assistants,, based on 10 hours 
in 12. 

Wiicn the noce.s.'iary contrac 
proved genuine to the labor .com- 
mittee this scale will be Jcon.sldered 
the prevailing. scale despite the min- i 
imum of $7.50 f Or six hours a .day I 
cpritalncd in the IIIRW^ a^rieement ' 
i with the majors, 

Rosenbiatt settled no other labor 
, dispute while on the Coast, although 
he. lieard squawks and suggestions, 
from all; groups. He passed every- 
thing over to the. code labpF cpm- 
mittce to handle with the exception 
of any question arising over col- 
lective bargaining which will, go to 
the regional labor board. 

Code committee comprises Al 
BeL-rcH, chairman, Pat (Ja.soy, Dick 
L'Kstrange and Ed Smith, 



However, the plan is to be elastic 
in Some rfespeots. It will not halt 
studios from hiring thpse not reg- 
istered for mob work but in these 
Instances, the per.sbn so lilred -will 
be compelled to check through Cen- 
tral, th()U£?h not r«-'gist«»rr'd pcnn.'i- 
nf»ntlv 



Pettijohn's Chi Talk 

_ Ciii.o;,tg P,..Feb- , 5^ 

diaries Pcttijohn at a meeting 6C 
ail liim. distributors, both indie and 
national, discussed rode setup an4 
the boards. 

- I'romised settlement, of most of 
the problems thtit have worried ex« 
liibs .'inrl f1i.vtril>.-- since the buslnest 



VARIETV 



P I C ¥ 



E CROSS E S 



Tuesday, February 6, 1934 



SaDy Rand Wows 'Em at Par, LA; 
Ian of Two Worlds' Nice $8,000, 
Tasy to Love, 2 Houses, 




Los ■ Angeles, Feb. 5. 
rade (luirenl weelc seems to lie 
oentorlng in one first-run spot only.. 
Paramount is jgettiner It with Sally 
Inland, the stage attraqtiOri there, be- 
tlie ihaln . dra.w and. shpuid 
I'each afoun.d f20,00b . on the weelc. 
.Scree]! attraction is 'Search for. 
I3eauty.' State is libldirts over 'Go- 
ing: Hollywood', with Hearst papers 
still- strbng on the pJug and take 
indications are fOf around the $12>t 
•100 flgrurfe which is great for a see- 
iind stanza. 

'Man of wo Worlds,'; with nbt^ 
much o.f . a campaign behind it, in 
'■■it the liKO and looks as though it 
-vv^ill hit around the $8,000 mark 
which is excellent under ipresent 
I'.dnditiphs here. "Gallant Lady' ^ fa 
a holdover at United Artists 
and probably wihdu with 

around $7,000. 

Warner houses have 'Easy to 
Fjove' doing mildly at both, but a, 
pickup in trade ' on the previous 
week. 'Eskimo' for second , stanza 
at the Four Star held very steadily 
on its second st^Lnza' and looks 
good for four weeks in the house. 
Estimateo for This Week 
Criteri (Tally) (lieOO; i25-40)— 
'Angkor' (Merrick) (3rd week). For 
final- week will, hit around $1,600. 
On second week it managed to 
garner $2,400. 

Downtown (WB) (1,800; 2B-35r 
40-B5)— 'Easy to Love' (WB>. Just 
a likeable offering which has .no 
outstanding draw quality, will come, 
iiome 'with around $7,000. Liai^t 
week 'Massacre' (WB). They sort 
of shied from this one as $5.60.0 
demonstrates.' 

Four Star (Foi) (900 r 66-7B)— 
•Eskimo' (MG) (2nd week). This 
orte gettitlg' class tradie from around 
town with pic mob atrongly at- 
traicted. Looks like around ^.000. 
First week It did $4,400 after a 
rather dubious start but building 
eaich day. 

Hollywood (WB) (2,756; 25-35-40- 
55)— Easy to Love' (WB)» Started 
off at fair pace and Should come' 
in at around $7,500 on the week. 
Last week 'Massacre' (WB) not 
torrid at all with $5,900.. 

Orpheum (Bdwy) (2,270; 2B-»5)— 
The Lone Cowboy' (J?eir) a;nd 'Mid- 
night' (U) split and vaudeville. 
They give tbem lots for the money 
here with trade okay at -$4,100- 
Last week 'The Chief (MG) a,nd 
'Jlmmie &t Sally' (Fox) with vaude. 
Very good at closis to $5,<I00. 

Pantages (Pan) (2,700; 26-35-40) 
— 'Sons of the Desert' (Poach) and 
stage ■ show; Though they have 
Radio station' stage show tied in 
looks as if house is in for heavier, 
tougher time than, ever; will be 
lucky to hit the $3,500 mark which 
is pilenty of loss all around. Last 
week 'Cross Countty Ciruise' (U) 
keeping stage and screen attraction 
secret so far as exploitation was 
concerned did terrible at $3,800. 

Paramount (Partmar) (8,595; 26 
40) — 'The Search for Beauty' (Par) 
and stage show. It's all Sally Rand 
•who had t'erriflc'opentng .day at pre- 
vailing scale and will' be responsible 
for two thirds of the $20,000 house 
win gross. Dave liJpton handling 
campaign. Last week 'Four Fright 
ened People' (Par) from the $9,300 
take house had looked as though 
every one in town 'wras frightened at 
the picture title, as house went 
heavy in red. , 

RKO (2,960;. 26-40)— 'Man of Two 
Worlds' (RKO). With the Francis 
Lederer name being responsible for 
the draw house will, help itself to 
a good $8,000. Last -vreek 'Hips, 
^ Hips; Hooray' (RKO)., in for nine 
m days but take very unhealthy being 
i "16,200. 

State (Loew-Fox) (2,024; 25-40)— 
'Going Hollywood' (MG) (2d final 
•week). Doing very well for hold- 
over attraction and should come 
home :with around $12,000. Last 
week, first week for this opus heavy 
plugged by .Hearst paper, campaign, 
big display ada, did ah immense 
$22,000; 

. United Artists (Gi-aumaTi) (2,l00; 
26-35-40r56)— 'Gallant Lady'. (20th 
Century) (2.d week). For second 
week lit down from original stanza 
pace to arpun'd $7,000^, LAst week, 
first week, it did "very well at 
$11,700. 

^Gbr dberg^l matead's Qrr J n a I _ 

^ Unpizbii'shed. of iginal~^by ^ Xou 
Goldberg and Ed Olmstead, film ad 
men, has been sold for $3,500. It's 
called 'Murder In a Theatre' and 
Columbia Is the buyer. 

Goldberjg' Olmstead are now do- 
ing a book together, but it's not go- 
in^ tp Macauleyy who hOM taken 
.(Goldberg's first four novels, la.st of 
which, 'Guinea Pig. Turns,' will hp 
>«Ieftsed the first li-eek In April. 



All Gincy's Ghiiruft 



Ciriclrinati, Feb. 
All the managers. . the . 
jnajor lilm exchanges i incy 
ai-e ' Kentucky Colonels. 



AMOS-ANDY EYE 
NEWHI,35G, 
IN 




Detroit, Feb, 6; 
Anios and Andy in person are 
making "the Fox the toyni's leader. 
Withlf I Were Free' oh the screen 
they opened to a larger opening 
day .than any in months despite 
unfavorable weather and may hit a 
new high. All other houses are 
n.s.g. .. 

'Fashions of 1934,' is fa;iling much 
below expectations at the Mich- 
igan, will give house .mild. week. 
The TJnited Artist^ getting a cold 
reception with 'Eskimo.' The State 
getting little response to the State- 
Lake policy and "Madam Spy' on 
the screien. The Fisher weak with 
'Beloved/ The, Downtown getting 
better than average with 'Caro- 
lina.' 

Last week zero . weather blighted 
all houses; the Fox suffering least 
with' 'Carolina' and stage show at a 
nice $26,000. The Michigan -was 
mild with 'All of Me' and .stage 
show for light $16,000. The United 
Artists was weak with 'Gallant 
Lady' and gross of $8,500. The State 
with 'Big Shakedown' still slipping 
with bad $5,500. The Fisher, with 
third week of 'Dinner at 8/ better 
than usual with $6,000. 

The Downtown, mild with double 
bill, 'Aggie Appleby' and 'Olsen's 
Big Money.' 

Estimates fop This Week 
Fox (RKO-Inde) (5,100; 65)— 'If 
I, Were Free' (RKO) and Amps and 
Andy on stajge. Sprinting for a 
new high, $35,000. Last week 'Caro- 
lina' (Fox) and stage show okay at 
$26,000. 

Michigan (Par) (4,045; 66)— 
<Fashlons of 1934' ("WB) and stage 
show. Not so good at indicated 
$17,000. Last week 'All of Me' (Par) 
and stage, mild at $16,000. 

State (Par) (3,000; 40)— 'Madam 
Spy' (Par) and stage show. This 
one looks like $9,000, good. Last 
week 'Big Shakedown* (Par) and 
stage, mild $6,500. 

United Artists (Par) (2.018; 66) 
-'Eskimo* (MG). Only about $8,000 
in sight, low. Last week 'Gallant 
Lady' (UA), $8,600/ 

Fisher (Par) (2.760; 40)— "Be- 
loved' (U). May top $4,000 for an 
okay take. Last week 'Dinner at 
8' (MG) in its third week, good 
$5,000. 

Downtown (RKO-Ihde) (2,666; 
40) — 'Carolina' (Fox). Much bgtter 
than last week, $6,000. Last week 
'Aggie Appleby' (RKO) and 'Ol- 
son's Big Moment' (Fox), mild 
?3,BO0. 



B'ham a U Ught 



Birmingham, Feb, 6. 

One more ,aHbi for poor busihess 
during dull weeks disappeared last 
weelc wheh one of the two walka- 
thpn$ . closed'. . Business in the the-, 
aires has juniped, too,. since the bun- 
ion derby .closed. On top of this,, 
the city comhiission .itassed an ordir 
nance prohibiting marathon contests 
of any fashion inside city limits. So 
that'.s that. 

Business iat an even keel this 
week with 'Dinner at Eight' mop- 
ping up last week. 

Estimates for This Week 
Alabama (Wilby) (2,800; 30-36- 
40)— 'Flying Down to Rio' (RKO). 
A nice bally campaign, but after last 
week's swell business there is bound 
to be a lettip. 'Dinner at Eight' 
(MG) first time in Birmingham got 
$11,500. 

---R it2^(^ilbyy^(l,fi0.a;=^=^).T->Daxfi; 
Masquerader' (UA). Looks $1,800, 
okay. Last week 'Broadway Thru a 
Keyhole' (UA) $1,600. 

Strand (Wilby) (800; 25)— 'Last 
Round Up' (Par). A brand new re- 
lease and a Zane Grey name which 
means a little, $1,300. Last week 
'Ace of Aces' (RKO) $1,500. 

Empire (BTAC) O.IOO; 25)— 
Toodbyc Again' (FN). A moderate 
week: 5ST.400. ^Ast week 'Son of a 
."^fillor" (KX>, $2,000. .'^Irotig. 



'DESIGN FOR LIVING' 
$7,500 IN SEATTLE 



Seattle, Feb. 5. 
With Paramount riding along to 
nice takings under its new cut- 
price vaude-singleton . policy, Or- 
pheum is turning its ear toward 
Btaige Units. First of - expected se-. 
ries opens next week. Chic Sale 
jEind company. Will handle the stage 
show at no advance in prices, figur- 
ing on mass attendance helping 
crack the higher nut, Blackstone ex- 
pected' to be booked later. H. nD.. 
JVfcBride, Orpheum manageir here 
for Oldknow-Marco-Rosenberg com- 
bination, says theatre is in market 
for spot bookings of high types units, 
if available and at the right price. ■ 
Estimates for This Week 
>Blue Mouse (Hahirick) (950; 25- 
35) 'By Candlelight' (U). Sophisti- 
cation emphasized in the advertis- 
ing to lure patrons. Anticipated 
$2,600; slow. Last week 'Lady Killer' 
(WB) usual Cagney draw of late, 
dlsappOlhte;d at $2,300. 

Coliseum (Evergreen) (l,8b0; l6- 
25) 'Ppotlight Parade' (WB) single, 
and looks to go places for probable 
$4,000. Last week 'BrOadWay Thru 
Keyhole' (UA) and 'Olson's Big Mo- 
ment' four days, $1^600, slow, below 
par; 'Prizefighter and the Lady' 
(MG) and 'My Weakness' (MG) last 
three days, big, former accounting 
for the killing, clicked at $2,000 for 
week's total $3,600, very fair.- 

Fifih. Ayenuei (Ehrergreen) (2,400; 
26-40) 'Design for liivihg* (Par) ih- 
dicated $7,600. not bad for ultra com- 
edy. Last i^eek, second week, 'Din- 
ner at Eight' (MGM) if6,300, holding 
strong for second week. 

Liberty (J^vH) (1,900; 10-26) 
'King of the Wild Horses' (Col) and 
'Midnight' (U) dual, steady, antici- 
pated to do $3,600. tast week, 'Po- 
lice Call' (Showman) and 'Horse 
Play* (U) good, $4,200, 

Music Box (Hamrick) (900; 26- 
3«) — 'Gallant Lady* (UA). Ann 
Harding, as ui9ual^ main reason for 
second week for this one; expected 
$3,000; last week, same film, big, 
$4,800* 

Orpheum (dldknow) (2,700; 26-35) 
—'I Am Suzanne' (Fox) and 'Wild 
Boys of the Road' (FN) dual, with 
PUsener radio broadcast Sundays 
from stage; indicated $3,800 not 
good. Last week, 'Massacre' (FN) 
and 'Eight Gh-ls in a Boat' (Par) 
dandy show; native Indians from 
nearby reservation oke in 20-niinute 
act of dances and tribal songs, 'with 
talk by the chief, being the real 
thing, and helping biz, okay $4,700. 

Paramount (Evergreen) (3,106; 
20-30)— -Women in His Life' (MG) 
plus vaude presentation, expected to 
hit $.6,900. Last week, 'Sons of the 
Desert' (MG) and stage, good, $6,600. 

Roxy (J-vH) (2,300; lB-25)-^'Hold 
That Girl' , (Fox) and 'Cradle Song' 
(Par) dual, with new policy going 
for nice enough $3,600. Last week. 
'Girl Without a Room' (Par) and 
'King for a Night' (U) dual, okay, 
$3,800. 



'Scandak' $13,000, linneapolis; 
'As Husbamk Go/ $5,000, M.G. 



Definition 



. .Hollywood, Feb. G, 
. Mylos Connolly, producer at 
jtadio, defines a .supervisor aS 
'a inah .who knows everytliing, 
but can't think of it-' 



CLIYE, OLECELEB SET 

Colin Clive yesterday (Monday) 
was signed by Joie Rlvkln of the 
Leo Morrison office with WB for 
one picture^ 'The. Key,' and leaves 
Sunday (11) for Hollywood. 

Morrison's L. A. ofilce set for one 
pix, also with WB, Robert Oleckler, 
who left yesterday (Monday) for 
the Coast. 



FASHIONS' IS 
BOST ON SOCK, 
$33,0W 



ostpn^ B^b. B. 
iz fair to' mlddlin' in general; 
with several spots better than 
cheerio. 'particular RKO' Bbston 
and .Met fire Joyish. Bpsiton ioAa its 
draw in Fill. iDorsay and B^nny Rur 
bin (home towner) on stage, plus 
Reggie. Childs* orchestra. 

Estimates for This Week 

.Majestic (Shuberts) (1,600 ; $1.65 
top)— 'Queen Christina' (MG). Fold^ 
ed Saturday ■ evening, 8d, after 16>- 
day ruh. Final week, $10,000. Got 
$18,000 for the whojei iatay. 

Keith (RKO) (4,000; 25-35-50)— 
'Hips,. Hips, Hoorajr' (Radio). Pleas- 
ing, with prospect of $9,000, fair, 
Last week, 'Beloved' (U), $10,500, 
nifty. 

Boston i(RKO) (4,000; 86-60-65)^ 
Meanest Gal in Town' (U), and 
vaude bill topped by Fifl Dorsay, 
Benny Rubin, and . hotiel Roosevelt 
orchestra. Flesh bringing 'em in. 
Looks like $23,500, splendid. Last 
weeki 'The New Yorkers' on stage, 
a wow, and 'King for Night' (U). 
better than atrerage screen, show at 
this spot; very fine at $24,000. 

Orpheum (Loew's) (8.000 ; . 80-40- 
60)-^'Gallant Lady' (UA), and 
vaude. Film helping to swell intake 
to a gala $15,000. Last week, 'Fugi- 
tive Lovers' (MG), not so hot, with 
yaude. combination doing quite well 
at $12,500. 

State (Loew's) (3.000; 30-40-60)— 
'This Side of Heaven' (MG). Rely- 
ing on . L<iohel Barrymore for* pull; 
prospect of $10,000. Last week, "Es- 
kimo' (MG), around $8,000. 

Met (M&P) (4^330; 30-40-60-66)-^ 
'Fashions of 1934' (FN)- Socko on 
screen, and Leslie's.' 'Blackbirds' 
ditto on stage. Combine best show 
this spot has had In long While, and 
grosses are pretty sure to hit $33,- 
OOQ, mebbee higher. Last Week, 
stage show with Anita Page ..for the 
marquee, did a hunkadory biz.. 
'Search for Beauty' (Par) shared 
plenty creamy, $34,600. 

Paramount (M&P) (1,800; 36-46- 
56)— r'Four Etighten ed P eople' (Par) 
and 'Easy to Love' (WB) doing bet- 
ter than quality merits. Out for 
okay $9,500. Last Week, quality was 
aces for the b. o. in "Hi, Nellie' 
(WB) got $11,000. 



'Cross Country Cruise,' $15,000, Cincy; 
Penner Radio Vogue Revives Short 



Cincinnati, Feb. 6. 
.'Carolina* is the .b.o. sunshine 
alqhg the flicker front this week, its. 
take being only a couple of grand 
behind the Palace, which has the 
'Artists and Models' tab linked, with 
'Cross ' Country Cruise.' 

Keith's is aiding Barthelmess car- 
riage trade pUll by coupling a Joe 
Penher comedy revival .with .'Mae-' 
sacre' to lure Wddles who go for. the 
air comic. Strand's new tab pres- 
entation policy is catching addi- 
tional patronage. Shubert, rented 
for screening of "Forgotten . Men' 
World War dips, has pic'' for 
second week at 36-44c. gate,, al- 
though returns for:iflrst seven days 
were slow for $2,Z0D, 

A cold spell during the. fore , part 
of last wieek chilled theatre biz^,. only 
'Meanest Gal in .Town' , holding up to, 
its opening pace. 

•' Estimates for This Week 

Palace (RKO) <2,600; 35-44) 
^Cro15s''"Uoumi^=^erulS6'-='('U)--and= 
'Artists 'and Models' revuette. Hot- 
cha stagei: show, the puller for $15,- 
000, above water. 'last week 'Ma- 
dame Spy' (Fox) and 'Take ia 
Chance' tab, $14,000, fair. 

Capitol (RKO) (2,000; 35-44) 
'Carolina' (Fox) Gay nor and. Bar- 
rymqrel pljis extra ad blurbs, heav- 
ing liot less than $13,000 for second 
best week of season Last week 'Be- 
loved' (U), $7,700, okay. 



Albee (RKO*) (3,300; 35-44) 'All 
of Me' (Par). Looks like $9,000, all 
right. Last, week 'Roman Beandals' 
.(UA), a holdover, $7,000, mild, after 
volcanic $21,600 in first week. 

Keith's (Libson) (1,600; 30-40) 
'Massacre' (WB) and revival of the 
'Toreador' .comedy short, with Joe. 
Penher added. Barthelmess . follow 
Ihg and Penner's .juVe air fans 
stacking up . $5,600,- better than nor- 
mal. Last week 'Dark Hazard' 
(WB), $4,800. 

Lyric (RKO) (1,394; 36-44) 'Hips, 
Hips, Hooray' (RKO). Wheeler and 
Woolsey fun followers registering 
$5,600, mild. Last . week 'Meanest 
Gal in Town' (RKO) held up for a 
dandy $G,600. 

-Grand (RKO) (1,025; 25-35) 'Din 
ner at Eight' (MG). Second run at 
pop scale and in for full. Week, 
$2,700 Ih sight, palatable. Last week 
'Son of. Kong* (RKO), first showing 
$2,000, slow. 

=-Fam i ly==^tRKO)— =(i,000 ;^v^l6-26) 
'Shadows of Sirig Sing* (Col) and 
'Orient Express' (Fox) split. Aver- 
age $1,900 grind. Last week 
'Straightaway (Col) and 'lAit 
Roundup' (Par), divided, $1,600. 

Strand (Ind) (1,200; 26-35) -Big 
Shakedown' (FN) and tab jHresenta 
tlon. Start indicates $2,800, a neat 
build frOm take on former vodefilm 
policy. New ' combo stairted last 
week with $2,300.. 



Minneapolis, ipeb. . 
State theatre catapults it.self into 
the lead of the local box-ofilce race 
this week, taking the play .away 
froin the larger Minnesota aiid Or- 
pheum which usually are better on- 
trenched with attractions. But with 
'Roman Scandals' currently, the 
State has a decided edge in tbe mat- 
tier of entertainment. Nothing oisie 
in the loop can begin to hold a 
candle to this Eddie Cantor offer as 
far as drawing power is obncerne('; 

It's very much a 'Fun Weel;,' in- 
asmuch as the Orpheum, too, has a 
girl-and-laugh picture, 'Hips, Hips 
Hooray,' which is running second 
only to •Roman Scandals.' The Min- 
nesota, Publix ace house, drew what 
looks like a bbx-ofllce lemon.' in 'As 
Hiisbahds Go,' good enough as lec- 
tures . go, but apparently not -right 
for a 4,200-seat de luxer. AH iaigns 
point to the worst brody since' this' 
theatre's reopeninjg,. with takings 
pbssiibly falling tinder $5;000. 

Real pulling power is being .dem- 
onstrated by .'The Lsst Roundup' at 
the Lyric . AH of which would indi- 
cate that there's, still a sufficient 
publlc .for good westerns. 

A really herculean' exploititttioh and . 
advertising campiaigh helped to get 
'Romaii Scandals' of^ to a flying 
start. Manager . Franks Steffys and 
press agent Don Alexander of the 
State did a big-league job in' selling 
this picture^ 

Estimates for This Week ' 
ihiiesota (Plibllx) (4,20b; 25-35» 
40> — 'As Husbands Go* (Fox) . Pleas- 
ing picture, ;but too lightweight for 
this big house and Wiirher Baxter 
and Helen Vinson hot sufficient 
draws in this town. Looks like 
around $6,000, a new low- since ire- " 
opening, and very bad. Last week, 
'Eskimo* (MG), $9,600. Good, espe- 
cially considerln'g extreme cold. 

Orpheum (Singer) (2,^90; 25-35- 
40)— 'Hips, Hips, Hooray' (RKO). 
Wheeler & Woolsey magnets here. 
Maybe $6,600. Pretty good. Last 
week, 'Convention City' (FN), $7,- 
600. Good. 

State (Publix) (2,200; 25-35-40)-* 
Roman Scandalis' (UA). This 
house luqky to have the Cantor box 
office natural. ticketed for it. Sched- 
uled for a minimum of t'wo weeks. 
About $13,000 indicated. Big: 

World (Publix) (300; 25-35-50-75) 
—•By Candlelight' (U). Critics and 
customers raving, about this, one. 
Should hit. $1,700 for second week. 
Good after big $2,000 first week. 

Uptown (Publix) (1*200; 25-35)— »' 
•Mr. Skitch' (Fo^f). Around $3,000 
in sight. Good. Last week, 'Alice 
in Wonderland' (Par), $2,500. Gkeh# 
Lyric (Publix) (1,300; 20-?o)~ 
t&Qt Roundup' (Par). Title and 
merits of picture standing in good 
stead. Headed for a good $3,000, 
Last week, 'Advice to. -.Lovelorn* 
(UA), $2,600. Fair. 

Grand (Publix) (1,100; 16.25)— 
'Dancing lAdy* (MG). Second loop 
run. Should reach pretty good .$l,- 
500. Last week, 'Little Women' 
(RKO). Second loop run. $1.20(). 
Pretty good. 

Aster (Publix) (900; 16-26)— 
Women in His Life' (MG), and 
Snioky' (Fox), first runs and split. 
Probably $1,000. Pretty good. Last; 
week, 'Christopher Bean' (MG), 
third loop run, and 'His Double Life' 
(Par), first run, split. $700. Light. 

Mniii and Gaynor Both 
Potent B a in N. Orleans 



New Orleans, Feb, 5.. 

Paul Muni's 'Hi Nellie,' at the 
Orpheum, is outdrawing the .other 
aiiriaciiohs aroiind. With the Saeh* 
ger and Loew's Stat^ having but 
average attendance. 'Carolina,' star- 
ring Janet (3aynor, is helping_the 
Saenger a bit, while 'This Side' of 
Heaven' is not drawing well at all- 
at the State. 

Catchy title of 'Girl Without a 
Rooni' is helpinig the 'Tudor. 

Estimates for This Week 

Saenger (3,568; 40) —- 'Carolina' 
(Fox). Janet Gaynor helping the 
wicket, but week will only be around 
$8,000. 'All Of Me' (Par) did bett^ 
last week by grabbing $^,000. 

Loew's State (3,218; 40) — 'This 
Side of Hea'veh.' Not So forte at 
$8,000. Liast week 'Roman Scan- 
dals' (UA) wertt to a whopping $14,- 
000 gross. 

Orpheum (2,400; 35)-:-'Hi, Nellie' 
(WB). Paul Muni means dough- 
here, and this one will grab $10,000* 
Last week 'Let's Fall in Love' (Col) 
took $8,000. 

Tudor (700; 30)— 'Girl Without a 
Room* .(Par). Title is meaninig 
^enough jt o draw _$2,5^O0. Last_ week 
'Little Women' "TTlKO') ^Sanffe""^a^K" 
to a splendid $3,000. 



Joe Shea Back at Fox^ 

Joe Shea has rejoined the Fox 
Coast studio's publicity department. 

Recently with the Radici ("ity 
Music Hall, Shea w.is previously 
with Fox in the ea."?! and woi-'t. 



Tuesday, February 6, 1934 



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Forego Faces Take Over Loop; 

Ttana Neck-and-Neck 








Chicago, .Feb. 
Altehtion currently Is centered on 
the two ac© iB.&K.: run spots, Ori- 
enta,] and United Artists, w'hiere two 
gals from across the big wa,ter ai*e 
battlihgr it out for ze American 
ladles' mazuma. A Swede topk over 
the Oriental on Saturday (3) follow- 
ing a Russian dame's opening at the 
linlted Artists on Thursday, and it 
appears that bobh -wili end a seven- 
day- session at • a neclc-and-necjc 
finish .at zipping $26,000, 
. 'Nana* - at. the United Artists looks 
like it will pay on its $14,000 adver- 
tising, build-iip for Anna Steh. 
Started off at practically icdpacity 
busine^, its matinees being; piartlciir 
larly interesting at the register folr : 
lowing .thft_B;&K. boost on the after- 
noon' rates." Appears strictly- a; 
femhie flicker from all patronage;, 
with even the lady reviewers around 
to"Pi'n going, into ra\-e notices for. the 
Sovldt lady ambflssador. 

'Christina', getting the sendof^ . on 
Saturday, though the .week-end has 
proved poor, opening days for pic- 
tures lately. Garbo started cashing 
In Immediately^ with the Oriental 
fclso benefltting by jackesd .jmatinee 
rates. B.&K.'s deciigibh to raise 
matinee prices follows the discovery, 
thivt the matinees have been running, 
ahead of the nights. 

.Around the other spots things are 
not quite so heiartening. The .bi& 
and l»ulifing Chicago shQwa a yellow 
streak tliis. week despite strong 
enough llhe-up, but not strong 
enough to stand up and flght agtiihdt 
the tearihg footwork of those two 
European invaders. 

Roosevelt continues to be. the sec- 
ond-run spot of the loop, taking 'Din- 
ner at Eight' following its stirring 
results m a four-week stay at thel 
Oriental. Next pilcture promised is. 
a flrst-runner, the Paramount west- 
ern, 'Last Round Up.' 

Estimates for This Week 

Chicago (B&k) (3,940; 35-45-76) 
i— ''This Side of Heaven' (MG) and 
Ted Lewis unit on stage. Can't 
stand pace at other houses aind 
takes It on' the slide. Will hold 
maybe at $35,000, fair, but ilot good 
business at a house of this stand- 
ing. La.st week what was headed 
tor a . big gross was sadly crippled 
py a hunk of zero down from, the 
north clipping the take to fair 
enough $38,200, with, 'All of Me' 
(Par) and 'Student Prince' unit. 

McVickers (B&K) (2,284; 26-36)— 
«Madame Spy' (U), Doing better 
business than the last foiir pictures 
that hay© been in the house, and 
eatl.sfyirig at the regrlster oh Indi- 
cated $10,000. 'Eskimo' (MG) comes 
in on Wednesday (7). Lftst week 
•Miss Fane's Biaby Is Stolen' (Par) 
starved brutally -vv-lth. Dorothea 
Weick listed as keeping them away 
from the box offlce. Yanked after 
miserable $2^400, 

Oriental (B&K) (3,20&; 36-60-66) 
— 'Queen Christina' (MG)i GarbO 
fliclver opened Saturday (3)| behind 
other openings, but shot up. into the 
leaders without question. Ruiinlhg 
top pace with 'Nana.' Notices and 
business best from the start and 
headed for happy hunting grounds 
at walloping $26,000. Last week 
•Dinner at Eight' (MG) flnlshed fine 
stay at $d,900 for final session and 
shifted to Roosevelt. 

Palace- (Rko) (2.583; 40-60-83)— 
•Man oi: Two Worlds' (RKO) and 
Tifty Million Frenchmen' unit on 
stage. Everything for the picture 
and little for the unit Is the con- 
sents of reports; Though the lack 
of strict femme appeal of the ve- 
hicle Is holding back the Lederer 
flicker for immediate trade. Figure 
on- a plck-iip on word:-of-m6uth, to 
good $23,000; Last ° Week so-so at 
121,200' for 'Advice to liovelom' 
(UA) and 'Artists and Models' unit. 

RboseveU (B&K) (1,500; 26-35)-^ 
T>inner at Eight' (MG). Holdover 
for this flicker after long loop stay 
at Oriental. Looks good enough for 
$6,000. Last week 'Going Holly- 
Wood' (MG) finished splendid two- 
week holdover .after big week at ace 
Chicago, touching fine $8,200. here. 
'Las-t Round Up' (Par) due next is 
first western in loop in years. 

8tate>Lake (Jones) (2,700; 20-30- 
40)— 'Jimmy and Sally' (Fox) and 
vaude. First run in loop for this 
one and looks, good for'! this house 
at indlciited $15,000. Last week cold 
weather held back 'Love,. Honor and 
Q Baby' (U) and the WLS Mewy- 
Go-Rpund unit to ' $16,200.' Good 
mark, l>ut on opening indications 
had been headed for above $18,000 
-=Whfe.n^tlTe--zer6;=theEmGraeter=z6wJedi 
in fionv Canadian plains.. ' • 

Urtited Artists (B&K-UA) (1,700;. 
86-r-a- r.)— :Nana' (UA). That ad- 
vertising; campaign deilVeriilg great 
opeislntj business, mucli igger than 
hart Ito^n expected. On early pace 
slati d 10 touch high $25,000. . Mati- 
nees- have been loaded and with 
tilted rates it has meant plenty of 
extr I .sugar. Last week . 'Gallant 
Laiiy' (irA) flni.shpd fjood fortnight 
to fiiio $10,100 for final session. 



'ESKIMd' 5G PACE; 
jMANDALAr $4,500 



Box offices are splitting the money 
this week with the Unijted Artists 
getting the: edge. Parker .^plui'ged 
exploitati ii. 'Eskimo' (MG), and 
clicked for ; extra biz. Looks good 
for k holdover. 

Pantages, '?eing. dark for' 

some time. Great Ray- 

mond' for one week, also Anna Lee 
Snyder, local blind psyiphic. ic is 
'kaater of Men' (Col). 

Saso Of the Music . Box gave the 
'Invisible Man' fine exploitation, and 
th© niatives are watfshing the irivis- 
ibie driver putting a car through its 
paces on the downtown, streiets. 
Soriiething hew for this burg. 

They are still dunking the pretz- 
els and rendering. the. sad fltOi"y of 
'Ten l«jishtsf in a .Barroom' at . the 
American and. g:etting tlielr share 
ot dough. iCity elders say no more, 
drinking aftier one o'clock, which is. 
helping the krind bouses with their 
late ./shows. 

Estimates for This Week 
Broadway (Parker) (2,000; 25-40) 
— 'Mandalay' (FN). Off to a good 
start,, should get a possible $4,^00. 
Last week; 'Convention City* (WB), 
and 'ROund-Up' (FN), combo, re- 
ceived a fair play and clicked for 
$3>900. 

' United Arti (Parker) (l.OOO; 
25-40)-TT'Eskimo' (MG). Going along 
at a good pace and indicates about 
$6,000. Last week, 'Moulin Rouge' 
.(UA) proved good enough for $4,- 
300. 

Paramount (FWC) (3,000; 25-40): 
—'Man's Castle' (Col), and 'Hold 
That Girl' (Fox). Combo program 
fair but nothing sensational for 
about $3,300. Last week, 'Susanne* 
(Fox), managed to do Just average 
$3,300 also. 

Music Box (Hamric^) (1,400; 26- 
36)— 'By Candlelight' (U). May 
reach $3,500. Last week, 'Invisible 
Man' (U), got a good b. o. play; hit 
$3,800. 

riisnta! (Hamrlck) (2,500; 26-36) 
—'If I Were Frde' (RKO), and 'Cross. 
Country Cruise* (U). Combo bill 
holding up to just average biz, $2,- 
500. Last week, 'From Headquar- 
ters' (WB), held okay for $2,600. 



TACOMA CROSSES 

$oup,' ^,000 — 'Fugitive 
Lovers/ $3;,500 

Tacoma, Feb. 5. 

Music Box. going for full week 
with 'Duck Soup" while Roxy aplits 
the week between 'Fugitive Lovers' 
and 'Shbuld Ladies Behave.' Town 
sta:rtirig off first of month with 
steady imprpvement in sight. 

Estiniates for This W^ekv. 
usic Box (Hamrlck) (1,400; 26- 
35)— 'Duck Soxiv'. ,(Par) With big 
bally for the Mai'X boys and laughs 
liked in the' towh, indicated $4,000 
is . good. Last week,. -'Son of a 
Sailor'. (FN) and 'House on 56th 
Street' (WB) split, fair, witli week's 
totaling estimated $2,800. 

.Boxy (J-vH) (1,300; 26-35>— 'Fu- 
gitive Lovers' (MG) and 'Should 
Ladies Behave' (*^MG) split, in sight 
of $3,500. Last wetek, 'Dinner at 
Eight' (MG) okay, $4,l00. Big, 
holding up strong. 

Blue Mouse (Hamrlck) (650; 15- 
25)— 'Easy to Lovie' (WB) arid 'To 
the last Man' (Par) dual, first half; 
'From Headquarteris* (WB) single, 
last half, anticipated , to hit $1,600. 
Last week, Son Of Kong' (RKO), 
single, first half; then 'Christina' 
(Pox) arid 'Tillie and Gus' (Pa:r) 
dual, last half, for $i;800, good. 






ST. LOUIS 



St ' Louis, Feb. 5. 

Stage is hogging the spotlight 
right away from the. screen this 
week. Flesh attractionia being 
largely responsible for what appears 
at this distance will be the tiivo big- 
gest grosses. Olseu and Johnson in 
a condensed version of tbelr mu- 
sical oomedy and Jack Haley are 
doing the trick. . The. former at the 
St. Louis and the latter at the Am- 
bassador. Haley, an ex-mx; here, 
his a large local following which 
has growii. some since he' went into 
the movies. 

Houses mentioned are leading the 
pack, but two others are managing 
to keep their beads well above 
Water. Loew's and the Missouri, are 
the two which will show up. with a 
little profit. Outlook la good at the 
Fox. 

Incidentally it' looks like the price' 
war is about over with the St. LiOuis 
scaling its first floor to conform 
with rate at Loew's land Ambassa.- 
dor. Balcony prices, are cheaper, 
but . managenient expects to ellml- 
(Contlnued on page .23) 



Dual-Ridden San Francisco 



Town Messed Up by Too Much Show and 
Too Cheap Prices— *Hips* $129000 



San Francisco, Feb. 6. . 

After last weelc'S hunger parade 
this looks some better, but not 
'much. .'Dinner at Eight' In at the 
Warfleld after a roadshow run at 
the Columbia with higher prices, 
appears to be topping the town. 
With exception of the tiny Strand, 
which got off boomingly with the 
indie 'Narcotic,' there's nothing else 
that seems out of the ordinary.. 

Reasons for the; droopy business 
may easily be enumerated as lack 
of punch product and too much 
show for tod little rinoney' (double 
bills, at 40 cents and the like). 
Natives are getting so tough that 
it takes something special in double 
bills to gfet 'em in, let alone an aver- 
age one picture^ stage show lineup. 

Taking a dive these days Is the 
Orpheum, Which, even though it bas 
two films for four dimes, is getting 
It in the neck. Why ? Because the 
Paramount has two better pictures 
for the same dough. This week is 
eL swell example. The Orph ha,s 
•Search for Beauty', and 'From 
Headquarters' and n.s.g. The Par 
has 'I Am Suzanne' and, 'All of Me' 
with good drawing names and- okay 
biislness.- 

Wheeler and Woolsey io "Hips, 
Hips, Hobray,' holding the Golden 
Grate to an average pace with stage 
show a help; IHehry the 8th' doing 
a second and final week at United 
Artists, afte r, having roadshowed 
ToF'fourTvrWi^aF-iTtaiirayra^ 
way to ' 'Gallant Lady' at end of 
this one. 

Fox looks due to hit a pretty good 
pace with Edmund Lowe in 'Let*s 
Fall In Love' . spUt with 'Woman 
Unafraid' 'and 10 acts of vaude. 

Nothing new on the Embassy's 
policy, continuing dark as is Filra- 
arte. 

Estimates foe This Week 
Fox. (Lpo) (.'..000; 25•■3.■■)^ •TM'y 



Fall in Love' (Col), and .'Woman 
Unafraid' (Goldsmith), split, with 
10 vaude acts. Edmund. Lowe in 
former good draw at this house and 
heading for okay $11,600^ Last week 
was meagre $9,500 on 'Rainbow 
Over Broadway' (Chester), and 
'Woman's Man' (Mono), split, with 
vaude. 

Golden Gate (RKO) <2,844; 26-36- 
40)— 'Hips, Hips, Hooray* (RKO), 
and stage shoWr Will hold up gross 
to $12,000. Last week eaw $11,600 
on 'If I Were Free' (RKO). 

Orpheum (F&M) (2,400; 26-40)— 
'Search for Beauty* (Par), and 
'From Headquarters' (WB), split, 
paced slowly at |4,500. Last week's 
'Beloved' (U), and 'Aggie Appleby' 
(Par), split, pulled |5,000. 

Paramount (FWC) <2,400; 26-36- 
40)— 'I Am Suzanne' (Fox), and 'All 
of Me' (Par), fomier with Lilian 
Harvey, latter with March, Hopkins 
and Raft, good $13,000. *H1, NeUle' 
(WB), and '4 Frightened People' 
(Par) fell by the wayside to tune of 
$11,500, poorest of hew policy. 

Strand (Cohen) (990; 25-40)— 
'Narcotic' (Esper); Dope traffic, pic 
arid opened big after hefty sock 
campaign . oh which pletity money 
was spent. Looks to top $2,000. 

United Artists (1,400; 26-36-40)— 
'Henry Vlir (UA) (2d, final week). 
Good $7,^00 after $10,500 on first 
stanza. Did four roadshow weeks 
at the ColiunWa^p^evio^ it's 
"c"urrerit^lal<e"f3=g6od'^6H5IIgJn'"=^^ 

Warfield (FWC) (2,700; .36-45^65) 
— 'Dinner at 8' (MG), with istage 
.show. Road.'ihowed for four week.s 
at the Coluinbla but still a good bet 
here with all tho$d names. Apt to 
hit $19,i00. Last week,- 'Convehtibn 
City' (WB), with Anson Weeks band 
on stage, started neatly bjjt weather 
nnd.UffhtnpHP of pic iatarted it down- 
hill and wound up with l'i.«s than 
in.OfiO. 



'Nana Wow $105,000, Despite Taxi 
Strike, Storm, Etc.;^ way Strong, 
'm of Me 45G, Roxy m Muni 25G 

his week mainly ' It's the taxi week endlnis last ni lit (J\[on 



strike which arrived Friday (2) just 
in tirifie. to hold down this normal 
flow, of theatre business. Coming 
right on top of Thursday's all day. 
snowsto.riri, managers' were begin- 
ning to grouch a-plenty. , 

Despite the weather and a taxl- 
Icss New Toi'k, . a few strong at- 
tractions are still managing to get 
big business. This /Is true notably. 
o£ the Music Hall, which \alded by 
one of the cleverest ad . cariipalgns 
over given a picture, will get $105,- 
000^ or better on th^ . first week of 
.'?vana'. Picture ha.d a $7,200 mez- 
zanine .advance sale and opened 
Thursday noon (1) with a lino 
stretching to Fifth avenue. Busi- 
ness that day should, have . been 
$16,000 but with tht snowstorm 
lasting until 11 p. m,, it was. held 
down to just under $15,000; 

But for the taxi, strike, the Hall 
would do,, much more, than the 
SlOn.OOO figured for the first week. 
This theatre is hurt more than 
.soririe of the others since~ it has a 
large taxi : trade; . Danger of riding 
Around" in the few cabS; that are 
operating is keeping people out of 
the downtown area.^ 

Bothi the Parariiount and Roxy 
are rldlriig .a fast, channel of black 
despite the strike, the weather and 
anything else wished 'pn the box 
offices. The Par, with a break, will^ 
end the week, at $46,000 on 'All of 
Me', which from " the ' stage has the 
support of Milton Berle and Ru- 
blnoff. 

Old Roxy surprised the town oyer 
the Weekend, beating the Capitol by 
several thousand . and, it appears, 
may reach a big $36,000 on the 
week. Picture is 'I've Got 'Your 
Number.', first • house has : booked 
f rom Waiyiers. The low scale here, 
which_att'racts a majority of people 
not accustomed to using cabs or 
worrying about the condition Of the 
weather, is in the Roxy's favor. 

The same is true of an operation 
like the Rlalto, which end^d Its first 
week on 'The Ghoul,' a chiller, at 
$18,500, and holds, it oyier for an- 
other five days at a pace that sugr 
gests $8,000. or a total of $26,600 on 
13 days. 'Devil Tiger' (Fox) comes 
in tomorrow morning (Wednesday).. 
'Ghoul' on its opening week-end hit 
a pace that suggested $22,000 on the 
first week. It fell off with the 
weather and the . taxi strike a little 
but no way of telling whether It 
Would not have lost the $3,600 on 
account of weather alone or weak- 
ened draft. 

Rlvoll ended its second week of 
'(Gallant Lady,' which has shown 
power above expectations, at $26,700 
and on its final three days ending to- 
night (Tuesday) wiH Eet about $10,- 
000, a good little profit -maker for 
the house. *Moulln Rouge' comes in 
tomorrow (Wed.) a.m. 

The Capitol placed May Robson 
on its stage this week along with her 
picture, 'You. Can't Buy Every- 
thing,' but neither she nor the 
screen attraction is drawing; on the 
week it looks only about $27,000. 

A stunner is 'Hi, l^ellle' at the 
Strand, which is reported on the 
way to a first week of $25,000 and 
will hold over a second. Paul Muni 
credited largely with the draft. ' 

'Fashions of '34' at the Hollywood 
slipped to $7,600 last week (second) 
and on the third will be lucky to get 
$5,000. It goes out Feb. 12, if liot 
earlier. 

Palace, RKO Center,, and Mayfalr 
all take a back seat to the second 
run .State, where George Jessel, on 
a personal, Is. pushing the take to 
$20,000 or over, very good. Picture 
is 'Fugitive Lovers.' Mayfair strong 
runner-up at $12,000 on 'Frontier 
Marshal,' and center; at $13,000 
above average. Its benefiting by 
overflow from the Music Hall. 

'Queen Christina" goes out of thie 
Astbr in another week after a short 
but fairly good run. 'Catherine the 
Great* (U A) opens Feb, 14, Metro 
subletting the house to United 
Artists. 

Estimates for TKis Week 

Astop (1.012; $1.10-$1.65-$2.20)— 
'Queen Christina' (MG) (6th week). 
Goes .out a, few days, probably two, 
in advance of the openlnjg . of 
'Catherine the Great' (UA) Feb. 14; 

Capitol (5,400; :35n75-85-$1.10e- 
'You Can't Buy Everything' (MG) 
and May Rob.son in person; also in 
the film. Current week looks only 
about $27,000, bad. Next week 
-Lionel Barryrnore in person wltb 
.This Side of Heaven' (MGyl Last 

'Women In His- Life' .i^^MG) arid a 
stage show that, had no names. 

HoMywood (1,553; 35>-66-75-85)— 
'FashIon.s of 1934' (WB). (3d week). 
Tripped on Homething suddenly last 
week, falling to $7,000 and currently 
looks for $5,000. Goes out Feb. i2', 
house locking up. 

Mayfair (2,200; 3.'* - 55 -,65> — 
'Ki.'-ntir'f .Marshal' (FdX). A west 
fM-n nd a surpi-iHf' at $12,000 on firs 



Holds a second, 
. Palace (1,700; 35-40-53-75), — T 
Am Suzanne- (Fox) , arid , vaude. 
Ho.iise may break by getting $11,500' 
or ao, as compared to excellent 
$15,000 the previous week ' with 
'Plying Down to Rilo' (RKO)» 

Paramount (3,664; 35-40-55-75)— 
'All of. Me' (Par) and stage show, 
.AJllton Berle. Ethel Sliutta and 
Dave Rublrioff on the hard oak, are 
.helping picture along to a choice 
$45;000.; Last Week the same was 
expected from .'Fo.iir FriRhteried 
People' (Par) and Mirlani Hopkins* 
personal, but lowiard the end of the 
week with Thursday's, snow, 
builder-upper,' uslness fell. 
$37,000. . 

Radio City usic. Hall (5,945; 
CO- S5 -90 - ? 1 ;05 )T-'Naria' , ((loldwyn- 
UA) and stage sow. Spending $36, r 
700. In advertising ou advance and 
two -weeks' run; the response over 
here Avas immediate, weather, taxi 
walkout and ainibtwithstandlrig. It 
will be $105*000 or more on the first 
seven days. Last week house, .got 
$75,000 on 'A;s Husbands. Go' (Fox); 
okay. 

Rialto (2,000; 35-40-6$)— 'The 
Ghoul' (GB) (2nd week). Slowed 
a little from- its fast capacity .pace 
set on the opening but ending first 
week at $18,500, still a big money- 
getter. Holding five days, on which, 
it shouM get $8,000. 'Devil Tiger* 
(Fox) opens tomorrow (Wednes- 
day). 

Rivoli (2,200; 40-65-T6-86);— 'Gal- 
lant Lady' (UA) (3rd week), Ann 
Harding, picture finished its second 
week at $25,700, good, and on its 
final three days indicates $10,000. 
'Moulin Rouge' (UA) opens tomor- 
row. (Wed.). 

RKO Center (3,526; 26-40)— 'Take 
A Chance' Par), four days and 
'Man of TWO Worlds' (RKO), three 
days. Doubleton helped by Music 
Hall Overflow, good for $13,000. 
Last week 'Design S'or Livinfe' 
(Par), four days, and 'Eight Girls 
in Boat' (Par), three days, $12,000, 

Roxy (6i2O0; 26-35-65-66)— Tve 
Got Your Nurifxber' (WB) and stage 
shbw; First Warner picture to land 
here and it's the talk of the town 
next to 'Nana,' from which it may 
be getting some overflow. If busi- 
ness holds up house will get $35,000. 
.mighty. Last week 'Beloved' (U) 
fell oft a little to $24,600/ 

Strand (2,900; 35-56-76-86)— "Hi, 
Nellie' (WB). To stay A second 
week on strength of an expected 
$26,000 Initial seven days. Muni 
name meaning something for drag. 
Last week the tesult was $13,200, 
mild, on second week of 'Msissacre' 
(WB). 

State (2,000; 35-65-75)— Tugltive 
Lovers' (MG) and Vaude. Stage 
show Incl tides (3eorge Jessel who is 
sturdy b.o. draft. This Week it 
looks like an easy $20,000, maybe «■ 
more, lots of proflt. Eskimo' (MG) 
the week before hot so hot, $15,600. 



N. H. NOT SO 



Pre- Lent Influence? — * 
Nice at $8,000 

— . I 
New Haven, Feb. 6. 
Business easing off a bit thi,"- 
week. Maybe fans arei getting in 
practice for Lent. Last week*- just 
when film houses got going right, 
zero spell knocked last half for a 
loop, with everybody taking a bad 
dip. 

College, currently with 'Fugitive 
Lovers', gets , under the wire ahead 
Of Roger Shermian ^ivhlch brings in 
'Cross .Country Cruise', another bue 
picture; next week. 

Poll's set for big opening of 
'Moulin Rouge' with arrival of 
Caravan TI^ts* . 

Estimates For This Week 
Paramount (Publlx) (2,348; 36- 
60)-^'Search For Beauty' (Par) and 
'Last Round-Up* (Par). Fahr $4,800 
Indicated. Last week 'Four Fright- 
ened People' (Par) and, 'Wine, 
Women and Song" (Chad), not too 
good, around $4,300. 

Poll's (Poll) ( 3,040; 35-60)— 'Car- 
olina' (Fox) and 'Let's Fall in Love' 
(Col). ..Off to $8,000 speed, oke. Last 
.week 'I Am Suzanne' (Fox) and 
'Blood Money* (UA),. bad weather 
last half , had this one to $7,000, 
slightly below average, 

Roger Sherman (WB) (2,300; 35- 
50)— 'Dark Hazard' (WB) and 'Be- 
loved' (U). Back to Thursday 
■openings from Saturday, currently 
Hhould get $4,800, only fair. Last 
-week=-lAce-=of=:=Acc.sL:^.(JlI£0.).^and^^ 
'Easy to Love' (WE), at $3;C00 for 
five days^ just about got over. 
, College (Poll; (1,565; 25-40)-- 
'I<'ugltlve Lovers' :<»\IG) and. 
'.Smoky' (Vox). Exploitation on 
'Lover.s' should help to nice $4,700. 
Last we<'k's cold . spell offset nlco 
opening on '.Should Ladles Behave" 
(MO) and 'Frontier 'Mar.shai: {Vox). 
witli fiiif'l $-1.4110 .•<!itif!frtct'>ry, how- 



- WllJ 

t I r. 



10 



PICTHRE G BO S S E S 



Tuesday, February 6» 1931 




'GaDant kdy Makes Philly'Riin 



ig 



■Pv,!rnH«inhH Voh 5 I and sstage sliow. headed by Lulu Mc- 
Plilladelpbia, I'ci), fv . Y,(.„nAji-gi.abbod^* 
noise this week should_ un- \ '-9})''^i^},^^f-^^^^ rjJ.BOO: 25- 



doubtedly bo. Garbp's 'Queen Chris- 3o.*^3|',\V50)-^'F6SriWtert^^ Peo^ 
Una' vvhichi judgine by its first two. 3/^;}lIy Kid day jump on rest 
days';, pace .at ^thQ Stanley, should PJ^^j .^^y^ ^j^^^ was nulllfled, by 
ke:ep that, theatre's turnstiles cUcK- v ^ . j.- . j^oa from crlx helpful, 
ing rapidly fot at lettst two weelts^^^ is combination of quartet of fair- 
ahd maybe more, , ^ . , .t^ .iy potent marquee names. Heading 
■ Othevwise, the situation in the K,^^*- ^^^ ^5^qqq L,kst week 'Belo.ved 
downtown picture houses is .fear j^^.g^.^g-j^ 54 200. . 

. . ^^J^ (Mechanic) (1,800; 25-30-35- 

40-50)— 'Carollnk' (Fox). (2nd wk). 
Has caught on nicely with Gay nor 
and Barrymore £a;ns. An oke ?(J,400 
in prospect after nifty $5,500 on llrst 

Stanley, (LoeW-][JA) (3,450;. 25-35. 
40-55-66)— 'Moulin Kouge' (UA), 
Snagged nice notices and hypoed by 



is fed 

tured by holdovers and second runs. 
'Galjaht Lady' is proving soniGthi.ng 
of a surprise at the Aldine. Rated 
a nice picture it wasn't figured for 
a run, b-.it- last week's $8,000 re-^ 
suited in tlvc Harding film being 
held for a third week. This United 
Arti.sts liouKO. has. hewi getting a 
break of late. 'Thie Bowery', ?Hfenry 



vnr 'Roman scandals^ and no^y Moulin Rouge Caravan hitting town 
'Gallant Lrtrly' have all held up | day after opening. Bennett always 
strongly aiid have been kept for 



either three or four weekis follow 
tng a period .when mdst of • the the-. 
. atr^'s - attractions were lucky . to 
stagger throiigh a single week. The 
Aldine is apl)arently ba,ck on the 

map.. . . , , 

Estirnateis Top This Week 

idine (i,200; 40-55-65)— 'Gallant 

tady' (TTA). . Held In for third weelv 

And should got between $7,000 and 

$8;000. Last week's figure* $8,300, 

snow and all, 

Arcadi (600! 25-40-56)— :'I)anc- 
ing Lady' (M0). Held for second 
week although unlikely ,to stay 
whole ^-l:^ days. If sO, should gross 
$2,300. First week's $3,000 was hot, 

Bpyd (2,4pC; 40-56-65)— ^Dinner at 
Eight' (JiGr). Held oyer but trade 
not' what expected for this second 
showing. ^f.aybe $10,000. Last 
we<ek, ' $13,000 



a nice box office factor herea-bouts, 
am'wuy. Soaring to sweet $14i000. 
Last week 'HI, Nellie' (WB) poor at 

under $9,000. 




Indies to Senate l^^mhs OffllS CKck III PlttsbUTgh; 

Tane's Baby Rated Morbid. $8,000 



(Continued from page 7) 
cept AlUed'B protests as substantia- 
tion for his contentions suggests the 
possibility that Die nia.y become a 
thorn in the side of the picture in- 
dustry and NRA. 

Too 

Movement for a siieclai .House 
committee probe of Hollywood af- 
fa;irs is believed to have been side- 
tracked by growing suspicion pf ex- 
pensive investigation bodies, This 
attitude was reflected last weeik 
when Republicans and Democrats 
bickered over responsibility for out 



•Man of Two Worlds' (RKO) and 
George Glvot on stage. Met: way off, 
Estimates for This Week 
paramount (Par) (4,000; 26-35- 
1 SO'-eSI^'All of Me' (Par) and stage 
I show featuring Mary Plckfbrd in 
'Ghui'ch Mouse.' Pickfoi'd is bring- 
ing: em' in,, but not as big as ex- 
pected. Pic got good notices from 
Bright front helping busi- 



Pittsburgh; Fol). . 
it's th^ calm before the .. ri 
thlia' week or just before the Ijattlie, 
mother. AH of wlilch . means -that 
tho lines ariB being, drjayrn for a re- 
sumption of .the ^tage show flglit 
locally • between. Penn and Stanley 
with Pitt oh. the . sidellnies. Pertn. 
currently: bacic to straieht pictures 
after first . week of ; presentations, 



CPJ tics JJi, A A \. M.A, VAAM 

ness. ' Around . $33,000, good. Last but.i;pturns Friday (9). with Stanley 
la-ys^Sxceeding $300,000 in the past l^eek, 'Four Frightened ; peoi*le' I M>P^»ng. next week 
four Congresses. Without being .<Par), $15,000, feeble. 

■ — I Fox (FM) (4,0.00;. 25-35-50) 'Be-^ 

loved' (Fox) and stage show, with 
Mae Murray and Freddie Berrens 
orchestra. Getting 'em, $1.6,500, 



sped Repriesentative Warrien, 
chairman of the accounts commit- 
tee, implied that he will be ex- 



tremely cautious about appioving ^^^j.^j^g Last week; 'Cross Country 
resolutions in the future which- call. (,j.yjg^< (p,p3j)^ $13,000. - 
for appropriations running into four Albee (RKO) (3,600; 26-36-50)-^ 
or five figures. | 'Man of Two Worlds' (RKO) and 



With the Penn and Stanley going 
for names at 60'-cent top, Pitt con- 
tinues to . play tliose. new: 'nameless' 
units a,t .40 gents, and with grea:t re- 
sults, too. Small- seat house should 
be able to continue to get its ulmre 
whllia two de luxers fleht it out 
aniong themselves. .This week Pitt: 
has 'Cocktkil Hour' and 'Orient ICx- 



Representative Sirovich of New ST^^l^ 



York" Tardmany playwright-physi- I region of $16,000, ^6-so. I^^t week, 
clan, returned to the ring, after 'I Am Suzanne'^ (Fox), $1^00,^ 
, \: V„ „s-»„»i i-A^iromAnt Locw's Metropolitan (Loew) (2,'- 

having been in Virtual retirement, 25-36-60) - 'Women 'iq His 

Nvrestling l«rtth a pure food law and U j^;, ^-^Q y^y^^^ headed by 

served notice that he will look into Laurie, Jr. Very imlld week at 
the matter of copyright law revi- i;i5,(|0o. Last week, 'Roman Scan- 
sion to outlaw block booking, dais' (U!A), $20,000. 

A conference between Sol Rosen- I Strand (WB) <2,000; 25-36-60)-^ 
blatt. Gen. Johnson, and Sirovieh I m Nellie' (WB). Muni flicker 
is scheduled to take place as 1 J^JJ;*^ 



. Washington, Feii. B. 
Worst cold spell of season coupled 
with first real sno^ has boys fight- 



Earle (2,000; 40r55-66)-^*Easy to j lng for all they . are worth this week. 
Love* (WB) and vaude; Duke El- I Instead of taking it on the cmn, all 
ilrigton lieadliner. Copibine should houses are opening up on explolta 
beat $21,000. Last "week, 'Going 1 tion full force. 



Hollywood' (MG) and vaude; 
Weather, liurt plenty her.e $19,000. 

Fox (3,000.; 30'.40-65)-T-'Carollna' 
(Fox) and stage shoWi Held In on 
strength of flx'st week's big biz. 
$17,000 or $18,000 ihdicatedi Last 
week, $:S,000— big. 

• Karlton (1,000; 30-40-50)— 'Sons 
Of the Desert' (MG). Looks better 
than house's recent occupants. 
$4,200 indicated. Last week, 'Bed- 
side' (FN). Only $3,200— not so 
hot. 

Keith's (2,000; 26-35-40)— 'Rain- 
bow Over Broadway' (Chesterfield) 
and vaude. First run for a change. 
No more .than $7,5'O0 figured. Last 
week, 'I Am Suzanne* (Fox) second 
run , and $8,000 against weather tes- 
tified to Its popularity after its two 
big weeks at . the Fox. 

Stanley- (3,700; 40-55-()5)— 'Queen 
Christina ' (MG). Garbo picture 
started bffl with expected strength. 
Bngagemeint should, be a corker 



. Toughest break was arrival of 
the 'Moulin Rouge' cara,van in blizr 
zard. Combined with fact that 
edge had been stolen from midnight 
shows by joint Roosevelt birthday 
show at Fox Tuesday (30), . the 
Palace only had half a house for the 
late premier of the .plcture, includ- 
ing personal appearance of stars. 
.Bally was i)ut on despite weather* 
and Friday opened strong, with a 
complete sell-out that night. 

Warners . is going heavy with ads 
on 'Fashion's Follies,' pee 'Fashions 
of 1934.' Indecision about exact 
title messed things up. considerably, 
but show Will lead, town just- the 
same. 

Estimates for This Week 
Keith's (RKO) (1,850; 60)— 'Hips, 
Hips, Hooray' (RKO) . Recent per- 
sonal appearance of AVheeler and 
Woolsey helping, but in face of 
weather week will get just a nice 
$10,000. Last week 'Man of Two 



as Rosy returns from his. Coast, ex 
pedition. iSirovich said. . Johnson, 
had promised to discuss the block 
booking situation through the copy 

rightylaw./ 

Allied's squawki presented to the 
Senate, as evidence that the NRA is 
not looking out for sm^ll business, 
repeaits familiar and byinoW whis 
kered ajrguinents that indies- were 
pushed into the gutter when the 
code was being: formulated and con, 
talned the new ietllegation that ma- 
jors are violating the code provi- 
sion which bans forcing^ shorts; 



Chi Fanr Freaks 





Nice $7,500, Prov. 



in town at moment it's a cinch to 
push bver pi'etty. close to $i 0,000; 
for virtual leadership of town. 

Fashions of 1934' at Stanley looks 
like best of picture bets, getting off 
to nice start on heels of swell, cam- 
paign and oiXght to collect around 
$11,000, better, than this $ite has 
been doing of late. 'Miss Fane's 
Baby Is Stolen' plunging Penn back 
into cellar; witii hardl" a chance of 
knocking off $8,000, which is pretty 
bad. Picture's themie held against 
It and there aire likewise reports of 
a whispering campaign by Jewish 
trade against Dorothea Wieck. 
Eflitimateit for This Week 
Davis (WB) (1,700; 25-35)---'Tbrce 
Cornered Moon' (Par); House hit- 
ting the skids pretty badly of late 
and any picture is jUgt another pic- 
ture here. That goes for this one, 
maybe $2,500. Last Week. 'Cross 
Country Cruise' (U) suffered like 
other from cold snap and down to 
$1,800. 

Fulton (Shea-Hyde) (1,750; 15- 
25-40)— 'Carolina' <Fox). Opens run 
today (5). 'Advice to IjoVielorn* (UA) 



'CAROUM' $20,000 
BEST IN BUFFALO 



Br 
houses 



Providence, Feb. 6. , . . ^ „ 

i-eak for the first-run picture Dulled after three days of slim plck- 
ses this week with lull in stage ings at $2,300. Preceding that /I Am 



Suzanne' (Fox) held up nicely for 
seven days at $i6,$00, one of two 
houses to withstand fairly well zero 
weather. 



attractions. / Not so niuch emphasis 
on flesh Entertainment this . stanza | 
as has been the case for the last few 
weekSi C!onsequently the houses [ 
with pictures only are getting a I 
fairly decent breiak. 

„ ^ , , X 1- 1 Only outstanding stage attraction (Par). Np customers for this one. 

Current InalcAtlOns point to sharp jjgpg ^jjjg gt^nza at Fay's thektrfe, morbid theme keeping 'em away. 



Buffalo, 'Feb. 6. 



Penn (Loew's-UA) (3,300; 25-35- 
50.)— 'Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen* 



uplift at box ofilc^s. Last week 
showed marked improvement, and 
preisent period (ipntinuing. the rise 
EstimAtiM for This Week 
Buffalo (Shea) (8,600; 30-40-65) 
'Cairolina^ (Fox) and stage sho^ 



^Ith $20,C0C i^d ^ l5ce£^'';^:is 1 wlHds'^,^ 



week. 'Fashions of 1934' (WB)., 
Only $14,000 in eight days— n.s.g. 

Stanton (1,700; 30-40-55)— 'Fugi- 
tive Lovers' (MG). Opening pace 
Saturday indicates no more than 
$7,000. Last weeik, 'Counsellor at 
Law' (U). $8,300— good against the 
weather. 



Babo Likes 'CaroGna'; 
'Moulin Rouge' 

'Frightened' $5,000 



Baltimore, Feb. 5. 
JDlHatstrous weather.- break that 
snapped .over the town just after 



all papers on Lederer's debut, but 
Eskimo angle, killed It despite at- 
tempts to play it down. Left early 
with li ht $5,000. 

Fox (Loew) (3,434; 60)— 'Miss 
Fane's Baby Is Stolen' (Par) and 
vaude. Meyer Davis on stage is 
getting his homietown pals, but . pic 
Isn't drawing. Maybe fair $18,000 
LSist week 'Mr, Skltch' (Fox) sur- 
prised by getting nice $23,000 de- 
spite snow and no help from Stage. 

Earle (WB) (2,424; 60)— 'Fash- 
Ion's Follies' (WB> and vaude. ,Nice 
reviews on comedy and gal angle. 



where 'Fi-eaks of the World's Fair' I Will be lucky to collect even $8,000, 

are headlining. With the .aid of which is pretty bad. Last week 'Fu- 

'Bedside,' main picture attratction, gitlve Lovers' (MC?) and tab 'Vani- 

gross should be well up in the nabe ties' over-estimated, due to isudden 

of $7,500. Stage fare at Fay's Is just appeiranbe of sub-zero weather flriit 

the type to bring in the coin. part of week, getting around $26,000, 

Loew's State, the only other spot instead of estimated $33,000. 

Miriam Hopkins In person running I in town with vaude this week, haa a pitt (Schaffer) (1,600; 15-26-40)— 

well and picture drawing fine com- tepid variety bill,, and 'You Can^t 'Orient Express' (Fox) and 'Cock- 

ment and business. Strongest open- Buy Everything' on the screen, tall Hour' unit. Good show and 

ing In months InditJates at least With the weather - against things, with things all to itself this week 

$20,000. tABt week , 'Flying Down tor and lack of names in feature plx, should, have little .or no trouble 
Rio' (RKO) and stage show. Picture gross off to poor start. Just now in- | mopping up at $10,000. Last week 
failed to hold up to advancei noticies dicatlons are hot more than $11,000, 
but got a fair $16,000. so^so. 

Hipp (Shea> (2,400; 25-40) *Fe- Grossesalong fllmrowseemto.be 
male' (WB) and va,ude. Mild get- pretty well distributed. Paramount 
- . _ . ' has slight edge because of advantage 

of early opening, on 'AH of Me' and 
'Murder 'ori the CamPUS.' Para 
mount gross sfhould be in the neigh 



away after last week's rush. Prob- 
ably will get about average $10,000. 
Last week 'Advice to Lovelorn' 
(UA) and Chicago Fair Unit. Tak- 



ings Up for Bubstantial rise with bprhood of . $6,500 



film and stage show dividing hon- 
ors about equally. Pine gross topped 
$14,000. 

rest Lakes (Shea) (3,400; 25-40) 
'Mr. Skitch) (Fox). Average box of- 
fice Indicated. Figured to do around 
$8,500. Last weke 'Eskimo' (MG). 
This one failed to show anything 



plus help from fashion pag6s, is here. Gross represents bottom "busi 



sending week to nice $18,000. Last 
week 'Easy to Love' (WB), with 
Duke Ellington on stage; turned in 
about same .figure. 

Palace (Loew) (2,363; 60)— 
'Moulin Rouge' (UA), Caravan of 



ness for this house, . $6,600. 

) ' 

AVbman' (Par) and 'The Chief 
(MG). This house showing substan 
tial.and steady business with little 
variation. . Figures represent Strong 



stars gave it bieautlful send off With kj^aw at the scale. Loioks to better 
-^r-- At -K..wv,f oforf hrnko 1 two personal appearances. Counting qoO. Last week 'As Husbands Go" 

directions after bright start broke U^^^ ^jmperor Jones' (UA) 

the cxhibs hearts and ^^^^^^ program did nlc( 



approximately $16,000 loss, right^off I j-fving"' YPar) diVappoTnted Vith I ^^^L. 
+v,<» velvet to the five loop show I »^ . nroao I 



the Velvet to the five loop sno^ ji4,000. Plenty of space in press 

houses. . . ■ bivt despite most critics' raves, they 

Currently, probably the strongest 3^^.j^y r 

cdmblned front presented, since, the RJalto (U) (1,863; 50)—' Madame 

holidays on tap and qompetish Is gipy' (U). Should get by o.k; with 

terrlhc. . Snow blanketing .the .city '^6^500; Last week 'Cross Counti'y 

cut deeply Into the first two days' Qpyjgg. (U)^' too soon; after bus at- 

take due to sluggishness with which niosphere in '.Fugitive Lbvisrs,' fair, 

town dug itself out of the dri". with $5,500. . 
Outlying suburban play stymleid (WB) (1,583; 60)— 'Bedside' 

due to inaccessible highways, coin- (wb). Satisfactory with $6,000, Last 

clinking into b.o. registers sweetly j ^^^1;. .gon of Kohg' (RKO), ditto, 
consistent now, but the off biz open ' " 



Ing days ^ill show drastically in 
final tolii 

Estimates for This Week 
Century (Loew-UA) (3,200; 26- 
35-40-55-66); 'This Side of Heaven' 
(MG) arifif Lionel Barrymoi'e in. per- 
son topping five-act bill. Looks to 
reach $17,000. Last, week 'Sons of 
ithe Desert' J MG) and Wheeler and 



Columbia (Loew) (i,2€3; 40)— Pi^kford, Mac MuiTay 

'Orient Express' (Fox). So-so, head- 
ing for possible fair $2,800. Last 
week 'Olsen's Big Moment' 
fair $3,000. 



IFrtx'). 



Lowe's Single for U 



Hollywood, Feb. 

_ , - ^Universa l will .only_t>e able_to 

Woolsey Tn porsdn.T^at'tW ^wrariljr p^.^^^^^.^ g^^d release oricnEImund- 
accountable, did good $16,000. . Lowe- starring picture for tlie 1933. 

'l'J'^?'*r?"2?x ^^.^-Rf^^'^ if Two 34 season. Company will spot him 
'^;S' " RK(^^)ltM^^^^^ lead of 'Whex^e's Brown?' news- 

^° «?Lp^ Francis Lederer made.|.paper yarn from original by Lin- 
coln Quttrberg, with picture slated 



on' stage. Francis Lederer 
good impresh both with critical gen- 
try and femme patrons; 'Vanities, 
being fundamentally same con- 
dehfied viersioh thit peeked into 
town last year, hurt somewhat by 
news leaking out, Doesn't look bet- 
ter than $17,300, but good. Last 
week. 'Long Lo.«t l-'iUher' iRKO) 



to get under way next month for 
reifa.se in May. 

Lowe holds, a throe-picture deal 
with Universal, and the other two 
features will he mnrlo for tli<» 1034- 
35 sonf-'on. 



Although RKO Albee . Is handi- 
capped with a new screen name in 
'Man of Two Worlds,' opening .was 
surprising. House , did a neat job in 
ballyhooing pix, steering clear of 
Eskimo angle, and emphasizing 
Francis Lederer as a sensational 
screen find. If present, pace con- 
tinues there is no question of hpuse 
tilting $6,300. 

I 'HI, Nellie' at the Majestic opened 
Century (Shea) (3,400; 25) White tepid, but nice reviews and com- 
/T»o,.\ arxi\ 'Thp. ^^hief I ^^^^^ gj^^^j^j g^j^g g^ggg yp^^rd be- 
fore . the week, is over, and place 
hd.use in the.,.. same, class with .Pp 
poslsh. 

Ed Wyhii's 'The Chief getting its 
first Rhode Island sihowing in Cen- 
tredaJe, jiist outside of Providence 
AH exhibitors along the main stem 
here passed it up. 

Estimates for This Week 
Fay*8 (2,200; .15^25-4Q)-^'Beside' 
(WB) and vaudeville with 'Freaks 
of World Fair' headlining. B.lll Is 
oke with the natives, unless there's 
a sudden switch iii things if looks 
as though this house Will lead 
things this week with a nice groSiS 
of $7,500. Ijast week 'Orient Ex- 
press' (Fox) tepid at . $6,000. 

Loew's State (3,200; 15-25-40)-^ 
You Can't Buy Everything' (MG) 
and vaude. Variety show doesn't 
mean tnuch except for revue With 
a former local boy at its head. 
Strahgely, house has made no at 
tempt to capitalize on this angle 
lad has big following . and -would 
have meant coin if billed right; 
$11,000 In prospect providing things 
don't slide too far. Last week 
=iEskimo'-=(^fXG)=and=Radio=Rogues 
topping stage show so-so at $11,800, 
Majestic (Fay) (2,200; 15^25-40)— 
'Hi Nellie' (WB) iand 'Charming 
Deceiver' (Maj). House would 
have done e;reat deal better M 
shorts had been, placed InsteiEid of 
companion feature.' Audience giv 
Ing it the laUgh; as a help to Muni's 
picture it isn't. No doubt gross 
would stand better chance If 'Hi 
Nellie' had better support; reviews 
are nine and word of month okaj' 



'Jimmy and Sally' (Fox) and 'Sweet 
and Lowdpwn' unit about $7,700, 
good. 

Stanley (WB) (3,600; 26-35-50)^ 
•Fashions of 1934' (WB). Getting 
the femmes and off to nice start 
through swell campaign. "Should 
collect $11,000, not too good, but con- 
siderably better than takings here 
of late. Last week 'Four Fright- 
ened People' (Par) , brutal at $5^000. 

Warner (WB) (2,000; 25-35-50)— 
Dark Hazard' (WB). Robinson just 
doesn't seem to click in this burg.* 
'iHtazard' hardly one of his best, 
either, which will hurt additionally. 
Maybe $4,200, maybe not. Last 
week 'Let's Fall in Love* (Col) ' 
the dumps at $3,100. 



LafayeUe (Ind> (3,400; 25) 'Bom- 
bay Mail' CU) and 'Horse Play* (U). 
House seems to havis struck neW; 
stride with return to double 
feature policy. Will \ probably top 
$6,500. Last week 'Cross Country 
Cruise' (U) and 'East of Fifth Ave- 
nue' (Col) maJntalned excellent 
pace all weiek and bettered $6,500. 



Personals Pep B'klyn 

Brooklyn, Feb. 5. 
.Plenty of talent in the downtown 
sector this week. Flickers ;and stage 
shows are variable. Paramount Is 
now under Boris Morrps' guidance 
arid his first move was to bring in 
Mary-^Pickford.- -Mary _hasn't, been 
in this part of the tsduntry-fof rnany 
years. Her box oflice appeal is still 
there. Flicker is 'All of Me' (Par), 
Which local cinema critics gave 
splendid sendoilt. House should do 
$33,000, good but disappointing for 
^lary. - 

Another old-timer on the stage 
here Is Mae Murray, who hasn't been 
around in several years. The Mur- 
ray gal is packin' 'em In, however 
Flicker is 'Beloved' (Fox) and looks 
Hke fine $16,600. Alhoe Is so-so with 



too. Y6t, gross will not be much 
over $6,600. Last week 'Massacre' 
(WB) and 'Cross. Country Cruise' 
<U) poorest in town ait $4,200. 

Paramount (Indie) (2.200; 16-25- 
40)_'All of Me' (Par) and 'Murder 
oh the Campus' (Chest). Nice bill 
and- plenty of names to draw; house 
has slight edge with early opening, 
but gross will not be much over $6,- 
600 When final tally is made.. Last 
week 'Eight GUrls in. a Boat' (Par), 
and 'Woman's Man' (Mono) "was 
hot iBO. bad at $6,800. 

RKO Albee (2,200;: 16-25-40)— 
Man of Two Worlds' (RKO) and 
'Meanest Gal In . Town' (RKO). 
Good all around bill despite main 
picture has no potential names of 
the screen, house ballyhop appair- 
ently overcoming obstacle, arid 
should hit $6,300. Last week 'Hips, 
Hips, Hooray' (RKO) and 'Shadows 
of Sing sing' (Col) was not so 
tough at $5,600. 

RKO Victory (1,600; 10-15-25)— 
'Straightawaiy (Col) and 'Son of 
Kong* (RKO). At least $1,200 in ' 
prospect for. split week. Last week 
'Ace of Aces' (RKO) and 'Counselr 
lpr_at Law^ (U). both se;cond__run, 
ntnffl"d^Tte~ar$i^lIirori':spm-w 



Robinson's 'Canal Boy* 

Hollywood, Feb. 

Casey Robinson has been- as- 
signed to adapt and dialog 'Canal 
Boy* for Charles R. Rogei-s at Para- 
mount. Ralph Murphy will direct. 

Richard Arlen 1[3 being oonsldrrrxl 
for the male lead. 



TAaaVfWTB lAMDOM OFFICE. 
• St. Hartln'* Pliwe, TnfalKar SqoaM 



FOREIGN FILM NEWS 



Cable AddreM: ▼ARIKTT I-ONDOM. 
Telephone Temple «a» 604l-3(M2 



11 



U. S. MAY FORCE NO 




French-Germans on Outs Again; 
Fihn Exchange Pact Called Off 



Paris, Jan. 27. 
/Collapse of Franco -Germ.an com- 
mercial treaty n^&oilatlpns j Is be- 
lieved by the trade to spell the doom 
of the Franco7German film exchange 
pact, .which has created so many 
tows here. 

After - repeated efforts to make a 
deal oh quotas. for gener^il merchan- 
dise, the Germans said the French 
were gettlne top tough, and w.ent 
home to Berlin to start reprisals. 

It is reliably reported tbat as a 
result of this split , the P^rench have 
served the Germans with formal 
notice that the. film deal is off in 
three months. This is the warping 
required by the provisions of the 
pact in ordet to break it. Miiiistry 
of Commerce, is mum on the report, 
'hQwever*. refusing' to discuss it 
either wiy. ^. . 

Meanwhile tbei Germans are step- 
ping on the .gas and getting as" many 
films into. France as they' can while 
the getting is good! The . American 
trade, howevei-, ' less: bothei*ed 
than the boys thought it would liei. 

The Franco-derman pact; as a 
matter 'of . fact, hasn't proved to be 
hc^arly an much of .a headache as 
was predicted. What the Germans 
are sending in, although cheap and 
thus aiinoying comijetition purely 
from the price point Of view, is not 
of ■ the character ' and quality to 
liother American distribs overmuch. 
' What bothers the- Americans 
much more is the general depres 
sion. The flirst run houses and 
showcases in Paris are doing fairly 
.^ell — Metro's Laurel and Hardy pic. 
'Pack Up YoUr Troubles,' is hanging 
out the 'coniplet' (iS.R.O.) sign at 
the Ermitage .nightly, for instance 
but in the sticks, where the dubbed 
pictures go and the real, rental 
grosses 'have got to be built up, 
business is still terrible. 



Lacejr Kastner Ups 

Jack Koerpel, United 
Artists continental Europ^, is 
out,. Lacey Kastner replacing ih^ 
in the ;same capacity, Koerpel held 
the job only a few months, having 
replacied Guy Crosswell Srhith last 
fall. 

Kastner has been with UA in 
Paris for the past six years, .'where 
he was assistant to. Smith for .that 
period. 



PAR BACK TO 
PARIS FILMING 



Another Anzac 





INT'L TRIlOE 



P.arfey. of Foreign Powers 
for Trade Accords to In- 
clude Consid.eration for 
Motion Pictures— Maybe 
French Wine for U. S. 
Pix — -Or Swap Brazilian 
Coffee for Filnis 



Government Collection Bureau 







m 




Would Bind AD U. S. Distrihs 



FARM PRODUCTS FIRST 





ihii Quota 





Paris, Jan. 27 
Paramount ha? at last got a start 
on its local production plans — via a 
back door, however. Marie Bell has 
signed to star in a talking verson 
of yictorien Sardou's antique hit, 
'Feddra,' for Paris-France Produc- 
tions, which is the tipoff. 

iparls-Francc is really Paramount, 
although there Is no Par money in 
it. Company has just been formed 
witli a capital of 1,250,000. francs by 
Louis Gasnier and tAvo others. 
Gasnier will direct tlie. picture. 

Paramount will distrilnite film on 
a strictly percentage basis. No 
guai-anty. Pic will be made, at the 
.par Joinville studios.. Thus 'Par gets 
tyei-ything, including studio rentals, 
without ijuttlhg up a centine. Only 
rench version is' planned, 'the 
time being. 



Russiai^ Plan 100 Pix 
For 1934, 59 Talkers 



Moscow, .Tan. 15^ 
Soviet Film Industry has Just 
completed the finnl details of its 
1931 prodiK'tlon program,, which pro^ 
vldo.s for 41 silent and 59 . Sound 
film.s, of which 79 must be released 
by the Ond of the year. 

Over\vhelming, bulk of this year's 
pioturos will deal with contemporary 
problems of socialist construction, 
£i!oventeen films will be devoted to 
collectivisation and- the village, 12 
to soviet industry, 12 to the cul- 
. Jjmtl_ftLVjUUtioii_an w ill Jjc 

oji questions conneitod with na 
tional defense. 

Contrary to the previous year's 
productions, in which airtlstic merit 
was .'^acriflced "to agitational aims, 
this year's efforts of the Soviet 
cinema will be .bent o" combining 
realistir treatment of socialist con- 
struction with a generally high 
artistic merit. 



Sydney, Jan. 
An . Australian filrii : quota will 
probaijly come into being; follbwing 
on the completibn of • the present 
film ihquiry, 

F. W. 'Thring, director of Efttee, 
stated that without some protection 
it would be unprofitable for local 
producers to continue, Thrlng-*ays. 
that he' dropped aroUnd 20,000 «aol-: 
lars on 'The Sentimental Bloke,' 
which he produced here. 

Thring says that when he first 
went into the production game, he 
was able to d^al with Hoyts and 
Greater Union because they were at 
the time competing against each 
other for pictures. Since the 
formation of G. tI he was compelled 
to rely on the goodwill of the or 
ganization for. actual release and 
terms. 

■For local producers to make. 52 
pictures a year, a ciipltal outlay of 
at least 500,000 pounds would be 
needed. It Is practically Impossible 
to. secure any public finance while 
the condition exists that .Such a 
huge investment could be jeopard 
isied because One individual in this 
country, or a board of diriectors ih 
some foreign office does not want 
the Australian producer to get a 
share of either the world's or local 
market, states Thring. 

Continuing, V'hring says that If 
a restriction of picture thea.tres 
comes into being, it will be useless 
for anyone outside" the particular 
friends of- G. T. to attempt to make 
local pictures. 

Charles Chauvel, another local 
producer, told at the film inquiry 
that the huge combine of exhibit 
ing Interests, backed to a great ex 
tent by America;n capital, supplied 
the greatest rrienace to the present 
dey^lopmiEfht frf Australian pictures 
"to preserve the spirit of competi- 
tion, and to stop the growth of any 
combine there -.should be no restric 
tion in theatre-building ' Aus 
tralla, Chauvel stated. 

Roy Harwood, another local, said 
that owing to the operations of the 
cornbine progress in establishing 
the Industry. .In Australia is ,coh^ 
.<?lderal>ly . retarded. , 'The greate.st 
asset in the future of the industry 
would be the introdiictibn of a quota 
.system, he thinks. 



United States Goverhmeht has 
been requested . by' the Ilays oifRce 
to include films forthcoming 
world negotiations • on tarl lat- 
ters and has promised to do what 
it can, Majr mean a- breaking down 
Of quota laws agiinst pictures a.11 
around. , 

Several conferences fltte ' in the 
making with' forei n ppwers- on the 
matter of tsiri State Depart- 
ment in Washington has IJieeh In 
constant communication with for- 
eign powers and has paved the way 
for a series of talfcsJ Thus tar 
matter has been entirely inforrna),. 
although eventually the govern^ 
ments will get together oiTlcially 
for actioii. 
Matter at the- present stage, 
(Continued on ipage 18) 



Goodman Starts Back 



Dei Goodnian, Fox's head man in 
the far; east, left New York for 
Chicago la^t week wliere he will 
spend a fortnight. He then moyes 
oh to the Coast for a couple- of 
weeits after which he detiarts for 
heradquarters in Shanghai. 

Trip is Goodman's first visit to 
the States in three years wjtli Chi- 
cago him home. 




R.F. C. 






G-B THEATRES 
IN 30% SLUMP 



Liondon, Jan. 27. • 
Recent intake of GaumontTBritish 
reveals; a 30% slump last year. G.B. 
average weekly gross is around 
$1,000,000. 

Reason for reduced grosses is 
mainly the disppointlng quality of 
the recent English and Anierican 
product. G.B. product has also not 
maintained Its standard, -while: the 
cost of production has been much 
higher than in the past. 

As an emergency, a coniference 
of supervisors was called, with in- 
structions given that they lop the 
theatres' overhead by $50,000 per 
week, and they were given till the 
end of February to put the Jiouses 
in order. 

■The. film production side was also 
discussed with the various direc- 
tors and executives. It was hinted 
that When a picture is budgeted for 
a certain price it should stay within 
that figure, and lower, if possible; 
not always higher as has been the 
case hitherto. 

It is reckoned if all the pfUcials 
take these heart-to-heart talks se- 
riobsly, a saving of $5,000,000 in the 
overhead should hot be difficult. 



Rome, Jan. 27 
•The Cines Co., originally founded 
by the late Stefano pittaluga and 
owned by the Soclieta. Anohlma Pit 
taluga. is uridergoing a big r.econ 
structloh scheme; Cines is the big- 
gest film producing corporation in 
Italy, so big and important to the 
Italian industry that the govern- 
rfent Finance Reconstruction Instl 
tute, which corresponds to the Re 
construction Finance Corp. in 
America, has. decided, not to le^ it 
die. but to support it and help re- 
store it. 

Old board of directors has been 
changed arid a new- president • ap 
pointed for the corpbratlon. He Is 
Commendatore Paolo Giordano, ex 
perienced show leader, manager of 
some theatre chains, and one time 
chief of the Dra-matic Authors' So- 
ciety. 

Giordano goes in as boss of. the 
new Cines, which starts , off again 
with a nice transfusion of lire from 
the government. Two of the orlgi 
nal vice-presidents of the old .Cines 
go, and the new policy is "few pic 
turei3 but big ones." 

Cines will now probably take up 
again the distrlbutiori end of the 
business. It will try to handle films 
of some of the smaller American 
producers as well as . some German, 
French' and British concerns. 

Considered pcsslble that Giovac- 
chino Forzano, co-author with Mus- 
solini of several plays a,nd films, in 
eluding the picture, "Vlllafranca," 
which has just been released, may 
join the n6w company. Forzano is 
an old hand in the business, and his 
film, based on a plot given him by 

II Duce, looks like big business. It 
tells about the birth of Italy through 
the craft i)f Cavouir;: th6 darlhg ©f 
Garibaldi and thie help of Napbleoh 

III of France. 



Lateist headache of American film 
men hei;e is the campalgw ot Charlea 
Delac, presidettt 
Chanibre Syndicale, to set up a sy 
tern having all exhibitors pay 
for flirts by turning over a percent^ 
age of the gross everj- night to a 
Cpllectihg agency which would act 
tor all producers and distributors. 

Scheme is tied up tight with the 
film bank idea being plugged by 
BdircATlon Mlnlste^ de Monzle and 
belac,- to' creisite credits for French 
production. Hundred million francs 
is the. figure named for the' bank's 
cai)Itil, which it would lend to the 
picture makers, but this figure looks 
awfully big right now.- and they'd, 
take less. Bulk of rnoney Is to come 
from Government, which hasn't too 
riluch to spare for the moment. 

Delac's .collection stunt took oh 
new . impetus after he made a hot 
speech on It at the annual dinner 
of the Chambre Syndicale a couple 
of ' days ago. .He said that the. 
nightly cash pickup co-'d only be 
applied when the producers made 
(Continued on page 56) 



2U.S.C0;SB0W 
0 NAZI STAND 



Gov't Fdm Inquiry Develops 






bussman Vice Nathan 

Su.«?.sman, named g.m. for 
Paramount in Central America, left 
Saturday to take up his duties. 
He'll start by going to Mexico City, 
and then move on down. 

Su.s.sman replaces John B. Kalhan 
who has been recalled to Xtw York 
for a new foreign post, ynnaniod as 



More Foreign 



Mor* news about the forci^'n 
.film biz -vv'iir be found on 
page 18. 



Sydney, Jan. 22. 
The film fight here is fast de- 
veloping into a triangle. 

Firstly, the powerful General 
Thoatres Corporation is lighting to 
prevent any opposition erecting 
theatres In the capital' . dtle.s. 
.Secondly, there are M-G-M and 
other interested parties fighting for 
Bov('rninental sanction to new the- 
:a tres'-^go in g--=-u Pf—a nd=al sf)- ir^at tl 1 n g- 
tho combine: ov^r flTm V terms. 
Thirdly, there is a now eloment In 
the Independent Australian pror 
O'Uf.ers, F. W. Thring, Pat ITanna, 
and Charles Chauvel, who are flght- 
, ing .to have the government grant 
ia quota for Australian pictures. 
I Thus far, the government inquiry 
undr.r the direction of F. W. Marks 



h.'iis hot produced much tiiat the 
Trade doe.s not already know. Dls 
trib says hn can't sell his film be- 
cau.'ife of the stranglehold. Mouth- 
piere for the strangleholder.s says 
thf ilistribs want, everything their 
own w.'iLy. A builder chips in and 
.says bfitor let rnore tboatres go 
up bccau.se Barnuni; 'as rlgiit: any- 
way. Producers turn comes next 
-and==^tlie^>'-".sing«a==Hong=-^of5^quotiaHr 
OoverniTicnt Kuy takes bis cue and 
asks quf».stlon.s that only iEin ac- 
countant could rake up. Chatter 
goes rii^ht on Until intormls.«<lon. 

f'liafter Hceih.s to be the keynote 
of the probe, thus far, and aij'no 
one Is on oath .It look.s as though 
the rh.'itter will continue until gov- 
fCor liiiUffd on page l**) 



American film companies are still 
afraid of offending the German gov- 
ernment becausfe preferring to cbnr 
tlnue business there in spite of cur- 
rent conditions. Two companies, 
Warner Brothers and Columbia, 
noiade deep c.ohccssldns last week 
rather than possibly get into trou- 
ble. 

Nazi government had servied no- 
tice On Columbia for 'Below, the 
Sea,' -vvhlch It considers anti-Ger- 
man. Same for Warners on 'Cap.- 
tured.' Both companies Avere told 
that they mu.st clip their films for 
distribution throughout the world, 
and both have complied, making all 
the cuts suggested. 

U'S EUROPEAN PROD. 
REPS IN N^POW-WOW 

Max Frlediand. UnlvensaVs g.m 
for continental Europe, In chargf.- 
of both production and distribution^ 
is in is'ew' Yorii f(>r conferenc e"" " 
with tlie Laemmles. With hi 
Fritz eljer, in chiirge of the co, 
pany's <3er 

Laommle, Jr., has definitely called 
off his proposed European visit, 
with the. European execs called t** 
N'ew York for conferences In.stead. 
"They will lay out production pro? 
grams for Gefrmany, France and 
Ehgiahd before returning, also ar- 
ranging for .some Interchange of 
.stars. 

Both Laemmles now expect to re- 
rhaln in New York for about two 
weeits, then returning to the Coast. 

Although Frlediand is a Laf' lo 
relative, he has never been in the 
country before and does hot speak 
Kngllsh. Mrs. Friedlahd witii 
him. 



=^he 4V!ex^Rights.^=_ 

2IoUyw''fd, l''fb. 0. 
Osfar 01dki»ow and Lou Mclzgcr 
leaving Thursday f8) for Mexico 
City to confab relca.sing df'als for 
pix for which Metzper b'J'ls Mexi- 
I ran rights. 

Inr^ludftd are 'Klysla' and several 
cIkm-I-s. 



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NANA 



Sanauel Goldwyn vroduc-llon . tor Unltoil 
Artists release. SStara Anna Hten. Dl 
rected by Dorothy Arzner. Adiiptcii by 
Wtllard MAck and H; W. Grlbble from 
lipVel by Entitle Zola; dialog dIrectcO by 
Hack; musical dlreclbr, AUrcd Newman; 
Bonig by- Rodgera and Han; camera, Grose 
Toland.; At R. C. Music Hall, N, .Y 
week reb. 1; Itunnlng tlpie, 87 mlns. 

. . . . Anna StCn 
.X'hilllps HplmpB 

Lionel AtwlU 

.HU'hard Dennett 
... . '. ; . .'Mae Clark 

': .Muriel KlrUland 
........ . Reglna Id Owen 

I .... t • •'• • ■ '• JeMSlc Halph 

. i, .. i Lawrence Grant 



Nana, . , 
Xt. Gporfre i 
Col. Andre 

Grelher. 

Satln........i 

MfitiJ........ 

Hrdcndve. > . . 

Grdn. ukb 



Sam Goldwyn ntly 
laliAched a new istar in not so 
brilliant yeliicle, ^nd the satellite 
eclipses hep setting. Picture spells 
o;. in the Impoi'taint ble money - 
keys and perhaps even 
mor subf>ciiuontg, for the 

■fJSeqTicnts will - not be as cHcu- 
resih iii script tastes.- 

GrtJrtwyri must have had - apieiS at 
■the break of each exhibition' during, 
the first couple Of da.ys. td eaves- 
drop on the comments. They must 
Kaive oVerhoard the. differences Of 
opiiiionj butj.the fact that, they were 
talking abOut Anna Ste^— and how ! 
—Is sufflclent. No disputing 'that the 
$47,000 advance campaign which 
heralded .• this new star* into the 
■world's largest theatre had centered 
attention; The -/con-sensus .iayored 
the glamoi'bus Kusso-German im- 
portation'' f ulsOme.ly ; the ' captloxis- 
ncoS Over the story deflciences were 
as unanimous as they were obvious. 

.*5till, fOr all .its script shortcom- 
Intfs, 'NanaVis a money production. 
Gertaintly this heretofore unknown 
star seems possbssjed of sufnclently 
undeniablo. allure to go place's. Miss 
Stt>n has beauty,, slamour, chanii, 
•histrionic ability (although there 
arc a couple of motuonts Vhichi 
seamed a bit beyond her), and vivid 
B.a. That's the difference ib.etween 
just a good leading woiridn a-nd a 
potent gatCT getting .star. 

Picture looks heavy money, in-^ 
eluding what ;Teally went into it, 
and apart fronii iyhat Goldwyn had 
to charge up to cover a year and 
half's linguistic tutoring for his im 



that she clicked and most notably in 
!Brothera Karamazoff,' which first 
attracted Goldwyn's attention and 
his de.'Jire to riecreat the Dostoiev- 
sky work vfith Miss Sten under Hol- 
lywood cinematurgyi This idea was 
abandoned in favor of 'Nana,' 

The producer has stated that if 
*Nana' clicks abroad he'll get his 
money back — he can't do it alone 
from the American market^but- re- 
gardless, .'Nana' seems a good in- 
vestment, for he has treated a po- 
tent new Stat*, at a time when a, he\v 
marquee^ nanio should particularly, 
yield big sub.sequent dividends. 

Abel 



HI, NELLIE 



W.'ii-n.er , Bro.s. . production ., and release. 
SiaT.s Paul Muni. Glenda Farroil. Nod 
Sparks and Robert Rnirat underlined. Pi- 
. rected by Mervyri Lbftoy. From story b>' 
Roy Chanslor; adaptation. Abemv FInkel 
and' Sidney Sutherjahd ; photography, Sol 
Pollto. At Strand, N. .Y., week ^an^ SI. 
Runnlnff time,- 73 mlns. 

Brad . ... . . . , . . : ; , .: .Paul MUnI 

Gien-y . . . . . . ; . . . . ......... .Glenda Farrell 

Harvey. Dawea.; .-. Dour Dumbrllle 

Brovi'nell .....'«... ..........Robert Barrat 

Shammy — .Ned Sparks 

Pullerton .......^.......Hobert CavannUnrli 

Sue ^. .... .Pat' Wins 

O'CdnneH . . . , . . . . .Edward Ellis 

.Sheldon .•;...i......'........Gcorf;e Meeker 

Graham ,:, .Berton. Churchill 

T^ule- • .-. . '.Sidney Miller 



Hiniatiire Reviews 



'Nana' (UA>, Ann«, Sten Is 
over on her American debut 
film.. Her own resources 
.should he titufflcieiit to offset 
sbine of the lesser script de-r' 
ficlencies here.- 

'Hi, Nellie' (WB). P-aul Muni 
as a newspaperman demoted, to 
the lovjelorh column as punish- 
ment byt wins parole «n solv- 
ing a murder. Barely gets by 
as fair entertainment. . . 

'All of Me' (Par).. Pfedric 
Marchi Miriam Hopkins .. and 
George Ra.ft In a rathei^ heayy 
draniai. weii directed ' and 
acted but only sums up as fair. 

'I've Get Your Number' 
(WB)i Another in the Wdrner 
cpmedy series minus cast draw ^ 
strength, itowdy! and fast. It 
-will appeal to lesser clienteles, 
and should do well there, 

'Frontier. Marshal' (Pox).. 
Western with- George O'Brien. . 
'Bettetr. than aiverage, .but^ some 
soft spots will prevent It get- 
ting much abbve average. 

'Lone Cowboy' (Par);, 
knit story due for dualinjg. 

'Public' Stenographer^ (Show- 
men's).. Just another picture;; 
Purposeless plot of a hard- 
boiled hotel stenog. 



MELO 

(*Der Traumeade Wlund') 
(FRANCO-GERMAN MADE) 

Fathe - JJathon - Matador prokluctlon tn 
.French and Gorman veraions. Made at 
Pathe^JolhVlJlo. Paris. Distributed In U. S. 
by Harold Auten. Stars KUsabetb Berxncr 
and features Rudolf Fofster. Directed by 
'X'aul' Czinncr under supervision'' of °Marccl 
llellman, sjtory. Calhner and Karl Mayer, 
from play, by .Henry Bernsicin; camera. 
Kruofcer. At 70th St. PlayhouBC, N. Y., 
week Feb. 2. Runninf; time., 06 mlns. 
Pct^r. . . . • ■ . ...... • . . ... .Anton . Bdthofor 

cJaby . . .V . Mlsabeth Borttner 
.Michael Marsden. . . . . . . . . ... .Rudolf .FOrster 

Christine . Margarete Hruby 



hough it strng'gles to. entertain, . 
'Hi, Nclile* fails to rise the oc- 
casion. It. is never more than casu-: 
ally amusing? Or exciting.. For Paul 
Aiuni it— represents another film 
characterli;ation that Is as clear-cut 
and . line as it could be. It's a better 
Muni performance than a picture. 

' While cohiparLsons are odious, in , 
this particular Instance . it's in- Paramount production and rrt^^ 
e'vltablp «H1 'Nr^lliV' ii! csh cimllar tn Fredrlfr March. Miriam. Hopklne, 

eviiapie,^ ill, JNeme is so similar to George Raft, ^Directed by James Floods 
Advice to the Loyelorn in; idea and produced Ijy Louis Llghtoq; 41alog dlrccr 
treatment. '.Hi; Nellie' deals with tlon, Thomas Mitchell; from play- by Rose 

a newspaper man of rouigh-and- SS'^" "i&',Pte<*,.*>y swney^^^ 
nori,r ♦jmKA« ...rvi« io *^ .MThomas Mitchell; cameraman, Victor M|l- 

oafly. timber who is shunted to the ^^r; At Faramouht, N. Y., w«ek Feb. 2; 
lovelorn column as punishment for Running tlinei: 70; mlns. 



ALL OF ME 



derelicttOrt Of duty. Miini goes | Don Eiiia. .. . 
through the bofedom of trying to ' iiy*** 



. .Fredrlc -Marcb 
iriam .Hopkinis 

write chatter tor lovesick : boys- and i^j^^::;:::::::::::::^' & 

gn*ls, but becomes so good at .it Mrs. Darrow.... .......... i..NeUa Walker 

that the paper is glad he was so Jerry Halman; ^UUam Collier, Sr, 

<;r>nfonpf><1 The Dean.. Gilbert Emery 

Gangsters kidnap a banker. ., slay ' ^^'^^ 



Iniry him under another 

poI'tee' iJfuV^other cumulaTive"^ftxed I which is all linwound by the I 'AU of Me* douhtful. It has 
charges before even the cameras M^°'"">ented heart-throb editor and three stellar names, it has good per- 
started grinding^ I returns him to the managing ed s|^_2.- . L..-^-i« 



Tho-Mack^GTibble scripting is a| S«s'^' In^many respects 'Hi, Nellie' a provocative^ title and 

very free adaptation of Zola's fa- Horatio Alger complex. Its big time production values, but the 

mous novel; Much care is evident to M^^'^^'^y Is negligible rather than story wanders, doesh'lt develop its 

make it as circunispect as possible compelling, but a couple of taiir g, clearly or get any plaOe In 

and yet maintain Its color and allure laughs are managed by^ the action ' ^^"^^ ^^^^ 

which is the basis of this transition and dialog. Muni has Ned Spares particular. Weighing the pros and 

of a Parisian gainin to muslcalhall ^^^P that, direction, but he cons the only possible verdict is a 
heights. For purposes of sympathy h^Pfsn't go far, either. Robert Bar- .hgft.handed. compliment. 'All of 

and conviction it became likewise J*" >s in a gangster assignment s — 

necessary to soft-pedal .the three P«t not much footage. Char. Me will get by. 

Bisters of the sidewalk cafes and ac- ■ — — March plays a college professor 

centuate the newly-made star's vlr- ^ >«; D i? at.* who wants'. tO" deisert the campus for 
tuousness and singleness of purpose I You Can t Buy tiyerytning^ a engineer's camp. He wants 

^'^rt\i^i^. t^^t^tt ^^I}l^^\*u Metro production and release. May Robr MiriamHopkinB/hi^ Student sweet- 
It ends oni'a IragiC note with a [ son, Lewis . stone. Jean Parker featured. . ^'i ■o^,^^^^„ T^o»r, 
suicide by the glorified gamin who Directed by Charles F. Reisner. Orininai heart, to go out to liouider i^am 
takes this way out to reunite the 5,^ DuaieV Nichols and Lamar Trotti. At ^ith him as his wife, but she Is a. 
two brothers. Pliillips Holmes whom t^^<|^°iv^m7nuYe'J:'*' ^'"'^ "^"""""^ pampered daUghter .ot wealth and 

she. loves, and Lionel Atwill, his Hannah May Robson the prospect doeisn't' appeal. Against 

maturer kin. who has coveted her Elizabeth ..:.,...jean Parker U^jg situation l.s played th^' story's 

and who subsequently Patronizes sub-plot of the lOve between George 

her when the younger brother is Dr. Lorimer .... ........... Reginald Mason Raft, a hoodliim anc. Helen Mack, 

tmnsf erred with his. regiment to AIt Ponny. as aVMan........wiliiam Bakeweii falthful-Unto-death sweetheart. 

eierS. Donny. as a Boy k.,.Tad Alexander! m___;«j.. *t.i- ^*.4.^^^;.„^^^ 

* ' Piagg ......Walter Walker Tragedy of this deep . attachment is 

..Reginald Bat-low what ultimately leads the debutante 
laude Giiiingwater | to grab her engineer in spite of the 
rigors of a construction camp. 

Up to the point. sibOUt mid-picture, 
when the narrative dips into crook 



In between there is Richard Bcn- 



Snarksv. 



Considerable trade" interest in this.' 
film. Jhost Important being the 
American .debut- of. ~ the Bergher- 
Czlnner team.* Miss /Bergnet .. is 
Czlnner's wife and a;lway8 works, 
under his .dii'ection. Their most rie- 
contTflim is 'Catherine the Great,' 
made for United Artists in London. 
. From a business standpoint, in 
spite of the. Bergrier presence, film 
probably should have been releas<ed 
in New York in its French version. 
This has Graby Morlay. ialmost as 
big a. draW as the German girl, and 
.Wouldn't have to fight the German ; 
feeling on this side. . On the other 
haiid, director, star,' producer and 
authOi^ are all Jewish. . 

Piotufe h&s other points for. the. 
trade. . It is a ' psyOhOlogical study 
ahd the dlrect<n; has paced It and 
handled it in a different tempo than 
Is usual. It makes even tiie gen- 
eirally elephantine pace of Gierman 
fllmsv iseehi fast,, it's that much 
slower. Almost interminably slow.. 
And yet it serves its purpose for 
this, type ot film. If that's Inter- 
esting to the trade, whether the 
public; will go for it,is another mat- 
ter. In London a.nd Berlin they did. 
In P'aris they weren't sure.: 

Bernstein's play isn't such good 
film fodder and -the 'filmers hiaive 
changed it considerably without 
helping anyt Bernstein sued in sey- 
etal fcoutts in Europe trying to stop, 
the filming because he thougrht It 
wasn't fair, but the picture pro- 
ducers could have done him a worse 
trick by fllmlng.hiis play, as written. 
. It's a study of , the reactions of 
three sensitive, people. Wife of an 
or.cheistra vlolihlst falls in love with 
his best friend, a, concert violinist. 
She loves both men, can't breaJs 
from either, situation is. unbearable 
for all three. For the way out she 
commits ^ulcidis. ' It wasn't enough 
as a play when the . Shuberts. im- 
ported it two or three seasons ago, 
but it ;does allow- for itechrilcal fca™,- 
era maniiuvers.. . | 

Miss Bergner is a' superb acti:>ess 
and ought to go far over here be- 
cause of being a new type of Euro- 
pean personality. Not at all the 
•Dietrich rGarbo-Stien type. She;*s 
small, winsOme and, real. 

Picture is badly cut and fright- 
fully marred by a hopeless set of 
English titles made abroad In bad 
English and. worse taste.. In spite 
of that, it commands attention in its. 
class. Kauf. 



nett as the great Greiner, the mas^ | Danker..... 
ter showman, .who decides to clay 

this new unglorifted model into the , . , „ . 

toast of the revue halls. For one Practically a one-part character 

who has-been a star-maker and study, expertly drawn, but hardly I ;^ef^/amC'*U»e"probf^^^ 
breaker Bennett seems to take it meaty enough for general appeal. I sented between the professor and 
a bit too hard, but withal he lian- Mvith an excellent cast for support, 1 his pupil is good human interest, 
dies itv with restraint. Time is Paris May Robson manages to personally but the working out of the problem 
of the 1870 s and the^ 1934 mental shine. ; Is accomplished not hy .anything 

stance on hptcha Zola situations. The silver cord again, this time I that happens to the professor and 
even under Holly woodlan treatment, g-old plated. The mother's psycho- the girl but by the coincidental fate 
maRe it a bit ditHcult from the pathlc passions are divided between of the underworld pair 
script angle. Lawrence Grant is the the son and her money. The son It may be set down as a reason- 
smitten Grand Duke, likewise de- eventually rebels, but the money able truism of dramaturgy that any 
porting himself with much convic- sticks. At the finish the mother, story which ultimately converts its 
upn under the circumstances. Mae repenting, prefers the son and her principal actors into spectators for 
Clark and Muriel Kirkland as Satin greed is suddenly ,<;idetracked for a things happehing to secondary 
and Miml, Nanas two girl friends, happy ending, characters is going ta end up by 

are among the other cast stand- The story is sordid and brooding,, getting lost in a; cul-de-sac. For 
*'^t3* ; , , 1 relfcyed'' "and kept alive: ^o^^ drops 

Miss tens likening to Dietrich studied performance oiE one of out altogether and when reappeav- 
becomes inevitable. , Her throaty Hdily\yood's most proficient mature in? is definitely subordinate. • Cli- 
manner of singing ^That's Love' .players. Motived by a desire for max Is really the suicidal leaps of 
(the sole Rodgcrs-Hart song in the flnahclal revenge on a man who Raft and his girl from a hotel win- 
* ■ Li — that home even more, jilted her years before, Miss Rob-, dow as( the law closes in. There is 
forcibly, apart from, her light dia-. son's Hannah is most at home In . another sequence f Or clinching pur- 
lectic Teutonic brogue and the same her private artd well stocked vault poses between March and Hopkins 
general aura In personality. The at the bank. : but its anti-climax. Nor is it wholly 

Dorothy A,rzner style of direction She withdraws her moniey frorti explicable just how the deb gets out 
likewise recalls the Von Sternberg- one bank when her one-time fiance Of the jam she's In as an accessory 
M.amoulian techniclue employed in becomes an olTlcer ahd switches to J before . and after a . couple of jail 
A - behalf. a rival bank, which she manages | breaks. 

Mias Arzner s direction Is deft and years later to practically control. March unveils a new coiffure in 
understandlnsly in keeping with the It Js her ambition to make her son this picture. It's a hair dressing 
theme. She lias demanded and got- the richest man iri the world, tram- that may be authentic for a, college 
ten much from hei; star. Miss Sten's pling on his ideals. All the while prof but It's a strain on his box 
personal histrionics run the gamut she's a penny- pinch^r, living in pov- office rank.. With the hair Iri one 
from inspired dramatic touches such erty and doing such things as send- scene goes a collar-and-tie worthy 
as that boudoir scene with the Irig the Injured boy to a .charity of a ■ Charles Dawes. All in all, 
tempting, test-me clinch with the clinic and waiting f a fellow train while March hands In an intelligent 
elder brother, ^hom she Immediate- passenger to fall asleep in order to performance it's scarcely the type 
Jy repulses, to only a mediocre im- save the price of a newspaper. of thing his fans will fancy, 

pression, as In the . music hall with Her son marries, of all people. Direction of Janies Flopd is flricly 
her one Sorig. There she. Is called the daughter of the man his mother jshaded. Story is well told thro\igh- 
upon to reach the heights, for it. Is hates. It's all squared at. the finish, out and the lines, coached by 
here that she must prove herself with the mother coming out of a Thomas Mitchell, are fluent and 
_^ poiss essed of . the qualities which siege of pneumonia In ia forgiving convinblng. However... in Bplte of 
flUDse^uShtl3^inaite'"^her-^he-^^ 

Paris. The situation, of, course, calls Lewis Stone, Jean Parlter, AVil'- ture; on its cast arid productToS 
for, too much, which may be one rea- liam Bakewell, Reginald Mason and merit, does keep going.' Its love 
son .for Its disappointing reactionJ Mary Forbes all proficient in forni- sentiments, of course, will help with 
She registers on personality, but Ing the circle of friends and erienriies the ladies. Miriam Hopkiris vividly 
the vocalizing lets It down some- in which the 'old lady moves.. But suggests .Ihe coquette, before and 
what. . Total footage traverses 87 they're all up against a one- part after chastehing. Raft Is plausible 
minutes and that's a bit too much, script. and Helen Mack, as the girl with 

Miss Sten is being ballyhooed as Time is the beginning of the 2(M:h I plenty of trouble* Is memorable 
ii netv Busislan emigre. She was century and the clothes and settlnss 1 Nella Walker makes an Ideal sym- 
bom \n ICiev, Russia, and has done are .in accordance. The financldJ pathetic matron of culture and re- 
soxbe Soviet film Work, but It was panic of 1907 Is incorporated, gality. She plays the deb's maw. 

principally in the Berlin studios ' B\ I Ixind. 



I've Got Your 'Number 

Warner Bros, production and rele&sfc. 
Feature's Joan Blondell, Pat' O'Brien. 
Glonda Farrell, Allen Jenkins, Eugene- Pal' 
iette. Directed by Ray BnriRht, Warren 
Rankini story; Warren Duit;. Sidney Suth- 
erland, screen play; Arthur Todd, camera; 
Clarence Kolster, editor; L^O F. Forbsteln, 
music. At Roxy, N. Y., week Feb. 2. 
Running time, C7 mlns. 

Marie .... ........ I ..... . Joan Blondell 

Terry .tat O' Brien 

Bonnie Glenda Farrell. 

John ' Allen Jenkins 

Flood ....Eugene P.illette 

Nicky ,......'.,'.'. ....Gordon Westcott 



Talking Shorts 



BUSINESS 1 A PLEASURE' 
Musical 
16 Mine. 

Strand, J 
itaphone No; ,-1603-4 

Technlcoior shoi't. pf . music in 
department stoi-e to ath^act business 
with a.. crooners, romahtlc 

doubles, a lliie of girls, constitutea 
the body , of this one. It's similar 
to a tvo-reelOr tunelllmy also 
Technicolor, riiiade by itfetrb a year 
or so ago. Of eiufflcient entertaln- 
riaent weight to attract favorable 
attention. 

Cathera riioves all over a depart- 
ment store rthe sets of which point 
to mbhey and production back- 
ground. Coloring , a good job, too. 
Only in one particular does the Tech 
tinting go a .little artificial. ThaVs 
In a ; couple ' Instances, .wliere ex- 
.Cess rtiakeup may have' been at 
'fault. \.. 

More thelri h^lf the subject moves 
in and abbut the.stoi^e.. the rest goes 
outdoor^ on an outing for the em- 
iployees at which are received re- 
turns from the store in- 'a' contest 
to determine tvhich department In- 
creased its sales the most under the 
musical cure foi* sluggish business. 
In the outdo.br background.^ shot in- 
doors, the line girls . and others go 
through a series of routines krid all 
pleading. ; 

' TcEiddy Joyce, , with a band and a 
dance specialty, heads the talent. . 



THE UNSHOD 
Comedy 
10 Mint. 
Stanley, N. Y. 

Universal 

Title is literal and therefore 
funny. About a girl who gaye up 
for a pair of shoes. But that was 
long - ago, iaccordihg to the. stOry. 
It's an early dientury slleot, or part 
thereof. In which Mary Maclaren* 
once-noted player* starred. She'a 
the unshod maiden aiid an off- 
screen monologist . tries to kid her 
plight. Attempted witticisms are 
Just" that. 

Print Is okay, considering how 
old it is, but it's badly handled, and 
even the monologist ' fails to un- 
cover WiUiani Mong as the villain. 



Story' of a telephone trouble 
hunter seems to have been plotted 
along the line of the Flagg and 
Quirt comedies, but with only one 
Don Juan, squired by a timid ' side 
partner. Runs into melodrama for 
the close but even this Is treated 
in a rather jovial fashion. "Too 
rowdy for the more exacting houses 
although a corking good comedy in. 
Its class and ijaclts a bale -of laughs. 
The comedy. ■Will save it in the 
houseis in which it is likely . tO- be 
booked. It^ another comedy in tiie 
Warner string' which light oh 
draw nameSi ~ , 

More than a third of the -footage 
has nothing in particular to do with, 
the. story. ' Four, or- five sequences 
are: introduced purely .for their hiigh 
conriedy values and without regard' 
to advancement of story. All coi'lc-, 
ing .stuff of its kind but not . ger- 
mane. . Then the .heroine meets the 
boy friend and the'rOmanco starts. 
She's ,a blt'of a Sap to be played by 
the knowing Joan Blondell; for after 
losing one job for being a Httlo foOl, 
she's cajoled, by the same bunch of 
shari)GVS a second time. .Then she 
gets married, and quits the switch- 
board, after her best- and - only near- 
ly gets taken for a ride getting back 
the bonds she permitted to be 
stolen., not will not staiid arialy.sis 
though it enlorlAins while it i-uns. 
Ends on a iiig^ laugh as the bby'.s 
fellow 'blip' hunters invn do the flat 
on the w'edding night to fix the 

=phone..=^^: . . "__ 

Mi.s.s BlondeU docs not fit her as- 
signment. . She's not the 'type for the 
Innocent and conliding young thipg. 
That swings it to d'Brien who turns 
in. a. slick and almost convincing 
portrayal. He chiefly saves the sit- 
uations, nicely foiled by Allen Jen- 
kins, Eugene Pallette Is also a big 
help In spots, getting a ' chfinoe to 
more nearly approach the average 

(Continued on page. 34) 



PATHE ffEVIEW 
Inoludino a Nudist 
8 Minsi. 
Stanley; N: Y. 

RKO-Pathe 

Exhibitors in states that ai>prov©_ 
nUdist features will find this short 
in- jjerfect program harmony. It 
has not. only a nude dancer.. Her 
gleaming make-up causes - all of 
those body lines to glisten sharply. 
The only other difference between 
this nude and those lii nudlstlc fea- 
tures is that she does not stand. 

She. writhes that body from above 
the hips ohly, since her dance' is ;'n 
that classic category which neces? 
sitates a sitting posture. Her legs 
are crossed, as well.- Pathe grace- 
fully titles this clip 'Body Sculp- 
ture.' 

The remainder of the subjects are 
old. Pittsburgh steel, soap carvers 
arid Bavarian Alps are among the 
others. It seems the whole thing, 
for that matter, was taken oiit of 
the silent draw and modei-nlzed with"- 
off-screen m.ub'lc and voice, plus the 
oldrfashion titles. 

Yet that dancer Is.one nude which 
has been atithorlzed by ,Hays and 
the censors. Thanks to her the short 
is subject to the most modern, al- 
though officially disapproved, ex- 
ploitation. Waly, 

GEORGE MEYER 
'Those Were the Days'^ 
Song Novelty 
13 Mins. 
Strand, 

~~'' itaphone: No. 

Of a- series, each with some stpvy 
or comedy background that goes to 
sorifSwrlters and resurrects their, hit 
tunes. This one seeks but George 
Meyer and .brings to life around a 
dolisen songs. Material has appeal, 
and, .as brought to the screen, here, 
furnishes pleasing diversion. 

Short Opens on IVIeyer going over \ 
hli3 songs in connection with income 
tax. Some question as to when' lie 
wrote a couple Of. numbers, notably 
..'{Song of the Nilp;' When poiiued 
out that .he .liste.d it. on -his fax re- 
turn for the yeai'. prior to its pub- 
lication, Moyer exiE)lains it was 
written foiv pictures first and he 
was rtaid lor jt in advaiVi- . 'Pbirs 
the short -gets its name of 'Those 
^Vero the. bays.' 

~As eacii .songr i» inulleU uver by 
Meyer and tlie. Income tax lad the 
'11im^tB=^ar^-cridit-ion-ofM Mn=o 
manner- or another.' 'Pho l^ton iJoy-s 
figure ihostly in thi.s connoi'tiori, 
short using toain.s :or others to lill 
out.' 

.^Sittln' in a Corner,' 'Maybf li's 
Love,'-. 'For Me and My Gal; 'Aly 
IMother's Rosary' arid other iiuiii- 
bers are brought out of thf iHIc. . 
For the close tho Eton b^ys i.i. •. -inif- 
singing waltftrs iri a pro-pi'oiiil'iil-'H 
cafe doing oidtime pops. ('?/(/-/•. 



Tuesday, February 6, 1934 



VARIETY HOUSE REVIEWS 



VARIETY 



15 



Music Han for First Times Goeis 
Real Music Hall in Current Show 



PARAMOUNT. N. Y. 1 PALACE, N, Y. 

This week's stage show -would There's nothing about the current 
scarcely be held up as a model of {-^^^- ^"ff-tr^-^Jf ^^^^ 
leasB BincB il noiaa n conirtiut i * should be. But, Uqu,, but with enough nice Samples 

P?x reel ma'de one conspSukly reversely, It could be held up as a Lf this and that to g6t by the less 
advantileoT?^ move this wiek when typickl sample of what a stage show captious. If the Population of a bill 
it put Thorgeson, ex-broadcaster, these days Is; apt to be. could be used fj^ 

iito thfe recording. The rich Thorgy Its faults are^ off springs of econ- measuring entertainment value^J^s 
baritdne Imbues offscreen observa- omy. Too little time, top little one :; would rate^ par excellence. 
oanioMB iiuuuoo vilb^-icou uuooiva, I jjjjjj^gy .jQo mtig gypervlslon are ex- | Opening act numbers nine personB, 



biggest contributor to the l/amet 
program, many of its ecoops over 
the Elniib coming out of rooster 
ranks. Luxer, however, can still se- 
lect material frsm Pathe's national 
(release, since it holds a contract. 



The more-than- 6,000 seater iij «a- edy, of course, 'Is still needed. It's tions with an uriusual sincerity, a money, too little supervision are ex- opening act numbers nine ^persons, 
dlo City has finally hit on something apparent that, because of the huge marked and pleasing' contrast t6 Ih^ pended.; The girls, for example, in- while the finale Item, billed a-s the 
worthy of its envlromnent; The g,^^ the auditoriumr that cohcen- piping McNam^ no enthusiasm by their pre- Radio City Music H^l Choral En- 
•first Radio City Music Hall Revue. Uration on song lyrics, . or diligent p^olee used In sbme of the He^^^^ ifc thing more absent than semble, accoimts for 3?. 
which is. slated to .hoi* o^^^ vocalizing, cSng 1^^^^ McManus, whb pro- present. And the big finale with Show as a unit is a sharp letdown 
weeks with 'Nana' (UA). booked in ^^atter the quality of the acous- vlded the corned^ in reporting for balloons is rendered unsatisfactory from the previous week. So was the 
for a fortnight, is the type of^care- ^1^,3 ^hd the though mikei doesn^^ shortly by faked pirouettes. .. attehdance. that gi;eeted the war- 
fully planned and well-executed ^ ^ .^jj^ .-.^ fn aonVe of the P^^^ 'yet, amidst the. perfunctory and hiing mob. from Sixth avenue at the 
production which^an B^sin^^^^^^ workaday flaws^ of the show tbe fact pHd^y n^^^^^ P^^^*''^"iT^4n^^*''„SS 
evjch as the Hall should foster. record DroportiohsT Carriage trade, Sartiri^ M that thanks chiefly to Mil- the main arena were .many and 
There are a host of credits fon- PJJfJ^ P™P°^^^^^ gone fo^ those! the presentation clicks, wide. For .Screen sustenance there's 
.hected with this Leon I^onidoff w"'^" ^^^^^^^ ^ curreht Luxer brogram Indeed, the applause lasted welUnto .i Am Suzanne' (Fox), newschps and 
production, but it evidences a judl- Sorl than ever Jo m?ch ^d that the Lpithe staeS f d^^^^ the balloon number. That, need- a reel about Fatber John Cqughlin. 
clous blendiftg of all the collabora- "^9^^^ t^^ to say, is pumping plenty of , Frequency of slips indicated that 
tlve talents to good purpose. While jegui^ar reviewers w^ caicn ^ne hou^se fJ}\llJ-J^^^f^%^;^l th th*. response out of a O'lmes Square the Royar Uyeho Troupe, lineup's 
there was oi^e misfit in tbis initial^ M^^^^ I starter,' was Vber breaking in a 
*"f.,.H-^n.:enterta^nn^^ EnUx ^^sp<^^imi^^l 



calibre, that is but an . incidental 
Primarily it proves .that a different 
type of. entertainment -can b,e fcon- 
trlved other than the formula .suc- 
cessions of ivpcal ensembles, Rdxy- 
ettes, tableaux, et al 



STATE, N. Y. 



2iSfreel"citt roJm^'^it'* delive?s°? the post-Hoover -Broadway has al, I nttfe difficulty warming up. 
newsreel city rooms, it . aeuvers a .^^^^ discussed and cussed | whole, the. mixture of rlsley and 



On the 



^Ti^ir^-^^r. wi.of'f In thft fnr™ of ready ibeert discussed and cu 
SlE^^^aglSftlSi IStSlzel 1 beyo?id the publicity dreams : of 



whole, 
any I somersaults 



fared generously. 



' I o*«5r,t>t\»viin"ciioii tiHBftri luxuries as 1 nio<iern headlinen^^^ As an Issue, he Oookie Bpwers had the next niche 

Although T^unnihg overboard on [tjS?ff,V®^-$hffuMft^to5^ I stlU hot. He sings a spi^g In fact |. for his outlay of oral sound effects 

until ■ after a. chart has 

ously utmzed to project ^ fast-moy- | &f ^J^^Sw'^S&gSg I lifting. 



Altnougn xunping o.veruuo.iu v" *r^fh-n rrtiiR' 1ittl<> touch does nOt 'i"-'^* ■»«=.='"'b» fv?^ lor nis ouimy uin-i svuii« ^^^•■^y-^" 
r -. A ... , , . time, this bill carries a heavy load fPotbail, 

Instead, the revolving, stage and i^^. .^^^^ eMertaihm6nt, much mdre ^S„;*H„""Vh« ilxoa^ a^d sometimes violent. With oth- amply, particularly his takeoff of ri 

the scrim set-pieces are advantage- | than a clevfir Dersonality like Georrge l gnp^n "pw the taxp^er s . d^^^ actors. He brags about his gag- Delancey street matron's frolics in 



7 ^ -.- V- :i " 1 Me»BCi iio«5u» vu ui.wui^ . Even credits some pf. hls | a public bathing pool 

l'lSJi^*l^i^?y^5-^¥^^^?i5}*^>^-,'??^^ iV^iother flood of world | sources, Biamed_Ed^^ Cbmiffig under the 



heading of 

of tbent^ surefire before aildlertcesl i^^fifii^vif J couple Of gags went dead. What j gmartness deluxe was the tap exhib- 

^ T.T4,,, w * I suoh the State caters to, v With trouljle in th^^^^ 
^°^i*®nv;%* V '^"^"^^ Wm^^ West jessel as one of tbe sli and wprklng most, equa^^^^ like that? . , , and the Lathrop. Bros. The boys 

and. .Mo.Qlnty. who were, dropped UhjUout: as m.c.; the layout plays the belght^of the ^epresslon^^^^^^ Yet Berle indubitably .. can do shone brightest with their pakewalk 
after. the matinees) nor d d it is. J^sael says . the- wj^ arid to an audience, concept, while the girl, endowed 

ably require the substitution, of ti^g .ig hlg.fl„t time at the State. ^ .don. , hi «L>maS His tempo is^ terrjfic, hip vitality In ^oth W th looks and a figure that 
^y.i^.t*^ Bubbles, who wer? added Fifteen minutes- could have been 'attack against the NRA by postma^^ .g^ng jg joisonesqiie. and help, had a couple specialties of her 

yith the rsecond day's (Fjrlday) .per- p^^ned from the do the layout is substitutes, .^and Jj„ Anstria^^^he K^.g, is. like any of ^wn that garnered plenty approval, 

formances. For, sans that unit, it running, however, to the advantage news^^^ specimens* spmethlng to aYi act cut to a fine, brilli 

shaped up as a fast 46-50^ minute j^e shove's speed. . Jesserhimself reanda against vHW^^^^^ viii««n wonder about. . His main failing re-J ^^^.4^^ and an asset to any bili; 

revuette that, waa yarlegated and ^qui^ , gtand most of the slicing. Paramount, . following "P. kidnap- h^toTQ, his excreable judg-1 May and Jean Carroll ex- 

versatile without boring; tn fact, though it would kill a IPt of laughs, pers, got som^ intimate views of t^^^ 'j^ working with women. chanked their pat line of patter, 

had one^f those reprises^ of 'Blu^.^hile the rest of the shaving could latest Toughy gang fr^o_as._ For ^^.^ jj^^el Shutta, and ^^^ade the next-to-shut interlude 

be done on. the Harry Savoy and some reason .or other ,the Lyxer J^^lle he's polite enougb In building ^ has 
it would have helped still further. Uiiuan Shade. turns. overlooked a Fox interview with a ^ f g^j^ goes in. plenty for J?fi5^^t^yS 

It becomes obvious that a plug be- . savoy gets them quickly, loses Penrisy congressman, whose adyor j^*! IhA ifrieer tik^^ out to 

fore a 6.000 capacity audience, four them towards the finish, and then cacy that all abductors who kill hy the results lie gets ^^1^^ arid: give them her 

times daily. mak«s it exceedingly scores with his set encore, the Rich^ their victhns be placed before a his own bits and burlesque it's S.n bit a la tights. ~ It was the 

worthrwhile for almost any song- ard the 3d solllpquy. Hels using a firing squad.got rpusing applause at ^^^^^^ apparent that Berle doesn't. ^^"^3°^.^ Perhaps the chilliness' 



smith to work with Leonldoffi tail, gbodlooking brunet as a foil the Roxy. earlier Saturday after- i ^ged to do" a lot of things. One of 

Rapee, Florence Rogge and Russell and for a sorig, but the comedy ber- noon. . ... I them is the borrowing of other peb- 

Markert to supply whatever special tween them is none too strong. LaGuardia's plea for tbe citizenry I'-i^'s gags. He gets more combust 

song material may be necessary. It's I jjjiss Shade is a sock rhythm to back up his program and ..war {^^j^ results with his own clowning 



probably the only worth-while the- ginger, but doing too much In her against politicians, generally cov- ij^^^ ^^^^^t of gags 
atr plug left ;outside of^ the radio, | own turn and in an afterpiece with ered, ip going Pver big. The .x^eaction jy^^g ghutta, of c 



and so that^ fiiil^t;^ ^iie H^ I ^^^^ ca?e ^ S a^^S tSd^S? f J^f 'iS^'l^'ii^^ 

worries. There can be no- libretto ©nee anxious for more. Looks well talks about ousting 'loafers' from Kabit of getting oVer is seldom P,"i,t^°l Viola 
pijoblem?, for the capacity, forfends I in a sklh-tlgbt, white g city jobs. punctured by exceptions. Even In Ufuo °He>s is a i^lce that tickles 

girl, is in a pink gown', also moulded Remainder of the Luxer program 'Plggle to Market* song, cer- JJj^o- 

to the figure: and Jhe>^^ .iTO'^^^'ilL ^1^?,!!^ I tainly a poor selection for her style. |^J|,J®J^JJf^^^^^ the act Thows her 

oral lute off at Its best. As a supr 



payees' loss; Perhaps 
of the weather had something to do 
with it. .. 

It's likely' the mixed chorus from 
the Music Hall- was sllplped in hero 
to help take care of Radio City cpn- 
Slnging was good 



any book stuff, 

got over in'jthe rear of the second 
mezzanine without difficulty.. 

Reviie opens with 'Doin* The 
Swank' (by Mildred and Alvln 
Kaufman and Ed . Heymanri) with 
Jacic Arthur vocalizing, Jenry Coe 



the cute lltUe Peggy Taylor in the chlinps, Florida and the Brooklyn | g^e held the audience. 



doing his eccentric legmania, the I petus with- snapp'Uy delivered tumb 
Roxyettes and soine other girls piir- j ung and teeterbpard. stunts. Their 



Kitchen Pirates' adagio act, furnish gre to lessons in basketball. Waiy. 
the B.a, for . the week. 

Six Royal Buccaneers, five men | 
and a girl, give the show its Im- 



Usual acrobatic turn now stand- 1 tb her lyrical flights the choral 
ard on a picture^ house stage Is the [^^g^^ble reclstered solidly. Odec. 
admirable Maxellos this week. Berle 
flirts with . bruises In the name of 



. -1 I laughter for the big wallop.-; Act] 

Little less than the u^iual show ^^^^ ^^^^ Barbara Blane did 



ii=*.?*""Tf i"oo*o®*o^V^*lo!f*®* tab- two and three-high catches ofi! the ^ the regular bill running excellently with her contortion ac 

leauk. It was a fast start. 1 springboard on shoulders and in a ^'^^^ ^ 7 -7 , w^,,^ ™ifh robatio danclrie. 'She has femlnin 

The No. 2 scene, 'Home Sweet rock^'^ are applause-getters. Jessel six minutes shy of three ?'>"'^s. ^'^^^ [fy ^nd ^ her work anS ap- 



ROXY; N. Y. 

ORPHEUM, L. A. 

1/08 Angeles, Jan. 31. 

, , , !„ 2i.na iii iici wuin. aiiu i Sioce adapting Its present combo 

Home' with WUlie, West and Mo- follows them with, about five mln- the Tastyeast broadcast taking an- pl^^nce That's rare In contortion- policy some months ago, this house. 
Glnty, Miller Bros., Belle_ Flower utes of patter anent a prevl^^^^ 20 minutes three nights a jgta. Routine works up to a strong one-time show place for the best -in 

ana J. f. coombs, didnt show and, pearance at the Paradise and the I , ♦vk-A oi.* nniv fmip arts ffpfawiiv vpt it does seem that the I vaudeville, has been using as slp- 

with the familiarity of their house- audience Is sold for keeps. Four week. Also there are only four '^'^ts getawa3^ yet it d^ to ^sis" those Sns '^^ Tlnte Orpheum Vaude- 
wrecking scene, obviously out or step Brothers, colored, deuce. Their instead of the usual five. Stage sec- gW^^^^^ J-^^e ^^p^ ^^^^ 

double-time hoofing is fast and | tion of the show runs 68 minutes. Variably stay on the stage too long. Vaudeville in Los Angeles.' 

Opens with the dae Foster girls 'All of Me' (Par) is the screen This week's stage show niust 
as Cl6ps in short shorts for a fair | fodder, and the show js conp^^^^ 



tlace. I double-time hoofing is fast 

Instead, Vera Brodsky and Harold J draws response,, but riot usually as 
Triggs with some pianology at the] much, as Jessel helped them get at 

two concert graridS were an effec- this catchirig. [ as cops in snon. saorui;, « j.*" i '"--^v '?";:^rt"«,rhinAff'"i^ dancinff acts arid two musical 

tive interlude. It was. also a bit too Savoy's stuttering is spptted enough tap number. Nothing to gal- ^y two-facej the six-act bill and 

long however, possibly extended-as thlr^^^^ He works as^ though he's hize the house, but over. Wak- ^^^^^^^ages to of them qualified for the 'big 

Sli?" .M^e.'^ee" the rest of lt--ln the making his act up as he goes along, ,g ^o„e b^Ramon and Vir- whiTe klepLg^^eye on^ time' label. Of. the six acts only 

?wi't^« ?,*VT®'«^*'?fff]'°"*'* up gets the .crowd right down to bis j^ia Caldwell, who bUf tbem with SubinOff S an old & her^a^^ could by the remotest stretch of 

the_yoid_:of the omitted scene. | level, and finds the laughs comliig | ^^ther dlflferent Style of acrobatic J^reUabV^hooper-^^^^ Land., the imagination be classed as a 

on top pf each other until he starts L.Q p_ sifehtly built girl does the ' 



'Blue Bird of Happiness' (by Sari- 



dor Harmaty and Ed Heyman), punning with the girl. Here the ner^Tatent^ reader gag Introducedi 

sounding like a foreign tune which audience sits back with a 'sbow me' ^lll, by t^e Boganny troupe] 

Heymann equipped with an Ameri- attitude until the serious encore. foTa bit She keeps to It for most 
can lyric, worked in the revolving Shade follows, assisted by a niale]):^^ Ave minutes they fill. Then 

stage and a nifty cellophane set pianist, and is on the pit Stand al- ' ramme» wnjjr u t. | 

with girls' cpstumes likewise in the most all the way. Has special ar- 

dlaphanous product Evelyn Duer- 1 rangements for every song, but none 

ler. Jan Peerce and Jack Arthur of them as strorig :as those she got 



talking turn. 

Following a decidedly short over- 
turn by the Waldemar Guterson or- 
chestra. The Saunders, mixed hoof r 
Detroit, Peb. 4. ]ing team, started the display of 
unit, and while | terp8ichore^_that^_ n^^^^ 



MICHIGAN 



SStS^^glVes hJrsoSI^tossi* thiti n-^'Sy well"'under" the""cos't"of I until th^ final curtain. Pair olfei 
are smoothly done and nicely sold. P^o^^^y thf"in?rct tab shows iJ sbfe-shbe and tap routines, p us a 

weVe-The-lnleVreTlve-songsJ^^^^^ '^"^ ^^^^ 

backed up the ballet in the crystal I Miss Shade and Jessel_ start a.serl- | ^ec^f.^^litt^^^^ the Three Chocla 



garden (ciellophane) set. 



The re-|ous duet of 'Mighty Likei a Rose', 



operatic sure flres^ winding up with . Pftntt~«in*~t«utHe - other I J-'euce spoi uas mc ahico y,.ui.*a- 

„ , r ~, -, - — - - 7 - ,7 . . ^1 the finale to 'Fausf In too placid a pn® act. Pops ana i^is©. [ teers, trio of colored boy steppers, 

volving stage returned to the organ- Jfssel ,thumplrig^ the ivories, and JJJj^nna'* ^ ^ h brass to workh^^®"* *H fal^ Jo^^^^ who offer nothing new in hoofing, 

grinder intrpductory which made for f^^^J^^^ ^ J. at the finish so she ^th. but he should have gotten Se steee ?o?trait what they do they do well. Two 

an extraneous reprise. h*? * j*"^^*., ♦u^ more vo^l^^ -«If^i?^h?w r;v; straight danclriS acts in « rnw 

Gine. DeQulncey and Lewis, who Jessel's three songs and the phone ] v,^^ ^i^^^ T4/rn-.,,„/ ston^ scrim and lighting up i 



grinder introductory which made for clown it a bit at the finish so she should have gotten 

*^*?efs\S'fth"l?son|fand the Pbone U-e^ volume fo^^^^^ -^^^^^^^^^1^\1S^^^^^ overiooied ^for'^a" 

were at another Broadway deluxer] ^t with his mother. Popular part hjj^ *S.1th Ss8 -Stone mo?S leJ?y ^^"'f Seigl playing the violin ^^^1 Jo^nt F?ank sSg offered a 

but a couple of weeks previous, of his radio programs, stopped the ^ "^^^^^ J^l to the choral group singing f^y^^^y\'^^^^ll{-^^^ 

wowed 'em with their swell, adagio show in his own, the next-to-closlng. PJJ" ejl^.^^ ^ Ross o^asslcal bits and the Carta Torney | IIr^J|;?*^*^^^^^ uke. with a 

Txowense; Thls is w mixed three- *rame. m begged Pff after intror .^"^^^^J^^ t^.jh^^^^^j^^^^ a nice toe routine. Afl 

some Which opens very legit, Impec- duclng the 'Kitchen Pirates'. . This ^^na^^P ^ ^ ^ number. ^HJ^b. the overture pl^aijes and 

tossing of the slight girl by four I ^Jli^^SSmrSf tSe. I Instead of the. usual house or- 



terpsichoreari Mandel Bros 
Incidentally, this rapid 



>iiuiuciiLuuy. ynis rapia inter- i v,,/-,,,- ._ a „inoin^ on« nh aw I ~"t~ir~i^ii^~Z^ 'ri\^^\, — Trvrvla-lnn. I enougn lu jjui, mo i 

cbange.iof talents from opposition ""^^'^^ Foster number was In long sHlrts, [ 



on mouth organ and uke, with a 
gbpd Ibwdown blues number , on the" 
former. 

Wyrin and Harwyn, mixed pair, 
open with some comedy gagging, 
and then, by way of diversion male, 
member does a bit of nifty tapping, 
enough to put the act in the semi- 



houses is one Cf' the paradpxes. of 
the business at this moment, evi 
denclng a dire dearth pf worthy, ma 
tefial. For as. soon as one house, 
does shbw spniething new, the Same 
act can play a route that. constitutes 
Broadway: from 61st dowh to 43d 
street arid then over to 6th avenue 



^*'FuSlt^''?Sl^rs' (Metr on the I halfin^ 'pirk'and haTf in blu^^^^ "S"al solo. a. ^guest^. organ is^^ j^^^t to shut .uncorked another 

sc^eS.Sl aS: thr^^^^^ a. walk-Sround to.the spng, but well | comes down the_alsle^ to^t^ake^^the |;5,usical,turn. this time Morro and 



first show Saturday. 



TRANSLUX 



worked out and effective. Hope place, of .the supposed^ sick, ^C^^^^ garbed and performine 

/ Minor and EdWard Root on for a with the 'guest one . of the carter p^ir of Italian street mus^^^ 
spell of ballrobm dancing, rather and Holmes act and the other lel-. ^ 

brief and too cbldly formal to suit low interrupting from..the pit a^d aind deserved the encore accorded, 
this crowd. Good stuff for a floor ! Joining pa/tner on the stage for | then. Novak and Fay. acro- 



That proverbial first time arrived stipW. but that isn't familiar to the the balance of the act Act finishes hjatlc act closing, open with a bur. 
The same applied to. Jerry Coe and] this' week for the. Luxer when it had , Roxy patrons. They did beitter at | as J f Started as their 



his brother. Coe was at- the old a program representative bf all the the finale with their second number, 
Roxy but two or three . weeks ago. | reels. Incidentally leading off with | but it was too la,te th;en; 



Barney "Grant;- heading- his hill 
billy aggregation, as funny as ever, 
second time here recently, but wel 
come. Not quite as big as last time, 



'Streamline Blues?,' by Vernon I Fox, But it. won't be but for a 

Duke and Ed Heymann; was the week, since the Embassy Saturday 

finale, a fast-stepping, number <10) rebpens under new manage-, 

backed by a nifty- Vincehte Mlnnelli ment with an allrPathe card, 

set, the same staff scenic and cos- ' Situation now may mark the cli- 

tu.iiie ai'tist who did everything else max In newsreel theatre history, 

in tlu.<3 revue. It was here that Coe Courtland Smith while with Fox got 

anil hi.s ' i)rothor again wowed 'em credit for conceiving the all-rieWa black wigs, blaqk satin skirts and 

with precision snakchipsology, pol.cy, thus the Embaa.sy. After his bra.saiers and "^'Tcd-lined '.white 

"-^a:c1t?d"bTffi^'^TO¥W^^ 



little chance tp get going. Follow- 
ing this a' hews reel with.-, the or- 
chestra using the opportunity to 
climb on the stage. 

For the stage show, proper Pops 



and/Louise open. This duo is little ^t first, stanza. 



hoke athletics. Both affect dead 
pans and evoke plenty of hdwls. 

Screen has 'Midnight' (Rel) and 
♦iibne Cowbby' ' (Par) with j hews 
reel. Lower floor comfortably filled 



but that was the audience rather I short of Sensational. On next, 
than' the act. Agnes AuerS made the mistake of 



Edwa. 



Finale starts with all the girls in 



The .^hpw certainly evidences, so 
far as tompo is concerned, that a 
cpuplb of specialty wrtrblors are bet- 
ter" than, a whole 'choir. The regul; 
Radio City Vocal Eni>cmble wii 
Viola I>hllo has been farmed out t' 
the PJCO Palace this week, and in- 
stead the show hits been built for 
speed and pep, and heavier, on the 
fla.^'h, eolor and -terps, with the vo- 
e.'ilizinc. at a minimum. Some com- 



in selling the theatre; idea tP the 
original Pathe-Luxer outfit. 

And now Smith is back in his 
rlginal spot and the Fox people, 
•vho never had a kindly word for 
the opposition before the Emb 
dipped them into the red, are let- 
ting their relea.se be carved to. the 
.satisfaction of the- Ltixer manage- 
merif.s liking, 

■ Pathe right along has been, the 



a variety of effects. As good a fla.sh 
as they have had recently, and a 
nice background for the Minor and 
Root second number. Oddly the 
girls got more, of a hand on this 
than some of the acts. 

Film section is 'I've Got Your 
Number' fW-B), 'The Good Bad 
Man' (Educational), a Mickey 
Mou.se and Fox. News. Busines.s only 
fair. ChUi. . 



singing. Without the vocal attempts fMPFRlAI TORDNTO 

,shc can and does do okay. Will, and HVirtRlAl-, IKJT^MIMXJ 

Gladys Ahearn do okay, 'but find Toronto, Feb. 2. 

■•what-:h as-gone-bef ore=;and-t^ 



of cohesion of the staf'*' .shbw top 
much to. pvcrcpme. 

Fpr the "finale the line does an 
expert drum corps; routine With a 
flag .waving finale' using dummiefl 
a.s part pf. the background with 
four soldiers .standing in front of 
them. Fooling none, it cheapen.s 
the idea of the entire finale. , 

'Fashions of. 1934' (WB) on 
screen. 



playing the I'-1*-Can doluxer under 
head office superviHion, Japk Arthur 
has had no opportunity recently to 
rut lob.se. Current bill, however, 
tagged 'The Cay Ninettes,' is . a 
straight Jack. Arthur prez .that 
.sf'ore.s. I>ad has gone to the mauve 
decade for ideas In costuming and 
presentatldn. There's a beach scene 
(Continued on page 25) 



16 



VARIETY 





It takes healthy throatis to sing such ecstatic praise as this for 
Paul Muni in "Hi, KeUie!" And good old Smith Brothers will 
get these talented Itaarynxes back in shape in plenty of time 
for plenty more raves for Robinson in "Dark Hazard/' Kay 
Francis in "Mandalay/* Blondell and O'Brien in *Tve Got 
Your Number," "Wonder Bar," and "As The Earth Turns-" 



REGINA CREWE in N. Y. AMERICAN- 

**Wuxtry! Wuxtry ! There's a good picture on Broadway! 
Vivid as this morning's headlines. What a show Muni s^yes ! 
A pretty mixture of comedy and melodrama^ with one 
sujpplementing the other in fast« actionful sequences building 
excitingly to a slam-bang climax. You eliminate all gamble 
by seeking screen fun at the Strand." 

WANDA HALE in DAILY NEWS- 

'•*A treat for Paul Muni fans. Holds your interest to the fade* 
put. 'Hi, Nellie' is swell entertainment." 

BLAND JOHANESON in DAILY MIRROR- 

**Hilarious comedy. Splendidly acted. Fun and excitement 
aplenty. Will j&ntertain anybody." 



tlLEEN CREELMAN in EVENING SUN- 

'*Tbe Warners, those masters of melodrama, have turned out 
another of their rapid-fire, high pressure yarns and registered 
another sure hit. An hilarious galloping comedy." 



WILLIAM BOEHNEL in WORLD-TELEGRAM- 

**pne of the best. A rollicking and exciting frolic. A lusty 
spoof as well as an exciting melodrama. Fast and divertiiig 
amusement. Muni turns in a grand performance." 

MORDAUNT HALL in H. Y. TIMESr 

**A series of melodramatic fireworks. W\\y undoubtedly 
prove entertaiiiitig." 

ETAION SHRDLU in FILM DAILY^ 

"Swell perfo^ance by I^aul Muni and ace direction by 
Meryyn LeROy. Entertainment that should be box-office 
anywhere. Refreshingly different from most of his previ- 
ous roles. He'll be liked in it." 



AL SHERMAN in MORNING TELEGRAPH- 

"*Hi, Nellie,' hurrah for Paul Muni! are Broadway's new 
ciatch phraees. To say more is merely to heap praise upon 
praise. *Hi, Nellie' is a$ superior to its predecessor as an 
Al Jolson is to any of his many imitators." 




With GlendA FarreU. Ned 
Sparks* Robert Barrat. 
DIrec. byMervynLeRoy 
Vltograpb, Int,, DMribvlon 





WHICH, SO HELP US, ALMOST TOPPED "FOOTLIGHT PARADE" FIGURES AT THE 
N. Y. STRAND PREMIEREJLAST WEDNESDAY, KNOCKED ALL 0THER_HOUSE REC- 
ORDS FOR THE SEASON GALLEY-WEST, AND IS ALREADY SLATED FOR HOLDOVEM 



$TOP !?RCSSI STOP vPWSSI "I've Got Yoor Number" has [ost opened ot the Rojcy to 
more superlative ;5houts from critics^ makins WarnersV FOURTH B'woy hit in o fowl J 



18 



VARIETY 



P I C ¥ H R E S 



Tuesday, February 6, 1934 



Inside Stuff-Pictures 



A petition for discharge of the bankruptcy over Publix Enterprises 
ifl not Imminent but should come within two or three months, according 
to the speed With which the Irving Trust Co. and its attorneys, Wln- 
tiirpp, Stlmson, Putjiam & Roberts are cleaning up remaining details 
Reports thiat such a peUtlon hdd already been prepared are erroneous 

Attorneys for both the Irving OYust and thie trustees of Paramount, 
parent company, say no such steps have been taken. They point out 
4lso ths^t. until litigation under claims haia been disposed of It would be 
tmposslble. or wholly irregular, to think of a petition for discharge. : 

Application for salaries and administrative cost of the Publix Enter 
prises bankruptcy at a figure that will be substantially under $600,000 
yiU shortly go in ifor referee and creditor a.pproval. The figure of the 
Pi] trust6eis and attbrneys itf expected to compare sharply with the 
|295i0.0b oi-lginilly requested by the Par equity receivership which lasted 
less than two mdnths, as against over a year for PE, and is under vig- 
orous attack just now. The PE bankruptcy has been one of the toughest 
of its kind but lias been given a iwift cleanup. It was several months 
before the trustees arid their lawyers eVen had a clear picture of what 
the cdm'plex PE holding company lilcture actually looked like. 

Group of actors and others who worked, in a cproperjitlve picture last 
May are trying to find out when they will see lome. money. Picture was 
promoted by . a. produce^; who has- been . inrjaklnjc features for the indie 
market for years. 

Contracts handed out to the co-pperators gatre latter no right to ex- 
amine books or ask- for a statement. ' Percentage , distribution was to start 
after all costs- of actual prdduction, laboratory arid studio rental had" 
been taken care of from proceeds. Although reports state the feature 
had been sold for state rights, producer has ftot yet distributed to the 
workers. When, .bne of the players demanded access to the books re- 
cently he was curtly told off. 

Co-operative pictures are out under Code regulations; 



Paramount was niiich. afraid of using th^ word 'death* ' in the' title of 
the picture 'iDeath Takes a Holiday'. At the same time thfey did hot 
want, to lose the value of the title they bought. So recently It was de^ 
cided to take the picture into two different communities on the coast to 
determine, whether the original title or 'Stranger's Holiday' would mean 
in^re at the b.o. for the picture. Bill Pine and .Bill Thomas went with 
the picture, handled the. opening cariipaign for It In both Fresnb and 
Sacramento. In the former spot picture on its three days did just fair' 
business with the new title, whil6 at Sacraimehto with the -original title 
pic opened a three-day engagement to mbrp than double Its, average 
business =and trade held up for the three days to balance the opening. 
Studio v6rdict then was to release under the original title;- 



Hummel 

joe Hummel,. 'Warner's special 
foreign emissary, is here to give 
thp local office the. onc6 over. 

Hummel will trip across to New 
Zealand. .. and from, there 'will make 
the voyage. to South Africa. Hos 
going completely around the world' 
before., returning to Nev/ Tork.. 



The advertising campaign on 'Nana' is credited with the way the 
: picture started off at the Music Hall, New York, with an; advance re- 
served seat nlezzanine sale of $T,200.. The only picture to about equal 
this was 'liittle Women', which also had a heavily increased ad budget. 

First scheduling |35,20Q as the cost to cover the advance and first 
week, the Music Hall and Sam Gold wyn changed this to $36,700 to take 
care of the second -week as welL Of this amount $26,000 was spent on 
the advance, campaign and $11,700 Is going for advertising over the 14 
day's of the ruril The ad attack for 'Nana' was worked out by Lynn 
Farnol and Bob Sisk, Donohue & Cpe getting out the copy and Lord & 
Thomas placing it. 



Return of the Brooklyn Paramount under its operating wing is .a more 
or less vindication for Publix theatre - operation. / House is owned by 
Allied Owners, is headed by William Greve. As one of the big creditors 
of P-P, Allied stacked up as opposition to Publix theatre management. 

In the matter of the Brooklyn Par, Allied insisted under the first, deal 
that its own supervisor, Mort Shea^' be in charge of operation. But 
Allied finally gave way« The house needed a.ddltlonal operating money. 
anyway> and as long as Allied wanted control of the operation, Publix 
did not put in any more coin. So Allied finally swung about and let 
Publix return; Shea was to have gotten 10% . of the net under the first 
deal, with Publix and Allied splitting 46-45. The Shea angle is now out. 



Colunibia had a bet on its writing staff two years ago at $150 a week 
and- thought he was a dud. It was Sidney Klngsley, whp wrote 'Men 
in White', stage play, the screen rights for which Metro paid $47,000. 

Klngsley was hired by Columbia on the strength - of this unproduced 
play, the script of which the studio read. But -when he got to the coast 
the Studio sort of forgpt and just let Klngsley stick around for three 
months or so. Numerous writers told Hari-y Cohn that Klngsley had. 
something on the ball, but Cohn paid no attention It Is claimed, and so 
Klngsley became just another 'in and outer*. Since which tinie the boy« 
at Columbia have been discussing -what they missed on Kingsleyi 



Supervisor -working for pne pf the lessier major studios recommended 
a yarn in ,a book of short stories to the producer. Latter was interested, ^ 
wanted the story to read, but refused to okay requisition for the $2.50 
cost of the book. Supervisor paid for it himself. 

Producer was finally persuaded to buy film rights to the particular 
story for $3,500, but blew up when he found he had not acquired rights 
to all the short stories in the book. Picture was subsequently made, 
and proved one of the best sellers on company's program during .the past 
six months. Supervisor still Is. waiting, for paVhleflt o^ the $2.60 spent 
for' the book origiriaUy. 



Australia 



(Continued from page 11) 

ernment decidea to payoff Its man 
and call It a day. 



Piz Okay 

Business has started oft with a 
decided, swing upwards and there 
are somie . big . successes playing. 
'Pa^dy,' 'Songs of Sorties,' and 'Top 
Much Harmony' are the . leaders. 

Trade- Is high all over' 4own and 
good b. Q. results aatre . also coihlng 
from 'Jennie Gerhardt,' 'Hayseeds,* 
'Her Sweetheart.' 'Love on Wheels,* 
'Yo^ Made Me Lo've You,* 'Missing 
Persons,*. 'Day .of Ri^okonlng,* and 
'Disgraced.' 

Legit Is okay, with 'Student 
Prince,* 'Tout Paris,' 'Dick Whlt- 
tlngtpn,' and 'Joy Bells;* 

Not a kick from any:, niianagemerit 
over business. In Melbourne, either, 
just nb'Wi^ Hits; include 'SOng of 
Sorigs,* 'Paddy,* 'My Weaikness,' 
'The First Mrs. Fraser,* "'Thairk,' 
Falling "Fot You,' and 'Dr. Bull.* 

Legit has never been so high 
there as it is with 'CoHit's Inn.' 
'Gay bivprce.'. 'Cinderella,' and 
•Dear Bru'tus.* 



Agenv .Registration 

Government of New South Wales 
(biggest state In Australia), is ex- 
pected to pass. legislation making 
it compulsory, for all theatripal' 
agents to become registered. 
Penalty for failure will be fine of 
100 pounds, or a jail term, or both. 

Actors' Federation- of Australia 
has for many years agitated for 
protection of its members from .the: 
many so-called agents Pperating in 
this country. A. F. A. has definite 
proof that girls have secured book- 
ings with small troupes only to 'find 
that when on tour, they were ex- 
pected to lead Immoral lives. 



'The Rosenblatt Farce\ is heading of second handbill circulated outside 
studios by Mption Picture Workers Industrial 'Uriipn in seeking to Wean 
, craft card-hpiderd dyer tP its all-embracing lateral union Idek. With 
.■membership still under the lOO mark, new groUp is . blistering Rosenblatt 
and the National Labor Board for failure to solve the IBEW-^IATSE 
jurisdictional tanglei: " " .. 

Advance literature, for their Monday (5) -meeting also cracked at ex- 
isting ciraft unions with boast it does not depend 'upon exorbitant dues, 
Is free, from high.salaried officials and bureaucratic business agents, and 
In which no action can be taken eixcept by majority Vote,' 



Los .Angeles newspapers nnuffed a front page yarn last week -when 
Douglas Shearer,- head of Metro's sound departnient, arid brother of 
.Norma Shearer, smacked a husk who got too liberar with his fists. 

Shearer was with frliends in. Laurel Canyon for supper when a Metro 
eniployee drppped. In and started kidding a waitress. When the husky 
smacked the kidder on the in Shearer quietly rose, walked over to the 
puglllstically inclined chap and inquired Why the punch, and immedi- 
ately ducked a flying fist. Shearer then tossed a right tp the chin, a left 
to the nriidrift and another right as the sun was sinking. Battler 'Was 
out for '20 minutes. 



On Quotas 



(Continued from page 11) 

through strictly intrarcabinet, con- 
sists of dickering., Thus United 
States is offering to lower or do 
away with' tariff prices on. items 
imported into the United States,, as 
against similar reductions or nega- 
tions abroad. With France it may. 
be films against liquor. With Brazil 
it , would be ' coffee ' against some 
similar American production item. 

Direct instructions from Pres- 
ident Bioosevelt to the State De- 
partment is to consider farm prod^ 
ucts first Ih these negotiations. 
Other American articles of manu- 
facture are, however, to be con- 
sidered. That may give the Amer- 
ican film biz a wedge. 

First in the series of negotiations 
will be the South American coun- 
tries, it is understood, with the 
European powers to follow,. 
Czechs, Austrior Etc. 
Czechoslovakia is one country 
that has definitely been brought up 
in the informal discussions, with 
films mentioned. Czech quota on 
filriis is considered: derogatPry to 
American filmdbm, with Washing-:, 
ton asi^ed to consider that angle 
in its talks Wfth that country's rep^ 
resentatlvfes, 

Austria is another country con- 
sidered, though the film angle In 
Austria has been brought up from 
the other .side. Comnrilssibn of 
.Austrian execs iset out 'Wednesday 
(31) from Vienna for Ne'w York and 
Washington tp discuss, trade pacts. 
They want greater entry . into this 
U. S. of AustriiEtn prpduct.<3j point- 
ing out. that they are anxious to 
open thpir own ■ doors further 1. to 
American goods. ilms are men- 
tioned In that Aui^trla does not dls- 
-crlmiriate against U. S. films, as do 
other European countries. 

Major Frederick; Herron, fbrelgn 
manager of the Hays. pfflce, spent 
several days in Washington last 
week talking to State Department 
execs on the various tangents of 
this move. 



One of the midwest papers which has been yelling loudest about off 
color film material admits it Is feeling the pinch of the Hays edict against 
hotcha. stills. 

A major studio rebeived a letter from this paper complaining because 
It wds getting no leg art for its weekly film pat;e. Letter asked for a 
flock of gam photos 'with clothing as scanty as possible'. 

The reply from the studio was anything but polite. 

Lynn Farnol's plant with a Greek priest for a prayer for Anna Sten's 
success at the boxofflce; has two sides to it. In addition to page one 

(Continued on page 62) 



JONES AT XOINEVtLLE 

T. X. Jones, who sailed for Paris 
Jan. 31 with John Hicks, also Par, 
will assume charge of Par's finan- 
cial affairs at the JblneVille 
studios. 

Jones Is from the Par hpme Pf- 
ficc and ' at JoineVillo will sucbecd 
Ralph Khapp, who transferred to 
Fox Movietone. 



ETHIOPIANS GET PIX 



Filnis Introduced The.re for First 
Tim»— Emperor Prevent 



'Washington. Feb. 6. 
. Sound motipn pictures have Just 
been . intrpduced into Ethiopia, ac- 
cording to a report, by the' Depart 
ment of Commerce; 

;Eriterprise is sponsored by the 
bwnei: of the largest hote;! in Addis 
Ababa, the ciapital city, who .has 
made ..arrangements with Pathe< 
Nathan company to supply him with 
films. *~ 

First showing took place In the 
presence of the en^p^ror anid his 
court in the largest rpom of . the 
hotel. Showings will henceforth be 
given every evening: with a weekly: 
change of program. 

Purchasing; ' power of the njltive 
population, the report .points out, is 
too low to permit ahy but the 
wealthy attending such ehtertain- 
ments.. 



AMERICAN FILMS LEAD 
1933 FRENCH IMPORTS 



P'aris,. Jan. 
Importance of Ariierican films to 
French miark^t is revealed by i;eport 
of Film Control Commission, which 
in 1^133 .okayed 143;: dubbed Ameri- 
can films, and only 149 French 
madesi . HplIy\yood is; thus supplyi- 
Infrtiearly as many as French 
ducers. themselves. 

Nine mPre. films were cpunted as 
French because , they were iinad'e out 
pf iPrance. by French firms. This 
does not cliarige proportion much,. 
Jibwever. 

these rench language films 
must, bb added 17 iniported Fi'erich 
versions of German mades.. There' 
may be more of these, this yeai:, be-, 
cause of the Franco -German pact. 

Americaris imported more than 
seven times as many pictures as 
their rieai-est foreign competitors, 
the Germans, who brought In-20 fbr 
dubbing, bthefs are: English, 15; 
Italian, 7 ; Czechoslovak, 3; . Polish, 
2. 

.Total of films okayed in 1933 is 
672, against 496 the year before. 
The 1932 French production was 157,' 
against 149 in 1933. 



Ktangfibn^s New Sound 
hstaDadons at $750 



Berlin, Jan. 27. 

In the coursb of pending negotia-. 
tibns between the German. Cinema 
Owners Association and Klanfiim to 
clear, exiisting patent difllcultles arid 
stop, further use >of soiind apparatus 
not entirely prptected by patents, 
Klangfilm has agreed to the sug- 
gestion of the. Cinema OWners Asso-- 
elation to bring a special reijroduc- 
tlph apparatus on the market for 
theatres up to 400 seats, and at rea- 
sonable cost. 

Theatres that use unpatented 
sound film production apparatus 
without arrangement with Klang- 
film may free themselves from, fu- 
ture breach Of patent suits through 
the purchase of the pew apparatus 
in question, it is pointed put. Also, 
theatre owners who have already 
made arrangements for a settlement 
with Klangfilm pn account of patent 
difilculties may free themselves 
from the payment of future fees 
through the .purchase of the new 
Installation. 

New apparatus, consisting of 
spundhead attachment, amplifier and 
loudspeaker, •will be available for 
delivery, abput the end pf February 
and Will cost $7^0, excluding instal;- 
'.lation- costs. 



Anz^c Duals Bullish 

Hollywood, i 
Tom cieary, back from a six- 
month trek' in Australia for Fox on 
distribution,., reports, alrilost every 
hbus'e dual't)illing. 

. — ■■ — + 

Capetown Fire 

Capetown, » 7-. 
Town Hall, Parys (Ti-ariBVaal) 
was burned to the ground. Cinema 
hbuse was empty. 

Thcatrb, films, chairs, piano, stage 
ia,nd scenery were, totally de- 
^tYgyenr : — r . -^..— — ^ — ^, 



SERIES OF FLOPS 
CIVE U. S. 
A BREAK 



London, 

England Is experleriblng a ter- 
rific picture shprtagb, with most 
of ' the English, films,, of which 
much was expected, disappointing. 
Sanie can be. said. of a riumber pf 
American film.s. 

Situation Is Such that the Tiyolij 
considered to be the Gaumont- 
British ace house in - the West End, 
has not housed a real success, since 
la^t September, when it enjoyed 
big With its Pwn product , 
Was a : ince then riiost 

the pre-reieasies at tlilis hoiise have 
lasted a fortnight to three weeks, 
Ayith n.pnb of . them: warranting a 
further .hold-overi 

This has left G- with an al- 
most unsolvable problem as to what 
tP do with, the house. It is even 
hinted Tivoii is likely to adopt a 
policy of running general releases 
on a weekly change, cPhcurrently. 
•vylth suburban houses. 

Seriousness of the situation: 
further: evident by the fact that 
G-B has booked six of the future 
products of .20th cientury pictures, 
arid an equal ambunt Of Radio pic- 
tures,.. 

Iniport'ance of' these bookings, 
especially as far as Radio is cpn-' 
corned, is that ,'G-jB' has practically 
black-listed Radip since 'King- 
Korig' was glVeh a West End pre- 
release at the Coliseum instead of 
going to one of the G-B' houses. 



TOM MEIGHAN BACK 
FOR ONE B&D PIC 



"London, Jan. 27. 
Thomas Melghari arrived In Lon- 
don yesterday tp star in 'Somehow. 
Good' for British & Dominions, A 
silent' version , of the stpry was made 
seven- ytears ago. 

It has^ probably been forgotten 
that iMeijg'lia'n appeared '.in London 
in m'usical comedy in support Pf 
Seymour Hicks, when the latter 
played .'Broadway ..Jories' before the 
War. 



Carney's Bl.&uit 

George Carriey,~ English comedian, 
was engaged to appear in. British 
International'is filming 'The 
Mumming Birds,' supporting Syd;- 
ney Chaplin, This 'was a couple of 
years ago. 

With the Chaplin defection, the 
picture was dropped and. so was 
Carney,' He didn't like it, so he 
sued and was awarded a little over 
$1,000 in costs for breach of con- 
tract. 



Graham's ld«;a 

J. C. Graham,, managing dii'eqtor 
for Paramount in England, 'has gone 
to the "West Indies for a vacation. 

Recently Graham has received 
some publicity in the trade , papers 
for suggestirig the British Board of 
Film Censors receive and file the 
nami^s of all forthcoming film pro- 
ductions,, together with the type of 
picture* so that the. companies 
wpuld so fa,r as possible, avoid cPri' 
flictlon. in the matter of similarity 
of production. 

An excellent idea, 
comes of It, 



LONDON PILMS' N. Y. EEP 

Emanuel Sllverstein has been, 
named New York representative of 
Lpndon Films, UA's British produc- 
ing ally. 

He's frrim the domestic UA ofllce 
and a brother of Murray Silver- 
stone, United Artiists chief in Lon- 
don. 



Mex. Exhibs Organize 

To Pick Native Pics 

iviexic. :GIty, Feb, 
....Producers' anthem, 'Xe^tlcan pic- 
tures; right or wrong, -.st and 
ahvay.s' has become the nlU« fov. ex-f 
hlbltors "as demonstrated by the 
Union, of Exhibitoi's of .the United 
Mexican. States, foundiji a bureau 
to strictly supervise which native 
pictm-ies sliall be shown by its: mem- 
bers and whiciv shall be given the 
ra^zpo. 

Bureau finds that riifiny exhibitors 
don't consider home produced films 
soTS'pfnb^ur'adrnlTtirrg^^ 
studios can turn out. films wbrtli 
seeing has decided tO; sort all pic- 
tures before paiF?sirig them ..along for 
showings,, and backing them with 
exploitation. 

High quality only is the objootlve 
for native made films of a hoard 
of Mexican directors, scenarl<)i?^tp. 
distributors and exhibitors tliat has 
been fprmed here. 



PICTVKES 



EXPLOITATION 



By Epes W. Sargent 



Busy Bus 

Oniaha. 

Ijocatlon here of headquarters of 
Interstate Transit Co., cross-qountry 
bus lines, oCCered an ex<ieptt6nal op- 
portunity for tie-^upsi on 'Fugltlye 
Lovers,''- and Joe Poslenfleld. man- 
ager of the Orpheum, tiook. advan- 
tige of all openlnB$. Prize stunt 
'WAQ securing; the loan of a large 
transcontinental bus which Was 
especially equipped with loud 
speakers and other exploitation de- 
vices. Bus is one useid by Inter- 
state company for its., own adver-.; 
tislxtg and Just happened to be in 
tbwh for the veelc. It was parked 
on the downtown streets playing 
music and giving ballyhoo and car- 
ried banners of both biis company 
and theatre. 

'. Besides this; bus company lent its 
Aid by carrying banners on its buses 
in th,e closely surrounding territory, 
placing posters, and arranging spe- 
cial displays in the depot lobby, as 
well as lending the th6atr6. an il- 
luminated map and a. short subject. 
Along with the regular exploitation 
material,' opportune help rounded 
out the week's campaign as some 
thing unusual. 

Boyal Antic Menu 

Los Angeles. 
New aiigle - in a menu insert was 



^Carolina' in Carolina 

Gene iStreet, who is a member of 
the old school and familiar with the 
Lem Stewart brand of exploitation 
which put plenty of theim over in. 
the South in the old days, knew 
how to use his press book on 'Caro- 
lina* when that pibture opened at 
the Carolina theatre; Charlotte,. 
N. G., for ia, world preteiere on Jan- 
uary •24. 

Stteet didn't stop at anything less 
than k complete and thorough cam- 
paign J irtcluding a double truck of 
co^opdrative advertising in one 
papjlBr and . a single truck in the 
Oth<6r, together with coloring con- 
tests whiOh brpught hundreds, of 
eintries, fashion tie-ups and a real 
billing. Stock twenty-four : sheets 
were used, together with .block 
thriees and dash-bOard cards oh the 

Five thousand people jimmed the 
street in front of the theatre, where 
flood lights madp it bright as day 
while the front was. festooned with 
banners and flags. The local broad- 
casting: station announced the ar- 
rival of all the local celebs , with a 
mike set UP in the Jobby. Carolina 
was given its . world premiere in 
Charlotte, as that city and the 
Carolinas formed the baclcgrbuna 
for the Paiil Green story. 



For Fashioii Sliows 



Vate Life of Henry VIII,' It was . - ^ ^ ovmni/i 

in shape of a royal ettique menu, and fashion s^^^^^ 

ttaai&na*t^A fiva wavs , to eat n 06 the bCSt bCt Wtierever. .IHC piC 

chiS w?th?u\\nTfe^r fS^ t"re is shown. Of-^^^-'/^ne'^a 

Teai- blM to shreds with y6ur fashion show, which used to be a 

.hinds; poun? wUh fist/to flaUen. two to .four time event^^^^^^^^ 

bird; devour as fast as Possible; dropped off to a conside^^^ 

throw bones over left shoulder, ai>d ^'^-.^P'te of the fact it has always 

finish meal with a few choice blurbs, meant money. ^^I^^^^^^^^^^.J^^^^^ 

Menu continues: 'These rules may been due to^J;^® „"i\s°ouragement 

not meet with the approval of many the local /merchants. With ti 

'ill-informed persons but they are gettmg better, " fhould .be a s^ 

deemed correct and followed with Ple '"^-tter ta use this pictu^^^ 
extreme care by Charles Laughton I coax them back to the old and 
In 'The Private Life of Henry yill,' ' 



Pigi in Person 

Tacomai 

An exploitation that caused ho 
en,d of ccmment here was the tieup. 
oit 'Three iitttle Pigs' In person 
stunt Carsteiis Piaicklng Company, 
boosting its sausage week, brought 
to. the Temple theatre, Hamrick's 
downtown deluxer for Saturday 
mid-day mat for 1,(800 Mickey Mouse 
kiddies, its large truck gaily dec- 
orated, with the. driver .wearing wolf 
costume. Bill Connori assistant 
John Hamrick manager arranged 
the stunt. 

The three pigs were small, white 
and bathed and were active in the 
especially built pen on the truck 
which paraded the downtown 
streets . and visited the local schools 
at recess. Truck Would be parked 
for the full time on some conspicu- 
ous, 'place on the main drag and 
when moving would make the stop 
light at intersections just as the 
lights turned , to give the natives, a 
chance. Large signs saying; 'Car- 
stens' Three Little Pigs in Person' 
bedecked thei huge truck and the 
squealers were kept moving. 

Fappet» for Snsy 

seaiti«f 

Orpheum has puppiet' show on itis 
mezzanine this Week as added bally 
for 'I Am Suzanne/ on screen. Cor- 
nish School puppeteers putting on 
20 -minute show, daily at 8 and 9 
p.. m., ah ..exchange advertising 



Starring the Stars 

Fort Wayne, 
Taking a strike at those stupen- 
dous all- star casts, which are gain- 
ing larger pro|)ortions each season, 
is the new stunt which Riley thea- 
tre stages about opce a month; 
When two rather special pictures 
are included in current hill, theatre 
has a large sign painted for side- 
walk use with names of all thei lead- 
ing stars listed one after another* 
Idea gets ..across. /that .so.methihg. 
super-super is on Inside and pe- 
destrians stop to look. 

A recent billboard read; Stars 
Showing Today, Ann Harding, Rob- 
ert Montgomery, Alice Brady, 
Myrha Loy, Frank Morgan, Barbara 
Stanwyck, George Brent, John Hal- 
liday. Otto Kruger John . Wayne; 
Robert Young. Can't miss When It 
comes to creating the general Im-. 
prossion that 'wortd's great show 
is on inside. 

Song for 'Carolina' 

Baltimore. 
For the showing of 'Carolina' 
(i'ox) at . his New theatre, Morris 
Mechanic drummed up nice notice 
•with a novel .Content twist. 

Ih tie-up with p-ml rag, Mechanic 
launched contest eligible to all hav- 
ing as crux the greatest collection 
Of pop or. quasi- classical -songs In 
which the wbrd 'Carolina' wag em 
braced in the title line, 

Blended nicely With tag . an<J 
theme of the picture and 24 prizes,. 



Wired Interviews 

Minneapolis* 



basis, as 'Wizard of Oz' is to be from a ten-spot to a pair of Oak- 
presented week end at the Cornish leys, were offered. Newspaper de- 
school theatre, the Orpheum it voted half a stick wrlterup^ally 
helping advertise it. ' isilong With a still from the picture 



Caiiton, O. . 
Young and Rinehart,. operating 
the McKinley and Mozart theatres 



profitable ways 

Just to show What can be done, 
the home office arranged a,full co-op 

'^page for^ the N. Y. American the ^ 

I opening day and got a number of Kgj.^^ have completed negotiations 
As a publicity stunt for I'Roman the important concerns to come m. j^j. Lyceum, former vaude 

Scandals' at the State, Manager ih smaller towns the .response j^Qygg ;^j^jjj gey^ral years, and will 
Frank Stelffys and Press Agent Don should be even better, for adyertls- (.gopen it within a tew weeks, prob- 
Alexander arranged to have a re- ing is a costly proposition in the j^^jjy .^j^^ films. Stage shows may 
porter for the Star interview Eddie N. Y. papers. , go in later. 

Cantor, the star, in New York by 1 Work ^6r the fashion show ana Ralph Bishop is tearing out the 
long distance telephone. A photo- try to work it in Such a manner that I j^pj^^. ^he Park theatre, CarrolN 
graph was tiaiken of Cantor at the the store Will be left open for a j^j^j^^^ allow the installation of 
telephone In New York and rushed summer and fail show as well, not additional seiats and add new equip 
here for a cut which acconipanied to mention furs and bathing suits. K^^j^^^ 

the column and ia half story in the This is one gag that always draws schlne 'Enterprises have taken 
StaK the Women, and it gets the^en, too, YjjjQ arid Memorial thea- 

The picture was plugged on every, who go to look at the girls instead l ^^^g j^jj.- Vernon^ 6., from Hatry 




Pittsflcld, Mass; 
The new city administration Will 
grant Sunday film #h6w permits to 
two of the five downtown theatres 
each Sunday while the Tyler, a 
nabe hOuse, will receive a Ucensie 
every, Sunday. There is a weekly 
fee for these licenses, and last year 
tliey amounted to |3,636, which Is 
$2,230 less than, in 1932. This was 
a result of a reduction in the fees 
asked by the theatre mana&ers be- 
cause, of business conditions. 



Publix screen Ih the city ; for twO 
weeks. Numerous loop store dis- 
play windows were obtained for 
showings arid there werei many 
radio plugs. 



of the fashions. 



Plugging Eogers 

fien M. CohOn formed a 'Rogers 
for President' club anlong the Yale 
students When 'Mr. Skitch- came tp 
the College, N. H; Most of the of- 



Side Issues 

Manager who's always looking for I fleers were from . California ^and" it 
a lobby novelty has a standing offer cost One undergraduate $40 to long 
to toy shops and bookstores to give, distance his dad for an okay. _ 
a lobby demonstration If the store | First open meeting of the dub 



Smoot. They Will operate the 
Meriiortal tvo weeks while the Vine 
undergoes renovation; after which 
the Meriiorlal will be dark Indefl^ 
nitely. 

The . Jeroriie theatre, Jerome,. Pa., 
Is now beliiCg operatdd by Philip 
Samuels and Mitchell Viazorini. 



Theatres 



Oklahoma City, 
opened: Choctaw at 



will give him clearance. He'll put was held, at the theatre the opening ^^^ht ^^^y^^g^^'J^^fat^Slko- 
In anything that's really new, and Ljlght of the picture, after the last Mberty at Btebg 
give the store an advertising credit, performance. The officers were a I gee, Mission at uooKer, urpneum ac 
' Appeals to the innate love of the bit hazy in their speeches, because 
older people for novel kid toys,, some of them had braced .up for the 
that's beiat exemplified In the man- event, but it was going strong 
ner in Which a bunch of oldsters until one of the students got to the 
will flock around a toy train exhibit, piano and broke into a hot sOng, 
but it can be capitalized for other a. saengerfest after that, but it had 
gags as well, if there is propen. turned the trick and Cohen let 
lobby space. | them sing. 

Manager figured his business was 



Haskell; Paramount at Dewey, Pal 
ace at Coweta, and Rex at Custer. 

According to George Y. Henger, 
operating manager, the Capitol the- 
atre Is being completely renovated, 
new sound equipment installed and 
new carpets laid throughout; 



up at least $150 three days when he 
demonstrated . a remote control toy, 
and at the same time the shop had 
to wire for another and larger 

shipment. Even the assembling of ,—-- — „i,„„,4«d. «f 'sshafl IHmrt* 

a new puzzle (other than jigsaws) during the showing of ^^^^ 

.wiU pull, nicely, and subh things as ows of Sing Sing, he set up what i 



Cell to Sell 

Columbus 

Edgar Hart pulled another good I ager. 



Omaha. 

Orpheurii back on Saturday open 
ings to accommodate stage shows. 
Dick Schifbauer riew house man- 
Joe Kinsky, Blank . contact 



Even the assembling of I one on Columbus last weekend |.man. here for special work on 'Es- 



Dallas, 



NO direct e«nnect.,„^wUh tte at- Sji'^paclni ,a^ut. th,_^^^^^^ .»oo,a.e 



Chicago. 

Mike Kann manafeer of local 
Majestic exchange, replacing Percy 
Barr, resigned. 

Charlotte, N. C. 
The Carolina theatre, Burlington, 
of North Carolina Theatres, Inc.; 
closed' for a five-weeks, program of 
repairs. Jack E. Austin, city, man- 
aiger f or the . corporation, has added 
two shows daily at the Paramount, 
operated at BUrlington by the same 
corporation, while the Carolina is 
closed. 

Burlington, Vt, 
The World in Motion, dark for 
years, has been remodeled Into a 
ballroom. 



Fort Madison, la. 
Mike kirkhardt. Fox manager, 
now has the Orpheuni and Strand 
under his wing. Will manage both 
Indef. 



ISS^SI^l/^iS'^CKl^ SchoU Of 

announcements, and it .helps to im- I 'Prisoner,' which was plenty hard- 



the Meibia. 



plant m his mind the idea of the ship, and^his smoking 01? c^^^^^^ 
theatre as a place of entertainment incessantly only things which made 
And that's the big' idea. it seem unreal. .. 

' Even at that the 'con had plenty 



Got a PKiiroh 

LoeW's Cleveland divislori. is all I ""'of course; weren't satisfied 
het up over a sign on a Ohurch.lawn urttii they had talked it over with 
which advertises ia. showing of 'The | man in the cell. 
Gallant Lady' at a church service 



Gloversvllle. N. Y. 
Glove theatre won .first place In 

j:jvvu tti. v..^ >- - .the Golden Harvest buslness-get- 

of comDany, especially frOm the ting contest of the J9 Schine the-| 
ladies/ who^wondered how and why atres In New York State and Ohl6. 



It's a good stunt, if it's riot alto 
gethei;- new» and- probably helped, to 
infiuence a; lot Of business. In the 
silent days it was more common - to 
see a picture projected during a, 
service, with the sermon from, the 



Scared 'Em In 

Mexico .City 
Deftly-worded feature stories in 
I local prints arguing that the end 
of the world is not as remote as 



MoundsvlUe, W. Va. 
Not Only are the Strand and the 
Grand here fighting the film houses 
of Wheeling, 12 miles from here, but 
they are warring with, one of the 
local dailies, the Mound.svillo lOcho. 



Allentown, Pa. 

^..r.^^ T,.«» „^».w^ - , - Waiter J. Hurley, Wllmer & Vin 

implied text. It takes more doing many believe, and pointing to the ^ent, will enter the general adver 

with the talkers, but Cleveland recent earthquake disaster m India tlsing business here. Successor of 

shows it can be done. In this in- as substance for this argument. In- the Rialto will be James Hubert 

stance very well done. creased customers for 'Deluge, now Maury. 

on. exhibition at- the Cine. Palacio. 
here. 



Galveston. 
Port Arthur's fifth theatre now iri 
con.struction; M. C. Clemmons, 
manager. 

i ' Burlington,. Vt. 
Association of Independent Thea- 
tre Managers of Vermont formed 
with Harry F. B6ardman, manager 
of the State, president. C. O. 
Spaulding, Bethel, v.- and M. F. 
Carr, Randolph, sec. 

Seattle. 

. Frank. A, Lacy now manager of 
downtown Roxy for J>vH; 

March BoWman, former Roxy 
mgr., to Wenatchee, for Evergreen 
theatres. 



8 to 16 

' Denver* 
With sixteen independents line(d 
up against Huffman's eight houses 
on II car giveaway and two Roose- 
velt Birthday Dances on tap Tues- 
day ^(30) i. the local populace turned 
out. for its biggest, spree since New 
Tear's Eye. Plenty of ballyhoo 
steam from all angles set Denver 
on their ear, with SrR.O's every- 
where, including the all-night eat- 
eries, and heavy runs. ori the liquor 
store$. ' ■ „ 

Huffman used a 24-3heet-plastered 
street car ^owntown all day and 
threw a. 40-car Ford parade, in-, 
eluding two sound trucks and the 
P. & M. Suhkist Beauties. Indies 
ran a Pontiac parade with calliopes, 
etc., and charity dances, in addition 
tp heavy plugging in newspapers, 
staged a ' drum and bugle corps 
parade with ah airplane formation 
flying overhead. , Circus... bally re- 
sulted In a: capacity house at .the 
Orpheum at 6:45 p.m., with, the 
Other Huffriian houses, following suit 
arOund seven. All indies dragged 
out their ropes, the charity balls 
turned in ' $6,000. for the cause and 
everybody is happy. 



Tiptoe 

With the Government after radio 
sponsors Who make gifts, it might be 
a good idea to . watch all, business- 
getting ideas carefully. In the bid 
days the authorities were Interested 
only in lotteries. Nov ariy give- 
aiway comes under the froWri of the 
powers as contrary to NRA ideals. 

One recent example Is the Stands 
ard Oil's Babe Kuth club. Coupons 
were given for. purchases of gad. and 
oil, and the payoff Waa baseballs 
presumably autographed by the 
hurler. Held, to be uhfa-ir competi- 
tion, and they started to talk abOut 
it. 

While the code for pictures pro- 
vides for a vote on premiums, there 
is no telling when some grouch may 
point to other rulings arid make 
plenty trouble for kny manager who 
seeks to build With gift eritice- 
ments. The kicks may riot be sus- 
tained, but it majr mean legal, fees 
and lost time, even in the event of a 
ho case decision. 

■ In some cases it might be a good, 
plan to let merchants sponsor, the 
glveawayis, thoVSh even this may be 
questioned. 

Pliay for the Debs 
In towns and even the smaller 
cities there is a self-startlrtg stunt 
for 'Coming Out PartyMn the shape 
of a reception to the season's debs. 

Needs the assistance of the society 
editors, if thete are any, 'dr-the city 
eds if society Is riot a special as- 
signment. Idea Is to tender them a 
party; either in the theatre or — 
which is better— at some hotel. Just, 
for the .glrlSj with a couple Of offi- 
cial chaperones, and over In time 
for them to attend the picture. 
With a little )iUstllng It should be 
possible to work this into a big 
event and get plenty of publicity tor 
the picture. But tha:t's only the 
primary, angle.; Properly dorie, the 
stunt Will make for good will for a, 
much longer period. 

Most debs are not averse to pub- 
licity, and sortie evep maintain press 
agents where they -can afford to. 
Probabilities are that It will be 
easier to get the enlistments of the 
topnotchers than those further down 

the line. . ^ . 

Just a casual hookup to the pic- 
ture, but a chance to make a big 
noise, and that's what the , alert 
manager is always looking for. 



Los Angeles. 

C/ J>. replaced. E. C. 

6'Keefe as riiariager of the FOx, (Fr 
WC) at. Billings/ Mont. 

E. C. Diamond managing the Or- 
pheuni, Salt Lake, for Fatichori & 
Marco. 



Sunday Music 



Ned Edris of JIamrick'd Music 
Box is giving the locals a treaty in 
music each Sunday, with a 46 min- 



CoolPehguins 

Los AngoICH, 
Hal Ella.s. M-G-M exchange, ex - 



iMii ATigclos. 
|:^^Merlyn Ell«worth. .,fpr_paHt. 
years managing the Tivoli, here, for 
Berlnsteln and Lustig, has joined 
FoxVWest Coast to manage their 



Synhcr Music Masters, 12:15 to 11 Culver City lot, promoted half a 
P. M. Pop and classical music, dozen live penguins as a ballyhoo 
Concert so timed by this shoWman for 'Eskimo,' at the. Four Star here 
to catch after church crowds which They next promoted a glass cage 
are packing in. -Flr.-at Sunday's mounted on a chassis and tied up 
£;rovs: f.n Ihi.s fcaturo added to box wilh the .<^logan: 'Kc^^d cool 
oin.-.- ..r.iisuUMal.ly. I Kool ci 'i.vi liF'^> aivVspe T-.-skirno. 



Los AnBelf'.s. 
Carl Young has taken lease o.j 
long darkened MIralta at Downey, 
suburb. Will operate with firt^^t ryr 
major product. 



Woon.socket, R. 1. 
Frank M. Murphy aippOlntcd house 
man«f?er at the Stadium, Woon* 
sockf/t. Thomas Kellcy appointod 
manager of the Strand, Brockton, 

-S yracuse . ^N. X 



r>(>nald F. Elliott, formerly, of 
Uuiera, I'vOcheHter, new assistant to 
r.vH W. Lampe at Schlne's Eckel. 

David 'Buddy' Frcomari tempo- 
rarily m charge of the RKO Strand 
tjurlng prolonged illnes.s of Henry 
iOarle; 



.& 



Nifly 

Howard Waugh, Warner zone 
manager for the . .southern zone, 
sends in a bulletin similar to those 
that in some iform. are used by. 
most divisions for zone Information, 
Difference is that Waughls product 
is about the best looking that has 
(BVer come In. 

It's 5% by 10 Inches, nicely 
miriieogfaphed and with a regular 
printed front page.. Sheet is self- 
indexing- through the use rif Sheets 
of varying lengths, and It's easy to 
find any . desired section. All of 
which would not: be worth a whoop 
unless the contents matched the 
format. This dOes. It's all good 
stuff arid rib bunki rio Oamp meet- 
ing exhortatiori whoops, but solid 
selllrig. 

Waugh ought to know. He's been 
at it long enough. Point: is that he 
does. 



liye Help 

Albuhy. 

. Sixteori scrceri players will aDpear 
in per-ijoh at: the RKO Palace for 
-t hrgg-s hows^o n MOnday-X12) .4oJjojp^ 
plug the showing of Constance Ben- 
nett In '^Moulin Rouge.' The group 
is compo.'^ed of Mary Brlah, Sally 
Blane. .Tohn Mack Brown, Bon Tilr- 
pln,' lio.sebe At*».s, Raymond Hatt»<ri, 
Jim.my, Ru.i.seli and Lujllle GIeaf<()n. 
(Jrelghton Hale, Anna K. NUssori,. 
Xancy Welford, Jack Mulhall, Hoot 
Glb.son and Mary Carlisle. John 
ITunlh'V will he m.c. Also hllloa 
are Mic*' '-' Moulin Tlougc i:!tarlots.* 



20 



VARIETY 



Tuesday, February 6» 1934 



SOON! 



BRING 'EM BACK ALIVE " 

ERANK BUCK'S 

ID [BUD' 

He has robbed the f anged empire 
of Its lords.. i stripped the lush 
jungle of Its secrets . . . to again 
give show business something 
new to shout about! ^ 



VAN BEUREN 
PRODUCTION 

Directed by Armand Denis 




o 



\ 



RKO 

RADIO 

PICTURE 




Tuesday, February 6, 1934 



HoHywood Productions 



Week of Feb. 5 . , 

(Pictures now filming, or about to start, are Usted below alphabetically 
by Sudios. Symbols are: D^Director, A-Author, C-Cameraman.) 



'Odd Thursday' 
(let week) 
t)— ^aimea - Flood 

Warner Baxter 
Rochelle Hudson 
'All Men Are IteemleA' 

(4tli week) , 
P — Geo. Flt^mfiurlce 
A-i-Rlchard Aldington . 

Samuel HolTenateln 

Ijenore CofCee 
C— John.Seltz 
Cast: ■ 

Hugh "WlUlajna 

Helen Twelvetrees 

Mbna Barrle 

Herbert Mundln 

'8 'on a Hpneyihooii* 

(8rd week) 
D-r-Jaihea Tlnling 
A— Isabell RoB!) 
C — Joe V^lAntiiie 
Caat: 

.Sally EUera 
Zaau Pitts 
Henrietta Crosman 
Charlea Starrfett 
J6hn Mack Brown 
Wlnl Shaw .. 
'Murder In frlnldad' 
<3rd week) 
D — Louis King 
A — John Vandercook 

Setoh I. Miller 
C! — Barney McGlU 
Cast : 

Nlgial Bruce'' 
Heather Angel 
Victor Jory 
Roger Imlvot 

metKo 

'Tarzan and His Mate* ° 

(27th week) 

l>:-^edric Gibbons 
A— 3. McGulnness 

Leon Gordon 
C— -Clyde DeVliiha and 

Sid Wagtier 
Cast: ^ . 

Johnny WelasnjuUer 

Maureen ' O' Sullivan 

Nell Haifitlon 

Paul. Cavana:g}i 

Doris ' Lloyd . , 

Frank Relcher 

Wm. Stack 

Desmond Roberts 

Tola D'AvrU 

Forrester Harvey 

' Ip Tide' 
(7th 'iveek) 
P — Kdmund Gouldlnp 
A — Edmund Gouldlng 
C — Ray June 
Cast: 

Norma Shearer 
Robert Montgomery 
Herbert Marshall 
LUyah ' Tashman 
Ralph Forbes 
Mrs. pat Campbell 
Arthur Jarrett 
Xlarl Oxford 
Halllwell Hobbes 
Samuel May 
Donald Grteg . 
Helen Jerome Eddy 
Peter Hobbes 
Geo. K. Arthur 
B. B. Olive 
T. Roy Barnes . 
Sk^ets (Sallagher 
Florlne McKlnney 
Paul Porcasi 
'Sadie McKee' 
(Srd week) 
D — Clarence Brown 
A— Vina Pelmar ' 

John Meehan 
O-^Uver Marsh 

Joan Crawford 
Eatlier Ralaton 

'Show oir 
(2nd . week) 
D— Charlea P. Rlesner 
A^-^eo. Kelly 

Herman Mankiewlcz 
C— Jamea Wong Howe 

Spencer Tracy 
Madge Evans 
XiOls Wilson 
AI Edwards 
Henry Wadsworth 
Claude GlUingwater 
Sterling HoUoway < 

'III Old Xoolslana' 

(Srd week) 

D — George Seltz 

A— Luden Hubbard 

C — Gregg Toland 

Oast: ^ 

Robert Young 
Jean Parker 
Nat Pendleton- . 
Ted Healy 
Isabel Jewell , 
liaude ESburne 
Joseph Cawthorne 
Geo. Lewis 
Irene Ft-ankUni 
C. Heiiry Gordftn 
Rayniond Hattpn 

'Operator '13' 
(2nd week) 
I>— rRaouL Walsh 
A — ^Robert W. Chambers 
C— M3eo. ' Folsey 
Oast: 

Marlon Davlea 
GaryCooper. 
-Stuart Erwln 
' MSTROFOMTAN 

(Monogram) 
'City libnlta' 
(2nd week) 
I>— Wm; Nigh 
A — Jack Woodford 



Wagner 

Caat!.\ . 

Sally Blahe. 
Friank .Craven 
Roy walker 
Terry Ray 
Jame.") Burke 
James Dpnlan 

rARAMOl'NT 
'Slelddy In Sprlns^ 
(6th week) 

' D-^Norrhan ' McLeod 
A-^Frank Lean Smith 
Lewis E. Genaler 
C— Henry Sharp 
Caat : 

I^ianny Ross 
Charlie Rugglea 
Mary Boland 
Geo. Meeker 
Wilfred Harl 
Wade Boteler 
Helen Lyhd 
-^lan Who Broke 
. Heart' 
<6th week) 
D-^Wm. C. Menzies . 
A — Frederick. Schllck and 

Sam French 
O— Hal McAlpib. 

O&Bt I 

Victor McLaglen 
Dorothy. Dell 
freston Foster 
Alison :SklpWorth 
David Landau 
John Rogers 
Mlacha.Auer 
Alfred Delcambre. 
James Burke 
Don Wilaoft 
JoTin Northpole 
Max Wrigner 
Frank Rice 
Russell Powell 
Frank Sheridan 

« ''e*re,Not I>res8ln»' 
(4th week) 
i) — ^Norman Taurog . 
A— Waltpii Hall Smith 
Stephen Morehouse 
Avery 
C-r-Charles Lange 
C&St * 

Bing Crosby 
Carole Lombard 
Geo. Burns 
Grade Allen 
Ethel Merman 
Leon Errol 
Raymond MiUand 
Jay Henry 
Dick Dickinson 
'Troinpet Blows' 
(4th week) 
D — Stephen Roberts 
A — Wallaces Smith 
C — Harry Flschbeck 
Caat:' •• • 

George Raft 
Adolphe Menjoil 
Frances Drake 
Katherlne DeMllIe 
Sidney TOler 
Douglas Wood 
Nydla Westman 
Lillian Elliott. 
Edward Ellis 
Gertrude Norman 
Aleth Speed Hatison 
Howard Brooks 
■Joyce.. Compton 
Hooper Atchley 
Francis McDonald 
•Tou're Telling MeT 
(3rd week) 
D— Edle Kenton 
A^Paul Jones 

J. P. McBvoy 
C— Al Gllks 
Cast: . , 

W. . Fields 
Joan Marsh . 
Larry Buster Crapbe 
•Honor Brisht' 
(Ist week) 
D — Tay Oarnett 
A — Jack Kirkland 
Melville Baker 
Austin Parker 
Sylvia Thalberg 
Cast: 

Cary Grant 

RADIO 
'Finishing Schobf 
(3rd week) 
D — Wanda Tuchock and 

Geo. Nlcholls, Jr. 
A— Louis Weltzenkorn 

and David Hemjpstead 
Wanda TuchOck 
Lnird Doyle 
C — J. Boy Hunt 
Cast: 

Ginger Rogers 
Frances Dee 
Bri/ce Cabot 
Una Merkel 
BlUle Burke - 
Mitzy Green 
Beulah Bondi 
Sarah' Haden- - 
Marjorle Lytell 
Adalyne Doyle 
Mary Jordan . 
Rose Coghian 
•Strletly Dynamite* 
(lB< week ), 
— Elliott Nugreiit 
A — Robt. T. Colwell and 
Robt; A; Simon 
Maurice Watklna 
Cast: ■ 
Jimmy Durante 
Alice White 
Norman Foster. 
Eugene tallette 
'Crinie Doctor' 
(3rd week ) 
D — John Robertson 
A— Israel Zangwlll 
Jane Murfln . 



Just ia Feeler 



Capt.' Doft Wllkle 
C — ^Luclen Andrlqt 

otto Kruger - 
Karen Money 
.Nils Asther 
Judith Wood 
Wm., Frawiey 
J.. Farrell McDonald 
Irving PlcKel 
VNITBD ARTISTS 
(20th Century) 
'Firebrand' 
■ (l»t weiek) 

D— Gregory LaCav 
Cast : 

Constance ■ Bennett 
Fredrlc March 
Ralph Morgan 
Fay Wray 
Vince Rarnett 
: Louis Calhern 
UNIYERSAXi 
•filanioar' 
(2nd week) 
D — ^Wm; Wyler 
A — j:dna Ferber 
Doris Anderson 
Gladys Unger 
C^Geo. Robinson 
Oftst * 

Constance Cuniminga 
Paul L-ukas 
RUss Columbo 
Joseph Cawthorne 

^tet'8 B# Uzy' 
(2nd woek) 
D=^dward "Ludwlff 
A — Wm. A. McGulre 
Harry Sauber 
Earl^ Snell ' 
C — Ch6."sr Stumar 
Cast: 

liew Ay res 
Patricia Bills 
Isabel Jewell 
Frank iMcHugh 
Burton Churchill 
Robt. McWade 
Add Rlcliardg 
Adrian .Morrla 
Hedda :fiopper. 
Betty' Lnwf ord 
Clay ClemieHt 
'Vanishing Shadow' 

(Serial) 
(4th week) 
D^^Louls Frl'edlander 
A— Ella O'Neill ' 
Hel Manhelm 
Basil Dickey 
Geo. Morgan 
C— Richard Fryer 

Onslow Stevens 
Ada ince 
Walter Miller 
James Durkln 
Bill Desmond 
Charles Cramer 
Sidney Bracey 
Edwin Cobb 

f^-ARNFB. 
'Fur CoatB* 
~(6tli week)" 
D — ^AI Greene 
A — Ann Garrick and 
Ethel Hill 
Manuel SefC. 
C— Byroh Hasklna 
Cast: . . 

Aline MaCMahon 
Paul Kelly 
Ann Dvorak 
Patricia Ellis 
Phillip Faversham 
Henry O'Neill 
Mayo'Methot 
Helen Lowell 
Dorothy Tree . 
Dorothy Peterson 
Marjorle Gateson. 
Clay Clement 
Renee Whitney 
Iiorena Laysbn 
Lynn Browning ,.. 
'Gentleman From 8an 
Francisco' 

. (3rd week . > 

jy — ^Wm, Dieter ly 
A-T-Geo. Dyer 

Robt Lee and 
Eugene Salow 
C— Tony Oaudlo 
Caat: 

Betty Davia 
Donald Woods 
Lyle Talbot 
Margaret Lindsay 
Robert Barrat 
Henry O'Neill 
Hugh Herbert 
Doug. Dumbrllle. 
Gordon Westcott 
Alan Hale 
Geo. E. Stone 
Wm. Demarest 
Douglas Cosgrove 
Harold Mlnjlr 
Charles Wilson 
Arthur Byron 

" 'Wltiiout Honor' 
(Ist week) 
D— Lloyd Bacon 
A— Robt. . Lord 

Tom-' Buckingham 
Nlven Busch 
Cast .. 

James Gagney 
Joan Blondell 
Guy KIbbee ' 
Harold Huber . •. • 
Geo. Pat." Collins 
'The Key' 
(lat week) 
D^Archle Mayo 
A — B. Gpre-Browhe 

J. L. Hardy 
Cast: . 
Wm. Powell 
jstay Pranola 
Warren WllUarti 



Hollywood, P0b. 5. 
*Fred lahey, Paramount pro- 
<lUctlon head, received a letter 
from .a writer in Culver Cilty 
applying fo.r a 3ob, 

Letter .was postmarked Nov. 
3, 1924i 



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Picture Possibilities 



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Defective Priiit 
Brings Dp Novel 
Point ill Lawsiut 



'False bi^eams. Farewell'— Favorable v^**!^ 
•FALSE DREAMS, FAREWELL' (Melodrama, Frank Merlln-LUtie). 
Can be made into a picture. Transatlantic liner sinking in niid-oceau 
is the general Uieme. 

'No ore Ladies'— Faivorable 
'NO MORE LADIES' (Comedy, Lee Shubert, Booth). I^ooks like stagd 
click. Smart cpmedy with sex . angle and generous, content of laughs, 
Should gravitate to Hollywood. 

' 'Whatever Possessed HerT'—Unfavorable 

'WHA;t;eVEH possessed HER' (Comedy, Raymond Moore, 

-T^BBty on .iimmer theatres; Kot 



Whether a defective print claimed 
not to be in accordahcia with a pre- 
viously stipulated Warranty of 
standard can be sufficient cause for 
a distributor to collect damaires 
from a producer ., and sever con- 
tractural relatiorijs With same is up 
before the N. X. Supreme Court on 
petition of the Principal Film Ex- 
change (Charen) against the Brit- 
ish & Dominloiis Filtti CJprp. J-itd., of 
London. 

The print in question is on 'Car- 
nival,' B&i) imjportation. Jt 1$ 
claimed by Principai that the par- 
ticular print was shown at a thieatre 
111 Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., and found 
too defective for exhibition. Prln:, 
cipal therefore is suing to collect 
certain money advanced B&D un- 
der its. contract for "the distributloh 
lights .of the picture, plus .|7,opo 
diamages. 

ThiB damages asked for are com^ 
puted on the basis that Principal 
under its contract with B&D was to 
deceive . 50% of the distribution in- 
come, in territory contracted for, 
namely, iSreater New York and 
S'orthern New Jersey. W is Prin- 
cipal's claim thait under usual ex- 
pectations- the . exchange would 
gross aribund $14,000 trom' such a 
territory. 

The deal for B&D with Prlhcipai 
was made tilrough Emanuel H. 
(Goldstein, B. & D. representative 
over ;here. 

•carnival,' the picture involved is 
one of three which Principal con- 
tracted for, each on the same terms 
from B&i). Other films are 'Blarney 
1 Stone' 'Say It With Music' 



By. Y^HM* i-eave — Favorably 

'BY YOUR LEAVE' (Comedy. Morpscp; Aldrich arid De LiagfriS). So-^ 
phisticated comedy of life in the suburbs With a lot 6t laugh 
and sequences. ■ 

'Mackerel SKies'T-Favorable 

'MACKErEL . SKIES' (15us.har & Tuark. Drama, 
of those VlenneseTNew York, operatic ings, with 
can be tricked up. for flickeriizin although It will require 
luloid purposes. 

'John Brown'— Unfavopflible 

•JOHN BROWN' (Drama, George Abbott). Play opened and 
closed'at the iBarrymore. Drama based on the abolitionist not for screen. 



.Gaige^ 



.'A Hati a Coat, a Glpve'^Favorable 

. HAT, A CQAT> A (3LOVE' (>Ielodrama, Sehvyn, 

^*L1^ely*^p^rtor films with cpurtroom climax, though ljut basic plot 
skeleton could b6. used. Gpod vehicle for middle-aged male lead with at 
lehst three gopd Cpmedy roles. J^nd, 

'American, Very fearly'— Favorable . 

'AMERICAN; VERY EARLY' (Comedy, Wilton Lackaye, Jr.,. Vander- 

Stage chances doubtful but idea on Connecticut antique shpps should 
furnish better screen .com*5<Jy' Ipee. 

'Wind and the in'— U hf avorable 

•WIND AND THE RAIN' (Drama; Kpndolf & Hairt, itz). 
Story of British adbleiscent student, 'Too frail for .film pjirpos6s. 



Elect J. H. Harris Prez 
Of Nat'l Variety Onbsj 

ittsburgii. 
With conferience qt delegates from 
I Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Detroit, CP- 
lumbus and Cincinnati here last 
week Variety Cilubs of America 
came Intp being. ; It's' an outgrowth 
of the original Variety Club, an or- 
ganization of showmen, started h.ere 
in 1927 by John H. Harris, and a 
I group of 10 aSsociateig. 

A CPhstitution was adopted and 
I Harris was elected national presi- 
dent. M. R. Clark of Columbus was 
[named first v. p., John H. Matloney 
of Pittsburgh, second V. p.; William 
Gehring of Cincinnati, secretary, 
and Janies G. Balmer of. Pittsburgh,, 
treasurer. Directors are J. B. Fon- 
tainiB of Cleveland, J. B. Flynn of 
Detroit, Aivln Wolff oiE St. Louis, 
Max Steam, of /Columbus, George 
Tyson of St. Louis and Harry H. 
I Goldstein of • Pittsburgh. 

Variety dubs in Clevjsiand, Buf- 
falo and Albany arie also in process 
of formation. 



'Hotel AUmony'— Doubtful 

•HOTEL ALIMOliY' (Comedy; Franklin arid Stoner, Royale). 
Life in j^il of tho^e who .cap*t pay alimony. Some funny ideas,, but a 
weak script. Limited because applying to New York only. Kauf. 

•Air the king's Horses'— Favorable 

•ALL THE tCING'S HORSES' (Operetta, Cort & Abfamson, Shubert). 

Plot has been done before in one form or another, buit possessed of re- 
newed flicker possibilities if musical vogue holds and screen treatment 
plays up royal romance an'gle of queen and a film stttr. Abel. 

'The Joyous Seasd.n'— Unfavorable 

•THE JOYOUS SEASOrj' (Comedy Drama, Arthur Hopkins, Belasco). 
Secular and not suitable for plcturijs. Jbee. 



Rogers' Sbif ts 



Hollywood, Feb. 5 

Charles R- Rogers is moving up 
starting dates on 'Canal B6y' . and 
'In Conference' as result of post 
poning •Green Gold' and ' ' a 
Pleasure to Lose.' 

Casey Robinson is scripting 
•Canal Boy' from yarn by l^orest 
Halsey.K^d Clara Beranger. Dor- 
othy Wilsbn and Douglas Montgom- 
ery will have the featured spots 

Brian Harlow, Agnes C- John 
ston 'and Joseph Gollomb are. rush 
Ing script 6f 'In Conference,^ mur- 
der screecher, which Harry Jpe 
Brown will probably direct. 

•Green Gold' Is pft until a suitable 
name lead can be obtained. Pro 
ducer had attempted to secure 
Clark Gable, Gary Cooper or Paul 
Muni. Producer also planned to 
send the company to Honduras for 
location shots. 



'(XISTO' TITLE WRANaE 
GOES TO HAYS GROUP 



Hollywood, Feb: 5. 
Edward Small has shelved prepa- 
rations for 'Count of Montfe Crlstb* 
(Reliance^ pending Putcome of his. 
battle With Universal over .title 
rights. 

Producer has protested to tltliB. 
committee of the Hayig organization 
that refusal of Universal to find a. 
new handle for •Countess of Monte 
Crlstb' usurps his prior right to 
•Monte Crieto.' Small contends U 
would release •Countess' before he 
could get the •Count' on the market. 



Paul Snell Sbifte to 
Metro, StrickGng Aide 

Hollywood, F^b. 6, 
_ Paul- SnelLwho: has Jbeen Aga^^t a n^ 
to" Arch Reeve at Fox for eight 
years, statted today (Mon.), at 
Metro as aide to Howard Strickllng. 
He was at Paramount with Riseve 
and moved over to Fox with him. 

No changes In the Metro staff are 
contemplated as a result of Snell's 
ac(iul.«iticin. 



BEBGEBMAH'S nUSICAL 

Hollywood, Fei>. 6i 
Slg Hsrzlg and Jay Gourney go 

With Stanley Bergerman to write a 

filmusical which the latter will 

make for Universal, 
Writlrig team wrote "Mppnllght 

And Pretzels! Jor U^last yearV . 



BUY 'MAEEIAGE CAPTtlBE' 

Hollywood, Feb. 

Chesterfield has bought 'Marriage 
by Capture* ttonx Richard Thorpe 
and Karl BrpWn. 

Fprnier will direct, rpwn ban 
;dllng the script. 



•par's Film-Hockihg D^al 
Covered Again by Coki^U 

Further review of the much .i)iib- 
llcized and attacked IJlm-hypothe- 
catihg d^al of Paramount, swinging 
23 .negatives, iiito a separate sub- 
sidiary as sebiirlty for ai $i3,0p0;000 
bank loaii, was uHdertiakferi Wednes- 
day (31) by the Par triJstees in . ex- 
amining Walter B. Gokell, treas- 
urer, on the stand Ijefpre Referee 
Henry k. Davis. 

ExamlnatiPn of Cokell fpllPws 
much- previpus. testimony from Par 
pfiiuials connection with the 
banic group agreement. In continued 
efforts of the trustees to get a com- 
plete picture of the . trahsactlori 
prior to trial of their suit tp destrpy 
the' creditPr i>reference alleged to 
exist thereunder. 

Cpkell covered virtually the same 
ground, as the record previously 
.CPntalnodT=.cxcept=.that.,hlajaatfiflUoaay 
have been a little mpre exact. 
Cbkell was assistant treasurer of 
Pur at the time of the $13,000,000 
bank loan and adjudication of the 
company in bankiruptcy. He moved 
up to the treasurership this past 
summer when Ralph A. Kohn be- 
came v.-p. over iheatre operations. 



.Yates Pays Up 

Court recor j.how that Setay 
Co., Inc. (Herbert Yates) has satis- 
fled a judgment, won by Jamos G 
•Trainer, for the amount of $4,444 
Setay Is an investment company 
headed by the pre.sldent of Cohsoli-' 
dated Film. The . amount covers 
commlsslpri claimed by Trainer for 
suPcessfuUy arranging a sale of cer 
tain stock held by Setay In the' for 
mer Liberty National Banit & Trust 
CO. . 

Litigation on the Trai claim 
has been on for nearly two years 
fipbert Daniel, priglnally a dif»fend 
aht with Yates, had previously set- 
tled Trainer's claim against himr 
self for $2,000. Yates .attempted for 
scm^ time tP have tlic court reduce 
the amount awarded Trainer be- 
cause of the Daniel settlement, but 
to no avail. 



'Dynamite' Slowed 

Hollywood, Feb. 5. 
Radio has been forced to set back j 
pfSOuctlPn start of 'Strictly Dyna- \ 
mite,' due tp Metro holding Jimmy 
Durante for retakes of 'Hollywood 
Party.' 

Delay finds Alice White out of. 
cast and into ..tpi> spot of 'Blonde 
PoLson.' Radio made the switch to 
handle commitment with Miss 
White for one picture startlrig im- 
mediately. 



Joe Shermiaii Avoyages 

Hollywood,' Feb, 5. 
Joe SHerrrtan, assistant tb How- 
ard Strlckling in the MetrP pub- 
licity department, has sailed on a 
month's yacash. along the. Mexican 
coast. On leave of. absence from 
the department. 

During ills absence Barrett Kies- 
ling and' Paul Shell Vi.ll act as 
Slrlckling adies. 



=^DiainondVShorts-Hop=- 

Lou Diamynd, chief of .shorts prp- 
ductloh and music activities of 
Paramount, boarded a plane for ihc 
Coa.st Saturday (3), 

He's going out tp contact pro- 
ducers making sliorts Independfntly 
for Pair release. 



Bur PINE EAST 

.Hollywood, Feb, 5. 
Bill Pine left: for NeW York last 
I night. (Sunday) where he will be 
ln_charp ie_pf ,exi)l oitatl on for I'Ura^ 
mount. He will supervise tEIFwPrk 
in the home of ' .'is well, as at the 
|>-tiidio hore. 

Bill ' liis, aide to Pine, 
I been appointed director of 
advertlsinu'. . IMiio Gxpet ts 



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PICTURES 



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LINCOLN LOOKS UP; 
ORPH STARTS VAUDEI 



man of Two Worlds' 
And Kate Smith Umt 
Lead K.C. at $17,000 

Kanaas City, 6. 

OJood business over the. "week-end 
gave the managers lots ot encour- 
aecroent and it really looks like 
thriiga were pi<iklhe lip tt. bit. Main- 
.etreet with Kate Smith and Her 

wiinee Music Revue;' together 
with tlie plcturei 'Man: of Two 

AVorlds,' opened strong Friday and layover "date for acts jumping east j ^g-jw., 



i£<- continuing .with a heayy play^ through Denver from the coast. 



COLUMBUS FAIRISH 



oulin Roug9/ ^,00(X— >'Hipo^ Hips« 
Hooray,' $7,500 



Lincolu, Feb. 5. I Columbus, JFeb, 5. 

T,u,a«.« row >s Wnnln^ to H^'UW ^T^SS^T^ 
largc-timey again. Possibility of L-^is \veek. Broad's flrst stage 
x'^gaining the , momentum of three] show attraction In many years is 
years ago. People are going to the off light and will hardly pay Loew's 
shows and biz everywhei'e is oni. thc for the expense of fixing up to re- 
upbeat strong. Noyr, after giving open the dressing rooms, etc.,, this 
up vaude as a bad job before Xmas, week although it niay keep out ot 
the Orpheum is putting In a apHt K-ed on actual take. Town plastered 
week policj' with a flve-ac.t flesh Ly:itij 'Centurv- of Progress' Revue 
bill , for the last three day. Ar- ^nd the Original Believe It Or Not 
ningemont is understood to be a o^^i^orliim, but early days Of wieek. "w*"^^^' 



Whe^eler and 



SOB-ZERO AGAIN DENTS InJjp rrankers 
MONTL WIT LOEW IIG ^^^^ 

Montreal, Fob, 5. Ailvdv Koster as 

Again sub-zei'o weather and de- 
pressed grosses along the rlalto 1 0 A I *•* I?a1JI 
with only a couple of houses lift- I /II |AI|| 1^010 

ing their heads , above the storm. ! •■■"v «rVMa « 

The week-end was mild with good 
dtten'dances but balance of week 

faded. Currently, , outlook for. more I Hollywood, 

low temperatures with Lent in the endont Cameramen's Asso- 
plf ing, makes- tough sledding t*^*^ L^.^j^^j^j^ j^^^g closed its membership 

'^'^Si^nV,^ V,oi, '<!«nc nf thr^ Doserf Uo^Js. claiming total of 120 lensera 
i Woolsey's latest f H^^i^J^^U^ mt°'g?S?^<? ImJ^^ Includes ibout IB first camera- 




Ond- raters, 

Estimates for This Week 



, Former has booked in Cab Callowf-y: aiotthd 111,000. Princess had a the leadership of both International 

Capitol (Livingston) (82&; 10-15- U.na his band - plus the .flbii %imlle .^,^0^^^^^ Lady' and Photographers, lATSE, and Uie un 

2B), *Crosi3 Country Cruise' (U) and hatter has billed 'Artists and Models .Qipj Without a Room* and repeats Umiiated Airierlcan Society of Cincr 

Big Shakedown' (WB) dualled for on s*^eo and its fllin. . currently with . good chances for I matographers, is keeping names of 

a nice $2,000. Last week 'Today Estimates for Thu Week $8,000;. Imperial and Hfa Majei^y's j^gn^^jgrg ^iniler cover, 

We Live' (MG) and 'I LpVed a Patace (RKO) (3,074^ '2B;^«/^^ Clvde Loiiberg has been appointed 

Woman* (WB) flrst. half, with <Hlps, Hips, .Ho6ra^V(RIf^>-^^ a little. ,Clncma 4^k„a.nc8a manner and recording 

Masquerader' (UA> and 'PlOkup-. ly seems able to l>6at lust tolr Paris showing third week of 'Fanny' J^^f^f^^ ^^^Souo which hopes 

(Par) last for a good $1,700. BOO mark. I^st week 'Design ^to): aro^^ ^ !^ J?, ^^^w? 

Colonial (LTC) (750; 10-15), Living' (Par) did: nicely .at even Nrtbos up and down^mostly down.M to crack the cameramen s situation 

Rafter Romance' (RKO), avera.'ye 000. . or inV Estin^ates f«p This Week [wide open by offering W^ge scales 

$000: Last week 'C hould Ladles Ohio a^w-TJA.y^(a,000; 2o-'4p)— . /«> 700 BOi— ^Sons of ot n»«»^?ra to= 4ndie producers for 

Behave?' (MG) and 'Ace of Aces' 'Moulin Rouge' (UA) T.nokK as 1 vPaUce ( ) (..700 50) 6>ons ,oi| . , _ _ 

^ , (RKO) . split, 'was a -swell -taker last jgood 

60)— "Mdn, of Two worlds': (RKOX half to do $1;600. else .and 

anft Kate Smith >ahd her, 'Swanee »• Lincoln • (LTC) '(1,6CQ; 10-iS^2B)— Last week .^^^^^ AlJi' ^ - I u-ood chances for SS 000 
Mti8ic Revue.' Both stage show- -convention City' (WB); For ayeifi. hittm.tmt W.OW.; •. ^<SdSS£? sS.: (M^W 'Day of 

and picture -were :giv<^n great- pub- age. $2,G0O.' Last week .'Massacre' «Nacl . (Ix)Wf.-TrA)^6Q J^^^ ftfcfflnS'^ (MGy hlt^^^^ 

Hclty .ahd the Friday opening found bwB) stirred ' \ip 'prcttj- nice - blK —'Ton Can't B^^^ <^^'^V weainer. 

the^ fans waiting. Held up strong for $2,800. " aiid Gentur>^ of ,PTogw^.Royu^ o^ 

over . Sunday and. will get close .to. Orpbeum (LTC) (1.300; 10-25-40) btage. Cto and T|tould..b^W,- mlgM 
felg. Last week, •tovlsiWe .B.roaciway tb Hollywood' (MG). hit fair fenough $l0j^W,;teHt^^^^^ 
(U), ana 'Fifty Million Xrrencli- 1 Ff^st half with vaiide and unnamed l iaiore. Last -week- 'Glx^l wHiiout^ a I tniee moni^ns ago, mis is 



last ' week. Shbw good . entertain- 
ment, but critics reported consider- 
able offendlnff material by Al Norr 
man (later deleted), and 'the'harm 
was done to some extent. The Up- 
town with! 'Carolinii.' and the Mid- 
land showing 'Thl» Side of Heaven' 
arc featui'ing Llontl Barrymore, 
who ha(» a:largc following here. 

•Carolina*, picture is in for nli^^^ 
days to allow the house to get fciaclc 
to its regular Saturday opening 
date. 

Estimieites for This Week 
Mainstreet (RKO) (3,200; - SB r40. 




Fox iypiiis Fanmes 



.A. 



First half with vaude '^'^^^ ^^^^^jS* ^^3. ^'o"nrt<Jo"faivAV^fth~$C.-.J of' tho week .and should gross ^10,:- 

Ifiist half will do oke. $2,B0X). | Room (.far; none, lyu ,y • ' 1 t.„„* •rLnin<> .TTniu>Airnnri'. 



men' on the stage, $15,000. i pic 

Midland . (Loew). (.4,000 ; 2B)— 'This Lay t ireek 'World Changes' (AVB) 000 take, 
Side of Heaven*. (MG). Usual, stnpng U^jjjj c^ell and Sally on flrst half I Grand 




OOO. Last week- 'Going HoUj'AVOod' 
(Neth) • (1,100; -26-40)— I (MG) - fair at $9,000. 
(FW Nlie enough take .: Lbew?ff (FP). (3,200; 66)— Women 
■ Last week 'Hi,, In His Life' (>Kt) and vaude. House] 
slightly under at I showing; . good- improvement lately 



more thail average $2,B00 to come ^^•eather at $10,300. 
?n;i^?»»?:<Z?A^^^^^ laJ^'iSS? (Ul) inf W Wit 



reviewers, which, helped, b'Jt did —^^^j ^^^n l^^QQ^ y^P^. nice. $4,000. ,^yre^\ fi-[m- 

not hold up as well as . e?:i>ected, Riaito (Bard) (i,000; lO-lB-20)— "^V"*"*-! ■ ^frl^'' 

Around $10,000. 'Sin of Nora Moran' (Maj); Al-1 'Shadows of Sing Sli^. 

Newm&n; -CPar) (1,800: 2B-4U>— Kj^^ given a whal© of an ex 

.11. Nellie- (WB), title dont mean pioUatibn campaign probdbly Avon*.,, i^. ro^l^ luckv 

a thing but Paul Muni does, and his ^jjg — o'^e ^j^^^ ^800, fair. Last| Ol9ud6 (Col) luckj 

followers are , givin.g the picture ^^^j^ 'Sagebrush Trail' (Mono) and 

their suppoi-t, ..Expected to pt $»,-. .^-,^^.^^1^^ Eight' ■ (Mono) first half 

000. Last: week, .'Mies Fane s. B^^ of .• Sentiment' (Mono) 

Is Stolen', (Par), ^'ound $7,600.. and 'Gun Law* (Mono) closing for 

Uptown (Fox) (2,040; „2B-40)— q^jq^^ 

•Carolina' (Fox). Gaynor and ,Bar- State ^(MOnroe) (600; lO-lB-26)- 

rymore played up in the advertising ,Qnj,g Every Woman* (COl) and 



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and may hold up <iround $11,«00. ^oy, writing team- at F 
-3B)— . Last week 'Miss Fane*s Baby* (Par) secretarial cohorts of 



HOlly vvobdf'Feb. S. 
Joe Cunningham'' and Harry Mc- 
Fox,' .have the 



Ildrdly kind vaude did very. well In view of 



an. picture set for n*"®^^^*^^: 'Shadows of Sing Sing* (Col) dual 
Opened well and .wlll_get, arouna ^^^^j expected: Last week 'Fog 
ICOOO for the. run. „ P>:fJ^y f!'"^' (Col) and 'Fighting' Code' (Col) had 
Last week, 'I Am a Spy' (Fox), oxd ig^g' 

rot fare so well. Only $2,000. | g^,^ (LTC) (1,900; 10-26-40)-.- 

'Carolina' (Fox) is paced for about 
1 r\I lie I $3,100 which is okay. Last week 

dl. L.UUli3 'Little Women' (RKO) was a feeler 

i^^inMniiftd from pace's ) the flrst half the Veek, but got 

(.Continued trom page a) strong as onions on the close to 

n;itc the bargains gradually in order drive up in thies neighborhood of 
to raise as few squawks as pos.slble..| $5,300. Excellent 
Estimates for Tliis Week 
Aml^assador (SkOuras). (3.000; 2S 
36-55), 'By Cantllelight' (U) and 
Jack Haley on stage; $16,000, Last 
week ?Hi; Nellie* (WB). around $15,- 
000. Both figures good. 

Fox (F&M) (5,000; 20-26-35), 
•Hold That Girl' (Pox) and 'lAst 

Roundup' (Par). Good $7,000. 'Long Denver, Feb. 5 

LOst Father' (RKO) and 'I Was a Grosses look about same as last 
Sp'v' (Fox) about same. we^k with Orpheum and Paramount 

State (Loew's) (3,000; 2B-3B-B6), better. Denver and Denham above 
•This Side of Heaven* (MG). Okay, average with Aladdin again doing 
$12,000, Last week 'Gallant Lady' average. Folks showing approval 
(UA), $12,000. of Fanchon and Marco stage .shows 

Missouri (Skoura.s) (3,500; 25-40), at Orpheum packing, house day 
Cross Country Cruise' (U) and 'Big alter day forcing closing boxofflce 
Shakedown' (WB). Around $8,000, an hour or two couple nights a 
fair. Last week 'Easy to Love' week. Ropes after one o'clock on 
C\\'B) and Bombay Mail' (Col) got Suivday, 

$10,000, Stage show getting plenty ap 

St. Louis (F&M) (4,000; 85-56), piause. Entire house nOw fifty 
Two Alone* (RKO) and Olsen and cents as against forty cents for bal- 



'CAROUNA' $16,500 
AT ORPHEUM, DENVER 



'FRIGHTENED' $11,000; 
'ROMANCE' 



Newark, Fet». 5, 
boeHn't look like any big business 
anywhere, but on the other, hand 
seems as though every one would 
do well enough, proctor's may top 
with about $15,000 for 'Right to 
Romance' with Will Osborne on the 

Last week the cold weather and 
snow scaled off some grosses, but 
this week's weather is starting off 
better, 



Gal- 
Wlthout 

a Room" (RKO) (2iVd wk). Took 
fans' fancy , last- weelc. at $0,000 and 
may hold up. currently at $8,^)00. 

Cinema de Paris (Ist-anco-Film) 
(GOO; . 50)-7T-'Fanny* (3rd wk). Only 
French picture In downtown section 
and should irross ? 1,000. LriBt week 
$1,200.. 



OMAHA STRAIGHT PK 
AGAIN; 'CAROLINA' m 



the studio 

script department dizzy trying to 
quality as stooges as well ias short- , 
hand operators in preparing the 
racehorse story; 'Call It Luck,' 

Nvittjr comedy ."patter and routioes 
are tried out oi\- the femme typists, 
W'lthout warning, as one after an- 
other are assigned to the .acrlvenlng 
pair. Most of 'em. don*t.know how 
to take it, look askance at Cunning- 
ham and McCoy and ask to be as- 
signed to another job. 

Writers e:?:plaih their test-out gag 
on the gals by saying that by stib..- 
jectlitg the secretaries to the daffy- 
work out at the start the girls may 
accept the routines as fairly co- 
herent aifterward, without looking 
blank under dictation. 
Half a dozen girls were tried and 



Omaha, Feb. 
Burst of heavy money, brought to 
box offices last two weeks by stage I ^ - 

".— X- A T5t+i« ,m i«howa fades as theatre row goes begged: oflf during the past week. 
Franklin has tied the_l^tuo up l^t^.^j^j^t pictures. Auto show open- One of them sat throughout the en- 
with Joseph Soheinman of the lODis ^j^^^ ^^^^ seance with a perfectly 

and TorkvlUe who J)ook tne on the b. o.'s with its list of ^ead pan. and was told to sfram. at 

house, thus assuring plenty of prod- j^j^^^j^ Including Bugs Baer ' " ' 



uct. 



Johnson on stage. Around $15,000 
Last week 'Once to Every Woman* 
(Col) and 'Ace of Aces* (RKO), 
about $13,000. 



2S Pftr (Cent Less Fix 



.Continued from page 5) . 
otiier methods to .eliminate or re- 
duce dualism be effective, then re- 
duction' in general output can be 
partially realized, some of the 
spokesmen declare. 

If major company releases are cut 
25% Or to a total in the neighbor- 
hood of 300 the immediate saving 
Ir money will be not much over 
10%. Producers calculate" that their 
permanent studio overhead is re- 
sponsible for ■ this. 

such curtailment, it is allso noted, 
would; serve, as a hoOmferang to the 
very purpose of the NRA of putting 
more people to wOrk, In fact. .It is 
admitteid, it would largely counter- 
act the present bigger payrolls cur- 
rftntly realized throuigh the NRA^ 
. /u centralized points of the busl- 
hess . where:. jalL_c.ondlUons 



wiDlghed it is reported box. offlce re- 
ceipts, on it niatlonal average, are 
about 20% higher than they were 
six month.s ago. In such places It 
is figured the status of receipts dur- 
ing the next three months will ;be 
the most Important factor- In' de- 
fpviiviiiinti mn.1nr outpnf: for th«» new 
.s''a.«i>n. 



cOny for short time, but boost no 
dejterrcnt. 

Estimates for This Week 
Aladdin (Huftman) (1.500; 25-40) 
—'Let's Fall In I^ve' (Col). Viola 
K, Lee at the organ; Looks like 
$3,500. I^ast week 'House on 56th 
Street' (WB) did average,. cl0.smg 
With $3,500, ^ /-^ 

Dehham (Hellborn) (1,600; 25-30- 
40)— 'Search lor Beauty' (Par). 
Stage show with Jerry ^^Ross. 
Around $7,500, Last week 'All of 
Me" (Par) topped the previous week 
by over 50%, closing T^ith better 
than average with several holdouts 
$7,600. On opening night when this 
and 14 other bouses gave away an 
autOi the house was jammed, lobby 
and foyer packed, and s^dc^v;Lllc out 

side solid. . „ „_ 

Denver (Huffman) (2.500; 25-35 
50)— 'Gallant Lady" (UA). Edna 
Dodd at the organ.^ Headed for 
$8,000. Last week 'Eskimo* (MG) 
did better than average, finishing 
with $8,000. ^ 

Orpheum (Huffman) (2,600; 25- 
35-50)— 'Catolirta' (Pox). St;age 
show with Al Lyons. Very nice at 
$16,500. Last week 'Flying . Down 
to Rio* (RKO) with Leo.CarriUo in 
person,_packed the house time after 
timFlnd"cTbWd"wIlh'T7- 'groBS^Tr 
months. $17,000. ' 

Paramount (Huffman) (2,000; 25- 
40)_'Ace of Aces' (RKO), and 
'Fugitive Lovers* (MG), spilt. May- 
be $4.000.. Last week 'Little Wom- 
en' (RKO) took thd. house to above 
average after having packed the 
Denver time after time the week 
befor*' to the .swell tune of $15,000. 



with a fashion show and a variety 
bill 

Town can boast nothing excep- 
T "iV I tional and scramble for the heavy 
'take, will be a toss up. With at- 
tractions back to what might be 
called normal; Paramount should 



once. 



Estimates for This Week 
Branford (WB) (2i966: 15-65)-- 
Beside' (FN) and 'Sons of the 
Desert' (MG). Expect $9,500. 
week ^Massacre* (FN) and 'Be- 
loved' (U) fine with $11^000. 

Capitol (WB) (1,200; 15-25-35- 
50)-;Lady Killer' (WB) and 'Duck . ^ ^^^^^ 'C;irolina,' as .Gaynor 
Soup' Tills is always a safc^et in this house, 

plenty that like 'em rough thwgh ^^^^ ^^^^ Brandels siw its house 
not -enough ff^^^^fr this house. pushed up past $13,000 by 

Ought to be close J« $6,000^^ Downey unit and plx, 

week ■(Joing ^o lywood (MG) and ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ 
'Design for Living (Par) nice at].^,,, ^^^^ ront^nt with a bit 

$5,000 



lATSE CAMERAMEN 
PREPARE NEW PLANS 



will have to be content with a. bit 
better thaji aver.ige. Two days of 



Estimates for This Week 
Paramount (Blank) (2,766; 25-35 
40) — 'Carolina' (FOx). Gaj-nOr 



Volga Volga' (Kihematrade) and 
Soviets* on Parade' (Kinematrade). 
Russian program means about $900. 

Last week the same figure for 'Falu . , , ^ , »v 

Rouzssa (Hungarian) and 'Live and Barrymore a suitable draw for the 

Laueh* (Jewish Talking Picture town's class house. Nice $8,500, 

Co ) split T-ast week 'All of Mek (Par) suf- 

Loew's State (2,780; 16-75)— fered cotnpetlsh feyer and fell un^ 

'Eskimo' (MG) and vode. .N.TQ _pn dor $.7,000. . . . 

stage means much of gross which Brandeis (^Inw^^fL - -^B- 

won't • be. much over $12,000, Last 35)— .'Convention ^City* Ji?;^ 

week 'Roman Scandals' (UA) fine 'Wild Boys- .of the Rpad (Fls). 

at $18 000 Straight plx. again,, will draw a 

NeWark (Adams-Par) (2,248; 16- plea.sant $4,200 7^«^st ^eek Morton 

99)— -Four Frightened People' (Par) Downpy'. 'Melody and Madness 

anri vnvifl Nothlns eXcltlng horc uult sct Ucw house record of $13,- 

and iliav iu5 get by top pushed to 65c Satur- 

llst^y-MLs"^ ASe's^SW' (Par) day^and ;Sunday. film JMcancst Oal 

mild with $10,500. . : /«Sv ronvft- 9r. s--. 40V 

Proctor's (RICO) ;(2>300; 25-35- I WpHd (Blank) (2,100, 25-3.>r40) 

55-60-76-85)— r'Bighf to Romance' 

^^S'^SliSS^TX'Sland With ^position auracupncut 

CaSl^ ^c;>T)"Vair 'cS's^'itot ke^ $8 000. Btlirswcet 

Chogjati oil stage made *.arly "ff^M^^^^^ 

^^^IZ. ^« vvt^v &ah' ,w?t?i 'L^ve cifltomers for • an. average $6,500. 
Si? Thfrtv'^ CMonJ^ and ^r ka«t week heavy plugKing on 'Fugl 
l^ff.h. S-nv^ «nlit OneSlne o£v «ve Lovers , (MfO dualJo.l with 'Girl 
S^tnlfkely^ o^.^iop ^sToo"^ S^t^Vlthout Room' (l>ar).ln,lU up to 
week 'Let's Fall In Love' (Col) and 
'If I Were Free' (RKO) good with 



Hollywood, Feb. 6. 
New tactics of lATSE cameramen 
lii bucking the American Society of 
ClnematographcrB* five-year con- 
tract with major studios will be 
placed before the membership at a 
meeting tonfght (Monday)^ 

Basing appeal for lenser support 
on Its yell that the ASG is a clique- 
controlled company union, the union 
crowd will offer a reorganization 
plan to paid-up members whlOh 
calls for a deniocratic setup, unem- 
ployment relief and code represent 
tatlon.. 

fey-laws liave "beeh edited to ' 
match a batch of suggestions fl'om 
the union adherents during, past 
months^ Board and committee 
setups will be reshuffled to guaran- 
tee equal representation to the . lo- 
cal's five biasisKlcatlohs : First, sec- 
ond, assistant,- still and 
cameramen. , ^_, 

Union also Win emphasize strongly 
that its scale, and conditions which 
hiave prevailed 'under the basife 
agreement for Ave and one-half 
years until last summer's strike, are 
arbitrary Under overriding provi- 
sions of the code, ami that It will 
represent cairieratneh all code 
fuzzling. 

Unlonites. have Interested Gov- 
ernor Rolpli in a .sohelno to pcpvide 
work for unemployed foouscrs 
through a.snignlng them to snatch 
film records of projects. In the pub- 
lic works program. 



Mayo SiifLgn 'Key' 

Hollywood, Febi 
Archie Mayo directing 'The Key" 
as his next for Warners, 

Picture started last week with 
William Powell, Kay Francis and 
warren William in featui-ed spots. 



^Gr6w:e^Pa^iit''=^or==F:ields^ 

Hollywood, Feb. 6. 
Claude Binyon goes to the Wil- 
liam Le Baron unit at I'araniount 
to work on '(itcf\yv. I'ainf for W. (,' 
Fields. 

CoHablriK witii H. 
wrote the a(i-'.pt:Uio 



Mel Rididie Joins Fox 

Uolly woort, Feb. 5." 
Mr-i itlddlo niovf's over from the 
UKO publicity department to Fox 
studins. rfjil-loln^r Thorntfm Sar- 
-fnt. IlidfJlc will h.'uidl*' xi-ailerH 
.Mill iiili!.- '•.vi>htit'a.ti<in, 



24 



VARIETY 



Tuesday, February 6, 193* 



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SHOWMAN'S PARADISE! 

The Big FOX Press Book 





for half-a'doren ThrWing 
FeatureS '^Packed inta halt' 
a'doxen BreaiMess Reels 1 1 1 

$EE IT! Printe NOW in all Fox exchanges. Be&t 
the field! Get the jump! Set your dates on "Devil 
Tiger" NOW! 





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ASIA'S FIERCEST JUNGLE BEASTS 
CLASH IN MORTAL COMBAT ! ! i 

DirectW by CLYDE E. ELLIOTT 

./ircctor of "BRING EM BACK ALIVr 



lid THEIR TRi^C^^ 

ItHIS STOPS 'EW.W ^ _ 



And a complete line of 
seiRt-selling accessoHes 




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VAfdETY 



25 



Variety House Reviews 



IMPERIAL, TORONTO 

(Continued from page 15) 

for the decorous and (bid-fashioned 
bathing suits, a parlor frolic. for the 
finale, tlie males hfive handlebar 
moustaches and plastered hair, -the 
femme coiffures are pompadoured. 

Point Is that, with only two stand- 
ard acts as foundation for the stage 
bill. Jack Arthur brought In ft bevy 
of amateur, talent for support. .Star 
of the BhoWr as far, as" audience- 
respohse revealed, is Ker Cronyn, 
local blue-blood, whos-e dAbblihg in 
the theatre has been .confined to 
Junior League revues, aitthough his 
Mae West imitations have convulsed 
the private parties of the cognos- 
centi for many months. The Iitipe- 
rial appearance is Gronj'n's first pro- 
fessional venture. And the lad does 
go over. 

As in the atmospheric prolog for 
'Henry VIIF (UA), Jack Arthur has 
gone, to the Mendelssohn. Choir for 
singing talent. Prinolpals in his 
chorus of SO incliade Thomas Dunn. 
Matrion Krown, teslie^ iFtowlanft and 
Nancy Aldcroft. Danoe.s aro by 
Mai'guerite (Midge) Cousins; clever 
'Gay Nineties' ^ets and drop?; are by 
Frederick (Red) McLahe: 

Prez opens with house- line before 
the traveler in Mae West. cpstumei? 
for a song and dance .about tlie. 
pleasures: precedinef the turn of the 
century. Then the family all>uni 
idea in full itage for tableaus and 
scoring heavily, on ;applause. Cronyn 
oh for a warbling of 'Man on the. 
Flying Trapeze' In burlesque, and 
then tlie beef tnist ballet easing on. 
complete with spears, Cronyn pass- 
ing along the lO-glrMine for popu- 
larity choice, this going to a 200- 
Ib, lass for a socko response. 

Standard act^. are George Pren- 



ROXY'S LEADING 
TENOR THRILLS 
NEW YORK! 




THERRIEN 

"The Painter of Songa*' 
At the Piano, LILLIAN JAY 

This Week (Feb. 2) 

LOEWS VALENCIA, JAMAICA 

nirectloh JOHNNY HY1>£ 
^VM. MOnWS OFFICE. 



tiss, with his Puncli and Judy act, 
and Joe and Jane McKenna, a slap- 
ping pair of hoydens, for a bur- 
lesque iEidaglb finish, Botli acts went 
over nicely, ancient costuming help- 
ing in the latter. About 60 on for 
the finale Jn a full -stage parlor set, 
very barocque. in plush and, glit, 
conriplete with mirrors and nude 

Finish, in swift tempo, shows the 
various dances of : the era aind cli- 
maxes with five or six square dances 
in setis complete with calls and 
handclaps: to music. Gay nineties 
costuming helps. Stage bill ruris 38 
minutes. 

Jacjtt Arthur conducts seyeiv-min- 
lite overture based oh melodies 
about trees. Comedy and news-reel 
fill. Feature is 'Miss Pane's iBaby' 
(Par.). MeStay. 

CENTURY, BALtO 

Baltimore, Feb, 
Lionel Barry more (New. Acts) la 
on bright pennant flying topgallant 
on the Century's marquee tills week', 
arid it's palpably up to him to re- 
volve the wicket. On the screen his 
'This Side of Heaven' (.Metro) is. 
flickering and no other cognomen- 
of appreciable b.o. potency is em- 
braced in. the four supporting a.c.ts. 

Barrymore is presented in a 17^ 
minute thlrd^act climactic bit from 
his old legit success?, 'The Copper- 
head.' Preluded by a gracious and 
a))t scriedn trailer— alheit a bit lonei 
(seven mins.), the sketch is pt'acti- 
caily a monolog delivered by Barry- 
moro; In support are Valerie Ber- 
gfrc,. Joan Miller, Kdwin Holland, 
itobert Garry and \A arren Parker. 

Biurymore'y appearance is mid- 
Tvay, and so dominaltes the bill. Two 
act!3 spotted to follow find it dlfllcult 
to garner attention. Furthermore, 
they're a pair of n.s.h comedy me- 

Si Wells aria .loan Davis in fourth 
block; a cx)mlc hodge-podge, dull at 
start and fails to pick Up enough. 
Man strums u guitar and cross-fires 
with f em mo. who in turn pipes a 
meaningless song, and at close 
romps through acrobatic hooCery: 
Four or five gag.s employed too blue 
and not funny. „ ■,. ^ 

Closer, weak d:in< f fiaeh, Dodge 
Bros, revue. ■ Three boys, using 
knockout hoof routine over-similar 
to Slate Bros. An unbilled girl m- 
eifective with coon sliouting bit and 
another femme unimpressive with 
some tobtsie-kicking acrobatics. 

Opener, Gautier's Animated Tx>y 
Shop, quartet of Shetland ponies 
and five pooches run through one of 
the niftiest turns of type extant. In 
the deuce, in 'one,' Kay Hnnukon, 
keen looker, smartly groomed, un- 
corking a largfr pack of- salesnian- 
ship in whamming over her four 
songs. Should stick exclusively to 
torchy, lowdown tunes, as evidenced 
by manner audience applauded her 
first chant and the socko get-away, 
'You're Gonna Lose Tour Gal. 

Program further comprised news 
clips and cartoon and Geo. Wild'6 
pit overture. 

PARAMOUNT, L. A. 



lamped the imitators who ha,ve been 
working rather crudely* the mob 
was a bit surprised that Miss Band 
wears >mor6 body adornments than 
her imitators. 

Fanchon &. Marco extended itself 
to build a supporting show around 
Miss Rand, going to lengths with 
settings, talent and flash. Aside 
from several particularly effective 
routines by the line gals, the bill 
offered Violet, Ray and Norman, 
trio of hand-to-hand balancers; Joe 
Browning, with a, partially hew ver- 
sion of his reformer act, and an- 
other holdover of . Joaquin Qarat, 
tenor, who appears tp be establish- 
ing himself at the downtown acer. 

House band his been relegated to 
the pit for tlie wie^k, with the Open- 
ing depicting, the interior of a beau- 
ty shop, in keeping with tlie current 
screen feature, 'Seiarch for Beauty' 
(Par). Following .a brief danoinK 
introduction girls make a quick, on- 
stage . change and go into a liot 
fhythni routine, then switch into ti 
sort o* radium effect of red aiid 
white that was very weU done.. 

(3arat warbles a ' semi-bJillad be . 
fore the .stage mike, and at the 
opening show registered a solid hit- 
stopping the show until he favored 
.with an encore. 

(••iris on for an Eastier Parade rou- 
tine, massed as flowers and then 
unfolding for a great flash. Gavnt 
wai-bled the lyrics. Edjca. 



Chi Distributors Plan Co-op 

Rental Basis Poster Exchange 



Chicago, Feb. 5. 

Loijal distribxitors are mulling a 
c6-on.orative, pos.ter exchange, Plan.« 
are to include the .eight major dis- 
tributors With poster prices on 
rental to meet or better, the rates 
by thei priesent outlaw o-'^*! indie 
poster eitchanges. 

Distributors about 
the continued poster 



ACADEMVii N. Y. 




ROX Y 

NEW YORK 

INDEFINITELY 



RUB E 
W O L F 



Los Angeles, Feb. 1. 

PariELmount has new lease on life 
again this week through having 
Siilly Rand top its stage show bal- 
ancing off the screen feature 
'Search for Beauty" (Par). 

Miss Rand figured above the pic 
ture for draw, and . more than 
proved that opening day with 
standout trade at first afternoon 
sho^. Town was figured as off this 
type of entertainment, due to the 
many phony fan exponents that 
have been tossed at them here In 
cafes, theatres and most any spot 
where the curious gather for enter 
tainment. 

With house having biggest open 
ing day in months at iflitlal show 
reception for the, fanner was extra 
big. Sally proved to them it was 
warranted with giving them by .far 
the most daring fan dance that has 
been seen in these parts. Having 




This Week (Feb. 2) 

RQXY, NEW YORK 

ENNY ROSS 

"A YAWN A SECOND" 

MAXINE STONE 



One of . the last two acts on this 
show could have, been eliminated 
and not missed. In fact, setting both 
on the .sanie bill sloughed the ^how'." 
eritertairiment strength and scraiii- 
blfed the: layout's chance for at least 
orthodox Ijalanclng. , 
' Not fi b; o. draw in the five ^\^^\f^. 
probably figuring 'Flying Down to 
kio' (Radio) has suiBcient pow( r to 
attract business, regardless of 
what's on. the stage. Biz w.'is a 
three-quarters opening night. 

Besides the similarity of the spe- 
cialties with Larry Rich, next . to 
closing; and Russian Revels, the 
■finale mu.sical flash, three acts in 
succession overworked the mike io 
the extent that it became tiresonir- 
And but one of them, Sid Gary, lou 
clailn to a radio rep. 

A strong laugh here and there in 
the show might have given it. some 
face, but that was also missing. 
Coniedy depended on Jackson and 
Gardner, in the deuce, and Larry 
Rio , and both acts missed most of 
the -w&y with this audience. 

Team's low efforts were even 
lower in reception. Whatever re-, 
sponse they got. was due the Amaz- 
onian Ijlond assist, who indulged in 
a; bit of thigh-grinding, Bomethini; 
the 14th. streeters relish, and fali i 
singing. This team' was the first t<> 
u.se mike, but it was not juiced 
Their closing dahce, . with one »>i 
them costumed as Salome and tlie 
other as' John the Baptist, meant 
and looked like very little, indeed. 
Their idea of a big laugh is for Sa- 
lome's, bust to slip down. 

Arthur Petley'a excellent trampo- 
line turn, in the opening spot, Sid 
Gary in the middle and Cbl. FOdor 
Maybohm's 'Russian Revels' were 
the show's highlights, with Gary 
grabbing the major response. Tho 
latter has a sweet liarltone voice 
and handles it well, especially in hi.« 
impitissions of radio and stage per- 
sonalities. He goes from the power 
of Lawrence Tibbett to the higli 
t^iior of Morton Downey, and maket; 
them believe it. He, at least, needed 
the mike. Larry Rich found it tough 
following him with a lot of stale 
gags, a fair dance team and Duff 
Taylor, pleaisant, drawlinjg har- 
monica and xylophone artist. 

Maybohm's toe , dancer repeated 
on Rich's specialist even to one of 
her costumes. Musically okay, 
'Revels' also looks good In its Rus.s: 
setting and costuming. Has a nov- 
elty standout with gilded femmo 
contortionist, introduced as a Chi- 
nese import. Too bad this turn was 
placed in a spot where it was repe- 
titious of what had gone before, for 
it ordinarily should be a strong 
closer for most any bill. 

Fox News along with 'Rib' on the 
scrieeh. 



Henigson Starts 'Rich' 
For U; luddy Directii^ 

iFIollywood, Feb. 
Henry Henigson put into pro- 
duction Utst week at Uiiiversal. If 
r . Were Mch", scripted and pre- 
viously written as a stager by 
William Anthony McGuire. 

Cast Includes William Gargaia, 
borrowed from RKO, Lew AyreS, 
ilelen Mack, Nydle Westman, Berr 
ton Chiirchiii, Robert. McWade, 
iiedda H«jpper and Addison 
Ttichard.s. Edward Luddy, directs. 



revenue, all exchanges running Into 
tlie red on poster departnients. AH. 
have tried various. idea,s In the past 
to keep their poster departments 
going pr6fltably but haven't been 
able to prove to the exhlbs that 
buying postei's is .cheaper than 
rertting them. 

UniveriSal two years ago tried ■ to 
organize its own rental service on 
posters giving exhlbs rebate? on 
returned posters and photos. But 
didn't last because exhlbs were 
getting 100% service on all dis- 
tributors at the indie ext;hanges* 

With the establlshmeh': pif a 
operativie poster exchange the dis- 
Iribs here figure to save between 
$200 aiid $400 weekly each. . 



'Clever^ for Radio 

lipllywood, Feb. 
Radio hjis bought screen rights to 
•And tct Who Will be Clever', play 
by Alden Nash. Ray Harris has 
been set to write the treatment. 

Play went Into the Holly towr 
theatre Friday (3). 




BEN BLUE 



WARNEB BBOS. COMKDJBflf 
Olr. JOK RIVKIN 
LEO MdBRIBON. Aiseacy 





WHAT THE CRITICS 



SAY/ 



ATLANTA CONSTITUTION 
Jan, 28, '34 

"With Fanchon & Marco 
providing one of the moat 
pleasing stage shows, the 
Ilialto this week la presenting 
its first program under the 
new combination stage- scireen 
policy. The entire program 
was' greeted with enthusiastic 
acclaim by the large audience 
which filled the theatre." 



ATLANTA AMERICAN 
. 28, '34 

"Sparkling songs and rhyth 
rhic dance steps intermingled 
with big time vaude act 
heralded the xeturn Saturday 
of a Fahchpn & Marco stagt 
unit in Atlanta when the wer. 
trained troupers proved at the 
Rlalto theatre that the namf 
Fanchon & lHarCo stands foi 
good entertainment value." 



DeMille Wantsi to Borrow 
Warren WiUiam for *Cleo* 

Cecil B.; De Mllle wants ;to l>orrov 
Warren WliUam from Warners fot . 
the role of Julius Caesar in 'Cle^: I 
patra'. 

. v^fter having had William on . 
Ipari to Sam Goldwyn fpr a Iouk ' 
spell, WB decided to takiB him b.ifl , 



MANAGERS, ATTENTION ! 

GRACIE BARBIE 

(Recently of "Strike Me Rink") 

This Week (Feb. 2), LOEWS PARADISE 

N«\v K^^^^sIVIor.Y uy iikrmav ih-.unm. 

(Krlll Itiiildiiie). York 



101!) ItroiKltvay 



Par Shelves 'Greek* 

Hollywood, Feb. 
Paranipiint has put back lie. 
Charles R. Rogers' production cit 
'Nick the Greek' for veiiil 
months. 

^ .Dejay^caaiBed by_ George R.a|t^ jn-_ 
tended for 'Nic5k,'niQrng. rntd~.tKf 
Mae West 'It Ain't No Sin.' 



CARBHIO'S^EBSONAL 

Los Angeles, Feb. B. 
Leo Carrlllo . goes to the Para- 
mount here Thursday (8) for a 
week of T^'i'MOiia.! I^P MoriisoB 
ag«'ni*»d.. 



ATL7KNTA JOURNAL 
Jan. 28, 1934 

"Fanchon & Marco stage productions returned Saturday to 
Atlanta with the Rlalto as their new headquarters. Their first 
offering Is a lively entcsrlainment with three feature acts, a line 
of 12 sprightly, dancers and Rudy Brown's celebrated orchestra. 
A local product. Fast, gay and cplorfully . presented, this pro- 
duction proved welcome addition to the prograni." 




b. 



1 560 Broadway New York City 

A Subtidiary pf 

FANCHON & MARCO, Inc. 



VARIETY 




FOX, Philadelphia. Far above anything 
else this season. Built after ttetnendous 
opening, despite stonn. HELD FOR 
SECOND WEEK, 

HIPPODROME, CleYClai^d. Blizzard 
failed to stop it after biggest opening in 
theatre V history. S.jR.O. all week. HELD 
FOR SECOND WEEK. 

CAROLINA, Charlotte. Capacity business 
at increased admission. Switched to the 
STATE also at increased scale for first- 
run-HOLDOVER. 

KEITH, Dayton. Sensational week beats 
"Paddy" fiigures for this town. Tremen- 
dous crowds as opposition wilts. 



NEW, Baltimore. Now in its SECOND 
PHENOKiENAL WEEK. Greater than 
"Paddy'Vand "State Fair.*' Managei^ now 
planning THIRD WEEK HOLIiOVER* 

UPTOMN, Kansas City. Complete sell-out 
at midnight preview. Opening day capac- 
ity throughout. More than twice ^Taddy" 
business. Beat "State Fair.** 

STATE and CAPITOL, Richmond. First- 

run, day and date opening terrific success. 
Set new records at the Capitol^ beating 
^Taddy'* and HELD FOR SECOND 
WEEK. 



Tuesday, February 6, 1934 



PICTIiKES 



VARIETY 



27 







Harold Auten °"?gio B'w«y, n. 



Mirage* de Ptrit (French). AdventureB of a girl who wants, to be a star In 
Paris. Jacquelln Francell, Roger ThevUle. Dir. Fedor Ozep. 82. ihlns, 
Bel. Dec. 23. Rev. Jan. 9. 

I*ell d« Garotte (iRe(i Head) (French). A s'toi-y of adolescence. . Robert Liynen. 
Dir. Julien puvivier. 96 nilns. Rel. Sept, 1. ReV. Dec. 20 and May SO. 

Savaoe Qold. ComoianderiDyott'B thrilling adventures with savage htinters. 
Comint Dyott Dir. Commander George Dyott. 67. mlna. Rev, Aug. - S. 



Chesterfield 



Qflleea: 1640 8 road Way*. 

New York. N. V. 

Oanea. Qlrl, Dance. Musical, drama. Alan Dinehart. Bvalyh Knapp, Ada May. 

Dir. Frank Strayer. 69 mins. Rel. S.ept. 1. Rev. Got, 3X. 
In the Money. A prize fighter and his afCalra' with women. L6la Wilson. 

SIceets Gallagher, Warren; Hymer. Dir. Frank Strayer. '66 mlns. Rel. 

Nov. 7. Rev. Jan, 9. 
'Man of Sentiment. How an old man holds a family together. Marian Marsh, 

Owen Moore, Wm. Bakewell. Christian Rub. Dir. Rich. Thorpe. ,67 mine. 

Rel. Sept 16. Rev. Nov. 14. 
Murder on the Campus. Mystery with a college background. Shirley Grey,; 

Charles Starrett and jr. Farrel McDonald. 
Rainbow Over Broadway. Musical romance. Grace Hayes, Joan Marsh, Lucien 

Lilttlefleld. Dir. .Richard Thorpe. 72 nilns. JRoi. bee. 2S, Rev. Dec. 27. 

Firtt Division jSSS^SS^V. 

Allied, Cheaterfleld ' and Mbnograni 

Avertger, The. A. district attorney seeks revenge on the gang which .'framed* 
him . to twenty years in prison. Ralpb Forbes. Adriehne Ames, Claude 
Gillingwater. Dir. Edward Mai-ln. 7ff mlns, RtJ. Sept. 15. r 
roken breams. A father's devotion to his young' son, Randolph Scott, 
Martha Sleeper.. Beryl. Mercer. Buster Phelps. Dir. Robert Vigriola. 68 
mlns. Rel. Dec. 1; 

By Appomtment Only. A physician couldn't make up his niind. which of two 
Women he loved the most. LeW Cody, Sally O'Neill, Marceline Day. 
Dir. Frank Strayer. 66 mlns. Rel. NOv. 1, 

■Dance; GirJ, Dance. Musical of backstage life. A small'tiine vaudevi|lian 
becomes a night club star. Evalyn Knapp, Gloria: Shea; Alan Dinehart. 
Eddie Nugent; Ada May, Mae Busch. Dir.. Frank" Strayer. 69 mlns. 
Rel. Nov. 15. . 

Devil's Mate. A. condemned man, on the verge of execution, is. mysteriously 
murdered. Peggy Shannon, Priestoh Foster. Dir. PhD Rbsert. 66 miris; 
Rel. Sept. 1. ■ 

'Em Alive. Jungle super thriller. Ins. Rel. Feb. 1. 

itive, The. Secret service agents on the trail of ' a halt-milMon dollar mall 
robbery. Rex Bell. Cecilia Parker. Dir. Harry Fraser. 68 mlns. Rel. 
Sept. 'IB... .. .. , 

Froiicli production of a de Maupassant story. Dubbed in English. A 
villa&e paragon who lost his virtue. 55 mlns. Rel. Dec. 26. R«v." 
Jan. 9. 

He Coulipln't Take It. . Inside story of a proceaa server who makes good with 
his summonses and gets his man. Ray Walker, Virginia Cherrlll, Georjse 
E.. Stone. Dir. Wm. Nigh. 64 mlns. Rel. Jan. 1. 

.1 Have Lived. A Broadway stage star is faced with blackmailers on the eve 
Of , marriage to .wealth and love. Anita Page, Allen Vincent, Alan Dine- 
hart. Ir. R. Thorpe. 69 mlna. Rel. Oct 1. 

In the Money. A goofy family, suddenly broke, pin their hopes on a Shake- 
speareanritilnded prize fighting champ. Skeets Gallagher, Lois Wilson, 
Warren Hymer, Sally-Starr. Dir. Frank Strayer. . 67 mlns. Rel. Jan. 15. 

Man of Sentiment. Playboy ' son marries a poor girl against his wealthy 
family's wishes. Marian Marsh. William Bakewell, Owen MoOre. Dir. 
Rlccard Thoipe 68 mlns. Rel/ Nov. 1. ' 

Notorious But Nice. Driven from the man she loves, a girl finds solace In. a 
loveless marriage with the king of the underworld. Marian Marshy 
Betty Cohipson, Donald Dillaway, Rochelle Hudson. Dir. Richard Thorpe: 
7« mlns. Rel. Oct. 16. 

One Year Later. A young couple start tbeir honeymoon on a train, end the 
following year finds them: on the train under different circumstances. 
Mary Brian, Donald Dillaway, Russell Hopton, Will and Gladys Ahem, 
Jackie Sean. Dir. B. Mason ^ Hopper. 66 'mlns. Rel. Aug. 26. Rev. 
Nov, 21. 

Mantom Brotidcast. A radio crooner attains phoney fame when his aecom- 
panist secretly does bis singing for him. Ralph Forbes .Vivlenne Os- 
, borne.. Pauline Garon. Dir. Phil Rosen. 71 mlna. Rel. Aug. 1. 

Rainbow Over Broadway.. Musical romance of an ex-muslca:i comedy star of 
twenty years before who makes a sensational, overnight comeback in 
a Broadway night club. Joan Marsh, Grace Hayes, Frank Albertsbn. 
LuClen LIttlefleld. Dir. Richard Thorpe. 72 mlns. Rel. Jan. 15. 

Senaatlon Hunters. A college girl finds herself istranded in . Panama. Arllne 

Judge, Marlon Burns. Preston Foster. Dir. Charles Vldor. ReL.Sept 16. 

Ixteen Fathoms Deep. Sponge diver thriller. Sally O'Neill; Creighton Cha- 
ney. Dir. Armand Schaefer. 60 mlhs. Rel. Nov.. 17. 

Skyways. Adventures of a hot»temp6red aviation pilot who seta Into one 
scrape after another. Ray Walker. Kathryn Crawford, Luden Little- 
field. Dir. Lew Collins. 72 mlns. Rel. Sept IS. 

Sweetheart of Sigma Chi. College musical comedy romance. Based on the 
famous campus fraternity song. Buster Crabbe. Mary Carlisle, Sally 
Starr, Florence Lake. Ted Flo Rito and band. Dir. Edwin L. Marin. 73 
mlns. Rel. Dec. 15. 

Throne of the Godf... ^Travel in the Himalayas. 65 mlns. Rev. Dec. 27. 



Burbank. 

Calif. 



First National "^NYw^Jkf^ri'. 



Bedside. Comedy-drama of a women's doctor. Warren William, Jean Muir, 
Allen Jenkins. Dir. Robert Florey. 65- mlns. Rel'. Jan. 27. 

Big Shakedown, This. Dramatic expose of the cut-rate drug racket. Betfe 
Davis, Charles . Farrell, Uicardo Cortez. Dir. John Francis Dillon. 64 
mlns. Rel. Jan. 6.. 

Bureau of Missing. Persons. Comedy-drama based on the actlvitlea . of this 

little known department. Bette Davis, Lewis Stone, Pat O'Brien, Allen 
Jenkins, Hugh. Herbert Dir. Roy del Ruth. 74 mlns. Rel. Sept 16. 

Rev Sept. 18. 

Cohventlon Clfy; The. Ifllarlous lowdown on big business conventions. Adolphe 
Menjou. Dick Powell, Mary Astor, Guy Klbbee.. Dir. Archie Mayo.. 69 
mlns. Rel. Dec. 30. Rev. Dec - 27; 

Fashions of 1934. Story of a style stealer, set against a lavish background; 
Wni. i'owell, Bette Davis,. Verree Te.asdale. Dir. Wm. Dlet6rle. 80 rillris. 
Rel.. Feb. 17. Rev. JaLii, 23. 
Female. A drama of a woman who does her own .hunting. Ruth Chatter^ 
ton, Georze Brent, Ruth Donnelly. Laura Hope Crews. Dir. Michael 
Curtl2. 6.2 mlns. Rel. Nov.' 11. .Rev. Nov. 7. 
Qoodbye Aigain. From the play. Comedy of a famous author who' meets up 
with ah old flame who is married. Warren Williams, Joan Blondell, 
Genevieve Toblh. Hugh Herbert Dir. Michael Curtiz. 66 mini. Rel. 
Sept 9 Kev. Sept. 6. 
Havana Widows. Two girls in Havana searching for suckers, Joaii' Blondell, 
Glenda Farrell, Guy Kibbee, Ruth Donnelly, Frank . McHugh and Allen 
Jenkins. Dir. Ray EnrI ht, 64 mlns. Rel, Nov. 18; Rey. Nov. 28. 
I Loved a Woman. Based on novel by David Karshir. Story Of the affaire 
of an Ifidustrlal leader and ah operatic star. Edward G. Roblhson, 
Kay Francis; Genevieve Tobln; Dir. Alfred. E. Green. 90 iria Rel. 
Sept 23. Rev, Sept 26, 
Massacre. Drama of the modern Indian and his conflicts with the wh|te men.. 
Rlch.ard Bartlvelmess, Ann Dvorak. Dir. Allen Crosland. 70 mlns. Re). 
Jan. 13. Rev. Jan.-23. 
Son of a Sailor. Comedy of a sailor who gets Into a funny situation because 
of his hanlt of telling romantic stories about himself. Joe E. Brown, 
Jean.Muir, Frank McHugh. Johnny Mack Brown and Thelma Todd. 
Dir. LloyJ Bacoh; 70 mlns. Rel. Dee. 23. Rev. Dec. 5. 
Wild Boys of the Road. Drama of the -orphana of the depression.' "Frankje 
Darro. Dorothy Codnan, Hochelle Huflson, Ann Hovey. Dir. William A 
^^Wcllma:n.^6---min3 .:--Hel.-.:S eDt._30._Itev._Sept. 26. 



World Changes, The. An epic drama of a famfly flTrougH-rfSTirrgeTTeratlqnsr 
Tau; .Muni. Aline MacMahon, Mary Astor. Donald Cook, Margaret Lind- 
say. .Jeari Miilr, ratrlcla Ellis. Dir. ervyn LeRoy, 96 mlns. Rel- 
Nov. 26. Rev. Oct. n. 

: 444. West 66th St.^ 
New York. N Y. 



Fox 



: Fox Hills, 
Hollywood. Cal. 

As Husbands Go. 'When Lnrllos Moot' with tlit- soxo.s rcvcr.setl. Wariier I3ux- 
tfr. Ilclvii VinHon. Wjirncr Oland. D'ir. lin ilton MoFadden. 65 mln.s. 
Rel. I)fi>. \>(k Kc-.v. ,7an. 30, 

Berkeley Square From the filaRe play ol the same title, Turn back the 
y(•^lt^^ ivtic of pliiv. I.,islle Ilow.'ird. FJf-athor AnftM. Dir. Frank Lloyd 
87 mint., uoadsliow time;. Kel." Nov, 3. itev, Sept 19. 



Theaei tabMlationa are compiled 
from inforination pupplied by the 
yarioua.. produetioh. eonipaniea arid 
checked lip aa aoQii aa poaaiblei after, 
release. Listing ia given When rei-. 
lease dates are definitely aetr Titlea 
are re|tained for aix montha. Man- 
agera: Who repeive service subse- 
quent to that period ^hoiild pre- 
serve a of : the . calendar for 
reference. 

The running aa given here 
ia presumably that of the prcjectidn 
room showings and Can only approx- 
imate the actual releaae length in 
those states or communitiea where 
local or state cenaorahip may result 
in deletiona. Runiiing time in. the 
reviews aa given in 'Variety' carry 
the actual time Clocked in the the-, 
atre after passage by the New York 
state censorship; inee. jpictures are 
reviewed only ' actual theaitre 
showings. 

While every effort is made to hold 
thia list accurate,, the information 
supplied may not alwaya' be correct^ 
even though official. To obtain the 
fullest degree of exacting 'Variety' 
will appreciate the co-ope>atiort of 
all mainagera who ihay .note. disorCp- 
anc'i 



Studio Ilateinen!$ 



Hollywood, Feb. 6. 

Charles Butterworth, 'Bull Dog 
Drummond Strikes Backi' ZOth Cenf 
. Williantx Wyler^ directing, George 
O'Neill, adapting, 'Sutter's Gold.' U: 

Marion GeriiiET directs Mary Bo- 
land and . Lanny. 'Her Master's 
Voice,' SchulberET.-Par. . 

Alan Hale; George Stone, 'Gentlia- 
man from San Franc isco. ' WB. 

King's Men from KFWB/ 'We're 
Not pressing,' Par. 

Nora Cecil, Florence Bnright, Hal 
Craig, Del Henderson, 'You're Tell- 
ing Me,' Par. 

Una O'Cohnpr, Henry Stephenson, 
'Stihgaree,' Radio, 
. Edmund Breese, Roerer "Gray 
'Come on Marines,' Par. 

Joseph Sauers, A. S. Bsrron /Man 
Who Broke His Heart,' Par. 
. Louise Carter, Kathleen Howard, 
Frederic Sullivan William Rbbyns, 
'You're Telling Me' Par. 

Florence Dudley, 'Showraanghlp,' 
Col. 

Miguel deZarraga, scripting un- 
titled Spanisher, Fox. 

John Rutherford, ,' 
Century. 

Henry B. Wathall, ,' 
MG. . 

Joan Wheeler, 'The Key,' WB. 

Andy Deylne, 'Stihgaree,' Rk;o. 

Rog.er Cluett, 'Stihgaree,' Radio. 

Samtiel Hines, Douglsls Dum- 
briUe, 'Operator 18,' Metro. 

Mary Bblahd, 'Stingaree,' Radio. 

Sterling Holloway, 'Show Ott; 
Metro. 

Eddie Borden, Elite Foy^ Jr.. 
shoirt,' Roach. 

Clara Blandick, Claude Gilllng- 
water, 'Show Off,' MG. 

Florence Dickson, "Three On a 
Honeymobri,' Fox. 

Jo^ Cunnlnghain and Harry Mc 
Coy, scripting horse race comedy, 
Sol Wurtzel unit. Vox. 

Victor Schertzlnger, directs un 
titled operatic yam for Grace 
•Moore, Col. 

Allen Jenkins, 'Whirlpool,' CoL 

Robert Sherwood, scripting 
'Marie Antoinette,' MG. 

Elmer Harris, adapting 'Heir Mas- 
'ter's Voice 'Bar. 

Sally Eil'ers, 'Stin Shines Bright,' 
Fox.. 

Sidney Fox, lead Joe May mu- 
sical, Gol. ] 

Ida Lupino, Iea4 'Whipping,' ,A1 
Lewis -Pan 

iSarry Wilcoxon, Claudette Coir 
bert, Tay Garnett directing, .Honor 
Bright,' Par. 

Lupe Velez, Marian Nixon, - Wil- 
liam Gargan, Four Mills Bros. 
'Strictly Dynamite,' Radio. 
. . Edward ' G; Robinson, 'Dark 
Tower;' WBi 

Vlrgina van Up scripting 'Lovers 
in .Quarantine,' Par. 
- Harry Green, 'Gold Rush of 1934, ■ 
Fox.. 

Almeda Fowler, Sarah Padden, 
'All Men Are Enemies,' Fox. 

Lucien Littlefleld, Llla, Lee, 'Fox 
Follies,'; Fox. 

Pat Collins,. 'Crime Doctor,' RKO. 

Ruth Channing, 'CatspaW,' Har- 
old Lloydi 

Mort Dixon and. AUle Wrubel, 
aphgwrlting, Warners,. 

Dan Milner editing 'Are We Clv- 
ilizedi* Col. 

Frank . Craven, Sally Blane and 
Roy Walker, 'City Limits,' Mono. 

Joan Wheeler. Virginia Sale. 

Leojiard__Ca rey, 'Hit' Me Again,' 

G e 'o r g e 'Stingaree,' 
KKO. ' . 



EKO'S 'DOVER EOAD' 

RKO has- taken A. Milne's 
Dover Road'. 

It's for cllve Brook in place of 
'I-'amlly Man', which was scheduled 
for him. 



Carolina. From Paul Green's stage 'play of . last season. Janet Gaynor, Lionel 
Barrymore, Robt.. Young. Henrietta Crosman. Dir. Henry King. 82 
mins. Rel. Feb. 2, 

Charlie Chan'a Greateat Caaa. . Another adventure of . the Chinese aleutb. 
Warner Oland. Heather Angel. Dir. Hamilton MacFadden. Rel. Sept. 16. 
. Rev. Oct, 10. 

Coining Out I^ai'ty. Original done by .the Lasky unit. Frances Dee, 
Raymond, Alison. SKlpworth. Dir. John BIystone. Rel, Mar. 2. 

Devil Tiger. .. .Wild animal yarn made ' in Asia. Marion Biirhs, Kane Rich- 
mond, Harry Woods and natives. Dir. Clyde E. Elliott. 6Q mlns. Rel. 
Feb, 16.- 

Doctor Bull. From the. novel; 'The Last Adam.' Will Rogera, Loulae Dreaser. 
pir.-John Ford. 76 mlns. Rial. Sept. 22. Rev. QcL 10.. 

Good Compainlona, The.. (British made.) FroM the Priestly hovel of an Eng- 
lish concert troupe. Jessie Matthews. Dir. Victor Savllle. Rel. Sept. 8. 
Rev. Oct. 17. 

Hair to the Hoorah. From, an old Stage hit -by the late Paul Armstrong.. 

George. O'Brien, Mary Brian. Dir. Geo. Marshall. 72 mlns... Rel. Feb. 9. 
Hold- That Girl. Original story; James Dunn, Claire Trevor. Dir. Hamilton 

.. MacFadden. 66 mlhs. Rel. Feb. 16. " 
koopla; Talker version of The' Barker,' stage play niade as a silent. Clara 
Bow, Preston Foster. .Rich. Cromwell. Dir. Frank Lloyd. 86 mlns. 
• ■ Rel. Nov. 30. Rev. Dec^ 6. 

i Am Suzanna. Novelty story with, puppet sequences. Lilian Harvey, 
Raymond, Plccoli Marionettes, Yale Puppeteers. Dir. R. V. Lee. 
mlns. Rel.. Dee. 22. Riev. Jan, 

I Believed In You. Original i^tory. Rosemalry Ames, - 

Dir. Irving Curnmings. Rel. Feb: 23. 
I Waa a Spy. < British) • Based oil tlie. story by Marthe MaoKenna. 

Marsball, Madalelne Carroll, Conrad Veidt. Dir. Victor Saville; 

ReL Dec. IB, Rey. Jan. 16. 

Jlmniy and Sally. James Dunn, Claire 
Rev. Dec. 19. 

Last .Trail, The. Zahe Gray story. . O'Brien, El Brendel. CI Ire Trevor. 

• Dir, James Tlnllng. 60 mlhs. . . Aug, 26. Rev. Jan, 23, 
Mad Game/The^ iSpencer "Tracy.. Gia|re Trevor. Dir. Ifvlng Curnmings. 

mlhs. Rel. OcL 27. Rey. Nov.. 14; ^ 
Mr. SkUch. From, the story Green Dice/ Will Rogers, ZasU Pitts, Rochelle 

Hudson, Harry Green, Eugene Pallette. Dii;. Jaa, Cruise. Rei. Dec. 29. 

Rev. Dec. 27, 

My. Lips Betray. Lllia;n Harvey's second D. S. release, but the first 
From the play by John BaldersOn. Lilian Harvey, John Boles, El 
.del. , Dir; John BIystone. 70 mlna, Rel. Nov. 10. R.ev. Nov. 7. 

My Weaknesa. Musical. LlUan Harvey, Lew Ayres. Dir. David Butler. 74 
mlns. Rel. Sepu. 29. Rey. Sept. 26. • 

Olsen'a Night but. . EI Brendel's first feature. Barbara . Weeks, Walter Cat- 
lett. Dir.. Mai. St; Glair. 70 m.lns. Rel. Nov. 17. Rev. Jan. 9. 

Paddy the Next Beat Thing. From the stage play. Janet Gaynor. Warner 
. Baxter. Dir. Harry Lachman. 86 m|n3. ReL Sept 8. Rev, Aug. 22. 

Pilgrimage. Mother love frbtn a hew angle. From . the 1. A; R. Wiley story. 

Henrietta Crossroan. Heather Angel, Norman Foster, Marian Nixon. 

Dir. John. Ford, 9B. mlns. Rel. Aug. 18. Rev; July 18. 
Power and the Glory, The. Jesse Lasky's 'harratage* stOry^A naan a career 

In flashbacks. Spencer Tracy. Colleen Moore. Dir. Wm. K. Howard. 

87 minsJ ReL Oct 

Shanghai Madnesa.' Uagazihe story by F. - H. Brenhaii. River plratea on a 
■ Chinese stream. Spencer Tracy. Fay Wray. Dir. John BIystone. 61 
mlns. Rel. Aug. 4. Rev.- Sept 26, 

Sleapera East. From the novel by Fredk, Nebel; Wynne Gibson. 
Foster. Dir. Kenneth MacKennav. 69 mins. Rel. Jan. 26. 

Smoky. From the. novel by Will James. Victor Jory. Irene Bentley, Francia 
"Ford. Dir. Eugene Forde.. 66 mins. Rel. Dec. 8. Rev. Jan. 9. 

Walla of Gold. From Kathleen Norris' novel. Sally Eilers, Norman Foster; 
Dir. Kenneth MacKenna. Rel. Oct 13- 

Worat Woman In Paria, The. Laaky production for Fox. Title la explana- 
tory. Benlta Hume, Adolphe Menjou. Helen Chandler. Dir. Monta BelL 
76 mlns. Rel. Oct 20. Rev; Nov. .28. 



Frieul^r Asiociatet 



OfDca: R.K.b. Bldg.^ 
New York. N. V. 

Klaa of Araby. Original, Sahara story of rBitlsb army and Riflf, with love 
interest. Maria Alba, Walter Byron, Claire Windsor. Dir. Phil Rosen. 
Rel. April 21. 

Love Past Thirty. >A woman's struggle against the lure of youth for the man 
she loved! Alleen Prlngle. Theodor von Bltz, Gertrude Messlnger, Phyl- 
lis Barry. Dir. Vih Moore. 73 mlns. Rel. Jart, 27. 

iylarrlage on Approval. Novel. The conflict: between the old' generation and 
the new in the realm of loVe and matrimony. Barbara Kent, Donald 
Dillaway, Dir.. Howard Hlggin. Rel. Nov. 20. 

War of the Ranga. Tom Tyler western. Dir. J. P. McQowan. 60 mlna. ReL 
' Sept; 22. Rev. Dec. 12. 

When a Man Ridea Alone. (Monarch.) Tom Tyler does a modem Robin Hood 
with a gold mine. Dir; J. P. McGowan, 66 mins. Rey. Dec 27. 

Gaumont-British o^''^' ^.t jgnj st.,^ 

(BRITISH MADE) 

Channel Crossing. Drama; Matheson i4ing, Constance Curnmings^ Ir. MIN 

ton Rossmer. 68 mins. Rev. Oct 31. 
Falling for Yoii^ Comedy drama. Jack Hulbert Cicely Courtneldge. 

Jack Hulbert. 71 mlns. Rev. Aug. 4. 
Qhoul, The. Thriller. Boris Karlolt. Dir. T. H. Hunter. 78 mlhs. Rel. 

Jan. 1, Rev.. Jan, 30. 
Orders la Orders, Comedy of American making film In British army, James 

Gleason, Charlotte Greenwood. Dir. Walter Forde, 70 mins. Rev. Aug, 18. 



MfiiM»i^ OAlc'^^ RKO BIdg.. Radio City, 
majeSllC New York City 



Charming Deceiver, The. (British made.) Romantic drama of Cinderella type. 
Constance Cummings and Frank Lawton. Dir. Monty Banks. Rel. 
Dec. 8. 

Curtain at Eight. Story of a murder mystery t>y Octavua Roy Cohen. C. Au- 
brey Smith, Dorothy Mackaili. Paul CaVanagh. Dir. B, MasOn Hopper. 
72 mlns;~ Rel. Oct, .1. 

Divorce Bed, The. Divorce rialcket exposed, Johii M|13an.. 

Dir. Hobart Henley, Rel. Jan, 16. 

Morning After, The. A merry mix-up of international spy systems. 
Lyon and Sally Eilers, Dir. Allan Dwan. Rel, Jan, 1, 

Sing, Sinner, Sing. Torch singer marries a millionaire, Paul . Leila. 
Hyams. Dir. Howard Christy, 74 mlhs. Rei. Aug, 1, 

Sin of Nora Moran, The. Woman Is framed to shield the higher-ups. Zlta 
Johann, Alan Dinehart Patil Cavanagh. John MUJan. Dir. Phil . Gold- 
stone. Rel. Dec, t2i Rev, DeC. 19, 

Vou Made Me Leva You, (British made). Farce comedy of the taming of 
a spitfire wife. Thelma Todd and Stanley LupinO. Dir. Monty Banks. 
Rel. Nov.' 24. ' 



Studloa: 



Ma^va c**' 1^ Broadway. 

jyietrO New York. N. V. 

Beauty for Sale. Faltb Baldwin.'s 'Beauty.' Otto Kruger, Madge Evans, Una 
Merkel, Alice Brady. ir. Rich. Boleslavsky. 86 mlns. Rev. Bept 19. 
Rel. Sept, 1, 

Bombshell. Jean Harlow as a harassed picture star with Lee Tracy her 

publicity man. Frahchot Tone, Frank Morgan. Ted Healy, Una Merkel. 

Dir. Victor Fleming. 98 mlns. Rel. Oct. 13; 
Broadway to Hollywood, Three generations in a stage family. AilCe. Brady, 

Frank Morgan, Madge Evans, Russell Hardle. Eddie Quillan, Dir, Wll- 

lard Mack. 83 mins. Rev. Sept. 6, Rel, Sept 16. 

Cat and the Fiddle, The; From the successful musical play by Jerome Kern 
and Otto Harbach. Rarhon Novarro, Jeanette MacDonald, Frank Mor- 
gan, Charlies Butterworth, Jean Hersholt, VlvIcnne Segal. Dir. WIl- 

ChTef""The. EH"Wyh1rlfs~a~grmpleIW"6f"li^^ 

William (Stage) Bdyd, Effle' Ellsler, C. Henry Gordon. Dir. Charles 

Riesner; C8 mlns. Rel, Nov. 3; RcV, Dec. 6. 
Dancing Lady. James Warner Beliah's Saturday Evening Poi^t story. Joan 

Crawford, Clark Gable. I-Yanchot Tone, Fred Astaire, Winnie LIghtner, 

Ted Healyi Dir. Robt Z. Leonard; 90 mins. Rel, Nov. 24. Rev. Dec. 6. 

Day ot Reckoning. Based on Morris Lavlne's story, 'Hall of Justice.' Rich- 
ard DIx, Madge Evans, Una Merkel. Conway Tearle. Dir. Charlts Bra- 
bin. 70 mlns. Rei, Oct 27. Rev. Nov. 7. 

Dinner at Eight. From the stage play. All star cast headed by Marie 

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P I C TU B E S 



VARIETY 



29 



CALENDAR OF CURRENT RELEASES 



(Continued from page 27) 



length no 



Dressier and :JohD Barrymbre. Dir. 

lolns, Bel. Jan, 12. Rev. Auer. 29. 
Cskimo. Love and hate In the Icelands. Native c^t. Dir. W. 8. Van Dyke. 

Roadshow length, 120 mlnH. ReU Jan. 13. Rev/ Nov. 21. 
Itlve Loveri. Robert Montgomery and Madge Evans as the lovers In a 

Btory most of whose action takes place, on a transcontinental ous; Nat 

Pendleton . C. Henry Oordon, Ruth Selwyn. Dir. H. Bplesla,Y9lty. 

mlns. Rel. Jan. 6. Rev. Jan. 1,6. 
ablho Hollywood. Marlon bavles chases a radio «(!rooner to ^studio. 
'Marlon Davles, B»ng Crosby. Dir. Rabiil Walsh. 75 mins. . Dec. 22. 

Rev.. Dec. 264 

Her Sweetheart Chrlrtopher Bean. The Broadway play by Rene Fauchola and 

Sidney Howard. Marie . Dressier, Lionel Barrymore, Helen Mack. Dir. 

Sam Wood. 00 mlns. Rel.. Nov* 17. Rev; Nov. 28* 
If Happened One Day. Based on, the novel by Marjorle Bartholomew Parad^. 

Lionel Barrymore, Fay Balnter, Mae Clarke; Mary Carlisle. Dlr^ V. K 

Howard. Rel. Feb. 2, 
Laughing Boy. Ramon Nbviarro In the title role. Based on the Pulitzer trlze 
• winning novel by Oliver La Farge.. Lupe Velez. Dir. W. S. Van Dyke. 

Rel. Feb. 9, (Tent) 
Meet the Baron. Jack Pearl brings his ra:dlb characterization to the screen. 

Jimmy Durante, Zaisu Pitts. Edna May Oliver, Ted Healy and his 

stooges. Dir. Walter tang. 70 mlns; Rel. Oct. 20. Rev. Oct. ai. 
Men In Whltie* Picturlzatlon of the successful Broadway stage play, of hps- 

pltal life. Clark GablOr Myrna Loy, Jean Hersholt. Dir. R. Boleslavsky 

Rel. .Feb. 16.' 

Mystery of the Dead Police. Based on the Crime Club novel l>y I*JJl»P Mac- 
Donald. Robert Montgoniery, Elizabeth Allan, Lewis Stone. Dir. Edgar 

Selwyn, Hel. March 2. 
NIflht Flloht. Air story of a Soiith American, flight, from tlie novel by 

Salnt-Exupery. John Barrymore, Helen Hayes, Clark vGable, Lionel 

Barrymore, Robt. Montgomery, Myma Loy. Dir. David O. Selznlck, 

mins. Rel. Oct. 6. Rev. Oct, 10. 
Id Hannibal. May Robaon as ia Wall Street mahipuiator< is Stone, Jean 

Parker. Dir. C. Hiesner. Rel; Jan. 26. 
Penthouse. Arthur Somers Roche Cosmopolitan aerial^ 'y*!"®^, filter, 

Myrna Lby. Mae Clark. Dir. W. S. Van Dyke. Kel. Sept. 8. Rev. Sept. 

t2.-. - • • ■ ■ 
PrizeflflKter dnd the Lady. Max Baer, heavyweight contend^, and ^Myrna 

Loy in the title rojes; Prlmo Carnera, Jack Dempsey, . Walter Huston 

Dir. W. S. Van Dyke. 90 mins. Rel. Nov. 10. Rev. Nov. 14.. 
Queen Christina. Greta Garbo as the seventeenth century queen who was 

brought up as 6, boy. Lewis Stone, Ian: Keith, Elizabeth loi 

Rouben MamouUan. 00 mina. Not yet released. Rev. Jan. 2, 
Should Ladies Behave. From the stage play, •The Vinegar Tree.' _Llonel 

Barrymore,; Alice Brady. Dir. Harry Beaumont. 89 mir 

Rev. Dec. 19. . , 

ioiltaire Man, Crook story with plenty of punch, flerbert Marshall, May 

Robson; Elizabeth Allan, Ralph Forbes. Dir. Jack Conway 

tlel. Sept. 22. Rev; Sept 26. 
80ns of the Desert (Hal Rofech). Laurel and Hardy attend a fraternal ^O"*" 

ventlori. Dir. Wm. A. Selter. 66 mins. Rel. Dec. 29. Rev. Jan. 9. 
Stage Mother. From Bradford Ropes' novel of itago life. Alice Brady. 

Maureen O'SuUlvan, Franchot Tone, Phillips Holmes. Dir. Chas. R. 

Brabln. 85 mins. Rel. Sept 29. Rev. Oct 3. 
TuRboat Annie. From the Saturday Eve. Post .series. Marie J^^^j. 

lace Beery. Dir. Mervyn LeRoy. 88 mine. Rel, Aug. 4. Rev. Aug. 16 
Turn Back the Clock. Story of a man who relives his past. Lee Tracy^ 

Clerk, Peggy Sba:nhon. Dir. Edgar Selwyn. 80 mins. ReL Aug. 2B. 

Rev. Aug. 29. _ . 

Viva Villa. Wallace Beery as the famous Mexican handlt chief. Fay Wray, 

Stuart Erwln, Dir. Jack Conway. Rel. Feb. 23, 
Women In Hie Life, The. Criminal lawyer, deserted^by his wife. t^^^^^ 
chair the Irian who stole 4ier. Otto Kruger, Una Merkel, Ben Lyons. 
Dir. Geo. B. Seltz. 74 mins. Rel. Dec. 8. Rev. Jan. 30. 



Rich. Arlen, Judith Allen, Chas. Grapewin, Sir Guy SUndlng- Dir 
Grover Jones and Wm, Slavens McNutt. Rel. Oct. 27. Rev. Dec. 19. 
Hit Double Life. (Dowling.) Light comedy. . Lillian Gish,. Roland Young 

Dir. Arthur Hopkins. 63 mins. Rel. Jan. 12. Rev. Dec. 19. 
'm No AnoeL Mae West original. Mae West In tights as a lion tanner. 
Gary Grant, Edw. Arnold, Ralf Harolde. Dir. Wesley Ruggles. 87 minsv 
Rel. Oct 13. Rev. Oct. 11. 
Last Roundup, The. Western with a Zane Grey title and a new story. Ran- 
dolph Scott, Monte Blue, Barbara Adamsj Fred Kohler, Dir. Henry 
Hatha.way. Rel. Jan.- 26. 
Midnight Club, The. London Jewel thieves. 
Standing, Alison .Skipworth. Dir. Geo 
July 28. Rev. Aug; 1. 

Dorotheia 
Rev. Jan.. 

One Sunday Afternoon. From the stage play. lx)yes in a smaU town,. G^ry 
Cooper, Fay Wray, Nlel Hamilton,* Frances Fuller. Dir. Louis D. 
Lighton. 68 mins, ReU Sept L Rev. Sept 5. . 
Sitting Pretty. Backstage story smartened up. Ja;ek. pakie,. Jack Haley? 
Ginger .RoiserS, Thelnia Todd, Gregory Ratoff. Din Harry, Joe. BroWn, 
80 mins. Rel. Nov, 24. Rev. Dec.. .5. 

Take a Chance., Roland & Brice production of the stage musical. i,J«2:i P^nj- 
Cliff Edwards,- June Knight. LiUlan: Roth. Dir. Lawrence Schwab. 80 
mins. Rel. Oct. 27. Rev, -Nov. 2S. 
Thie bay arid Age. Revolt of the children against poutlcis and gaingstei^. 
ChLs. Blckford, Judith Allen. Dir. Cecil de Mllle. 82 wins. Relr Aug. 
25. Rev, Aug. 20. 



Mitt Fane's Baby Is :$iolen. Furcieai play. 
Dir. Aler. Hall. 67 ntlns. ' Kel. Jrin.,J2. 



Gea Baft, Cllve; Brook. Guy 
Somnes and . Alex Hall. Rel. 



rady. 



Incorporations 



New York 

Albany, N. T. 
Xewsreel Tlieatres, Inc.; thoatrlcal 
business; capital stock, 100 sharda^ ne. 
par value. W. Olthena, 277 Park ave- 
nue; Ftancis C. Wood, Jr., a200 Fifth 
avenue; and Harold E. 'W'oTidsel, 299 West 
12th street, all of New York. 

Ik Hearted Herbert, Inc.; ^pictures, 
plays, «'lc.; capital stock, 100 aharea, no 
par value. Eddie . Dowllng, Baysldo, 
U I.; Florence Klordan, 21 .West 12tli 
street. New .Tork, and Louis M. Iievy, 
iiO West iitti street. New Tork. 

Benn)' Rubin SUiterprlBes, Ine:; p(c> 
tures, dramatic plays, etc.; capital stock, 
200 shares, no par valUei Alfred S:. 
.KreM berg, Hilda. Geler and Nathan Both- 
stelri, all. of S'*? Madlsoii aveinye. New 
.York; . 

Xlie Blue Diamonds, 1bc<; ^en«ral 
niuslc publlshlner bijslness; capital stock, 
$2M00i Frank iS. BurtoUKhs, 4248 81st 
street, EJlinhurst;. Fannje Smith and 
MdrrlB Butcher, both of 13 West 41th 
street,. New York. 
Harleni Xheatre; .Too;, playa, musical 



llott Nugeiit 7(1 mins. Rel, Aug. Rev. Aug. 15. 
Thunderina Herdi thie. Upper class western with the usual Ingredients 
Randolph S«)tt, Judith Crabbe, Kpah.-Beery, Ray .Hatton 

Dir. Henry Hathaway. 57 mins, Rel. Noy. 24, . 
Tlille and Gue. Keeper of • Chinese resort and\her: brother, an Alask^^ 

man come bact home to claim their inheritance, a "JaUered Jei^ry bpat 



both olC 340 . West 66th- street; atid Abe 
Shenk, 1666 West 12th Btrpet, all of New 
Yoi-k. .- 

Atlasta Picture Corporation Of new 
Yorlc; pictures of all kinds, caipltal, stock. 
SL'0:000. Irene G. Dalley, Siieriy Freed-, 
moh ohd Harry J. Pettet, all of 125.Weat 



man come back home to clnlm their mneniance, a joa^tiri^^^^ street, New York. 

W, C. Fields and Allison Skipworth handle the comedy with p.le^^ xldcoln Studio, Inc.: motion picture 

opportunity. l)ir. Francia Martin. 67 mins. Rel. Oct. 13. Kev, .imov. if . (jj^^g .^^^ . capital stock, 200 shares, no 



Tj,^ ii4^?iu*^^^ri«Uu 'VToiirfi'h^ Bine Crosby, Jack .Oakie, Skeet? I iJaf viltie. ' Jolin stlgllaho; 315 East I20ih: 

land.. 70 mins. Rel. Sept. 16. Rev. aept. | York 

Torch Si nder. The. Unwed mother doubles as a cabaret ho tcha and a radio :fv-|irom pictures Corp., Manhattan: 

I vrvij »iiiHwr, . ...^ _ ys... * .m_„«j« r'^wtr^.w rtn^rM Mannom. IjVfln I . -i.i capital SlQck, 

' Anhe' Kuhn.. 
11154 President street, Brooklyn; Max 
Singer, 862 East 163d street, Bronx; and 



h Sinder. The. Unwed mother doubles as a caparev noicna ana a .WUrom Pictures Corp- 

mother talkeri Ciaudette Colbert, Rlcardo Cortez. David .Manners, Wda U^otion picture busineas; 
Robert!. Dir. lex Hall arid Geo. Sommers. 70 mins. Rel. Sept 8. Rev. Uoo shares, no par valuer 



Oct 10. 



Wiy to .Love, the. Chevalier, incognito, ^"^3 romance w^^^^ '^ [^^[k'r^SZ^:^^'^ 

nival troupe. Ann Dvorak, Ed. Everett .Horton, Mihna Gombell. Brooklyn. 

Norman Taurog< 83 minis, ReL Oct, 20. Riiy. Nov. 14. Porl««lnkle PIttyers, Inc., Pelham; plc- 

WhitA \A/aman Trooical fltbry with a brutal .vitte 'k ng' of an Island .colony, tures, musicals, plays, etc. ^ . capital stock, 
"^''^^fSWrnorcl^^^ Plckford. Dir. Stuart ^^.ker. ,^600; B^rhp^^ 1^,^"^ 4'i-^.^^a^'l 

66 mine. Rel, Nov. 3. Rev, Nov. ,zi. I street; New York, 

Minrose Amnaement: Co.,. Albany; the- 
atrical bnalneDs; capital stock, |2M00. 
George and Minnie RbaenbauTn, l8,.Edif|on 
avenue, Albany, and David H. Cohn, ll* 
■West 40th street. New Yprk. 

■VniverBoI Beceptor Co.j radio, etc.: 
capital stock, 100 shares, no par value. 
Ivan Bloch, Alfred: c. Matthewa and 



Prihcipal 



: 1270 Sixth Ave., 
New York, N. V. 

jikMt» of JijBtlffe. (Principal.) Kazan, the dog. In a melodrama of the North 7 
west M^Snted and Ruth SuUlVan. 64 mine. 

Reh Dec. 16i » , 

Thunder over Mexico. .(I^lncipal),^ Eisenstelj^ «ffl<«St/;^f ^'''^S'mJ!^ I -e?"^^ 



which there has been so much controversy 
Rel. Nov. 15. Rev. Sept 26 



Stiidloe: Hollywood, 
Calif. 

Ace of Aces. A pacifist goes to^war 



R.K.O. Radio 



Offlco: R.KiO. BIdg., 
Radio City, N.V.C 



hiie, New York, 

- I.ysl8trata« Inc.; deal in wrltlnga, plays, 
books, niuale, etc.; capital ^tock, 200 
sharea, no par value. H- H. Shepard, 
Thoa. ^tokea and Alvln Miller, all of IT 
Wall street. New tOrk. ' ' 

National Society of Haslo, Inc., Man- 



and becomes a great aviator with . » lust hattah; '«rnlshlng mu^^^^ 



lo; 6(H8 Suneet Blvd.. 

Hollywood. Cal. 



Offlee: R. K. O. Bulldlna. _ 
Rockefeller Centert N.Y.C. 



Monogram 

Ralph Forbes, Adrlenne Ames. Dir. Ed. 



PbU 



Avenger, The. Vengeance in Prlsor . 

Marin. 72 mins. ReL Aug. 26, Rev. Oct 10. 
Beggars In Ermine. Lionel Atwell, Betty Ftirness. Dir. Phil Rosen, 
Black Beauty; Horse story. Alisx Klrkland, Bsther Raleton. Dir. 

Rosen. 70 mins. Rel. Aug. 10. Rev. Aug. 29^ ., 
rokeh Dreams. From.Olga Printzlau's story, :Twp Little ^rms.' Martha 

Sleeper, Randolph Scott, Buster Phelps. Beryl Mercer. Dir. Robert Vlg- 

nola. 68 mine. ReL Nov. IB. Rev, Nov. 28, 
Devil's Mate, The. Convicted murderer who dies In the electric^ chair a* 

of the shock. Peggy Shannon; Preston Foster. Dir. Phil Rosen. M 

mina ReL Aug. IB. Rev, Sept 26. 
Ighting Texan. Oil country story. Rex Bell, Luana Walters; Ir. Armand 

Schaefer. 6B mins. ReL Au?. B; Rev. Aug. L 
Itlve, The. A 8B00.000 mall robbery. Western. RiBi BeU. CecUla Parker. 

Dir. Harry Fraser. 64 mins, Rel. Aug. 10. Rev. Sept 26. 
Qalloping Romeo. Westiem story. Bob Steele. Dir. R. N. Bradbury, 64 mine. 

ReL Sept 1. Rev. Oct Bl. 
He Couldn't Take it. Story by Dbrc Scharg; Inside story ol projiess^rvlng 

racket Ray Walker^ Virginia Cherrill, George B. Stone, Dorothy 

Granger, Paul Porcaal, Dir. William Nigh, Rev. Dec, U. 
Mystery Liner. Noah Beery, Aatrld Alwyn. Dir. William Nigh, 

Rel. Dec, 19. Rev. Nov. 28. 
Rainbow Ranch. Adventures of the welterweight champ of the Paolflc fleet 

Rox Bell, Cecelia Parker. Dir. Harry Fraser. 69 tolns. Rel. Aug, Z6. 
Rangers Code^ Texas cattle ranger story. iBobe Steele. Dir. R. N. Bradbury. 

6B mins. ReL Sept IB. Rev. Sept 26. 
Idera of Destiny. Western scrap about water rights, with some big flood 

stuff. John Wayne. Dir. R. N. Bradbury. 68 mins 

Dec-M., 

Sagebrush Trail, The. Lone Star western. John Wayne. Nancy Shubert. 

Dir. Armand Schaefer. 53 mins. Rel. Dec. 16. Rev. Jan. ,9. 
Sensation Hunters. Society high life. Arline Judge. Preston' Foster. Dtr 

Chas. Vldor, 75 mins. Rel. Sept. 20. Rev. Jan, 9. 
Sixteen Fathoms Deep. Sponge diver's romance. Sally O'Neill, Creightoh 

Chaney. Russell SlmpBoh. Maurice Black, Dir. Armand Schaefer. 6f 

mins. Rel.' Jan. 1. Rev, Jan. 23. 
•Skyway.- Aviation pilot's ahip-to-shore line. Hay^ Walker. Kathryn Craw 

ford: Dir Lew Collins. .67 mirts. Rel. Aug, ,22. ^ 
Sweetheart of Sigma Chi, College musical.: Mary Carlisle. Buster Crabbe. 

Dir. Ed. Marin. 80 mins. ReL Oct 1. Rev. Nov. 14. 
West ot the Divide. Lone Star western. John Wayne, Virginia Brown Falre 

Dir. R. N. Bradbury. ■• 
Woman's Man. Hollywood Inside story, John Halliday. Wallace Mar- 

guerlte ile la Motte.. Div. Kdwnrd Liiddy. 



Paramduiit 



1 1901 Broadway^ 
Now York. N.-V. 

rite In Wbriderlani. The Carroll story vlsuallze^^^^ R^l^S 22** 

of the Par. stars.. Dir. Norman McLeod. 76 nnins.. Rel. Dec. kcv. 

Dec 'il 

It of Me. From the stage play, •Glirysalis.' . Fredric xMarch. Miriam Hopkl^ 
Geo. Kaft. Dir. Jas. Flood. Rel. Jan.. 26. „ ^ 

ig executive. Story ot big business fro'? A»« |)uer^^^^^ lirf C 

Gortez. Rich. Bennett, iilizabeth Young, Sharon Lynn. Dir. .Earl c 
Kenton. 70 mins. Rel. Aug. 18,. Rev. Oct. 3. ..... 

k Song. Dorothea .AVidck's first Hollywood "roductlon. Mother^love . o^ 
. ntm for .a foundling in a SpauLsh convent „Evalyn Vcnable, Sir Guy 
Standing, LoUi.se Dresser. Dir. Mitchell Leisen. 78 mins 
Ht.v. Nov. 21. w n-,„ 

Ign for Living. Adai)tcd from N'o(?V Coward's play., .frtdr^^^^^ 

Cooper, Miriam Hopkins. Kd. K. Horton;. Dir.. Krnst LubltPch.. OQ mins. 
Release not set. Kov. Nov. yS. . , 

Marx Brothers' nonsen?icalit>v Raquel T^^^^ Du 
IMr. Leo McCarey. 00 rn\ns. Rel, Nov. 2*. Kev. Nov. £s. 

^lght^lrlsJn.a=:aQat..J-l!^fiaD=JL=&!i^ 

Johnson. Dir. Rich. Wallace. »V- "^i''^^*^^^"'- v^^PTJ^^^^ 
Four Frightened People. Mixed cm net in thti Jungle;. . C'audcttfe C.olbe^^^^^^ Her 
Marsliall. Mary Bo.land, Wm. .Clargan. Dir. Cecil de MiUe. Rel 
Jan. .16. Rev. Jan, 30.. d,;,,„i<»» 
Irl Without, a Room. Amerlc ns In I'ari^j. ..as.^ Murphy! 
MarKueritu Clvurchill, Crc Kory Ratoff. \S alter. ^^. . Mu.rpny. 

(2 niint Rfl. Dec, 8. Rtv. Dec. 12. 
Golden Harvest. Story of the mlddlewcstern _farmg and <^'lf*%whe^^ pIt 
Rich. Arlon. Chester Morris. Genevieve Tobin. Dir. Ralph Murpny. m 
mins IM. Oct. 22. Rev. Nov. 7. 

ano loh Water. -Waterfront story witb 'W' 



Ouck Soup 
mont. 



Rel. Nov. 10 



capital stock, $20,000. , . 
Norma . Keatlnff, ' both of 21 Gramercy 
Park, New York, and Harry Blueotone, 
178fl fiaot Second street, Brooklyn. 

but" tSe^ ^^Y'^^^S^^^^ ffiiL H5"^or 5*°R^^^^^^ vlS?etc^aS?k'l 'S&'^X^'^o 
- Dir. George Archalnbaud. 72 mine, KeL .wov. lu. "^^v ^'^'^r'^aiue' Max M, Simon, 34 

AflQle'SppSby. Maker of M^.,Xjy<«^«!LJ^!?^^^ ^ 



for kiliingv Rlohart Dbt, Elizabeth Allan, R&lph Belhimy. 7« mins. Dir. 
J. Walter Rubien. Rel, Oct 20, Rev. Nov. 14. 
After Tonight. A beautlfiil Russian spy falls In love w»t^;,an ^usuian ep^ 
but they place duty to their countries above love. Constance Bennett | 
Gilbert R<riaiid 72 mine. ReL Nov. 10. Rev. 



llfe^mSfing rgentietaan'of th^row^^ a rowdy of the gentleman "2^ stre^railof New ToTw. 

Wynne Gibson, Charles Farrell, William Oargan, Zasu Pitta. Dir. Mark ( Boynl BoUer Skating Co.; 
Sandrlch. 78 minB,; Rel.. Nov.. 8. Rev, Oct 24. 



Boyal BoUer 

amusemenc parks, etc.; 



operate 

capital Btoclc 



Ann Vlcker.. BVbm the WncOate Lewis noveL Jrene D^^^ rdrSrfenbWI'zTS "fiUTad 

Conrad NageL Dir. John Cromwell 76 mine. Oct 19y/Rey. peV^. iatrM^^ wilUam Blueetone, all of 



Bed of Roses. A girl of the iBtreeta reforms because 5^. .*»«»^.?07«i,'?f^« Brooklyn. . ^ 

Ml^lsslppl boat man. Constance Bennett Joel McCrea, Pert Kelton, MiubrMk BatbiiMr Paric Inc.; operat* 
fiS'^m^' J>ir. Gregory LaCava. d mine. ReL July 14. ««v. j jecr^uonal,,pa^^^^^^ 

Bafora DaWn. Taken from Edgar Wallace's last mystery novel. Stuart. Er- 
wlnf Dorothy Wilson, Wafner Oland. Dir. Irving Pichel. 61 mins. Rel 
Aug. 4. Rev. Oct 24. . o V . 

Blind Adventure. Adventures in London during one foggy o'fnt^ Kooeri 
"""" Armetrong. Helen Mack. Roland Young, Ralph Bellamy, Dir. Ernest B. 

Schoeds&ck. 63 mine. , Released Aug. 18. Rev. Nov. 7. 
Chance at Heaven. The rich dty girl who dazzles tbe^ country ^y and nnar- 
rlea him onlV to send him back to his small town BWeetheart. Joel 
McCrSf <Mn«er Rogers, MM^ NL%on. Dir. Wllliain Selter. 72 mins. 
Released QeL 27. Rev. Dec. 27. 
Deiuoo, The. Odd story of the world after a second deluge. Peggy Shannon^^^ 
Loto Witaoo, Sldner BUckmet-, Matt Moore, Dir. Felix E. Feist Bel. 
Sept 16. Eev. Oct. 10. „ 
Double Harness; A sir) who got her man. ^Ann Harding. William PowelL 
Dir. Ji»1m CromwelL 70 mins. Rev. July 26, 

pisWiino Qoid Adventures in ihe oil fields of Tamplco. Bill Boyd, Mae Clark. 
Flaming Qg,^^Myenw«yn^^e^^^ 63 mins. Released 6ept 29, 

Flyino Devils. Triangle In a flylng clrcus. Arline Judge, Bruce Cabot Dir. 

'RusseU Blrd?^^ «0 mins. ReL Aug. 14, Rev, Aug. 29, 
Flvlno Dowri to Rio. Musical extravaganza which takes place In U»e air above 
Flying oown ~ ™^ Dolores Del Rlo, Gene Raymond, Ginger Rogers. Fred 

Astalre. Baoul RouUen. Dir, Thorpton Freeland, 89 mins. 

29 * RgVo I3nbc« 

nnA(4hwi Laira A butler and liis master both become involved with gold 
digger's Charlie RigllM. Verree Teasdale. Mayo Methot- Sldnev. Black* 
meF, Phyllis Barry. Dir. by H. Bruce Humberstone. 

Nov. 10. „r . o »v 

ui Hinii Hoorav. Musical girl show. Bert Wheeler, Robert Woplsey, Ruth 
" ' St'lng, Dorothy ^S Mrir^^ Meeker, Phyllis Barry. Dir. 

Mark Sandrlch. Rel. Jan. 19. 
If I Were' Free* A modern romance of two people, disappointed in marriage, 

wh5 mVet and try to find happiness together In their way. Irene Dunne, 

Cllve Brook, Nils Asther, Henry Stephenson. Dir. Elliott Nugent 

mins. ReL Dec. 1. Rev. Jan. ?. 
Little Women. Talker version of the Loiilsa Alcott story. *{*therlne Hep- 

burUi Joan Hennett, Paul Lukas, Frances Dee; Jean Parker. Edna Mae 

Oliver. Dir. Geo, Cukor. 117 m ns. Rel, Nov, 24, Rev. Nov. 21. 
Lost Patrol. The. A detachment of British soldiers lost on the Mesopotamian 
• desert are*atucked by unseen Arabs with dramatic resiUts Boris Kar- 

lolt, Victor McLaglen, Wallace Ford, Reginald Denny, Alan Hale.. Dir 

John Ford. ReL Jan, 12. , J f 

Man of Two Worlds. An Eskimo, his Illusions Scattered by a gUmpBe of^^^ 

don civilization, returns to his own people and is brougbt back 

by his infant son. Francis Ledc-rer. Elissa. Landi, Hcnry_StephonHon. 

Walter Byron, "^^^ Duna, J. Farrell MacDortald, Sarah Padden. Dir. 
1 J. Walter Ruben. 92 mlnSr- Rel. Jan. 26. Rev. Jan. 16. 

Midshipman Jack. Annapolis story. Brtice Cabot, ^.^"'^.^^•^'^["''"^^^r^'g 

Lake, Betty Furness, Dir. Christy Cabanne. 70 mine. ReL Sept. >59 

Rev. Nov. 21. . . : „ . , 

Morhiha Glory. Backstage story of a country girl's rise and tall. , Kalherine 
'^'"^ Hepburn DougTrlirbanks. Jr., Adolphe Menjou, Mary Duncan. .Dir. 

. Lowell Sherman. 70 mina.. R61. Aug. 18. Rev. Aug. 22. 
No Marriage Ties. From an unproduced play. Satire on .advertising agencies 
• Richard DIX, Elizabeth Allen. Dir. J, Walter Ruben 

11. ReVi Aug, 8. 

One Mali's Journey. Country doctor achieves fame. Lionel Barrymo.re. May 
' Robgon, Joel McCrea. Dir. .John; Robertson, 
Rev. Sept 6; 

Rafter Romance. A story of Greenwich Village, .linger R6gera, Norman 
IFoster Geo. Sidney. Laura Hope Crews. Robt. Bcnchley. Dir. Wm. 
Selter,. 75 mins. Kel. Sept. 1. Kev. Jan. IC. 

RIaht to Romance, The. A famous woman beauty specialist decides to go^ on 
" a spree and becomes involved In a series of^ exciting adventureg. Ann 
?Iardlng, Nils Asther, Sari Maritza, Irving Plchel. Dir. . Alfred SnnteU- 

-.-fi T,mlna^ .--Rel._Nov._17.. .Rey...D(eo.;::l^^ : _ . ^ ; 

Son of kong. Further adventures of Carl Denhani,, the director who brought 
lilng Kong to Civilization, this time with the Son Of Kong. Robert Arm> 
strong Helen Mack, Frank Relcher, . John Marston. Directed by Ernest 



Paul Heidrick, Oladya Heidrlck 
and Elijah T. RuBBelL all of MlUbrook. 

Mineola X^lrsrqand Anditoriom, Ino., 
Mlneola; operate amusement parks, eto.;^ 
capital etook> llO.OOO. Jay B. Shattuck, 
Garden City, and Henry G, Blckmeyor ^ 
and Russell L. Baukriey, . both of Hemp- 

^*^Art of Mnslcal Bnssla^ Inc., Manhat- 
tan} pictures, plays, etc.; capital stock, 
200 shares, Ao par value. Alexanapr 
Baey, .1073 East 12th street, Brooklyn: 
Paul Borthoud, Hotel Osborne, New 
Yotk, and Beatrice Deval, 20 Warren 
place, Montclalr, N. J. 

Dissolution 
Birch-Field Badlo Corp., New York. 
California 

Sacramento: 

California Studios, inc. Capital stoc 
$199, $20. No stock subscribed. Direc- 
tors: Wesley Dougherty, J. C. Woolf, 
C. P. .Kimball, E. K. Barnes, F. B. Durst. 

Peerless Photo Service. Capital stock, 
$2,000. No stock subscribed. Dlre^ctors: 
Herman Rubin, Horton Kahn, B. J. 
Martin, .Adolph J. Kahn. 

Permits to SeU Stock 
Bnneatn, Inc.. 'Motion Picture exhlbltr 
Intf. To Issue 10,000 shares.^ par »1. 

Motion Plctnre Capital, InC, Motion 
picture producing. To Issue three 
Shares common stock, no par value. 

Economy Tlieatres, Ino, Motion pic- 
ture theatre operating. To Issue 61 
shares, no. par value. 

Firm Names 
r. O. floes, B. I* OaoH, doin» business 
as Bhort Track Horse Racing Amuse- 
ment Co. - ■„ _ , r t 

Jesse J. Goldberg, K, Kennedy, I.otili* 
I/. Swarthe, doing business as Explora- 
tion Pictures Corp. 

Oklahoma 

Oklahoma City, Jan. 30. 
C'ommuhliy. Talking PlctureM, Ino. 

I..ufkln; Texas. Capital Stock 1660. In-r 
corporators: O. A. Coons, Carl Blggera. 
and Jumes W. Peavy. BuBlne.i8, putting 
on theatrical and. concert attractions. 

Odcon Theatre .Shawnee, Inc.' Shawnee. 
Okla. Capital ,»8,000,. Incorporators: 
A. B. Moniand, C. H. Momand and A; S. 
MOtiiand, all of fJhiiwneo. 

Smith Itecreat ion CInb. Matlow. Okla. 
Capital, tic. In corporators: C. W. 
Stnlili, Hattle "W. Smith and l-'rank 
..Smith, all of Jrlarlov/. 



.76 mips, Kel. Aug 



JUDGMENTS 



(iehtor;. 
amount 



B. Schoedsack. C9 mins. Rel. pec. 22, Rev. Jan. 
Wild BIrdSi An orphan girl and a young boy jyho e.scaped fronj a reformatory 
fall - - . . -- . ^ ' ». 

enslaved 

Ttlacfr fMr,7Blllott Nupent 

XCo^ntlnued on page ,31 



B. Ah orphan girl and a yoimg boy TVho e.scapea trom a reiormaioi 
In love and try to escape the . inhuman farmer who. keeps tlie 
aved bh his farm, Jean Parker, .Zasu I'lttg, Tom Brown, Arttii 
on Nydia Westman, Beuiah Bondl, Wllliard Robertnon, EinprMc 



m 
ur 
rMon 



Rel. Jan. .6, 1934. 



(First narne ia. that of 
Ju^f/ment. creditor and. 
foUoicH.y ) 

.Alexiiiider Oamailtiky-, 
Co.; »'fir.. . 

Warburton Theatre, 
■•wyn-Mayc-v ; .$96-. 

SnyrpitH TliMitre Corp.; 
DlHtrib. Corp,; 171. 

.<M*in Kaplan .Mf|t. & Supply 
Mcilorlzfd. Talking Picture Service,: 
oo.sts, $136. . ; 

Morris .Kielinernmn; CA. I'li'^lory h'^'N 

Brokinbnr AnKi>x>meiit (Corp.; ti 
Wood Coal Co.; > JSO. . 

Cormack Scripts 'Scarab' 

Jfiillyvvpcid, Feb, 
Iiiirtlf i.l ("'(.I iii.'n i; draws 
so.ilptlnf,' job Param 
'.'^iM lull .Miin.lfi" 







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Tuesday, February 6, 1934 



THE 

BIG 
LAUGH 

SHOW! 



"A whiriwiitd of laugh- 
ter''— M, P. H^raU . . . 
^'Gathers laughs all the 
^a/'~-M.P. Dally.* ."A 
laugh frbm start to 
finish"— Hoffyirood 116- 
porler . . ."Horton is hil- 
arious, MissOliver good 
team mate" — Dally 
Variety. 








THE 



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HIGH 



I LIKE IT THAT WAY • THE CROSBY CASE 
LET'S BE RITZY • COUNTESS OF MONTE 



'v MARY • LITTLE MAN, WHAT NOW? 



Tucstlay, February 6, 1934 

= : .. .. ^ 



PICYIIRES 



VARIETY 



SI 



CALENDAR OF CURRENT RELEASES 



(Conttnuftd f^-om page 29) 



IlnSfikfl Ai>H«fl-« OfilMt: 729 Seventh Av«M 

Advice to the Lovblom. Rotnance and adventures of reporter who edits the 
.agdny column and eventually exposes the drug racket. Dir. Alfred 
Werker, Rel. Dec. 1. Rev.. Dec 19. 

Ittpr Sweet. (British made). Noel Coward's operetta. Romance of wealthy 
English beauty who elppep to Vienna "with hier music teacher. Anna 
Neagle, Femand Graavey. Dir. Herbert Wilcox. 93 mifns. Rol. Sept 
22. Rev. Aug 29. 

lood Moiiey. The ball bond racket, with a. love angle. 6eo; Bancr6ft, Frances 
Dee. Dir., Rowlahd BroWh.; . 66 mlns^^ ^ev.' Ifov. , 21, 

Bowery, .the. St6ry 6f the rivalry between Chuck Connors and Steve Brodile, 
famous Brooklyn. Bridge Jumper. Wallace Beery, George Baft, Jackie 
Cbopei*. Fay Wray. Dir. Kaoul Walsh. Rel. Sept 29. ReVi Oct. 10; 

roadway Through a Keyhole. Walter WlncheH's atory of Broadway'. Con- 
stance Gumihlnga, Rubs Cojumbo; Paul Kelly. Dir. Lowell Sherman; 
90 mlns. Rel. Oct 13. Riav. Nov. 

Emperor Jones. Eugene:- 6'Netira famous dranta of a PuUman porter who 
, becomes ruler of a West Indian Isl&nd. Paul Robeson, Dudley Dlgges. 
Dir. Dudley Murphy. 80 minis. Rel.. Sept. 8. Rev. Sept 26.. 

Qallant Laiiy. An. unwed mother who pays the price of silence in ordei* to be 
near Iter child. Dir. Gregory La C&va. Ann. Hairdlng, cUve Brook, 
Otto Kruger, TuUlp Carmilnatl. 82 mlns. ReL Jan.. 6. Rev. Jan. 23. 

Henry Vlll (Britisih made), Henry and his six wives. Chaa. jLaughton. Ir 
AJex. Korda. 93 mlns. R61.. Oct 16. Rev. Oct .17. ' 

Masquerader, The. fitased on John Hunter Booth's adaptation of KaCherlnie 
Cecil Thjrston'a noveL Cousins Of identical appearance change jtlaces. 
With Intrlgtilhe political and romantic results. Botiald Colmah. Elissi 
Liandl. - Dir. Richard Wat}ace. 76 m(ns. .Rel.^ Sept 1. Rey> Sept. 6. 

ouiln Rouge.. A talented wlfevproves her ability'- by- /It clever impersohatloh 
ruse. Dir. Sidney Lianlield. Constance Bennett, Franchot Tone, Tulllo 
Carminatl. .70 .mlns.. Rel. Jan. - 19. 

Palookai The isoQ. of a prizeflglvter follows in hia father's footsteps. Dir. Bfen- 
janilri Stoloff . _ . Jlnrmlo' Durante, Stuart. Brwin, Lupe .Velez. Rel, Jan. 26. 

Roman 'Scandals. A to-nrn simpleton transported Iri a dream baqk to' the 
, grandeur that was R6m6. Dir. Frank Tuttle. Eddie Cantor, Ruth 
Ettlrig, Gloria Stuart; 91 mlns. Rel. Dec. 29.- 



I Universal 



Uhivertal 



tuart, .i>li:« 

Marin, 



I 730 Fifth Avo., 
New York; N. Y. 

Rel. 



Rev. 



Beloved. MuslcaL John Boles, 
Jan. 29.. Re-v. . Jan. 30. , . 
orhbay Mail. Edihund Lowe Production. Dir. 

Jan. 9: , . 

By Candlelight. Sophisticated comedy^drama. Paul Lukas, Ellssa LAndl, Nliis 
Asther, Esther R&lston. Dir. James Whale. TO-mins. Rel. Dec. 18, Rev. 
Jan. 9. 

Counsellor at Law. Dramsi, John '.Barrymore, Bebe Daniels. Dir. Wia. 
Wjrier.' Rel.' Dec. 26. Rey. T>ec. 12. 

ross County Cruise. Comedy-drama. Lew Ajrres, June Knight, Alice White. 
Dir. Eddie Buzzell. 78 mlnS. Rel, Ja.n. 16, R«v. Jan. 23. ' 
Gun Justice, Western, ken. .Maynard. «.ReL Dec. 18. 

Her First Mate. Comedy. SummerviUe-Pltts. Dir.'Wtti. Wyler. Rel. Aug..i 
Rev. Sept. '6. 

Horse Play. Comedy. Summervllle-Devlne, Dir. Sd Sedgwick. Rel. Nov. . 27. 
I Like It That Way. Musical. Rodger Pryor, Gloria Stuart Dir. Harry Lach^ 
man; Rel. Feb. 12. 

invisible Man. Mystery-drama, Claude Rains, Gloria Stuart Henry Travers, 
Una O'Connor. Dir. James Whale. 70 mlns. ReL Nov. 18. ReV. Nov. 21 
ins for a Night. Comedy-drama, Chester Morris, Alice White, Helen 
- Tiyelyetrees. Dir, Kurt Neumann. 78 mins.. Rel. Oct. 30. Rey. Dec, 12. 
Ladles Must .Love. Musical.. Broadway story;- June Knight. Nlel . Hamilton, 
StiUy O'Neill, Dlr, E; A, du Pont 60 mlns. Ret Sept 2S, £$ey. Dec. 6 
Lovs, Honor and Oh, Baby. Comedy. Slim Summervllle, Zasu Pitts, Lucille 
<31e98on.- Veree TTeasdale, Donald Meek. Dir. Eddie Buzzell. 63 mins, 
Rdl. Oct 16. Rev. Oct 81. 



adame Spy. Drama. Fay Wray. Nils Asther. Dir. 

Jan. -8. 



Karl Freund. Rel. 



Idhlght Drama. Sidney FbZi Henry Hull, O. P. Heggie. Dir. Chester 
Ersklne. - Rel. Jan. 22. . 

Myrt and Marge. Musical. I^rtle Vaiil, Donna Domelril, Eddie Foy, Jr., TeiT 
Healy, Grace- Hayes, J. Jmrrell MacDonald. Dir. Al Boaaberg. 66 mlns, 
Rel. Dec. 11. Rev. Jan. 23. 

Oiily Yesterday, Dramatic love -story. John Boles, Margaret SuUavan, Risg- 

inald Denny, Billie Burke; Dir. John Stabl. 106 mins. Rel. Nov. f. 

Rev. Nov. H. . ■ 
Saturday's Millions Footbkll story. Robt toubg, Leila. H)rams, Jobnny Mack 

Brown. , . Dir. Edw. Sedgwick. 75 mins. Rel. Oct 9. Rev. Oct 17. 
Secret ot tli« Blue Room. Mystery minima. Lionel AtwUI. Paul: Lukas. Gloria 

Stuart Dir. . Kurt Neumann. 61 mins. Rel. July, -20. Rey. Sept 19, 

S^O.8. iceberg. An Arctic expedition Is stranded in Qreeiiland. Rod LaRoeque, 
Gilbert Gowlahd, Leni Relf enstatal Dir. Tay Qarnett IIT mins. (road 
show),. Revt Sept 26.: 
trawberry . Roan, The. Story ot a wild horse and his conquest Ken May- 
hard, Ruth Hall. Dir. Alan James. Rel. Oct. 26. Rey. Dec. 12. 

Trail Drive, ken Maynard western story of a cattle drive. Dir. Alan James 
^ 69 mins. Rel. Sep't. 4. Rev. Jan. 9. 



Burbank. 
Calif. 



Warner Brothers •g'.SfvYAJ.S. V 



Captured I Behind the scenes In a German prison. Leslie Howatd. Douglas 
Fairbanks, Jr., Paul Lukas, MargiEirot Lindsay. Dir. Roy del Ruth 
72 mlns. Rel. Aug. 19. Rev. Aug. 22. 

Coiiege Coach. A football story with a new twist. Dick Powell, Ann Dvorak. 
Pat O'Brien and Lyle Talbot Dir. William A. Wellman. 77 mInS 
Rel Noiy. 4. Rev. Nov. It. 

Israeli. Political drama of England. George Arllss, Joan Bennett Dir. Al- 
fred Green. 88 mlns. Re-rel. Dee. 16. 

to Love. A frothy farce. Adolphe Menjou, Genevieve Tobln, Mary 
Astor. Guy Klbbee, Eklward Everett Horton. Dir. William Kelghiey. 
61 minsi. Rel. Jan. 20. Rev. Jan. 16. 

ver In My Heart. War theme story, but wlthbut condlct angle. German 

American husband tind an American wife. Barbara Stanwyck, Otto 

Kruger. Ralph Bellamy. Dir. Archie Mayo. 70 mlns. Rel. Oct 28. 

Rey. O.ct. 17. : ' 

Finger Man. A petty gangster Anally breaks away froni his gang. James 

Cagney. Mae Clark and Leslie Fenton. Dir. Roy Del Ruth. Rel. DeO. 9 
I Pootllght Parade. Gala musical with backstage locale. James Cagney, Joan 

Blondell. Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell. Dir. Lloyd Bacon. 129 mins. 

Dances by Busby Berkeley. Rel. Oct. 2.. Rev; Oct. 10. . 
rem Headquarters. A crime drama with a murder commlttied right in headr 

quarters. George Brent, Margaret Lindsay and Eugene pallette.. Dir; 

William Dleterle, 63 mins. Rel. Deo. 2. Rev. J^^jV. 21. 
Havana Widows. Comedy of two burlesque queens on the make in Havana. 

Joan Bloiidell. Glenda Farrell. Dir. Ray Erirlgfht, 62 mihs.; Rel. Nov. 18. 
Nellie. Comedy-drama of a newspaper .'loVe' columnist Paul Muni, 

Glenda Farrell, Kathryn Sergava. Dir. Mervyn Le Roy. Rel. Jan. 20. 
House On S6th Street. Drama of a gambling lady. Kay Francis, Jlicardo 

Cortez, Gene Raymond, Margaret Lindsay and Frank McHugh. Dir. 

Robert Florey. 68 niins; Rel. Dec. 23. ReVi Dec, 5, 
Kehnel Murder Case. A drania depicting the unusual solution .pt an unusual 

murder; William Po-i'ell, Mary Astor, Helen. Vinson, Ralph Morgan and 

Eugene Pallette. Dir. Michael Curtiz 76 mlns. Rfel, Oct 28; Rev, 

Oct. -31. ^ 

Lady killer. Jimmy Cagiioy bat."? 'em arou rid again, Jas. Cagney, Mae Xllark. 
Leslie Fenton. Dir. Roy Del Ruth. 67 mins. Rel. Dec. ;6.. Rev. Jart. 2. 
Of a Sailor. Comedy of a frivolous saiilor. Joe E. BroWn. Dir. LloyO 
Bacon. Rel. Dec. 23. 
The Man from Monterey. Western drama.. John Wayne, Rutb Hall. Dir. 
Mack y. Wright 57 mlns, Rel. July 22. Rey. Aug. 22. 
^JlAiaira^LUs^==Ml&ncstB^^ebrgit6d wit and philosopher. George Arllss, 
DorTr KiSyo^MiS^gaFet— nfrff^^^ 
Aug. 5. Rev. Au^;. 22. 

Miscellaneous Releases 

Before Morning. (Greenbtatt) From a stage play. Police pfflclal cleverly 
traps a murderess. Leo Carillo, Lofa Baxter. Dir. Arthur Hoerl. BG 
mlns. Rev. Nov. 21. 
Ig Chance, The. (Eagle.) Prizefighter-socialite story. John Darrow, Mern* 
Kennedy. Dir. Al. Herman. 63 mins. Rev. Sept 6. 
•'Carnival Lady. (Goldsmith-Hollywood.) Carnival background for a triple love 
story. Boots Mallory. Vincent Allen.' Dir, Howard Higgln. 67 mins. 
R«t. r»ec. 6. 



Criminal at Large. (Helber.) Edgar ' Wallace mystery story,. British made, 
British cast 74 mlns. Re.v. Dee. 27. 

Dawn to Dawn (Duwqrld.) Rural story In a foreign settln Rev. 
Jan, 9. 

Faithful Heart, The. . (Helber.) British made. Romantic story of a faithful 

love. British cast 6|> mlns. Rev. Aug. 22. 
Flini Parade. The. (State rights.) Old clips and new material assembled by 

J. Stuart Blackton, 62 mins. Rey. Dec, 27. 
GIgolettes of Parle. (Equitable.) Gold digger story in Parisian locale. Madge 
Bellamy, Natalie Moorhead. Dir. Alphonse Martel, 69 mins. Rev 
Oct 17, 

Heirs Holiday. (Superb.) Compilation of War! -scenes. .90 mlns. Rev. July 18< 
Her Forgotten Past. (Mayfair;). ' Society girl marries her chauffeur then weds, 
a. lawyer believing her first. husband dead. Monte Blue. Barbara Kent 
Dir* Wesley Ford. 65 mliis, Rev., Nov. 7, 
Her Splendid Folly (Progressive). . Studio girl impersonates a star. In Holly- 
.woodi. Lillian Bond, Beryl Mercer, Theo; von.Eltz., Dir. Ralph Black. 
60 mlns. Rey. Novi 14. 

Important Witness, The. (Tower.) Stoi^y with a gangster touch, but mostly 
done in a long distance bus.. Noel Francis,- Donald DlHaway, Dir. Sanrj 
Newfeld. 63 mlns.. Reiv. Sept. 26. 

Laughing at Life. (Mascot.) Story of a gKin-runnlng adventurer, Victor Mc- 
Laglen, Conchita Moiitehegro, Ruth Hall. Dir. Ford Beebe. 71 mins. 
Rey. July Ift. 

Marriage oh' Approval. . (Monarch.) In wliich a girl, gets marriied in the first 
.reel and finds It out in the last. Barbara Kent, Donald Dlllaway. Dir. 
Howard Hlggip'. . Rev, Jan. 9; . 

Nolghbors' Wives. (Syndicate.) Domestic rhurder problem. Dorothy Mic. 

kaill, Tom Moore, . Dir. Francis Natteford. ^56 mlns. Rev, Oct 17, , 
Polieie Call. (Showmen.) Ring story With an aidventure angle. Nick Stuart 
Merna Kennedy,^' Ijr.: Phil Whiteman. 63. mlns. Rel, Aug. Rey, AUg. 29. 
Public Stenographer. Itle tells the story. Lola Lane, Wm. Collier^ Jr; 

Dir. "Lew Collins. Rev. Jan. SO. 
Seieret Siihners. (Mayfair.) Chorus giris and a song writer. Sue CJarroll, ick 

Stuart Plr;.' Wesley Ford. J58 mins. Rel. Oct, 20. Rev* Dec. 27. 
Ship Of Wanted Men.' (Showmen;) Crew of refugees fight over ai grirl rescued-- 
In mid-ocean. Leon' Waycoft, Gertrude Astor. Dir. Lew. Collins. 
mlns. Rev. Nov. 21. ■ 

White Face. (Helber.) British made crime story from ah Edgar Wallace 
book, 11-Britisb- ca^t. f5 ihifiSi Rey; Dec. 6. 



(Note: 



Foreign Liinguage Films 

of - the slow movenlent ot forelfirn 

. year of releases.) ■ 
(Most of these available with English titles.) 



list covers one 



Berlin -Alex^nderplatt (Get) (Capital). Strong crime dramii. Helnrtch. 

Gleorge. Maria Bard. Dir. Phil Jutzi, 90 mlns; Rel. May 1, .Rey. May 16. 
Bettelstudent, ber. (General.). (Ger.) Operetta, Dir.' Viktor . Janson. 80 
niins; Rel. Oct, 16, 

ber Brave Suehder (Ger) (European)- Fast coniedy. ' Max Pallenberg; Dir 

Fritz Kprther. -90 tnina ReL Apfll 1. Rey/ April 4, 
Pos Nbches:(HofCberg) (i^panlsh). MuslcaL. .Conchita Montenegro. Car- 
los BorcosqUe. 6S mlns. Rel, May 1. 

Donna d'Ona Notts '(Portale) .(Italian). Court advOnture. Frahcesca Bertint 
Dir. Marcel L'Herbier. 85 mlns. Rel. March 1. ..Rev. Marcb 14. 

Oral Tags MIttelarrest (German) (Capital). Fast (Jerman iTarce with all -stat 
caist Dir. Carl Boese. 60 mlns. Rel. May 1. Rev. May 28. 

EIne Llebflisnaeht ((3erma,n) (Capital). Farce. Harry Lledke. Dir.- Joe May 

82 mins. Rel. Ma,y L. ^.^v; May - 23. 
EIne Nacht In Paradles iWhematrade) (Ger). Musical comedy. Anny Ondra 

90 mlns. ReL Feb. 1, Rev. Feb. 28, 

EIne Stadt Steht Kopf (Ger) (Capital), Farce. Dir. Gustav Gruendgers. 70 
mins. Rel. Jan. 16. 

En Glad Qutt (Norwegian) (Scandinavian). rom BJomson'a noVeL ir 
John Briiniua. 80 mins. Rel. Nov. 16, 

Enemies of Progress (Russ) (Amklho). Last of the Czarist generals; Dir. 
BeresnyefC. 86 mlns. Rel. Jan. 16, Rev. Jan. 16. 

Es Wird Schon Wieder Besser (Ger) (Ufa). Farce. Dolly Haas. Ir. Kurt 

Gerron.. 66 mlns. Rel. Jan. 1. 
Frau Lehman's TocKfer (Ger) (General). Melodrama. Hansl Ir 

Karl Heinz Wolff; 82 mills. Rel. Oct 16. 
Frau Von Der Man Spricht (German) (General). Mady Christians. Meio* 

' drama. Dir. Viktor Jansen. 75 mins Rel. ApHl fS. Rev. May 2. 
Fraulftin— Falscfi VerJiunden (Ger) (Capital). Musical comedy. TrUde Berr 

liner. Dir. E. W: Emo. 70 mins. ReL Jan. 16. 
Frechdachs, Der (Get-) (0fa). Romantic comedy. Willy Fritsch, Camilla 

.'Horn. Dir. (;ail Boeso; 76 mlns. Rel. Jan. 1. 

Friaderike (Klneniatrade) (Ger). Dramatic operetta basied on Qoethe'a llfO: 
Mady tihristluu. 90 mlns. Rel. March 16. Riey. Feb. 28; 

GialavOrstellung, Die (Ger) (General), Mystery conaedy with music. Utc^ 
Adalbert the Fra:tellinl8.. Dir. Fredrich Zelnlk. 87 mins. Rel. Dec. 1. 

disfahren Der -Lieb* (German) (Madison). .Sex drama. "Tony Van Byek. 
Dir. Eugon Thiele.. 66 mlns. Rel. May 1. Rev. May -2. 

Qrosse Attraction, Die flBavarta) (Ger.). Drama Is show Icbard 
Tauber.' Dir. M^ Relcbmann. 70 mina ReL Aug. 1. . 

Hell on Earth (Ger) (Garrison) . (dialog in five languages), ilorirora of wtir. 
Dir. Victor Triyas. 80 mins. Rel. Jan. 16. Rev. Jan, 30. 

Hellseher. Der (Oer) (Cfeneral). Farce. Max Adalbert Dir. Bugen Tklele. 
ReL Sept. I. - 

Hartha'a Erwaiehsn (Protex) (Ger.). Delicate life problem. Dir. Qdrhard 
Lamprecht 96 mlns. ReL Maroh 10. Rev. March 14. 

Houte Nacht Eventusll (Ger.) (General). Musical eomedy. Dir. BL W. Brno. 
80 mlns. Rel. July L 

Hochtourlst, Der (Gor) (Ufa). Romantic comedy In Alps. Otto Wallburg. 
Dir. Alfred ZelSler. 70 mlns. Rel. Jan. 16. 

Horlxon (RUss) (Amkino). Jewish search for home; Dir. Lev Kuleshor. M 
mlns.. Rel. Blay 10. Rev. May 16. 

Ich QIaub Nie Mehr an EIne Frau (Bavaria) (Ger.). iJife of a sailor. Richard 
Tauber. Dir. H. Relcbmann. 80 mins. Rel, Oct 1; Rev,, Oct 24. 

Ich Will NIcht Wissen Wer Du Blst (Interworld) (Gerl. Musical. Dir. Oesa 
yon Bolvary. Hald. Froehllch. 70 mlns. ReL Feb, 16. .Rev. Feb. II. 

Island of boom (Russ) (Amkino). Two men and a woman on a desert Isle. 

Dir. TlmohsbenkO; 90 mlns, . ReL July 16. Rey. July 18. - 
Ivan. (Garrison). JRuss.). Transformation of peasants. Dir. DOTshenko. 18 

mlns.. ReL Feb. L Bev, Blarcb 1. 

July 14 (Protex). (French). Sentiment to music. ' plr. Rene Clair. 

76 mlns. ReL Oct 16. Rev. Oct 24, 

KoryettenkapitaSn (Ger.) . (Gfeneral). Military farce, 76 nilna. ReL April 1. 
Lachende Erbert (Ger.) . (Ulla). . Farce. Max Ada.lbert Dir. Max Ophuela 

77 mlns. RfeL NOV, 16. ^ 

Laubenkolonie (Ger.) (General). Faroe. Dir." Max Obal. ilO mina. Rel. 
May 16. Rev. June 0. 

Laughter Through Tears (Yiddish) Worldkino). From a Sholom Aleiehem 
hoveL . Dir. O. Crltcher. 78 mins. ReL'Nov; 16, ..Rey. Nov. 21. 

Loekende Zlel, Das (der.) (Biavaria); Musical. Richard Tauber. ^Mr. Mai 
Relchmann; 86 mins. ReL June 15( Rev. June 20. 

Llebling von Wien, Der (Ger.) (European). Stolz musical. Willy Folit. Ir. 
Geza Von Bolvar). .76 mlns. Rel. .fune 1 Rev. JUne 13'. 

Luegen auf . Rueigen (Ger) (General). Farce. Otto Wallburgj Dir. Viktor 

. Jansen.. 80 mins. Rel. Dec. 15. ' 
Lustlgsn Muslkanten. Die. (deneral) (Ger.) Musical farce. Camilla Splra. 

.Dir. Max Obal. 80 mlns, ReL May 30. 
M (Ger) (Foremco). PoWetful dramatlb study^ Peter Liorre; Ir. Fritz Lang, 

95 mins. ReL April L Rey, AprU 4 anid April 18, 
Marlus (Paramount) (French). Marseilles satire. Dir. lexander korda, 

10.3 mins. ' Re>Li J;an. -L Rev. April 25. . 
Mano a Mano (Sp) (In tOr- Americas). Western, with muslo. CarmeU <?uer- 

I'ero. Dir. Arcady Boytler. 60 mins. ReL Feb. 23. 

Milady (General) (French). Sequel . to Three Musketeers. la- 
niant-Berger. 120 mins. ReL Sept. 1. Rev,- Sept. 12, 

Mirage de Paris. See Harold Auten. 

Mile. NItoucbe (French) (Protex). Charming ' love story. Rolmu. Ir. ciias. 

David. 90 mlns Rel. Nov. 15. 
"M oi ~ WujaW^ir"z""Alnery^^ 

Rel. Oct 16. 

Mpnd tiber Morokko (Protex) (Ger).. See Cinjs Gentlemen Maudtt 
Morigenrot (German). (Protex). Submarine warfare's cruelty. Dir. (3ustav 
Uolcky. 80 mins. Rel. May 16. He'v. May 23. 

Noc Llatopadowa (Polish) (Capital). Historical romance. Dir. J. W».rneckl. 

95 mlns. Bel. May l. Rev, May 2. 
On Demande Compagnon, 8«* Hteojd luten. 
Patriots, The (Russ) (Amkino). Dir. B Fiarnett 80 min 
Poll de Carotte. See Harold Aut(r)i. 

(Cpiitkaui^tl <x>t page 34) 



B&K UP MAT PRICES 
TO BUILD P. E TRADE 



Chldago, Feb. 5; 
In order .to equalize theli* night 
and niatinee business B.&K. I9 
r.-ilsiniu pricea a,t the loop Oriental 
and / ited. Artists In the; after- 
noon.s. Follows trend which h?ui 
teeiit.- the mcLtine© g:r6sses higher 
than the night receipts. 

New setup Is 35c to 1 p.m. in- 
stead of SDc,5bc to 6 p.rti. instead 
oif 40c, Night tariff isticks . at 656. 



NRA Paves Way for 
306 Operators' ^ctoiy 



The Ne.w York opcratpra*:^' union; 
Local 306, -won an important 
tpry . ih; its oCtehsivjB .against 
ITOA and. .Its all^g?d -.union ^etup- 
(Allied opetators) .yesterday (Mon- 
day) when the NRA advised Harry 
Sherman, president of 306,; that it 
had decided Allied was a company 
union and a group ot 10 thoatr^S: 
had no right to tbrq-Vij 'Out 30,6 men. ' 

Operators ..^f . Sfteraftian's local, 
nunibeclnic.,,:56j,V:aure''! '"' go back ;t 
woirH ih . jm^ibil^^ under, the 

NR.iV <)rd'ei'.;4:Sr<)i|ijgf<^s Include two in 
iBrooklyn, -the '(j'iobe and Sanders, 
iind: 10 in - New York, 



ALWAYS SUMPIN 



Ndw H's a Bill to Nix (Colored Bu lbs 
on Marquees 



New York theatres are facing an 
attempt by downtown ppwdra to 
foist a : new city ordinance ajgainst 
playhouses, : prohibiting all " color 
lighting- f rptn nnar^uees. A hearing 
was suddenly called on the mbitter 
last week, although theatre op- 
erators and owners had had no pre- 
vious knowledge of such a bill. 
After being summoned l)y certain 
offlcialsi it was . discoveried that the 
alderman who .had fraitned the bill 
was not to be prieseht. The :hearlng 
Was postponed indief. 

It's liable to conte up any time, 
though^ and as far as can be gleaned 
thie almi of the bill, has some angle 
of objecting' to the colored lights In 
niarquees because such lights may 
confuse " traffic . signals for passing 
autolsts. 

This Is not the first tirpe that -ef- 
fbrts had been made to ellntinate 
nioving color lights from theatre 
marquees, but usually the attempts 
have been to strike out only the 
green and red.'cplprs. This is the 
first tlnie that any objection has 
been sounded .^to all kinds of colored 
lights. 



Seattle's Nickelocleon 

Seattle, Feb. 5. 

Rex, former Hamrick house, haai 
been acquired by Sax Etros., old- 
time Portland showmen, and now in 
auto biz here. New policy is grind 
at 6c. and 10c, admission. 

With plenty of tickets flooding 
the town, stating the placard and 
'10c. will admit two' to the Rex, this 
brings back the nickelodeon to 
Seattle.. Fix changes dally. 



FSAKE DAMIS BACK TO IF. J. 

.' Pittsburgh, Feb. . 

Frank, paiiils, ' assistant zone 
manager here tot Warners In 
charge of film buying and booklng- 
bpefatlons, has been .-transfeired 
back , to the . New Jersey district 
where he will take over a similar 
post, under Don Jacocks. Damls 
leaves for Newark tomorrow; (fr) 
and no successor to him here l^ai 
yet. been named.. 

Damls waited .14 months, to moye 
his family here .-from Jersey. Wife 
and daughter came on .first of y^r. 
Five weeks later they're, on thetr 
way back . iigalh. 



MRS. McGDIN MOVES IN 

San Franclacp, Feb. 6. 

Hulda McGinn has taken office as 
sjecretary-rmanager of the California 
Theatrea'^ Assoctatlon, succeeding 
the late Thomas ..D. Van Osten, 
whose assistant she formerly was. 

Association is the prganization 
of all northern California plx 
hou.ses, banded together for legisla- 
tive and protection purpojj.es.' 



Duchess Ducks on Pair 

Deal of Par with 
Ducliestt Marie of Ilu.s.si , who was 
to leave today (Tuesday) for the 
(•oa.st to aol a.s tofhulcal adviser on 
'Thirty Day Princess,' is off. 

Marie decldftd that going out 
thfro would intorff-re with a book 
tilie'.s planning to write shortly. 



32 VARIETY Tuesday, February 6, 1934 




Tuesday, February 6, 1934 



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Tuesda^, February 6, 1934 



States-Rigbt Coin Jumps in CIn 

s Nix Twin-Pic Houses 




Chicago, 
tates right distributors, are flhd- 
tng plenty of . coin ir» this territory 
following refusal of the major, dis- 
tributors to lallow -.their product for 
.double feature and iOc, admish the- 
atres; . Resjilf is that .the : ihdle. ex- 
changes iiaV^ a.fleid of about 60-70 
theatres in this viplnity all tp them- 

. Has resulted in an ihereasecl reve- 
. tiue of about 75%- for th^i liidies with 
more states-righters scraihblinigr into 
tovy.n ;tiian. ever, before. Anybody on 
the. r9W witiiout a " cijhnection but 
with $50.0 cash iig going intp- the 
statesrright field by plknkihg down 
the five yard for the Illinois, rights: 
ituation is disturbing the major 

istributors who thought they W.erie 
finally kliling. the ' dime admissions 
.and .the twin bill's ■vyheil they re- 
fused to allow tlieir product ih.-stich 
houses. 

Are now sitting up nights trying 
to waysi bt Visetting. around 

this ri^w angle; liooks like they. Will 
tneet the situatioi? . by retreatihg 
Bomewhat oh- their strict anti-twiil 
Btaiid. This is indicated by the hew 
ruling a-mong the major distributors 
to allow, double featuring if the sec;» 
ondi feature doesn't ruh more than 
four reels; Result has been the slic-. 
liig ipf several regular six and deven 
reel features tb' fovir with those four 
reolers' almost as .Ibng is the regu- 
lar westerns which usually run be-' 
tween. 66 and 60 minutes. This slic- 
ing sd far has been done biily by the 
Indie exchanges in order to crash 
♦he larger, houses biit. this angle of 
ahortening features may spread. 



Opposes Booth T3t 

iMlnneapolis, Feb. 6. 
Minheapplia £i.nd i^^ul exhibs 
are combating, demands of booth 

operators for a ^ilt in pay scales. 
Local dperators,- whose contract ex- 
pired last August, want a 20% in- 
crease. 

Exhibitors will negotiate for a 
two-year "contract at no booth in- 
crease. 



SAM KAPLAN'S OUSTER 
SUSTAINED BY COURT 



' ' Despife 's'trorig arguments of Sam 
Kaplan ai^d . tormer associates . of 
New , .Yorlc operators (tiocal 306) 

that vthe ;I;A.T.S..E. . exceeded its 
powers 'lii- 'iemovin^' himself and 
othfers' -froni' the. union, taking pos- 
session of > its f tindd a'nd . affairs, the 
Appellate -.Diyislori Friday (2)' up- 
held the judgment the lower 
court from, which aplc>eal had been 
taken.' 

■ No opinib.n was rendered in af-. 
firming r the order - of ; the Supreme 
Court, refusing to Bet. aside removal 
of Kaplian and others from 306 by 
the I.A.T.S.E. 



New Approach 



Iios Angeles, Feb. 6. 

Femme propositioned the 
doormian at Loew's. State: 

*If ypu'U let me go lip to the 
ladies' room so I can get some 
money out of my gai-ter, I'll 
come down and buy a ticket.' 









N.W. EXHIBS PROTEST 
CCC CAMPS' PIC SHOWS 



ICEI HULIipf & IN L A. 

Los Angeles, Feb. 5. 
Mel Hulling, for the past year In 
charge of Majestic exchange in San 
Francisco, has been transferred 
here as assistant to Sam Berkp- 
witz, in charge of. the;, li. A. ex- 
change. 

Harry Gamey elevated from city 
salesman to branch manager in 
'Frisco. 



Majors, are reported- pirilihg theU" 
purse strings and dlshihg out less 
and less to exhibitor . organizations, 
in past years the hik crcuits were 
some of the largest contributors to 
such organizations, angeling them 
for various reasons, Including leg-' 
tsiative contact work. 

Because of the NRA and a belief 
that -several of such organizations 
are n^ longer essential, and because: 
they are. now casually regarded as 
beintr in . the . dole class are among, 
the reasons for this indifference. 

in the past few days the paid 
head of one such exhlb fraternity 
in .the midwest wrote' Into several 
circuit heads that he was not get- 
tlnjgr New York co-operation. He 
threatened to bolt to a rival group. 

' The chief of another theatre 
owner tribe, which for spnie time 
has had a gene'rPus quantity of ..Its 
bills similarly okayed, Is continuing 
an independent attitude. 



rve Got Tour Niunber 

(CPntinued from, page 14) 
human 1>eing than usually falls to 
his lot. • 
Production is always adequate and 
sometimes sumptupus. As carefully 
done as though intended .for a se- 
rious dramatic picture.. Sound first 
class and camera wPrk unifoi'mly 
good. 

'Numbeir' is one of those pictures 
they'll laugh at and. promptly forgeti 
But they'll laugh. Chic. 

FRONTIER MARSHAL 

Fox production ami release.' Features 
aebrfire O'Brien. Directed by Lew Seller. 
Adapter .from story by Stuart N. Lake. 
Screen play, , Wm. Counsolmnn and Stuart 
Anthony; Robert Planck, camera; Bernard 
FrederlcKH. sound. Cast: . Irene Bentley, 
QoorRe E. Stone, Alan Bdvards. Ruth G11-. 
lettei Burton Churchill, Frank Conroy, 
Warn Bond, Bdward LeSalnt, Russell 
Simpson, Jerry Foster. At Mayfalr, N. T., 
Jan. 30. Running: time, Q6 nilns. ' 



N. Y. Indies* Frolic 

Independent Theatre Owners' 
Ass'n of New Torli: ^ill hold' its an- 
nual supt>er and .ball at the Wal- 
dorf Astprla Washington's 
Birthday. 

Tickets are 1>eliifi; sold through 
the theatres bt the members at |10> 



Minneapolis^ Feib. 6. 

A protest from ^Northwest Allied 
and other exhibitors has resulted in 
local exchanges agreeing npt to 
furnish any rhore film to commer- 
cial' organizations touring. CCC 
camps with portable' sound nia-^ 
chines and giving picture shows at 
low admissiop prices. Preisent con- 
tracts will be carried out» but no 
more new ones made. ^ 

The traveling talker shows' have 
had reigulatr circuits of cainps, mak- 
ing two or more Visits a week , to 
each camp. Exhibitors cpmplained 
th^ opposition was unfair and that 
the movement eventually would lead 
to 'shows in every school and 
church'. 

Reports are that forenien of CWA 
crews in the territory have' been 
Informing workers that they'd be 
discharged If attending picture or 
other theatres. 

CWA headquarters .has Informed 
the exhibitors' organization that It 
Will discharge any foreman against 
whom proof is furnished. It states 
that the only instructions or advice 
given to workers IS 'the hope* that 
they will use their wages for the 
necessities of life. 



CAIINDAR OF CURRMRELEASES 



(Continued from page 31) 

Soiind vertilon of BIsenBteln's elaoslo. 



10 



Fox-^.G/s Screen tours 



Los Angeles, Feb. 6. 
. Around the world screen ..tours,; 
through use of travel pict scenies,- 
•new shots, as combo educational-, 
, .enter tainmiint feature are being 
booked by all hPuses in . Dick Dick 
eon's Fox-WC Sputhern California 
district. Newspaper Is tied up In 
each town to sponsor , the so-called 
tourSi with schools, teachers and 
travel organizations freely., used for 
pironiotlonal purposes. 

Idea back of the stunt is to glye 
■^ne or more progranis made up of 
such, evients as the Lindbergh good 
will tour. See America first, South 
ern California views, etc. 



GTOss=Vice=Frost= 



Potemklii (Rubs) (Kinematrade). 
mtns. ReL April 4: 

Quick, Koenifl der Clowns (Ufa) (Ger). Comedy. LUIan HarVey, Hans Albera 
Dir. Robei't Slodmak. 80 tains. Rel. Deo. L' 

Return of Nathan decker (Worldkino) (Russian) (Tlddlah). Comedy. Dir. 

ShptsB and Mllman. 72 mins. Rel. April 1. ReT; April SS. 
Rosier de Mme. Husson." Bee.Flrst Division. 

$al8on In kairo (German) (Ufa). Musical comedy. Benate Mdeller, 'Willy 
Frltsch. Dir. Relnhold Schuntzel. 80 mins. ReL Deo. IS. Rev. Dee. 2&, 

Sang d'un Poete (Fr) (Rlcd). Jean Cocteiau's Idea of modem fllms.^ 60 mins. 

Rel. Nov. 1. Rev. Nov. T. . 
$oampo|o (Kinematrade) (Ger.) Cinderella romance. DoUy Haas. Dir. Aant 

Btelnhoff. 93 mtua. Rel. April L Rev. April VL, 
6chlCksal der Renate Langeh ((3er) (General). Domestic drama. Mady (Chris- 
tians, Franz Lederer. Dir. Felix Guenther. 70 mins. ReL Oct. 16. 
Schutzenkoenlg. ber (Ger.) (Bavaria.) Mas Adalbert. Oretl Tbelmer. Ir 

Franz Seitz. 90 mina ReL April 16. Rev. May 9. . 
Shame (Amklbo) (Russ) .Problems of new Russia. Vladimir (3ardln. Dlr 
Sergei Yutkevltcb. 76 mins. Rel. March 1. Rer. Blarcb 14. 

Sohn 'Der Weissan Berge (Capital) (Ger.). Alpine drama. Luis Trenker, Re* 

nate Mueller. Dir. Mario Bonnard^ 76 mins. ReL Oct. 16> 
Song of Life (Ger.) (dubbed English) (Embassy). Art and photography pre-^ 

dominant . Dir. Granowsky. 70 mins. ReL April 1. 
Soviets on Parade. (Riiss.) (Kinematrade). Historic record of' current Rob- 
Bla. 66 mins. Rel. Feb. L Rev. Marcb 7. 

Storch- Hat Una (Sletraut, Der (Ger.) (General). Xll Dagover., Dir. Herman 

-Kosterlltz. SO mins. ReL Nov. 16. 

theodor Koerner (Ger) (General) Historical drama. Dorothea Wleeke 

..^ -.Dir. K^rl Boese. 80 mlns._ ReL. May 1:. Rev. May 16;. 
fod (Jber Shanghai (Ger.)' (DuWorldV; Mystery play of Amerlcaiu 1^^ 
Dir. RolfC RaQdolf. 76 mins, Rel. Dec. 16. 

Traum von Schonbrunn (Ger.) (General). Musical; Martha Eggerth. Ir. 
Johannes Meyer. 86 mins. ReL May 16. Rev. June 4. 

troii Mousquetalret, Los (General) (French). Duma's classic with songs. 
Dir. Henri Diamont-Berger. 12iS nilns. ReL May 1. .Rey. May 9. 

L(nd es Leuchtet die Puszta (Ger) (Ufa). Musical romance. 'W'olf 

Retty. Dlr, Heinz Hille., 80 mins.. Rel. Jan. 16, 
Victoria' urid^ Ihr Hussar (Kinematrade) (Get-). Viennese- operetta. Michael 
Bohnen. Dir. Richard Oswald. 90 mins. RoL April L . ReV. April 11 

Volga Volga (Fr.) (dubbed EhgiishV (Kinematrade). Adventure of a Cossack 
Robin Hood. 70. mins. ReL Dec. 16. Rev.. Dec. 26. 

yValzerparadiesi (Gert) (Capital). Musical comedy. Charlotte Busa. Dlr 
Frledrlck Zelnick. ..ReL March 1. Rev. Bdarch 7. 

Wandering Jew (Jewish Anierlcah) (Yiddish). Terror of Hitler regime, Ben 
Ami. Dir. George Rolland. 70 mins.. Rel. Oct 16. Rev. Oct 24. 

.Wie Sag Ich's Melnien Man? (GerV.(Ufa). Farce. Rebate Mueller. Dir. Rein 
hold Schuohzel. 70. mins. Rel. Jan. 16. 

Wenn bie Llebe Mode Macht (Ufa) . (Ger). Comedy with , music. JEtenate 
Mueller. Dir. Frank Wenzler. 80 mins. Rel. Nov. I. 

Whither JCermany? (Kinematrade) (German), bifflcultles of life. Hertha 

Thiele. Dir. S. T. Dudov. 71 mins, ReL AprU 16. Rev. April 26 
Vidlshe Tochter (Yiddish) (Quality). Old-fashioned Yiddish drama. Yiddish 
Art and Vllna Troupes. 76 m|nB> Rev. May 23; 

Ylskor (Yiddish) (Gloria). Revamp oi silent Maurice Bchwarts. Dir. Sidney 

Ooldin. and George Rolland. 80. mins. ReL May 16. Rey; June 6, 
Zwe! Gute Kamera^len (Ger.) (General). Military musical.. Fritz Kampers 

=-==^==Dir.r^M<>x^0.bal.,.=35 jnins.^,EiiL.Jti5X..^.l^^^ 



Mae West sows her wild west oatia. 
in this Picture,, or: .mprg correctly, 
Ruth Gillette, a ringer for the come- 
lip lady who nearly steals' .the . pic- 
ture from George O'Brieh iH two 
or three spots.^ 'She's' the billowy 
boiss of the. dartcehall . in Tombstone, 
and put;s considerable punch in an 
ot.herwise vigorous . picture; . that : 
might -have been much -better with.' 
a: more . skillful tailoring job,. As is,. 
It's entertainment^ and gpod enough 
to stand .' ..alone ■ in the second 
division'. 

. Story is based on Stuart Lake's-' 
noval ort Wyatt Earp,.but the herp's 
name is changed to Micheal Wyatt, 
to fend the suits which foUow the- 
productloii of a pseudo-historical 
play. Otherwise it's the standard 
No. 3' t>lot, in which the mysterious 
stranger brings order to a lawlesjs 
cohimuhity. - In this instance . he's 
not a government of flclaL He spots 
the mayor as the real master mind 
and shows him up, but not until 
he's In dutch With the girl. .Finish 
goes still .more conventional when 
the dancehall femme boss, who 
Ipves' him, does the human shield 
and is killed.- In lesser angles It 
also lines up with .the time-tried 
formulae and yet it: emerges as -a 
story which holds . Interest .In spite 
pf occasional deliberation in the .de- 
velopment of the action. 

In addition to O'Brien, who is- his 
usual he-man self,, good work is 
turned In by George E. Stone, on 
comedy, and. Alan. Edwards as an 
engaging bad man. Irene Bentley 
is the romance, playing smoothly a 
negative role, and niinpr characters 
are better cast th£k,n usual. 

Direction Is ' excellent and the 
staging helps materially. . Not miuch 
of the hard riding, but enough, and 
mostly the added stuff is better. 
There's a baby show sequence which 
thC: women will like and It Is kept 
down to ireasonable length. Pho- 
toigraphy and Sound both up to 
grade. Chic. 



Los Angeles, Feb. 6. 
jack (jross, who has been utility 
manager for BKO in Kansas City 
and Des Moines gets In today (Mon' 
day) to replace Jack Frost as man- 
ager of the RKO theatre. 



Key to Address 

Amkino, 723 Seventh Ave. 
Associated Cinema, 154 W. 66th. 
Bavaria Film, 489 Fifth Ave, 
I Capital Film. 630 Ninth Ave. 
DuWorld Flims, 729. Seventh Ave. 
Embassy Picts., 7^9 Seventh Ave. 
European Film, 164 West 66th. 
Filmcholce, 509 Madison Ave. 



Gross has bten with RKO for a- 

aumber of years and before going Foremco. 1560 Broadway; 

-voo* -ran off,, *v,nnaff-*»r iif <3n n Fi'ftn- Garrlson Fllms, 729 Seventh Ave. 
cast.wasLCity.managerat San F^^^^^^^^ Foreign Sales. 729 7th Ave. 

Cisco. Cliff Work, RKO division 0,^^,^^ Films. 630 Ninth Ave, 
manager, is here Awaiting Gro.ss. h. Hoffbers. 729 Seventh Ave. 



Inter-Amcrlcas, 60 East 42d, 
Interworld Films, 1640 Broadway. 
Jewish American, 680 Ninth Avt>. 
Kinematrade, 723 Seventh Ave. 
Madison Plots., Ill West 67th. 
New Era, 680 Ninth Ave. 
Portale Fllms. €30 Ninth Ave. 
Protex Trading, 42 B. 68th. 
Edward RIccl. 66 Fifth Ave. 
Quality Plots., 630 Ninth Ave. 
Scandinavian Films, 220 W. 42d. 
Ufa, 729 Seventh Ave. 
Worldkino, 1501 Broadway. 



for the Incidental dialog spoken by 
the five soldiers. An off-screen 
Voice makes cryptic announcement^ 
and descriptions In English from 
tlmO' to time during the. progress of 
the picture and that's okay, Mueh 
of the war shots is stock stuff, 

Picture pretends to bie the first 
really 'intematlpnal' Him because 
^ords from five, languages' are 
apoTcen" at -varlpus times by the 
characters. The , dialog - Is .of the. 
briefest kind whenever spoken, al- 
though plainly . enough/ Li Ited 
•slentences and pihrases of Freneh, 
^Yiddish, English and German can be 
heard. .The dialpfi is inclderitfil to 
the action,:: but too incidental to 
warrant that 'Interhationar claim, 

.The film starts pff with snatclieia 
pf -the peacetime life .pf four 'men in 
as many countries, an Englishman,^ 
FrenchinigLri, German, Jew. , Later a 
negro is also included. .. jEJoVia p 
former and. his inclusion. Ip the cast 
allows for a brief 'pieipe of ' i^ntertaln- . 
ment towards' the niiddle pf the plc=" 
ture wheii the lad. Who. is a very 
gOiOd performer, entertains his com- 
paniPns In the dugout • ■ 1 

It- may-be' that what pVompted. the ; 
'antl-wai;' label came thrpugh. the | 
brief r^m'ark'.by. the .Gern^aj). s;o|dier '• 
to his Frehchm^Q comp^iiloh thalt 
It. .wasn't... ho. (the (ieriha'n) who j 
wanted the •\^ar but belrig in it they > 
(the Gerinaris) were' out to clean up. f 
LPuis Dboglis; . Negro actor, Is ■ 
iianded feature billing, which must ', 
indicate that the fellow enloyed a • 
rep. aa a. performer in. Germany 
when the film was made. He is 
worthy. The.'fihest ptecfe of work is 
perfornied hy WladimIr Sokbloff, fa- 
mous Russian comedy aotPr. herein 
playing : a serious, role. He's from 
the " Moscow Art Theatre arid his 
performance here reaches the 
heights of pantomine. He plays 
the Jew answering . the call of 
war shortly after feeing wed. He 
is made deaf and Oumb as a result 
of war Injuries and while the other 
companlpns in the dugout talk and 
banter with- one another he only 
stares blankly for the most part into 
space: 

Ernst RuSch (presently exiled 
frorii (Serrnahy) the German sol- 
dier rates corhmendation for his 
natural atid effective performance. 
So do the pther male- actors. Shan. 



HELL ON EARTH 

CNiemandsland') 

(GERMAN MADE) 

Rescofllm production, Aeolian release. Di- 
rected by Victor Trivas. From the story 
by lieonhaird Frank. Features Wladlmlr 
Sokolofr, Ernst Busch, Louis Douglas 
Photography by Alexander I/agorlo and 
Georg StlllaiiUdts. Musical score by Hanns 
Elsler. American premiere at the Acme, 
N. T., beginning Jan. 27, Running time, 
.04 minutes. 

The Frenchniein. Georges Peclet 

The Englishman.......... i.FDigh Douglas 

The Jew. .Wladlmlr SokoloR 

The Qertaian..; .Ernst Busch 

The Negro .Louis Douglas 

Frenchman's Sweetheart Rose Mai 

Englishman's Wife. ......... ....Zoe Frank 

Jewish Bride Elizabeth Ijennard 

German Soldier's Wlf^..^.tRehee Stobrawa 



This, picture assUpies to offer a 
symbolical . study of the ravages of 
war by caltneraing the thoughts of 
five soldiers, from as many armies 
i-M the ■ World War, • a;nd , who- are 
precipitated together In 'a dugout 
during a bombardment in No Man's 
Land. It's not orlglnail and It's not 
a deep study/ although the acting 
thrPughout the film, arid of the five 
soldiers particularly. Is excellent. 
However, when a producer deliber 
ately labels such a Him as 'anti 
war' . it becomes frarik. propagarida, 
and as such jpossesses no box ofTlce 
saleabllity except for the sure -seat 
efs and the arties. 

It is recorded in the flies that in 
Germany where the fllm was made 
it was Icnown as 'Nlemandslan.d' Sind 
that its original running time was 
more than 90 minutes. The present 
picture runs around'30 minutes un- 
der this; Which explains some things 

One thing that remains unex- 
plained is the finish of the present 
film.. The five soldiers are shown 
on the w.ay out of the dugout where 
they werie thrown .together against 
their wills,. In their progress away 
from the dugout they rpach a barbed 
wire fence which stop.si them. Then 

ith^sud de h-iatid=f) ex'ce-=doter-m iria- 
tlon they begin de.«?troylng the wire 
fcnop. That's the finish and abrhpl- 
ly loaves It all up in the fLir. 

Like all so-called cinema studies 
the fllm-^oer has to strain every 
.sen.se to figure exactly what the 
producer intended to show and any- 
body's interpretation can be good in 
'Hell on lUarth,' which means that 
at most it's a futile thing so far as 
entertainment goes. 

Most of the.' photography. Is silent 
dubbed with. cannon sounds except 



LONE COWBOY 

Paraihount production- apd release. Stars 
Jackie Cooper. Directed by Paul' Sloan who \ 
also wrote screen ' play. . Based: on Will 
James' .book: adaptation. Qobby .Vernon 
and ' Brand' Leahy. At Loew'B New York, 
N. T.. .6ta double feature bill, Jail. 27.' Run« 
nliig time, OS mins. 

Scooter O'Neal ..Jackie Cooper 

Eleanor Johes.. «.i,...',LtIa Lee 

Bill O'Neal., .. .Joh^ Wrar 

'Doha. Jon'^.. Addlsbn' .Richards 

Jim Weston . . . . ; « . v . . ; Gavin: Gordon 

J. J. Baxter .Barton MacLane 

tHr, Curran... J. M. Kerrigan 

Mr. Burton. :Del 'Henderson 

Buck. ........... .V. ..... .William LeMaIre 

Cowboy Cook . ; . . . ^ Herbert Corthell 

Marshall . . ...... ^ , . > . Charles B. ' Mlddletoq 



Paramount evidently started this 
with' the hope it might, be another 
'Champ' for Jackie Cooper. Al* 
though It Is. on a dPuhle bill here, 
'Where it essentially belongs, 'Lone 
Cowboy' Is not to be 61a.sslfled with 
the aiverage mongrel reels of the 
plains. 

' If the story hadn^t been so delib- 
erately tailored to Jackie Cooper It 
would have had a better chance. It 
Is forced time and again Into yarda 
of vapidity^ All of this ihak^s the 
burden tod heavy, for .Its better 
points to rate serious consldef'atiom 
Addison Richards, as Dobb Jones, 
under better camera guidance would 
be Ideal as a sour cowboy^ He has 
the expression, manner aind urider- 
standing for such ix, role. Picture 
labors aimlessly through the first 
opuple of reels to show the love of 
father and son. At first the rela- 
tion between the guardian, Rich- 
ards, and Cooper provide a few 
laughs. . ■ 'Then it .sluriips into the 
htint for.the cowboy's runaway wife 
(Lila Lee), and the f alse - foi'eman, 
Gavin Gordon. 

. In the last reel the lone cowboy 
■is. injured in a rodep when he spies 
his wife in. the grandstand. In an- 
other flash he- is up from a sick bed 
and facing the deserters, ^here's 
flririg in that cabin. - The false'fpre- 
mian - shoots flrst and dies,, but one. 
of the bullets froiri Richard's gun 
has to slip outside and wing Copper, 
And in another few feet Copper i 
back on his feet, the wife has with- 
drawn the murder charge; and the 
lone cowboy is lonely no niore. 

Waly. 



Duals for Indiana 



Indianapolis, Feb. .5. 

in iana theatre," finest de luxe 
house In the state, under the di' 
r-ect ioii^ fff ^irMT^Halpt^ 
Sarii K \ w;ho operates, probably 
holds the record for the most policy 
changes in a short space of time. 

Since the -week before' Christmas 
the Indiana ha.'s been dark for 10 
days, 6:Prie to Sunday Ppenings, 
back to Friday openings, reduced 
prices, taken out stage shows, gont 
into a split week, and now an-* 
nbUnces two first run features a( 
no advance in prices. 



Taesdajf February 6, 1934 



B A D I 



VARIETY 



35 



DO FANS KNOW SPONSORS ? 




^ Washingrton, Feb. 5, 

(NRA Broadcasting Code Authoritif. has prepared d Cruidebook 
to: did station executives and the hroadcasting industry generally 
to interptet the irad^ practice ciqiises. This document is now in 
process of revision in Washington preparatory to general telease 
to the industry Jater this week. 

Highlights in the Ouidehook loiil include the following subjects. 
Outstanding is the^ 'recommendation^ that all existing contracts 
violating the principles laid down for the industry shall be can- 
celled either, immediately or as soon as possible. 

Government^ however',, .is not assuming responsibility for the 
document. It is designed to be helpf^l but fearing possible use of 
the Guidebook in any litigation it is being' unofficially released 
. and decisions, contradicting the Guidebook can be - made by the 
Code Authority.) 

Harmonizing Contracts 

Cancellation or revision of outstanding contracts which violate 
pirtiivlsions of the NRA Broadcast. Code is 'recomiioiended' to the 
industry, by the Radio Code Authority. Dlscussingr trade practice 
■provl^iona[: in detail, Code Authority advises that 'jb-very possible 
means' , be. taken immediately to harmonize contracts with code pror^ 
▼IsldnB. Code specifically outlaws extension or renewal of agree- 
ments conta,iriing provisions contrary to its terms; Guidebook cmr- 
phasizes. 

iseounts Must Stop 

•In all ; cases where broadcasts or networks have entered into 
cbntrabts which would be barred by any of the provisions of the 
code as for example, the sale of broadcast facilities at a rate or dis^ 
count, or both, less than spocifled in tlie'rate card effective the date, 
the contract was signed, it is expected that every possible means 
shall be taken immediately to harnionize such contracts with the 
provisions of the code. ■ 

Cpst-Per-lhquiry Contracts 
roadcasters. or networks haying, any accounts on a cost-pierr 
inquiry contingent,, or percentage basis,, are advised to 'invoke the 
cancellation provisions, contained in the contracts for such accounts 
a,t the earliest possible date'. Code . authority notes that 'renewal 
oif any contract for such an account on the basis of any renewal 
clause contained in an existing contract is contrary to the spirit and 
intentions of the code.' . .. 

Contests and Prizes 

Provisions barring lotteries and contests should, be considered 
broadly with' cases. Involving use of the mails being stibniitted. to 
postal officials for definite ruling, authority suggests. . Authority 
comments: 'A.s an aid to broadcasters and networks in the de- 
termination whether a particular prograni involves- a lottery 'or 
similar scheme It is recommended • that thie following be applied: 
If tiie program Involves (l) .a prize, (2) a consideration^ and (3) 
a chancie, such program .Is prohibited .by. paragraph (E). There is 
no question 'in determining .wl^ether a prize is involved. The ques- 
tion of .consideration Is more , complex and . for the purposes of this 
code should be construed broieidly. In other wprdsl If a listener is 
required to si>end any suni 'of' mbhey for any purpose to participate 
In. any. scheme It should be^cbnsidered that the element of consid- 
eratiicin Isi pr^sent. ; Similarly tlie eljenient of chance should be con- 
strued .broadly. Oftentimes, an effort is made to Introduce the 
element^' of Bklll to avoi^ the element of • chance. There are bona 
flde cases in which' the element of skill Is involved but the greatest 
care should be exercised to avoid, a. subterfuge. It is recommended, 
that In any particular ca^e inviolving the use of the mails, all de- 
tails 'be submitted to yotir local- postmaster who will obtain a def- 
inite ruling on the case from the postal authorities in Washington.' 

Free Announcements 

Free annonncements arie permitted only insofar as It Is the reg- 
ular custo.m of any broadcaster or network to make advance an- 
nouncements of its featured programs'. 

Rate Cards 

U6e of two rate cards, ohe for general*- or national advertising 
and other for local or retail, is recommended. , Code Authority speci- 
fies card .shall conform -with standard style of American Associa- 
'tion . of A^iyertisijig Agencies. Suggests following regulation,s be 
contained. In rate card: 1, Retail rates allo-wed only when advertiser 
sells ' direct to the consumer. . 2. llocal rates not available to re- 
tailer who Is also jobber, -Wrholesalor or distributor. 3, Co-operative 
advertising by bonaflde retailers is entitled to retail rates. 4. Gen- 
eral rates apply to advertising by . two or more retailers offering 
product of- certain manufacturer. 5. General rates apply to all other 
advertising. Provision requiring stations to furniah rate cards is 
Interpreted to mean clients may obtain published ischedules on 
written . request. 

Rebates Through Talent 

Clause covering sa-le^ Of talent, literary and musical rights, and 
recordings is Inter reted to -outlaw what are Substantially rebates; 
on charges for time by -providing program takmt or, mkterial free 
or at less than,;cbst. liiterary. and musical rights, authority ex- 
plains, should be regiarded as meaning only fe^s or royalties charged 
'.or performing indi'vidual scripts! or numbers and not to general or 
blanket". license fees. 

Cash vs, erehandise ' 

Noting code docs not spcoittcHlIy require advcrtiscris or agent.s to 
pay in cash, authority suggests tiifli-t 'the acceptance of nierchandi-so 
In.lieu of. cash for broadcast fa^f^ilities must be dear of any intent 
to evade in any way the rales, iacounts, etc., sixiclfiod in the rate 
card'. 



New York Boy Makes 
Good in Small Town 



Charlotte, N. \, ]r 
Ted Doolittle, radio comedian with 
^^Toric=expcrixniTcierreturned=h<?r«> 
l^cently to marry. Tjprice Kuckev. 
^st week he had two minute's on a 
gratis program Over WBT for the 
President's Ball, fie was very funny 
during those two minutes. 

Next day H. .J. Allison, local bu.'^i- 
»ess man, appeared at the station 
and signed Doollttic for a spn>.«? of 
'2 comniorriia) . programs. 



Singing Motorman 

St. John, N. i'cb. 
.Si;ii)ley Taxton, who is a street 
motoj' otor on the 

iDCol elec ihvay when not war- 




Variety Conducting Surveys 
in 15 American Cities to 
Test Effectiveness of Tie- 
up^ Between Headliner 
and Product 



RADIO SHOWMANSHIP 



Curious to test a hunch that many 
admittedly popiular programs are not, 
because, of faulty showmanship, suf- 
ficiently identifying, the sponsor 
with the . program, VAniBTT has set 
out to gather, some evidence on. the 
subject through a questionhaire. 

Like all surveys, Varibtt's is ho 
doubt imperfect in .technique, blit.as 
far as possible the aim has been to 
bo (1). fair and (2) simple. Ques- 
tionnaires are piersbnally distributed 
Knot mailed). In -all cities, Resuits 
will be tabulated a,nd pubiished in 
Variett Weekly. ,Th© survey will 
take In 15 cities.' 

Hartford, Conn., Is the first city. to 
be tabulated. That's appropriate, 
for Hartford has the reputation of 
being a good test city, with a high 
average I. Q. and a fairly prosper- 
o'iis citizenry, due to the main indus- 
try being steaLdy-going insurance 
and the amount of urtempioyment 
-and distress small. \ 

In the case of Hartford,' yARiBTY 
obtained 85 replies. Naturally Va- 
riett does not assert that 85 replies 
is a complete cross-section pf Hart 
ford. Results are submitted for 
what they're worth. All the persons 
who filled In the questionnaire were 
adults. All were Beml-familiar with 
radio programs. About half of them 
.were women. 90.% belonged to the 
middle class. Only one was classi 
fled as unemployed. Moreover, In 
Hartford almost any ordinary radio 
can bring in N*w York and Boston 
in addition to the locd,! stations. 
However, four .radio headiihers tab- 
ulated in other cities— namely. Easy 
Aces, Edgar A. Guest, Clara, Lu and 
Em, and -Boake Carter— have no 
Hartford outlet and are nbt here 
listed, for that reason, as meagre 
returns clearly Indicated Hartford 
was unfamiliar with these pro- 
grams. 

Maxwell Show Boat was purpose- 
ly listed. This Is the one program 
identified, by name with its sponsor. 
Yet 16 out of 86 persons did not 
know the sponsor. 

All the radio headliners or pro- 
grams on Varibtt's questionnaire are 
well established. This is not a sur- 
vey of program, popularity, but of 
the extent of public familiarity with 
the advertiser Involved with admit- 
tedly popular programs. 'March of 
Time' and Blng Crosby have new 
sponsors, but in general Variety pur- 
posely omitted isuch personalities 
who: have new advertisers bank- 
I'olling them. 

Next we^k: inneapolis.. 





iifponsor 


Bponaor 


Sponsor. 




Correctly 


Wrongly 


Not 




JTdmed 


Named 


Knoton 


Eddie Cantor .i. • 


• • • •> 78 




6 


Amps 'o' Andy 


•.• • '4 i> • • • « • 77 






Maxwell Show Boat 








Rudy Valjee 


66 






Ed AA/ynn -.. 


* • • • • •••••• ..^3 






lyiyrt & Marge' . ......... 








Burns & Al/en . . . . . . » . .'. 


• -••'«•••••.»•'••• 53- 






.'Rise of Goldl^ergs' 


•'••»'•••«•«•••• * ' 43 






March of Time 


• ••«•.••.••••••'• 36 






Jessica Dragonette 


«;•.• •••••• • • • 33 






Jack Benny 


9 

• ••-•«-•»•.*•••«• ** 






Metropolitan Opera . . . . ; 








Wayne King Orchestra 








Harry Horlick 








Bing Crosby 








Will Rogers 




7-. 




Joe Penner 


• • • • • •'».■-•'• « • 


1 





GOODRICH TIRE MAY 
SPONSOR BASEBALL 



Ooodi Jch . ire Company may this 
summer go in for the broadcasting 
of local baseball gaincs In various 
cities. 

Contracts, are now. being, negb- 
tlated with the National and Ariieri- 
can ijeagiie parks where tht; ban 
ag.iinst mikes doesn't, prevail. 



Program Sponsor ]kiimm 



HARTFORD, CONN. 

(VJLRietY tabulated 85 replies from the fottowing persona: HouseitHvea, 
10; stenographers^:^; itisiirance salesmen, .7; clerks, 19; car washer, Ij 
dentist, i; grocer, 1; athlete,.!; store manager, I; vehicle inspector. If 
druggist, ; theatre manager, 9; hdrber, 1; executives, 6; college student, 
1; college professor, 1; school teachers, 2; maid^ 1; telephone girl, 1:>* ian^ 
ist, i; uneihployed,- ; corporation vice-president;!; bookkeeper, Z; laioyer, 
2; home economist, ij secretaries, 5; saleswomen, 2; physician, 1.) 

(85 QUESTIONNAIRES) 



Casa .Lorna Orchestra 
Olsen &^ Johnson 
Paul. Whitema.n 
Phil Baker 



EQUITY HEARING DELAY 



niniess of John Shepard S«t Talent 
Confab Back 



Opening hearing on Equity's sur 
vey of talent conditions in radio 
has been postponed to Feb. 7. iieet 
ing had originally been set for last 
Wednesday (31), but the illness of 
John Shepard, 3rd, chairman of. the 
broadcasting code authbrity, ne 
cessitated calling It off. 

Delay will allow the national webs 
rhbre tirne to marshal theirs replies 
to the AEA's findings and also ob- 
jections to Equity's petition for 
union authority over mike talent. 



Erwin-Wasey Reviyes 
Minute Mystery Idea 



Chicago, Feb. 5. 
Erwln-Wasey agency here Is 
again agitating for the Minute Mys-* 
tery show idea of H, A. Ripley 
whose idea is now running in thb 
Chicago Tribune and other dailies. 
Agency is now dickering with 
several clients for possible etheriz- 
ing. 

Idea was up a couple of months 
ago for the Atliintlc and Pacific tea 
company but fell through. Idea 
necessitates two broadcasts on- one 
night. First broadcast for mystery 
episode, second broadcalst two hburs 
later to give solution. Usual angle 
Is for listeners to wire ih' their 
guesses as to solution •with winners 
announced same ni 



No Topnotch 
Femme Silvers, 
Say Pliigger$ 



For the first time In years radio, 
siay\ inusic publishers, is without a 
womian warbler whom' they regard 
as a topnotch plug. Currently with- 
out rbgulair mike releases are such 
fbrmer standbys of the sohg pliiggor 
as Ruth Ettihg, Kate Smith and the 
BosWell Slstera. Miss Etting debuts 
for Oldsmobiie next week (13). 

Rated as the four top tune sales- 
men, on the air today are Rudy VaN 
Ifee, Blng Crosby, Fred Waring and 
Paul Whiteman^ 



President Roosevelt's birthday 
broadcast last Tuesday night (30),. 
wiilch boasted the biggest hookup 
since March 12, turned out a disap- 
pointment to Tin Pan Alley. 

Program contained lots of music 
but hone of It nodded In the direc- 
tion of T.P.A.'s latest output. Even 
the 'Home on the Range' number 
was a non-cop. 



Hall NBC Program on 
Platters for Gaig 

Chicago, ^eb. . 5. 
Wendell Hall's Sunday shows bn 
NBC for the P. W. Fitch company 
are being taken .off the wire by thie 
RCA yictpr studios 'here- for rer 
broadcasting on Dominion of. Can- 
ada stations. 

Being placed throujg-h; the local 
Scott-HoWe-Bowen office on 16 sta- 
tions. To hit the. ether by iFeb. 15. 



the count In a collision between hi."? 
(rolloy car and a 'sled. 

Ang)*y teamster's first collided 
with the singing motorma.n's button. 
Paxton was unconscious for about 
two hours, his head having struck 
the lee, when flattened. He was 
strotched out on a car seat while in 
.•oma, Tfnmster was fined $10. 



BAUME BENGUE DISCS 

. sxiimo Bpngue has added WM AQ, 
Chicago, and WOR, Newark, to its 
list. Contracts are for two recorded 
shpw.s a. week over a period of 13 

:\i^e"Slrgr'" Coff "i^ 

tertainment. 

Programs are those that wore re- 
corded while Ross was doing a se- 
ries for the. pharmacal account av6r 
the Yankee network last summer. 
Imprints came oft the same 'Wire 
piping the siiow from a New Tork 
recording sludio, Byers, to the key 
outlft of the Tankee link In Boston. 



Chamlee, Glade Set 

(jhlcagOj 5i 
Swift's yigoro fertilizer show Set 
With two gliest artists, Mario 
Chamlee and Coe Glade. Each will 
have five .broadcaHt.s in the series 
of 10 Sundays on MiiC. 

Standard mu.sical background 
■will be the Karl Schulte' orc-hostra 
and_thft.,Nor\seiri.en ; quartet. 



WAITEE DEAIEY DIES 

I^alla.q, Feb. 5. 
Walter A. ' Dc:ilt;y, founder of 
WFAA, 50,000- watli-')',. (liad hero Jan. 
30 at the age of 43 from a. heart at- 
tack. 

Survived by wi pot). p,Troni.«>, 
and thrco si.«fcr.« 



Inquiries Worth $1 
To Disc Adyertiser; 
Must Pay Time Cost 



Operating on a set arithmetic 
formula In spot broadcasting Is the 
U. S, School of Music. Account fig-, 
i^reg Us minimum cpst. per inquiry 
as |1 and if a station doesn't by the 
second broadcast produce enough 
Inquiries to cover ithe time, costs 
on this basis off comes the bu.slness... 

All contracts are termed on the 
basis of two weeks plus 11 Veeks. 
If the accumulative rate for the first, 
two programs Is $100 and the two 
airings bring in at least 100 letters 
Inquiring about the school's Corre- 
spondence course the. contract auto- 
matically extends over' the other H 
weeks! K' 

Account, which uses five minute 
discs, stipulates In all cases a.n early 
.Saturday evening spot. 



Keifer Sets Programs 

I>os Angelas, Feb. 6. 
=^Jack-^-Tv('lfcr^^^^ojmicrl.v -,jTianagGr-_ 
of KMPC, .Bev6rly ilill.s, Calif., and 
now handling radio adverti.sing for 
MacMillan Petroleum, goes east 
next week to set programs in the 
middle wf'.^ and the ea.'^t. 

He will ari-ange for c11.«ch for mid- 
dle west stations and set spot an- 
noijnff>ments in the east coast uta- 
tjons. 



36 



VAHiETY 



RADIO 



Tuesday, February 6, 1^34 



Chain Income from Tune Sales 



NBC 



$2,, 



1933 . 
$l,869.8t<5; 



CBS 



Ja.uiiury 



$1,380,072 



1931 
$2.026>8$0 



1931 
$692,114 



Columbia's Socko $ly386,072 for 
January 47% Over Last Year and 
Is Best January in Web's History 



111 the stride toward business re- 
cove;ry Columbia continues to putr 
pace NBC. CBS for the first month 
of 1934 'piled up the biggest January 
gross from time sales in the history 
of the .web; ' Last month it ■ did 
$1,386,072, or 47% better thn the 
tally for Januaiv, 1933. CBS' pre- 
vious January high was In 1932 
when: the network aecumulated 
$1,3481,842. Indications are. that CBS 
this month will achieve a record 
hidnthly take for all time. Top 
gross on the CBS books thie 
$1,436,000 for March, 1932. 

NBC last month garnered from 
facility disposals $2,373,923, or 26% 
above the January, 1933, total of 
$1,869,885. Billings for January of 
this year were still 10% under the 
network's record January. In Janu- 
ary; 1932, the NBC time gross was 
$^,635,447. 

■ Newcomer account which in itself 
should give CBS enough income -to 
make the current ntionth a record 
grosser for that web is-Fdrd Motors. 
Latter made its bow' last- Sunday 
(4) oh a hookup of over 60 stations 
with the car maker's schedule call^ 
ing for two s^eh half -hour links a_ 
Breakup of the NBC figures for' 
January givies thei red (WEAF) link 
$1,300,7.08 and the blue (WJZ) $975,- 
299. 



RADIO PLAYH0USE 
NOT NRA CONCERN 



Feb; 5. 

NRA has taken Tjo position so far 
in; the controversy between leisrit 
code authority and broadcasters 
over Columbia's use of Hudson the- 
atre as a studio and distribution of 
•Annie" Oakleys ta interested fpec- 
tators; 

Attitude" of the CfOvernrtient Is that 
this id'ti matter involving the two 
Industries rather than violation of 
any code provisions and that the 
way to settle the matter is for the 
outfits concerned to try and nego- 
tiate an agreement. Suspicion, that 
NRA symipathlzers with the the- 
africial group'is based on fact that 
no overt disapproval has been dis- 
played of le;sit code a.iithorlty's in- 
vitation .to the film industry to Join 
forces in combatting latest type of 
conipetitlon. 



NEW NBC CENSOR 



Lyrics Agnin Q«ft Offlelal luepenoil 
in Advaneo 



Censor of sons lyrics l>fts been re- 
vived at NBC b^uae Walter . 
Koons, musical program supei'vispr;, 
thinks that too many suggestive 
verses have, slipped by of late.. In 
a letter addressed to the muslo 'pub- 
lishing trade, koons last week palled 
the lattfer state of affairs to its a,t-. 
tention and asked that a oopy of all 
new compositions be submitted, for 
moral. appraval by Willianx J. Dolly! 
of the pirbgram departments staff. 

NBC appointed its fl» r* lyric cenisor 
over a year ago but when this plier. 
Of . the bluepencU, Joe Higglns, quit 
a few- n^onths ago for another Job 
the practice of demanding.of a- pre- 
Ibok at all new songs dwindled: into 
disuse; kopns In his letter averred 
that the publishers by co -operating 
with ^hinI will avoid listener em-' 
bairrassment for NBC and at the 
same tirne' savo them the expense 
of. having to. reprlint their profes- 
sional sheets. From now on, he 
warned theth, a lyric which hasn't 
b^en submitted in ample, aidvance 
for a. once-over by DoUy will auto- 
m£ttically be tagged barred from 
an NBC mlko. 



HOTELS MUST 
PAYCBSUNE 






TO EDTT AIR 
NEWS 



James W, Barrett, formei' city 
editor of the New York American, 
has been designated as head of the 
bureau through which the press as- 
sociations wlU clear the news items 
for broadoastihg purposes. Date 
for the shutting down by CBS of 
its' own nfews collecting orga-nlza- 
tion is Feb. 28. 

Ad agenciie exPcs, who sought la.st 
week to obtain from NBC an. inter- 
pretation as to how the agreement 
between radio and the press would 
apply to hews commentators on 
their payroll, were referred to the 
following . paragraph in the pact: 
'The; broadcia^ters agree to arrange 
the broadca:sts by their commen- 
tators in such a manner that these 
periods , .will be devoted to a. gen- 
eralizatioh or background of gen- 
eral news situations and eliminate 
the present .practice, of the recita,! of 
spot news.' One of the querying 
agericieis was :J.. "Walter Thompson 
with Walter. Wiiichell's stint for 
Jergens the point at issue. 

National Association of Broad- 
casters did not become a' signator 
to the pact. Reps ; from .. .this or- 
ganization merely sat in at tiie var- 
ious conferences as observers, which 
means that the indte station can 
accept or leave the n^ws feeding 
ojrrangemerit as worked out between 
the networks and press association. 
Jjiitef two parties, however; as stip- 
ulated 1ft the protocol, aire called 
upon to prevail, upon the newspaper 



GENE-GLENN BOTH 
DIVORCE OAK PARK 

Cleveland, Feb. 6, 
Both .t3ene Carroll and Glenn 
Rowell, known on radio as Gene 
and Glenn, are suing, wives foi di 
vorce. Gene,, who does 'Jake and 
Lena' impersonations, is asking a 
decree from Mrs. Mary Carroll of 
Oak Park, 111., on grounds of gross 
neglect of duty. Married in Chi 
cago, Dec. 22, 1921, they have three 
children. 

Glenn, his piano-and-song part 
ner, filed suit Jan. 9 on complaint 
that his wife also in Oak .Park has 
been wilfully absent for move than 
three years. They were hitched . in 
St; Louis, May 29, 1916, and have 
two children, 16 and 5. ' 

Team of radio singers is now do 
ing a series of Saturday nlgiit per 
sonal appearances at indie Allen 
besides WTAM broadcasts. Shows 
made up of WTAM talent, booked 
by Warren 'Wade. 



All hew spots added to GBS^ 
schedule of sustaining band pickups 
will from now on be obliged to pay 
the line charges. RulO put Into ef- 
fect last week allows for no ex- 
ception regardless of the popularity 
standing of the combo or whether 
the network's artist bureau has an 
exclusive management contract with 
the nnit. 

Web previously hadn't been so 
particular about having thp hotel, 
cafe -or niteclub reimburse It for the 
toll charges made by the telephone 
company. Fee has frequently been 
passed up in the cases of bands 
booked through the CBS artists' 
bureau or where ah outside man 
aged aggregation was amenable to 
splitting on the commission or coy 
ers» Under the new rule if the Spot 
operator declines to pay the line toll 
the band Itself wlU have to dig 
down, or else. 



Isabel Diokason, secretary to John 
Henry at KOIL, will marry Ernest 
Stowe, non-pro, June 7 in Council 
I Bluffs. 



falter Danun Explains Facsmiile 
As Experimentally tried by Journal 



Dnsting the Attic 

(For the 'iBay-hack^lien 
present: ' d<iy rodto names, 
Vabiett will exhume its New 
Acts files on vaudeville which 



go tuack over 
yeats.) 



a period of 28. 



(June 6, f921) 
BURNS and LORRAINE 
Songs and Dancies 
11 Mins.; One 
American 

.. Two- cleah-ciit chaps In sack 
suits, doing a song iahd dance 
routine. Opertinisf with a jazzy 
put)lisiied numiber, the boys go 
In for impeirisonatlon, one tdk-. 

dcincprs, witli partiier, 
singers. Cantor, Leonard arid 
Jolsbn iire used for singers by 
one boy, with jRoohey, Whit^ 
and Cohan for the dance miml- 
crjr by the other. Both handle 
their bits wellk 

The turn travels ait a good 
speed, the. boys having auffl- 
cieht magnetism in their \vork 
to hold attention, with the 
pi'esent turn showing signs Of 
develpplhg thom into a stand* 
ard.act.: 



The 'chaps* were Nat Burns 
and Billy Lorraine, respective- 
lyi The Burns is George N; 
Burns. A bit later he met 
Grace Alien, who was dancing 
In a Scotch flash act. before 
Burns ■ and Lorraine it was 
Burns and . Burns ( Al Birnes) 
arid then .Burns and JosO, iat-. 
ter a ballroom idanping iact. 



GUIF OIL SAYS WILL 
ROGERS I]N([ENSORED 

Gulf Oil yesterday (Monday) gave 
Will Rogers a contract tying up his 
air services for the balance of the 
current year. In all it covers 23 
broadcasts following the run of his 
present ..series which terminates 
March 4. Rogers will return to the 
Sunday night stanza in June. 

Refllning compiany a,lso took oe 
casion yesterday to send out.a prPss 
irelease denying that any attempt 
has been made to muzzle the m^nO 
legist's comnienta on affair govern 
mental. Commercial declared that 
It has at no time sugrgested to 
Rpg6rs that he temper his remarks 
about the NRA or the Roosevelt 
administration. 

George M. Cohan stepS back into 
the .Gulf session. Miarch 11. for eight 
weeks. 



Milwaukee, Feb. C. 
MilAvaUkee.. Journal ezporimental 
facsimile broadcasts which start 
Feb. 21 are, of coursp, of 4uite sep- 
arate from WrrMJ, the regular MIU 
waukee Journal station. Facsimile 
transmitter is called W9XAG. 

Milwaukee Journal in further 
eluclda,tipn of its facsimile experU. 
ments points Out. that , the listener; 
requires a receiving set .capable of 
picking up> signals of 1,&S2 kilo- 
cycles and,/ in place of the usual 
loudspeaker, a radio pen. to .tra:vel 
across a tape of paper. These facf 
simile recieiVers are not available 
as yet on the pp^n market and the 
Journal • doubts if they . will be very 
soipn,. -Among vai^ious methods now 
bPing, used e^cperimentally for fac- 
simile it Is not yet . clear which tech- 
nique will' ultimately be. standarized. 

Pioneer association first with 
rddlo and letter with television led 
to a natural icuriosity in facsimile 
by' the Milwaukee* ; Journal. Joha 
yi li. Hogan, New TTork City engi- 
neer,, invented the type of facsimile 
used by the Journal. 

answer to the possibility of 
sponsorship the Milwaukee^ Journal 
through Walter j;. Damm, broadcast 
leader, explains that doubt exists 
that facsimile is capable of preseni- 
Ing a highly perfected regular pro- 
gram schedule. Broadcasts will 
primarily Ihterest the scientifically- 
minded for the time being and, 
while .programs of Interest to isuch 
persons are. contemplated, the Jour.-; 
nai has lio present expectations of 
achieving anything ' but knowledge 
and. experience in a new develop- 
ments 

Milwaukee Journal doesn't seri- 
ously consider facsimile any more 
than radio or television a substi- 
tute or successor to newspapers. A 
sui>plement perhaps -^hen pprfected, 
but that's .ell. Journal's idea Is 
that if facsimile does go places it's, 
far better for the newspapers 
themselves to have the control of 
the development and Its application. 



DON LEE SUES 
PRC IN WASa 



'Dreams* Loses Sponsor 

Chicago, Feb; 

Battle Creek products this week 
drops all sponsorship of the /Paint- 
ed Dreams' show which , has been 
on WGN and a. Columbia hookup. 
Appears that the sponsor Is Un- 
willing to continue the money out- 
lay for this progrant and.'will re-, 
turn to the. ether Immediately with,| 
a .less costly setup. Likely to stick 
on WGN with, a twice- weekly mu- 
sical program. 

'Dreams,' a daily drama, reverts 
to a sustaining spot on . WGN, the 
Chicago^ Tribune outlet. 



BERIilE'S COAST ABEIVAI 

Holly\yobd, Feb. B. 
Bernle whp is coming here 
for paramouht's 'Great Magoo,' will 
[arrive Mar. 4 and will broadcast his 
Pabst Blue Ribbon hour from here 
while on the picture. 



Logrolling Headliners 



Logrolling Is a growing tendency among radio performers. Invariably 
the chief offenders are the big headliners. Lesser performers would npt 
dare take such liberties, and if they did would be sharply corrected by 
either the sponsor or the station. 

Logrolling is that custom of. a group of persons in the same prbfesr 
siPh Who throw bouquets at one another. It's the old. political dictum, 
'YPu scratch me and I'lr scratch you'. But logrolling In the. unsubtle, 
blatant fashion, all too frequent on current, radio; programs, is not just 
something to be. indulgently shrugged away. It's something for sponsors 
and networks to consider. 

Publicity feuds, like those between Bernie a;nd Wiiiohell and CantoV 
and Jessel, might be defended as stirring up; talk, curiosity and. buUdlng 
bigger audiences. At least there is, an effort to wrap up the publicity in 
3om6thing to. disguise the logrolling as, something else, But there is 
little excuse for that small army who habitually mention all their friends 
in t.h0 professlpn for no reason more worthy than the reciprocal fact 
that tlielr friends mention them. 

This is not entertainment. Often the rcmavks aren t intelligible to 
anybody except a. few pals. As bad as this sort of thin is on a vaude- 
ville stage, when a comedian works to a handful of friends in the flrst 
rows,' Its doubly unpardpnaible over the air. 

This logrolling is an outgrowth of the free publicity -grabbing yen thai 
has swelled so enormously In repent years. If it ^ycrp just an occasional 
side-rPmark, or so-called 'local', nobody , would mind. But it's gettin.u 
to be close to a nuisance and probably Is annoying to the public. 



Washington, Feb. 6. 

Radio Commission's policy on sale 
of broadcast stations. wUl be one of 
key issues in legal test of the recent 
decision in favor of stations KTM- 
KiBLW, Los Angeles, . and the Los 
Angeles Evening Herald. 

Chcirglng commission ruling in- 
volves' mpre than two dozen legal 
errors, Don . Lee Broadcasting Sys- 
tem has taken appeal in District of 
Columbia court and accused Fed- 
eral agency of condoning traflficklng 
in licenses. 

Don Lee system complained that 
effect of commission decision In, bit- 
terly-contested case is to deny an 
applicant shown by the record to be 
qualified and experienced from 
every Standpoint' the right to serve 
a .locality which is shown to be In 
need of service and to grant to an 
applicant shown to bp . unqualified 
and inexperienced the prlvlege , of 
retalnng'the faciltes applied for in 
a locality which Is Shown witliout 
dispute in the evidence to bp one 
ot the most radio congested areas in 
the United States. 

Making allegations about com- 
missibh's failure , to follow the evi- 
dence, Don Lcp laid emphasis on the 
ppntentlon that the commission 
erred by vlola.tlng .and Ignoring its 
pwn rules' and regulatlonis covering 
assignment of licenses, and" disre- 
garded Its requirements covering 
evidence which must be introduced 
in such cases. 



Ltickenbill Promoted 



owned stations and indie owned , „ . „ , ■,, , ± 

=SlSs5o=ablde^by-the^gceompnts.|.i.^ate«^ 
regulations on news brpadcasting. •, 
NBC and Columbia will eacU have 
a delegate on the committee ap- 
pointed to supervisel the functioning 
of the press associations' news 
Plearlng house for radio. CBS has 
appointed Paul White, who is in 
charge of that network's special 
news events department, while the 
NBC designation is Frank Mason, 
v.p. In charge of publicity. 



artists from pictures to appear /oh" 
the Bernie coast-emanating pro- 
grams, 

FItMS TEST PAEKER 

Metro pictures is testing Frank 
Parker of radio for a flimuslcal. 

MG also was testing Phil Regan, 
radlo-phoiiograph warbler, but 
Warners signed him first. 



Sponsors can't assume ■ that an actor's wisecracks about other actors 
are funny to the public at large. Rarely they may be. Usually Its Just 

im'OTTuWTo'sIIp^^^^^^^^ 

It may be building up actors but its not building good progriinis. 

Rudy Vallee mentions everybody, but this is not logrolling as hero 
meant. There is a dlfterehce between giving credit to authors, colleagues 
and collaborators and dragging In outsiders without rhyme or reason. 

Some production men attached to advertising agencies tend to asso- 
ciate socially with professionals so much that, their judgment on such 
matters is faulty. Actorjii are notoriously fond of ad llbbing and other 
pranks which radio sponsors should ourb for; thP good of their programs 
if nothing els*. 



— Chicago, Feb. C. 
Tom i.m^kehbill, who has been in 
chatge of the radio department here 
for the J. Walter Thompson agency, 
=ishlftsrtb'^lre="New^^Yo^ 
mediately to take .the place of CaiJ 
Kuhl, recently assigned to - Los 
Angeles. 

Move figures as a prpniotlon with 
with Luckenblli going in tp start 
production on several ace Thompson 
network proerrams. No setup te-.. 
mented here yet on replacement 
though will Include Vic Marvin, 
Georse Allen and Joe Tlhiblih. 



Tuesday, February 6, 1934 



RADIO 



VARIETY 



37 



1st ANTI -WEB COMBINE 



Prospects Dun for Hard Liquor; 
PRC, Stuug by Criticism, Rules 
Booze 'Legal but Not Desirable 



Wa.shihgton, Feb. 
of Federal Radio Comr 
ihi'ssioh to .put radio' stations, who 
broadcast liquor advertlseihents oh 
the spot eenerally. received approval 
from dry members of Congress last 
week. 

Pointed,, .commission announce- 
ment calling attention to thia fact 
that renewal licenses depend" upon 
showing of continued tiubllc Inter- 
est was hiciiled by advocates of 
drastic advertisement regulation ais 
first sign the Federil agency Is 
coming to. life. Particularly . pleased 
was Senator Dill of Washihg^ton, 
chairman of Senate Interstate Com'-, 
merce Conimittee and leading critic 
of commission's do-nothing policy. 

Hef using to discuss the merits of 
banning liiiuor advertising for liioi-al 
reasons, Dill said he ; felt: the cpm- 
missipn Is entirely within its rights 
in putting stations on the defensive. 
While hot informed about plans of 
WOR or WNAC, Boston, to. make 
test cases, Dill remarked when you 
get off the air it's anotiier thing to 
get back on. 

Snapping Whip 

This announcement by the com- 
mission shows it is besiiining to 
exercise the power given it to make- 
.certaln that laroadcasting stations 
ai'e operated in a manner to serve 
the public Interest, Dill sald» 

Carefully-worded statement by 
the commission left no d'pubt that 
the governnient is detex*mined to 
take action whicii will alleviate the 
mountain of criticism ..of offensive 
advertising and was construed 
throughout political circles as 
merely iirst step in . carrying out a 
new policy. Statement said: 'The 
Federal Radio Commission calls. x'Cr 
newed attention of bro.adcasters 
and advertisers to that ;sectIorn 6f 
the Radio Act of 1927 Which pro- 
vides that stations are-licensed only 
when their operation will serve 
public interest, convenience and ne- 
cessity, and asks the. intelligent co- 
operation of both groups insofar as 
liquor advertising Is concerned. 

'Although the 18t)v Amendment to 
the Constitution of_ the United 
States has been repealed by thfe 
21st, and so far as the Federal Gov- 
ernment is concerned there is no 
liquor prohibition, it is well known 
that millions of listeners thtoughout 
the United States do not use in- 
toxicating liquors, and many chil- 
dren pf both users and non-users, 
are part of the listening public. 
Tlie commission asks the broa'dcast- 
ters and advorti-sors to bear thi.s in 
mind. 

'Commifjsion will designate for 
hearing the rene\val application.s of. 
all .stations, urimindful of the fore- 
going, and they will. be required to 
make a sliowing that their con- 
tinued operation will serve public 
Interest; Convenience and necessity," 



Newspapers strongly support .ef- 
forts to retain to themselves, ailond 
distiller advertisemehts. Once 
radio was g:enerally opened to gin 
and whisiiey publi.shers fear their 
new-found business would quickly 
hpp onto the kilocycles 

Mdanwiiile, of course,, the drys 
still have niuch political influence; 
and radio is admittedly vulnerable 
through its ihtimate contact \yith 
the family circles of America. 



Bbweii's Claim 



Scott . Howe Bowen,. who has 
been traveling extensively the 
last- several weeks in .conhec- 
tioh with the orgahlzation of 
his group plan» is claiming to' 
broadcasters that in the past 
six years the Bowen oreahi- 
zatioh has placed around $10,- 
000,000. In advertising with 
radio stations. 

Meanwhile, In New York last 
week, the other principal ex- 
ponent of waxi World Broad r 
casting/. Was reported iiaving 
obtained th^ necessary finan- 
cial guarantees and was going 
ahead with its pretentious .Un- 
dertaking to build an elaborate 
library.' Service is scheduled 
Under Present reports for' 
March 1. 



WLS Forgets Option 
Clause; Stays with 
NBC Another Year 



Chicago, Feb. 5. 

Neglecting to read their contract 
has tied up WLS with NBC for 12 
more months. Deal with the liet- 
.work states that WLS must notify. 
NBC 60 days in advance If it wants 
to terminate its contract at eacli 
yearly renewal dat^. 

Three days after optional date 
iiad passed WLS received' a note, 
front NBC saying that since tlie 
station had neglected to take ad- 
vantage of the notification clause 
that the contract was automatically 
renewed for anotlier yiear. 
., iiVLS has been angling for a 
breakaway from all networks for 
some time figuring that it can make 
more' on its own than with alTllia- 
tions. 



CHAHANOOGA DAILY 
EASES LOCAL-LIST 




Veteran of Spot Broadcast- 
ing Readies New Setup as 
Innovation— Will Bind 20 
Stations in Key Centers 
Into Selling Group 



STARTS AT ONCE 



Chattanooga, Feb. 

Chattanooga Times, morning daily, 
has eased its rules against radio 
program publicity. In connection 
with a new. radio, advertising paige, 
programs of local WDOD (CBS) 
and NBC chains are printed weekly 
Fpi'mcrly; only Associated Press' 
'Around the Radio Clock' was used 
local programs being ignored: 

Chattanooga News, afternoon 
daily, gives np radio publicity^ The 
Times paig:e, ho^vever, is not neces 
sarily permanent. 



PITTTSBURGH FIRM STARTS 

Pittsburgh, Feb. 5. 
, P. Duff and Sons, mola.sses mapu- 

i??-9^t"V^' 'liJ*!'^^'^ a^adio disc test se- 
i"ies tlls^ week f(rrli~nevv^ 
gitigerbroad mixture. Product is 
comparable to Bisqulck also a big 
radio advertiser. 

Wax series made by World Broad- 
casting starts over KDKA, Pitts- 
burgh, WGY, Schenectady, WCAU, 
Philadelphia, WOR, Newark, and 
WGEB, Buffalo. Spieling hir a. Mrs. 
Riley. 

B. B. D. & O. 



Powel Crosley Heads 

Basebatl Spdicate 



Pow'el Crosley, prez. of the 
Crosley Radio Corji., which operates 
"WLW and WSAI and Is one of the 
largest radio set manufacturini? 
ifirms in the country, heads a syndi- 
cate that takes over the Cincinnati 
Reds. 

As a tail-en.der in the Natibnal 
League during the past seveiral 
years, ,the Reds have been a finan- 
cial, bust, causing Sidney Well to 
IpSsie a fortune. Cincy is hot for 
the diamond sport, bUt -ill support 
only a first division team. ' Ijcavy 
dough^muKt^be^torXhcoxQiD g-to ^'nv 
pitchers and players to' strengthen, 
the lineup. To bolster civic pride 
in the club, it is necessary that the 
backing come from a native who i.«^ 
in the bucks and a sportsman. 
Crosley fills the bill perfectly. Since 
climbing In the radio field, he has 
gone in for flying, yachting, fl.shing 
and hunting In a .spirited way and 
ha."? likewise proven a humanitarian. 



Spot broadcasting^s first combine, 
organized for the purpose of put-, 
ting the indie station operator in a 
po'sition to compete directly with 
NBC and Columbia, niakes its bow. 
this week. Included in the project 
to date aire sonie 20 stations lo- 
cated In the largest cities that riiake 
up the basic territpry east of Chi- 
cago and St, Louis. Incorporators 
of the proposition ai'e calling it 
Group Broadcasters, Inc*, and meet 
Wednesday (7) in New York to 
elect officers and a board of direc- 
tors. 

Creator of the grouij selling idea 
as applied to major outlets Spread 
out over the basic territory is Scott 
Howe Bowen, one of the pioneers, in 
the station, representative field. As: 
head man and stockholder in Group 
Broadcasteiria, Ine., Bowen will 
cease to represent or place business 
upon any local stations Which are 
in competition with the members of 
the G. B. enterprise. 

Though for the start advertisers 
will have some 20 stations available 
to pick from under the G. B. plan, 
they will be lierrnitted to limit their 
group buys to 10 stations. But unr 
der no circumstances will a con- 
tract be signatured for- less than 
that nuniber of stations. Rates, 
charged for outlets .aliened with 
Group Broadcasters, will be. the 
same, as the prices asked for them 
by tlie national webs with which 
thiese stations are aflflliated. 

Talent at Cost 

One advantage that this proposi- 
tipn offers the commercial has to 
do with prograin. recording costs; 
Bowen has toiased into the project^ 
Ills Byers Recording Labora- 
tories. Not only will a client of 
Group Broadcasters be given re 
cording work gratis, but the Group 
will charge him nothing for produc 
ing the show. Only item that the 
advertiser will have to foot is the 
talent costs. 

Group will operate' on a co-oper 
ative basis, with Bowen assigned 
the excluisive selling rights of the 
stations involved as a group. His 
contract with the combine is for 
three years, and In a few months 
after this enterprise has been' more 
widely organized.lt is his intention 
of withdrawing entirely from the 
business of selling stations on a 
competitive basis. When this situ- 
ation IS Tbrought about, the gencrai 
station representative field will be 
left to a single organization, the 
World Broadcasting System. 

Included among the outlets that 
liavB allied themselves with Group 
Broadcasters ..are WOR, Newark, 
A vhich will take care of the Greater 
New York area; the Yankee net- 
work, which takes In New England; 
WLW and WSAI, Cincinnati; WGR 
and WKBW, Buffalo; KMBC, Kan- 
sas City; WHK, Cleveland; KWK, 
St. Louis, and CKLW, Detroit; 
Within the next week Chicago Will 
be represented in the sppt broad- 
casting combine. Signature of one 
of the two. leading Indie outlets in 
that city is expected by that time- 
Other towns within thiij basic area 
that have membership in the Group 
are Indianapolis^ Philadelphia, 
Pltt.sburgh and Washington. 

Directorate of Group Broadcast- 

-^ii2S&L^.yL*^*'i''*^^^ either nine 
or ten charier 7ne^T)erSr"'TEis"^in?" 
foterie will function as an execu- 
tive committee, and the entry of 
other stations Into the Oroup will be 
according to the latter's approval. 

Bowen describes the Group Broad- 
ca.sters, Inc., plan as analagous to 
the Metropolitan Sunday New.^ 
paper Group, organized several 
years ago, with the Chicago Tribune 



Ft W^yne Station Rents Theatre; 
WjD Present Radio Stage Shows 
And Motion Pictures at 10-25c 



Russian Interest 



Reisults of the hew entente 
between the Ui S. and Russia 
are already felt in American 
broadcasting.. . 

Heinz, which bankrolls 
a.mi. household economics pro- 
gram .on NBC, has received a 
stack' of letters, asking th^ 
cahner to Include in the airing 
of culinary recipes some 
samples of the Russian va- 
riety^ • 



Indie Station Fights 
Phone— Power— Press 
Monopoly by Canvass 



St:. John, N. B., Feb. 5. 

A petition has been started by 
C. a; Munr.6, proprietor of CB^BO, a 
,loeal broadcasting station, in opr 
position to the establishment of a 
rival broadcasting unit in Sti John. 
In behalf of Muhro, several can- 
vassers are calling on householders, 
merchants and. others within 100 
miles of the station, asking all radio 
set owners and others to - sign the 
petition which seeks to bar the 
opening of the second local station 
It is contended there is no need Of 
the second broadcasting entity, and 
that the prevailing facilities are 
adequate. The petition,, when suf- 
ficiently signatured, will be sent to 
the Canadian Radio Commission, at 
Ottawa, Orit. 

It is contended by Munrb that the 
plan of H. P. Robinson, represent 
Ing .the local telephone power and 
press , monopoly. Is to extend the 
monopoly. tP the air, by driving out 
the existing station, if the present 
owner continues his refusal to sell 
out to the public utility and news- 
paper group. Employes of Munro 
jare. soliciting the gignatux-es to the 
petition,' froni house to hoUse. 



and the New York News as the 
nucleus to . sell rotogravure section 
advertising on a lump sum basis. 
iRate for 11 newspapers In 11 cities 
per page was. $16,500; Although op 
posed at its inception by the powers 
that be in' the American Associa- 
tion of AdvertLsing. Agencies, the 
newspaper project developed into 
.one of tlie most successful things 
of its kind in the field of print ad- 
vertising. Similar opposition to the 
Group Broadcasters plan has come 
from the Four A's on the ground 
that it is by policy still opposed to 
selling advertisi " On a comblna- 
'tion basis. 

Bowen " aver. hie Ti as' de- 

scribed, the G. . proposition to 
the. heads of leading advertising 
agencies and received their approval 
as to its advantages to them ;and 
theii' clients. In explaining why the 
spot .broadcasting cohi))ine has lim- 
ited itself to the basic area Bpwen 
pointed out that an analysis of 
cuniulative air expenditures by ad- 
vertisers over a period pf six years 
developed the fact that half of each 
dollar was spent among 12 cities 
in this basic territory. The grOup 
he has oi-ganized, says Bowen, of- 
fers effective coverage over terri- 
tory contalnng. 65% of the country's 
population and 75% of the total Inr, 
come. ' Principal concern of the 
Group Broadcasters idea la to cover 
the country's major markets, and 
Bowen feels assured that this prob- 
lem has been completely taken care 
of by the station setup represented 
by the ne\v spot broadcasting com- 



New Show for lodent 

Chicago, Feb. 5. 
lodent tooth pa.«5te is beating 
around for a new radio Idea^ 

ir.aVe defided to wash up the 
present disc .series with 'Black and 
Blue Doteft-a-tivcs' by April 1. 



Fort Wayne,^ Feb. B. 

WQWO acciuires its own ^-ia'dio 
playhouse In leasing Broadway .Ihe- 
iaire and renaming, it the Indiana. 
Special radio broadcasts from stage 
get underway. imedlat'jly with 
Barnyard jamboree, using 30 people, 
on every Friday night. 

•this deal ends negotiations which 
station has had with EmbOyd the- 
atre, leading first-run- house.. Sta- 
tion cPuld Hot come to agreement 
with management. New Indiana Is 
but -of downtown distridt and seats 
800. 

Gerald Newton, formerly with 
ftKO and more recently on station's . 
annpUncing: staff, goes in as hPuse 
manager! Medford Maxwell, an- 
nouncer, will m. c. stage and radio 
presentations. Remodeling includes 
a .larger stage With a sort of riJnway 
effect, across front. 

A. general admission charge of 
twenty-five cents for adults and. ten 
cents for chUdren is to be niade. 
Also feature, films in addition to 
broadcasts. For the opening 'State 
Fair' is announced and -is Ideally 
suited to farm frolic iype of broad- 
east which follows- Station expects 
to eventually present at least three 
radio shows a. week from stage. So 
far the jambbreo is the bnly one 
deflnitiely set; 

Sam SilVerstlne, of artists: bureau, 
scouting for. extra acts to put on.. 
Barnyard Jamboree runs 'a f ull onev 
hour and a quarter with 46 minutes 
of this over the air. .F. C. Zieg, 
president of WOWO, haiidled nego- 
tiations. Theatre has changed 
hands several times during past 12 
months, but is in very good condlr- 
tion aind the equipment is entirely 
modern. Extensive advertising and 
ballyhoo already started with public 
much int(6rested. 



ELECT MASIIN 
DESPITE WFBR 




Baltimore, Feb. 6. 
Robert Maslin was re-elected 
president of Baltimore Radio Show, 
Inc., operators of station WFBR, at 
a meeting of the board of directors 
and stockholders here , last Thursr 
day (1). Three new members were 
named to the directorate, Harold W. 
Batchelder, elected vice-presltlent^ 
and treasurer: Andrew IJilgarthcr 
and Willio,m B. Katerikamp. Lat- 
ter is president of: the National 
Chemical Bank. Other offlcerj^ and 
directors re-elected were IToix? lilar-' 
rell, Jr., executive vice-president; 
Joseph Iriibrogullln and Bo "Sfas- 
lln, Jr. 

Election was finally effected two 
weeks after schedule due tp injunc- 
tion preventing, ballot casting pb- 
taihed fortnight ago .fr6m Judge 
Eugene O'Dunhe by Wallace Bryan 
on behalf of Alfred Dohme, last 
year's vicerpresident; H. Grif- 
fin and Morris Mechanic^ 
junction for deiayal of election .fi.Ied- 
against Masili , pres., and ilurroll, 
trustee,. On grounds that dLsputcq" 
existent, at that time over control of 
a third group Pf company'jj . stock 
nullified any chance of an harmoni- 
ous get-together for election. Court 
action folloAved di.'ipute.s over man- 
ner and policy of WKBIi's. opera- 
tion rampant among the, stofkbold- 

erHn<1iirlhf;^ril.?.^,-, 

With the failure of the court -Irt- 
junctioning, outside faction to ob- 
tain place on. the oinccr.s' tablet for 
the coming year. It is seen, though 
not as yet oillcially stated, tiiat last 
year's controlling group has defi- 
nitely secured the nomination and 
approbation of the third, and hither- 
to unaligned, group of stockholders. 



88 



VARIETY 



RADIO 



Tiiesdaj, Februaiy 6, 1934 



RADIO mmnsm 

(Met^handizing SimiU and ProjBram T>«upB) 



OUTSTANDINa STUljiT: 
StATlON WOR; NEWARKf 
FOR TASTYEASt GiN 



New York. . 
WOR, Newark, pulled a publicity 
stunt last weiiek' tb which thCf New 
York dailies took hook, line and 
sinker. New York Times gave ;it 
a hox on page i, while the Tribune 
also four-w?illed it and. g'ave it spot- 
ting afop page 2, 

,- Story was to the effect that when 
the statiori got around Friday night 
(2) to broadcasting the Taatyeast 
gin ..program the annpunce^^ would 
'ask those • listening in froni dry 
states to tune out for the next/prp- 
granri is not intended to offer al-: 
cbhollc beverages for sale or de- 
livery fn any state or community 
wheresiri the advertising, sale or use 
thereof is unlawful. Stpi-y; also gave 
the : program as the. first backed by 
a hard-li(iuor account. In the east. 

John Shepard's WNAG, Boston, 
has : for ; the past six weeks been 
plugging both a. gin arid a whisky 
brand. This Yankee netWork k^y 
also was the first to . call .«ittentlon 
to the listener that the programs 
was hot intended to offer alcoholic 
beverage for sale, etC;, in dry areas. 



' Big Scout Rally 

New York. 

Though the President's address to 
the Bov Scouts of -America will be 
available to both national webs this 
Saturday (10) CBS has arranged to 
get the majority 6| scout ears 
through a theatre knd ■ auditorium 
tieup obtained the use of public 
auditoriums and pipti^re houses .In 
which to gather the ypungaters an?l 
pipe then! the President's message^ 

In New York It will be the Hippo r 
drome while in Brooklyn the I4th 
Regiment Armory has been okayed. 
§t. Louis' scouts will meet in the 
Fox theatre. 



Pageant of Brides 

White Plains, N. Y. 

Station WFAS has arranged a 
special broadcast in a tie-up with 
the Ladles' Auxiliary of the Castle 
Heights Church- for a 'Pageant of 
the Brides.' This will be heard 
Feb. 7. • 

Same idea could be adapted for 
any commercial wanting a pre-, 
domlnantly feminine appeal prpr 
gram for a one-time special, splash. 
Tie-ups with.smart shops are of ob-^ 
vious facility. 

Latest fashion hints and comment 
plus human Interest atiecdotes on 
marriage customs from .time im- 
memorial are woven into the pro- 
gmm. An hour's research in the 
public library ' supplies Plenty of 
material. 

Lots of scope for the imagination 
of local script-'wrlters pr the capl 
talizlng of local conditions. 



the Arcade . market, composed of a 
number ojf concessionaires* Jones 
broadcasts three times weekly. 
.Tie-up between , raAio public and 
market is obtained through the 
device of giving away basketfulls 
6t gfrocerles. 

Beech- NtiVs Teat 

■ . New York. 
First giveaway offer made by 
Beech-Nut In connection with the 
'Red Davls*^ serial (NBC) has drawn 
over 150,OOK) Inquiries. Packer put 
the thing on to find out what class 
of listeners was giving the program 
reeful^ attention. Offer, cpnsistlng 
of a photo of any member In the 
cast, was delivered on three . sue- 
ce;5lve broadcasts. Series; com©s up 
for renewal Feb. 23; 



50,600 Watts Use Needle 

Schenectady. 

Radio showmanship Is at ebb tide 
on such px-.ograrhs as WGY's. bo-> 
called 'Muslqal Clock.' . . Thatis a 
bunch of phonograph records Inter-: 
rupted by loud, fretiuent, prlce- 
stiidded cuckooing' on Ipehalf of the 
Frelhofer Baklhg Company? 

This niight shfflce on a lOO-watt 
station In spme mill town, but as a- 
six- days-a- week program on a 
50,000-watter It's stalling. at 
eight o'clock in the morning. 

iction Interviews 

• New York. 
NBC celiebrates Wednesday (to- 
morrow) the 122nd anniversary of 
Dickens' birth with a piaereaht. First 
half, of program will be devoted to 
dramatizations of episodes from 
Dickens' works while the latter half 
will bring the more popularly known 
characters from the stories to the 
mike' tor Interviews by Announcer 
William Lundell. 



CRAIG EXPLAINS 
ALLEGED INJUSTICE 



Walter Crfdff, tonherly head of 
the World Broadcasting $ystem 
(wax) iproductloh diepartment, made 
denial , on Monday (B) of charges 
cbntained in the radio report filed 
last week with the code, authority 
»)y the Actora^ Equity Assn. An 
actor told Equity that Craig had put 
over a 'quick one at the last moment 
to complete a cast without addingf 
to the expense.* 

Craig avers in his reply to Equity 
that it was a house policy at World 
not to pa,y : actors for auditions,, and 
that his secreti^ry so Inforined the 
actor In question^ Aliegatlprt that 
World paiia somei. actors and not 
others was untrtie, Craig states. 

Wiiat actually happened in this 
particular caSe was that Fay Baln- 
ter, the stir of the proposed pro- 
gram had ps^ld a couple 6t actors 
out of ■ her own purse. That had 
nothing to do with tiie World's 
policy, which Craig , points out was,, 
and .ig, generally known" to all radio 
actors. , 

Craig exception to Equity 

accepting unsupported evidence In 
such a matter, pointing out that he 
Is a member and bears a feold star 
on his card to prove his loyalty to 
Equity has bee" more than perfunc- 
tory. 



Market ijiiveayvays 

. Canton, .O* 
Jack Jones is back In town han- 
dling a deal between WHBC and 



ing Government 

B^ltlmpre.- 
Baltlmore Sun has framed a series 
of three broadcasts over WC AO to: 
develop a better public understand- 
ing of what CWA and PWA stand 
for. Sun thinks public is ignorant 
of these very vital national objec- 
tives. Broadcasts are 15-mihute in- 
terviews of Sun editorialists, and 
Government Relief Administrators. 

WjEJ, Hagerstown, will pick up 
the programs. 



Oklahoma City, Feb. 5. 
tlhiversity. of Oklahoma has 
dignified radio writing by establish- 
ing a course in that subject as part, 
of its curriculum. 

Recent lecturers before the class 
include Gayle Grubb, WKY studio, 
mattsiger, who discussed continuity, 
Daryl McAllister, WKY program di- 
rector, who discussed sound effects 
and musical accompaniment, and 
Paul Kennedy who spieled oh radio 
piaywrighting. 



Political Forum . 

Tacoma. 

KMO's political fpruni Is attract- 
ing large numbers of listeners. With 
city election not far off station 
management decided to concentrate 
politics into a certain period and 
sidvertlse it. ThpsC - who want - to 
hear the lowdown .and scandal can 
tune in at 8:30 p.m. and listen to 
the windbags and get their flU or 
turn the dials. It's fair warning 
In advance. 

KMO is booking candidates on the 
sales talk that since the whole city 
Is Interested the specified hour will 
mean more listeners. Reversely, 
KVI (CBS) Is .selling its time to 
the Job hunters on a basis Of When 
they, can give time. 



Inside Stnff-RadiQ 



IT'S AN ART 



New Business 



On Wax 



Gterlihg Products (Bayer As- 
pirin), 18 half-hour, weekly 
discsr entitled 'l4avender and 
Old Lacie* goes to 30 stations 
this week. Placed by Blackett- 
Semple^Hummert. Talent In- 
cludes Frank Munn, Madelon 
Gist, Bert Hlrsch, Gus Ha,en- 
schen. "World Broadcasting. 

R. L. Watkinft (Dr. Lyons' 
Toothpaste), 12 half -hour 
weekly dlsQS starting this 
.week. Through ■ Blackett- 
Semple-Hummert. T&lent In-^ 
eludes Tamara, Day id Percy, 
frank. Duther, Jack. Parker, 
Gene Rodemloh orchestra. 
World Broadcasting. . 

Bristol • Myers (ingrain's 
Milkweed Cream), releasing 18 
IS-mlnute discs. ' Thompsons 
Koch .agehey> Cincinnati. 
World Broadcasting. 

illette Razor a.dds 32 sta- 
tions to 68 already contracted 
for one-minute announce- 
ments. Ruthrauth ^ Ryan 
agency. World Broadcasting. 



University Has Course in 
Script Writing 



Radio 



Thursday and Saturday, Ford 
Frick's sports resume. WOR. 

Nj/dl Co. (Ucatone and other me- 
dlclnals), elight weeks, Wednesdays, 
19' minutes, orchestra. WOR. 

U. B. BchoQl of MuatOj eight weeks, 
flve-minute recordings, 'True Story 
Pro-ams.' WOR. 

Baver9 Aspirin, 18 Weeks, begin- 
ning Feb. 7, Wednesdays, half -hour. 
WOR. 

J; V. O, Pearls and Daify Jfews, IS 
weeks, beglnnig Feb. ii. Uncle Don 
refiding the Sjunday cpmics. WOR. 

BRIDGEPORT, Ct. 

A, & P, Food Stores, Bridgeport. 
'Broadway Melodies,' electrical tran- 
scrliHtlpn, quarterrhour Fridays^ 9:30 
a,m, Thirteen weeks beginning 
February 2. WICC. 



Washington Squa,re branch Of 
New York University conducts a 
course on 'Radio Orlentiation', with 
John S. Younff, ItB announcer, of- 
ficiating. 



Wonders^ Load-Lifter 



Roy :^iison has been taken out of WGN. 



CHICAGO 

Evans : Fur Co.,. Chicago, three IB 
minute shows, .using the Musical 
Fantazy . prpgi'am on Sundays and 
Homemakers' Hour on Wednesdays; 
(Auspltz and Lee agency, Chicago.) 
WLS. 

Chestnut Hatchery of Chestnut, 
lU., series of six fiv6-minute .an- 
riouhcemehts between . 11:45 and 
11:55 a, m. on Wednesdayis and Fri 
days. "WLS. 

Pathfinder magazine renewed for 
Mountain Memories show fpr 13 
weeks, each Saturday at 10:30 p. m. 
for 15 minutes. (First United 
Broadcasters; Chicago.) WLS. 

Armand Co., Chlcagp. Starting 
Feb. 18, once weekly 15-minute ra- 
dio disc featuring the Charlie Agnew 
orchestra. (Relncke-EUis-Young- 
gren and Finn ' agency, Chicago.) 
WGN. 

CHllette Razor Co. Starting Feb. 5 
for 21 days 16-mlhute shows, for 
Qulnn Ryan's rebrpadcasts of fa- 
mous, events. (Rlithrauff and. Ryan 
agency, Chicago.) . WGN. 

3ayer Aspirin Co. Starting Feb. 
11 for l3 weeks 30-mlnute recorded 
ShOw on Thursday at 9-9:30 p.m. 



web's production department and 
assigned to the CBS . Artists Bureau | 
with the title of buialness manager, 
Purpose of the shift was to relieve ] 
Ralph Wonders, the bui'eau's mgr., 



Hamlin's Wizard Oil, Chicago, has 
contracted for one .BO-word an- 
nouncement six days a. 'week at 1:36 
p. m. on till forbid. WLS. 

M. K. Cold Remedy, of Clinton, 111., 
has renewed for announcements 



and his assistant, Peter DeLlma, of Lj^jiy preceding and following Julian 
detail and allow them to devote Bentley's' 11:55 a. m. nCws broad 
their time to travel, talent discovery casts. WLS. 
and selling. . Campbell Cereal CO., Northfleld, 

In the production, department Mihn., 13-week series of children's 
Wilson's designation -was assistant | programs .with Hal O'Halloran and 



Casa Loma unit has solved the jam resulting from the method it used 
in paying off the Camel program standby money 'agreeing tp turn the 
entire sum, $720 a week, over to the relief fund of the New York Musi- 
cians' union* Because of its stlatus as a non-local unit <3asa Loma is 
required to abide by the standby regulation, which In this case means 15 
men . at $48 a piece. 

Since Joining the Camel payroll the band has been singling out for 
Itself the local men It Considered needy of the standby nioney. Other 
members of the union objected to the arrangement and the ensuing fric- 
tion prompted the local , to suggest' that all the money be deposited in 
the relief fund. 

Band starts broadcasting for Camel from the Essex House Feb. 



HERE AND THERE 

WCAE, Hearst-Controlled Pitts- 
burgh 'Sun-Teiegraph* station here, 
plotting big dedicatory program for 
its new transntltter Saturday night 
(10). Both red network and west- 
ern chain of NBC will salute local 
broadcasting outfit with Ray Per- 
kins acting, as in.c. ■ 



CBS . week took tally of its sustaining , schedules and. from the 
arithmetic satup deduced that Golumbla was doing. mOrie than NBC to 
foster liatener gopdwlU toward the. network class of . enteirtalnmeht. Oh 
CBS where there Is no charge lor sustaining shows the average, hookui^ 
for the week of that classlflcatibn of program consisted of 88 station?.. 
oh NBC's red (WEAF) network the average grouji of stations for a 
sustaining session ran to 20, Avhile the blue (WJZ) loop came off. With 
an. averijge pt 21 outlets.. 

Columbia's statisticians also piled paper and pencil in connection with 
commercial Bessiphs, and found that a- CBS client averaged 25 stations, 
On NBC, the . average .red Jink customer obligated himself fot 28 stations 
and .iaverage blue, loop supporter for 22 outlets. 



NBC is making a drive for out-of-town patronage on inspection trips 
of its -new studios' ih '.New York. Brief announcements, of the tours are 
broadcast over affiliate' stations a number of times each day. 

The 40c. admission charge is not definitely stated; 



'^^^houg^^l^afil^s^s"crSfilBI^n^^^ 
tlon to make up for the loss of KYW, the Herald-and-E^tamiher station 
It appears that this transmitter will not shift, to Philadelphia before fall 
According to reports KYW is stalling for time and evidently angling to 
remain in town for the World's Fair this summer. 

Pond's cream won't have to pay royalties on the script that J^taude 
Adams is scheduled to do on the cosmetic maker's NBC session this 
Friday (9) night. Author of 'Marching Song' is Herschel Williams, the 
J. Walter Thompson agency's, staff director on the program. W^illiams 
bad the playlet performed on one other occa.slon. It was five years ago 
and.it had to do with a contest staged by Le Theatre du Vieux Carre 
In New Orleans. 



chief director. Don Ball, the. net- 
work's second oldest announcer in 
point, of service, has been assigned 
to the latter post. 



Malcolm Claire. (Mitchell Faust 
Adv. Co., Chicago.) WLS: 

Benjamin Ansehl Co., Chicago, for 
'Heart to Heart' program, 6-6:16 
p. m. weekly, starting Feb. 11 for 62 
weeks. (Louis Westheimer agency, 
Chicago.) WGN 

Kosto Co. for two-week schedule 
schedule of announcements dally 
except Sunday at 7 and 10:30 p. .m, 
starting Feb. 12. (Ruthrauff and 
Ryan agency, Chicago.) WGN. 



KPAB-WBGfM sync, as far as 
Lincoln is concerned, went off with- 
out a mishap, but:engineers are not 
making any wild assertions about 
how excellent the duo broadcast is 
on this end, until they're more sure 
of the, operation. 



In 



Jay Vyhidden In Frisco 

San Francisco, Feb. 

Jay Whidden's band comes 
from IjOS Angeles to Open at the 
Hotel Mark Hopkins next Monday 
night (12), following Herble Kay, 
who scrams after six weeks. Whid 
den in indefinitely, with a ppssibll 
Ity that Griffl Williams' bandj now 
at the Edgewater Beach club here, 
may come in later. 

Not set but . it's also- possible that 
Whidden may get the band assign 



LOS ANGELES 

Gillette Safety Razor Co., KNX 
two spots' a night. 

Knudsen Creamery Co., KNX, 50 
word spots daily until Feb. 19. (Emil 
Brlsacher.) 

.Chrysler Motors, KNX, Dodge dl 
vision,, three one-minute spots f 
night fpr 100 broadcasts. ( uthrauff 
& Ryan.) 

i?., . Graham Elliott Co., . KNX; 
5:30-5:45 p, m,* Homer Canfleld 
baritone, Wilbur Hatch, piaiiist 
(Weinberg Agency.) 

Cardall d> Reeve (Nu-spread) 
KNX, Mon.. Wed,, Fri„ 6:30-5:45 
p. m. Bill, Mack and Jimmy, serial 
(Campbell, liellogg & Lbhr.) 

Eno Fruit Salts, KNX, Wed. and 
Thur., 8:30-9 p. m. Eno Crime 
Clues. (N. W. Ayer & Sbri.) 



SEATTLE 

Century Brewing Co., six daily am-- 
nouncements each week oh KOMO, 
Started Feb. 1, to run Indefinitely. 

Western Apparel Co., five' an- 
nouncements., weekly over KOMO. 
Started Jan. 30, to run Indefinitely. 

■ Procior's (department store), se- 
ries of. daily programs over KOMO 
and KJR; year's <;ontract, 

;CHllette Safety Ramoir Co., .seties of 
43 one-minute discs between .Feb. 2 
and Feb. 28. KOMO. . 

Hill9 Bros., series of 26 five-rminute 
discs over KJR, startIng.,Feb. 5. 

Chicago . Engineering Wroks, one 
weekly announcement over KJR, 
Starts Feb. 6, to run indefinitely. 

International Bible Students, addi- 
tional half -hour on regular contract 
on March 26. KJR. 

The Ranch (roadhouse), series of 
daily, announcements oyer KJR; 
starting' Feb. 20 tot an indefinite 
run. 

4.rchway Bookstore, 
.nouncements over K^OL. 
Jan, 30. 

Hugh Baird, two announcements 
each weeki starting FeV)v 4. KOL. 

Crescent Mfg. Co., series" of daily 
spots on. KOL. Started Jan, 29. 

CHARLOTTE, N. C. 

Chieftain Manufacturing Company, 
Baltimore, Md., 45 100-word an- 
nouncements Monday, Wednesday 
ahd Friday mornings, beginning 
April 23, 1934, ending Nov. 2, 1934, 
placed by Riadio Sales, Inc., New 
York City. WBT. 

Detroit White Lead Works, Chi- 
cago, 111., 3^ flve-minute programs, 
beginning March 19, 1934; placed by 
Rad io Sales, Inc., New York City, 
WBT. 

Gillette Safety Razor Company. 
Renewal contract for 26 one-minute 
electrical transcription announce- 
ments, daily except Sunday, eve- 
ning; placed by Radio Sales, Inc., 
New York City. ,:WBT. 

Glasgoic-Allison: Company, Char- 
lotte, N: C. Twelve 15-minute pro- 
grams, Sundays, Tuesdays and 
Thursdays, beglnrtinjg Feb. 1, 1934, 
placed locally. WBT, 

L. W. Moore, Charlotte, N, C., fif- 
ty-two 100-word .announcements, 
daily except Sunday, beginning 
Jan. 29, 1934. Placed locallyt-WBT. 

M. L. Cleln d Co., Mentho-Mulsion 
Co,, fifty- two 100-word announce- 
ments, daily except Sunday, begin- 
nig Jan, 29, 1934. Placed locally. 
WBT. 

Monticello Nursery Co., Moriticello, 
Fla., eight 1-minute evening an- 
nouncements, Tuesdays and Thurs- 
days, beginning Jan. 30, 1934. Placed 
direct. WBT. 

Numismatic Co., Fort Worth, Tex., 
series 15-minute electrical transcrip- 
tions, Fridays; beginning Jan. 26, 
1934. JPlaced by R.adlo Sales, Inc., 
New YOrk City, 



NEWARK, N. 4. 

Shenlcy Distilling Co. (Silver 
Wedding Gin), 26 weeks, starting 
liienT on\he" ShJlV 6U sYow on Don I Feb 12, Mondays to Fridays, Inclu 
Lee^CBS^h^,!^^ 

out of In .two weeks. | cushman's ' Son6, Inc., 13 weeks 

Monday and Friday, 6:45-7. p.. m 
poor I Ray Perkins. WOR. 

CrowcU PulUsJiing Co. (Woman'i 
Home Companion), renewal for 52 
weeks, effective, April 4,. 16 minutes 
Wednesday a. mi, 'Shopping with 
Joau Abbey.' WOR. 

Bristol-Myers Co. (Ingram's Milk 
weed Ci'cam), renewal for 13 weckS; 
beginning Jan, 31, Wednesdays, re 
cordinps. 'Through the Looklnp 
Glnss With FrnnooK Iiipratn,' WOl 
Doilyc Bros., 30 weeks, Tuesday, 



Abe Lyman because of 
health, has decided to withdraw his 
band fi'om itS: present stand, the 
^'eW Yorker, and devote It exclu 
sively for the ensuing eight weeks 
to his two network programs under 
the" iniillips milk of magnesia ban 
ner. He plans to spend the stretch 
between Sunday and ThurHday 
commercials each week at winter 
resorts in the south. 



, ,_PENVER 
New Method CZe^Mers, i5-mlnutes, 
three times a Weck^ three months. 
KLZ. ' 

Denver Jfeicclry Co., one lOO-.word 
announcement' daily, three months. 
KLZ. 

Friimes Jewelry Co., two 100-Word 
announcements daily, one year. 
KLZ. 

Ilall-Davis Motor Co., weekly, an- 
nouncements, three months. KLZ. 

Easy Housekeeping Shop, one 100- 
wOrd announcement dally, one 
month. KLZ.- ' 

J. A. Case. Toothpaste, three pre- 
ferred spot announcements weekly, 
three mbnfh.s. KLZ: 

Davis Furniture Co., thii'teen IB- 
minute programs, Weeldy; KOA, 

Oillctfc Safety Ra?or, one-min- 
ute spot announcements. KOA. 



CANTON, 

Thurin Carpet aiid liuu Co.. thirty 
minutes 1.15-1.45 every Thur.sday.'. 
Interior decorating talks, .instrumen- 
tal music. WADC. 



SAN JUAN, PORTO RICO 

Bourjols, Inc., 13 weeks, WKAQ, 
Placed by Conquest Allianoo. 

Marax^illa Products, 1.3 weeks, 
KWAQ, Throup;h Comiuost Alllu1)C(»r 

Lever Pros. (Lifebuoy Soap); 13 
Weeks, recorded script.-. WKAQ. J5y. 
Conquest Alliance, 



VENEZUELA 

Bourjoi,% Inc., 1?. VvoHcs. 
Pla.cpd 1)y rciiKiU*-s* Alllan--'- 
^^tn•<u•ilUt roducts, I'A 



Tuesday, February 6, 1934 



AD I 



yARIETY 



39 



European Wavelengths Reassigned; 
Temporary Confusion Terrific 



changebver In 
wavelengths operated by tnore than 
230 European brbadcastlhg istatlohs 
resulted in Inextricable confusion. 

verybody. interfered with every- 
body, else, 

As the viree'lc wore, on, however, 
the situation se6nied to - straighten 
Itself out, and It is now predicted 
that the liucerne. which Was 

Intricately devised by experts last 
June to end chaos, .not to ad4i_to it, 
niay e^yentually work after allT^, 

Part of tlie trouble resulted troiri 
fita.ttons not doing what .they were 
supposed to do. Three rench sta- 
tionsi. for instance, kept their pro- 
gi:anis going .during period 
which Was supposed to be set aside' 
jEor^ testing, thus mixing eviery one 
else up. 

wild kicks kept coming oyer from 
.England that : no one could' get 
Davehtry because the Eiffel Tower, 
supposed to. close down under the 
Lucerne plan, was' staying right on, 
Later the British thought that 
joiaybe it wasn't the Frenfch a,t .all 
who were drowning thetn out, but 
some Russian station, possibly 
Slinsk. 

The powerful Luxembourg, sta- 
tion, allotted a short wave accord- 
ing, to the agreement, stayed on 
long wave, using that assigned, to 
Warsaw biecause, the Poles, did not 
sign, the agreement. No one seems 
to know what. Holland and Finland 
are going to do, but it is. feared 
that they will iiot come into line 
and will add to the. confusion. 

The French stations are. not dis- 
satisfied with the resultsl. Joseph 
Cordoniiier, chief engrineer of Poste 
Parisien, said that on the new 
Vavelength his station avoided In- 
terference by Breslau and JMilan, 
which had been bothering him be- 
fore. Radio-Paris, at 1796. meters, 
did not report friction with Mos- 
cow- at 1,714. 

The Job of changing over was 
supervised from Brussels, by Ray- 
mond Br£.illard, president of tlie 
technical committee of . the Inter- 
national Broadcasting Union, who 
was in constant touch for. the cru- 
cial period with- 11 national check- 
ing stations. = 



Pressure Salesmanship, 
Price Cuts, in Canton 

Canton, 0„ Feb. . 

Keen rivalry here has started 
price-cutting between WHBG, Can- 
ton-owned, and WADC, of Akron, 
Which now has a sales office here. 
WHBC has cut commercial an- 
nouncements $10 Weekly as 
against $17 and is grabbing the bulk 
of this of business in con- 
sequence. 

WADC asks $5 daily or $30 
Weekly for spot announcements fol- 
lowing a sustaining program. In 
this-they have the edge over .WHBC. 

Town is plenty tough to get new 
accounts iri. High pressure sales- 
men who. s^ypoped down on Canton 
when the rivalry first started talked 
plenty of merchants info contracts 
and then left town leaving behind 
..plenty of squawks to be handled by 
the everyday sal6s staffs of both 
Btatlonsl. 



Sfiidib Drama 



Indianapolis, Feb. 5. 

Staff of station WFBIVI lived 
a teal radio dt'aina in the cor- 
ridors of the studio recently. 
A gang of escaped convicts 
from the Indiana, penitentiary 
had ■threatened to give the 
works , to Al Feeney, chief of 
the . police, . sport 

conihientator for the station 
on- Friday nights. Wlien two 
tough .customers walked into 
tho\station and asked for Al, 
Fi'ank Charp, program direc- 
tor, ttied to stall them off tin- 
til Feehey histd finished ■■ his 
program. 

At the coriiplelion liis 
sports .talk, Feeney dashed 
from the studio, gun in liand, 
ready to ba-ttlo the convicts. 
But .tliey proved to be 'just a 
couple, of ex -football cronies of 
his' come to pay a personal 
visit. 



MEMORIZING SPREADS 



Radio PlnyhouM Skit Minus. Scripts 
la Set 



Radio actors. speaLking lines trotn 
memoi7 instead of from scripts is a 
spreading practice^ On top of NBC 
establishing the principle a memo r 
rized skit will be presented Feb. 12 
frbm Columbia's Radio Playhouse, 
New Tork. 

Taylor Holmes and Mady Chris - 
tiaris will be the chiief actors.. ' 



Chi Rivak WBBM and WGN, Agree; 
Drop Mutual Stay Order Suits 



PETRILtO NIXES CHI 
BANDS ON WIND EXCL 





a-STATION WEB IN CHILE 

Santiago, . Jan. 20. 
-Spencer Vivado, operatoi's , of 
the LaChileria Cohsolitiada chain, 
have taken oyer another Outlet hiere,. 
CE 114, nfaklng .it , three .stations in 
Santiago and a foiirth in Valpai*aIso. 
OlE 114 operates on 600 watts. 

Chilian net is installing new 
equlpmerit-.in all stations inrluding 
mcchahlsni for the broartoa.stlni? of 
sound from film. Firm's New York 
time bookint"- rep is the Conci'iost 
■"Allia;nce=0Oi=^i=-^^^-^=^~ .- ■ ..^ 



m 

2 Parts With 
30 Minute Gap 



Chicago, Feb. 5. ' 
Jimmy Petrillo as president of 
the Husiciaiis Union- last week 
served notice on WIND, .Garyi that 
the station could not Use Chicago, 
bands fpr its progr&ms unless the. 
sta.tion provides' stand-by 
tras. Petrilio^s contention that the 
station Was organized for service to 

Indiana aiid that taking in Clticagb 
bands for only its trangihitter 
nieaht the doubling of the musicians 
both in Illinois and Indiana. 

WIND out will be to put the Chi- 
cago bands on the CBS Wire and 
then take the orchestras through 
regular Columbia service. 

Independent radio stations . last 
week renewed contracts with the 
Chicago Musicians Union under the 
sanie ternis of the. previous year- 
Scale Is $90 a . w^ek per man on ii 
six-day week. 

Petrillo previously signatured 
contracts with the two networks, 
als9 on the same terms ais last, year. 



New Shows This Week 



. Unable to get a full half-hour- for 
its program, Ward Baiting has ar- 
ranged to make it. two quarter-hour 
stanzas- spotted 30 minutes apart on 
CBS' schedule starting this, coming 
week (11)". Team of Cecil IJean'ahd 
Cieo Mayfield, Janies Melton and a 
dance combo directed by Bill Artz 
make up the bill for' both, sessions. 

First quarter-hour will be re- 
leased at 6:45, and the other fol- 
lowing the American Oil. show^ 
which comes off the air at 7:30. 
Ward's maites the first commercial 
arrangement of its kind on Colum 
bla. Network routined a sustaining 
affair, 'John Henry,' similarly last 
season. 



BOB WHITE HANDLES 
DUNCANS' AIR ACT 



Chicago, Feb. 6. 

Duncan Sisters are hot for the 
ether iand haVe tied in with Bob 
White, for production and handling 
of act for air bookings. 

Turn is based on their legit show 
characters, 'Topsy and Eva.' White 
has also prepared a number of test 
audition discs if the Duncan girls 
are out of town with the show. 



Pred Palmer Gets New 
Call Letters from FRC 

Columbus, Feb. 6. 

Radio station WCAH (Columbia), 
which was recently sold to Fred 
Palmer, has been assigned new call 
letters, WBNS, by the federal com 
mission^ Tills station. Which has 
been located on the top floor of the 
Fort Hayes hotel here since it first 
started operating, is moving this 
month to a new location. 

Station, recently began running a. 
daily 40 square ad in the. Columbus 
Dispatch, naming . the best enter- 
tainment offered by it for. that day, 
togetiior with the sponsors-. It is 
said that this new stunt' has in 
"creased^ biisiness of locally spon- 
sored programs more than 100% in 
rapid order. 



MAGIC SOAP WAXING 

Chicago, I:'ob. 5. 
C'aiios Molina oroho.stra s.d for 
i'arlio disc series plUKTfiing Matjio 

Soa.p for the Iowa Soap Company. 

Wnxnrt at the R'^.A Vli^tor ftuilin.^ 

here. 

Plan 26 discs of l5-minutep oach 
hit Ihp Plhpr bv V^h in, 



WKBF Sets New High 



iahapolis, Feb. 5; . . 
►Statistician's report on WlCBF, 
loeai NBC station, reveals: fact that 
.•station hit a new commercial high 
for January with an increase of last 

ycajM>i<JifiaJdXJiL^i^^ 
cently instituted seveVal new idea-s 
into the station, particularly going 
after sliow bu.siness affiliations and 
its methods by. inaugurating their 
own roduction and program divi- 
sion. . 

Station has added seveii new ac- 
rounts in the past fortnight among 
tliom belhg the Art Rolls Tire, the 
Binkloy coal corporation and the 
MMndoHe Iron oompany. 



Walgreen Set for WGN 
Baseball Broadcasts 

Chicago, Feb. 5. 
. First- baseball play-by-play con 
tract for the coming season has been 
signatured by Walgreen drug stores, 
for a gallop over WGN. 

Price for the broadcasts locally 
are rising sttodily and understood 
that the present deal with WGN 
calls for |45,000 for the-iB<eason. 



il|c;tte ftazor, G.46 AVEAF— 
Ayediiesday (7). 
^ Idsmobile, NVABC— : 
Saturday . i0>, 

iser Co. (.Venita Hair-, 
nets),. 6.15 W.\BC-^SatUrday 
(io). . . 

Hudnut (.F Powder), 
WABC— Sunday (11). 

Ward Baking .6.45 and 7,30 
WABC-^Sundiiy (11). 








, Los Angeles, 
no of the first chain acco.iihts to 
be grabbed for the. w.eist coast Is 
the Pontiac CBS houp. Westerji 
program was piped to Detroit and 
was sold within a half hoiir of its 
close, • ' :-\ 

Starting frorii here within two 
weeks, the new program will be 
built around Ray Paige's KHJ br- 
ohestra, .Kay Thompson, singer; 
Three Rhythm icings^ Earl Ddncers'- 
chorus of 9.0 negro ' voices, The 
Islanders, Hawaiian instrumental 
quartet, and Chiarles Ballottl m.c'lhg. 

New , program was arranged- by 
Burt McMurtrle; CBS domm'erclal 
manager, now hiere.; 



After 
completed it'is ox 
WBBil 

reoidy next WJ^BM going.,, 

the iair' full-time through, synchVoni- 
i^ation With K FAB in liilncoln while 
V.'GN boosts to 50,000 watts. 

Follows the. out-of-cburt sottio- 
tnont of. two' cross-bill suits filed, 
by the two stations to kieep the 
other transinittcr froni going ahead 
with its plans for extra service. 
WGN, the Cjhicago Tribune station, 
filed suit for a stay order on the 
Federal Commission's okay on the 
WBBM-KFAB sync; between lO 
and 12 p. m. WGN claimed that - 
this extra; time for WBBM fliffUred 
as ^unfair competition, in Cliicago. 

WiBBM, the Columbia station, 
tiii-ned around and filed suit for its 
own stay order against WGN ff"om 
incrcaslhg its. wattage from '25 to GO 
kw.. 

Which ; bi-oufyht things to a stah 
still with both istatioh^ realizing 
that they couldn't giet anywhere ott 
either stay order. Both outlets , then. 
ag:ced.that the m,atual headTWha-cJi- 
in& in this particular case wouldn't 
mean anything to either of them and 
both [withdrew their suits. WhicU 
marked the first time that WGN and 
WiBBM ever agreed on a:ny thing. 

LAKE ACT AMONG 3 
CHICAGO NBC DROPS 



BELASCO FOR BAKER, 
SOSNIK STAYS WEST 



Bill Jones Joins WLS 

Chicago, Feb. 6. 
ill Jone.^ is now with WLS here 
as assistant to George Biggar, pror 
diiction head. 

Jones was formerly with KFRU 
in Columbia, Mo., and with KMOX, 
St. liQUis. Jones comes from show 
biz originally, having been baritone 
in iaeveral Shubert productions. 



Penner S. B. Contract 

Standard- Brands^ new contract 
with Joe Pehher keeps blni under the 
food packer's wing until June, 1935. 
Included in the agreemnt are op- 
tions, for his services extending two 
years beyond that date. 

Options carry the comic's salary 
up to $3,000 a week. Commercial is 
privileged to work him on any one 
or several of Its programs.. 



Leon BelasGo's orchestra replaces 
Harry Sosnik's biand when Armour 
movies its NEC commercial with 
Phil Baker to New .York via WJZ 
Feb. 16. Sosnik, with NBC in Chi, 
gets another assignment; 

Baker will double ai^ound New 
Tork after opening from the eastern 
broadcast central. Lyons & Lyons 
are lining up some dates. 



Omaha Suicide 

Omaha, Feb. 5, 
L. W. HcAld, auditor of KOIL- 
KFAB, committed suicide here last 
week. 

Job goes to Larry Kemmop from 
iiincoln. Kemmer's wife is Harriet 
Cruise, Well knOwn oyer WBBM; 
Chicago. 



WICC STEENGTH SET 

Bridgeport, Feb. 5. 

WICC is now 500-watting day and 
night. Evening power wa.S; halved 
up to last weiek. 

Member of Yankee network. 



Shaw Bitigs Up Unique Point 

Believes Slur at lowk Might Give Prospective 
Advertisers Wroiigr Picture 



Waterloo, la;, Feb. B.. . 

.Radio's value as a. medium for 
disseminating, not pnli^ matter of 
entertainment value, but of. news 
that may be inimical to a state and 
its residents,. Is outlined by Harry 
Shaw, president of the Waterloo 
Broadcasting company,- operating 
WM!T -and a member of the national 
broadcasting code committee, in a, 
protest to Secretary Ickes against 
what he termed 'citing: Iowa as a 
horrible example' in a; nation-'wide 
broadcast. 

Secretary Tckes referred to the 
Iowa PWA. case In outlining poli- 
;cicsfof-admlhi8tration;~-'Shawr=in=»a 
wi 1*6, declaring that with Lieuten- 
ant Governor Kraschel. uiider in^ 
dictment emphasis- on the Iowa case 
places th i state In a bad light in 
the opinion, of radio auditors and 
readers of newspaper accounts of 
the broadcast speech. The suggies-' 
tlon' of Mr, Shaw 'in fairness to 
Iowa, the secretary should use ah 
nqnjtl smnunt of. niPWifTpnP'»r and 



radio publicity to cl(>' the record 
if Mr. Ki-ascher is exonerated.' 

"The honor , of a state is just atf 
definite and jOst as mucli to be 
cherished and guarded as that of 
an individual. The honor Of Iowa is 
attacked if Lieutenant Governor 
Kraschel has 'Wilfully and know- 
ingly used his office for personal 
gain, either monetary qt political. 
If he be innocent we in . Iowa be- 
lieve that in fairnos.s to the honor 
of our state you will use ah equol 
,amount of newspaprfr and radio to 
clear Iowa's name as has bf**' ijsod 
to, drag It. In Ihr' mi-ro. We in Iowa 
=do==Tiot=^aP7^iiRe==Arrs— '^hel===-but 
await with ii.n opon mind iho ver- 
dict' of the courts.? 



Chicago, Feb. 5. 
idney Strotz continues to trim 
the sustaining setup at NBC here. 
Florence and Arthur Lake, who 
have been on for some months on 
an afternoon show- labelled 'Babes 
in Hollywood,' are out. 

Also Tony CabOoch's morning 
sustaining show folds but with Ca- 
booch working on a couple of com- 
mercial programs. Third which got 
the vanLshing notice last week was 
Charles Howard, the 'Song Pilot,' 



Shell Quits S{iri Francisco 
For Hollywood Talent 

Hollywood, Feb, 5. 
Victor McLiagleri and Wallace 
Ford appear in San Francisco on 
the Shell Jlour broadcast tonight 
(Monday) in a tieup with the pre- 
miere of 'The Lost Patrol' at the 
Golden Gate. -Film opens there 
Wednesday (7), after which the duo 
returns here. 

Shell Hour which hits^ been sent 
out from Sah Francisco over the 
CBS Coast chain .oii Monday, nightd, 
will transfer here Feb. 19, with an 
outlet through KHJ. Broadcast will 
be ■ ftom the Radio Playhouse, at 
Fighth iand Beacon, which seats 550. 
Figured this move will enable Shell 
to get the pick of picture personali- 
ties for broadcasts, Including people 
who could not be prevailed upon to 
leave Hollywood for the San Fra.n- 
cisco broadcasts. 

Rush Hughes, master of cere- 
monies, and Benny Fields, . continue 
on the program from here* with 
Georgle Stoll . providing tho orches- 
tral music. Walter Kane , of the 
Harry Weber oflSce" is scotiting for 
,talent for the first program here. 

Program Is figured to also im- 
prove from heire bec?itise of audience 
value whlctrit-^duld hot get In Sah ; 
Francisco, as theatre operators there 
objected to allowing the -brbadoast 
with audiences. 



Williamson Joins, S-H^B 

Chicago, Feb.. 3. 

Scott-Howe-Bbwen last wee 
added Bill J. Williamsorf to its sales 
staff locally. 

Under Virgil Reiter, Jr., who -took 
over the' main dipsk when Lan-y 
Fl(fld ...shiftisd to New York for -^d 
Pctry.r 



Gjenn Arnett, dlri:'('tc)r of .station 
WMMN' slu.flio ori'hf'stra, ha,s 
stepped out ami .Rob Callahan has 
taken the; job. Callahan Is rebuild- 
ing the orfhPftr; and will so*;k 
dan'fp dfif'^p . In lliis- tM-rlfov'" 



•Chicago, I'V'.b. 5. : 
Series of 1 3 diHCS as a starter a v 
been turned oui, at tlie Brun.«A^ic 
sttidlos YiorQ for the Dorothy - I ''•)•- 
kins beauty proparatioji. of .St. 
Loiii."}.- 

Advertlst-r hhs been on KMOX 1 
.St. Louis with a local show an 
shipped the .entlro load oi: (a.1oni to 
'■'III fi-ir tho pI,'litfori7lns 



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New York 



.Jimmy Keiupnef scheduled to 
lecture Feb, 6, at iProf essdr paker'a 
Tale' theatre workshop an ■ 'Drama 
Bet to Music.' 

Jimmy Luticeford colored or- 
ehei^tra using* choral arraneremehts 
over NBC and WMCA. 

While- In Ijondon Cat> Callowaiy 
will percolate over the British 
Broadcasting mikes.. 

Frances liouise . Baldwin starts 
^ues.-Sat. singing assignmient over 



ANSON Weeks 

ORCHESTRA 



HEADUMINO 



PARAMOUNT THEATRE 
LOiS ANGELES 

Week of Feb. 1ft 



THE GREEK AMBASSADOR 
OF GOOD WILL 

OEORGE 
GlVOt 

On tour With oon<l«nM<l 
y«rtloii *New Yorkera" 

•el* IHrcctloa 

HERMAN BERNIB 
itl* Bi— Iwj. Mm* V«A 



THE 



SIZZ- 
LE RS 

SlKiUns for NBO 
Warner Shorts 
YUjtoE BfloordB 
niNttre* EVeiTwhere 

■ Far Fuirthw jnformatloa: 
HAROLD KEMP, NBC Arilirt BufMB 
lUdto Cily, NM Y«i«i City 

Pantul OlrettlM, CHARLES A. BAYHA 



WMCA with Roy CotterilL She's 
from WTIG, Hartford. 

Vaugh £>eXieath back auditioning 
fof NBC with a new program ides^. 

Norman Siegel had the opening of 
the CBS Riadio Playhouse as the ex- 
cuse this time itpr tlie jaunt from 
Cleveland. . 

Ppsslbllltjr of Slngiiifir Sam re- 
turning to Barbaaol. 

Lucky Strike glvlnir an ear io a 
musical comedy version of 'Grau- 

Plug on th6 Bakers' show getting 
favorable from the trade. 

'Art iri America' series, which 
starts on NBC this Saturday (10), 
has a. case brochure to go along 
with It. Titled 'Art in America 
from 1600 to 1854' and clears through 
the University of Chicago Press 
for $1. 

Sydney Mann, soprano on the 
Cunard session over WJZ, made a 
last . mlniite addition to the new 
floor show at the Palais Royal last 
Thiirsdiay {Ih Replaced Gladys 
Baxter, who walked following a dis- 
agreement with Walter Brooks, pro- 

Dick iHImber's SpJirton Radio 
show retiu:ns in the same spot two 
wieeks from Feb. 4 on NBC. It was 
fot-ced off Sunday night for a fort- 
night owliig to conflictlon on time, 
but it will aigaln be cleared by then. 

Vera Van replaces Edith Murray 
on George Jessel's CBS show, com- 
mencing tonight (Tuesday). 



Qjucago 



LEON 



B ELASC 0 

WABC 

S«t^ U.80 P.ai.— Mon., 12 FJtL 
FrL. VStM PJf. 

NlGHTLl 
ST. UQBITZ HOTEI^ NXW VOBB 

Sola IHNetloa kEBBIAM BKBMIB 
tei* Breadwiy, Mew York 



A! and Pete on WBBM three times 
weekly instead of once for Rival 
dog food. ' 

Bob Kaufman , on another flyier 
east for the CBS Ah: Thea-tre. 

Ii6u Cbwan has become official 
show business speaker In all Hyde 
Park discussions. 

lies Atiass back from Palm Bea.ch 
with some fish tales. 

WGN Installing cooling system in 
the business offices. 

Ed Voynow rattled to Detroit to 
keep Ed Petry company oii his trek 
to . New York. 

John Ashenhurst struts -when he 
parades that hoity fur-trlnuned 

ulster. ' \ . ' 

Niles Trammel mugged in the so- 
ciety photos as a pirate chief or 
something. 

Judy Talbot vocalizing with the 
Ace Brlgode orcb. 

M. H. Aylesworth and Richard 
Patterson blew" in and out of the 
Merchandise Mart. . 

John Miller back to big town after 
setting Glrard Ellis In as chief of 

the Brunswick studios here. . 

Les Atiass back "with a sun- 
burned forehead and, a fish yarn 
about an eight and a half foot sall- 
fish that didn't get. away. 

Paul Kapp has a bad gam; takes 
him 30 minutes now to limp down 
an NBC cotridor. 

WGN building a hew audition 
room for clients in the Tower. 

Joe Allabough champ plrig-ponger 
of WJJD. ^ 

John Harrington's bus snatched 
for the steenth Ime. 

Kellogg has renewed the Singing 
Lady show on NBC and WGN* 



ABE 

LYMAN 

AND Hiei 
CALIFORNIA ORCHESTRA 

COASt-TO-GOAST 
WABC 

8UMDAT, 2:30 Pi n.-S p. m. 

WEAF 

wb;d., 
8:30-p.^ ai. 
^ p. tn. 



Joe Parsons 

Badlo'ft Xiow Voice 
^„.Sf N CL A I R JVl l NSt REL 



Bvery Monday, A P. M., N.B.O. 
CHICAGO 



VmAK JANIS 

"ZIEGFELD FOLLIES" 

dole Direction 
HERMAN BERNIE 
1019 Broadfvar 
MTew Tork City 



we^ks by Corn Product*, Inc., on 
CBS. 

Announcer at WCAX, Burlington, 
Vt„ gives the customary 'Thank 
you,' even to recorded si)eakers. 

Meirchants of Plattsburgh, N. T., 
a.re sponsoring a one-hour com- 
munity program twice a week oyer 
WQDM; St. Albans; Vt. 

ionizer. Company of New " Eng- 
land, scheduled to resume its time 
on WCAX, Burlington, Vt, aftei^ 
the holidays has failed to do so. 

WDEV, Waterbury, Vt., starting 
Feb. 1, extended Its daily broadr 
casts 45 minutes. Several program 
shifts haVe been .made. 

Bob MInnoti's orchestra, with 
•Red' Dower handllhg the vocal as- 
signments, Is broadcasting over 
WCAX, Burlington. 

Belle vue and Empire theatres are 
now makin^r dally progi'am ah- 
houncements over WQDM, St. Al- 
bans, Vt. 

Station WHEChas daily series by 
Grunnar Wlig, baseball Announcer, 
and 'Specs* Topocer, manager of the 
Rochester Red Wings, revealing In^ 
side incidents of the national game. 

Democrat & Chronicle Singers 
featuring H<^leri Sullivan, Avarlile 
Sunday nlehts over WHEC as part 
of Rochester's centennial program. 

Milt George, New Haven cdmic, 
gets- another month from his home 
town's Master Shoe Repair ,associa- 
tlon on WICC, 

Two weeks' iliness back of . her, 
Alma Dettinger of Stamford fashr 
ion-chatting again WICC, 
Bridgeport. . 

WICC, Brldgeport-?>Iew Haven 
watter, opening, ne^w■ institutional 
series, Know Your New Havien, at 
Elm City studios. 

Leonard Casillo done with bari- 
tonihff at WICC, Bridgeport, until 
he comes back from School in 
Washlnston. . 

Toonerville Hicks, hillbillies, and 
Three C's, a voke trio, naturally, 
starring in Elm City Revues at New 
Ha.ven studios of WICC. 

Rocky Clark, Bridgeport Tlmea- 
Star WICC newsflasher, stagliQS boy 
scout broadcasts. , 

Larry LaFoye, gruitarlst for Edith 
Josephson, WICC, Bridgeport, blue- 

Bernle Kravitz orchesti , WCBM* 
Baltimore, auditioning girl warblers. 

John Elmer, president of WCBM. 
Baltimore, has been, chosen director 
of Goodwill Industries, charity or- 
ganization of the Monumental City. 

Fritz Evers has returned from 
Europe and will resume microphonic 
spiels over WCBM, Baltimore. 

WBAL, Baltimore, has signatured 
Sascha Jacobson for series of fiddle 

After' 62 consecutive weeks,, the 
Stonewall Tr io Is talking a fortnite 
vacash from WFBR, Baltimore. 

Goucher College Dramit Club, 
Masks and Faces, presenting^ series 
of one-act playletis over WFBRi Bal- 
timore. 



East 



Walt Framer, for the last year 
staUon WWSW's Pittsburgh Show 
Shopper, airing movie reviews a,nd 
Hollywood news daily at noon, has 
resigned due to salary differences. 
He has been succeeded by Helen 
Dayle (Solomon), who vir&S' 'With the 
sta;tlon until recently as publicity 
head. 

Dolores Hanf ord . featured .with 
Yankee Singers, . male octet, Wed 
nesday nights on WICC, Bridgeport. 

(Clarence Cable doubling at)lenty 
on WICC, Bridgeport; plays piano, 
Tvrltes scripts for 'Lines arid Spaces,' 
hew sustaining continuity, and. pro- 
duces sound effects.. 

It's Colonel James T. Healey now 
The Albany, ,N. Y., Times-Union 
(kircaster, who splashes philosophy 
and poetry all over his news flashes, 
has received his commission from 
Glovernor Ruby Jjaffopn of Ken 
tucky. 

Charles W. Burton, manager of 
W13EI, Boston, was radio editor of 
the Boston Herald prior to getting 
into broadcast management. 

Word 'beer' is never heard over 
WDEV, Waterbury, Vt. 

Central Nurses' liegistry is new 
est addition to accounts of WCAX 
Burlington, Vt. 

=4VDEVT-Waterbur-yr^tTr-ls; on the. 
air just ' a little longer each day 
now. The station signs off each day 
at exactly one hour before sunset. 

Announcer on WCAX, Burlln^r- 
ton, Vt^, owned bj* an, ardent Demo 
crat. In giving State election re 
turns frequently referred to the 
gains being made by 'the good old 
Q. O. P.' Remark caused plenty of 
comment around town; 

WCAX, Burlington, Vt., has been 
ibroadcasting furniture auction dl 
rbct from floor of local store. 

Will Osborne renewed for 24 more 



start to work soon remodeling arid 
r.earrangring otflces. 

Odelle Ward, of WLAC, Nashville, 
spent his vacation in Miami. 

Several staff members of WBT, 
Charlotte, N, C.,. have banded to- 
gether a revue, called the Grady 
Cole Players. Show carries 12 peo- 
ple and has played several theatre 
dates in the Cai'olinas.^ 

Arthur 'Wenlge, Th6rpe Wester- 
fleld, arid Lewis Chessoh, signed 
hew commercial for one of the larg'e 
furniture stores pt Charlotte, -N. C.» 
presented over WBT. 

Lee Everett, program director for 
WBT, Charlotte, N. C, is playing 
the part of Osmond in 'Journey's 
End' with the Charlotte. Little the- 
atre. John W. Harden Is in the same 
show" as Trotter. 

Malcolm Tatei at the Paramount 
theaitre organ ..with Ted Grlzzai'd as 
featured soloist. Gbes on the air 
Sundays from WLAC, Nashville. 

Frances Hill returns tp the air 
oyer AVLAC,: Nashville, after an ab- 
sence of several weeks due to ill- 
ness, 

WLAC's 'Sweethearts , Melody! 
will present their weekly program 
on Friday night at 7 : 30 o'clock. 

H. H. . Holt ho user has been em - 
plo.yed as accountant and book- 
keeper for. WBT, Charlotte, N. C, 
replacing H. B. Carter. 

Several membei»s of the dtaX of 
WBT, Charlotte, N> C, attended the 
birthda;y party foi*^ R, Sv Raihey; 
Charlotte News columnist staged 
by Mrs; Ralney to celebrate:; her 
husband's 40th anniversary. . 

Bo Norris, orchestra leader and 
musical director for WSOC; Char- 
lotte, N. Ci, has learned to play the 
pipe organ. His first public , per- 
formance, was With the new act, 
Gonsolettes;* worked with iPaul 
Norrlg, staff organlist. 

iRed Top beer has changed talent 
for WSOC, Charlotte, N. C, from 
Mae Parish, child torch singer, to 
'SlUfoot' Lochman and his minstrel 
act. / 

George Thomas, new baritone on 
the 'Syncopated Serenade' . frotn 
WSOC, Charlotte, N. C, Is becom- 
ing^ the station's Thost popular 
vocalist. 

New program of homely, phil- 
osophy 'Along Life's Highway,' Is 
presented by L. Davis Phillips oTer 
WSOC, Charlotte, N. a 



Mid-West 



South 



VARunrr last week mentioned that 
Homer and . Walter Callahan, re- 
cording stars, were .of WSOC, in 
Charlotte, whereas, they are actu- 
ally irom AsheviUe, N. C, and have 
been heard only over WWNC, Tho 
American Recording Company Is 
releasing eight of theic- records on 
Jan. 26. 

Neyr series of dally fireside pro- 
grams will bo presented by the 
Va,gabonds, Herald, Dean and Curt, 
male harmony trio, oyer WSM. 

Salt and Peanuts have joined the 
staff of WSM, Nashville. 

Paul and Bert, the two-old-tlmcrs- 
who have been members of the 
Grand Old Opry of WSM for the 
past eight years, recently started 
an early mdrnlhg program ieach day, 
featurincr songs of longr aigb. 

Dixie Pour, male quartet, pre- 
senting fifteen minute show each 
Saturday night at 7:80 o'clock. 
Known as Kinsman's Radio Time. 
Dixie Four is composed of Brantley 
.and Boiling Boyd, John Carter and 
Elmer DukO. 

Denny Lynch, tenor, scheduled 
five afternoons a week . over the 
KOMO, Oklahoma City. 

Grertrude Jacobs, Los Angeles ra- 
dioite. Is visiting her psu^hts in Fort 
Worth. 

Carol Lee, formerly wUh (3ene 
Austin's Stage road show, is sing- 
ing over WBAB, Fort Worth, also 
appearing at the Worth iheatrei 

Klyde Kraft, formerly program 
director of KFJZ, Fort Worth, hat 
been appearing on the stage of the 
Theaitre Mart in Loa Angeles. H? 
also had a bit in a film. 

Sam Bennett has been made stu- 
dio director for KTAT, Fort Worth. 
He had been advertising manager. 

==-WSB.picked^by^ChamfeefcjifJ2iMa? 
merce to present entertainment at 
annual dinner— an honor in Atlanta 
Green B. Adair, manager WGST, 
Atlanta,, also station's leading enter- 
tainer. 

Chick Wilson, WSB Atlanta an- 
nouncer, hurt In auto, crash, Notii- 
Ing dangerous. 

Ozark Mountaineers, hlU billies,, 
newest WSB Atlanta act. 

Harry Stone, manager of WSM, 
Nashville, has been appointed one 
of those Itehtucky colonels. 

WT.<AC, Nashville, Ut aupposed to 



Lawrence Kansas, announcer has 
abandoned the radio and is now'^ 
the oil inspection department, tw j 
the state of Kansas. \ 

Earl Gammons, station mahae«» ! 
of WCCO, • Minneapolis CoUimbla i 
chain uniti did Jury duty last wee£ ' 

Recovered from Illness, Jerry Hari^ l 
ringtpn, announcer for WCCO, Min- 
neapolis, back on the air a^in. 

Al Sheehan, announcer and man-i 
ager of the artists' bureau tor 
WCCO, Columbia . chain station 
Minneapolis, staged' a special show 
for 6,000 lumbermen attiahdlne a 
convention here. • 

Hom'-O-Gbo-Winga, Giory of the 
Morn, IB the new Indian name for 
Kate smiths . who was inducted into 
(Continued bri page 46) 




and jhi.8 

DANCE OBCHESTRA 

at the 

HOTEL ROOSEYELT 

NKV^'. YORK 

NIGHTLY 



Music library of WLW, Cinoy, 
claimed to be largest of any Indie 
station, in bigger quarters with Lee 
House, and three assistants In 
charge. 

Pbwel Crosleyi jr., radio, station 
and set magnate with family at win- 
ter home in Sarasota, Fla.^ for. fort- 
night. 

Charlie Dameron, crooner, back at 
WLW, Cincy, and -doubled on 
Drea,ry Blues series of Thurs. nite 
sustainings with Marion Clark aind 
backed by Lloyd Shafer's ork. 

Oklahoma . Bob Albright , Eve 
Gladstone and Pa McCormick's Fid- 
dlers, of WLW, entertained Cincin- 
nati Rotarians. 

Fred Roehr, first staff pianist <^ 
WLW, Cincinnati, beginning his 
11th year oh same job; station now 
has five other keyboard thumpers. 

John L. Clark, geh. mgr. of 
Crosley Radio Corp.;, returned to 
Cincy after week of biz in N. .Y. 

Foster Brooks and Joe Plerson a 
new duo for KSO, Des Moines. 

KSO, Des Moines, carried play- 
by-play account of Iowa- Minn, 
basketball game direct from U. of 
Minn, field house and also fed to 
KWCRi Cedar Rapids, and WIAS, 
OttumWa — all three stations owned 
by Rieglster and Tribune, Des 
Moines. Andy Woolfries, manager^ 
WOI; Ames, veteran sports an- 
nouncer, Iowa State college, did job. 

'Seven League Boots,' new WOWO 
publication in Fort Wayne, makes 
its bow, going out- to all advertisers 
and large mailing list. Harry Flan- 
nery editing sheet. ' 

Short Visit Of 'Moulin ROuge' 
ballyhob unit from Hollywood gave 
WOWO some special human inter- 
est chatter. All of the players en 
route to New Tork got out. at sta- 
tion (except George Bancrpft. Sta- 
tion Covered It as straight news 
item with lots bf extra flourishes. 

Dorothy Durbih, WOWO program 
arranger, getting an extra wOrkout 
in playing piano for three of t^e. 
roEjular tenors. 

Ray Suber, of KOIL announcing 
staff, after three years will remain 
in town for new series of skits, 
called 'The Buster Family,' for 
Barnsdall Refining Co. oyer KOIL. 
New skit series is being scripted 
by Billy Wllllamsi and directed by 
Max Vinsonhaler, both formerly of 
.KOIL. Gioist, .besides these t wo and 
Suber, includes Dorothy Williams 
and Mrs. Vinsonhaler (PaxiHne Hop^ 
kins). Skit replaces blues singer; 
Lou Williams, "Dauehtpr of Dixie." 
^JIlnier.JH. .Dressinan,,pub licijy di-_ 
rector .for . WCKY, Covington, l?y.7 
is back at his typewriter, fre.sh from 
a 3- week vacaph in Florida, during 
which Lee Goldsmith sat In for him, 
doubling continuity. 

Mark Williams, cowboy sini;ei\ 
late of KSTP, Minneapoli.H. i.s « 
newcomer on sustainings at WLM'. 
Cincy. 

.. James H. Xjunhlngham, head of 
several prominent athletic unions in 
Ohio, is sportscastlng; thrice weekl> 
on WSAI, Cincinnati. 
Ernest Pontius, voter WRRN, 



>$i litli «BH ifili iie» «l§» ^ 

FRED ALLENS' 

SAL HEPATICA REVUE ^ 

with n| 

PORTI^^NU HOX'FA W 
.JACK BMART _ 

mmN ueimobk: ^ 

MARY MCCOY W 
SCRAPPY lAMBKRT W 
SONO.SMITH8 

ferde grofe's music ^ 

iUterlul by ITred .Allei anfl 

Hnrry Tugenrt ~ 

w^Av m 

WOdneadayi), 'J:3Q p.m., B<S.1. m 
_ llanageracnt Walter IWtcheloT W 



ft 

f 

i 



CONRAD 
THIBAULT 



Wednesday, 8:30-9 P.M. 
WABC 

Thursday, 9-10 P.M. 
WEAF 



RUBY 
MORTON 

JACK CURTIS 

CURTIS and ALLEN 
Palace Theatrs BIdg, New York 



Dick 
Leibert 

At the Console 
Fladio City Music Hall 

BROADCASTING 
8 to 8:30 A. M., WEAF, Daily 
11:15 to 11:30 P. M., Mon„ Tuet., 

Wed., Thurfc, WJZ ^ 
11:30 to 11:46 A. M., Sun., WJZ 

ILTON STAVI 



"TODAY'S CHILDREN" 

Written by Irna Phillips 

Sponsored by 

Pillsbury Flour Mills Co. 

N BG— W J2-10t30. A.Mx^_^ 
WENR 10:15 A,M. Daily' 



LITTLE JACKIE 

HELL E R 

"TftB MITIO <U' TIIK MIKK" 
»roii.-\Vei1.-Vrl.. 4:16 P. M. 
Satardny, 4:30 P. M., t'ST 
Mana«roment M»C', CiiUagro 

pw; K«i>.i hkrmAn iw-utNir 

»w Vork City 



Tuesday* February 6, 1934 



RADIO REP 



VAJUETr 



41 



JACK B088 RANCH BOYS 

Hillbilly 
00 Mina. 
Quttainino . , 
KHJ, Lo8 Angelet 

They're mostly alike these hlU- 
hlUv programs, only epme are •worse 
than bthers. And this one happens 

Hova is 



CB8 RADIO PLAYHOUSE 
Inaugurali .Feb. 3. 
90 Mins. 
Sustaining 
WABC, New York 

CBS offlclally moved Into the 
Times Square sector Saturday night 
(3) and celebrated the event with a | 
nicely put togetlier program and 



Kbeled S*£^f roun*^^^^^^ time, and 1 enough of the usual trimmings to I "^a i^" -^^^^^ 
it i^ade UP of the customai-y ranch give it the glamour of a first night. .K^,^«w^r«' 
?uSfbe?s. nSr-harmbny and at- 1 Scene of thej doings was^ the Hud- ' ^sainst borrowers 



FRED WARING'S PENNSYLVA- 
NIANS 

With Edsel Ford. MaHon Talley, Ted 

Pearson 
Musical* 

30 Mins. 
COMMERCIAL 
WABC. New York 

No other entertaining orchestra 
has been so much- Imitated or been 
action ofteiier 
against 'borrowers' than has War- 
ing'e Pennsylvaniahsi But whil^el in- 



tpmots at comedy. Song? range! son, 3ft-yeai'-614 legit stand, which, - ..■ . ntt^A lf<^ a 



ijiuch -of it in the dialect of the | 

"^RandlaU Sisters, 'harmonV trio 
with a decided Bouthern acceht, ai-e 
Thort on harmony: therie's an bcca- 
Sional snatch of would-be comedy 



studio, and dubbed the Columbia 
jSadlo Playhouse. Occasion drew a; i 
smart representation from outsido | 
the trade Itself. 

. Cblunibia's is not the first fcraslir 
ing of tlii.e theatre district by the I 



and verjr much of the dlscohcertinghjroadcasting faction. For almost 
studio chatter, asides and applause J twb years NBC was a, tenant of the 
Straight- bdwboy numbers are the goowseatet atop the New Amster 
better features ot the broadcast; 
which gets under was' at 10:30 for| 
a full hour. Program unmistaking- 
ly shows evidence of a lack of thor- 
ough preparation. Edtoa, 



JACK 
BENNY 

WEAF 
10^10;30 P. M. 
EVERY SUNDAY 

CHEVROLET 

PROGRAM 



SYDNEY 
MANN 



THE GIRL WITH THE 
VIOLIN VOICE 

CUNARD HOUR 
WJZ 10 to 10.30 P. M. 
Every Tuesday 



Ishatit 
Jones 

Orchestra 



COMMODOBE HOTSL, M. I. 
The big show sponfiored by 
BX Uk% every Monday, 9:80- 
10 Pja. SnstatntiiK — Tacedaya. 
Thoradays and Fridays, 11:30- 
12 P.H.; Safiirdays, 11-11:16 
P.M... eoast to coast. WABC 

Direction 
Coloakbia Broodcaetlnc SystcB 



dam, while WMGA hais , made fre- 
quent use of the Hammerstein for 
birthday celebrations and other spe- 
cial broadcasts. 

. In putting the Hudson, .which 
seats 1,100, to the uses of a studio, 
GBS has had to make few changes. 
What particularly prbmipted th6 net- 
work to close for -this spot were. ;the 
acoustics as far as the pickup was 
concerned; There is no glais cur- 
tain enclosure. Auditorium, has been 
touched up, the stage hung with a. 
set of gt'ay drapes and the lo\ver 
right-hand, box converted into a 
control room. To give the;perfbrm- 
ances a touch of theatre atmosphere, 
the stajje is being .floodlighted and 
spotlighted from the balcony and 
the eye streaked with , various colors 
from: 600 -watters in the wings. The 
lighting angle, is ah innovation for 
New York's toroadeasting faction. 

Program put on for the picked 
flrst-nighter rtiob ran into two parts, 
Preceding the inaugural program, 
which went on the air at 10:30 and 
lasted an hour and a half, there was 
40 minutes of orchestral entertain- 
ment, with vocal interludes. This 
latter stretch served to introduce,, at 
least, the network's baton etandbys, 
Howard Barlow, Mark Warnow, 
Freddie Rich and Andre Kostela- 
netz. Also tliree of CBS' staff war- 
blers, Vera Van, Mary Eistman and 
Evan Evans. 

But the show that took the. ether 
was a crack sample of picking, bal- 
ancing, and routining. It was en- 
tertainment representative of 
everyday radio lEind in class, as a 
whole, way up In the brackets, liay- 
out had its own weak spot, and that 
was the Flvfe Spirits of Rhythm. 
Act impressed .as a sorry substitu- 
tion for the Mills Bros., who, be- 
cause of their affiliation no longer 
with the CBS "Artists Bureau, were 
not available. 

Comedy honors of the bill went to 
Alexander Woollcott, who flrst did 
one of his literary monologs and 
then crossfired It with Georgle Jes- 
50l. Later Jessel had his own Inning 
for a couple . songs and a tele- 
phone bit, witli the latter causing 
its u.siial damage to the midsections. 
Burns and Allen also contributed 
an Exceptionally diverting interlude. 
They, along with Bing Crosby, who 
preceded, were picked up^ from Hol- 
lywood. 

^ Opera was represented by Lucre- 
zia. Bori and Nino Martini, the in- 
struments by Albert Spalding and 
the piano- ducting Jacques JFray and 
Mario Brkgglotti. From the invitees 
Ruth Etting toolc aU they had. Also 
included among the warblers were 
Gertrude Niesen and the Eton Boys. 

Edwin C. Hilra was the only 
speech item on the broadcast. To 
him went the. assignment of explain- 
ing what it was all about, sltx^ that 
he did briefly enough at the opening, 

Odec. 



tion and identifying characteristics 
inherent in th«i style that has grad- 
ually been evolved and polished off. 
during the 16 years or bo since Fred 
and Tom Waring Were kings of the 
campus at dear old. Alma Mammy. 

Tliat . uniqueness or musical per- 
formance not easy to classify or 
analyze is what the Ford iDealers 
have bought under the ternris. of a 
contract highly flattering to the 
band and .'.probably, making the 
Pejinsylvahians tops tor radio , or- 
ohiestras under sP|Onsorshlp. It's a 
combination of what , may be called 
classical, fox trots interwoven with 
collegiate oratorio. There is no 
other entertiiinment on the air fash- 
ioned on the same principle or atr 
tempting the. same thing. This alone; 
brings the sponsor showmanly dis- 
tinction. 

It's a concert. . Definitely not a 
dance session. For the inaugural 
program Marlon Talley was in- 
cluded. She is thd Kansas canary 
who did duty, at the Metropplitian 
Opera in New York some years ago; 
and has just this seasoii emerged 



ROXY THEATRE MATINEE 

Variety 

30 Mins. 

Sustaining 

WOR, Newaric 

This , is the flrst of the Bob Col- 
tler-F&M radio re.vuettes direct 
from the Roxy theatre which, pres- 
ently, is mierely an. institutional 
plug for the house but which is 
highly susceptible to subsidization, 
by soniie ^sponsor. The modus op r 
erandi of the commercial angle lis 
obvious, such as a dighlfled line 
that 'through the courtesy of 
Whbozis Tablets we're bringing you 
a half hoUr of .' variety entertain- 
ment from the stage of the Roxy 
theatre.' At thei moment the broad- 
cast is frbin the Roiy theatre's stu- 
dio but F & >I also, plans it As ia 
visual- broadcast similar, to Its 
stunts on the coast. 

It still reihains a gdod itliig foi: 
the house «^.nd: serves F&M's pur- 
pose of ijoth plUgglrig the theatre, 
for which Fanchon & Marco stage 
the shows, and also selling the. 
F&M talent. 

It utilizes the current and .guest 
stars, as for example Benny Ross 
and Maxirie Stone and Rube Wolf, 
plus tlie Piclvens Sisters and Xester 
Cole's singirig Soldiers of - Fortune 
choir as the prominent talent, Rbg:er 
Bowers is the *iinnouncer-m.c. of thie 
half hour. 

It opens cahnily with the pseudo- 
voice of the cashier ihentibnlng two 
tickets for 70c to e^itablish the 
bargain scale. Thefb are four or 
five different voices of ushers wlio 
effectively get over the idea of 



MELODY ART VOCAL QUARTET 

Sonoa 
15 Mint. 
Sustaining 
WMCA, New York 

Mixed foursome tliat anything but 
approaches its pretentious billing. 
It specializes in the standards and 
English ballads and after the flrst 
few minutes starts bordering on the 
uionotonous. 

Soloist' assignmenta are taken 
over by the quartet's tenor. Richard 
Miller. His vocal tialent allows for 
lots of tlvrushllke notes but , little in 
the way of fine • shadings and lyric 
interpretation. 'A Little. Bit of 
Heaven" is Miller's forte. Oxlec. 



William; H. Wright leaves KFRC- 
Don Lee as roductlbn manager 
this week to join the AI Pearce 
Gang ■ NBC. No successor 
jiatned. 



mezzanine loges .are the same price 
as downstairs and that. Bmbklng is 
permitted there, etc. 

It's all well planned and primed 
and;: coming at 3-3.30 Sunday aft' 
ernoons it's • not a keeper-awayer 
froni the theatres, as the same time 
serving aa good institutional bally 
for the Roxy, Ahel. 



from a .premature retirenient to join [.courtesy, efliciency . and al^e _that 
the. Chicago opera; Her voice Is not 
the best in . opera but short of the 
hyper-critiical brigade It will suffice. 
Once or twice she seemed too near 
the microphone for .best results and 
at one point it appeared she refused 
a high note. 

Several elaborate choral combina- 
tions .were used. . Waring's standard 
combination of two girl (Gale Sis- 
tiers) and three boys was also util- 
ized. Arraligements thrbughout rep- 
resented the ultimate in modern or- 
chestrating • aiid ais typically War- 
ing- as their sweaters and mega- 
phones on a stages Deep-voiced 
drummer, Poley McCllntock boomed 
in and out a couple of times. That's 
also a trademark. Poley. was years 
ahead of others now trying similar 
orchestral clowning. Easy to guess 
that the kids in. particular will go In 
a big way. for the frog-croaking. 
Oh the advertising end the War- 



HENRY BALKIN 
Charaetor Analyst 
Sustaining 
15 Mins. 

WMCA, New York 

This reader of character by the 
face has something to sell. Either 
it's a book or' hirh.'seif to some ad 
vortiser through the jfnail collecting 
route. Balkin. is offering for the 
writing and a three-cent stamp, a 
booldet entitled,. 'Measure Your 
Powers and Increase Your Earn- 



ing For-d program also rates special |ings,' Pamphlet giveaway method 
laurels. It was marked by a beauti- 
ful example of self-restraint. Edsel 
Ford's delivered address was a gem 
of its kind whether self-writteh or 
ghost-written. It was exactly calcu- 
lated to win good will and its indi- 
rect plug for the better social order 
plus its salute deference to the lis- 
teners' Intelligence gavfe a good ad- 
vance indication . that advertising 
will not be. a burden for the orches- 
tra to .overcome. Ted Pearson Is the 
Foird announcer. He's, an old timer 
who's handled plenty of big assign^, 
ments heretofore. And more 'than 
able. - 

Ford show will have ah odd sched- 
ule, i8:30 on Sundays and another 
niche on Thursday. But by any 
reckoning the Warings are sure to 
attract a wide audience with their 
well-framed and showman^ .pro" 



Iframs, 



Land. 



Truman 



Siierman 



LEO 




used to 
sohr and 



AND HIS MUSIC 

We^esddy, 2-2:80 P.M.' 
WBATF—^'^ NetWork 



Playlnr Mghtlr 
BKNJAMW FkANKUN 
PUIIiMlflpbla 

Sole Direction 
LEW CHUDD 



HOTKL 



New York 
Che«terfleld Uoter 



('hi6n|co 
AadUoriaDi Uotel 



PAT KENNEDY 

(The Unmasked Tenor) 

.Sponsored by 
Paris Medicine Co. 
WGN. Chliiago, Daily 
,1:30-1:45 P M. CSX 



TRADiES ON PARADE 
Witii Hal K. Davvson, 

Keena 
Talk, Songs, 
30 Mins. 
Sustaining 
WOR, Newark 

Wieak continuity idea 
dress, up a medrocre 
band program. Starts off with the 
announcement that WOR had set 
aside a half hour each Friday night 
to salute these engaged in a par^ 
ticular trade. Night .this series was 
caught the salesman wa,s having 
his inning. Due for future glorifica- 
tions are the plumber, the sus- 
pender maker and the taxi driver. 
• To tharacterize each trade there s 
a comic and in the salesman 
episode Hal K. Dawson, who helped 
yawn things up for Plymouth in 
the 'Elmer Everett Yess' series, did 
the honors. It was sad .stuff he un- 
limbered between the band num-* 
bers and sorig interludes with. the 
characterization very much , along 
the lines of the E. E. Yess slice of 
brazen garrulity, I^Iost of the gags 
handed him served to cue into^ the 
mui^ical ■ bits, which dovetailing 
made his brand of humor doubly [ Band,. Songs 
iifesi^tible. ' , ] 20 Mms 

Unbilled tenor in the extrava- 
ganza, however, was easy to^hsten 



CHAMBERLAIN SHOW 
Eddie . SoMth Orchestra, 

Bradley 
Musib 

COMMERCIAL 
WBBM, Chicago 

This 1b a weekly show each Sun- 
day on a split CBS network. For 
16 minutes only at 6-6:16 p.m. CST. 
N^o (question that program starts ofC 
under , a handicap under the skimpy 
time aiTangement. For a once 
weekly shot 16 ticks la hardly suffi- 
cient to present any real show or 
job. 

Eddie South band itself produces 
a standard turn of entertainment. 
South himself Is a. wiz on the flddle. 
in a concert way. Billed as the 
'Dark Angel- of the. Violin,'' he ban 
fiddle with the beet of them. 

In 16 minutes this intist be good, 
especially with such standard tunes 
as 'Dark Eyes.^ Tlien' into a. rhumba 
number and followed by a . medley 
of pop melodies. ' , . 

Pi:oerana; is ba41y ovftrpiugged for 
a i6.-minute ride. .There's the long 
opening spiel plus a. lengthy medico 
line In. the cent<er by some doc. At 
the ^nish more, minutes in a dialog 
plug with a. fadeout on a heart-to- 
heart talk.: 

One good angle here is, the build- 
up of the South orchestra as the 
favorite of the Jnternatlonai fash.< 
ionable resorts such a« Mont^ Carlo 
and Venice. Oold. 



helped 'The Voice of Experience' 
get started on WOiElr not so long 
ago. Liatter 4nve~sted his own on 
the. giveaways and with the ac- 
cumulated mail from takers con- 
vinced an advertiser they were 
listening. 

T\^d acts, . Balkin's . and 'The 
Voice,' however, are nothing alike. 
Balkin doesn't even touch. on the. 
subject of sex. He describes him- 
self as mor0 of an occupational 
psychologist. By the size and curve 
of the iBubject's jaw he determines, 
whether the fellow ought to go in 
for truck driving or truck farminig, 
or whether the schnozzle Indicates 
he'd make a better bank v. p. than 
ad agency "v. p. Balkin says that 
he should know because in 19 years 
he's personally analyzed over 16,200 
jeb candidates . or job holders for 
concerns jgralore, in all parts of the 
world. 

Balkin Includes In his air palaver 
testimonials he says he's received 
from users of his advice. One he 
quoted during liast Wednesday's 
(31) broadcast thanked Balkin for 
helping- the client rise from a 
'sweatshop to an important Job in 
a Broadway office.' Odec. 



THREE 8CH00LMAI 
Vocal 
15 M i n s. 

Sustaining 
WQY, Schenectady 

•^rlo, on the air Over WGY pince 
early last fall, now broadcast a 15- 
minute program four afternoons a 
week. Girls, all of whom are from 
Vermont, -and one of whom Is a 
former school teacher, warble cur- 
rent numbers ih the manner popu- 
larized by several network groups. 
They do the. trick harmony stuff ..in 
pat fashion. 

Having mastered, th^ir lesson on- 
this, the time Is ripia for the. Schbpl- 
maids to attempt, to deVelop some 
individuality in their style of sing- 
ing. ■ Tbe Trio's : teacher-pianlst, 
Billy Rose, should be able to guide 
them along the pathway to origi- 
nality. He Is a well-trained musi- 
cian and. knows the pop field thor- 
oughly. JaCQ. 





(Duncan Sisters) 
Will Be Available For 

RADIO 

FEBRUARY ISfh 

A Bt)B WHITE 
PRODUCTION 

333 No. Michigan Ave. 
Chicago 



IRENE TAYLOR 

CAMEL CARAVAN 

Tuesdays and thursdays 
At Ten P. M.— WABC-CBS 



Personal Management 
SEGER ELLIS 
RbCKVVELL-O'KEEFE, Inc. 

rKO BIdg., -Radio City 
New Vark 



SID 
GARY 

Radio's Versatile Baritone 

CUNARD HOUR 

10-10:30 P.M. Every Tuesday 

WJZ 

Mrcfltloa 
nAMK PftESBBEr AOENCZ 




Jamil F. Olllwpic 
•660. B'way; N. V 



BILL FLECK ORCHESTRA 



NAME ACTS WANTED 



Radto-^Night Clwtbs^Mastcat Producttona 

Conitnunlcat« Immedl6,tely wKb 
IVAN E CEDAR PRODUCTIONS, RKO Building 
RADIO Crri, JM; v., 8«it« MM-S. r^Jfiplioit* OOittiDbm H-ZMB 



COMMERCIAL 
KHJr Los Angeles 

Typical dance hall type Of orches- 
:tTaT-thls=ag,gregationr-rempting^from 
fsolbmon's Bowery, dpwhtown pedal 
exerciser, falls to ixricork much in 
the way of ether entertainment. It'H ! 
a continuous grind program, witli ' 
a couple of Tocai renditions Inter- 
jected, but these are even^ T^^eaker 
than the ensemble efforts. 

Topical and late pop tunes, arii; 
played in customary dan<;e hall 
tempo. Edwa, 



TO WOLFE GILBERT-^ 

Dear Wolfi 

I want tb thank you heartily for your collaboration 
these many months on my radio progranis* 



I regret that you must return to the coast at this time. 
Believe moi you did a swell job. 

Sincerely, 

Eddie Can tor 



42 



VARIETY 



COMMERCIALS 

WEEK OF FEBRUARY 5 

This Dejpai*tinet)t lists sponsored tirbgrams on 
rrangied alptiiabetically under the advertiser's name. 

All time is p: tn. unles.fi otherwise noted. AVhere ptie advortiper 
ha$ two or inore programs they ai'e listed consecuifvQlyi 

An tisterislt before name indicates adyertisins' agoiu'. 
account.. 

Abbreviations: Su (Sunday); M (Aionday); Tu (Tuesday); W 
(;W^edriesday) ; h (Thursday); (Fridaj'): Sa (Saturday) 



ACME LKAb... 
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Ea .^^cC6nneU 
♦Henri. H-Mc 
ATTFII.I.^TEil :& 

:(t.anip.PliniTi«»^ 
l-Tn-WABC 

PrljicesJ. Marie 
•Blooltcit 

^iie Ivori itanter 

•.B.i B.. t). & a . 

'AMKR. • TOBAOTO 
(liuclsy ftrllteV 
ljW5-SarWB.4F*-- 
MctrapoTltan ' Opera 
'Merry Mount' * ' 

ttrai.Potlna - . ■ ' 
liav'i^eiioe Tlbbett 
Qtadys SwarUiouf 
■' ♦Lord. '. & • {ThomaB 
'!AMICHICAN' oil 

JhcU Oennj* • 

•Jo."' TvaT'/" 

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BjranU Parker. 

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■ 5" M<r>Jaugliton 
Mabel. \lbert)^n 
Soy iihieta 
Mcrrie->len 
Ne!i Sisters 
•N". v«-. Ayer.. 

A.;-s^..Boyi.» 
i! . (Ptboit fK^.tix)''-' 

'iaiy Dan*: • ^ V 
, Btvltv? - Knuf 
•Blacl^ett 

I; .B.ARBAaoi. 

,»:80-M-Xni-Tli-r- 
f- WABC /• • 
Udwin C, Hin 

.BAXTLB vCBBIKIV ^ 
1.4.'i-Ta-W-Th*r 
- WABC 

*i;alhTed Dreams' 
Bess Fly'nn 
. Kay. Chase 
Alice HIU 
Miary Afflck 
•Ervvln-Wasey 

tiATBB 
... 9:30-Si1-WB;AF 

Franii .jMunn 
Vlriflnla Rea 
.Qtimi^n St. Ardeo 
Bert Hlrsch 
Haehschen Ore 
tBInclifttt ; . 
. BBRCH-NVT 

•Red Davis' 
Jack :Ro8elcigti 
Gurtl.«f> 'Arnall ' ' 
Marlon Barney' 
Bllziibeth Wragge . 
Bunlce Iloivard 
Peggy' Allenby 
Johnny Kane 
•McC-KrIc 

BI80DOI. 
C-Sn-WABC 

Helen Morgan 

An>e)t Bartlett 

•BlaoHeft 

UOIIBJOIS 
8-Sa^WABC . 

•Evtning In Paris' 

Katli 'Harrington 

MIU \Vntson 

craire . Majette 

Nat Shllkret 

•Hertfifid 

BORDEN 
10:46-Tn.WJZ 

'Magic Moments' 

Vce Lawnhurst 

Muriel Pollock 

MRrcrlla- Sheilde 

Walter Scanlon 

Jano ISllison 
S-Sa-WABC 

•4B Mlh. in H'lyw'd' 

Mark Warnow 

Cal Vorke , 

*Toung.& Rublcant 
KRILTX> . 
l!!:3P-Sa-M'ABC 

Tito Giilzar. 

*P. Presbrey , 
BRt6TOI.-MYRR8 

9- W-WBAF 
' (Ipana) . 

Ipana. Troubadoars 
Bernlce Claire 
Alexander Gray 
Ij^nnle -Hayton 
•Pedlar .& Ryan 
9:30-W-WEAF 
iifiuX Hepatlca) 
Pred Allen 
Pauln Hofta 
Jack Smart 
Irwin Delniore 
■Mary McCoy 
FeMe Cirofe Ore 
•Benton :& Bowles 
CAMV. . PACKINO 

ft;30-M-^VEAr 
U nurrett Dobbs 
boric & Kn'bocker 

Quartets 
M Wllaoi< Ore 
•■Thompson 
CAI^ODENT CO 
li-Tti-W.IZ 
Marley . R .Sherrls 
♦Thonipsbn 

CA5fPAOKA 
ff:30>Sii-W.IZ 
'Grand Hotel' 
Ann Seymour 

I>on Ameche. 
Betty Winkler 
. Oene Bou«e . 

10- F-WEAF 
.'First "Nlffhter' 
Jun^ Aforf^ltfa 
T>on Ameche 
Clrlton Brlckert 
Cilir doublet 
iS Sagennulat'e Ore 
•Atihrey Koore 

CARBORUNDUM 
9:S0-Sa-WABC 
fidArard d'Anna 
Franote Bowman 
•F. H. nrpcnp 



CARLRT'>*-H[OVET 

(Father Johnl 
T:I6-W-WJZ 
Miiriel Wilson 
John Herrick 
H .Sanford'S Ore 
♦Cecil 'lyarw^k 

CARNAtlDN .HILK 
10-M-WEAF 

Gene Arnold 
lAtlloby Lady' 
a I. Bastmnn . 
Jean Paul KfAg 
« ISrwln;. .-Waaey ■ 
CENTAl'R- 
. (FItflchir's) 
8:S(K-lV-\rABC ■ 
Albert Spalding, i 
•Yonn* * Rtilrtcniii: 
€H AMnERJiAIM 
(Hand- Lotion)' 
. 7-Sa-WAnC 
Bddle South 
.Tack Brooks. . 
•Rtithc^UftjRyan 
Cli.APPEI. BBOV 
7:45-i>BrWABC . 
Rin Tin Tfir •', 
Don AJnecbe t 
Bob White • 
V-r^liila'. Whre 
Johnny 'Gaits 
.Tnck . Daiy 
^Itfi(«>r(» t .Smith .■• : 
CITIES service: 
(T-F-WBAF; ••■.^ 
GriihtlhrnT Rice 
Jessictf' Dr&gonette. . 
Cavaliers — 
Lt>rd..£. Thomas ■\ 

Harold Stokes- 
GU Page 
King's Jestef's .. 
Frank Hair^rd - 
S. HtH' ■ 
■ CPTfeX * 

Phil •HfltrrrB • 
Leah Rar- 
.•J.. Walt. .T^omPs 

REX COLE 
5t4SfTi^-Th-W£AF • 

Cole ThI'talneerF 
Maxpn 

COI.GATE-.PALS1 

(Super Suds). ' ' 
IfttlS-daHyi'WJZ 

'Clara Lu & Bm' 
Loul5>e Starkoy 
Ipa belle Carotherf 
Helen King 
Lord & Thomas 

CRAZT CRYSTALS 
S.'Sd-WE.AF 'nn'd 
13 dolI.T 

Gene Arnold 
McC-Erlc. 

R: B. DAVIS 

.(Baking Powd.) 
10-W-F-WK.AF 
'Mystery CbeP 
John McPherson 
0:4S.Tu-Tli^WABr 
John McPhersoB 
Mystery Ch^r 

»-M-Tw'\V-Th. 
WABC 

Buck Rogerp' 
Curtis- Arnall 
Adete Ronson 
Edgar Stelhl .r 
Jo«» Granljy 
Walter Tetley 
Allan bevitt . 
Georgia Bacheu 
Elaine Melehoir 
Adele Klein 
Bill Shelley 
Henry Gurvey 
Harry Swan 
Lionel Stander 
Kmmef Gowan 
Beatrice. Allen 
•Ruthrauff & R, 

n-L it w COA1. 

H-.M-'lH-l-D- W A m 

Little Italy* 
Hiram. Brown 
Ruth Yorke 
Rose Keaiie 
Alfred Corn 
Ned Weaver 
Jas Metgh'an 
• Ruth rniiTf -Ry n n 

CONT, RAKING 
g-M-lV-F-WABC 

Serappy Lam'bert 
Frnnk Luther- 
Vivian Ruth 
•E.. B. D. & O. 
CORN PRODUCTS 
10:4.1-M-W-F- 

WABC 
(Kremel. Etc.) 
Will Osbofne ' 
Pedro do Cordoh»- 

9- Sn-IVABC ' 
(Linit) 

.Tjtne Fi-omon 
Erno. Rapes 
Nino Martini 
.TuIIus. Tanhen 
•Hell wig 
CREAM WHEAT 

10- Sm-WABC 
AngeVi 'Patrl • 
•J. Wait. Thomp 

KX-I.AX 
9:30-M-WABC 
-The Big Show' 
Georgle. Jessel 
faylor Holmes. 
Marty Christians 
Tsham Jones 
♦Kat/ 

FIRESTONE 
8:30-M.'WEAF 
H. Flreatonc. Jr 
Richard Crooks 
Lawrence Tlbbeti 
Wrtj, Paly Orch 
^Sweonv- Jnmes 
FITCH 
T:4.';-Sn-TVEAT 
Wendell Hnll 

FRIOTDAIRK 
lO-Tu-WEAF 

'.«?pth Parker' 
Phillips Ijord 
*«ever 

FORD MOTOR 
8:3«.Th-WAnr 
9:30-Su-WABr 
Fred . Waring 
Ted Pearson 
Marlon Talley 
•N. vr. ' Ayer 
OKN. BARING 
ff:30-Su-WABr 
.Tulin .''anderpoTi 
;'"rnrtl.- C'l'umlt 



CT 



*B,. B.. D. & O. 
GKXKRAL CKiAR 

9:90-W-^WABC 
Guy; - i..onibardo-. 
Burns & AUen . 
•J.. Wall. Thump 
(}KNERAI. 'F6ori^ 

ll:45-Ta-WKAF 
Frances Lee ' Barton 
•Ifoung &' Bubicari 
6 :43-M- W<F->VEA1< 
- fjellov • • 
•Wizard of o?: 
Nandy Kelly • 
Jack "Smart' 
'Junius MathewE'' 
A^llllam Benhahi ' 
•Totmcr & ; Buhlcniti 

9- Tit-vrEAi; 

tsraxwen) ■., 
Clias, W'lnnlnger 
LaiUiy :KoBS - 
Ahette Hahshaw - . 
Conrad '■ TMb«uU: 
Murlot .Wilson '•■ • 
-Mol|isse9.:<rn; Jan'ry 
G'UB. Haehflphen 
♦Benton-BoW-Ie.* 
. 1«-Sii><VABC" 
•Ryrd. ..ErpiHiItloh' 
•Ipiung •& Riibloatif 
GENERAL: .1||il;f.>^ 

'.lack Armstfongt- . 
. •' All Amerlenn'Boy 

■ 4-phliy.-'WJ7^ • 
•B«ty« DOh', *- 
lietty. ewurchliU .: 
Don Ame:Pi|e- » ? 
jEfetty. yi^lUltlet 
'^rt ' Jaicopaon'- 
CarMBrleKert.. ^' 
Louis Rqen ' • 
•Bldckeu:' 
GBjNEBAZ.' MOTOR 
: (Buicl:) ■■ • 
»ti(K>M-Fr-WABC' ' 
Robert' Benctaiey 
Hd'wai^d 'Marsfi.' 
Andre KosteTanez- 
'^Cunp-Envald •" 
(Che vrole t) 

10- Su-VTEAIt 
Jaek Benny 
Frank Black 
Mary LIvInigstone 
Frank Parker. 
•Camp-Ejvftld 

(Potitikc) 
8:30-SA-WABC 
Ray Palfire 
Kay Thompson 
Rhythm Kings 
Black Rhap'dy 
(Cadillac 1 
e-Su-WEAF 
Artur.o .TAScahlni 
Mme. . Lehmann . 

... GULP 

9- 8n-WJZ 
Will Rogers 
Revelers 
Emil Coleman 
•Cecil Warwick 
OILETTE RAZOR 

e:45-M-W-WEAF 
Henry Burbig 
Rhythm Boys 
♦Ruthrauff & R 

HEALTH PROD'TS 

(White Cod> 
2-Sn-WJZ 
Bar X Ranch' 
Carson Robison 
Buclcaioos 

7:80-M^W-F-WJZ 

(Feenamiht) 
■Pot & Pearl* 
Joseph Greenwald 
Lou Welch 
•McC.-Erlck. 
HECKER H-O 
UilS-M-W-Th- 
WABC 
'H-Bar-O Rangers' 
Bobby Benson 
Nell O'Malley 
Florence Hal la h 
Billy Hallop 
John Bar '.he 
^^rwln-Wasey 
. EDNA nOPPER 
3:15-M-Th-F- 
WABC 
'Helen Trent' 
Lester Treniaj.n'e 
■Virginia Clarli 
Karl Hcube 
Doloi-es GlUo.n 
Jack Doty 
♦Blackett 
H. 3. HKlNZ CO 
lO-M-W-t'-WjZ 
Jrs^phlne Gibson 
♦Maxon 

HOOVER 
4:30.8ii-WEAI 

Edward Dnvles 
Chicago a Capelln 
.Toe Koest'ner 
♦Brwln^Wasey 

HORLICH 
8:30-Tu-Th-WJZ 
Dr H Bundesen 
^Lord '&.. Thomas 

HOUSEHOLD 
8^Tu-WJZ 

Edgar A Guest 
Alice Mock 
J6s Koeatne.r's Ore 
•C. D. Prey 

HUDSON MOTORS 

10- Sa-WEAF 

■Sal Night Party 
B A Rolfe Ore 
Bob Ripley 
Iiew White 
•Blackman 

HUMPIIRKVS^ 
(Remedies) 
10:15 a: M.-M-W-l!- 

l«:16-Sa'WEAF 
Moinlni: Home (' 
Trob Emery 

•IRDDO COAl. 
7:lG-Th-F-S-WJZ 
-M usk eteer6^^==i^= 
John . Brewster 
V'llbcrt -Stigratn 
Mark Smith 
Allen Devltt 
Tiouis Hector 
Helen Dumas 
Letgh Lovell 
*N. W. Ayer 
JFAlOKN'fs 
0:30-SH-W.r/ 
Walt. WlntheU 
•.I. Walt, Tl)d)ijp. 
JOHNSON A: f^ON 

(Floor Wax) 
ii;:iu-3i-iiirMj\i« 

''I'll \ Wnn»' 



Kecnnn fi Phillips 
•JMoodbamv L. A B, 
HUDNUT 

»^t-WABC 

Jack Whiting 
Jack Denny 
Jeannie .' Lang 
Three: Rascals 

b; B, i). a o.. . 

KBIXOGO 
. fiiSO-Dailr-WJZ. 

The Singing" Lndy 
J rcnc .' Wicket 
Allan Orainit' 
'i'N.-. \% ■ Ayer. 
KRA^-PHENIX 
,10-'£b>WKAF 
F,.\1'hite»haii Ore 
Deems Taylor 
Ramontt • ' ■ 
Peggy H?iiiy 
Jaclt Fulton ■ 
•J. ' Wair. Tnom 

KOr.YNOS ' ^ 
7 :13-.M.<Th;-C%WA RC 

Just- Plali) .Bill • ■ . 
Arthur-. Hushes .. - • 
•iBIttckett" .. 
IIADV ESTHER- 
»-8d-WBAV, 
/lO^-WABC. • -: 
8:S9>T||-'WEAF 
Wayne, Kfns'a Ore 
•Staclt-Ooble > '•'." 
I/AMONT/rOORf ,IS!• 
<Pond•.^!)• 
9:8e-F-W^CAi^^• . 
Maude Adams '. 
^''Ii.'for ■ Yon lis Ore-' 
(NestlesV 
8-F-WJZ 
Bthei Shutta . 
Walter QrKecfe 
Bon Bestor-Orc 
•J-. Wali. Thomi> 

.■;-.LARW.;. 

rSdgewortta) 
lO^W-WEAT . 
Cor/i. Cob. Pipe CI«1,' 

of VfrgWN 
"BBDAO . . 
LEHN A- FINK 
(HInd'.!ii Cream) 
10.:S0-Sn'WRAF 
ilelon' Hayes 
John Erskihe 
Nat Shilkert 
•Ruthrauit &' R 
I>IOGETT-MTKR» 
. (Chestorflcld)" 
9^I>ally-W<VBC 
Phlla S.vmph 
XVXOR 
. (Armour)' ■ 
SiSO^Sa-WEAF 
Talkie Pic Time' 
Jun^ Meredith 
John Gbldsworthy 
John Stanford 
Gilbert Douglas 
Murray Forbes 
N. W. Ayer 
LORILLARD 
. (Oi:d Gold) 
10- W- WABC 
Fred 'Waring : 
•Lennon & M. 
LOUDEN P'CKING 
(Doggie Dlnnar) 
S:4S.Th-WABC 
'Stamp Adventures' 
Reginald Knorr 
Carl Eoyer 
♦Matteson. F. 
MALTEX 
l;30-6n-WEAF 
Dale' Carnegie 
Harold Ssinford Ore 
•Sfiml Croot 
MANHATTAN 

SOAP GO. 
lliSOrTh-WJZ 
Harriet Lee 
Edward Kennedy 
♦Peck 
jr. W. MARROW 

(Oil Shampoo) 
1 :15-Tn-Th-WABC 
Joan Marrow 
Bob Nolan 
Eddie House 
•Placed: direct 
MET; MFB CO. 
6:45-Dnll.r-WEAr 
Arthur Bagley " 
DR. MILES LAB'S 
< A Ika -Seltzer* 
10:S0-Sa-WJZ 
WLS Barn Dance 
Ridge llUnners 
Mac & Bob 
Clarence Wheeler 
"■V^'ado 

MOLLE CO. 
7:S0-M^W-Tli- 
"WEAF r 
Roxnnne ..Wallace 
William. EdmonPort 
Shirley ■ Howard 
Guy -.BonhaTTi 
■Wamp, Carlson' 
Dwight Latham 
•.Stnrk-Goble 
IIENJI. MOORE 
11:80-WtWEAF 
Betty Moore 
Low. White 
MUETXER CO. 
t0s4r.-M-W-F.- 
WABC 
'Bill fk Oiiiger' 
■Virginia Baker-r^ 
Lyn Murray 
♦Hcllwlg 

NAT'L SUGAR 
0:30.'M-W.TZ 
Jtclody Singers . 
.Trtseph Pastornhoi* 
'Gotham . . 
OXOl. 
tO-W^F-WABC 
D.I vie. Bunny & G 
Buhny Coughlln 
Drive Grant 
Gordon Ornham 
♦J. L. Prescptt 
OXYDOL 
(Proct'r & Gamble 

■'Ma PorkViifl' .• - 
Vlrgtrtln Day 
Jfiirrery (In 
Karl Hubel 
Wll Fornum 
Chas?. Etfgleston 
»BIackett 
PACIFIC IIOK XA 
»:S0-Tli-W.TZ 
'Drutli Vnir.v |)a'>>. 
TIni Frawlcj 
JoHoph Bell 
Lrtwin \V Wliltnoy 
T.onf-Kfuuf I'owboy 
.loweoli /■■'(inim* Orr 
Wfff'.KruIi. 



PRPSODRNT 

7- nully-WJZ 
Amos 'n' Andy 
Charles Correl 
Freeman Gouden 

('Rise of Gold) 
8rI>nll.v.WJZ 
Oertrude. Berg 
James Woters 
0 :30-TH-Tli-Sa- 
W«1Z 
JOddle. Uucliln 
•Lord & Thomas 
PKRFICCT CIRCI^E 

•^:»0-,Sii-WEAF 
Ohmih'h aiid . Arden 
lad ward Nell . 
.\rlene Jackson 

PHILCO 
'<:4S dully ex. 
.. ^ Sii-WADC 
Bouko , Carter 
*V. W. Armstrong 
PHILIP MORRIS 

8- Tm-WBAF 
IjCO .Reismnn'H Ore 
Phil Dwey 
•blow 

. PILLSBURT 
10-30-Dail.v-W'IZ 
'Today.'s (Children" 
Irma! Phillip's 
Walter , Wicker ■ 
Bdsa .'Johnson 
Irene • Wicker 
Tjucy Clillman 
Irt'ed .Von' Amon 
! Jea h •' »t cG re gor • 
'•.Hut<Jhlh3fin ■ 

1|-H-:W-|A-W ABC . 
'Cobkltig- Close Upp' 
^Hulchl'nson. 

-PAB*«T 
. : 9.>Tn-WEAV 
iien Beriile-.Oi'tr ■•, 
Matt-Fogarly . 

. FLOrGH. INC; > 
■ . ■ lO^W-WJ*/- 
Vincent Loper, 
King's' .Je6tetT 
Adele Stqirr. 
Tony-Cabooch 
•Lake-SpiroL-C 
RAI.ST*K- :PUR1NA 

Adven^uec ■: 

Art)ill.s Dixob 
P«rcy- HehiUa ■ • • 
Wlnitred ; ,Taoihe9 •• : 
Ah'dret^ DomieUy- •.. 
". lD|Sp.>Xd.-WK<%F ;' . 
^Tmff. Sylvia 'Of 

Holfywc^od 
f Qai'dnei • 

RVAiw.SIIiK 
. 7-Sn^W«% ' 
Tod Weeros'Orch ,. 
Bert Lahr : .' * 
Charles Lyons 
•JSrw.ln-Wa^ey 
RED STAR: TRAST 
tl-To-Tta-S-WSAF 
Edna 'QdelL ;.. . 
Phil . Porterfleld 
Irma Glen- 
Earl . I^a.tvrcBce 

RRMTNGTON 
8;30-F-WARC 
Mfirch of Time* 
?B., B..- D. &■ O. 

R. J. REYNOLDfs- 

(Camels) ' 
lO-Tu-'Hin-WABC 
Casa Lnma 
Connie Bbswell 
Kenny Sai^gent 
*Wm. Esty 

BIESEB CO. 

(Venlta Hairnets) 
CriB-Sa-WABC 
Waldo-Mayo 
•G.umblnner 

BITCliOE 
(Scott's BmUl) 
7:30-FrS-WRAF 
'Clrciis Days' 
Jack Roslelgh 
Wally Maher 
Elizabeth CotiBcll 
Bruce . Evans 
Frank Wllsoq 
Ernest Whlteman 
"Edward. Reese 
John MacBryde 
(Eno Salts) 

8-Tu-w-vtraz 

Eno Crimei. Club' 
Spencer Deao 
"N. W. Ayer 

SE.ILIED rOWXR 

8- M-WJZ 

OIR Soubier 
Morin Sletem 
King's Jesters 
Harold St oka's Ore 
•Grace & KalUday 
SILVER DUST 
7:S0-Tn-Th-8ti- 
WABO 

Phil Cook 
B. B. D. A O. 
SINCLAIR 

9- M-WJZ 

Gene Arnold 
Bill Chllds 
Mar McCloud 
Joe Parson.-i 
Cliff Soubier 
Harry Kogen 
•Federal 

SDHTH BBO.S, 
9:46-Su-WJZ 

Billy Hlllpot 
Sctappy ' Lainliert 
Nat yhllkret^S Ore 
•HoTinrir.-Tarcher. 

SPARTON RADIO 
S:30-Sn-^V1BAX' 

Richard HImber Or 
Frances Langford 
3 Radio Scamps 
John S. . Toung ■ 
•Brook Smith ft F 

S^PRA'TT'S: PAX. 
7:4«-Tn-WJZ 

Don Carney's. Dog 

Stoiries 
•Paris ft PeArt 
STAND. BRANDS 
.fChase ft Sanborn^) 

8-Sn-WRAF 
Eddie cantor 
Rublnoir 

(Baker's) 

7:30rSa-Wra 

•Joe- Penner ■ 
Harriet Hllllard 
Ozr.Lo Nelson ^ Ore 
8-W..WEAF 
(Royal Gel) 
Jack Pearl 
Cllft Hall 
Peter Van Steeden 

8-Tli-WEAF. 

(Flelschmanh) 
Rudy Vallee and 

a^- HUie-Con h,_Ya ni ts 



Helen Morgan 
-•J Walt. Thomp. 
STD. OIL (N. T.) 

8-M-WEAF 
Sof-ony £>Kctches 



Arthur Allen 
Pat ker Fennelly 
Kate McComb 
leabelle Winlocke 
Ruth Russell 
Robert Strauss 
•B.. C. D. & O. 
STEICLING PROI> 
8:80-W-WE.AF 
(Phillips Mag) 
Waltz Time' 
Abe Lyman Ore 
Frank' Munn 
5 diiliy ox: Sn-f'So 

WABC 

'.Skippy 
♦ lacketr 

:■: HUN OIL 

«:4n-I>iill7-M'.tZ 

Lijvvoll. Thomiifi 
•noohe-Wiriliims 
SWIFl • 
(ButterHeld) 
(0-F-WABC . 
disen &. Johiispii 
King's Jesters 
Harry gosnlck. , . , 
♦J. Walt. Thomp. 
TASTYEAST ■ ■ 
t2:l5-Sa-W<IZ 
Baby Ro»e Marie. 
•Staclc-qoblf 

TEXAS CO; 
9:S9-Tu-WEAI 

Ed Wynn 
Graham AlcKamee 
Don Voorheee 
•.Sa n.ff -Net zge.r 
TIDmVATisR 

(TjdoT) 
9:Se-MwWABC 
Jimiujr. Kexnpisr 
Hummlhsblrds . 
Robert Ambruster 
•Lenhon-Mlt'cli, 

UNDERWOOD 
8tS9-Th-WAIIC'., 

Wm L>yoii Phelps . 
Nat..SbUltcet' 
Alexander" Grey . 
*'Mai>cllan<T .. " . ■ 
V^ H.^. TeBACeo ^ 
Dill's. Best^ 

•Half. H*r tor' 'Men-; 
•J (; Nugent ■ V 
Prenf fere -.-Quat'tet . - 
*Mte>!ErWI?.v • ■-. 
CNIOM- -«i«NTRAf ; 

" S-Sb-WABC 
'Roses -ft 3>rKVxn' •■ ■ 
EIl:iiaheth - Love ' 
CtMri;«. otiar 
Robt.1. Ilultfes.-- 
Bl'alne. Cordner.'. . < 
♦J. - Whlf/ . THomp. 
VADSCb SAt;E$> r 
.,7i30-TI»^WaZ 
•'■<DJer- K^es) 
Altchael- .Darttett 
*.L. 'H. HartiTian. 
.:'VINCK ■.. 
•:S0-W-WJZ 
tlohn ^.'AfcGoririack- 
Wm At .Daly 
*CeclJ Wiarwlch' 

WANDER CO. 

(Ovaltihe) 
8:48-Dally-WJZ . 
'Little Orphan A' 
Allan Bar.uck 
Henrietta ' •Tedro 
Ed Sprague ■ 
Stanley Andrews' 
Shirley Pell 
•Dlacket^ 

WARD BAKING 

e:4I»-Sn-W^ABC 
7:S0-Sa-WABC 
Family Theatre' 
OecU Lean 
Cleo Mayfleld 
James Melton 
Billy Arts^ 
WM. B. WARNER 

, 9-W-WJZ 
Warden - Lawes 
•Cecil, Warwick 
WASET PROD. 
tS^M-W-^Th-F- 

WABO 
8.8e-TB-WABC . 
Voice of Exp'rience 
•Erwln .. Wasey 
R, ATKINS 
0-Sn-WJZ 
Tamara- 
Davis Percy 
Gene . Kodemlch 
Men . About Town 
•Blackett 
WEIiCn GRAPE 
:4SrVr-S :13-Sii-W«l7 
Trene Rich 
•Kaator 

WIIEATENA 
7:18-DaUy-WEAF 
'Billy Bachelof 
Raynitond.' Knight 
Alice Da%'enport 
•:46-S-WABC 
AMS-M-Ta-W-TIi' 

WABC 
Happy Minstrel 
•McKee-Albrlght 
WILDROOT 
4:1S-Sn-WEAI 
Vee Lawiihurst 
John 'Segal. 
•B. B., D. ft O. 
WOODBURT 
8:S«-M.-WABC 
BIng Crosby 
Lennte Hayton 
Mills Bros 
Kay Thompson 
•Lennon & M.- ' 

8:S0-W-F-<WJZ 
•D'hgero'us PVdise 
Elsie mtK 
Nlek' Dawson 
WYETH ClIEM. 
. (Jjid Halts) 
:80-Tn-W-Th- 
WABC 
'Easy Aces' 
Goodman Ane 
Jane Aee •. 
Mnry Hunter 
•Blackett 

WRIGLEV 
7>M-'rh-F-WABC 
'Myrt ft Marge' 
Myrte Vadl 
Donna Domeral 
'Eleanor Bella 
Vincent Colentitn 
Karl Huebl 
Helena Ray 
Ray Hedge 
Dorothy Day 
Gone Kretzlnger 
Reginald Knorr 
Karl Way 
•B'mnePB Hoopsr 
WORCESTER 
(Salts Toothpaste) 

et45TF^WABC 
Zoel Pfirenteau's, C 
_.Carl.J''fl.n • Amber?-? 
•FulTer— «==Smfthr"= 
TRASTFOAM 
8:S0-Sii-WJZ 
Jan Gnrber Ore 
♦Hays MeFarland 



Air Line News 

By Nellie Revell 



Stock, tor the. past X4 
tiiOntha promotion mana^rer and an 
nouncer for radio station. WKBiH, 
here, resigneci SVb.. 1, to become as 
slHtant manager ' at Idora Park, 
i nmn.<jpm«»nt resort her«. 



•iuisual contract between CJoorge Gershwin and Health I'roduct^ Co., 
ni iifacturers oC Feeniamlnt, It's the first time any urtist has had any 
sasr so oyer commercial spiels and this time thoy are sM, subject to Gersh- 
win's ok They must have hit? approval before .they go on,th6 air. 



Funnybohers at Ni 

ol, I'or the fourth successive year, his renewed with the .Funny- 
bonOra, but is changing their CBS time, effective Feb. 13, from two inom- 
liig shots to four- evojling sppts; At the same tinier Brooke .Allen, • -who . 
incidentally, .became a father last /vycolCi x'eplace Gordon Graham as 
u menibdr of the trio. This change was ihade before in .the Funnylionof^ 
but did not affect them on their .commercial. • -r 



* 'Radio Scandals' a Bust 

■RadiQ.. Scandals' • rovuo sent on the road by the NJ3C ArtLsts'- Bureau 
has been called back. Harry Rlchma'n was sjpottcd in the show after 
Joe Pdhner was fbrce^^^ New TTork. but it dldnit help. Troup'e 

played , to. 50 people in Toledo at on* show. 



... Ward's - 

.Ward.Bakipg. Cpi, starts a dramatic contimerclal on CBS. Feb. 13 to be 
fl'ailed 'AVard's Little Theatre*; Coimedy will be handled by ! Cecil Lean 
and Cieo Mayfleld.. >Casi/includ^ Edith Barrett, Geoffrey Kerr, Virginia 
(jhattvonet, Tom- .Koyer,^ Marie : Hammond, Blanche Stewart and ^m. E. 
MoW'ls. 



CBS Gets Shayv Alone 

. ..Insid^ on 6. _ .^^^'^'^ ^brpadcEiatlne ior CBS.'Fe)>. -7 and n,ot for NBC,; 
^tiov. .both, networks refuse^ .last' w.cek- 1|0, use 'a .tf ^nscriptioh offered ..by 
the 'BBC is- that Cesare. SeiurchtiigQr, . CS$|. restes^ntatlye i'li .Xox^don .a^; 
rAng^d the deiaV. - Siearchinger arranged Shaw's -talk -last year when the. 
Irish .'Sahita OIaus -cAm'e to this country and laat week -phoiEied Shaw from 
London,: m'akihng 'the vpi^ert' Shiiw isf ma-ktag- the trip from '■his home to 
CJBS'^IjoiiiiVlon office; ' .i 



Faking Fjlm .;Stars . 
IncrcsLse in humber of Holly wood clisu'XMCteri^^tions.Dn. the, 4ir had-Uke' 
wise brought about' a -jump .'ln ' the Inumber- of actors-; simulating vcbast. 
ntimes oii. the .airj .; Pcigrgy -Alicnby ^ecehtty- did. Claiiidette CJolbert and 
llarry Y^ti 2el Is credited' with ':faklBg Ronald ,C61man/ -.. In 'addUipn l^ba 
Petroya^wJil dQ^ several imperson^^ bn-th'e Borden sho>Y. Sponsors, 
are looking, around for. more 'vbice- doubles. 



Boake Carter^sf Gi 

Boa.ke Garter, . now/broadcasting for CBS ias a news cominontatoi', will, 
be heard every - Monday. - to ; Friday nighty , inclusive; on another liquor 
account signed by 'WOR. Silver ■Wedding gin, a product of the Schenlfy 
DisttlUng Co. ■ programs wlll. be waxed. They start F#tb. 12. 



Short Shots 

NBC may go on the air with a 'Popeye' prograni patterned after 
strong arm. comic, sailor. Dick Cistello, doing a frog voice act, audi- 
tioned lAst week. .1 .Eddie East and Ral^hc Dumke, Sisters of the Skillet, 
gave a public audition' pn the air Saturday (3) for the tobacco company 
J. C. Nugent left....Liief Eficsoh, forlner Libs Angeles picture, house 
doorman, will be vocalist with Ted Flo Rita on the Old Gold programs. . . . 
Benny Leonard may debut on the air shortly in a draniatized version of 
his life. . , .Starting with Will Osborne's cotnmerclal Wednesday (7) CBS 
Will install a series; of early bird morning broadcasts. .. .Antoinette 
Spitzer is out of : the WMCA press department. . ; .Bert X«ahr will be guest 
artist with. iFlealsllk Feb. 11....CBS program department shortly will 
move dow'n from the. 19th to the 18th floor, occupying, the quarters to be 
Vacated by the CBS news, service on March 1. . . .Brlllo has added six 
stations to its Sunday program with Tito Giilzar, no'W making a total of 
16. i . .Charlie Carlisle's mother will visit New York for the. flrst time in 
her life this week . . . , Spartpn sho^w on NBC has renewed for five more 
weekis, Richard Himber, Three Scamps and Frances Langford remaining 
.. .,Kauf man Hats, will go on' the air- in May.... Ray Perkins' new WOR 
commercial is. his 17t;h in three years. 



Scrambled Notes 

Philco, with Bpako Carter, has switched agencies from i\ Walter Arm* 
strong to Hutchlns Advertising' Agency of Rochester, N. Y. ..... Columbia; 

has established publicity headquarters in the Radio Playhouse iethd will 
have a member of the press department on hand each evening. News- 
papermen will be glveti privacy and a place to work. . . .George Bancroft 

Is being offered to several commercial accounts.-. ..Val Gartner, back 
from Syracuse, has returned to the Philip Morris show— May Robeson 
be|ing offered as a guest star tO; sponsors, a,s is Doris Kenyon. . . .Jack 

Beriny is still having sponsor trouble. .. .Judson agency working on a 

sketch called 'Taxi'; to feature Max Raer, auditiPning last week with a 
ghost for Baer. . ...Norman Brokerishli'e is off the Chesterfield show> ..v. 

Bayer's aspirin starts a recorded program, 'Lavender and Old Lace', on 
.WOR on Feb. 7. It's on for thirteen weeks. .. .Will Cuppy, Irene Bor- 

doni, Arlene Jackson and Harold Stern and his orchestra are lined up 
for 9 .new commercial at. NBC 



GossV 

Florence Malonc, one of the first to join the Radio Cjuild, when it was 
formed, has quit that show.;.. Willie and Eugene Howard arc set for 
Realsilk March 4 as guests. ...in two years of radio and theatre work, 
there hasn'^t been a change of personnel In Leon Belasco's CBS orChcsT 
tra, not* has any musician missed a broadcast or a stage , 4ate.:. . .Harold; 
Johnson, iain NbC page, holds an air pHot-s. license and Until he gets a. 
flylne job will continue paging. /. .Joey Nash, tenor, is still xJeaf as a 
result 6f a recent ear operation. ., .Mrs; Phil Spitalhy returned from 
California brln'giiig with her an. eleven-year-old child singing accordion- 
ist. The Spitalny's . will adopt the girl First time in NBC's, history 

that its mikes went .completely dead happened c|uring a recent operatic 
broadcast when the 'B' batteries went gaflooey. .. .Charles Coe Is shop- 
ping for talent for a show to offer General lectric Vagabond King 

program, for Palmollve soap is reported starting, in March with Gladys. 
SwarthoUt and Theodore Webb heading the cast. Nat Shllkret supplies 
the music... Alf red 'McCosker, president of WOR, returned yesterday 
from a West Indian tour.... Joe ipenner nt under contra'ct for :1T>34-1035 
by J. Walter Thompson agency. -. 



Stand By 

Connie .iSoswolI uuditioned for the Camel program, with Stoopii; 
and^ucld^eit as m.c.' . . . . Jack and Loretta Clemens auditioned 
Tulius"Woasniair=sh66r-m'^NB^^ 

WMCA. . . .Tito Gui?ar has a new Wednesday sustaining spot at CBS. ... 
Tom Howard is vacationing at Miami. .. .Ozzle Nelson will make a week 
of one-nighters in Pennsylvania and New Jersey starting Feb. Ifi at 
Bucknell College. 



Charles Vander author of 'So Tliig 
tflv Radio' is press agent temporar- 
ily for Dave "BaUou how manriger at 
KMTR, Twos Angfles. 



Baron Voh Egidy is the .hew pro- 
gram director of KMPC, Los Ange- 
les. He was formerly top annpun''«»f 
at KMTR. 



Tiiesdaj, February 6, 1934 



MUSIC-NITE CtnilS 



VAItlETV 



49 



Broadway Cafes Have Edge on 
East Side Swank Rendezvous 



Whatever big business Is ijelng 
aone is to the credit of the Broad- 
way niterles. Park Ave. miist con- 
tent Itself with the hotel biz. The 
fashionable hostelrles With their 
cocktail bars a.fe still holding up 
augmented by the Bitz Bar's debut 
yesterday (Monday). Paul White- 
mart at the Biltmore alone is doing 
any sizable- eottVert and dinner 
tirade.. 

In the Broadway sector the same 
threesome! Hollywood, Paradise and 
Cafllnb de Paree, are being . aug^ 
mented. by' the nice pace which the 
Palais Royal is accelerating with 
its new shpw. 

Central, Park /djELslho is hit ; arid 
iniss. The JPennsy and Kew'Tforker 
liotels witli their name ba,nds not so. 

The speaks", or rather - the legal- 
ized ex-oases,; aren't maintaining 
thieir vogue. . Already . 1 Morocco 
is experiencing difflcultles despite 
George's Metaxfa's isciclalite wife ac-^ 
counting for no Smiall draw With' 
l^rge partlefl" f rOm ■ Greenwich a.nd 
. Park aye. 

SImplon Glub is doing but fairly 
lifter having built itself ' into an. In- 
stitution. Some of the better knoWn 
Park , avenue retreats may fold a la 
the. Embassy, with biz considerably 
off. Their limited capacities are 
how the headache where ■ formerly 
the cdzlness of the. rooms was the 
boon^ — •they're too small to afford 
"worthy . attractions and, ' sans a bi^ 
name,, it's tod tough. Leon arid 
Eddie's Is- hpldlng up via Eddie as 
the songster appeal and LiCpn's per- 
sonal following as thei host. 

ickleness pf the round :'the-townT 
ers is hitting the. hpt'els already. 
Those spots getting the biggest 
Jams are jammed worse than ever; 
the minute they start to ease off 
the smart th^ng Is for the boys and 
girls, to .desert the y ester- week's 
popular spot. , and shift with the.niob 
to whatever n^w coektail bar of re- 
treat Is doing business. 



To Gre Party-G. W. 



: London,. ..Feb. 

Guy Lombards has received an in- 
vitation from Mayor George Wehlge 
of London, Ontario, to return to his 
native city this summer for a gala 
clvlo. celebration in honor of Lorn- 
bardp, the town's most fampus SPii, 

Maypr thinks a play date cpuid 
be arranged for Lembardp .at the 
Port .Stanley ddnce pavillion owned 
by the city of London. 



Pittsburgh .Curfew Toujeh 

Pittsburgh, Feb. 5: 
ittsbur .new directpr pf pub- 
lic safety, Ralph Smith, making It 
plenty tpugh fpr the night sppts 
here! pf late' with his insistence tiiat 
curfeyv^ be' e'nf creed strictly. Cafe 
owners, repeal giving them 'their 
first chance he'^e Jn years tq cpme 
but pf red,' charging that enferce- 
inent .pf ; the crdinance to the letter 
would moan the end pf them. 

Law here cavils fcr dariClhg tP stop 
,at .12:;45 week-days and 11:45 on 
SJiturdaya!! .tjast Week-end police 
squads Were sfatioried the 
band stands pf tp\\di;s leadinig; night 
clubs and mUslc. waS shut off ..com- 
pletely at Stroke of midnight. 



Cafe Must Nots 



•Oinaha, Feb. 6. 
Morality clauses just pro- 
mulgated by the City "Welfare 
department apply to night 
clubs and cafes. Following are 
bar,««d: ■ 
(1) All 
dancers. 

(2) Girl performers under 18. 

(3) Entertainers mixing with, 
patrons. 

.(4) Floor s h o w s within 
hand's reach of niale specta-. 
tors. 

(5), Entertainment 
12:30 a. m. 



Fairmont, W' Va<, Feb.. 5. 

■ Mike. l>elli-Gattl, proprietor 
of I'pad hpuse here . has novel 
method of keeping his place 
pppular with the better trade. 
ypU;,can drink youi* owh booze 
there if discreet but can't, get 
in the place ^f . already plas-': 
tered, ■. 

Plan .wprks successfully. 
The night sppt thus keeps, out . 
the riff-raff that gets .piled up' 
dpWntPwri and then wants 
someplace to go to polish off 
the evening. 



BARBARY COAST SPOTS 
EXPECT DANCE PERMITS 



CAFE AGENT MISSING 

Detroit Manager Wants to Find 
Joe Caspar 



Detroit, Feb, 
Luigi's. cafe- here is looking for 
Joe Caspei', cabaret agent, whc rep- 
resented himself as acting fcr the 
Lou Irwin' agency pf New Ypvk. 
Lui i paid Caspar abput $1,000, part 
pf it an advance and the biilance 
pwed the acts brpught in by Caspar, 
which -iriciuded a line Pf girls ahd 
fpur ' pi" live acts. 

Rhys arid Owen, wprKing jiere. at 
Luigi's, thpught they were threush 
last .Thursday, and sp gpt theirs in 
full and were, planning tp ppen for 
Caspal' at la Fprt Wayne, Ind., sppt, 
but wlien the act called Fprt Wayne 
the cafe knew npthing pf their en- 
gagement. 



Lou Irwin agency' In New Tcrk 
kn<Dws npthIng pf Caspar, excepting 
that they thpught he was an exten- 
sive midwest ■ agent acting fcr.' the 
Plaza cafe, Pittsburgh. It wias frpm 
the Plaza "that Caspar tOpk the show 
to- Luigi's, i)etrplt, Inpludlhg Fran- 
ces 'Day, Art^eriia and Valencia, 
dancers, and. other acts.,.. 

Irwin's .office states that the acts 
hadn't be.en."i)ald oft,' .and are. 
stranded. 








icenses; 




Bring-Your-Own'-Liquor Policy 



Best SeUers 



Sheet music business foi> the. 
dlstri utors started- pf las.t; 
■w'eek with a record taking 
turnover. Monday and Tues- 
day gave the Music Dealers 
Service, Inc., the two biggest 
days in the combine's history. 
Even though the orders -drpp- 
ped off sharply, in midweek It 
was a hefty stanza, for the in- 
dustry. Marking the week parr 
ticularly was the attainment by 
'The Old. Spinning Wheel' pf 
the .30,000 cbpy clasg. , 

Six best sellers fpr the: -lyeeli 
ending Feb; 2, as reported by 
.distributors.- and syndicate 
stores in the ' East, Were : . . : 

'The Id Spi ina Wha^l' 
(Shapiro). . 

'Smoke (3ets Into Your 
(T. B. Harms). ; , • 

'Good Night tittle irl'' 
(Mori-is). 

'Everything I Have Is .YOMn»' 
(Robblns)-.. . ' 

'Did You ver See a Dreani.! 
Walking?' (DeSylvia). 

'Make ."Hay While the Sun, 
inea- (Bobbins). 



Cleveland,. 
ilTlcuities of local niterles in get- 
ting 11,000 club liquor licenses, wit 
majerlty bars escapis 

sweeping ppllce. raids. Is. giving ho-' 
tels their first breaks • in some- IB 



week the hostelries. lucky 



. San Francisco, Feb. 5. 

Frisco's going back to the old 
days; but with laice edges. 

A concerted in'ove was made by 
civic and lipllce execs last -week to 
open up the town, although it*s de- 
nied by all and sundry that any 
WIde-opehesss Is Intended. 

IMEove^ Was started when hearings - 
were held oil adVisabilltjr of issuing 
danpe permits to Barbary Coast 
spots that, opened wheii beer came 
in- and have, been running In ' the 
red.- Clubwonieh. and others, of 
course, kicked at .allowing hoofing. 
But President Theodore Roche - of 
the Pplloe Cpmmissipn said that he 
expects, the cpnilsh will grant the 
permits, . today (Monday) - to six 
places — ^Moulin Rouge, Hippodrome, 
Spider Kelly's; Inferno, Dragon. and 
C/Oppa's Palace. 



CASINO SETTX.es note 

On the Agreed stipulation that" 
the ampunt pwed will be paid in 
Instalments pf,|100 weekly, the 
N. Y. Supreme Ceurt Tuesday (30) 
vacated- a Judgment of $1,156.84 in 
fa-vor of the defunct Bank of U.' S. 
against the Dieppe Gorp. and Sidney 
Solpmon, pperatprs pf the Central 
Park Gasine, and Jphn Sloan. 

Slpan, named as defendant also, 

■endorsed the prlginal note fpr ;$10,- 

000 pn which- '"'the- amount of the 

Judgment represents an Unpaid bal- 

-a»iee.--The= ttot'e- Was-made-l =Ma rch,- 
1931. , 



PEGGY FEARS IN NITERY 

Peggy Feai's opens at El Mp- 
focco, New York nitory, tomorrow 
(Wert). ' ■ 

After the cafe engagement Mi's.s 
Pp.nrs goos; to lloUy-ivoort for Fox 



Vic Meyers' New Stunt 



Sfattle, Feb. 5. 

Vic Meyers, lleut-gpv. bf Wash- 
IngtPn, prpminent band leader and 
nite club pwner, . is again running 
CPr maypr pf Seattle. He is one pf 
ten candidates whp filed fpr that 
high pfflce, with primary electlpp 
later- this month. 

Two years ago he ran in a semi- 
serious faishibn with a- big comic 
-cahipaign .back of hlip for mayor, 
attracting natipnal attentipn. '. He 
ran fifth in a big field. 
, Then at thie Rposevelt landside he 
was elected lieutenant-gpvernpr .of 
Washington In November, 1932.' He 
serves three mpre years, 
. _He Jthlnks he ceuld handle the 
twp jpbs. On 'tpp of It, he:, is 'oper- 
ating ,the Club Victpr here, arid the 
Club- Victor. " p.prtland. 




Meyer !DavIs' Magna Pictures, 
whieh has a dlstributlPn deal with 
RKO plans an indie feature to be 
made in the. east; .AbPut. April IB 
Is the prppipsed : production datf^ 
Eddie Cllne jnay be,.1^ro]|i^ht eajst/to 
dlirect the semi-niuslcal with radio 
natnes. Blpgraph StiidlPs 'Will be 
utilized as against the fprmer 'As- 
tprla pi'Pductipn plant . which' Davis 
fprfne'riy utilized. 

liKQ finances Davls\50% and so 
far hsLs been . -given three Magna 
shprts,. all .radio namesi RKO will 
also . distrlti thie iteatUre'; and sim- 
ilar ly part-^finatnee. 



Nitery Balikrupt 

.t Los Angeles,. Feb, 5i' 
Bankruptcy, petitipn, with a plea 
that the cpurt .cpnflrni and -Approve 
a proposal for. an. extension of time 
in which, to- pay, its debts, was filed 
i li; S. District Court here .by 
Aztec 'Gardens, roadhou.se operat- 
ing a miniature floor show, and its 
pperatirijgr partners, Harold J. 
Greenbaum and. Joe Anticonnl. 
• PotLtion recites debts aggregate 
around $4,000, with assets of $10,- 
000, but Inability to pay debts at 
this time. Filing, of bankruptcy 
schcciulo dcforrrd ifor 10 cTay.^. 



FOWIEE AND TAMARA WEST 

=,-J£owler^jind^ TiUTia^ aflor thfir 
Hotel MaTk~iroin{Ths~<rnK^^^^ 
San F);aniMsc6, arc slated to shift 
to the Opooanut Grove, Los An- 
gclo.s. 

Guy I^oniljardo'.s big click, hgw- 
pyer, ha.s .exfenrtrd the' band's stay 
at tin? (Ji'ovc nntil March 18, -Which 
may mnkP Jt ton late for the d.inf.-r« 
team wli') ill"" «l!iffil to r'-turn to 
Chicago at the Ilotel Drake 



ALBANY'S SYHFHOint 

. Albany, 8. 

Albany Symphony Orchestra has 
Jd.st been organized for the benefit 
of jobless musicians; With approxi- 
mately 40'0 of them in the- city, only 
20 are emiE>loyed. regularly. ' The or- 
chestra's director lip - Dri £2dward 
Victor Cuperoi former" 'director o*f 
the Cleveland Symphony. . 

(Orchestra ' will be handled as a 
service project of the C.WA. 



iOWA UWS CHILL 
CEDAR RAPIDS CAFE 



Cedar Rapids, Feb. 

Club Royale, swank dine, dance 
and night life spot, has been closed, 
with' Johii prochaska , in the tolls 
of tlie law. Prochaska stood one 
raid, gambling, was subject to an 
pther tor llqupr law -ylolatlpn and 
folded wheii charges of Operating 
gambling devices, punchbqard's. and 
the like, appeared, as did. those .of 
falling to file statemei^ts of 'names 
and other infpfmatlpn with the 
cpunty reccrder as required by lalw-i 

'In additlpn, building owners; 
being apprised that property was 
being used Illegally, served nptlces 
to vacate; Patronage plenty, but 
law tpo tPugh. 



Paul Kain Sued 

LPS Angeles, Fe.b. B.. 

Paul Kain, Ocean Pdrk prchestra 
leader, has been sued by his' wife 
fpr separate maintenance. 

Rpger Harchetti filed . Mrs: 
Kain. 



Newspsiper Policy Kills N. Y. Trip 
For 3 of 5 Chi Radio Columnists 



, ,. Chlca'gp",-. Peb. . 
nly tWP' .radlp editers' gPt "^way 
on a free .trip to New .^y.<irk f ol; the 
opehing of the. CBS air./libeatrei'>Tirip 
was sponsored ' solely: ,b jr. . WBBM, 
the local CBS eiitlet; 'but the. net- 
work afnirat^bii restrained the ma- 
jority pf. thevpapers from ailbwing 
their ritdlcf 3cribblers';frpm..hDljE!ltig 
the rattler. ■;,T'vvp w.ho. went wpre 
Y;iiirik Taylor of the Times, -which 
was formerly" tied in: With .the i3ta- 
tiori,' Tahd Charles CFiichfie^St; pf the 
Chicago' Daily Ne-ws; .. 

Those who were forced by news- 
pap.or policy' td, politely refuse the 
invitation were Bill Clark of the 
Arnerican, evening Hearst rag; Ul- 
mer Turner of the Herald-and-Exr 
amin.er, morhlrig Hearster« and 
Larry Wolters of the Chicago Trib- 
une. 

Chicago Tribune shyness has 
niore, than one angle, pbvioiis one, 
of course, is the recent split between 
WGN, the Chicago Tribune outlet^ 
and the Columbia system. Other 
liiigleHs=^f'een=-in— the-=fact==that^t-ha. 
picture reviewer of the Tribune, 
Miie Tince (Fi-ahces Kurner) never 
goos on trips paid for by picture 
companies and never attehds pub- 
licity luncheons thrown for vi.sit- 
ing picture stars. Howeyer, all 
bthf'r (Ikllles gladly send their pic- 
tui'f roviewcrs on such assign - 
mciils. 



Cab Calloway's $10,000 
1st Week M L6iit<|oii 

cab qalloway-- $,lO,00O-in 
bookings lined iip the ' bdnd'.s 
first week in London when' it opens 

at the P.alladiuni,. booked via Irving 
MilL-s,. .piitiilde of the music hall 
engagement there are' dates fpr". - the 
Kit ..Cat. club, a cphcert at Ihe 'trp* 
cadero,,' dance dates in and arptind 
Lcndoii including pne ai: Sherry's, 
Brlehtbui 

Band 'Bails Feb.. 23- Miils. .sails'' d 
Week ahead, Feb. 16, to pave the 
way for the Callowayites; ■* 



Kahn Returns — ^Again 

.Rogor Wolfe Kahn is all .set for 
a return, as a band leader. 

With- his intent t6 become active 
once again he has ,re- engaged 
George D. L.ottman to again beconie. 
his personal rep, although Lottman, 
unlike In the past, will not confine 
hi m Helf^exel u .t t Vft1y= tO-^TCali n ,.- 



years. 
For 

to get the initial permits had ja 
clear field, doing a boorh Wis witli re- 
opened night club rppi , and lie!^ 
c cktall pa.ripr8, at 'twbrblts'a throW 
Cor riced cocktails,. '. 

hptel Irv- 
ing Aarpnspn's CbnumanderSj Belle 

Balker and Alport fpr. its 

Rainbow Room. _ -sighed- Wal- 
green' :Brbwh for cocktail vpovpi, 
Hpllendeh took over Artists and 
Writers Club, fo^^merly operated. :by 
Freddie JMeyers of 4300^ Club^ ftnd 
turned it into ■ Parlsiah eoxJktall 
Lbunge besides-, keeping Mwle Ja- 
cobs in Crystal ropm. Other, hbtel^ 
with only weeik-ehd clubs 'are ptit- 
ting In two orchestras while e'hlarg- 
ihg nitery quarters. At. least 75 
n.usicians. put back to work by de-. 
mand for music, with Mike Speclale 
at Mayfalr' bopklng in six. bands of 
his pwn. 

Whoopee i 

Biggest ' .surprise In the. fields of ' 
cafes Is. phehemertal ''success o% 
Childs' restaurant, fpr years deep 
in the red,: "when., it was turned Into 
a dan<ie-dihe-and-likker Gingham 
cafe. On ppening day this. 450-04- 
paclty sppt drew In approximately' 
$2,500 and Is. clicking more than 
il>0Q0 daily, since, 'with .George 
DufCy.'s . band and low prices. Phil 
Gordon, responsible for change. Is 
only 24 but Childs is giving him as* 
signment of pu.ttl.ng cafe policy inte 
Pittsburgh spot and six other, res-, 
taurants on c.h9,ln. 

•Out-ahd-but niterles that fdr-;^ 
meriy had status of speaks still yn*' 
able to,. get liquor permits Without- 
plenty of pplltlcal pull ahd mazum{E»f 
Rather than toss a-way. $1,000 for a 
regular night club license. Which 
forces 'em to stop selling Saturdajr 
mtdnight, a nuniber of them are 
trying to - .get $100 permits for .it 
chartered pirivate membership club. . 
But Ohio liquor bpard is making . }t 
{pugh fpr them. 

Test pf state law's Ippp-hole bd 
Ing made. by Phil Selznlck, 'who Is 
attempting to start ia novel brlAg^ 
your-own-Ukker policy without tak- 
ing out any kind Of license ^ei'^ his 
Madrid. State board turned doWn. 
his request for a private club peri" 
mit, telling him he had to get a 
$l;O0O "license. 'Selznlck refused to,- 
saying Uquoi: curfew on Saturday 
night would cut his prpfits. In 'half. 
Claiins more dough can be made 
selling only ginger-ale set-ups and 
no hooch, without breaking any 
law, but liquor board plans tp make 
it a test case in cpurt tp stop him. ' 



FEEDBIE RICfl SHORTS 

Freddie Rich .<?ct for a. series of 
Warnor Bros, shorts tp be niado 
with,3iich'9 CliS. band; 

Iluiry I-Iorlfck and his A & P 
C;yi».sir'rt will al.«o do a short fur WJ{ 
as will .ilildred liailc 



Cincy Floor Show* 

Cincinnati, - Feb. 5. 

With nite club biz on the up the 
KctheHahds plaza m& .^^ibson ■ hitf- • 
tels have installed floor, shows*' For- 
mer has- a- Fancho & Marco revue 
-w'hich includes Florence Herbert, 
.spng.stress; Carroll Sisters and 
Zanetf and Manon and a Une Pf 12 
gals. Its only couvert Is a> $2 miril-, 
mum-, cheek - ort ' Saturday nlghtflv. 
Music ' by Johnny . Johnson s orki 
C.dmbo-is In -for four weeksl 

Gibsph Is. fronting Sammy Watf 
kins' band with a .24 -people show, 
the principals of which are Val sind 
Valerie. Revue Is titled 'Interna- 
tional' and Is booked out. of I)etrplt. 
Management announces weekly 
changes of : floor troupes. Nightly 
tariff here la six bits riiinlmum. 



Bunker* Handles Weeks 

San Franclfjco, Feb. 5. 

Walter Blinker, Ji"., has 
handed the addod chore of buf-iness 
,_ma n;a.ger_fpr_.th c_ An.so band 
on top of his "announcinlf"^^Te3" 
when on the air and occasional m.d. 
work pn stage. 

Weeks' band is currently at the 
Fox I'aramount, Oakland, with Lps 
Angoles Par following pn a tpiir pf 
the Coast for FVVC, before pp.<!Slbly 
rr-tin'ning to the Mark Hopkins hptel 
iiere. 



44 



VARIETY 



MUSIC-^NITE CLUBS 



Tu€!8day, February 6, 



19U 



MGHT aUB REVIEWS 



PALAIS ROYAL, N. Y. 

Ben Mai'den has . finally hit upon. 
,a winner in the present i'evue Avhich 
stars Ethel Waters, doubling from 
'As Thousands Cheer.' It-s specially 
■written by Jimmy McHugli and 
Dorothy Fields, with McHugh flff- 
lii'lng importantly In Its general 
maiinting, aided, and abetted by 
such important coliaborators as Bob 
Alton oii the;: daiices. (and excellent 
staging it is) ; costumes by Kivlette, 
executed by Veronlica (and looking 
every bit .of the $12,000 fh^y cost), 
.pluis "Walter . rook's general produc- 
tion supervision of the toute en- 
semble,- 

Show is classy, pulchitudinous 
and- punchy in- every . respect and 
will do more to I'eestablisb the old 
Palaisj Royal oii the former splendi- 
ferous scale than anything: «lse prie- 
Viously essayed by Marden and his 
financial mentor, J, "V. Arkim Mar^; 
deh had two false stfirts— vvelt, not 
exactly false but inauspicious with 
•straight variety shd-W3. In viiew of 
the stiff competish directly and 
diagorially -.across Brbadwdy from 
him-^namely from . the elaborate 
Hollywood and Paradise cabaret- 
restaurants' revues, with Maestrbs 
Vallee and Buddy Rogers to . further 
complicate the opposition — Marden 
couldn!t get along without par-- 
ring itv 

He's: .done it with the current 
show which has shared some ipif. the 
champ beauts in New York; real 

• Ziegfeld lookers, and embellished, if 

■ail with such featured ta.ients as 
Oliver Wakefield, doubling from the 

.Ziegfeld Follies, lioomis Sisters, 
Nitza Vernille, Donald Stewart, 
Sydney M^ann, Dolores Farrls (a 
clever substitute ishowed In her. 
place aftei: the opening night when 
Miss Farris went on against medi- 
cal orders), and Gary and Dixon, a 
pair of very modern steppers, -^vho 
look like something out of the popu- 
lar magazines and Groton. Not 
billed but worthy . of holding over 
are Caperton and Biddle -who look 

-fops among class ballroom teams. 

With It are Emil Coleman's, or- 
chestra and Val Olman and his 
Continental orchestra for the tan- 
gos, rumbas, etc. Both were with 
Marden last summer at the Riviera 
(Englewood, N. J., roadhouse), Ol- 
man most latterly at the ill-fated 
Embassy Club, N. T. 

Floor show is well contrived and 
cannlly thought out. Opens Park 
Ave. with .'My Debutante,' sung by. 
Donald Stewart, who does justice 
to the clever Dorothy Fields' lyrics, 
and finales With a revue of pre-war 
New York wherein Joane Nowlan- 
stimulates the Bustanoby Girl, 
Diana White, the Girl from Max- 
im's; Frances Slnclali:, Diamond 
Jim Brady's Girl; Pat Dolan (Mar- 
tin's); Eleanor WItte (Murray's); 
Rose Mariella (Jack's) ; Frances 
Stewart, Girl from the Knicker- 
bocker Grill; Dixie Ray (Rector's); 
Chlckle Elliott, Churchill's; Frances 
Bailly, Sherry's; Peggy Schaber, 
Shanley's; Mary. Dale, N. Y. Roof; 
Mary Conklin, Reisenweber's; Har- 
riet Byers, Montmartre; Catherine 
Clark,, .Plantation, Phyllis Carroll, 
the Palais Royal Girl, topped by a 
nude taubleau that's Jhighly effec 
tive. There's a little nude stuff 
throughout in tableaux form, oh the 
elevated platform, but tastefully 
done. 

In between there ace some nifty 
specialties and production numbers 
•I Love Gardenias,' sung by (Miss) 
Sydney Mann and Stewart intro 
duces the McHugh -Fields song hit 
of the revue and some clever sar- 
torial Investittire by the Kiviette 
Veronica combo. 

Nitza Vernille Is a holdover from 
the previous variety show as are 
Caperton and Biddle. Miss Ver 
nille's solo le'rp work arid latei' with 
the four boys (Charles Kendall 
Tully Millet, Kai Hansen and Edwin 
Murray) -was highly effective. Ca 
perton and Biddle, who've been at 
the Hotel St.. Segis and elsewhere 
eiude swank with their class bill 
rorii terps and likewise register big 
Virginia, and Maxine. Lomis (ho 
longer booked . as the Twins) . look 



better'n ever and register with 'Full 
of the Devil.' Miss FarrJs' substi^ 
tute was another clicker (name not 
announced). With a hotcha toe jazz, 
doirtg everything on her tootsies 
that the fla,t-fo6ted hoofers manipu- 
late. 

. Oliver Wakefield's stuttering com? 
edy is suave and probably particu- 
larly designed for the Park .-Ave. 
trade whicii Marden hopes to and 
should, win over to Broadway (Mar- 
deii Is inalcing an is^ue of this 
Bfoadway vs; Park Ave. thing \and 
feels that Broadway Is Broadway 
after all. So far he's been prdylng 
it, if not In sufflcliently large num- 
bers.) 

Besides the 17 showgirls there 
arfe 18 ponies, a ballet of six and 
four chorus men. , 

The piece de resistance, of courise, 
is Ethel Waters, who, gets a spot all 
her o>vn just before the finale. She 
hushes thiat room with her panto 
lyrics like a preacher In a church 
arid socks over some, mean Mann 
Hollner- Alberta .Nichols ditties 
(they: wrote the rtiajorlty of her 
special material) plus a nCw Mc- 
Hugh-Fields number especially for 
this revue, "You've Seen Harlem at 
Its . Best:': That's another likely 
sagji of the Black Belt. j " 

The tariff is absurdly small 'so far 
as. the customer Is concerned. Din- 
ner. Is $.2.i25 and excellent, for whlcli 
you can see the show and stay till 
unconscious. . Once , the dinner thing 
catches on, Marden: should ante the 
scale; he'll have ' to for protection; 
tie's sneaking this One In. 'just as 
Billy Rose-John Steinberg did at 
the Casino de Paree untll that spot 
woke -up- over night, after a slow 
fortnight's start, with the business 
of the town.' Marden may repeat 
that. . 

It's peculiar aboiit niterles; -when 
they're down none dares predict a 
hit. That was true of the Casino 
which likewise offers a bargain 
food-sho^^r and still , they didn't 
coihe— for a while. Then. over, night 
It veered, and they're turning 'em 
away. 

The best break for the. !Palais Is 
that the show must necessarily be 
fast to get Miss Waters over to 
Thousands Cheer' In time, which 
guarantees an ample theatre break 
for the other diners. This doeian't 
obtain as a general thins Abel. 



They were, If anything, rtipre 
warmly applauded than at the Pal- 
ladium. 

A tidy nest-egg was squandered 
in the artistic and elaborate ca- 
parisoning of "Les Girls" and Felix 
Ferry has produced the show get- 
ting all out of it that was possible. 

Jolo. 



Dorchester, London 



London, Jan. 27., 
Second edition of th6 Midnight 
Follies from New York opened at 
the Dorchester Hotel ballroom last 
night, and. attracted a very smart 
audience, curious to know what the 
niansigemnet could offer to top the 
last bunch of feminine pulchritude. 

First show was patronized by 
more than 25,000 people, but It Is 
doubtful If the present edition will 
be as popular as the first. There 
was something so alluring about 
the first show that suggested- 
hypnotism. You could not help be- 
ing fascinated by the smartness Of 
the bevy of girls -which took Xion-, 
don by storm. The present bunch 
are younger, and, if anything, 
prettier, but they haven't the same 
allure, rrhey display their midriffs 
unadorned, very much as, you see 
the show girls in the Paris revues, 
they gyrate to all sorts of terp- 
slchorean- and acrobatic movements 
ven to the cooch— -but somehow 
you cannot conjure up a vision of 
the baldheads sending them dia- 
mond bracelets; "rhey look as If 
they would be highly, delighted with 
a half-pound box 'of chocolates. 
That's no good for a floor show in 
a hotel. 

Jayne Manners sang pleasingly 
with Tonl Chase at the piano, and 
Nick Long, Jr., did some neat hoof- 
ing with'- and without the aid of the 
girls. Mitzl Mayfair, according to 
the rogram. is . not, yet 18. Mitzl 
is a loose-limbed, marvelous side 
kicker, but, her singing Is less ef- 
fective. 

Comedy of the show Ai-as supplied 
by the Diamond Brothers, doubling 
with :the Palladium.,, who' divided 
their act on the floor into two parts. 



Rainbd Oardehs, Chi 

Jan. 

In the Old days, which means 10 
years or so aijo, the Rainbo Gardens 
was of the big four; of midwest ntte 
clubs. In. those: da^ysi it had the 
lai'gest seating .capacity. In the ter- 
ritory. On It^ main floor . It han- 
dled 2,o6o ' people- easily, .The spot 
was famous for never having sold 
UquOr biit was nevertheless, pad-, 
locked some, years ago for selling 
accessories, a strange, western ous> 
torn. 

,In the old days It had some of 
the biggest floor shows ith as 
many as 40 glrlsih the. line,. Played 
the top names and Ruth Bttlng. got 
her first build-up here;. The late 
Fred , Mann operated it for .. many 
years and. now on its reopening is 
under the . guidance of: Otto Singer 
who has run clubs in town for a 
decade or more. 

Old Rainbo Gardens had a large 
summer garden -which was . later 
turned into a jal-alal fronton.; That's 
the story of :the Old days of tfie 
Rainbo Gardens when the riortlislde 
neighborhood was the bobrhing com- 
mercial and nite life center. The 
northslde has slipped .. badly In the 
tiast five years but the Gardens spot. 
Is pulling them' in from .all over 
town. 

Today the Gardens is still a tre- 
mendous place. Spaciousness Is the 
Idea throughout. Can seat 2,500 
jpeople easily.. The floor Is unusual 
that it compares with p. , ballroom 
floor for area. The show Is large, 
and plentiful, and . throughout the 
nlte club they're stuck to the bar- 
gain. Idea. 

Redecorated in inodern the club Is 
colorful and attractive without go- 
ing goofy m stretching for angular 
decoration. 

. Serving a |1:50 dinner that takes 
care bf everything and a dlnher_ 
that's a barjgain at that price even 
withbut the hboflng and entertain- 
ment. Drinks also available at 
prices that won't Irritate the wallet. 

Jules Stein leading a 14-piece 
band for the regular dancing and 
show while the four-piece band for 
tango muslq keeps going between 
dances, making for. coritinuous ac- 
tion. Stein has been around town 
for sOme time now in niterles . and 
has established himself. 

Shows are stressing lavishness 
without nudity. "Which is unusual 
in a iseasOn whleh Is stripping Its 
theatre and nlte club gals down to 
the final cuticle. Using 24 girls, 16 
for most bf the line Jobs and eight 
as show girls, for the costumes and 
s. a. Ed Beck combines the whole 
shebang for the military march 
finale to his well-handled produc- 
tions. 

Shows are heavy with talent, the 
meat being . taken out of each act to 
add up to 45 minutes of cinCh eriter- 
talnment with not a slow spot. BUI 
Aaronson, here as m. c,, has been 
around town playing; vaude and 
clubs. His act is radio Imitations 
from Amos 'n' AndjP to Crosby. 
While his style so far lacks the 
Intimacy necessary for complete 
nite club assurance Aaronson Is 
getting over -the ooenlng jumps on 
strict vaude ability, . Jules and Josle 
"Walton are In the show. 

Ed Beck has arranged his num- 
bers skillfully to squeeze the most 
out of the 'acts, Winnie Way hie is 
in for straight -w^arbllng, Emily Von 
Losen for an acrobatic dance spe- 
cialty, and the two Shannon Sisters 
In a tap routine. Marcelle Williams 
is doing a neat nlte'club adagio' with 
three guys billed as the three Tar - 
zans but it's okay with the custom- 
ers. 

Beck is spotting the line of girls 
in three spots through the sho-w and 
doing an easy comedy line number 
with the girls costumed a^ Infants; 
Exhibits a flair for nlte club routine, 
work that , proves, his long knowl- 
edge of that .side of the show- busi- 
ness Gqldi. 



Le Caveau Basque^ N. Y. 

A couple of IJasques by the name 
of Shapiro and Freeman have a 
nntui'al spot in the basement of the 

regular Cafe Basque at 57 W. 67, 
likewise a natux'al so far as street 
viiid number are concerned-. It's a 
liighly fetchii-»g Interior, perhaps a 
bit gaudy . ;with those gold-cloth 
table coverings, but all in good 
taste and primed for right appeal to 
the type of patronage this spot aims 
at,. . 

Show is headed by the crack SOI 
Mlsheloff orchestra (an Enrlc Ma- 
dreguei-a unit), Harrison and Fisher,, 
exotic dancers who very much be- 
long In ; this atrhosphere, and Nan 
BiackstOne about whom there is 
ifsome question. Miss Blackstbne is 
the American vaudeyllllari who: was. 
booked for four weeks in London 
and stayed three months last - 
son, but. somehow she doesn't quite 
e-vldence .the whyfore of- it all. -Her 
material l^ good In spots and her 
delivery ditto but she would be 
^wisest to confine herself to the 
Dora Maugham-Frahc.es MadduX: 
ischool of pianology and, eschew bal- 
lads such as 'You ' Were. Sp Beauti- 
ful' and. the like. 

Upstairs Cafe Basque is likewise 
a very attractive interior. Spot 
merits an o.o. Alt>el, 



BEAUX ARTS, N, Y. 

E.m.il, sans John (-w^ho r-qhs the 
Sinriiplon with Nick), is still at his. 
Old stamping gx'bund, the iCafe des 
Beaux Arts on West 40th. Long a 
favorite haunt . In the metropolitan 
nlte. life, antedating 'Volsteadlsm and 
since, - It's ataginf^ a icomeback and 
has a good chance to catch on now. 
that^lntages are once more legal. 

That plays an Important p.irt with 
a place, such as this for It Is housed 
in a studio building firom -whence it 
draws a consistently .discriminating 
clientele. . , 

So; promising .is the Beaux- Arts' 
comeback: try. In truth, that the An- 
derson of the Anderson Galleries, 
who owns the bull ding,. Is planning 
to redecorate the upstairs eighth 
floor, room, which was the main In- 
terior f or— £he cafe uhtll a padlock 
Iri^ 1928 shunted the ^rilte activities 
into the basement grillroom. 

Kathryn Parsons,, tladlo's Girl of 
Yesterday, is back again, holding 
forth as m.c. and the most eftectl-ve 
personality In the room. She's a 
tireless, dynamic, worker, leading 
'em in gang songs that> if you're 
drinking especially, are sure-fire to 
inspire to further thirst-quenching. 
That's always been- the keynote of 
gang songs and if it works as in the 
past it's a natural tp boost the 
checks. 

Maurice Shaw's band arid Lopez's 
Hawalians alternate for the dansa- 
patlon; both bkiay. Lucien La Rivi- 
ere,. Thamara borlva and Charlotte 
Sllton and Count Leonardo de la 
Mori are the three supporting iacts. 

Lucien sln?s French sorigs; a 
matter of how you like 'em and him. 
However, he shouldn't leaye hlm- 
sell! so wide open with that Mae 
West number. Thamara is seerii- 
ingly just out of the Clialif school or 
some such place; Synthetic Oriental, 
and bare tootsie hoOflng. 
. The mixed dance team^ Isn't bad 
but he should drop that 'Count' 
billing. Charlotte Sllton, his part- 
ner, looks nice and .has promise but 
is too rigidly nervous for best ef- 
fect; she'll unllmbre -with assurance. 

Abeh 



PARADISE, N. Y. 

That Kansas boy^' Buddy Rogers 
who made goOd In pictures and can 
play enough musical Instruments to 
db pretty well With bands, came In 



here Friday night (26) to lead th* 
Joe Haymes orchestra. 

Buddy Rogers has been playine 
some stage dates lately and while 
in Chicago not lon^ ago picked ud 
a lad. on an amateur audition who 
came in here with him. He's Jack 
Milton, and, says Rogers, actually 
came out of one of the NRA oon^ 
servation camps for boys. Sines 
a song quite nicely. . 

Rogers also, Iras a lad with -him 
unbilled, Avho does a burlesnue on 
a fan dance, using the small hand 
fans which people u.se to keey cool 
An. amusing bit. 

brohe'Stra prealded over by th 
affable, woll-ap)ieating Buddy (lo 
good duty on the show and ji 
tlcularly apiieals for dancing, 
billed here as the California Cava- 
liers orchestra. 

Along with Rogeris. the Paradise 
offers a new personality in Miriam 
'Babfe- Miller; a Singer of hot sorigs 
who appears to belong here. The 
opening night for Rogers, with a 
large - and swank crowd on banc", 
voted her a worthy addition to th 
show. 

Big thing at Paradise remains 
the girls Nils Granlund seems to bo 
able to find and the costumes-^.or 
lack of them — ^which he assigns 
them. Knockouts of the tovirri, and 
the country too, are here to ade- 
quately tease the diner or drinker^ 
To tease hini Into repeat visits If 
nothing else. 

N.TiG. appieared in perfect fOrm 
F'rlday evening On his opening for 
Rogers as the spot's hew. m.c. His 
.-wisecracks and Introduction of 
numbers prior to Rogers' appearance 
or with him after that, were tang- 
ful. , 

Skating trio pf Earl, Jack and 
Betty, Bruno and ManOn, dance 
team, Miriam Verne arid others 
make up a. long and entertaining 
show, but one of the highlights, 
happens to be that .enticing fan 
- Char. 



dance. 



SAVOY-PLAZA, N. Y. 

Freddy, Martin Is the new band- 
attraction following Eddie Elkihs 
Into the snooty Savpy-Plaza on the 
Park, which, like so many other 
swank hostelries with repeal, 
yield to the coCktall vogue. 

Room is nice arid Is now trying to 
unbend. Heretofore it was a little 
stiff; that went for everything from 
'the service to the atmosphere. , The 
headwalter at the door Is the right 
personality for the roOm hOw, smil- 
ingly trying to ease away the geh- 
eral aura of a too dignified environ- 
ment. 

That's the right idea If the place 
Is to get any of the popular trade 
which seems to be the big Idea. 

Martin's band Is plenty oke for 
dansapatlon and* with the radio wire 
In, he should build a following, 
Martin has been around , but chiefly 
buried at the Fox, Brooklyn, as m- c. 
and band leader. Hiia personality i 
nice and should be capitalized for 
more Intimate hotel work as, here.^ 

Abel. 



MUSIC OF MEBIT 

That's wliat .you hear when 
you listen to .. 

JACK VALENTINE 

Musical Plreotor of Buf- 
falo's Statler Hotel and 
broaacastlne via "WBEN, 
Of course, you'll hear him 
play: 

"EVERYTHING I HAVF 
IS Y00B8" 
"TEMPTATION" 
"WE'LL WAKE HAY WHILE 
THE 8UN SHINES" • 
"OUR BIG LOVE SCENE" 

"AFTER SUNDOWN" 
"CINDERELLA'S FELLA" 
"I JUST COULDN'T TAKE 
IT. BABY" 

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Music by- 
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"IT'S FUNNY TO EVERYONE BUT ME" 

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VARIJETY 



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Inside Stuff-Music 



MUSIC NOTES 



The poor drawing power of Jocal ofchestxas ad compared with the 
BOperiority of touring bands was the issue back of the fight between 
the Albany, N. T., Musicians Union and the Edgewpod, night ciub* , 

After playing various out-of-tpwn bands, an orchestra of local musi- 
cians was hired and after 6hly a week they were let out and a -band from 
Clevela,nd was engaged; Union then hotlfled the club it could hot. bring 
in odt-of-tpwners and ordered the Cleveland band to quit. The latter, 
a union Outfit, obeyed In order to keep put of hot water and the club 
closed for a few days. Then it reopened with the same baiid. Mean- 
while, the owner obtained a Supreme Court injunction against the union's 
action. One the eve of the hearing on the Injunction a, settlement Was 
reached. It stipulated the uhlian should remove the Pdgewood from its 
•unfair Het' at»d n.Pt interfere. In any way, and the club promised tP 
nrpvlde n»«Blc OTily thirpugh members of the Albany , ynion or interna- 
tional unipn. in other; wprds, any muslciiris, so long as thpy carry 
AFM cards, may be hired. 

Every so often there comes alPng In the band cycle some unusual 
ftreanlzatloii which cbmmandiS extraordinary; trade attention and makes 
Boniethihg of an historical touch in the profession.. Since the Whiteman 
evolution this has been true. " The Casa Xoma click Was the latest. 

Now frPin the west , coast the graduatioh of Ted iFiorito (it . used to be 
siinply spelled Florltb untir the MCA . tricked up the surname) .orchestra 
Is on the horizon, according to professional discussion, riorlto is no 
hiivlce either as a fiong^^'rlte^ or dance . maestro,: but his most signal 
ticces's has been on the cpast, and it is planned to gradually mopch him | 
eastward, Vla.stoppffs In Denver, Chicago, etc.. ^ . ^ 

That's the showmanly program laid out for" him, as contrasted, to... the 
trahs-coritinental hops from west coast to east such an Anson Weeks 
and OPhll Hai;ris experienced, the latter suffering on his first hop, al- 
though going better now on his St. Regis hotel (N. T.) engagoment. 

combination that Buddy Rogers is batoning at the Paradise^ rest^u- 
nt BrbJd^Sy Spot, i^^^ Joe Haymes band with .six men added,, for 
tw!. eneacement. Haymea himself is in the aggregation. , 

Lceiy mPvin^ into the spot, with the Haymes. outfit proved . dis^ap- 
pofntfng to the offlcSls of the New York .inUslclantf union. Latter ,vere 
•Snder^he im was going to recruit an ent rely new 

SUfrom among the members, of Local 802. Before coming into New 
S Rogers dis^)anded a combo he had been using on road dance and 
vaSe daISs Sbme of these brought charges, against him. but the ex- 
ecatiVe' board of the- International union refused to proceed against 
iSgers oh the ground rio proof had been submitted showing that the 
batonlst had not fulfilled his contracts with thom. 

Music sato are gradually climbing. Where a hit's saturatioh point 
was 200,000-225.000. it's now up in the 2B0.OO0-300.OOO bracket.. A wow 
SPlikriast Round up- is good for 400,000 sales but that's .the^exception 

Tl e sole negative aspect on sales is that the in.between seUer seems 
no more. Either a. song sells a measly 10,000 copies and collapses, or It 
climbs liito the hundred thbuands. ... . ■ 

SiSermedi^iy pop song, which can. make a few, 
erate 75.Q00-cOpy sale, is •dlsappearlrtg. That's a. sad note in . populai 
mustcana for these in-between sellers, In combined quantities, are as 
much wScomcd .as the single big. hit. Some even advocate that a- group 
S moderate sellers 1^ to be preferred In the long run to the one big 
smash. 

Latest mdve in the reorganization pf collection districts by th^ Amer- 
ican. Society of Composers. Authors apd PubllShers^has resulted In^ the 
elimination 6f the copyright combine's . Baltlmpre ' ^^^^^f^P Jner- 
adelphla omce will now, in addition to eastern Pennsylvania, have super- 
vision pveir" Maryland and JJelaware. M 

With the shutdPwn. Pf th6 Baltimore bureau the latter s manager, E. n. 
Chesterton, went oif the society's payroll. H. A. Brown la in charge of 
the district covered out of PhiUy. 

Financial support of the Syracuse Civic Symphony Orchestra by the 
CWA to the extent of $2,000 weekly, as favored .^he «o"nty ad^^^^^^^^ 
.^.. trator, IS ehdangered by telegrams and letters opposing the project re- 
ceived bv the State CWA headquarters from Syracusans. 

While X)r Gorman B. Mance, president of the orchestra association, 
declares that the musicians . are unitedly ^behind VictoJ. H. MHl^^^^^ 
ductor, CWA officials infer that internal dissension is Indicated by the 
correspondence. 

Juiciest cut-m check known to the publishing b^sl^e^s^^" ^JJ. 
veaS went to aUand leader last week. Draft was handed him just as 
if Wafboarding a train for Florida and represented a clip of pn^. cent 
fco'i^'.Smln iuggcd way at the tune ^ 

it started to catch on. Same leaderlast year , collected $2,300 as his cut 
in dividends on a rah-rah ditty. 

The Ben Bernle-George Olfeen golfing feud is somewhat general now 
and^hen they got together with Milton Ager in Miami, Olsen rang in 
A iM-A na hla nartner to show up Bt'inie in a foursome. 
' w^ BirnKs introduced \o Olsen's golfing stooge h^sho.,k hands 
and as sppn as he felt-Uie callouses on. the newcomers hand he. turned 
to .Ager, saying. 'We're skunked'. 

ver -since Rocco Voccd left Feist's, the 8ong.pi(;l«ng commiltcc rou- 
tine has SeLiXd out. Johnny White, general professional manager 
pSL Ss seSgs pronto unless, of course. It's sbme ijnknown or little 
EndSn ion^rUe? Whereupon the committee ^'-^'^ ^'^^^J'J^ 
out. Otherwise White claims he'd be swamped with doing nothing else 
than listening to manuscripts. 

Isldor Wltmark is in the heaklTIi^S; prodv^cls ^i^usl,^ has ^een 
ever since last. July, When the vcto. an. inusic publ^^^^^^ 

Non^ of the Witmarks. are with ihe P'^l^'f-^''^.'^^^^^ 
now iSdcr 100% Warner liros. control, Julius P. ^'J^ ™J^,;,*JVJ^°tSt 
tinhed.with M; Wltmark & Sons under WB m4» yement, is now a taleni 

agent for radio. 

Brother of John F. Carabeila. oVTctbr of the Albany ^^^''^^ 
Phony Orchestra, has won accei>taUce of lus V"'^;^^^ t'.^^^'*J^!„'J\\ljll 
In Rome during the tSth o^'nt.u.T. He is Ezio cJarabcIla. The bdUet ^^ ill 
be' presented in the Royale Thea tre of Opera at . Rome. 

Music stores in the Pennsylvania and New ^.n^l^hd. Inao.sli^^^^^^^ 
report a notable pickup in the sale of piano roUs. ^^'VK'^f, ^J^^^! ""^J^^f^^^ 
mochanlcala the perforated nVedlimi was the ^a^'^;'-'^* ^^Jv J^'"^ '^"^ 
of roll .manufacturers reduced la >;t > .'ar .to practically .three- 

AUoy'is now ransaoldhg tho old .UUO- for other ♦'^'■" '1^'^^ 

Witmark haH. listod for iniTuodi.ar. release one or. r^I^on^M 
.Quilt.' Con Conrad, Milton PmKn aiid Ben Ooklnnd are respon.^.i.)^ . 

iia Militll.v 



Liiigi Romanelli, headman of the 
unit at the King Edward Hotel, To- 
ronto, lias bought a bus outfltted to 
order with a sleeping, compartriient, 
living; and . dining room and kitchen 
plus fiiiiipment for runiiing water. 
..liitonds using It. for personal trips 
and. oine-nlghter tours with the 
band. 



, .III Wiemahn/.general sales ing.r., 
of K; iB. Miarks, ih 1*. A. giving the 
studios, the once.. 



Hasv huge dance hnll near 
. AiTisier N... Y„ was- destroyed 
by fir " . 20 after a mysterious 
explosioii, with a los of $30,000. 
1 Owned by Natlian ttawley of Al- 
bany. 



Irwin's orchestra at Sul Jen, 
G.-vIvesVon. jimmy Burton's orches.-, 
tra -j.iHl Lindy Coons at Dei Mar 
.wiih Morrison twins, Janet .10. iii-. 
vail .l;e:in Teague and Miidred .King. 

iik'c Ellington's band, nv 

bio if the 1»,/Ai Cotton Clii while 
on. lb*' i?()ast for Paranipuiu's 'Mur- 
der in ilie Vanities.' 



Mort Dillon and Allie AV'^rubpl 
startfil \yprking for Warner "•roVj, 
as a. writing team Feb. 1. 



Witmark has limited the airing or, 
'Goiii.tr , . to . Heaven pn . a Mule" 
to onee a. day on l^BC and 
Golu ibi is from -Warner 

iJro« ' rorlbcoming 'Wonder Bar.' . 



Most Played on the Air Last Week 

To tamiliarize the rest of the country with the tunes most sun 
nd played on the air around H etc York, tht lolJotCring is the cow- 
pilation for last week. This tabulation ioili continue regnlarly 

In anstloer to inquiries, these plugs. dr$ figure^ on " Saturday- 
through-Friday week, regularly. X. 

Tahulation in turn, is broken donUi into two :dwisions:\. dumber 
of plugs on the major networks (WBA.F and WJZfif ihe KBG c/ioi , 
and WApd, key station of CBS), along tvxth the total of plug's on 
■New York's tied full-time independ^iU statio7is—WOR and WJiOA. 
Data obtained from 'Radio Log' compiled by Accurate cportm 

Service, ' ■ ■ . 

WEAF 

WJZ 

T-itie AVABC; 

el's 'Fall' in 
'Temptatibn' . . ; . . . . ... . . . . ...... i • • i 

'Smoke Gets In Your *...».. 

'Old Spinning Wheel' < 

"inirow Anttther Ixvg on. the Fire' . • , 
'You Have Taken My . Heart' , . 
'EveO'tlilng I ^Have .is Yours'. . * . . . . 
'Our Big Lnye Sqone'..; i. »i 

'\Ye'll Make Hay" 

' ' Pappy' ........ ...•:>•• •> v • ' • • 

'Ori the Wrong - Side of the Boad',. . , . 
^Tliere Goes My Heart' 
'In the A'allcy of Yester 
.'Carioca' 



WOR 




WMCA 


Total 




43 


18 


30 




33 




30 




29 
iS 




2& 
24 




,25 




24 




24 




24 



Winmpeg'^ Sun. Concerts 
Stdipped by Blue law 



Joe , For irmihgharo, is now in 
Miami, Where he is m.c. for Char- 
ley Keaiies' night club. 



Radio Chatter 



.Howard .Hansorii youthful di- 
rector of the Eastman School of 
Mufcic. has written an American 
opera which will be produced by the 
Metropolitan Opera Co- .'Called 
'Merry Mbunt,' it is based on a poem 
i by ilicliard L. Stokek; Set for rb- 
I duttidn Feb. 10 with Tullio Serafin 
cond Doling. 



Adrian Jackson, night spot pro- 
moter, now is attempting a ifling in 
night r-clubless Chattanooga with the 
recently-opened Club Lido in f55rm^ 
eiiy- closed restaurant. Jjocal talent 
I orchestra and floor show used, Ten- 
i nessoe, still has . Its dry laws, how- 
I ever.. 

Jimmy .Carr haa the band assign- 
ment aboard the. boat niteiie,, the 
SIv Tliommas Ltlpton cluta. Vessel 
is moored to a dock at the foot of 
West 33rd street, 

Frank Keltonr gen. ihgr. of Sha- 
piro. Bernstein, and Mrs. Keltpn 
leave Feb. 17 on the S. S. Lafayette 
for a West Indies cruise. .It's a 
belated honeynapon. ■. 

Witmark Is putting out its first 
hilibilly folio. Title not set. 



Con Conrad has written up Joe 
Peuiier's radio catch-phrase, 'Bon't 
Never Do That,' and It. becomes a 
I theme :.sbng for the ether coniedian. 
T. i;, Harms publishing. 

Harry Jentts, formerly with Kelt- 
Ensi*», lias Joined B. B. Marks as 
maM«.y(rr of the radio department. • 

Dick Fidler's orchestra has been 
Ireplaoed at the DeWltt Clinton hotel, 
. All>.'i r.y. N. Y., by a. local orch dl- 
| recU"l .i/y Francis' Murphy, formerly 
vlb] Hh> t" in the -RKO Palace. 



Winhipi; 6, 
Lord's Day Alilarice Act; which. 
Itoops theatres and all- places of 
amusement closed bn Sundays, will 
prohibit Sunday afternoon c6nof>rts- 
biE thd Winni.peg Pymphbriy brchesr 
tra after , thi.s week.. Last Sunday 
(4.) was the end.. 

ymplibny, which Ayas just gel- 
ting on Its. feet thrpu ' . . und.uy 
concerts at the Aud... . will have to 
arrange mid - week cone j«rt><5 hero -, 
after; say the. ijoHcCi Avhp asked 
Hon. Wv J. .>Iajbr.. attprriey'-general 
for Province of Mnnitob . for a Dat 
to prosecute pei'son^ responsilile for 
the Sabbath prbsrams.; Major is 
lionprary president of tiie AVinnipeg 
Symphbny ' rchestra assbeiatioh 
but will not interfere with police. 

BANDSMAN A MINER 

Slii;n Martin. Hits Calif. Pay Dirt to 
$35 Daily Tune 

Hollywood, Feb, 
With a lull in the master of. cere- 
monies and band profession. Slim 
Martin, one of the better knoWh or- 
chestra leaders, has takeiv to gold 
minliig. Martiri has ' been at this 
new occupation for aimbst twro 
months, and during that time has 
been ayeraglnp between $25 and; $35. 
a day in talce from the pay . dirt,. 

He has acquired one-fpurth In 
terest in a mi located 13 miles 
north of Bi.shop in the White Moun 
tains Of California. At this time, 
weather is quite severe in that tej- 
ritory, but Martin claims he man- 
ages to work live or six hours a da; 
since he Invested in this venture. 

When machinery Ts Installed in 
the mine he plans to take a number 
of his men in the band who are not 
eniployed elsewhere to the mine and 
permit them to work with him on 
a percentage basis of the dirt they 
strik 



Happy Felton'e orchestra has suc- 
pe<^df;d Felix Perdinahdo's , unit, on 
the Par.Tdlse Ship at Troy, N. Y- 
Felton played.at the DeWItt Clinton 
Hotel in Albany when Louis Ays1;er- 
lltz, .now 'skipper* pf the Paradise, 
was i)Gad waiter there. Perzade 
and .j If tan, Cuban dancing team, 
[aiso are appearing aboard the flpat- 
ing ni 'ht club. 



Jack Conner's American Ilevuc 
hofiki'd fr) the floor show at the 
Xcw liina Reijtauraht, Ti-oy. X. % 



Ralph Rainger *nd Lei Robin arc 

w'ri.tiir.^ times for Paramouni's 'Cos- 
metic, 'and 'Trumpet Blows". . 



ill Phillipsi formerly with the 
VVarjK-r Bros., publishing enter- 
prisers, has joined the folio .depart 
nu n' I •!' .M ilLs MuBiCj Inc. 



(Coiitl niu cd from ' page . 40 ) 

the \*Vlnniebago tribe at a ceremony 
in the Sioux City studios Of KSCJ. 
"Ted Collins Is Red Cloud. 

Lum 'iii.Abner jumping from stage, 
appearance^ at thie Circle to air ap- 
peairances at WKBF, Indianapolis. 
^ WFBM, Indianapolis, SignS Mc- 
carty Furniture Store of Fortville, 
Indiana, for two: 15 minutes pro^ 
irrams per week. 

Wallace A. Robertson, bookkeeper 
at . WFBMi Indianapolis, on the si.ek 
■lls.t. 

nd new wooden gaitcti keep thf> j • 
curious out of ' the", control rooin at 
WFBM, Indi.mapblls. 

Al' Logan, 'Who gives the.> Holly- 
wood Lowdbwn on WFBM, Indiana^ 
polis, back on the air after a two 
\veek layoff. 

'Plug' Kendrlck doubles between 
the manager's desk and the 'mike' at 
WKBF, Indianapolis. 

Hal Marshall, , sports commenta- 
tor, returns from. Toronto to. join 
announcing staff oif hew 100- watt 
CJRC at Winnipeg. Bob Straker 
also added to staff. Station begins 
broadcasting this. week. 

After several weeks over a .re- 
gional CRC hetwork, comedy act. 
'T^he Bentleys Have Mu-ijic.' moved 
to all -Canada net of 23 stations last 
TVedhesday (31), 

'Yoiingbloods of Beaver Bend,* 
rural drama, to be spptted for half- 
hour each week beginning Feb. 19 
over western regional web of the 
Canadian Radio' Comm.Ish. ..Bernard 
Latham will direct and scripts are 
by Peter Dales of Regina. , , 

Phil Meyer is asking .FRC for full 
time and increased "Wattage for his 
KPYR at Bismarck, N. D. An NBC 
affiiiate. Station- now autlibrlzed to 
u^e 2,500 watts daytime and 1,000 at 
night. 



West 



R?urtdalls Now jri 

The Randallp, Marlon .and Marti- 
nez, a\vay from Ih-padw'ay nlterles 
for three year.s, back at. the 

Hollywood restauraht, this time &H 
a threesome, the . l^andalls. and^ 
Capier, tiie . latter a - French .Irl. 
"Team has. been abroad and in South 
Ameiica. 

Act Is .aliSo .making a WB. short 
while at the ijolly.wood. 



readying a new Casa Loma folio 
seirie.i • an Gene Gifford's la.t.08t 
.tune...'iBulji.' It will clear its sheet 
music through ' the Mosic Dealers 
.Service, Inc. 



Herb Taylor is out pf tho Abe Ly- 
man ..iK-'tiiizatiPn. He d.publed as 
iii.«t; v.i,.-.)ualjst and arranger in this{ 
coniiiM for four years, i 



Jack Kapp, Brunswick's n-oording manager, 
interested. in Harry Engel, Inc. siuce K^^it-En 
Keit is gcin into the pub biz on his. 

F. A. (Kerry) Mills. George M. .r.,lian;s origimil publisher, 
although retired. e Is living in llnllywood. 



Select Music Publications, 1hc,, j 
the Uwell-O'Keefe subsld.- have; 
•Litil" Outoh MillB' and.'V: adows of , 
■t dead, j Lov. ;is tl:e first of . the n'-w p.. 

Illsiiiim <.i;.'«nlzation')8 catalog. Also 



Jack i'ls has acciiilred the 
Amierioan rights to 'Making Obn- 
yorsation , When "We .Should Be 
Making .L<) ye' from tlie .Garltbh Mu- 
.Mlc Co.. of London. 

— Gearge=GeP8hw)n-teo^ i«man=fr . 
or'-liestra foncei-t, tour dondm-tcil 
liy f'li.'trles Previn in Jiei.«.i.iian's 

throiiKh iline^.S) wiii/l.s uii- in 
.IJroo/d.sn ,'atiiril; rjoi. 

ick Lei .\'f{('-Harlio City 
.Mn.^ii- Jfall oi'i;,' Ijas yriuen a 

n'-w. iiiiJi r «i. nt t.'in Teeliniqii'-' I 

for early si)j'ln}f jnil(ij< ation; 



;I<:ay 'i'hbmpson, KHJ .-staff .singer, 
called to St. Louis by tho critical 
Illness of her mother. 

Silver Chord Trio (girls) npw 
singing at Silver Slipper cahar«t 
between, radio brpadca^ts at KVI 
Tacpma. ; 

Blue* Bolls, girl. trio, over KVl Ta- 
coma each Thursday voted >wost 
popular local program. . 

•Looking pn the Bright .Side 6% 
TAW V^&m^ V^i, Ta- 

C'oma early risers— 6 to 7. 

KVI, Tacpma, annOuhcers and 
teehnioal men made long trek to 
Mt. Tacohia to broadcast winter 
.•jports. iTsed 2 miles of wire . and 
.several mikes. Ed Jensen., i^o- 
ductibn manager in charge. 

Howard Lilly, . Seattle . and Ta- 
coma clothes merchant who uses all 
radio' outlets for his company made 
fine talk In KVI studios to market 
merchants on. advantage of .radio 
as a medium. Been on" the air for' 
8 years and built up a tremendous 
volume . for , Lungquist-'Lilly, two 
Uiffhts up store. 

KXA, Seattle, putting Anson 
Weeks' music on air for local ear."? 
when Weeks and company p'ayed'^ 
at the Trianon dance" hall. Jack 
Holt, statlpn announcer, doing ih 
talking. 

Art LindHey, KJR. ."-lejittle, :anr 
nouncer, now. sports reviewih.g.flfuly 
on the Rtfltio 

Walter N. Campbell, ahnunn'n- 
and direr-tor of publicity. KoA. Deii- 
^vcr,:=is=WJjr.kln(f=U;p=.a«=l!cAv^i^ 
(hat wlir iv-ature sonn-s. that hiw^ 
ni.ade i-adio and pit.tnre sUirs 
ou.H, .Iinp'-r.«oimtion.s will hV hy !o- 
f-al Kiiigi.'i.s.'. 

.L .lo.seph .'.•jrncli:, f:t.-^i<Mn adv<-r- 
Ifsin;^ (nan, js, tni,- n- .~i';"-ii,itiijin»'r 
of Radii) J'rf)dn';l,ion..'-:, l-o-; AiiKelf-s. 

Don Sniiih, who hn" l>'"ri >ii.i','iiig 
at Seattle s1ation«; i.« a': KI-'WH, 
i loll \ wood, as >ihurer on the weekly 
Hi ,(inl>.':, 



46 



VARIETY 



VAUDEVILLE 



Tuesdaj, February 6,- 1934 



Code Authority WiD Meet on 
Vaude; Follows Open Session 






Whllfe: the Vaudeville Code is in 
the process of being revised; it's still 
law as presently cbnistituted. Ally 
infra'ctujins will be prosecwted,. the 
Code Authority .declares.. Complaints 
ire beink accepted at the CA's offlce 
in the Paranldunt theatre building, 
JJew York. 

Meanwhile the proposed changes 
are. being considered by the cora- 
miitee ajppointed by the Code Au- 
thority of the Motion Picture Iridus- 
ity for that purpose. This commit- 
tee nieets tonight (Tuesday) with 
John C. linn, CA .executive sec- 
retary, weigh recommendations 
made at and since last week's, open, 
meeting the Astor hotel; and will 
possibly draft a hew code form for 
further heating. On the committee 
are joe Bernhard (Wa.rners), Xics- 
lie Thompson (RKO), Louis K. Sid- 
ney (Lroew), Sam Dembow, Jr. .(Par- 
amount), Jacfc Pf».rti.ngton (Farichon 
& . Marco) , Henry Chesterfield 
(NVA), and Marty Forkiris and 
Charlie Maddock of the new pro- 
ducers' association., ^ 

The cbmniittee, f roni the. dais, In- 
terrogated aa attendance of about 
3Q0 ;meh and women at the Ast5r 
last Wednesday (31)i aisking for 
jsiiggestions and comment. It was 
ptiobably the first meeting of its 

'kind , ever held on the subject of 
yaudevlUe, and. expriessioiis were 
given from representatives of about 
every branch of the vaudeville busl.- 
iiess except the circuit operators. 
.Represented were actors, agents, 
bookers; producers, chOrus girls, 
theatre headd, organization men- 
even a wardrobe woman. 

Froni the ' pages of data tran- 
«icrli>ed at the hearing, and from 
written and verbal recommenda-- 
tlons and oomplalnts filed at the 
Code Authority offices sihce theii, 
the vaudeville committee will at- 
tenapt to assimilate the informatioii 
nieeded for proper, revision of the 

, code. 

Chorus Qirl Problem 

As at the oiriginal vaudeville code 
hearing in Washington last fall, a 
large part of the three and a half 
hour session at the Astor was taken 
up by discussion of the vaude and 
picture house! chorus girl problem. 
Although Dorothy Bryant, respon- 
sible for the iconcessions gained by 
Chorus Equity in the present code, 
did riot appear at the ineetlng. she 
was understood to have had repre- 
sentation In Micha.el Meyerberg. 
Latter told the- comtnittee he was 
taljl^ing for several modernistic 
dance groups and held that those 
he represented demand that the 
present '$3S minlnium for traveling 
choristers remain, but intimated his 
Interests might he agreeable to a 
compromise in the mfitter of layoff 
salaries and break-ins. 

it was the layofiC arid break-In 
angle, pressed by the new vaude 
producers' association, that bi^ought 
the present code's shortcomings to 
the attention of Division Adminls- 
traitor Sol A. Rosenblatt who ulti- 
mately ordered the rehear |ng. This 
is accountable for the presence Of 
the two vaude ■ producers, Forkins 
and Maddock, ori the code contriiit- 

tee. 

On Break-ins 

Joe Laurie, Jr., invited by the 
committee as a representative actor, 
suggested ..a get "together of the 
booking Oi^ces for the purpose of 
establishing eOmIe brealc-in ; and 
• Bhqwing time, also the mutual oper 
Vatiori of a. showing, house in. New 
Tork Tvhere riew aOts can be viewed 
by all boblcers, 

Coriimentlng • the present 

break-in situation. With booking Of 
flees requiring, acts to 'show' theth 
: selves at 'showingr'' saliarles over 
and over again, lAurle ' declared 
'By the tirive an act gets through 
shoWirig, it has played all the; the- 
atres and there aren't a;ny left to 
play as a .regular, act at a regular 
salary.' 

Other .actor spok^siman who vol- 
^uhteered^suggeatioj aa-^were., Gera ld 



OHIO TEMPORARIES 



Loew Stageji Qark but 
light Ahyti 



Akron,. Feb. . 5. 

Stage showis .at Loew's .are be- 
lieved ..oiit only .temporarily. Cab 
Calloway:- iis . pencilled In ' the 
house also the tab of 'SOandai^s' arid 
Xiionel Barrym.ore niay reach here. 

■rhis stage went dark aifter 16 
weeks. Of va.udfilm; Unit ishows 
outdrew straight" vaude alfhost two 

to one; .; ■ V 

Loew's iii Canton, where Vaadie 
was also dropped: a week . ago, will 
i)liay .occasional units when they 
are available* according .'to report 
there. 







OFSKnS 



Publix houses playing stage shows 
iriay definitely go Iri for legit pieces, 
or sketches, tailored to fit the pic- 
ture houses. Boris Morrps, who 
heads the stage prbductidn depart- 
mient in P-P, 1$ toying With the 
idea and it is likely to get a trial. 

Success of the engagementfs of 
Mary PickfOrd and Mirianl Hopkins 
at the New York Par, where each 
appeared ■ iri dramatic skits has led 
Morros and Publix to the belief that 
it is possible to get somewhere with 
materia.1 ot this^ kirid In picture 
theatres; Mls3 Plckford did a scene 
from 'Church Mouse,' Mies Hopkins 
a part oi 'Affairs Of Anatol.' When 
Gary Cooper played the house he 
also did a sketch. 

Stages, can be . cut down lor . play 
purposes, it Is pointed out by mask- 
ingv in with scenery, while ribbon 
mikes with the aid of the dialog can 
be picked up. much easier in the' 
theatres. 



Grlffen, Joe Fanton, Allan Cofelli 
and Dan EvanSi Latter, in. an Im' 
passioned plea, said, 'All we ask is 
a; decerit Uving wiagO and enough 
to feed bur wives, and babies.' 
Nbri^Gornmittal Bookers 
Oircult bookers were father non 
committal under the gaze of their 
theatre operating bosses .sitting on 
the committee. Among those 
spenking were J. H. Lubin, Sidney 
•((Continued on page 60) 



Gloria Mcfflahon Drowned 
trying to Save Brother 



Gloria McMahon; nine, daughter 
of Oliver R. McMahon, controller of 
RKO, was drowned Wednesdfiy (31) 
when she attempted to rescue hbr 
brother, James, eighty who had 
fcilleri through the ice covering the 
Hempstead State Park Reservoir,- 
L. I. 

James wag finally rescued by . a 
youth called by the McMahon chil- 
dren's . two companions. "James la 
recovering in the South Commu- 
nities. Hospital, Hempsteadv 

The children had gone out on the 
ice, James further than his ■ cbrii.- 
panioris, when it gave way. While 
the' other chlldreri ran ;tb shore, 
Gloria crawled .tb a point .where her 
brother's hand gripped the edge of 
the.' ice. As she reached for it, the 
ice collapsed and both children 
Struggled iii; the water. By the lime 
help arrived Gloria had disappeared; 

The father was oh the Coast when 
the trigedy ocburred. . 
• ' Tragedy compelled the father to 
cut short his visit tb'the . Coast He 
flew back east. 



Upstate Billing 



Albany, Feb, 6. 
The Crandell theatre, in 
nearby Chatham, N. Y., adopts 
a hew departure in announc-« 
irig a.two-day blU ot four acts. 
Lacking anything ' more - than 
'Broadway Vaudeville' to plug 
the show, the theatre adds: 

'Personally; booked by George 
'Godfrey, former general book- 
ing manager for RKO, arid 
Jack Linder, discoverer of Mae 
West and producer of the fa- 
mous 'Diamond Lil' show.' 



LOEW CANCELS 
PLAN ON UNITS 



Loew ho^s called off Its unit pro- 
ducing plan for the present; First, 
of the Loew offlce shows, proposed 
for the neighborhood, time, was to 
have opened next week (9) a.t one 
of . the New York " riabeia. . 'l''his. has. 
no effect on the Loew booking ofr 
Ace's policy regiarding the playing 
of Independently produced niiits. 

It was LoeW's Iritentiori to la.Q.\e 
the house production staff of the 
Capitoir New York, build the first 
Unit as. an blxperlment fOr the cir- 
cuit's, smaller houses, A permanent 
productlori staff would, have been 
employed for regular activity In the 
event the opener, clicked, Plan 
called, for four or five acts and. a 
line of girls bhdgeted at 12,500 br 
$3,000 and wbrking in front of 
house stage bands. 

Cancellation of the plan is de- 
scribed as. temporary and as caused 
by a changei .for the better- in the 
circuit's picture Situation./ .Likeli- 
hood the idea may be revised in the^ 
eyeiit the Xtbew nabes. If aga,in 
lacking pictures, are found in need 
of stage support. 



NVA AND ABA POUT ON 
ARBITRATION BOARDS 



No feathers 



u No fan dariceria.. 

Such was the' stand of the local 
recreation board sponsoring the 
spending of CWA educational shek- 
els here.. It was decided that , a 
teacher of tap dancing would be 
"Tjii^d""^orH:hB-=kidsr=A=^gal'^meetihg 
the qualiflcatlon.s was about to be 
engaged when infoi-matiori was 
gained that she sometimes did a fan 
dance. Deal was cold. 



Forced 6 lit 

Medley and Dupree were forced 
off the bill at the Academy, New 
York, last week "hy Miss Dupree's 
tUncsa. 

Sid Mariou I't'idin c 



The ABA took another crack at 
the NY A Saturday (3) when Ralph 
Whitehead, executive secretary, 
fiatly stated that his organization 
does not and will not recognize the 
iarlbtration board Of the. NYA. I«ast 
week whitehead' refused to sit on 
the vaudeville .code committee with 
Henry ChesterflelA on the piremise 
that the latter represerited a comr 
pany union. 

According to "Whitehead the ABA 
has its own arbitraition board In 
its board of . .governors and has al- 
ready settled a riuinber: of disputes 
between ac^or arid mariager. The 
circuits, he added, have so. far gra- 
ciously recognised and. followed 
ABA decisions. 

Chesterfield, as the NVA arbitra,- 
tion board, htus been functioning 
alone since the Joint Complaint Bu- 
reau Of the NVA and 'VMA was 
abolished six months ago. The lat- 
ter's. personnel consisted of Ches- 
terfield aa the NVA representative, 
,Pat Casey as the managers' rep., 
arid 'Majfbr J. o. Donova-n as the 
neutral party. Donovan is but and 
Casey is on the. Coast. William Lee 
sits in now arid then, with Chester- 
field as the NVA Fund's rep., but 
not very often. ^ 

Chesterfield claims the NVA 
board has recently settled ^ num- 
ber of cases involvlnlr ABA. memr 
bers. Whitshead denies kriowlng of 
any ABA member who has. gone 
near the NVA clubhouse. 

•• ■ - , • £1 

Moore-Gaiton as Act . 



R. R Reduce $7 a Ticket for South, 
TCaty; N J. C. Jenn and B.&0. 



COOL ON STAGE SHOWS 



Mi rpheum Has .Only 2 Set for 
iFebruary and March 



Mirineapolls, Feb. 6. 
now vis away, from 
stage shows as a result, of .the 'faii- 
ure of riipst recerit attraction^ to tilt 
box bffices to offset cost. 

Orpheum (Singer) Js resOirtIng al- 
most entirely to pictures. Whereas 
it ha-d stage shbws iri ; January^ '60 
Million Frenchmen' and the. Kate 
^mith unit, orily one, stage show Is 
bobked . fbr February . and March.. 
Mort Downey unit comes in' next 
week with Olsen and Johnson 
scheduled for March, 
. None of the Publix loOp housed 
•has stiage attractions underlined 
for the. near future. 



Victor Moore and Billy Gaxtbn 
have been teamed for vaude by the 
Louis Sh.urr offlcOi. They open for 
RKO next week (iO) in Boston 
Other d<ltes are the Paramount, 
N. T., Feb. 16, and PalaOe, Chicago 
March^. . 

.^J^fr..wlll jdo a throughoiit-the-biU 
act7 using riuSBe^^s"^1iria"^bifs""frora 
'Of Thee I Sing' and 'Let 'iEm Eat 
Cake.' Routine will include a gag 
. fan dance by Moore and Oaxton' 
oftice Sketch. 



BOBIS EENYON'S $2,0p0 

Chicago, Feb. B. 
Doris Kenyon comps into the 
B&K Chicago week of Fob. 10. 
Salary $2,000. 



4A HEARING ON 
ABA CHARTER 
DUE FEB. 9 



Hearing bri. charges of Irving 
Schneider, its _Jtormer counsel, 
against the Actors' Betterment As- 
sociation has been set fbr Friday 
(9) by the Associated Actors and 
Artists of Ahierica. Hearing -will 
be conducted by Paul DUlzell and 
oh the results hinge the aba's 
chances of obtainlrig the A.F.L. ac- 
tors' union charter briginally 
granted years ago to the White 
Rats. 

A raft of evidence purporting to 
repudiate Schneider's claims, 'spe- 
cifically those) charging Illegal elec- 
tions of officers a,nd Iniprbper dis- 
bursing of funds, will be presented 
to the Four A's . hearing body by 
the ABA secretary, Ralph White- 
head. Latte'" has been compiling 
board meeting miriutes and afiflda'- 
vits during the two weeks since the 
charges were made. 

Haying previously- only made a 
blanket denial Whitehead, for the 
ABA, issued the organizia,tlon's first 
detailed reply late last 'week. 

With- regard to Lawyer Schnei- 
der,' said the statement written by 
Whitehead, 'I am. not surprised at 
his tactics. The circularizing of his 
letters, .supposedly disclosirig con- 
fidential matters between an attor- 
ney and client. Js a violation by him 
of one of the most sacred rules of 
the legal profession. The purpose 
of Schneider's letter was very ob- 
vious. However, not one single 
member of our organization has re- 
signed. In fact quite the opposite 
has been the result.' 



Alice Martin, Trapezist, 
Found Murdered on Farm 



Evansville, Ind., Feb., 6. 

Alice Martin, 63, known profes- 
sionally as Alice ipeGarmp, was 
found murdered arid buried Satur- 
day (3) In a shallow grkve on her 
farm overlooking the. Ohio river, 
five miles from berby| Ind. She had 
been nilsstng a week. A farm hand 
employed by hev has confessed to, 
I'ae hiurder. 

Miss Martin, a trapeze artist, 
started in 1»03 with P. J. Kenyon In 
a double perch act known as Ken- 
yon and DeiSarmo. She was at the 
Hippodrome in 1905 then went into 
vaudeville as Alice DeGarmo, as- 
sisted by. Edwin Keough. A date 
book shows her last engagement 
was in Trenton, N. J., in 1927. 
Shortly after that Miss Martin re- 
tired upon the death of her father 
and came back to the farm. She 
eupposedly had nioriey but lived 
alone in the libuse.' 

==Onlyvrelatives-aref-diatant^Go.usiria. 
and'ain aunt. 



AL EAyMOND— AGENT 

Al Raymond (Raymond and CJav- 
erly) is going Into the agency busi- 
ness as an associate of the Louis 
Ricardo office, 

Thl.s dissolves a stage partnership 
that has lasted on and off for 25 
years. 



I'he point brought 
vaudeville code Jneeting at the 
Astor last Wednesday, that oiE the 
high cost of railroad transportation,- 
was settled yesterday (6) .the 
t-ailroads themselves, for the souths 

The Misaouri-kansais-Texqs Lines, 
New York Central, Pennsylvania arid 
Baltimore & Ohio have agreed to 
slice their tariff |7 per person on 
all units traveling from New York 
through St. Louis and eventually to 
Dallas, Houston, .SaTh Antonio and 
Ft. Worth. These cuts go Into effect 
Feb. 15 Or 20. 

The *Katy' through- 
Frank Snyder, eastern piassenger 
agent, was the first to reduce arid 
If swung the others into line. .The 
r.r; reductions mean an a'^brage 
saving of $210 to every unit headed 
fpr the Interstate, houses and may 
mean the opening to shows by the- 
atres which now firid It impoissible 
to play them because of high costs;. 
With the reduction in fares the 
producers will be able to. 'sell tli 
units sb much cheaper. 

The abolishment of Pullman sur-. 
charges from Washington to Sti 
Louis, expected shortly, will niean 
a further saying of fB. or $4 per. 
person. 

ore Cuts Possi. 

Snyder struck another optimiHtio 
note by stating that further cuts in 
the rater fare are i>ossIble in the 
near future. This is the second, slice 
in fares on units for the M-K-'T 
line, the first cut having gone into 
eiftect Dec; 1. 

At the code meeting last week 
Charlie Freeman, of Interstate, 
brotight up the matter of trarispor- 
tatioif costs, pointing out that not 
only was it Inipbsslble for pro- 
diicers to realize a fair profit but 
also for many theatres to play 
stage shows under the present rail- 
road rates. Abe Lastfogel, of the 
Wm. Morris offlce, and the pro- 
ducers themselves also spoke on this 
subject. Freeman has been, trylrig 
to persuade the railroads into mak- 
ing concessions for more than six 
weeks and the railroad men were 
invited to. attend the open meetinjs 
on vaudeville at the Astor last 
week. 

The reductions wiU 'pertain only 
to those shows traveling frOm- Nb'W 
York through St. Louis. Units 
headed from New York .for poirits 
this side of St. Louis, or for a date 
in' the latter city Itself, do not fig* 
ure to benefit by the present slice. 



Chb Agents Chisel 
In Chicago With $1 
Guarantee to Acts 



Chicago, Feb. 5. 

Chiseling nlte club bookers have 
gotten salaries doWn to the cellar. 
Bookers are guaranteeing aets |1 
a night and if the act should pick 
up 90c on collections and throw 
coin, the booker tosses In the other 
dime to fill out the bargain. 

in some Instances the bookers are 
getting gobd coin ,fbr these dates 
biif ■ . afe poclreting practically all 
of., it. 

However, rumbling^ have , come 
from' the Labor Cbriimission on the 
sltua^tlon. Also the taverns and 
clubs We finding, out and tossing 
the chiselers Into the alley. Taverns 
and niterles are discovering , that 
these bookings hurt business with, 
the performers overstepping themr' 
sieives in begging for. pitch ■.■ 



8 Girls in a Trek 

Line of eight local girls, featured 
at Tent Club, a night spot, here, for 
last tvyo months, off in a body for 
New York,' where, they'll comprise 
a Chester Hale chorus in one of 
riiany units latter is servicing. 

Girls once before Were In a Hale 
line on a Publix toiir. Most of thera 
before that were chorines at En- 
right and Stanley here. Kids have 
-^been.-,=togfetheri-.iXQW.,- f orLf our y ears^ 
with only one Or two-' replacements. ' 

CLOSES COAST OFFICE 

Jack Curtis has ordered his Hol- 
lywood office closed after more than 
a year's try at getting foothold 
as a picture agent. 

Curtis personally loft for tin- 'iift 
five montlis after ripf-niii^- lii.s Tout*'- 
offlc'o aiVd never vpluniod. 



V A a P E V 1 1. I. E 



VARIETY 41 




' 'CODE 




ETHICS' 





^Both Wrong 



At the Hotel Aetor, N. T., last Wedriesday (1) a committee appointed 
jay the Motion Picture industry Code. Authority sat ior three and a half 
hours, intervielwlne an audience of 300 people tor the purpose of ,flhdlng 
facts; pertaining to , vaudeville: The motive was to gather information 
that: will aid in the revision of the present Vaxr^eViUe Gode, -which has 
been deemied inadequate by vaiidevUle producers. 

Of all th<s countless words spoken during the three and a half hour 
fsession, perhaps AO % would, classif y as wasted.. But the remaining iO % 
were helpful,; soitte being extremely enlightening. So despite, the pre- 
pohderence of useless info, the other 10% .made the .meeting worth while. 

Part of that worthwhile 10% were words that described the attitude of 
two factionis' of the vaudeyille buslne-ss;' two attitudes which appeared 
cori'pleteiy jTBiLof iceepi with . the objective' of the code hearing; two 
attitudes which, if rnaihtaincd by those who expresaejd them, will hinder 
ny real progress to\vai"d the reemp^osTnent oal of the Government 
as to vaudeville. 

Sam Dembow, .Jr., of Publix, in reply to a. statement made by 
representative, said, 'Don't tell us hpw to riiri oUr business.' The actors' 
reprcgentative, Glerald Grlffen, of the Catholic Aciors' Guild, had asked 
•Why doesn't Mr. Parattibuht open some of his dark theatres' to vaude- 
vllie?* Grlffen «xplaini&d later that he used the term 'Mn Paramount' 
iiis a converil^iii generality to apply to aU theatre circuits. 

. pembow said; in effect, 'Mind your own business,' and 'mind your 'cwn 
business' is a phrase that i.s now supposedly, barred from hearihes on 
codes for . all Ainerican business. 



That "Mind your p'wn - business' attitude, incidehtally, 'was tiie only 
•expreissiDn delivered all afternooiv by ia circuit theatre operating execu- 
tive. Actors, agents, producers, bookers, wardrobe >yoniieh, dance stagers 
and chorus girl spokesmen had publicly opened up their books, and tfteir 
minds. 

The noticeable fiact that the circuit theatre department repi-esentatlves 
resent, refrained from talking of their side of the, question made the 
single Dembow declaration that much more significant. As the only cir- 
cuit theatre expression of the entire session, it was accepted by th6 at- 
tendance as'fexpressive of the attitude of all the circuits. 




A. few circuit vaudeville bookers, in an e.nibarrassing spot before their 
superiors, the operiltorE, practically said^in unison that the big problem 
facing vaudeville. Is: to find nevy material. How enlightening. 



The second' questionable attitiide was given In writing by Ralph White- 
head, representing' the Actors' Betterment Association. In'vited to sit on 
the commit,te.€ and participate in the code revision. Whitehead declined 
.on the grouijda that Henry Chesterfield, of the NVA^ also yf&s there and 
that Chesterneid represents a. 'company union'. It's ho secret where 
Chesterfield takes his- orders,' along with his salary, but that's a small 
matter. in ifiace i>f the important facts. 



Whitehead happens to. represent iabout 400 actors and to be speaking 
for them. If "Whitehead represented only two actors, even if he. ■were 
fiimply one actor talking only for himself, his attitude still would be 
..wrong. ■ • 



The Government seeks only to create employment. It is the goverri- 
ment's hope, that through a . ires.toration of vaudeville, perhaps 10,000 
people may be placed at 'work. 

But 'Mind your own business,* from either side of . the fence, will not 
revise the vaudeville code or put peojple to work.. Nor will the exploita- 
tion of a strictly personal arid infinitesimal personal; grievance. 



WARNERS ALSO 
UNIT CONSCIOUS 



Wai'ner ros. theatre operators 
ifind bookers ' are talking units. Dis- 
• cussions and analysis center arpund 
the Interstate houses. If the units 
.southern circuit continue to 
hold up arid retain their present 
st^hdai'd of prodiiction and enter- 
taiririient, it is pUnned to adPPt 
them for. some of the WB v^-i^^" 
Aimers, 

Having had its nngCrs ,bur.ried 
Bbmie time back Is the reason for 
the careful, watch. by Wi3 heads .be- 
fo'e they leap into units 

Warners has used units until now 
only ..whens it co\iJd get a buy pn 
brcaki-lrts M the Rltz, Elizabeth, 
N. J., and the Astor, -Reading, Pa. 
If deciding to use them as a regu- 
lar policy, "WB will give them more 
scope and possibly add names in 
such hou.ses as the Earle theatreis 
, in Philadelphia and Wasliington. 
and the Stanloy, Pittsburgh. 



Syracuse, Feb. 5. 
laying to mori than 2B,000 ad- 
missions In three days . Cab Callo- 
'way gave Lioew's a new record. 

House was forced to give ah >xtra 
show Saturday night to avoid 
approxiniately 1,100 rffunds to 
standees. 



MUSIC HALL BACK ON 
RKO BOOKING ROOR 



Going in for outside specialty acts 
again, Radio City Music Hall has 
returned to the RKO booking , office 
for its material but without going 
on the regular vaude hook. 
. Leon Leonidoff, Music Hall pro- 
ducer, is doing the. actual booking 
himself but through the RKO 
bookers.. Contractis go thrbUgh the 
booking ofiice. 

As a result lip agents'are again 
supplying' the acts to and getting 
comri)lssion from the Music Hall. 
For the past six months the agentis 
have been out oh thl.s house. When- 
ever, .needing a specl act tiie 
theatre booked .direct. 

iiuck. and Bubbles went Into the 
Music Hall. Friday (2) to substitute 
for a presentation number yanked 
after the "Thursday opening, show. 

Dropped; number Inc.Iuded ■Willie, 
West and McGl.nty; the Miller 
Bro>. and team of Belle Flower and 
J, P. Coomhs. 



Waco Scare 



.jilla.s, ..Feb. . 
1'. llanlsbri, riianager of the 
Waco and Orpheum theater.? (Tnter- 
-StateX in_Wac o,^ wa.sj- cp^ -^d m|_ss-^ 
ing or kidnapped after Two"~nieri~en-=- 
tcred hl.s bfflce jari, 29. Report was 
made to polic by a NVgro porter 
who eKcapod after bflng lr)ck<;d in 
a clbsft by the armed nion, Neither 
.safo ribr caf^h drjiw •ivere' rl 

HiiiTisori returned to thfatre that 
nftornoo , avi .been out "n rou- 
tlnr^ ilutif>.c. anrl. 'ranch surpnsfjd at 
the oxoitem'-nt he had rau.<Jed, 



Outlined by Arthur Lyons 
at Mass Meeting— Want 
F r a n chisels Abolished"-^ 
Would Make New NATAl^ 
Permanent -— 213 Mem- 
bers, with /Soine Major 
Agencies Holding Out 



*NO MORE STEALING' 



oard of , governors of the new 
Katioriai; Association 
Artists' Representatives . met last 
night (Monday) to draft a 'code of 

ethics,' ; by which it will seek to 
govern the activities of all agents 
in all branches of shb'w business in 
the future. 

Not short of;, being radical In the 
depa-r'tures it will suggest, the. code 
will provide tor duch revolutionary 
changes in the talent-selling field 
as equality for a,ll agents as far as 
booking office franchises and other 
special privileges are concerned, 
and the retention by agents for all 
time, of any talent they create, dis- 
cover or bring into .the business. 

The 'no more " stealing' doctrine 
was outlined to the National Asso- 
ciation of TheatrtciEtl Artists' repre- 
sentatives membership • at a mass 
meeting Thursday riight (1) at the 
Astor hotel, N, T., by tlie assQcIar 
tibn*s. president, Arthur Lyons. At 
the same session Jiiles Kendler, 
counsel for the l^ATAR, stated that 
the probable suplpression of the 
"VVald agency licensing bill should 
riot be a .signal for the organization 
to disband. 

NATAR was originally, and 
.rather hurriedly, formed tb combat 
the, Wald bill In the New York state 
legislature. Objective now Is to 
give it a permanent status. Incor- 
poration papers have been applied 
for in New Xork iand Kendler is 
drawing up the by-laws. The 'code 
of ethics' wheii written will be Bub- 
mitted to thfe membership for ap- 
pro va.1 as well as to the theatre 
cirbuits, picture oohapanleia, booking 
offices and actor organizations. 
Branches 

. Under the Interition of making 
the organization national In scope, 
branches are being formed In Chi- 
cago and Boston. Negotiations are 
also in effect with the Hollywood 
picture agents' association, AMA, 
for possible affiliation. Several 
charter members- of the NATAR 
hold membership in this Coast or- 
ganization. , 
.JJATAR members now amount to 
213 with all the small New York 
agencies and all but' three or four 
of the larger ones included. . Among 
absentees in the latter class are 
the Willlarii, Morris ojfflce and the 
NBC an<3j CBS artist bureaus. ■When, 
their failure to join was made the 
object of discussion from the floor 
at the mass meeting Arthur Lyons 
heatedly declared, "They will have 
tp. conrife in.' 

The radio networks hiave applied 
for details stating; their legal de-? 
partmerits wish to Investigate be- 
fore deciding whether to permit 
their respective talent departments 
to join. William Morris agency de- 
clared it was willing to participate 
during original camjiaign 

agairi.st .the Wald bill but since that 
obj'bctive seems, to have been. ac-. 
coriiplishcd it now prefers to re- 
main outside. 

Abe Laatfbgel, for. the Morris of- 
fice, explained, his firm's desire to 
remain aloof as being 'in accord- 
ance with the policy of the founder 
of the William Morrjs agency. It. 
=.w-fta-t;hft^pollcv.=o£-Mr.- Morrj.')-to,.r .e-. 
frain from affiliating with any or- 
ganization, unless of a strictly 
charitable or bene-volerit nature.' 

How the 'code; of ethics' can be- 
come effective without embracing all 
major agencies is a problem, said 
Ly<ihs. There are other riiatters also 
which need clarifying, flucli as a 
(Continued on page 48) 



Joe Remembers 



J.be liaurle, . ., speaking oh 
vaudeville at .the Astor code 
mieetlng tri Ne'w Xork last 
.weeli, to which he Was Invitea 
by the Code Authority as a 
representative actor, said: 

''\yith salaries some acts are 
getting, they have to make 
jumps in broken down autos, 
trucks arid busses. And If the 
date isn't dbAvn. hill they' can't 
riiake It. 



2-A-DAY HUNCH 
FOR CASINO, N.Y. 



New independent lessees of the 
Casi N. (formerly the Earl 
Carroll theatre), contemplate ai 
two-arday •vauaevUle . policy; Feel- 
ers as to the availability of suffi- 
cient talent to maintain such a pol- 
licy are being sent out. Intent is 
a, ,il;65 or $.2 top, 

(5roup running the. house com- 
prises Jack Shapiro arid Harrlng &. 
Bluriienthal. Same combination re- 
cently took over the Cariieo on .42d 
street from RKO. 

Casino is currently occupied br 
the Russian Opera company ■which 
opened Wednesday (1) for a four 
weeks' run. 



NVA FlNAra:iNG 
PASSED TO 




N. Y. Capitol Win 
Resume l^lames'; 
J^ents Get CaD 



Loew's non-name policy for stage 
shows at the Capitol, New York; -has 
been discarded as a failure, and the 
circuits intention Is now to revert to 
names. Late last week a hurry call; 
for boxoflice acts was broadcast • to f 
Loew agents. '■ 

That the Loew booking office .te- ' 
fralned from going on an immediate 
buying spree, however, indicates 
that the extravagant name. booking: 
pace, of the past won't be resumed.. 
That the Capitol, like most other de- 
luxers, had too many sorry iexperl- 
ences with high priced nameis that 
didn't draw, was the reason for the; 
Broadway house resorting to a strlcti 
non-name policy the past two' 
months. 

Only name act set so far is Buddy 
Rogers. Doubling from the Paradise 
restaurant, Rogers goes In nexti 
week (9) a,t $1,600, single, on a show 
that will also Include Lionel Barry- 
■more, making a personal on a 
studio booking. 

Another Capitol name deal pend- 
ing is. that with Rudy Vallee. 



Inanciai probleni . of the NVA 
was laid in the lap of the circuita 
Tuesday (30) at ia meeting called 
for the purpose of acquainting the 
riianager-riiembers of the NVA. 
Flirid with the need of support. 

A committee of three, Sam .Dem- 
bow. Jr. (Parariiount),' Mpe Sll'ver 
(Wb) and Leslie Thompson CRKO) 
was appointed to investigate condi- 
tions and devise ."Avays and means 
of financing, the ^TVA in all Its 
phases. 

ft is understood the general desire 
is tb continue running the NVA aon. 
at Saranac Lake, N. Y., regardless 
of wliat disposal or recommen- 
dations for the other ends of 
NVA are .riiaUe. , 

The saii riecdis about $100,000 a 
year for maintenance. Whole N'VA. 
including the New York social club- 
house as 'vsrell ks. Saranac, Involves 
a yearly expenditure of about $260.-. 
■poo. The theatre' plate passing In 
April each year has been depjehded 
on in the past to raise nriost of the 
funds, but in recent ' years .the 
amount collected has gradually di- 
minished to a, point where, the ot- 
gariization may not be able to exist 
ori this year's collections; 

Enough Till April 
NVA has about enough money on 
hand to operate until this coming. 
April, . but no longer. It "was stated. 
Tfhe letter to the NVA Fund mem- 
bers ca,lling last week's emergency 
meeting said: 'Your board of dl- 
riectors finds It impossible to pro- 
vide further money to carry on the 
charitable work of the fund.' 

NV^ Fund board of directors 
'.consists of Pat Casey, Sarii Dem- 
bow, Moe Silver, Martin King, Sam 
Scribner, Leslie Thompson, Heiuiy 
Chesterfield and \yilllam Lee. 

According to Lee, the New "York 
State Department of Social Welfare 
has given the sari's cuirent execu- 
tive and adriiinlstrative setup an of- 
ficial . okay. Dr. George Wilson . Is 
temporary medical head and MrB. 
Katherine Murphy supposedly re- 
duced to the position . of housekeep- 
er. Okay, according to Lee, was 
given by the state investigator, Dr. 
David S. Park, following his visit 
to the san last week. 



Palace M. H. Act 



irst. booking of .any of the stock 
talent from the Miislc Hall sljrice' 
.S. L. Rothafel went put Is Viola 
Phiib, cui^rerit at the Palace. 

To furriish a choral- background, 
vocal en. s.emble from the Music Hall 
is. on the Palace with hen. 



HickeyrAnger Unit 

John iHickey and Harry Anger 
have put ariother unit into, rehears- 
al, this brie including special music 
arid lyrics by Clarence (3asklll. 

Cast lists Lester Cole, Texas 
llangers, Herman Hyde, Sally Bur- 
rell, Virginia Estes, Leonard Barr 
and 12 Chester. Hale Girls. Due to 
reach the Rivoll, Hempstead, L. I., 
Feb, 16. 



Chic Sale's Tour 

Los Angele.s, Feb. 6. 

Chic. .Sale- doing, a . iiniLand.1 !iJ^=S^ 

ing hooked bv Jack Frost; ""Latter 
Is resigning as manfiger oif the RKO 
.HilLstreet herc to handle the toUr. 

Sale open.q at the Orpheum, Seat- 
tle, iFeb. 8. with other ribrthwest 
town.s to follow. He then heads 
east. 

•Coniif: will provlflf a -in to (jn min- 
ute sho .'irul Is u.'^ing .support acts. 



GEORGE VOEK NIPPED 
FOR ASKING CARFARE 



George Voelk, of the former stand- 
ard slnglrig tearii of Lang and Voelk, 
was picked up for panhandling In 
Ne>y York last week when he asked 
a man at 48th street and Madison 
Ave. for a dime. "The man was a 
detective. After hearing his story 
Magfstrafe ITord. ga^ the ieror' a 
..suspended sentence. 

Lang and Voelk were a $500 act 
six years ago. Team- .was partic- 
ularly popular around Chicago dur- 
ing the Paul Ash preseritatlon days, 
being one Of several turns that prac- 
tically played stock In the picture, 
houses there. In 1929 the team split 
and Lang has since attempted new 
acts with several partners. . 

Voelk told the- court that four 
years ago he Invested his life's sa'v- 
ings ($30,000). In a barber shop in 
C:hicago and got back only $2,000 
when gangsters' muscled in on the 
establLshriient. TIxe NVA helped 
him for awhile, he said. He lives 
in a room* in Sunny.slde, .L. I. His 
wife is with her folks in Chicago. 

Regarding the arrest, Voelk de- 
clared he had a chance to pick up a 
few pennicg at 'Bologna Joe's' in j;a- 
malca, L, I., so he accostr.'d a pedes- 
trlan for carfare. 



Rome-Renard Split 

Rome arid Renard have dissolved 
thfiir brief partnor.ship, Renard 
again teaming with Liillan West 
O-irn, Renard). 

Ttdine will do a nf act with Ray 
\Shannon. 



48 



VAniETY 



VAUDEVILLE 



Tuesday, February 6, 1934 




WEIL PlAY 
PERCENTAGE! 





LOEWS THEATRE 
Indianapolis 



RIALTO THEATRE 
Louisville 



PARAMOUNT THEATRE 

Toledo 



And Every Other Date We Have Played 



% 

Direct from 
Ripley's Oddi- ^ 
torium, Chica- 
go's Vyorid's 
Fair. 

• • • . 



With 



ODDITIES 

Tliose curious jpeople you haY4et read about. 

Now them 



IN PERSON 



ORIENTAL 



with 



FAITH BACON 

Ori tnal Ziegfeld Nude Gi 

lis ORIBNTAI. 1« 



STREETS 
of PARIS 



with 



Plus such comedy as 

BOB ROBINSON 
BERNICE MARSHALL 
EMMEniYNN 



Miss AMERICA 

The Real American Gi 



|fi ViuAmMmg, poise- lA 
■ Mdrrtnr Olrl». Oa« 
ym. do the Ceo-ConT 



PEOPLE 



Oor Ou>n Line &f Paper! Two Press Agents 

WRITE! PHONE! WIRE! 
FOR PLAYING DATES! 

e don't need any salary! We bring; 
them in not for one dayi but for the 
whole week. 

YOU FURNISH THE THEATRE! 
WE FURNISH THE SHOW! 




OLD 
MEXICO 

ALFREDO and 
DOLORES 

Hot, izzling hew Rumba 

16 Shawl Dancers 16 



Feb. 2. Loew's Broad Theatre, Columbus, O. 
Febi ?, RKO Palace Theatre, Cleveland. 
FebTIBrLoew'rTlTeWerCamw^ 
Feb. 23. Loew's Theatre, Pittsburgh. 
Feb. 30. Loew's Theatre, Baltimore. 



FOR BOOKINGS: 

MAX HALPEMN 

8th Floor, Woods BIdg, Chicago 
ABE I^STF0OEI^OH»<NT HTDB 
WllUam 'Morris Offlee 
Mayfalr Bids:., N. T. O. 



Rae Samuels Thiiik Units Can Do It, 
So She Has Her Hopes and Fears 



'Code of Ethics ' 

(Continued from pa^e 47) 

method 'for determinlne -which 
agents are entitled to represent es- 
tablished, acts and talent. These 
also Win have to rest until later, 
Lyons declared, since the first thing 
In order when the 'code of ethics* 
hfta been completed will be to ob- 
tain majority approval and prom- 
ised co-operation from the manag- 
ers and actors. 

Would End Franchises 
All managers and actors will be 
affected. Two of the major vaude- 
vUle booking offices, RKO and Loew, 
would Be" reqiulred to discontinue 
^helr present agency franchise sysr 
terns, as would E<i«fty In the legltlr 
mate field. Other booking offices 
and studio casting bureaus would 
hot be able to play favorites among 
the agents should the 'code pf ethics* 
pass. 

The^ right to do business with 
whichever agent, or agents. It cared 
to haia always be6h exercised by all 
buyers of talent in the show busi- 
ness. Unless the various booking 
bureaus would be amenable to de- 
parting from that custom it is held 
questionable whether such a code 
would be workable. Actors also 
have been accustomed to changing 
agents at will, unless, under contract. 

The question of possible adverse 
reaction from the bookers and cast- 
ers broUgfht. about a division of opin- 
ion among NATAR members follow- 
ing revealment of the proposed code 
by Lyons. Everybody agreed the 
equality declairtitlon would be a 
helpful^ protective measure for all 
agents," If it can work. Lyons em- 
phasized the 'no more stealing* 
axiom in his mass meeting speech, 
giving an account of his own bap- 
tism in show business in explaining 
his motive for suggesting a 'code of 
ethics.' 

'When I got my first job with an 
agent 18 years ago/ said Lyons, ^my 
Initial assignment was to catch the 
show at Proctor*s Fifth Avenue. .My 
boss told me to pick out the good 
acts, go backstage to see them and 
try to isteal them away from the 
agent who was representing 'them. 
When I asked him' how to steal 
them, my boas said, 'Tell them this 
lie. Tell them thiat three shows a 
day oii the Loew- circuit are better 
than two shows a day on the Keith 
circuit*.' .. 

On the hoard writing the 'code of 
ethics* are George Goldsmith, Rich- 
ard Pitman, M. S. Bentham, Maurice 
Rose, Gharlie Yates, Matt Kelly, 
Alex Gerber, Irving Cooper, Sid 
Hall, Arthur Lyons. Danny Winkler, 
Ed Scheulng, Louis Shurr, Leland 
Hay ward, Mark Leddy, Phil Ooscia, 
Dave Beimle, Jack Bertell. 



Act Spreads 

Alexis Ruloff is spreading his 
adagio turn into a production act. 
New one will comprise 22 people. 



'Unit shows,* states Rae Samuels, 
'are tlie salvation of vaude. A new 
form of entertainment that brings 
audiences back to the theaitres— 
which is the only thing that can 
bring vaude actors back to work.' 

Deluxe picture houses, with their 
lavish presentations, have forced 
unit shows Into, being. Audiences 
are no .longer content to look at 
straight vaude In front of the same 
old house drop. Vaude must be sold 
today. Unit Bhows — Mls^ Samuels 
finds from her experience, with her- 
own unit, 'Cocktail Hour,* and from 
observing audience response to 
other units of like ctillbre — sell It. 

Unltia are vaiide dressed up, dls- 
gulsied so they don't r.eiallze lt*s 
vaudeville. They offer continuity 
for thQ acts, they giVe each .act a 
reason for coming on, they provide 
each act with a precious bulld-up 
before it comes on. With unit shows, 
says Miss Samuels, the moment the 
curtains go up — the house responds. 
The new. fresh scenery, the produc- 
tion itself for the opening riumber 
warms up the house.^. The fl.rst act 
works on velvet. Comes flna.le time, 
and because the show*8 been pre^ 
sented logically, In mounting se- 
quence. With progressive flash, it 
closes big. 'Did you ever hear of a' 
straight vaude act closing a bill 
with applause prolonged way into 
the picture?' asks Miss Samuels. 
'Well, unit finales do it.*^ 

About Actors 
, Misia Samuels maintains that 
vaude actors are waking up again. 
It's kindled in them a hope that, 
vaude may come back. 

Not only does the public seem to 
like these units, says Miss Samliels, 
they're better for the actors.. They 
offer them many advantages over 
the straight vaude bill. In units 
there's no possi ility of acts con- 
flicting as they did on straight 
vaude bills, for, with -units, there's- 
time to pick iacts so that they do 
not conflict. Then, it's easier to 
work in a unit. They get over 
better, they're sold before they come 
on, for in units there's a reason for 
every specialty. Units cannot — as 
straight vaude did— throw four or 
five acts together and shove them, 
on cold. And the production back- 
ground, continues Miss Samuels, Is 
swell for the acts' morale. 

But all units arie not necessarily 
good units, she points out. i^o put 
on a good unit you. still need a 
showman. There's, got to be lively 
new material; it must be dressed 
strikingly and isold properly. A 
good unit has the punch of a re- 
vue. No economy apparent In its 
production, no dirt in Its material. 
'The public resents dirt,' observes 
Miss Samuels. 'They don't want 
it any more; Only a lack of talent 
must resort to dirt.' 

Miss Samuels hopes that units ^ 
take care not to kill themselves off. 
A few hoky-poky affairs, s, few 
shoddy troupes following first-class 
units into houses that have shown a 
liking for units — can be very dan- 
gerous, she declares. 




Inside Stuff-Vaude 



On its letterhead a New York indie bobl^mg agency aavises that it 
plies entertainment for the following: Clubs and societies, annual balls, 
ladies' auxiliaries, lodges a,hd political organizations, receptions, Ih- 
fitallations, cabairets and beer gardens, alumnae proms and commence- 
ments, revues and fashion shows, dances and carnivals, outings and pic- 
nics, fraternities a:nd sororities, open meetings, radio and military func- 
tions, smokers and banquets, hotels and conventions, ocean liners, wed- 
dings and parties, stage and school shows, amateur theatricals,' night 
clubs, dinners and beefsteak parties, outdoor circuses, reunions and con- 
firmations, children's parties, and animal iahows, hpuse warmings, excur- 
sions and boat rides, social!^ and card parties, teas and festivals, resorts, 
.advertising and novelties, screen, ietc. 
No electrocutions? 



Paramount has given up its Publix Annex, the building in West 43rd 
street near -the Hudson riVer, New York, which was constructed for 
Publix three yea,rs ago ahd used principally for the building and rehears- 
ing of unit shows. Owing rent on the property at the time of going IntP 
bankruptcy. Par has given up the building as an unnecessary expense. 
Lease on it was with the Columbia . University, owners of the propwty. 



RKO is departing from custom this Week by giving screen ballyhoo In 
its Brooklyn and Long Island neighborhood houses to Anatole Fried- 
land's 'The New Yorkers', taib, which is playing the Albee. 
=JI'eJi-.ol^the=Jiab.es,=.extehdlng^asJaE.~o.utias=FlUshlng^ 
screen trailers on the Albee show. 



■ Rare for anyone on a house staffs or in a managerial' post, to get public 
recognition in a big town. But Frank Smith, manager <tf the RKO Pal- 
ace, Chicago, la drawing type bouquets almost weekly from, the Chi 
dallies. 



Daisy and Violet Hilton, Siamese Twins, have written (or have had 
written for them) an autobiography which they're calling 'Double Life'. 
Long and Smith will publish it sometime in early May. 



Tucsdiiy, February 6, 1934 



VAUDEVILLE 



Interstate Units Jump Grosses 300^ 
Against Overhead Up of Around 50 



Dallas, Feb. 5. 

Stage shows? . for the Interstate 
houses in this territory so far have 
been, successful as to a leap in 
grosses and profits, t'or the month 
since the stage show try com- 
menced the, JHoblitzeUe-O'Donnell 
theatres, using units from ^New 
York ire estimated to hav*'. in- 
creased theatre totals, approximater. 
}y .300%, against a rise in overhead 
of about 60%. 

In' Dallas this week ..the Arthur 
and Morton Havel 'Sweet And 
i^j.wdown' unit will do ai'bund 
000; last week gross 'ith Marty 
Fpi'Hl'Hs' 'Going to Town' (colored) 
was 114,000. The-"Majeetic's aver- 
age, with stvaight . pictures is $4,500. 

The Houston Majestic thi week 
Is hitting -a $15,0.00 pace with. 'Go- 
ing to. Town' and last week, with 
Johnny Perkins' 'Melody ,Mad Pa- 
rade,' house did $li,50o. , Stralglxt 
film average there is $6,000, 

Ft. iWorth, the current four 
days .with' 'Bot.tonis Up,*^ iridica'tefl 
$5,800. Lrast week, with. .Thurston 
in that tbwn fbr four days, house 
did $C,506. Fpur.-diay average pic- 
ture gross there is $2,500. 

Sah Antonio, another da:y 
stand, is headed for $7,600 currently 
with 'Melody Mad Parade,' after 
$8,500' last; week' (four days) with 
the "Weaver Bros, unit; Straight 
film average there is a^so $2,500 oh 
the same four days. 

Using B Pictures 

On the interstate gi'oup ■ houses 

laying: stage shows ai'e taking sec^ 
<)hd choice, on pictures, witli the 
straight film spots getting, the 
screen break! In the past, with both 
houses in each town depending 
strictly on Alms, the circuits' own 
theatres were constantly battling 
' each other. 

Interstate execa maintain that the 
stage shbW theatres are helping 
show business in igeneral iii their 
towns. Basis of this theory is that 
they have noticed neighborhood and 
small surrounding town residents 
are coming downtown for the first 
time in years. Where they had be- 
conae accustomed to wi^iting for 
pictures to play their neighborhood 
or local theatre at the smaller ad- 
mish, they are now comiiig to town 
to see the stage shows, say the In* 
terstate lads. 



Lincoln's Last Halves 

Lincoln, Feb, 5, 
A five-act policy starts at the 
Orpheum, Thursday (8), and will 
continue every last half. 

-Vaude \ysta taken out of the Orph 
last November And the Lincoln be- 
fore Xnias. 



£K0 DROPS BEACH VAUDE 

'RKQ Strand, Far Rockaway, after 
a riionths try with stage shows, re- 
verts to an all-film policy next week. 

Beach house has been playing 
five-act bills Saturdays and Sun- 
days. 



Script Reformers 

< Continued from page 7) 
*ald. 'I am opposed to governriient 
regulation of tliis phase of the in- 
dustry and I am opposed to the 
snooping activities' of certain reform 
Organizations. Yet, unless the facts 
are faced and present . Indicationsi: 
are taken into account;. the. industry 
is. set f or . plenty ;of further worrj-.' 

Indicative of the trend lie told of 
the plans of one eastiern reform 
group, the platform Of' ich is to 
go after a clieahrup. of pictures first 
and then liquor. Significance of 
this, lie pointed out, is that the or- 
ganization -was previously IntereiStod 
only in. booze reform.. 

Reformers, Rosy stated, .are lay- 
ing aside all campaigns on favored 
subjects to center on pictures arid 
declared that every person now 
seems to have two ijusinesses— his 
own: and motion pictures. 

Furious at 6 

Stating that the wave against dirt 
in pictures is universal, Rosenblatt 
declared that :sihce he has ijeen in 
hiis government; post he has received 
niore than 6,500 letters protesting 
on screen matter. Evidently, kids 
think only of pictures, for he told 
of a petition from 41 children; be- 
tween six and. eight years of age, iii 
which it was repeated several times. 
'We are against sex pictures,' but 
didn't nffention who wrote the peti 
tloq and got the kids to sign. 

Rosenblatt pointed out that the 
National Recovery Administration 
is interested in the box office and 
that therefore any types of pictures 
which keep people f roni theatreis is 
a subject for consideration by an 
administration trying to bring the 
industry to its feet, and give ena 
ployment to more people. 

'It seenis .only .proper,' he c6n 
tinued, "'that the majority of theatre 
goers should have the greateiiit con 
sideration.. Katurally we shouldn't 
cater wboUy to the sophisticates or 
to the morons, yet there should be 
some type of functioning arrived at 
that . would be most productive in 
satisfying the most people, halt in-* 
jiirious campaigning from the out 
side and at the same time help box 
office receipts.' 



JUST ONE WEEK 

Ferdl Simon, RKO 4gent, re- 
mained a booker for one week and 
then relinquished the Rialto, Louis- 
ville, indie, split-wee.ker, to Law- 
rence Golde, of the "William Morris 
office. House is owned by Fred 
Dolly and plays five acts. 

Golde's first shows are in this 
week. 



Skins Miller's Film 

Hollywood, Feb. B. 

Skins Miller goes into "Fox Fol- 
lies', film. 

Was in vaude several years as 
Miller and: Mack. 




Marcus Loew 




General &Kecu£iu0 Offices 

LOEWBUItDING 

AN N E X 



160 W 

BRyant 9.^78011 



T« 



NEW YORK GITY 



NEW ACTS Nat Holt Warns VaudeviDe Actors 

Night Chib Perfomung Is Out 



LIONEL BARRYMORE (6) 
Playlet 

17 Mins.; Full (special) 
Century, Baltimore 

Lionel Barrymore chose a natural 
for his rieturn to the footlights, in 
this excerpt f roni 'The Copperhead, 
in which he :won acclaim years 
back. Has : been': routined to com- 
prise nearly a h.oholog .for Barry- 
more, but highly .ieffective. Pacics 
drama, though -'crux of the thtme 
not vei-y ■ lucid to audience un- 
familiar with the piece till, n^ar the 
end, de.?pite foreword and explana- 
tion on trailer preceding. 

That Barrymore retains the same 
striking personality as he packs on 
the screen is a' tribute to the artis-' 
try with which he breathes life into 
0. sluggish playlet. Another meas- 
ure of the effectiveness of his act- 
ing, thouo'h /Copperhead' is tinier 
Avorn bit of dramaturgy^ and under 
less brilliajvt treatment might appeiar 
ludici'du^ to even the most nadve. 
Is fact that here the vaude audience 
seemed caught, up movingly by the 
action on the rostrum and follow c"1 
the deyelbpririents in a dead-quiet 
eagerness and rapt attention that 
burst bound.s. at conclusion into 
tumultous acclaim. 

Barrymore plays Milt, role he as- 
sumed in original legit production 
and bthefs include Valerie Bergere, 
Joan Miller, Robert Garry, Warren 
Parker and Edwin Holland. Latter 
also from original company. 

Production good, full stage rural 
parlor set, exact in detail and re- 
plica of the late 19th century period 
and pattern, horise-hair . sofa, oil 
lamp, ^t.al. Cast tastefully garbed 
m appropriate costumery . likewise. 

A seven-mlhute screeii trailer 
precedes sketch, showing. Barry- 
more, with Jackie. Cooper :straight- 
ing. speaking an introductory bit, 
Veined With gentle humor and very 
Oke as penned by Edgar Allan 
\N oolf. Interspersed are brief scenes 
of Barrymore in some of his pic- 
tures. 

Staged by Gene Ford and Barry- 
more. 



Akron Palace Bo6k$ 

Shows as Loew Quits 

Akron, Feb. 6. 
Taking advantage of Loew's dis- 
cbntinuihg its stage shows, leaving 
the city without footlights, the Pal- 
ace (Chatkin) hurriedly booked , in 
Count Bernivicl and his unit, open- 
ing Friday (2). Policy of stage at- 
tractions will - be continued at this 
house if bookings can be arranged. 

Last week the. ^Palace grabbed 
lJuke Ellington as opposition t6 Ted 
Lewis af Loew's. Palace wa3^ scaled 
75c. top. at night .against Loew's 
44c. 



ANDREA MARSH (3) 
Singing 

10 Mins.; Two (Special) 
Orpheum, N. V. 

If thlig good looking songbird, her 
aided on the p.a. system as 'radio's 
mellow contralto,' expects to attain 
an!^ prominence on the stage she'd 
better give her mike technique a 
careful once-over. Okay in the 
lower registers, but strident and un- 
melodious when in high. True, the 
house sound system may have been 
at fault, but the speakers sounded 
.jgbod when her voice was at a 
crooning pitch., 

Backed by a male piano tieam. 
Miss IZaxBh remains dead center- 
stake throughout for the delivery 
of four pops, hot a. special arrange- 
ment among them. If Miss Marsh 
Is under the illusion that by her 
dielivery of her first 6ong from be- 
hind the traveler she has given her 
act the necessary variety, she's 
wrong. 

Has everything In her favor in the 
way of appearance, looking charm- 
ing in a blue gown sequlned from 
the hips up. 




J. H. LUBIN 



OBNRRAL 



MARVIN H. SCHENCK 

BOOHINO. UANAOBB 



VOGUES OF 1934 (8) 
Dance. Flash 
14 Mine.; Full (Special) 
Ocaheum, N. Y. 

After the six-girl line completes 
its opening routine any burly fan 
would expect a stripper to follow. 
It's that kind of a dance.. No pre- 
cision and dependent on hip move- 
m*>rit''<o make the customers sit up. 
They didn't here and may not else- 
where, either.. 

Starts on the left foot with drapes 
.•so gaudy that anybody getting in 
front of them looks like a black blot. 
It'.s the one set that this flash has, 
.''O that's how the eight people look 
al the way. Stereotyped' rdutining. 
also, with the line on three times 
ajid mixed team alte.rnatins' 
Dancing of the latter calls, for no 
raves. They're ta.p,. toe and- acro- 
batic in duo and. solo. 

Closed the {jhow here, pootly. 

Jiminie O'Neal Suies 

Aiihee for $10,000 

Seattle, Feb. 5. 
Aftermath of handirig back around 
$2,000 at -the. Aimee McPherson-. 
.'^niith dobate, on the first liight, 
when the atheist failed to reach 
town on time, is the filing of dam- 
age suit by Jimmie 'Ncal against 
the evangelist for |10,000. O'Noal 
wa.s on ..of the three who handled 
tho appearance of Mrs. Mc3*hernon 
at the Civic auditorium here. Smith 
was hold back at Portland Whf''n the 

" A bout' ' 6^000 people^^vTepy^Tn^riF 
aijrlitor.ium to hear the debate. Con- 
trai.'t- with Aimee cial led for her to 
furni.sh hjer opponent,.. Srnith, and 
put on the show. She wont alv^ad 
alone, under the ciircuhi.stance.s, but 
invited those who did not want to 
hear her preach to get their monoy 
har k. Half of them accepted the 
invitation. 



ACTORS AUDITION 
FOR UPSTATE COPS 



Rochester, Feb. 5, 
"Two vaude actors hurrying from 
Rochiester to New York got biggest 
auditiori of then' careers at: Syj-a- 
cuse. Quite unexpectedly, following 
bank robbery here, p.clic6 got tip 
loot was on Empire State express. 
Learned, two dairk young men with- 
out tickets boarded train as pulling 
out.. Thirty police and state troop- 
ers surrounded train at Syracuse. 
Clapped cuffs on the two young 
men and . took' thenl to headquarte[ra. 
.One carried violin case, other suitr 
case; Both opened, yioiln ca.sc 
contained violin, suitcase among 
other things, a false face. 

Young men, Wendall Wliitten, 29, 
William Ober, 17, said props used 
In their .sketch 'Rip Van Winkle.' 
Cops let them go, but flrst made 
them put on sketch. 



Healy's Judgment 

Ted Healy got .a Judgment . for 
ll,93S In City Court of New York 
County against the Roxy theatre. 
Money Is. for unpaid balance on a 
week's date at that theatre for week 
ending June 3.0, l£i32. 

Benedict Oinsberg, representing 
Healy, told . the court that Healy 
was in for '$4,600 that week. Feeling 
Nervous early in the week about 
conditions, Healy asked for and got 
a $1;000 advance. Then^ after the 
shutdown, he was given .$1,750, or 
half of the unpaid balance. He sued, 
on the other half with judgment re- 
sulting. ^ 



Cleveland, Feb. 
VaudevilHans playing Cleycland'is 
RIvb Palace now gret mimepgr 
notes from the front ofHce, forbid- 
ding them to make any personal ap- 
pearances outside of the theatre, so 
all of the town's niterics are drop- 
ping their theatrical nights. 

Ukase Was. Issued by ?fat Holt, 
Middle-Western RItO division man- 
ager, after being tipped that nearly 
every performer, oh his bills were 
doing their acts in nitery theatrical- 
floor shows as payment for free 
dinners, and drinks. 

WTiile admitting he cou;dn*t stop 
actors frpni gbihg to the gay ^pots 
after Palace shows, Holt intimated 
that: ' they took the floor Coir, a 
song or dance, it- would be cpnsid-. 
ered a breach of contract; hat such 
.dpub.llng. might affect future book- 
ings, on RKO time w.-is also hin'ted. 
Result ;.bf ofllcial order ig that 
vaudevillians out inaking wboppee 
now refuse to even stand up • 
bp^y when a spotlight is tUr 
them. 

Chief cause for Holt's ban is ru^ 
mored to be Milton Berle's. doubling, 
activities while at the Palace two 
W:eek8 ago. Berle hit every nitery 
In town during his stay. Being an 
accommodating guy, who doesn't be-: 
Ueye in. hiding his light under ' 
bushel- basket, he couldn't say no to 
any gmsee's Invite to strut his stuff. 

OUi ing Berle 

Pay-oflt came at <3arter Hotel's 
Rainbow Room, when Mickey Alpert 
called Berle out to do a number 
with Belle Baker and Irving Aarob- 
son. Milt broke sptne kind of a rec-r 
ord by wise-cracking for nearly 65 
minutes without a stop, burning tip 
not only Belle but also some BKO 
ezeeutlves at the party. 

Same trouble was kicked up by 
Joe Penner, brought here for the 
auto show, who also had a penchant . 
for night club limelights. Since hie 
began bis burlesque career in. Cleve- 
land at the.old Band Bos eight years 
ago, ever^ spot dined him and ex- 
ploited his ai;>pearances until peeved 
officials of the auto show ordered 
him to stop it or else, Thafis why 
there won't be any more theatrical 
nightis. 



BAC^K TO MY FIRST LOVE 

Vaudeville and Presentations 

rincipal Comedi 

THE MUNICIPAL OPERA CO., St. Loois 
TLORODORA,' 'NINA ROSA' and /BinER SWEET' 

(Under Management of J. . and LEE SHUBERT) 

LARRY RICH 



PR ES EN T IN G A N EW ACT 

vyith the fonowlng sparkling array of talent: 
Long, Bub and Betty,. Crescent. Campbelj. 



rom 



I,OKW 



Still Under 
PeriBonat Management of 
WM. MACKi 
Palace Theatre BIdg.,. New York 



FOUR STEP- 




AL-^MACEO— RED— artd HARRY 

LOEW'S STATE, NEW YORK, This Week (Feb. 2) 

Also Featured Nightly at the Cotton Club 
(Return Engagement) 
Thnnkf. (o II.VKRY I'INcis tilit) .Ansocluti'N bf.lbe Ir\tiiK /.'flo 



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VARIETY 



V A U D 



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Tuesda'^t Febniarj "6^ 1934 



UNIT REVIEWS 



VANITIES 

(HIPP, BAUTIMORE) 

Baltirnore, Feb. , 2 
FundanieBtally this aame tab that 
ispckoed here r3> months back. Hipp 
making: no meriitloh . of fact. \n ads; 
but Is not palming piece off as new, 
either. . 

Top -bracketed by Ray Bolger, 6c 
cupyiner spot .eissayed by Milton 
Berle,: originally, with Bolger 
achieving; heig'litened effect ' and 
making some of the . more vujgar 
moments and business seem less 
obnoxious. He work? in each of 
the three lengthy blackout skits, "all 
holdovers from last year, and adds 
pair of :own specialties, hoofing rou- 
tine and his. political stump-spieler 
travesty. Both from his erstwhile 
vaude turiii These; his perspriaj 
bits, highlighted the proceedings. ' 

Femme warbler^ Jean Travers/, 
only so -f 90. pipes pair of show's 
prime ntfipbers, 'Along. Came Love' 
and 'Right to Sirig the Blues.! Col- 
f^iette Sistets troupe in the skits and 
have'a couple spots of own, in orie 
of which they ehaht 'How Rhythm 
Was Born' In self-same manneii, 
drei^s and ^tage setting Lbomip Sis^ 
.ters handled ^brig. In 'Scan9lals' tab 
here recently. CoHettes hive oire 
scoring moment', with swingy acro;- 
batic dance. .■ 

Simufils Bros., ' trio of tapbloglsts 
utilizing their quondam flash turn 
put of vaude, splitting it ihtp:"tw() 
parts, a knockout roughhouse and 
later going with serious Intent, Intp 
a mliitary tap augmented by Col>- 
lette Sisters. 

Line cif 32 girls, plenty Imposing 
and better lookers than wontediy 
tour In tabs, units or press product^. 
Kick through several routines bulled 
from bi&ck iii the flies of preclsipnry, 
and strut once ill extreme undrapedf- 
ness typical of Carroll stunner pa^ 
rades. Tops, is Neon Maypole bit 
retained from last year, girls waving 
the Neoned wands .around the 
blatiked-out rostrum, very novel and 
quite trumps tor. pop-priced pic 
house entertainment. _ _, 

Though show has. toured about'20 
weeks through the tall grass . this 
season and a shade more last, the 
' original, production intact and still 
•servlceably bright. : Costumery first 
rate. Clocked at 74 . minutes» well 
routined, and represents veiT souiid 
grade of tab entertainment. Liargie 
mob occupying pews at performance 
caught, whether pr no they had 
glimmed piece prevlpiisly, clasped It 
bpspm-ward, which in final analysts 
is the vital recpmmendatipn. i 

Program, credits Carrpll as stager, 
ensemble hppfery by Ned McQurn, 
dialpg by- Cha3. Ashley iand electri- 
cal effectis by Stuart Whitman aiid 



apache stunt that's one of the hits 
of the show. Prima donna Is a 
buxom blues singer who tries to 
Iui*e the pi'eacher f rom the straight 
and .harrow. 

Show is paced ■fast „fbr the first 
46 minutes, but then there. Is a slack 
which the orchestra, even with somei 
corking solos by the musicians, can- 
not fully take up. No names are 
billed, 

Capitol patrons paid .25c. to see 
this show and seemed satisfied. With 
better dressing, c.clstumes and scen-r 
ery a higher tariff , probably will not 
bHng any squawlts. At the Capitol 
during the week ,th^ film program 
Was changed three times athd Inr. 
eluded single arid double feature 
bills made UP of pictures that have 
been shown all over tovi'n. 



SANTAELLI UNIT 



(PANTAGES, HOLLYWOOD) 

iios Angeles, Feb. 1. 

Recruited in its entirety from lo 

cal 'radiP station kSicTR^ the Sajva- [.Where the showcbuld have hid away 
c.»-*,*«»,in Twr,.=i^«v T»i.T„,fi I ^ qj. niore arid, had an bppbr 



Four, colored quartet, ftnd a clever 
youth, Charles 'SnpwbaU* Whittler, 
Whose mimicry ot ijewifl' manrier- 
isms stops the show. 

Ted , Iiewls, Jr., clever juvenile, 
tojps the list of entertainers with 
good support from another. Negro 
newcomer, Paul White. Carrpll arid 
Shallta, dance team* fit well into 
the revue with a new dance erpa- 
tion, and Esthet Pressman, Doris 
Dean and . Mildred Gaye, trio of 
yotrthful, misses, add to its piresen- 
tationi 

Revile -is well costumed arid the 
isettlng better than "the average for 
this type pf preseritatiPri. 

LET'S 60 PLAGES 

(RIVOLi^ HEMPSTEAD) 

Henipis.tead, I,,, Feb, 3. 
This unit caii gp places all- right; 
but even after' :ccnsiderable' flxliig it 
iisri't . likely to scalp : a. high eleva- 
tion. .Show opened, cold here Fri- 
day, (2) and ruhning 7.0. mlriUtes, 
when caught* Virtually cries for 
riiore work befbre it should be seen 
by ail the bookers and others who 
swarm put . here ^ to catch -iiriltis. 

Nick Agrieta Is the producer. He 
was olTered .some, break-in time 



tore ' Salhtaelli Musical Revue, so 
called, .is a 2d inilriute i)reseritation 
made, up entirely; of muslq knd sorigj 
There's riot a single, spoken, lirie or 
arittouncement to designate partici- 
pating, talent. .It's, ptW^rwis,e, a typ- 
ical; either performance; . sans names, 
other than SantaelU, who- has a 
coast 'reputatloii, and is lacking In 
ev61^.' essential .of vaude • or present? 
day p.icttite. house preseritatipri. . 
Atteriipt to create ...fast, moving 



tunity tp whip itself Into better 
shkpe before going' oh " display In' 
froiLt of Critical bookejr ?yes. Hemp- 
stead may seeni as far -.away as,. 
Blizabeth or some other such break- 
In epot, blit it's, put here wbere the 
tirilts are looked at ^eirXoi^sly. ' 

'Let's Go Places' tr&t must be 
tririimied down tP . its meat. It has 
enough pf the latter br ' can find it 
to afford enough 'Strength for satls^ 



tempp haa resulted In n, . stilting or factory results. In re-rPutlnlng 
orampihg. pf>lndlvldual efforts, Vo-. ' 

calizoptlPns ftiostly are ccnflned tp a 
sitlfeie/riumber, pr a verse, tind some- 
,tiin^/S \ priiy a chcrus^ Talent is 
r'ushedi.pri itt, rapid successipn, ex-> 
ceptirig' in a few. instarices where the 
Sari]taelli .band plays , a brief inter- 
lude/ by, way oiEdl'verslori.' 
Santaelli,: himself ari accomplished 



much Iriiprovement is also virtually 
assufed. 

The 70 minutes running trme as 
clocked here id about 20 mlriutes too 
long, it ma^ be estimated on a 
I>asls of the dlow spots which 
shewed up Ti'penlhg day. As a re- 
sult the. unit gees . qp and dpwri 
shai'ply. hitting certain high levels 



pianist, batpns the IS piece barid all and then drpt>ping with a thud. 



the' way through, playing a single' 
solo as .a part pf the oveirture, arid 
otherwise, offering nothing in the 
way of a coriiplete selection; Tal- 
ent participating other than Santa- 
elli are Eva Ollvatti, soprano;. Ju-, 
dlth Randall, singing pop spngd| 
while iaccpmpanying' herself at the 
pianb;: Jean Cowari,. attractive 
blonde - tprcher; James Burrpughs, 
baritpne; the Hi-Hatters, male har- 
mpny trip, very typicial pf radip, 
and the Imperial Guardsmen,, sing- 
ing 'male quartet. . 
' jOvertrire is a. verslen pf White- 
nia^!s! 'Rhapsody in Blue,* well dbne 
and auguring, tor further results. 
Talent personnel make two brief en- 
trances each, with MI^s Qlivatti and 
Burroughs' ducting, for their, second 
persoriaL . Sppr^rip's debut was an 



Peculiarly ehcugh/ the best pace 
is set at the beglnriirig, and the put- 
standing number, a dpll darice nev- 
elty by the line pf girls, is disppsed 
of early. It - belongs down toward 
the cloge. This is a cute routine iri 
'one* in which the line of 16 put 
life-like dolls through a dance. It's 
not new", bfit standd here as the big 
punch. 

The niajority 6t fixing, should 
come in the. second half ' and, in 
seme way er anpther, makei better 
use of Roye and Maye, dance team. 
They appear in,- twP fullstage num-; 
bers toward the ; finish, with Bpbby 
j^iricu|s between. 

The one ahead of Pincus in wbich 
the glrla figure • promlhently cpuld 
cpme out~ entirely. It's myd slew 
and gives Roye and Maye virtually, 



Max Teuber, Chas. Ruddy travels 55®*;^*^,,*^*'^', ^"^^^^ buildup. With the dance team 
... . > fpF a solid click. Burroughs . renders' ■—•^^ ^_ 



with show as musical director. 



Rhapsody in Rhythm 

(CAPITOL, ALBANY) 

Albany, N. T„ Feb. 2. 
Heplace the overalls and house 
dresses worn by the members of this 
all-colored unit and it would bei a 
fully acceptable show for the pop 
price picture or vaude houses. It 
needs a different stage setting, too, 
to Impart some class,, for all it 
^ shows at the Capitol is a back drop 
showing- a lake and cptton fields, 
with house wings masking the 
sides. George immerman booked it 
into the Capitol. 

'Rhapsody in Rhythm' marked the 
second successive week of units at 



.'That's Why Darkies Were Bom', 
his rPbust baritone reaching all sec- 
tloris of the house, and giving gen- 
eral satisfaction. 

Miss Olivatti arid Burroughs eas* 
lly tbp the individual talent. In its 
present form, unit can hardly be 
said to be geared for additional road 
dates. With .'some tinkering, arid 
by. giving the talent additional op- 
pprtunltles there's an excellent 
chance. At present , they are hardly 
on long enough to give even the 
semblance of an Idea of just what 
they can do. This is regrettable, 
because as individual eritertainment 
each number gives proriilse, and 
despite the briefness of entertain- 
m.ent it's mostly oke. 

House has been experimenting 
with various types of stage fare in 
the i>ast couple of months, and pres. 



dtandliis by, line gltls march out in. 
pairs, each twain carrying some- 
tbirig as part of a bdstume for. the 
princess who lounges around walt- 
irig. Two girls bear sHks frpm 
Japan, two Pthers laces frpm Brit- 
tany, still another team diamorids, 
and . so on until thei beremony is 
complete, then ' Rpye and Maye 
swing into a dance. The Whole 
scene is as fiat as a stale glass, of 
beer. 

Instead of this fullstage scene, 
Roye and Haye could do their num- 
ber with the giant piano, one of the 
best things they've ever done. In 
the finale, Spatiished up, the dance 
team gets a better "buildup and has 
a better number, but still they may 
seem a little wasted as the unit's 
presently set up. 

A fullstage comedy number of 
sorite kind, might effect much im- 



the Capitol and Harold Plynn, man 

ager, reported.a boost in business. 1 ftfp-_i„™ * i i 1 oumw a^uu m^u.*, cil«>v^i. muuii xm- 

He looks with favor on the unit 2 L^JEfni fhf^Tn^^lf.tl®'' to,,'»«ln5 provement. As unit stood opening 
shows as superior to straight vaude fried «Vh^« nV«.i«-h^^^^^,,^^ 2,A tlay, Pincus was overworking him- 

bills, but In order not to kill them 1 S^^J/^r.^iLtl^i^^^y^^^^ Inject the necessary 

he will play six acts the first four 
days of this week. Then more units. 

First arid foremost in the show Is 
the Stanley Bennett orcHestra of 11 
men arid leader. They dish out 
lively music, but are featured only 
in two . numbers. For accompani- 
ment they are playing almost everj' 
minute throughout the hour's show 
Their only rest is a few minutes 
during comedy dialog. Latter is 
clean, but too weak to rate a$ imi- 
portant.: Inging and dancing make 
this unit what It is. Dished out 
singly, doubly and with ah ensemble, 
backgrbund. . 

A slight plot Is provided, bbglri- , ^ _ , , 

nirig with a darky clergyman than an hour, takes the place of the Agneta's apparerit interest iri tryljig 
frowhlng upon the singing and vaudeville bill at Lioew's I to do a unit that would ha.vA everv- 
danclhg 'sinners.' This is dropped 



doned by . Alexander Pan tages sev 
eral years ago.. . 

Current screen feature is 'Soris of 
the Desert' (MGM) with Urilversal 
Newsreel, plus, a somewhat unique 
trailer utilizing Alice White, from 
plx,. tp plug a Holly.wobd Dollar Day, 
sponsored . by the boulevard mer- 



Comedy relief, mostly in 'One.' Those 
stooges, who do. the Marx Brothers 
early in the unfolding, would prove 
useful in -a fullstage comedy num- 
ber. 

'A radio trio. Radio Ramblers, ap- 
pear to disadvantage when the house 
p. a. system broke .down. As a 



chants. Biz at second show tbday l Mt or "thlir""impres1fons 

just ordlnat-y. Eawa. 1 Sed?notably ?he BlTcSy 

arid Rudy Vallee crooner bits. . This 
Tirn T 17111^10 , 1 rates as a fairly good act arid, with 

1 kAJ iid W.Ip a mike, ought to do' a lot of strength^ 

rLbE\A/'« r AitJTnN\ enlrig the Unit ias against its ;per- 

(LOEW S, pANTON) formance Friday nigfit. That must 

Canton, Jan. be taken into consideration 

Ted Lewis : unit, running better! Soriie slowness occurs through 



Iriirhediately after the opening nurii- 
ber, but i.s picked for the climax 
It does.ii't. mean much except to 
bring the company together, show- 



egulation vaudeville bill at Loew's to do a unit that would have every 
this week. It Is the secbrid . show thing in it. Both Pincus and Olive 
of this type in two Weeks, arid box pVhite, lattei" in several Iristrunientai 
office take almost doubled that of arid other bits, are endeavoring to 
the straight vaude policy. do too riiuch. In her bit In one, 

The same acts of vaudeville hiave i Miss White would be more cffec 



ing off th 35 com'prisiiig orchestra {^cen bobbing up all the time, and tiye with the sax thing alone, drop- 



and ca.st 

Much is made of the musical :rium 
ber entitled 'I Guess It's Love,' 
starting with tenor and soprano, 
going: into three capable girls a la 
the BOswell crooning; but. dancing 
-"''=a¥''K*irpa"-^Iiorus"-TOu tine= arid=*then- 
more eriiphasis on the" catchy mel- 
ody by the orchestra 

Led by a tall, thin girl, who. has 
. less talent thari most of the . line 
members, the eight-girl chorus turns 
in only one hot number — a torso 
Jumping and weaving routine that's 
tsrell executed. 

Other numbers . are by two -men 
with coniedy talk and legmania, ^ 
snake dancer without any snake, 
and a Razoir Dance. The latter, 
done by a girl and man, is a Harlem 



it's a wonder any one bothers any ping the hlllbilly-isowboy number 
longer;. Only regret is that the. with the .gultari' 
Lewis unit' ends four', -months of Line is; on in five different humr 
stage shows here, .ifter the town rbers, too much for 'em. A- pretty 
was fed up on. filriis for more than good group of leg-lifters, which with 
three years, more.work will Improve. First rium- 

...=Lewis!-.=.cameiJtQ_-.J2ftiitoj)tiajt^^ • out 

absence of several years with his here with the orchestra goIngToUlH 
high hat and . eixcellent band bf 14 Never very excellerit, the pit crew 
musiclians arid a company of skilled got better as the show progressed, 
entertainers, which malces the revue Roye arid Maye have a good little 
■one of the fastest and most enter- number up front, a sort of snaker 
talning seen here in months; It hips done to 'Storriiy Weather.' 
satisfied the highest hopes of ' the while a girl single at about this 
Lewis fans. His hair is graying at point clicks in a rhythm dance on 
the tepiples, but he has lost none skates, in the finale the s^'me girl 
of his versatility p.nd he dominated haia a compelling toe tap. routine, 
the stage for the full sixty riiinutes.l Agneta's stagers were George- J. 

Major part of the revue aside Benriett and Taughn Godfrey, 
from Lewis is provided by the Dixie I Chdr. 



GALLAGHER-SHEAN 

(CAPITOL, ALBANY) 

Albany, N. T., Jan. 29. 

Switching suddenly from a newly 
adopted policy of vaud-fllni to units 
and films, the Capitol, former legit 
house, fourid the change beneficial 
to the box office to such an extent 
that its first unit, booked for. four 
days last week, was. held over for 
three morOf : ' ■ ^ 

presented by George Williams and 
entitled 'Gallagher and Shean Fol- 
lies,'^ and with blllirig . featuring 
'Gallagher a.rid Shean, Late Stars of 
Broadway Htts,^ the starring pair 
didn't appear Until near the close 
of the Show after.-, this arinounce- 
merit: 'We now present the stars, 
of our show, Mr. Gallagher and Mr. 
.Shean, sons of the famous, team of 
Gallagher and Shean.' Runs one 
hour, and, except for pooi; comedy/ 
natlves5eemedt0llke.lt. 

Formula No. 15 evidently used 
for this 32-people- unlt-^a number- 
by the orchestra theii a sorig, a, 
dance, some! would-be comedy arid, 
then . .over and over ' until' finis. 
Opening .and on stage >Isi Charley! 
Boulanger's orch, 10 men and leader 
surrounded by a silver, . cyclor^ma 
thai :^tandS th'tpughouL: Playing as< 
acViarid accpmpanlriientst orch urates i 
top i^pplau^e and. gets it. .. 

There ate, 10 a:ttFactl,ve, yoiithiul 
girls in the chorus, ;butv they- are; 
handicapped by- lordinaty. Routines.; 
Only ./Standout is '• a sem} -billet jit-ill 
With- girls .wearing; white '.brassieres' 
arid trunks-r-only • real .fiash : in the ' 
show. ■ 

with a . girl dancjlns team ,billed 
as 'Colunibo! and Crosby,', names 
appear, unimportant.:' TWo men 
have-; the" cpmlc ^sslghtheht; but! 
neither they nor their m9.terii!i.i:ank 
above zero. Here's a sampler 'Have 
you ever been brott,d?' Prima 
donria not- bad Ori iooks, but her 
voice isn't eVert so-so. 

Girl dancing teatn is oapable, but 
With ordlriary sorig arid dance num- 
bers. Soubret, with fair voice arid 
stepping, makes the front row boys, 
think she might go injto a strip 
nuri]ib6r any minute, but she doesn't. 
There appears to be a studied effort 
to keep the show aWay from bUrl'ey 
habltis. Nearest approach to a fa,n 
dance is when.the soubret steps Out 
holding a large fan in front of her- 
self. But the prima donna grabs 
it, revealing the girl is wearing old-: 
fashioned ipng . panties and large 
cprset .Cover, liatter then goes ' into 
a burlesque fan dance, suddenly 
stopping with: 'Oh, hell, what's the 
use?' She also , does a Mae West 
impersonation with a recitation to 
music/ but she's too short and slen- 
der for it. . . ^ 

One. standout :is a Solo adigio-.toe 
dance by a pretty bruriet, 'who reaps: 
wetl-deserved applause'. No encbre,' 
but she's good enough for niore 
than one number.. Farrell- Brothers 
and Lee, colored .hoofers/ bolster 
the show. iFolloWlng them are Qial- 
lagher, Jr., and Shean, Jr., who sing 
umpteen verses of the song that 
riiade the originals ' hit . the bell. 
That's all they do In about seven 
minutes. Closing is usual ensemble 
In addition .to Farrell Bros, and 
Lee, Boulanger's orch aiind Columbo 
and Crosby billing includes names 
of Guilfoyle and Lang, Adeline 
Auger, Willie Price and Willis 
Stiles. No m.c. and no programs. 

What this Unit needs Is comedy 
and comedians, and badly. Other- 
wise it's not bad for the pOp price 
houses considering the holdover and 
business done by the Qapitol at 26c. 
which in blllirig such a stage show 
has to. overcome the fact that house 
formerly was in the $2 and $3 legit 
class. The Capitol has the only 
stage show in town and Its prices 
are the same all day — 26c for adults 
and 10c for children. 

Harold Flynn, manager. Intends 
to give units a further test of their 
b.o. draw, indicating he favored 
them In preference to straight 
vaude bills. 

Pictures were: irst half, 'Arsene 
Lupin,' already played all over 
town, and Laurel-Hardy , comedy; 
second half, double features, 
'Avenging • iSeas,' first run. and 
•World Gone Mad.' CUU, 

ELLINGTON UNIT 

(PALACE, AKRON) 

Akron, Jan. 
From the slow-measiured, muted 
walllngs of 'Mood Indigo' to the 
scorching rhythrns throbbing the 
tempo for flying feet, Duke Elling 
tori preserit.s a highly satisfying 
hour's entertainment, In the form Of 
a unit Show, at the .Pklace. 

More than any of the colored 
shoWs that have been, on the local 
stages in recent weeks, Ellington's 
places the burden of entertaihriient 
upon music. And surprisingly he 
has turned his band away from the 
sxyift syncopations of the radio to a 
cphcert style that Is as much more 
entertaining as it Is radically dif- 
ferenti 'Mood Indigo' may not; ap- 
=pcal"t6=Bome-7is=^the"hi^h-sp0t=tit^ 
Ellington repertoire, but Its an 
nouncemerit brought a flattering 
and Its performance a scattering 
approval. 

In support of the band, Ellington 
offers a very capable company of 
dusky entertainers. Ivy Anderson 
.soloist, tops tho list. She Is an en 
tertaiher in every ounce Of herself 
Seldom has been an audience as re- 
luctant to let a dancer leave the 
Palace stage as It was to part com- 



Vaude Code 



(Continued from page 46) 
Plermont, Arthur WIUU Bill How., 
ard arid Steve ..Trilling. All said 
that what is chiefly needed Is riew 
material. 

Charlie Freeman, speaking for the 
Interstate theatres which he sup- 
plies with unit shows frrom New- 
York, declared a revision the 
present wage scale arid . allevlatipri 
of the currerit jump problems .and 
transportatlbn expenses are heeded 
to help, the producers. Without 
them, SVeemian said, neither the 
producers or the unit stage show 
policy in the theatres can operate 
successfully; Abe Laslfogel stated 
the overhead of the units can be re- 
duced by better transportation fa- 
cilities through, addifibnal playing 
time and shortened Jumps, also that 
eaglet aljocatlbn of production In- 
vestment by the same process would 
be -possible^ 

George Godfrey, saying - he rep- 
resented the iridle vaude theatres 
he books> declared the present $7.50 
inet per day .irilnimuiri ';£or pirlncipals 
jshoUld be reduced to $5.' Previously, 
j Laurie, for the actors, had declared 
i'a theatre that can't aff9rd to pay 
■$7.60 a* 'day for an 'afcilor slibuldn't 
be plftylng actors.' ' _ <Jpdfrey*B "part- 
ner. Jack Lirider, . also spoke as di 
Pally IMarkus. La.ttjer. Sprang to tho 
defense- - of the ' indie -hoUse as 
agfitinst .dlrcUit' break-in theatres; 
Alex d^rber presented the produc- 
ers' iiaBe, which had been presented 
before in Washington. 

Other speakers on chorus 
girl, pro and con. Were .Frank 
Cambria, Chester: Hale, 'William 
Powers and Dorothy ' Duval. They 
disagreed as. to the nvlnimUm salary 
for th.e girls but were unanimous 
iri declaring, the present 4p-houi:' re- 
hearsal .period inadequate, it was 
agreed that 10, hours more weekly 
are needed. 

Augusta Ochre, Witrdirbbe women's 
spokeswoman, repeated her Wash- 
ington request for a ruling requir- 
ing the addition of a, wardrobe at- 
tendant, to all units. 

Violati 

jS^ome . violations reported to the 
Code Authority, during the past two 
weeks, all centering on. the Indie, 
vaude field, may result iri serious 
corisequences, accbrdlng to the Code 
Authority yesterday (Monday).. 

One complaint is against an iridio 
vaud$. house whose manager re- 
quires' all acts to Surrender tbeir 
contracts before paying off, the supf 
position being the under-code e^« 
dence will in that manner be taken 
from the aotor in ca.se of a squawk. 
Another charge involves a New 
England booker who supplies a five- 
act bill for $26 a diay of which the 
acts receive only $13. He is air 
leged to be pocketing the difference. 

Such complaints -will bie subject 
tp iiivestlgatipn when filed with the 
Code Authority assuring all com- 
plainants of. confidential treatment 
and full protection against reprisals. 



RKO'S L. A. STAGE SHOW 



House 



Will Use Air Troupe and 
Film Guest Names 



Hollywood, Feb. 5. 

The RKO theatre returns to stage 
shows Feb. 9 or 16. The 'Holly- 
wood on the Air' radio group will 
be the Initial attraction. 

If this .troupe hits they will re- 
main indefinitely. Opening date de- 
perids on whether 'Man of Two 
Worlds', film Is held oyer.a second 
week. 

Guest stars will be used for each 
show, being recruited' -from the 
radio studio roster and freelance 
field. 



Hoot Gijbson Due 

. Hopt GIl>son's vaude debut is set 
Feb, 9 for Warrier Bros. ;on a split, 
between " the Rltz,. Elizabeth, N., J.# 
arid the Astor, .Beading, Pa. Break- 
in salary is $1,000. 

Gibson is teamed with June Gale. 
Matty Rosen -agenting. 



YOUNGSTOWS SPIIT 

Yburigsfown, O.i Feb. 6. 
After two weeks of full; week 
vaudftlm, the Park ha,s.- switched to 
a split week • policy, Sundays and 
Thursdays. Policy of five acts and 
flickers ■will be continued. At pres- 
ent It's the town's only stage house, 
^with'=Joe=Shagrln— I -.=oharger^™=^= 



pany with 'Snakehips' Tucker. His 
writhing dances are both different 
and heated. 

POur Blazes reveal a unity In 
dance steps that is just cause for 
approval o£ the precision fans. 
Bobby Caston contributes vocals to 
the program. 

stage setting is (Elaborate arid, easy 
on the eyes. 



Tuesday, Febroary 6, 1934 



va::i£TY 



51 



Variety Oills 

NEXT WEEK (Feb. 9) 
THIS WEEK (Feb. 2) 

Numerals in conhectien with billa below i icate bpeni 
show, whether full or split week 



ot 



. Ausale & Czech 
Glenn & Jenkins 
'Jhnmy & Sally' 
I>KTB01T 
State (2) 
, Eddie Loughton 
I Harry Burns Go 
Bert Gordon 
Dorothy & K Bros 
Bernard & Henry 
Jerome Mann 
I Berntce Stone 
I Rhytlim Bd . 

Orplioum (1) 

Sauiftoi-s. 



3 Chocolateers 
Frank Sterling 
Wynn & Hurwyn 
Moro & TaconelU 
Novak & Fay 
HlUlon Dollar (1) 
Frances &i Dalley 
Connie Bell 
Tjoretta Gray 
Sleep, Sleep & S 
ST. LOUIS 
AmbasHador (2) 
JacTt Haley 
J & B Tofrence 
Dorothy Buschy 
Ray HuUng. Co 




KEW YORK CITT 
" Hosio Han <8> 

Jack Arthur • 
Olne De Qujttcjr & L, 
Jerry Coe & Barry 
Buck & Butjbles 
(One to .flll) 
(31) 

Jack Arthur . . 
OIne De Quiilcy & L 
Jerry Goe & . Barry 
Buck St Bubbles 



Vic Oliver 
Storio &: Vernon, 
COT.UMBDS 
Keith's (»). 
Artlfitfj & Models 
DAYTON 
, Keith's <2) 
Slnglii' S&m 
Benny Davis Co' 
DIES MOINBS 

Kelth'it 
;d half (6r8) 



PABK and CUCFFORD 
£oew'B Valencia 



9 JAPS 
misce, Kew Tork 



By LEDDY & SMITH 



Palace (9) 
VUUe West & McG 
(Four to fill). 

Soyal Uyeno Japs 
Cookie Bovvers • 
Betty J Cooper Co 
Marty Miay. 
Uuslc Hall. 

Academy 
■ let. half (9-12f) 
JUtis Bros 
(Four to flll) . 

2d half . ( 18-1 B) 
Creole Follies- 
ad half (ft^X 
4 Franks 
Burns & KI en 
Ii«wla & Moore 
t X Sis ' 
.HeFb Williams 
Aadnbbn 
let half (10-13) 
Creole Follies . . 

Ist half (3-6) 
Itarle & Pals 
Wilton Sis 
• P't'sh & PerlmUtter 
Art-ein & Broderick 
Jack Shea Orch 
BBOOKI.TN 
Albee <2) 
New Yorkers 
Madison 
let half (10-11) 
Bert Walton 
(Three to fill) 

Ist halt (3-4) 
Case Bros & M - 
B & B NeWell 
4 Blondes 
Frank Gaby 
Buiz & Bonlta 
Prospect 
let half <S-12 J 
4 .Blondes 
(l-hree to flll) 

1st half (2-6) 
Australian 'Waited 
Johnny Hymaii 
Walter & I lAmar 
Xeater Allen 
Dillon & Parker 
Tllydn , 
Ist half (10-11) 
V>ank Gaby 
(Three to AID 

Ist half (8-4) 
Arthur I^aFleur • 
Pall lAall . 
P T H Bd 
Harriet Hutchlns 
Hlffh Flying 
BOSTON 
Boston (9) 
Olive Sibley 
J. Fred Coots 
Victor Moore 
Wllllarti Gaxton 
Betty J Cooper. Co 
tone to, flll) 

(2) , 
Jerl, Renee & V 
Pete, Pieachea & D 
Fin D'Orsay 
Benny Rubin 
Rpgglo Chllds Orch 
CHICAGO 
Paldce (9) 
Parker & Sandino 
Arren & Broderick 
Gregory Ratoft, Co 
Belle Baker 
4 Ortons 

(2) 

60 Mini'n Ft'nohm'n 
CTNiPINNATI 
Albeo (0) 
Ingln' Satn 



Mbrt'n, Dow ney Rev 
1>KTBOIT 
Downtown (2) 

I.Parker & Santflno) 
Stan Kavanaugti 
Welpt & Stanton 
Amos 'n' Andy , 
FAR ROCKAWAT 
Keith's 
1st ha[lf (3-4) 
3. Stewarts 
Prince Nuk-ross & C 
Freddy - Craig 
Bolce & Marsh 
-P4easure Cruise 
HEMPSTEAD 

Blvoli 
Iflt half (9-12) 
Art Landry Orch 

2cl half (lS-16). 
Meyer Davis Orch 

2d half (6-8) 
Kings' Scandal 
KANSAS CITT 
Malnstreet (9) 
Qlsen & Johnson 

(2) - 
Kate smith Rev 
HINNEAPOI/IS 
Orphenm (9) 
Mort'n Downey Rev 
MT. VERNON 

Prdctot's 
1st half (10-11) 
Rels. & Du nn 
NEWARK 
Proctor's (9) 
New. Yorkers 

(2) _ 
Will Osborne . Hev 
NEW BRUNSWICK 
Keith's 
Ist half (10-11) 
Wm & Joe Mandel 
(Three to tflU) . 

1st half (3-4) 
Personalities :, 
NEW ROCHELU: 
Keith's V, 
1st hair (io-il) 
Jeanle Lang Co 
OMAHA 
Keith's (9) 
Kate Smith Rev 
PATER SON 
Keith's 
Ist halt (9rl2) 
Betty Boop 
Lambertl 
Ralph Olaen Co 
(Two to flll) 

2d half (13-16) 
Lenore Ulrlc 
Larry Rich Co 
Tom Manahan Orch 
(Two to flll) 

2d half (0-8) 
Creole Follies 
ROCHESTER 
Keith's (9) 
Midway Nights 
■C2) 

Connie's Hot Choco 
SIOVX CITY 
Keltlt's 

1st half (2-B^ 
Mort'n l>6wney Rov 
SYRACUSE 
Keith'» (9) 

ConnlR's Hot -Choon 
TRENTON 
Capitol 

2d l\ftlt, (13-16) 
Chrlstftnsens 
Mildred Bailey 
\Vm & Joe Jiande! 
(Two' to .flll) 
-. 1st half (2-6)' 
Baron I:.ee 



Carl freed Orch 
BROOKLYN 
Bay Kldge 
lat half (9-12) 
ISarl, Jack & Betty 
Collins & Peterson 
NTG 

2d half (13-16) 
M'nroe & Adams Sis 
Murray Moaa 
JImihy Reynolds 
Herbert. Faye Go 
Dorothy l^artln Co 
Gates Ave. 
1st half (9-12) 
M! nroe & Adams Sis 
Millard & Marlln 
Roth, Murray & K 
Bnt-lca &.Novello R 

2d half (13-16) 
Earl, Jack & Betty 
Collins & Peterson 
NTG ■■ 

Metropolitan (9) 

Anne Fxltchard Co 
Kay Hamilton Co 
Arnaut 
Geo Jessel 
Songwriters Parade 
■ ■-. Valencto (9) 
Homer Romalne - 
3 Fonzelles 
Welcome Lewis. 
M May & Carroll 
Jans & Lynton Rev 
BALTIMORE 
. Century (9) 
Greenw'h Vll Follies 
BOSTON . 
Orpbenin (9) 
Stanley Bros' &■ A 
Don Galvln 
Barry' Breen.& W 
Block . & SuUy 
Vogues of 1934 



.COLUMBUS 
: Loew's (9) 
Cab Calloway Or.cn 

INDIANAPOLIS 
Loew's . '(9) 
cotton . Club Rev 
Blue Rhythm Bd 
4 -Flash Davles 
Nlcodemus 
Josie Oliver 
Alma Smith 
Lucky MlUihder 
JERSEY CITX 
■Loew's 
Honey Fam 
Michael 
Pease Nelson. 
Carr & Martin 
Lee & Rafferty Rev 

MONTRlBAL 
Loew's (9) 

3 Berhle. Bros 
6 Arleys ' 
Irfing' &° Squires . 
Alexander' & Santos 
NEWARK 
State (9) 
Tankal & Oklhu 
May Joyce 
Joe Phillips Co 
Jack Sidney Co 
PITTSBURGH 
Penn <9) 
Amos- 'n' Andy 
PROVIDENCE 
Ixtew's <9) 
Van Horn &. Inez. 3 
Fields & Gebrgle 
Roxy Gartg . '. 
Lewis ■& Ames 
De .May! Moore. '& M 
W'SHI'GTON, D, C. 

Fox (9) 
Carroll's 'Vanities' 



Week of Febr fil 



PuIIadlnni ' 

Bthcl: Barrymore ' 
Alleen Stanley. 
Max. Miller i 
John Al^jx. Bi'os. 
Howard JR.ogers 
Fred Duptez '. 
B Wells & 4 Fays 

Troca'dero 

Na'unton Wayne 
Western Bros " 
Leon Rogce 
Peter .Bernard 
Elizabeth 
Maurice 



FINSBURY PARK 
Empire 

Mrs J Hylton Bd 
Ohrlsloplior & C 
.Borstal Boys 
Golda &■' May 
Anderson & Allen 
4 Jokers. 

PENGE 

Empire 
Louis Armstrong Co 
Jack 'Wynne .Co 
Victoria Sis . ' 
Williams & Hayden 
Bemand's Pigeons . 
Skeets .Martin 



SuniuTar 

JBU SplVBCk 
Nma Mlr-xeva 

Paul Zam Oro 
Johnny Russell 

Savoy-rinza 

Freddie Martin Otv 
SImpIon Club 

Irene Bordlnl 

icing's Jesters 

Wm Farmer Ore 

Sherry's 
-Harry Tush Ore 
'Maflo & Flarlb 

.St; Mortti Ilbtet. 

Leop Belasco Orch 
Alararnrlte /6 .Lero> 
Iteglit Hotel. 

Phil Harris Orch. 

(iwt Club 
Jack- Myers Ore 
Charlotte Murrie 

Taf» erlli 
G^o Hall' Ofcb 

Tavern, B'klyn 
Eddie JacksoD' ' 
Jack Murroy Ore 

'Tie. Toe Club 
GerttuOe Nlesen 
G.vusy Nina 
Billy Castle 
Genev Tie 
Vanderbllt oiel 
joe Moss Orch 



PnmnciaT 



Week of Feb. 5 



Pao'ainoiiiit 



IKMINGHAM 
Empire ' ' 
'Here Comes Sandy' 
1 sandy Powell 
Alec R6rs 
10 De Vere Babes 
Al Wright's Clfcus 
Syd. & M Harrison 
Glngerbeer Guards. 
Dick Hlckis 
Lillian Kerry 
Roiy --Jefterle's 
.Florence Irving 
Harmonica Bd 
BRIGHTON 
Hippodrome 
Jack Hylton Bd 
Variety Co. r 
GLASGOW 
Empire 
Elsie &^ p Waters 



Brook Ins & Van' 
Tommy Hiandley Co 
H Raymond & Boys 
Clapham & Dwyer 
Mario Medlnl Tr 
Fayre Sis 
pruno & Jolanda 

HULL 
Palace 

''The, .New PhowV 
Wllkle Bard 
Fred Barnes 
Florence iSmlthson 
■Harry Cha;mplon 
Rego 2 

3 Krazy.Knsracs 
De Suter Bros 
D Desmbndts . Gls 
•2 Anarios'. ' 
Dines & X>lnes 



Villiifte Barn 

Scherr Bros 
Paul Tren\aine Bd 
Kdrtle Prltchard 
Josh ^ledders 
Lulu Bates 
I'loria Vest oft 
Tod Flcto'l\or 
Ronald Brookes 
Le«j Twins . 
Fl'ronro & Eltzab'tU' 
3 Oay Blades 
Vlll.nge Nut Clol 

3 Roberts 
Zai'a l-ee 
Scotty ' Conner 
Milton Splelman. » 
'ttlrtort-ABtidir 

be' 'Marcus'. 
E. Madrlguera Or"^ 
X. Cugat Ore 
Margo 
Carmen.. 
Pot^iriarZltp 
Jaftry. p^c 
' Wash ;Sq?* Clnb 
Frank Farrell Orch 

Weylln Hotel 
Michael Co vert. .Ore 

Wivel Gate 
Amy AiUlnsan'. 
Jack Wick 
Lillian .Loi'rai 
Ami Pavo 
i Maldie Du Fresne 
' Ua, StiUe Orch. 



CHIGAGO 



NEW YORK CITY 
. Parauionnt (9) 

Milton Berle 
Rablnoff 
Poet ■ Prince 
' AUSTIN 
Paramonnt (9) 
"Qoln' to Town' 
BUFFALO 
Buffalo (9) 
Buster .. Sha'ver' Co 
Lucille. Page 
Park & CllfTord 
CHICAGO 
Ohicaffo (9) 
Miriam Hopkins 
waiter Abel 
Austin Fatrman. 
Wm Young 
Edw Lester 
Slate Bros 
Mary Small 
(2) 

Ted Lewis Bd 
Doris Deane 
Esther Pressman 
Carroll & Shalita 
Dixie 4 

Marbro (2) 
Bstelle Taylor . 
Audrey Wykoff Co 
Jack RandaU. 
Harold Boyd Co. 
Ross & Ayers. 

SoUthtown 
Jackie Heller 
4 Lee's 



TTie Ortons . 
Wilton Crawley 
Uptown (2) 
Will Mahoney 
Ms-rk Fisher 
DALLAS 
Paramount (9) 
Cocktail Hour 
DETROIT 
Michigan (9) 
J & J McKehna 
Jack Major 
6 Danwllis 
FoX: & Gephrel 

FORT Worth 

Paramonnt (9) 

'Weaver Broa,^ 
HOUST017 
Paramonnt , (9) 
Sweet & Low -Down 
LITTLE BOCK 
Pammoitnt (9) 
Bottoms Up 

SAN ANTONIO 
Paramobnt <9) 
•Goln' to Town 
TORONTO 
Imperial . (9) 
A. RobbinS 
Chaney & Fox 
WACO 
. Wac© (9) 
Melody Mad Pirade 
WICHITA FALLS 

Wichita (9) 
Bottoms Up 



Cabarets 



UTEW YOBK CITY 




ELIZABETH' 
. lUtz 
Ist half (10-18) 
Gibson & Gale 
(Others to flll) 
. 1st half .(3-6) 

5 Lelands 
Hilton & Garron 
The Duponfs 

Fred LIghtner & R 

6 Western Stars 
2d half (2r9) 

:b Calloway Bev 
PHILADELPHIA 
Earle (9) 
Ray & Sunshine 
MaxelloB 



Lillian Roth 
Ken Murriy. 
(2) 

Falls, Reading & B 
KIrby & Duval 
Duke . Ellington 
WASHINGTON 
Earle (9) 
King, King & K 
Chlng Ling Foo 
Lulu McConnell 
Radlp Rubes 
(2) 

Ray '& Sunshine 
Talent & Merit 
Jack Whlt.lng Co 
Donald Novls 



rFiCIAL DENTIST TO THE N. V. A, 

DR. JULIAN SIEGEL 

Now in Paramonnt Buildinc 



FanchoD & Marco 



.Benny J')avls Co 
(2) 

Artists & Models 
CLEVELAND 
Paliice (9) 

Century. rrosre.<is .R 

Monroe & Grant- 
June I'uroell 
If-.n I^hr Co 



Creole Follies 

2d . half (,6-8) 
Trti.ians 
4^ Diondes 
na'dlo Afies 
I'lTsonalltl'es 
Wlli rE PLAINS 
Kt^lth'A. 
1st half ao-lD- 
iWK Colo Co 




NEW YORK CITY 
Roxy (0) 

Ra-y IIi>athcrtph 
(Others to fill) 
ATLANTA 
RIalto (9) . : 
Masters & Gauthl-'-r 
ZImballst 
Chaifl. Carrer 
(Others to fill) . 
BOSTON 
Metroitolltan (9) 
Roy .Atweir 
3 X Sl3 
4- --Flupher's 
MollsBii ■ Mafloh- 
C Others; to flll) 

DENVER, COLO. 
Orpheuin (8) 

-•l>i.-hlu!ir Tr ' '. 
Vlnob Silk 
Sally Rand 

Mell Kelly , , 
Preaslar Kliaiss 
Davie Jamlosori 3' 
vV(>kl Joyce 
Al I^yoiis 



NKW YORK Vir\ 

„ r«nU«r.(0) 

H-ihr;.<Ji)n & Fisher 
Mijiii'i Barrynibre 
TI'icViv Rogers Rov 

■ oulrvnrd 
, Jst half_ (lt-12) ^ 

•'I'.irny RpynotilS 
^ T.-xvi.-iUii-M 
ft:jy ('xiHuuin'gs 
JJonithy Martin Co 
M liiilC (13-15) 
iiy & Itudell 
iinfi) v<t .Gordon 
M .V- A Clark 

Murray fc K 
ir.iti.ii-iiiin Mr Wy 

Orphfum 

. 1 liair fn-12) 
"I Aniaul & BroH 



Leon- Navarro. 
SWI Marian Co . 
F'r.sythe, Sein'n & K 
Hf>norable Mr. W'l 

2d half (13-lB) 
Kcff, Tnlil- & Yokl 
(}f'm-ce"_P.ron tice 
"FO rifryboncrs:^' ' 
Rijy C'uiiinilngs 
DUlion *: Pai-lJor U 

ParadlHe (9) 
Jaa.- Kvans 
Honry Thl^-rrlen ' *o 
Radio Rogues 
Wills & Davis 
Klti'hr-n Pirates 

State (9). 
Bob Rlpa 
Duko McHalb Co 
Sl.l Page C^o 
Sid Gory 



. HOLLYWOOD 
Pantages (1) 

Adcll. Crane , 
3 High Hatlers 
Jean .Cowan 
Judith Randall. . 
James Burroughs 
Imperial Gu'rdsmcn 
Sophisticated Ladles 
IX>S ANGELES 
Paramount (8) 
Jones. & Hull 
Hal Grayson Orch 
(Two to flll) • 

. (1) 
Sally Rand 
Joe Browning 
Violet, ..Ray & N 
Joariuin Garay 
SAN FRANCISrp 

Warfleld (2) 
Paul Draper 
Hitrrv. Rose 

ST. i;oriS 

St. Louis (9) 

Leonard Ceeley 
Harold Boy Co 
EVlwln George 
(Others to flll) 



Independent 



HAl.TIMOBE 
Ilippodronie (2) 

CfJilr-UC - 
3 ,<3an»uplB Bros 
Jack f>.(iulroa 
Jean Travers 

StnnW (2) 
Nancy Welford 
Anna <3. Nllson 
Mary Ca.rllle 
Dorothy Dunbar 
Antonio Moreno 
'""reighton TIfilc 
Jack Mulhall ' 
Bon Turpln 



Roscoo Ates 
John Hundley 
=^^=JB]IKFAI>0 

Hippodrome (Z) 
Watson Sis 
Rimacs Havan On- 
Peplto. 

3 Melvln Bros 
M^lson & Irmanett » 
Howe Leonard & A 
CHICAGO 
State iJtke (4) 
Francs White 
Kdrtle LambPrt 
Rogef AVynne 4 
' Ames &■ Arno 



Algonquin Hotel 

Howard Ijanlii Ore 
Russell Johns 
Ambassador Hotel . 
.Pancho's Orch- 

Bal-Mnsettc. 

Leon Bedbd 
, George Marcb&l 
Plerrbtte'. ' 
Millard & AAlta 
Georgette 
4 Ap'oches 
Sacha.-Orch 

Beanx. Arts. 
Kathryn Parsons 
Lucieh La Riviere 
Thomara Dorlva 
SUtan & Marl - 
Maurice Shaw Orch 
Lopcz|B Hawllabs 

Bll.tmpre Hotel 

Paul Whiteman Or 
Jack Fulton 
Robt< La-wrence 
Roy Bargy 
Peggy Healy 
Plorla Armstrong 
Bamona 
Rhythm Boys 

Casino de PavM 

Bill Robinson 
Box Weber 
Smith & Dale 
Ben Pollack Orch. 
Don Redman Orch 

' Caveau 'Basqne 
Nan Blackstone 
Harrison & Fisher, 
Sol MlBheloH's Ore 
Centrar P'b Casino 
Eddy Ducblh Ore 
Maurice & Cordoba 
Illena Strenge 

Chapean Roqge 
Peppy de Albrew 
De Marcos 
Jeanne Aubert 
Dick Gasparre'e Or 

Commodore Hotel 
liiham Jozies Ore 
Isabel BrgwD 
Cotton Clob 

C. C. Rev 

Jimmy Luntjsford O 

Croydon 

Charles Eckels Ore. 

Dclmonlco'sr 

Al. B. White 
Val Vestoff 
Janis WilHams. 
Naomi Morton Boys 
Joe VenutI Orch 
I Chico 

Tainco ■ & Lore* 
Las Ajedas 
Adcllna Imuran 
Orlando Blcarde 
A. B.C. 3 
Pilar Areas 

1 Morocco 
Georges .Metaxa 
Job, C. Smith Orch 
MchcndC7,; Ore. 

Essex Hons* 

Glenn Gray Ore 
Gailnither't 

Chester Doherty 
Rosalie Roy 
Muriel Bills 
Gerty Dwyer 
Beit Goodman 
MedltiCo & Michael 
Al Fields Orch 
Gov. Clinton Hotel 
Biioch Light Or« 
^=lia-na=Glnb^ 



Dartny Healy 
Jack White 
Jerry Borgan 
Lillian Flligerald 
Hoth-AndrewB Orch 
H'lyw'd BestaaroDt 
Rudy Vallee Orch 
Bddic Peabody 
Ann T„e.«ter 
Eleanor T'ennls 
R.milall." & Capler 



Hotiel pixle 
Aft Kalin Ore 

Hotel l^xlntfton 
Jack Little Pro 

Hotel Madison 

Jolly Gobiirn ■ Orb 

Hotel bntciialr 

Wm Seotti Ore 
Mario & Floria 

Hotel New - Torker, 

Abe Lyman Ore 

Hotel Pennsylvania 

Geo. Oisen Orch 
Ethel Shutta 
Bob.Rlce. 
Joe; Morrl&on 

Hotel Roosevelt 
RublnofC and Orch 
Kielly'e 

Joian Miller 
{Sterling Sis 
Rita Rehard 
Jeanne McConly 
De Lopez 8 
Joe Capalla Orch 

Kings terrace 
Al Shayne 
Gladys Beqtley 
R'b'rl'gs' WlUlams- 
Ted Bro-WD. Orcb 
Maison Royale 
Antbbal Cubans 
Marlborough House 
Galll-Galll 
Vivian . Vance 
Michael Zarln Ore 

Mayfalr Yacht , Clob. 

Walker O'lilelll Ore 
Dwight Ffske 

Montmartre Clnb 

Davld-H'da Murray 
Teddy Lynch 
Readers Orch 

Mori's Rest 
Eddie Davis Ore 
Moulin Roagc.B'hn 

I.iarry McMahQO 
Connie Lang . 
Eleano.rc Gardncl: 
Frank Morey 
Martin Ttlnl. Orch 

..MorrnT' 
Johnny Howard 
Bobby Br.inn 
Edith Lowe- 
MItzy Riouss ' 
Hammer & Sledge - 
Ethel Agld 
Leah Lazarus 
Jim Josephs Orcb 

Palais Royal 

Ethel "Waters 
Oliver Wakeflel 
Lbbmis ' Sis 
Nltza Vernelle ' 
Donald Stewart . 
Caperton & Blddle 
Sydney Mann 
Dolores Farrls 
Gary &- Dixon - 
Emll Coleman Ore 
Val piman Ore 

ParadI 

NTG Rev 
Buddy Rogers 
Felicia Sorel 
Ann Lee Patterson 
Needa KInkald 
Hrunb & Manon 
Karl, Jack & B 
Johnny Halei 
Ivn. Stewart 
Park Crntra) Hotel 
Ozzle Nelson lOre _ 
HaTriett~ir)1llafd 
Adair & Richards 
Place Pi(|dale . 

Harry Rosenthal O 
Fontana & Coles 
Marlon Chase 
Alfonzo's Bd 

^laza Hotel 
Oranville Walkei- Or 
Bestanfanr Ia Rue 
AKbur warren's O 



Bismarck Hotel 
(Wulnqt. Room) 

Dick Cuhlifffr 
Parker Glbbs 
Elmo Tanner 
Red Ingle' 
Myrlo & Desha 
ltd Weems Oreo 

Boulevard Room. 
(Hotel Sfevenf>) 

Irving Gagnbn' 
Riitb Brougbton 
Cbas. .'Agnew Oreo 

Inckli 

Deane ..JanIs 
Hal Kemp Orch 
Skinnay' Bnnla 
Bob Nolan 

Cafe deAlea 

Wade Booth 
Imperial 3 
Lenore. Lyhn . - 
Marian Garner 
Earl Hoftman: Orcb 

Cher Paree 

Dorothy Crooker 
Taoht Club Boys 
Sally Gay 
Jimmy Hadroas 
Vincent Lopez Ore 

Clnb Lelsorc 

Luclo Garcia 
Billy . Meagher 
Joe Mannl's Orch 
Betty Chase 
Jack Sexton Jr 
•Siigai" Harolds Or 

Clob La Hasqae 

3 S. LaMarr 
Edna Leonard.' 
Eddie Morton 
PranciB SMllman 
Al Garbell 
Bar! Willis Ore 

Clob Royale 

Pat^y Ogden 
Shiyne & Armstong 
Joan Andrews 
Geraldine Ross 
Joe Lewis ' 
Fritz Miller Ore 

College ..Inn 

Edith Grlfflb 
6 Lucky ' Girls 
Doris Hurtlg . 
Frankle Masters Or 

Congress Hotel 
(Joe Prban Boom) 

Art Kassel 
Robert Royce 
Cherle & Tomaslts 
Carlos Molina 

ColOBimp'e 

Julia Lyons 
Dorothy Henry 
Derohda & Barry 
Enrico D'Alba 
BddlO Deering 
Countess Borlska 
Signer Barsonl 
Art Bbckley 
Bob Tlnsley Ore 

Clob 'Alabani 

Phyliss Herry 
Patsy McNalr 
Gloria Starr 
Eddie Roth Ore 

Drake Hotel ' 

Ruth Lee 
The Crusaders 
Lucille Johnson . 
Earl Burtnett Ore 

Edgewater Beach 

Esther Todd 
DeRbnda & Barry 
Art risrron 
Bob Sylvester Ons- 

FroHcrB 

Wally & Ver.Dyb 
.Toe Allen 
Glwger Pearson 
Ruthanta & Malc'ni 
Evelyn .Regaii . ' ' 
Bvelyii IIofTman 

(Hotel LaSalle) 
Art. Kahh Ore 



. MiTfiat Clnb 

Billy Meagher 
.Irene Du^al . 
Dotty Myers 
Bfllo Burton 
Jerry Gear 
George Petr.btine Or 

K-9 Clob 

Billy Braniion 
Half-Pint Jaxon 
Ed Casey Ore 
Leon -Verde, 
Eari Partellb . , 
George Oliver: 



Rolandb Ac Verditta 
Owen .Gordon 
Neecee Shannon 
Marge & Marie. 
Virginia Buchanan 
Bob.Wyatt. 
MaUrie Moret Orcb 

Clii'b Mlnnet 

Marvel BUrke 
Cookie Sledel 
Betty WUlIamiB 
Annette Kruger 
Truiy ■ Da'vldson 
'Sugar' Kennedy 
Frank Sherniaii .. 
Morrle Stanton Ore 

Honkl Room 
(Breyoort Hotel) 

Jards Sis 
Paul Fay 
Gale Olpp 
Fay Peters 
Bob Perry's Orch 

"Opera Clob*' 

LaWrehce Salerno 
Berplce Stone 
I'om Gentry Orch 
Jose Rlvas Orcb 
Pierce & Harris 

Palmer Huose 

Roslta & Ramon 
Harrison & • Fisher 
Lowii Biirnoff &.W 
Gaile Page : 
4 Calif ornlane. 
Stanley Morner 
•Abbott Girls ' 
Richard Cole Orch 

Paranioont 

Jack Waldron 
Julia Garrity 
Miss Harriet 
Nellie Nelson 
BllUe Gerber 

Playgroond 

Dot Culbertson 
Peggy Paige 
Joe Little 
Adele Go.uid 
r>on Blklhs 
Jimmy Frances 
Mllored Uolln* 
Lou Snatel Ore 

Bainbo. Gardens 

Frank Wilson 
Dorothy. Thomas 
jiiles Stein ore 

Samovar 

Carmen Di Glavln 
Muriel Love 
Kellar & Field 
'Tommy Lyman Or 

Terrace GardeoF 

Rbmo Vincent 
AlnHley Lambert . H 
Clyde Lucas Ore 

Via Lago 

Crane Ruese)! Orch 
Bebe Sherman 
Zlta & Marcelle 
Jach' lioush 
Wanda Kay 
Al .Handler D«J 

100 Club 

Edna Rush 
Cele Davis. 
Virginia Hevy . 
Billy Gray 
Ethp] Allls 
Myra Langf ord 
Danny Alvin Orch 



CLEVELAND 



Carter Hotel 

I A,ia,r6nson'8 pre 
Mickey Alpert. 
Rose and R.-»y Lyte 
June MarteU 
Betty Ke«ne 
Phil Haxo 
rai Henry's Bd.. 



Sfayfulr Club 

Mlko Speolalc's Bd 
Alice Louise & LaM 
Alice Brent 
Mary Jane 
Bill Lockman 
.Musical Moscovlana 
.Ned Parish 
Call Gaylord 



Stuart's China Trek 



%ousy Americans ' 



(Continued from pag€ 1) 
staffe .amidst a chorus of boos, re- 
fusing, to continue with the auction 
and sell the other two cakes as per 
schedule. 

The actress's public .tirade . g?iined 
her front pago ncwgpaper. stories, 
but aliSQ probixbly inspired a terrific 
panning of her own performance 
and that of her company in 'The . 
Doll's iiouso* bV a leading local re- 
viewer together WltVi editorial .cen- 
sui-e the next day. The fact that 
the newsjpnpers had cp-bperate.d 
with extremely liberal publicity 
contribution's to make her engiagie-: 
ment here a success and that loqal 
theiatregoers had rospoiided ' excep- 
tionally , well, i apparently didn't 
temper her abusiveness.' , 

Miss Lo (jalliiehne had consented 
to auction off the three cakes at the 
auditorium ..and, after her .evenln 
performance of 'iledda Gabler' 
the Metropoiitan, she hastened . 
the ball without oven removing 
maUeup, AVhen she arrived, ,at 
nearly midnight, the original crowd. 
fit 15,000 had . windled to about 
4,000. 

Evidently Miss Le Oaliieime was 
tired and fn . ill sorts before . the 
auction, even began. , The crowd's 
failure to -keep silent aroused her 
:wrath at the outset. 

'They tell mr l must use a. micro- 
phone,' she- said as last resort. 
•I don't believe; them..v. In spite of 
this miserable hall, I ti^l.leve r can 
make you all /hear - me. Can every 
one hear my voice'?' 

In a carefree mood, the cro'wd 
^hoiited, 'No,' almost as one person, 
kiss T Galliehne then apoko loud- 
.€!r, but still reifused to use the mi- 
crgphone. However, she started her 
|. auction. 

The first hid of $5 caused her to 
throw jjp her. hands in . disgust as 
a; small boy shouted down from tiio 
balcony to ask' if there were any 
'nuts' in the &0 -pound .cake. Fur- 
ther efforts to obtain eatisifactoi-y 
bids resulted In laughter and rest- 
lessness on the pairt of the daincera 
anxious to ^et back to their hoof- ^ 
Ihg, 

yj .wasn't boirn In. America,, but 
I'll buy that cake myself for $16,' 
said Miss. lie Galllenne. 

By dint pf much effort, she ftnal- 
ly got the bidding V up to. $20, at 
which price, W. G; Robertson, . . a 
ScotchmiEln, local postmaster and 
former editor of the Star, bought 
the cake; 

Then, her face tense With emotion 
and her fists, clenchfed, the acttcss 
hit out. fro ni the shoulder with a 
vitriolic denunciation. 

'i came to Minneapolis proud of '', 
my Viking ancestry,' she stormed. 
Tin still proud of it. You can't 
be Vikings. Tbu aren't even good 
Americans. Tou make me ashamed 
of thei country, I have, chosen as 
nilne. You are lousy Ameticans.' 

That ■was the enfS^ Miss Le Gal- 
llenne refusfed to do any more auc?. 
tloning and strode from the stage. 

Next day she ref used to see news- 
paper reporters but her manager 
stated she was very 'disappointed' 
with Minneapolltans. 

In his review of 'The Doll's Hou.se* 
in this Journal, the day following 
the Auditorium Incident, Merle Pot- 
ter said that Miss Le Galllennc'a 
company act<;d the play 'atrocious-r 
ly. for the' most part. About the 
star he said in part: 

'Miss Le Galllenne has a minor 
role with biit comparatively few 
lines and many of thetse she' 
'mnJLed,' which is absolutely inex- 
cu.'3.abl6.. She walked through the- 
part With an intolerant indifference 
that was extremely provoking, 
rather 'Conveying tlie ..impression 
that this was only a distasteful in- 
terlude between miatters that really 
counted. The actress may' as well 
know ~ that, while we rtiay ' be; 
vincial, we don't care for iiny 
desc , even fi'om her;' 

Comftiehtlng iedltoriaily,. on the 
Auditprium affair, the Star pointed 
out that- no one In the Auditorium 
'>v.as. under the. slightest obligation 
to buy one of Mlsa Le GalUennc'S" 
cakes' and that, 'failure to bid had 
no conceivable bearing .on any per- 
son's, patriotism or loyalty,' Con- 
cluded by remarking that 'feeling 
as she did, Miss Le (ialli'.'nne 
might have bid In, the cakes herself.' : 



-Unless. 



Hollywo , 
JtlnlvArsaL-decIdes on a 



picture for her 'within the next week 
.cyoria Stuart is planning to hop to 
China on a vacation trip to visit 
friends. 

Only picture set for the player is 
'Left Bank,' which, is down on the 
production schc^lnlr' .-it .IT for. the 
late spring. 



Agent Loses Suit — = 

i===Wal ter-=Ilftlche.n bfl chj^agpn t7==tniod- 
to collect $35 from Patricia Bowman 
for commls.sion on a week's work ho 
claims he got her in Philadelphia 
about a year ago. 

Mortimer Cassidy, Miss Bownian'a 
attorney, told th6 court she had- paid 
commission on the date to M, S. 
Jtentham,. Suit dismissed. 



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Fedoril' Tracle Gbmmls.sion dely>- 
Inj? Into vaydevllle^ afEa,lrB. Pat 
Casey led 6ff testifying the greater 
part. of . the: first two days. 

English producers afraid of the 
proposed libndon Invasipn by Al 
H. Woods. 



Inside Stnff^Pictures 



Chicago war' on ticket brokers 
waged hot. Some., houses niad© the 
brokers their sales agents, sui;)ply- 
ing them with tickets printed, at a 
BO-cent -Increase over the regular 
b.o. prices, which seemed to be 
legal. 

Actors set the scenery at the 
Washburn, Chester, Pa., when the 
stagehands went pn strike. LsLtter 
had just joined the union and had 
upped schedule. 

Latest railroad headache wag 
that show dogs were, excess bia,g- 
gage, not to b^ included in the 
150 pound limit. 



Plenty trouble In the Lambs over 
a |60 assesismeht. Old timers held 
the lay members should get the 
Boak. Othiers kicked that those re- 
xently joined had not been assessed. 
But all kickedr 

Variett recorded that all $2 the- 
fitres were lighted. . Fir^t time in 
several seasons. Mpjst'ot them do- 
ing well, too. 



Business In the film exchanges 
was up as much as 100% over the. 
previous year's average.. Producers 
couldn't iagute it out. 



Report had the. Capitol .added to 
the Rlalto and Rlvoli. Jtist a re- 
port. Another rumor gave the 
Brooklyn Strand to the Fox strlTig. 



50 YEARS AGO 

(jprom Clipper) 



(Continued from page 18)' * 
breaks, ith the A. p. picking up the yarn, the stunt. ^^Iped to diffuse 
the German background. Miss Sten, while p£ Russian birth, .both 
known as and looks to be German In Which country she. ittfde pictures. 
The publicity is kVepihg away from the Teutonic angle altogether^ al- 
though United Artists has slipped a lot of aAvertlslng IntQ the German 
language newspapers in New York.. 

United Artists is a bit nervous , over 'Catherine thia Great', made by 
London 'ilms, WItli Dbugla Fairbanks, . .Jr„ and JQlIsabeth. Bqrgner. Film 
cost arouiul .$420,000, may be .a new high for. Brtiish pictures. 
. Miss Bergiier Is recognized as among the finest dramatic actresseSj if 
not top, on the Continent, but, is unknown In thie States. UA'a worry Js 
thilt cost sheet and whether the Jllm will connect over here. 

Review In Variett of .'Catherine the Great' (UA)' from Paris anentioned 
that Elisabeth Bergner imd never previously done a film In English. Miss 
Bergner has made one English language fllrn. 'Arlftn©,* playing, opposite 
Percy Marmont, and 'Aflane' now in New Tork heing readied for 
showing. 

Bill Rowland has Ja^k Cohen, iTormer Warner Bros, attprriey, with 
hipt on his new indie pic promotion.. Rowland Is priming foir a Colurii- 
bi£i release and is tiliking to Herbert' Yates, GonsplWated , Labs' money, 
piittev-upper, for financing. . . : 

Rowland's split witii Monte Brice dales from Ihfeir tiff with Universal 
on a. cut of IVloonlight and Pretzels.^ Some minor lawsuits further com-r 
plicated thing.*?. The proposed Mark Helllnger shorts! series didn't pan. 
out. Hellinger, top of this, sued oh a. script for anothjar. short and U 
settled It put of court by paying tb^newspapernian |500 foUoWing trial; 

While Sol Rosenblatt was in Hollywood, Vlnce Barhett attendid a 
press confab. Rosy came Into the rooih,. took one look at Bamett and 
inquired,: 'Who are you?* a newspaperman said Barnett.was a foreign 
con-espondent, with Rosy replying, .'1 should say not.' 

Put Morris Legendre; aide to Rosy, came In about that time hd was 
not hep to Barnetti the prize ribber of Hollywood. chimed In pii 

the rib.. Ijegendre's face went white when Barnett started accusing and 
m?LkIng threats^ with newsmen covering the administrator's aide at each 
arm for fear he wotild let phe fly from thes floor. 



, Resumption of. Saturday work for home pfflcei employees of; Fox Weai 
Coast, after the circuit headquarters had been pii a flye-day week since 
eaily summer, was. aboiished after a pnie week jtrlal« Employeeis, were 
notified the,.middae oit the Wjeek that the order cialllng for their services 
on Saturdiays" had been rescinded, arid that the five-day week schedule 
would continue indefinitely, 

ynderstoPd that the.Sattirday Work order was Issued by a subordinate 
who figured that piling up of work warranted the eiwitch, but circuit 
execs felt otherwise after numerous, protests had been received; 



Reissue hoiieies around Times' Square have evidently been £retting~\>n 
the nerves of Walter Reed, who operates the Mayfalr. House Js using 
a trailer calling attention to the fact that the dual blllers In the district 
have been putting new titles to old releases. If adds that Miyfalr pic- 
tures are all first-run and have neyer been shown in New York ^previous 
to there showing at this theatre,' Plenty of the ispedal house trailers 
seem to need proofreading.. 

Mayfalr is also using a talking tra:iler to boost a fan magazi ; cobles 
of which may be had from the ushers for the publlcalldn price. 



Clipper fulminating against the 
sale of ball players to another team. 
Thought It bad for the game. Page 
Cornelius McGIllicuddy. 



In Christiana* Norway, an Audi- 
ence at the premiere of a German 
production -^-as harangued by a 
patriot who declared against^ for- 
eign plays to the hurt of local' pro- 
duction. So they went In a body to 
another theatre where a native 
drama was being performed. 



Bill had been Introduced In the 
N. Y. legislature t6 slap a $100. fine 
on anyone d<imandlng more, than 
face valus 'for a theatre, ticket. Too 
drastic. Gut 



Egged, thereto: by presswork, 
England was in the throes of a dls- 
cusslPri- as whethe.iir Barnum's 
whltiB elephant really ' was white. 
BarhUm resorted to the paint brush 
wh6n he showed the beast over 
here. It was ihore pink than white. 
Forepaugh announced a White onie, 
top, but only to kid his rival. 



Miles Orton's menagerie, in win- 
ter, quarters, Norrls, Mich., lost . a. 
sett cow, which choked to death. 
Skin was presented to a Detroit 
museum. 



Woman calling herself Nellie 
Palmer and_ wprklng a variety 
house liiT"lffasHVillBr"'wa3"=arre8ted 
and returned to the Canadian con- 
vent .from which she had fied. Had 
taken the vows of a nun. 



Mana^rer of the Huntington .(Pa.) 
opera house took a lamp and went 
down to the cellar to look for a 
gas leak. Most of the gas had col- 
lected between tho outside wall and 
the plastering, and house had to be 
almost completely replastered« 



"More than ordinary attention is to be paid Carl rlsson> Import, by 
Paramount, in an effort to btilld this new cohtractee Into star material 
rapidly. What principally inspires Par In this direction Is the sudden 
realization that the company has tp replenish its star ranks so far as 
male' leads are concerned; without delay. 

With much expected, of Brlsson, who ctLme over from England a few 
weeks ago, studio will probably rush him thrbugh a few pictures fast, 
plus publicity and exploitation. Another from whoni this studio' looks 
for possible star rating Is. Lanny Ross, recently signed. 

Coast producers claiim that the reason for the California Newspaper 
Publishers' Association passing resolutions csElUng on the news services 
to supply less film' news is in reality Inspired by the studios' refusal to 
bear the expense of its convention; 

producers turned down thei requesj; to .advertise In the conyentlon bul- 
letin pn. exp|lanatIon of the publishers that picture companies were being 
asked to contribute this way In order to defray the expenses of the 
yearly pow wow. 



Columbia has $5,000 hanging in the air as regards disposition of . Its 
press book and exploitation on 'The Liady is Willing', Picture, is a British 
import which the American firm is supposed to distribute. 

Holdup, of the pubircity matter originated at the Hays office 
which refused approval. The paper on the picture has been In the ex- 
changes some time. Decision may be final despite Columbia has been 
Claying about It. 



Chiseling on the Hays ediPt concerning leg publicity stills current 
on at least two Hollywood lots. Magazine people looking for such ma- 
terial are told they cannot be supplied. Inasmuch as the ban is on.. 

•However', say the p.a.'s, 'there's nothing said about pictures being 
taken by outside photogs, so If you want to 'send a cameraman we'll 
supply the gals.' 



First complaint against a film employe to reach, the L; A. NRA office 
charges that a studio, painter has been tWD-timing by worklnj daytime 
at one major lot and checking in after mldhlte at.ahotlier spot for the 
graveyard shift. 

Alleged offender, whose case Is being Investigated, draws double wage, 
around $80 a week. Tliis allegedly violates the letter and spirit of NRA, 



In . hiring Rpuben Mamoulian to direct Anna Sten 'Reaurrectipn*, 
JSam Goldwyn was .partly looking; tO; tie in Miss Sten's naime with those 
of Greta GarbO and IJarlene Dietrich, 

- Mampullan is known as director for T>oth GarbQ and. Dietrich. It won't 
hurt Miss Sten's buildup to be linked with .the other two foreign act- 
resses, Goldwyn; figures. 



Metro has expended around $800,000 on . 'Cat and the FiddleV which 
was expected to come in around the $400,000 mturk. 

Picture has been preyiewed several times and indications are that it 
may again, go. back for retakes on certain sequences. Jeanette Mac- 
Donald and Ramon Novarro head the cast. 



^,Ea3 tem_pic ture house recently played a $15,000 stage act and died 

with it ~ -"^"^^^^ — 

House appiropriated but |1,606 for the week to exploit the costly show, 
practically keeping it a secret and is still wondering why business wasn't 
better. 



Although all copy had been passed hy Hays, the theatre particularly 
incensed with a line on the marquee and in advs, reading, They took 
each others' wives'. It was eliminated following sqixi&wka to Metro. 

■Francis X. Rauer, executive secretary of the Motion Plctnt*© Relief 
E'und, announces in his annual report that during 193t tik* Fund spent 



Inside Stuff^Legit 



Max Gordon booked 'Shining Hour' Into the Booth, N. Y„ sevotal 
months ago. Sh.uberts then figwed that, sp many uhoWs were going into 
and out of that house one more wouldn't make any difference. Then the 
Shuberts'. 'No More Ladles' clicked at the Booth. Immedlaitely, the firm, 
started trying to switch 'Hour' to tiie Barrymbre. Gordon replied the 
Brltisii siiow would play the Rpoth or. he'd spot it in another theatre 
not of the Shuij^ert string. In back of the argument is thei fact that the 
Bootli is on 45th street whicli has supplanted 42nd street as the most 
popular show thoroughfare.. 

'Ladies' will move, across to the Morpscp, 'so "By Your Leave', will move 
from that house; or closO after this week,, and ;:Gordon'B 'Shining Hour' 
goes into tiie Booth next ;Monday (12).. 



Philip Barry ^rote 'The Joyous Seasoh'i- presented at the . Belasco 
N, Y;, last week by Arthur Hopkins, with the expectation that MaUde 
Adams would dp It fpr her return to thO; stake. - But Miss Adams dldn^t 
care, to play a .nun.:; ^I*he author's Sister is a Mother Superior. 

Undjerstpod that Adele ."Lovett, whose husband Is In Wall Street 
Interested in the show- She Is prpgranied as having ' supervised ' 
wardrobe. ."The Lovetts are among Barry's close friends. ' 

Thpse dress reheai-sals prior to the premiere of shows which open cold 
In If .Y. can be made profitable If rightly handled. To prove It pre- show- 
ing of 'By Your Leave' wias sold to Teihiiie Emanu-^El, of Yonkers, and 
handled by Ed M. Hart, who Is hpt the^ who's; a house manager; 

Hart bought the shpw right and sold it for a prpflt of $l,l(ii0, grbssi 
11,700. When they had productions at the Hippodrome Hart tsed to buy 
the show fpr a Sunday night and sell the ticketSr-giallerjr arid all^fbr 
the benefit of ai congregation that would not have filled the first 10 rows. 

Marilyn Miller returned to the. cast 'As Thousands Cheer\ Music 
Box, N; Y., last Friday (2) after bOing .onf a .Week and a half through 
illness; Indicative of the revue's boxpfflce strength Is that there was not 
a refund, during Miss Mlllier's absence. 

Willie Norton, house nianagei-, had estlniated refunds, would amount 
to $100 nightly, and lost a $6 bet on that contention. 

Ben Washer, who recently resigned ifrom the World- Telegram, N. Y., 
to take over the dramatic desk and cover legit shPWs fPr the Philadel- 
phia Record Is out. Understood he objected to additional' feature assign- 
ments. Washer intends going to Moscow to gather material, for articles. 
Tommy Stern, son of the Record's publisher, will again review shows 
for the Record^ also being cpmptrpUer of the dally. 



Wife of Hal Forde. currOritly aitpearing in 'As Thouisands Cheer', un- 
derwent a major operation at the Medical Center, N. Y.,,la3t week. She 
was professionally known, as Lillian 'Murtz and was one of the original 
Florodora girls in the English presentation which preceded the New York 
showinET' 

They have been. ;niarrled 3.2 years. 



Impressive ' cerenionles attended , the services for the late Harrison 
Flsher.^ George COhan recited liife's a Funny Projposltlori' and 'The Last 
Curtain'. He said the artist had requested him to do so. Fisher fre- 
quented the Friars and it was there that his friendship with Cohan 
ripened. 

Lawrence TIbbett sang and Howard Chandler Christy spoke. 



After, a brief , career in upstate New. York politics, Mrs. Izetta Jewell 
Mliller, one^^tlme legit actress, has reitlred from the pfllce of welfare 
commisslonier of Schenectady and has left to Join her husband, Professor 
Hugh Miller, how director of ' engineering operations for the PWA in 
Missouri. 



Actress playing the lead in a tryout'that was withdrawn, agreed to 
assume one-half the cost of a gown in;order to secure the costume from 
h^r favorite, niodlste. . j 

IWhen the show was, withdrawn the producer offered to. sell his 'Inter* 
est' in the frock for 46^%. Actress' is holding out for a bigger cut. 



$160,000 helping the needy, with aid extended in 4,800 cases . represent' 
Ing approximately 16,000 . people. 



W;a,rners is changing the title of 'Gentleman from San Francisco' be- 
cause of pressure brought by the American publishers, of a book of the 
same name written by Ivan Bunin, Russian, whose novel was a Noble 
prize winner and later translated into English. 

Two yarns are poles apart as far as plot is concerned. 



tudio on the Coast has two leglt actresses under contract for the 
same part as a result of different execs einpowered to hand out parts. 

Picture Is being readied for production With the studio trying to figure 
how It can get out of one of the commitments. 



'Thunder Over Mexico' is getting a strong play in sputhern Califomiai . 
and particularly in towns adjacent to the Mexican border. Returns to 
the Los Angeles Principal Pictures' exchange indicate the film Is the 
biggest feature money grosser sp far distributed by the Sol Lesser 
agency. . 



Reliably reported that, although General Electric had been contem- 
platingr to conipete on booth equipment w;lth the International Projector 
outfit, G.E. has finally given up the i^ea,. 

Cessation of the. Intent is laid to patent obstacles. 



idney Kent, dufing his recent trip tp Hollywood, told Sol Wurtzel 
and John Stone, producers at Fox, toi takie' screen credit for the jobs. 
First' pictures with their names on the main titles are 'Hold That Girl!' 
ifor Wurtzel and 'Ever iBince Eve' for Stones 



Idney R. Keht and Sam Katz, former officials of Paramount; may 
yet bo called to testiftr in Par bankruptcy proceedings. At a hearing 
before Referee Henry K. Davis today (Tuesday), trustees will continue 
excunlnation of Walter B. Cokell, treasurer of Paramount 



Francis Lederer personaled at the Hill Street in L. A. showing of 'Man 
of Two Worlds' Saturday matinee (3)v It was strongly plugged for 
woman attendance. Lederer spoke to the. femnies In five languages iii^ 
eluding Eskimo. 



Hays office censored some of the advertising lines'usod on the marquee 
and In newspaper copy used by Four Star at Los Angeles on Metro's 
'Eskimo'. 



Barbara Blair, from radio and Uhder contraot to Warners, is maklng.lt 
known .on^tha,,Jp.t^thaA.J9h e is_indeR enJiBnt,.i^^^ a wad of dough and 1* 
not worrying about anything In pdrtlQUlar. 



Code duties arO anchoring most of the big picture heads to the north* 
Not sp many taking time oft for Florida this winter. 



New Yprk censor board IS holding up on 'Henry the Ape', Van Buren« 
RKO short burlesquiner the Brltlsh-UA feature, 'Henry the Eighth'* 



Understood that Radio Is taking up the producer options of Dave 
Lewis and Glen Allylne, multiplying the salaries by three. 



Tuesda^f February 6, 19S4 



LEGITIMATE 



VAItlETY 



S3 



From Chorus, to Leads, to Concert, 
To Met, to White House for Thomas 



Prom the chorus of the Winter 
Garden to si. principal baritone in 
tiie Metropolitan is the career of 
iloliri Charles Thomas, whose Kew 
Torlc debut in 't.a Traviata' Friday 
(2) was cheered. He had been In 
opera abroad, Chicago, St. Louis 
and on the Coast, but steadfastly 
refused 'overtures f rpm the Met yxnr 
less accepted on thje siaine rating ais 
It^ other warblers. 

Thbmas rose to stardom on the 
legit stage which lie deserted for 
concert.. His rise a^i ai concert ar- 
tist was rapid and within a few 
seasons hie was earning $800 per apr 
pearance... Unwavering decisions 
. have punctuated Thomas' develop- 
ment. H^ deliberately cancelled 60 
conbei'ts which would have netted 
him .$48,000 to train for opera . at a 
.pittance. Joining the .Opera de la 
Monnaie at . Brussels, he . remained 
for three years, receiving $100 
monthly. .He sang at the Monnaie 
for>. three yea.rs, returning: here 
-three months each year to. earn 
enough "for- a comfortable living in 
tlie iSelgian capital. 

Perhaps the turning point for 
Thomas was his appearance in the 
kreisler-Jacobi operetta 'Api)le 
Bio^oms,' produced by Charles Dllr 
lingham at the . Globe, N. Y., 1919. 
He had alppeared in s^everal Dilling- 
ham musicf\ls but left the stage 
after a diffovencie Avith the manager. 
He turned at ohce to concert ap- 
pearances, his climb there being 
steady after an indifferent start* 

Thomas got his first vocal trairi- 
Ihg at Peabody Institute> PhlladelT 
phia. His initial stage worlc .was aX 
the Winter Garden, N. Y., and al^ 
though in the chorus, he also acted 
as understudy- for one of the leads. 

Tonight C6), Thomas and Albert 
Spauldlng, the violinist, will be din 
ner. guestia a;t the White House and 
will entertain President and Mrs; 
Roosevelt with a half-hour concert. 



Gaxton Tells - Em 




NOPMINIONPLAY 



FOUR SIMULTANEOUS 
PLAYS FOR GORDON 



Max Gordon will have four at 
tractions on Broadway when .'Doda 
worth,* which oiperied in Philadel 
phia. Saturday (3), and 'The Shin 
ing Hour,' which debutted in To 
ronto Monday (5), arrive in to'wn, 
possibly next week. Two current 
shows are 'Roberta' and 'Her Mas 
ter's Voifee.' Theatre Guild has 
four shows Oh the list now-^'Mary 
of Scotland,' 'Ah, Wilderness,' 'Days 
Without End* and 'Biography.' 
Dwight Deer© Wlrtian had four 
shows for a while, but now has only 
one — -'She Loves -Me Not.' 

'Shining Hour,' also known as 
"Nearer Than ;,' came oyer virtu 
ally intact from London. Gordon 
took show on recommendation of 
Noel Coward, who has a third In- 
terest in the American showing of 
'Hour.' Gordon has a similar share, 
and the otljer third Is owned by the 
show's three leads, Gladys Cooper, 
Raymond Massey and Adrlenne Al- 
len (Mrs. -Massey), they also being 
In oh percentage. 

It was prbposed to spot ' TETdiir' 
in Montreal . also, but Massey. in 
eisted the show have a shot at 
Broadway immediately aftei' To 
ronto. 

'Hour' comes to the Booth on a' 
tirior booking, which forces the 
Sliuberts' 'No More Ladies,' d. sue 
cess, to move. 

dordon is due in London this 
spring to look over 'Three Sisters' 
. at the Drurya, Laiie to confer with 
Coward about a new Operetta, score 
of which is regarded highly; 



William; Gaxton ptilled 
something, in the way of a. 
getaway speech at the end of* 
the final performance of 'Lfet 
'Em. Eat Cake' in Phlladelphlar 
Jani~ 27i Addressing the a:udi- 
ence he asked if - the sho\y .>yas 
enjoyed a;rtd oh g^tti 
reply, he said: 

"Well. 20 critics in New York 
are throwing 150 people put of 
work.' 

There are nine in 
'Manhattan and two 
lyn, so it looks nice the aictor 
ballooned the number of re- 
viewers. 

'Cake' dr<BW mixed .notices, at 
the premiere, but. stuck three; 
months oh'Broadway. Manage- 
ment didn't figure reviews 
would affect attendance In 
Washingtohi Baltimore . and 
Phllly, but the company thinks 
otherwise, for all three stands 
played in the red. 




Ratoff Virtually Set 
For George White Show 

Hollywood, Feb. 6. 

It's in the cards for George White 
to take Gregory RatoiBC back to New 
York fbr a spot in his new show 
opening Decoration Day. 

Ratoff is- currently in, the .Pox 
•Scandals,' but deal JTor tiie legU 
engagement is y^t in the talking 
stage. 




Mmimum Wage Qauses Now Oke 
With Equity; Famsworth Asked 
To Explain Toi^h Code Angles 



Fii'st. conrililaiht against a new 
show , prior to premiere on Broad 
way was filed Monday against some 
thing called 'Legal Murder,' due 
on at the President; Opening 
was set liack while a representative 
of Equity and a manager charged 
unfair practice in violation of the 
legit code. 

Equity's contention was based on 
the cast and stagehands heing non- 
union. Equity members were origi- 
nally engaged, but when Fields and 
Brown, newcomers, failed to provide 
satisfactory assurance the salaries 
would be paid. Equity ordered the 
players out. Management, however, 
went ahead/ cl?iimlng It had engaged 
a company of, 'amateur' actors. 

Warren iMunsell of the Theatre 
Guild was the inquiring manager. 
He asked whether the Guild would 
be : requited to compily with the • 
legit code. If another management 
such as that having 'Legal Murder' 
was iallowed to Operate outside the 
code. 

Guild has another angle, not men- 
tioned at the NRA session — its 
forthcoming 'They Shall. Not Die' 
and - 'Legal Murder' are both based 
on the Scottsboro trial in Alabama, 
though Guild not due in for another 
two weeks. 



HoDpood 
Legit Prodticers 
On Rosy Carpet 



' Holly Wdod, Feb. 6. 
Four locial legit producers, Homec 
Curran, Edward Belaisco. B. E. Clive 
and George K. Arthur, v^ere on the 
carpet Ik fore Divisional :Adminis^ 
tVatbr" Rbfiipnblat^^ to answet coiut 
pla:irtts that they >frere guilty of cod^ 
viblaflon In respect to givea^vays. 

Specific offense wa9 the service' 
pass syiaterii in vogue at hbusies both 
in Hollywood a,nd :downtown.. 

Cod* provision that no induce-, 
nrtnts can be bfferled If thre^ or 
more theatres are in cornpetitioh in 
the same territory ^Sls pointed out 
to them. Theatre men endeavored 
to draw a. distinction between Hol- 
lywood and downtown on the theory 
that the two districts are not com- 
petitive. 

The theatre men were requested 
to formally file theii* defense in 
writing, and he \irould take it up 
later after reaching Washington. 



Shahghaied 



Wiealthy young man wiib has 
reduced a couple of shows, 
with his family always payirig 
off ti>e bills, got busy planning 
a new one last week, 

So his family q^uickly bought 
him a trip .around the world 
and put him the first libat 
goin&. out of New Yor_. 






lAKE' FOLDS; ONLY 
7 WEEKS, BUT PROHT 



'The Lake,' starring Katharine 
Hepburn, will close Saturday (10) 
at the Martin Beck, N. Y., instead 
of going on tour as' planned. It is 
in its seventh week. Some doubt 
about the show's plan up to Satur- 
day- wlieri folding hbfite was posted; 

Understood Miss Hepburn Is 1" 
need bf a rest and plans a trip 
abroad. The film-stage, star is said 
to have an Interest in the produc- 
tion. Understood she :was disap- 
pointed on the opening night of the 
Lake' in New York .and on the 
verge of walking out. 

i)e6iiite its short engagement . the 
'Lake' is said to have been profit- 
able. It drew exceptional money in 
Washington and the first two or 
three weeks Oh Broadway. 



PRODUCERS (XT 10^ 
FOR REWRITING PLA 

H. Potter and George Haight 
were awarded 10% of the royalties 
on 'Double Door,' which they pro 
duced, by arbitration last week 
Award carries with it a similar 
share of the pictiure and stock 
rights. While the Ba:sic . Minimum 
Agreement stipulates that wha,tever 
a manager writes in, or adds to, a 
script becomes the property of the 
author, 'Door* is an exceptional case. 

Play was written by Elizabeth 
McFadden. Potter and Hiaight, 
while condubting a summer, theatre 
at ; Southampton. L. I., ri?ad the 
script and suggested revisions 
Prior, to its acceptance for pro- 
duction by them, It was verbally 
agreed with Miss McFadden that 
they receive a. royalty interest, the 
young managerial team leaving the 
amount of percentage up to the 
authoress. After working on the 
script they decided, to produce 
'Door.' It appears. Miss McFadden 
then claimed they were not en- 
titled to a royalty interest under 
the terms of the Basic Agreement; 

Managers convinced the arbi 
tratprs of their work prior to the 
productibn contract. They asked 
for a 16% share, which was shaved 
off one third* 



Group Has a Hit, So 
Goodbye 1-Show Policy 

Group Theatrels rehearsals arc. 
starting bn a new play by John 
Howard Lawso' entitled 'Gentle- 
wonian.' 

Group was oi-gan.ized several years 
.■ago^_to_ do.-on &--Play.-at--a._t1me_and 
rehearse each play for several 
nionths before production. Be- 
hearsed 'Men in White* all summer 
and found themselves with a hit 
on their hands, which looks good for 
the rc-St of the summer a,t least- 
Still have the producing urge, so 
are taking In more members and 
^ill thus have enough actors fpr a 
second company. 



Jack Ritchie 111 

Holly wopd. Fe:b. B. 
Jack Kitchie, vetieran toad shpw 
agent, Is dangerously 111 at his. home 
here. 

Ritchie, cI6.se to 85, l.s one of the 
oldest, advance agepts Uvin He 
has made his home on the coast for 
some years. . . 



Sppreme Court Upholds 
Murphy's 'Horses' Claiin 





. Chicago, Feb. 

Midwest, legit performers in Chi- 
cago a.nd Kansas City ire putting 
lip a yfelFover tiie present setup on 
he Civil Works Administration 
funds as far as government spon- 
sored shows .are concerned. Feel 
that New York alone is getting 
these specially backed • plays And 
the midwest is bei?ig tredted a.s a 
stepchild. Equity and Variett of- 
fices iiere have been deluged with 
Gall& from performers Who want to 
know where they should apply, for 
tiiese show jobs they've be<sn read- 
ing about. 

When they are Infornied that 
there are no" plans for CWA backed 
shows In Chicago the howl starts. 
And what a howl! 

Understood here, that the plays in 
New York are tiie result bf co-oper- 
ation between th6 CWA and New 
York sta;te.. Because of tills angle 
the performers locally believe that 
some governmental deal between 
national and state authorities could 
put ov<5r a couple, of shows here. 

MUSICIANS REFUSE CUT 
FOR CARROLL 7ANIT1ES' 



Something of a jam over -the 
musicians at. the Majestic, N. Y., 
where iMurder at the Vanities' Is 
current occurred last we6k when 
the show management sought , con- 
cessions. Earl Carroll had gotten 
ia concession from the stage hands, 
who. agreed to a redaction of seven 
men from the crew, under the plea 
that on cutting of operation costs 
the show would be enabled to con- 
tinue. Actbrs had taken a cut but 
the musicians refused to permit 
lopping off. the orchestra. 

Union's rotating system takes 25% 
of . the musicians out weekly to help 
unemployed. ,It has been agreed 
that four key men be kept in the 
pit without change. Three of the 
orchestra were receiving $15 extra 
for doubling in several Instruments. 
Cariroll decided to discontinue the 
doubling, thereby saving |45 weekly, 
Union demanded tliat the extra coin 
be restored otherwise the four key 
men would have to rotate, regularly. 
With the management ciieck-mated, 
situation is still to. be adjusted. 



Equity has chianged its viewpoint 
on. the mihiniuni wage provisions, as 
set forth in the legit theatre 
it was first thought that the st4pu- 
lation. requiring managiars to pay 
not less, than $40 Weekly to- actbrs 
having- .two or more years' experi- 
ence was boonierang which i>re- 
ventied aiiy nnmber of .. members 
frotii accepting jobs. Equity now 
says subh reaction was 
ated. 

;^hat ihdicates Equity will f^eek no 
' radica,l ctiange in the.cbde rnlnmum 
wage prbvisipns when open hear- 
ings for proposed chancres start lat^. 
this month, Thiere has been some 
tendency for managers to bear down 
on ealai-ies by Jltteniptlng to engage 
players rated .ui) to $75 cldss fpr 
Jess money, isut those ; Instances 
are apparently Infrequent. 

Equity this season; fbr the llM.t 
time, has iaii accurate check on ssJl- 
aries. becausfe of its. tripUctite con*- 
tract rule* Managers must, eiigrn 
three .copies of : contracts with ac- 
tots, one. copy b6ing: required to be 
filed with Equity. The. trend in sal- 
ary levels is distinctly upward over 
last season,, these cpntracts indi- 
cate. 

C. . Session 

Lengthy,. session last week by the 
Code Authority was devoted to dis- 
cussions bf changes to be made . in 
the code. Just what the managers, 
aptors and unions will' ask has not 
been determined, each group hold- 
ing biack until _ce.rtain clauses are 
clarified by Washington. 

The wordage in a number of 
clauses appears ambiguous to show 
folks, and W. P. Farnswprth, new 
deputy administrator under divi- 
sional administrator Rosenblatt, 
has been asked for interpretations. 
Farnswprth will be present at this 
week's session with answersi 

While nO radical changes are in 
sight, the provision safeguarding 
legit shows from the pernicious 
tiirowaway 'pass' system will be 
strengthened, it is understood. The 
practice has been eliminated, ex- 
cepit for some alleged evasions, in 
New York, but it is. being used In 
other spots, particularly on the 
coast and in. Philadelphia. .Reason 
lies in the code itself, which does 
not clearly include put-of-town 
stands in the thrbwavvray ban. 

With., thei various legit groups 
ealling for action, on ■v^^altirig ques- 
tions, and the ticket matter shunted 
aside fbr the time iJelng, first im- 
portant decislbn' will probably be 
the fixing of rehearsal hours, due 
to be settled tills week. 

Labor questions are still to be 
adjusted. Claimed that the road is 
mainly concerned with that prob- 
lem, but there are so few shows 
touring the matter has not been 
pressed. 

There were demands for changes 
in working conditions in New York, 
too, but with business better than 
last season, the Importance of that 
situation appears to have le?sened,. 



Kaufman-Harris Confab 

Hollywood, Feb. B. 
George S. Kaufman arrives here 
Feb. 12. 

He's coming to talk with Sam 
Harris on the playwright's n«»w mu- 
.sioal to go into the Music Box, N. 
Y., following 'As Thousands Cheer.' 



iters' award in favor of Owen 
Murphy in : his squawk against tli.e 
Shuberta relative to his rights as A 
eo.liabbratbr on 'Hold Your Hofaes,'. 
Joe Cook musical, ,;Was made official 
Tuesday (30) by the N. Y. Suprieme 
Court.' The arblteirs on r>ec. 21, 
1933, had declared that the agree- 
ment made by the Sliuberts with 
Murphy In May 17, 1933, was still 
effective. Murphy, therefore, is en^ 
titled to cpUcet royalties and hiive 
his niame billed as author of the 
l)iecc, Ui) to and including; the week 
of Dec. 9, 1933, Murphy's accrued 
royalties as awarded amounted to 
$2,(130.98.. 

Murphy la one at, three collabo.r 
tors, of the Sfcore. *It was put on by 
llTe'^ShuiJef tr"=und er=^hxj 
narrip of the Producing Associ'iate.s, 
Ini?. 

The arbiters upheld nlij claims.. in 
•all three instahccs, and the N, Y. 
."Supreme Court approved. 

J'almer E- Pierce, Walter Reade 
and Harry Archer w«tre the arbiters, 
acting under rules of the Aiiierican 
Arbitration Society. 



Gehnsin Pilih Director 
Shubert Legit Stager 

Wilhelm Thi'ele,. acei. German ..film 
director of .musicals, will direct a 
musical stage production for the 
Shuberts of 'A Night in Venice.' 
Thiele has rewritten the ,book, 
which Is getting- Frlml music and 
will star Jeritza. 

Pierce is to into rehear.sal 
within two: weeks, it is an old 
StrauHS operetta, but lias been mod- 
ernized by Thiele. Thiele was a 
logit stager before gplng fllrns 15 
year.s ago. 



TreshFaces' 

"^Revue==?in=7=frchearsal==r^undpr^thc 
management of C. li. Dillingham 
and Elsie Janis contains most bf 
the material used in a revue pre- 
sent*id .on the coast last season by 
Leonard Sillman under th6 title of 
'Lo and Behold.' 

SUlman, an actor who appeared 
In the fir.it' 'Amfrloana,' in staging 
Taces.' 



ALLEN SEZ MISS BRICE 
WON'T PAY COMMISSION 



Edgar Allen, who booked Fannie 
Brlce into the Shuberts' Zlegfeld 
.Follies, has .started suit on. Ills 
agency contract against the come- 
dienne, allegihg she ha^ Tfefysed to 
continue paying him .commlsh. She 
paid him $500 and .then halted, he 
says, hence :the. suit via, Julius 
Kendler against Miss Brice to enr 
force It/s terms. 

Allen sets forth that he negotl-, 
ated Miss Brlce'b terms at $2,500 a 
week guarantee again.st 8% of the 
gross iihd that she has been col- 
lecting between $3,000 and '$3,500 as 
a result. Al30,'.he say.s; ho fought 
with the ShubertH in her behalf for 
the privilege of working Iti nlte! 
clubs (having in mind- her doubling 
into husbahd Billy Rosin's Ca.si no de 
-Paroo- eh o wt-radi o,7=piu va- 1 f!t=(^^^ me^'-f 
ment.% etc.) 

Allen also stiatcs that :M1s.s lii-lo 
at first wa.s agreeable with the 
straight $2,500 figure and kiddiilgly 
stated that he (Allen) could keep 
anything above that $2,500 figure; 

Allen ia now with Ed Davidow, 
but hooked Miss Brl<.ff personally 
Into the musloal. 



54 



VARIETY 



Tuesday, February 6, 1934 



Hays on Broadway 



THE JOYOUS SEASON 

Comedy artLrim . in threo acts, prieafented 
ai the Belasco, N. Y., Jan. 20, l;>y .Arthur 
Hopkins. Written, by Philip Barry; Btaged 
by th9 producer; IjllUan Otah featured. 
Frahcla Battle, . . . . . . , . . . .... . .Srlc Dresaler 

Thexesa Farley Battle, .. ..v., Jane Wyattt 

Martin Farley> .......... .-. ,'J«rome. Lawlei' 

Patplck . . . .iBarry-'Macollum 

liugh Farley Alan Campbell 

Ross. Farley,', John ^dredge 
Monica Farley. ^ lor'ence. Williams 
John. Farley. , .Moffat Johnston 
fldlth Chonte Farley;.'. Mary Kennedy 

Chr'lstln'a Farley .'-.'....'...'..Lillian Glsli 

Nora .........Kate Mayhew 

Sr.- Aloysliis..;;. . . . . . \ . ..... . .Mary Hone 



Christmas time Is the joyous sea- 
son but . "The Joyous Season' ' Is not 
merry and its .chances for popu- 
larity are likely to: be -limited be- 
ca;use-. of A secular strain. . 

■There are indications that Philip 
Barry'js play is ijartly.. biographical 
and •rathef. away : fi'om his style. 
It tiells the story of the Farleys 
of Boston, of the' adiilt second gen- 
eration .of -deceased Irish parents, 
.They kre clannish . Catholics,. The 
wife of one ; and the husband ,pf 
ano.ther, are ..cohverts, latter adhei:- 
Ing .td the faith, more strictly than 
tho^e born In it, It is the second' 
play this season, with the church 
as a bacligrourid, O'Xfeiirs .'Days 
Without lind,' however, having a 
far.' different topic. 

ThQ Fai'ieys — there .are- seven of 
theiii— reside in the Back .Bay disr 
trict' in a house which their father 
bou'ght during' depression times. 
John,- the eldest, follovvs the fathjer's 
Idea that the family should be Itept. 
togetheiv, - .Only Terry . (Theresa), 
main-ied - to Francis • Battle, young 
attornej', who Is teaching "Jaw at 
Harvard a sainat her wishes, frankly 
declare's that £tll the Firleys, . wed 
and iinwod, living together is.basl-. 
caliy - wrong and she senses it as 
the i-eason for her present perilous 
union' with Franci ^ John has held 
off from marriage because of his 
sense of responsibility to the others.. 
Hugh is wed to a Choate.ahd would 
rather be with . his childr6ri In the 
west. The' <Jther$ are of less fixed 
status. 

Christina; the missing Farley, Is 
a nun, abi'oad. She hasn't been 
home for- 16 . ye&rs, but her visit 
thli Christinas.;E!ve is all Important . 
because of a" bequest made by th6 
father, The Farleys ha-ve' been 
rearedi in Good Ground, out in the 
country ^^djais.eht to Boston. Ac- 
cording tdv t% .:WiU Christina Is to 
have her choi€e-,]i!;j| Good" Ground or 
the house on ]^^C{m street, which 
is more valuable. "The Farleys have 
developed socially and It is their 
-fear that Christina may decide to 
take the town 'place. ' 

Christina arrives, expecting. t6 
find her brothers and sisters happy. 
She soon discerns th6 truth. Puz- 
zled somewhat over their attitude, 
the light comes when Terry bursts 
Into tfears and tries to describe the 
unhappiy situation with her hus- 
band. John cunningly contrives to 
have Christnnas. dinner at . Good. 
Ground, and. of. course, Christina se-. 
lects it, there to establlsii a coji- 
vent school. Terry and Francis! make 
it up and are off to be oh their own 
while the worry about keeping the 
house for themselves e-vaporates. 
At least Christina manages to make 
them realize that family clanish- 
ness had made, them a rather sor- 
rowful group. 

But 'The Joyous Season' contrib- 
utes something to the drattia by 
picturing a pother Superior within 
the- midst of her family, those she 
loves best despite her long absences. 
The fine, sacrificing Chi'istina, with 
a sense of humor, as enacted by Lil- 
lian. Gish,. seems one of the season's, 
best performances. Also, present Is 
the alluring Jane Wyatt (Terry) 
and . some other top actors, but It 
is Miss Gish who is ireally im 
portaht. . 

'Season', brings back Arthur Hop- 
kins to the -managerial field after 
a spell at making pictures In the 
east. It won't be his luckiest se 
lection, by any means, /bee. 



AH the King's Horses 

Harry i. -Crtrt and Charles H. , Ahra-"isort 
pi-oiluc.Ho'n (by.arratiRemeht with EL Stew 
-art-Tnvant). ' Operetta ■. In Iwb. acts and 
seven- scenes. Book arjd. lyjlcs by Freder- 
ick Kendeen; music. ISdward At - Moran; 
.stoRed by Jose Kuben; adapted from 'Oarlo 
Kucco,' - by' I./fiwrence'- Clarke and Max 
Glci'sberK. Ca.st - -iCcatures 'Guy Roberteon: 
Nancy.- Mc-rbrd, Andrew. . Tonxbes, Betty 
Starbuck iind iJorls ' Pnlaton. ■ Musical 
' director. Oai-ar Jlraijley ; dances by Theodor 
Adolplius. . Onotied Jan'. ;!0 at the Shubert, 
N. y.. :{.;!0 top, 

-Ko.sisel . . ... 

Albert . ; 

A' Patron. '. ..... 

t:o1I. 

Bnron Koi-ltz... 
King. Ruflolph. i . . 
Con Conley.. 
£)6nald MrArtbiir. 
. Sherry Shannon. . . 
Joseph. . ....... r.. 

^^CJJtlYrt-Uatthy- 
Countess Pptkanimer. 
Queen. • 
I..adle3 In Waiting— Doris Andor-lon, Helen 
van. VlJ-fflnla Bavlps, Etna Ross, Ger- 
trude Ilotmn, ' June Teinpnst, Joun Orhef 
Fmnoes. Threse, Xillda Palil. Mora Vordkln 
Winnie Duncan, Dorothy Kosler, 



■ « • • • • » 4' 



.Robert O'Connor 
..Arthur F. Otto 
'v .'Manart Klppen 
..Frances Thrts.-; 
, . . .Frank Greene 
..-Jack KdVvarda 
, .-Andrew Tombt's 
. . .Guy. Itobcrlson 
. . , ; Doris I'atston 
>.,.I.ouls MorrelJ 
JjtuaacU^jaickg; 
.Betty atarbuck 
.Nancy McCord 



'All the King's Horsps' Is no woW 
clicker lilit it's not a bad little show. 
It's old-fashioned and certainly 
familiar as to libretto, but it's of 
the patter which every so often 
■get.s over. Considering that its 



most forntldable and sole, operetta 
opposition Is 'Roberta' there should 
be some room for 'All the King's 
Horses/ Lieblang bolstering may 
carry It through for moderate pro- 
portions. The tariff is ?3.30 top. 

The plot of a film star;, whd 
changes places with the king: of a 
mythical mld-Euroi)ean monarchy, 
arid the- king Impersonating the 
Hollywood, satellite for a, ooiipie Of 
weeks, has been around before. Its 
'Zenda' complications, espeicially 
vvhen the qvieen mistakes the Ini- 
poster for .a changed rpyaL. consort, 
are likewise of familiar . romahtic 
patterh. 

In this Instarice .the mistaken 
Identity is, the result of .the real 
king shaviriig off his Van Dykie 
beard; whereujion he looks- star- 
tllngly like th6 visiting Hollywood 
film star -who has. been on location 
in'Paris. His presence here is thus 
draiiiattiirgicaliy accounted,, for. 

Jack Edwards is King Rudolph Of 
L<angenstein,. whpril Guy Rpbertsdti 
personates for the .major portion' of 
the .evening. Nancy McCprd. is tlhe 
Queen; Andrew 'Tombes is the hi- 
powered p.al - for the .fiicke.r Star 
while Doris Patston,. as the ifemme 
star, and. Be'ty . Starbuck, .as the 
queen's chief ladyrin-walting, i'ourid 
put the principals. 

Rpbertsoh and Miss McCbiHi, the 
latter a looker and not so hefty; for 
a prima,, although inclined to. pleas- 
irii; - . -pluhipishness^ sustain the 
slower- bobk portions with their -rb- 
hiiantic duetSj most' outstanding of 
which is, 'I Found a Song.' Tombes 
.S; a,- .'funny man, :even . with that; 
pijiuny sense of . comedy., (Heren-^ 
d«en's. libretto comedy, apart frdni 
the situations,- runs chiefly , to a 
HJtSty PiidcllngTMask and Wig 
play on wbrds . and epigrammatic 
phrase-twisting. Too often, It's as 
Ineffective as .it's stilted and arti- 
ficial:). . . 

Of the otker principals, both Miss 
Starbuck and Patston work hard 
arid to effect, the former teaming 
with Tpmbes. They don't begin to 
gather momentum as a team until 
the second, act, although Tombes' 
lighter' contributions are highly 
welcome from the barrier. Miss 
Starbuck be-vec Shows up 'till just 
before Intermission.; In minor sup- 
port, Frank Greene aS the . king's 
principal stooge, arid Russell Hicks 
as a -light mena,ce, are notable. 

The book has a few funny sltu- 
atloris, such.as the broadcasts from 
the palace as a royal builder-upper- 
for the kingdoni's morale. It in- 
cludes .a, theme song and some other 
effective business in front 6f the 
hiike. 

There are foiit- songs Which may 
mean something, most notably 'I 
Found a Song' and 'You're Asking 
'Charming* suggests dance- 
floor . Sprlghtliness for a get-over 
and 'Nuts Over You' vleS With 'Ma- 
mazelle' and jpossibly 'Evening Stair*^ 
as dark horses. The score withal 
is tuneful and commercial. 

Productlpn is nice In every re- 
spect Iricludlng the substantial sets. 
Opening night the plugrthe-walt 
olios developed insecurity which 
should be corrected. AfteJ. , 



HOTEL ALIMONY 

Comedy In three act«' and nine Efceiies by 
A. W. .Pezot. 'Presented . bj( Franklin, and 
Stbner at the Royale, M. Y., Jan. S9. Fea- 
tures . i James . Shelburne, Robert Smmett 
Keahe-' and Nancy E Vans. Adapted . from 
a farce . by . Adolf I>bllllp and Max Simon; 
directed- and flteged by A. W. Pezet. 

Kate Rydh.,.'.'.j....'. Eve Farrell 

ffl-Tone Peter Goo Oiong' 

Jim R^'ail. John Henry McKee 

I'eter 3'horpe. .... .. . . ... ,-.:James ' Shelbume 

R6srer ..Woods. , . ; . , .Robert - Emmett Kcane 
Mildred. Thorpe. , . .Kancy Kva'ns 

Mi-s. Hopkins. ...... .'.Edna Archer Cra-wford: 

Dorothy Fulton. . . . ..^ ...... .Marjorle DiUe 

John Broihford 2d.'. .. , , .-.Roland. Bottomlcy 

Arthjir Katlian :, ...Sheldon -X«6nard 

Jenkins.......;..';-.. .....Stanley- De Wolfe 

Sam ;C.ohen.,. . . .Munl 'Diamond 

A\ Gordon ... . . . . Bert. Wilcox 

-WUllart: ColUnsj,*i«. .Harrlsbn Brockbank 
Heniy.C. CAfter..;...... .DesniOnd Gallagher 

■Mary. Sauhd6rs. . , . . . .Winifred . Law' 



A Hatj A Coat, A Glove 

Crosby Galge and D. K; -Welskopf pro- 
duction of three-act melodrama.' Adapted' 
by -William A. Drake from German orig- 
inal of Wllhelm. Speyer. Staged by CrosTiy 
Galge .and Robert C. Fischer. A. .E. Ma- 
thews featured. At Selwyn, K. Y., open- 
ing Jan .31. 

Jerry Hutchlns.... ,...:Lester Vail 

Ann Brewster. Isabel Baring 

A Man E. A; Matthews 

Felicia Mitchell, .Nedda Harrlgan 

Johfv Walters....... .i... Philip Van Zandt 

Sec retary ... Helen . Wynn 

...... ...Boyd Irivln 

.'.George Alison 

,. Charles G. Johnson 
. . Horace Casselberry' 
Gebrge W. WUHams 
{.. . . ; .".THeriry Brent 
.....Clare Woodbury 
' ,'. . . -.' .- -. . t). j; Carew 
........ .Oscar Berlin 



.......*• 

I ...... . 



Robert Ross. 
J'udge Breed. 

Court Attendant 

James Gardiner. . . . . , 

Clerk;............... 

Court Stenographer,". 
Henrietta. C. Jones;. 
Sergeant Whalen , ... . 

Tommy Harris...... 



}8 accidentally klllea. . ■ Ultlmateiy. 
Hu'bby defend^ the lover accused of 
the murder. 

For pictures there Is considerable 
basic action capable of develop r 
ment although as done at the Sel- 
wyn action Is at a minimum and 
conversation overlong. -Little, if 
any, of the dialog could.be used, for 
films. Possibly four or five riiinpr 
laughs in all and those chiefly a 
matter of Mattiiews' siiaye delivery. 

•Production seerilcally is okay .but 
stage direction notably lacks temPb. 
Secorid act in particular Is slng- 
aongey. Efforts, to create action by 
having, the bharacters; oirciiiate 
from, desk to wlhdow. to . dbbr....to 
fireplace ;can not make that session 
any thlnigr but . frozen and static plot 
cbnyersatlon. Need for some laughs 
tairiy screamed. >^ 

liester Vail, as the lover, follows 
Matthews in the matter of effec- 
tiveness.. The two principal women 
neither look nbr siiggest what they 
are supposed to be. ~ L.ond. 



'American, Very Early 

Comedy la three acta, Progented at the 
Vanderbllt. ^. T., Jan. 80 by Wilton lAck- 
ayo, Jr. Written by latter and Florence 
Johne; staged by presenter. 

Nippy Andrews. ^. ......Lynn Beranger 

Hub TUaonv .EdM'ard Favor 

Wlnafred Proctor....^ Florence Johns 

Victoria Bue«er. ..I <•••'••. .Harriet Sterling 

Kzt& Buzzer. ; ;v.....John Ravold 

Sylvanus Sperry. .^,.,..,.Hari-y Tyler 
Canary Twist....... Bdttli .Tacbna 

Tom Courtney i .. . Alexander Clark 
Birdsle Littlefleld'. ...... ... .... Vincent York 

Hulga. ; . . . , . .... ; Georgette Spelvlh 

A Mother.. ......'.;....;LuIu Mae Hubbard. 

Her Little Boy..........;.r...Bobby Hess 

Annie McCall. . . . .'. . .'. . . . . < , . • lotcnpe Auer 

Mrs. Preston O. Polk.. 

; . .Marlon Warrlhg-'Manlcy 

F.' Millard Hopewell. JamSs Seeley 
Lawrence Proctor: . . .Grant Mills 
Mrs. MortiBmore Santly....... Helen Rdyton 

Farmer; '. . ; ... . ............ . John - P. Brawn 

Collector, ..-..;.'.....-...'.. .'...Jeanne De Me 



Of thb'se' .idea; pieces that 
never 'bedbmes 'riibre thari a good 
idea.' It'd described on the t)rogram 
as a'cbmedyi adapted from a farce. 
Turns out. -to: be neither., .A fe\(? 
laughs, here and there, but-ias a play 
It won't linger long. . 

Tries to tell ' the. ' wickedness . of 
New York State's .alimbny law.' 
James Shelbiirne, a s6rig-writ6r, be- 
comes involved in ? 300 a week a!li- 
mony, Wife throws him in Jail 
when he - can't pay, and the rest 
cpnsists pf efferts to get. him out 
again. ' ' 

Mpst of the writing is forced be- 
yond, belief and; all of It is verbose. 
Acting and direction are poor, ex- 
cept for a good piece of work by 
Robert Enimett Keane. Latter does 
an amusing drurik and is in the 
only really cbnslsteritly funny scene 
In the first part of th« third act. 
But by- that time it's too late, for 
anybody to help. Kauf, 



WIND AND THE RAIN 

.. D>rama in' three aota' and six scenes by 
Mertoh Hodge. Produced by George Kon- 
dolf and Walter Hart: at the RItz, Feb. 1. 
Staged by Mr. Hart. 

Mrs. McFle... '..;.......;. Mildred Natwick 

Gilbert Raymond. ...i. Alexander Archdale 

Jotin Williams. .Lowell Qllihbre 

Charles Trltton...;<.....<...Frahk Lawton 

Paul Duham^l Edward Raquello 

Anne Hargreaves. ..^ ...... . .Rose' Hobart 

Jill Mannertng........i.j..... .June Blossom 

Roger Cole — ..Charles Campbell 

Peter Morgan. .. ..Albert Whitley 



-A first act that is none tbo grip-: 
plhg, a second act of riothing but 
talk, and a third act cburtroom that 
is moderately, ten^e but not sensa- 
tional adds up as a. play that won't 
last on Broadway. This melodrama 
is chiefly distinguished by Its stellar 
player, E. A. Matthe-ws. 
• Show csime In highly tbuted as a 
success in German3':, Its charms 
seem to have been lost in importa- 
tion. William A. Drake's adapta- 
tion may be partly at fault and 
partly that the two Wojnen, Nedda 
Harrlgan and Isabel .Baring, weaken 
what ls basically a quite decent ac- 

;clde.ntal. murder plot. It is likely 
Hollywood will take the play iit a 
loiver .flgure than would have been 
the' case if the Broadway produc- 
tion were hotter. 

Play will be proportionately 
better -when tlghtonod and, of 

^course the uauaj^ jiolsy. ^pseudb- 

smart .lirst-nlghters provideiTSs^fuf 
a sounding board for a play .as 
could be imagined. First five or 10 
minutes of each act were prac- 
tically ruined by the muat-see-and- 
be-soen flrist niftht gawks. 

The sto^y is of a girl fished from 
a suicidal watery plunge and re- 
turned tb hei* rescuer's bachelor flat. 
Left alone a "strange man . (Mat- 
thews) arrlvc.q. He is the lawyer- 
husband of the hero's mistress. In 
a .struggle- over a i)istol the girl 



It becomes Iricreasirigly evident 
that British plays are British- and 
American plays are American. The 
two have definitely cleft lines, are 
separate an'd self-Sustalnlrig. 'Wind 
and Rain' is the newest British im- 
port, and is thoroughly that. It is 
slow and ' peaceful and it tells just 
the -very slightest of slight stories. 
Practically nothing happens. But 
it is done so well; acted, written 
and staged so carefully .. that it Is 
easy to understand why the play 
would be successful with customers 
of such temperament. Americans, 
unfortunately, are likely to be too 
impatient. 

Productibrt Is not expensive, so 
that, if the^ producers can iiold bri 
for a -while, it may bui^l tp mod- 
erate draw on carriage trade. More 
likely, hpwever, that the play Is too 
frail to last . lonjs - enough for that 
build-up. 

..Title, comes from a quotation of 
Shakespeare, a phrase in !The Tem 
pest,' arid lias, very little, to do with 
the pla<y Itself, except that the locale 
is .Scotliarid, where presumably it 
blows and rains all the time. It's 
a story of a boy studying rinedlclne. 
He arrives in a Scottish boarding 
house, meets the girl, studies hard* 
passes exams, falls in love, goes 
back to London to break, off With 
the fiancee,, comes back to Scotland 
to marry. He's a good boiy, an 
•honest bpy, and a dull. boy. 

.. Frank Lawtbn's perfprmance as 
the boy is the Important- iterh of the 
show. If.s his fiirst New York lejjit 
.DcrCbrmance, though ht''.s been seen 
here ih 'Cavalcade,' the. fllih. Ho 
impres.ses as haying more, tal.ent 
than any. juvenile import in some 
.time. , 
='=lt0so=Mobart='.Is'=opposit.e=and-a=bit 
too American for the part, altlibugh 
she handles it neatly enough. June 
Blossom, as the other, girl, has the 
same lone fault. Alexander . Arch- 
dale, ano.ther import, docs nicely by 
a comic student role, and Mlldrod 
Xatwlck, as the housekeeper, is out- 
standing in a character part. • 

Walter Hart has given the direc 
tlon considerable delicacy and the 
customary slow British tempo. 

Kauf. 



.- There- may be. a gpbd cpmedy 
about thpse cbuntry places that sell 
SP-called siritlques in the foothills, 
of Connecticut or other spots. . That 
Idea cpmes frpm ^Ariieiican;. Very 
Early,-' -which dcesri't tyrn the trick. 

Florence Johns and huisbarid, son 
of the. ..late iWIitbn La,Ckaye, who 
preserits 'Early/ collaborated in the 
v/rltlrig:, . They Succeed li\ providing 
m\ich detail, which niay indicate 
better things to coirie, but they for- 
got tp, write, much pf a play. As tp 
the couple knowing their Oonnectl- 
cuters there is. ample evidence. 

Seenis that spme* of .those pepple 
aretft .many levels, above the poor 
White trash pf the south. Most of 
their energy .i^^.: expended In taking 
advaritag^ ;bf their . neighbors . in- 
petty business trdrisactioris, .espe- 
cially: newcomers, - As to . prying 
Into each other's affairs, that's .a 
sport Inherent in. them ail. . 

When Nippy Andrews and Wlna- 
fred Proctor come tip "from NeW 
.York' arid take oyer the rold' Cadob 
place;' the. countryiside knowg . all 
about the - two girls' plans before 
they even divulge th^m, Winnie is 
•separated from, her hiisbarid • and 
Nippy doesn't, think much, of -vired- 
lock either, so they decide - to . go 
Into the ? antique ■ business together, 
.The girls. have ideals as-tp busi- 
ness.. The furniture, and pther 
iarticles.' they purchase are class, 
arid there Is - tc be a fixed selling 
price. Interesting feature- pf the 
play is their 'degeneration.'. After- 
being, tricked . .with spurious stuff 
arid bilked oh aales, ; the girls de- 
cide they have' the' wrong Idea. 
Froril a, nice little sales rbbm the! 
plaice becomes a junk shop In the 
third act. By that time there is 
furniture strewn over the lawn, a 
stalled truck on the highway indlr 
cates they a.re vacating,, iand a 
phoney old grandmother ■ on the 
pprch Is artcther come-oh for suck- 
ers Who -dote bn antiques." 

The . nosey old. couple next dobr 
who pester the girls are. Ezra and 
"Victoria Buzzer; the plumber is 
Sylvarius Sperry; a half-time kid 
miaid is Canary Twist. Maybe those 
pf ograrii names are hot ad lib, arid 
there is even , a 'Georgette Spelvih' 
listed. There are some too inti- 
mate bathroom terms early in the 
performanbe, and the last act perks 
up. because that's where most of 
the few giggles are spotted. 

'American, Very Early' Impresses 
more as art idea than a play, the 
types- arid detail riot being eriough to 
send . It across. Ihee'. . 

(Withdravm Saturday after, five 
days; printed 16t the record.) 



Theodora the Queah 

Comedy drama in tbrce acts presented at 
the Forrest Jan. 31 by -Jo Graham (Agne-w 
Producllons, cwners). Written by Joe MU- 
ward and J. Kerby Hawkea; staged by 
Grnham. 
Crier .;....., 
Klytemneatra 
Ahgrnh 



...... 

...;«.'......... 



Chandra . 

Cicl . 

Tavldnus 
Gqard..' ■ ■ . 
Hypatlus 
Antonlha 
Hatu . 
Theodora 
-Bellanrlus ' ....... 

Paiii .... 

Marcus -...-.,'.>..; 
Father Sebastian , 
-Tustlnlan ' 



...... 



I ...... . 



.... .Hlto.us Gray 
.Llna Abarbanell 
Harriet' Freeborn 
;. . . .Sarat Lahlrl 

.,. Julia Colin 

Tom Fadden 

.-Robert Ahdcrson 
. . Horace Braham 
. . . , . .Carla doer 
. . . . . . . .Rex Ingram 

, leana Mlramora 
, .. ..... . Paul E verto'n 

. .,, .'Raymond 'Jones 
, ;RayJnond Bramley 
. . , i . . . Lester Al'den 
Inor- Watson 



Period play With the central charr 
acteran exponent of 'the oldest pro- 
Cession,' No laughs arid no real 
excitement, it', depdnds; ort the tri- 
umph of.' sex, which isn't enough tb 
weather Broadway- 
Play has a certain amount of 
color, - being spptted in :Byzaritium, 
sixth century, but could have been 
more skillfully staged. On casting 
somebody had a curious idea,- - Vari- 
ous dialects are iiresent^Rus-Sian, 
German arid Picadilly. Perhaps the 
selector figured on mixing -em all 
up and caUiiig-: it Hyzdntium.i 

Quean is an obsolete word of sev- 
eral definitions but quoiiiv Thoodoi'd' 
is ■" harlot arid, from the interest 
,shpwh by. the bbyj. frorix prince to 
jailer,'- .shp'fi about the mo.st de.sir- 
able in the whole land. In addition 
HhP perCprms in the circus, the stad- 
ium being ontored from a bal-'.'-iy 
Jn=.=ljj2jiLiiuajJ:iitij„ 



Thf»(j(lora has' been (ruined from 
childhood to bo tlie kind of blinbo 
sho Is, l)ut she has ambitions. Tliat 
is .she gets that way when Juslini.an, 
th6-~-di(. tator, gazes upon her^ with 
fiivor.. For tho first tjji;e in her lift- 
.she fiillH in love and desires to 
marry, pan-ying )ii.s refii.sdl by re- 
minding him he IS of lowly stock, tod 
Theodora, tiltimately 'lells off the 
queen. w)u) Jjas her thnnvn into tlio 
dungeon. ICvoh Ilypatlus the prince 



QIIT^F-TOWN REVIEW 
WHO willbe: clever 

„ . , HoUy wopd, Feb, 2. 

Comedy in three acts. Presented by 
Leia JE. Rogers at the- Hollytown, Holly' 
wood, Feb. 2. Written by AldeA Nash 
Staged by Lela E. Rogers. 
Linda Grlfldth Jane Meredith 

SlJ hV QH • • • • • "^^^ , BoardS 

Annt ' ' ' * " ' • • 'Bemardlne Hayea 

Wmur Or ' • • • • V • • ' • '^"th Hurt 

Wiibu^ Grl ... i........ Lyons. Wlckland 

tyaa . ."Ward Lester 
T«avI,'.KtJLl* V ^ • Yoho Fuji 

S|'^ii5;.-,-.-:.-:;::;,-..-.-.-.--.-;air"M.?5!; 

Him? • * ' • • • " • •■' • • "Florlne McKlnney 
Chuck ' * " ' * ' ■ " • ••• • " • •« •■• '.Jahe Marsh 

TohJ^v' ' ■ Merrlt . HoUoway 

Johrniy. . . . . . .-. . .Walter Reed 

pne^-of the smartest cpmedies 
presented on the coast in several 
years, 'And Let Who Will Be 

If^^T' 1**^^ Alden Nash, 

would appear destined fpi- Ipng and 
prosperpus engagements If cast re- 
qvirments can be met. Presented 
In the 99-sea:t Hbllytown, trans- 
formed from a church into an inti- 
mate type of theatre, : this fas.t- 
mo-ying play of modern domesticity- 
revealed. posslblUtleS that In the 
handi^ of a Broadway catsf of actors 
might be a hit. , ■: ' ^ , 

Featured principals a.ie Flbrine 
McKlriney and Joan Gale, pair of 
youthful Metro screen players, bpth 
of whbrini are. making their legit 
debut. They handle their asslgri-: 
merits with the ease of- vetei*aris. 

•Balance of cast. Is made, up oi a 
number^ of riames and faceis new to 
Holly wpod, and' others who have al- 
ready established . theriiseiveS; in 
filriis arid on the stage. 

iCbmedy concerns a Would -be 
swank family, on the verge of .flnan-i 
cial aisasteri -but with ambljlous 
plans 'for the "elder daughter who 
has. matrimonial . designs - on. 
.wealthy, though somewhat older," 
babhelbr. Tlieri tliere's the younger 
daughter and . a .son,, both just 
home, from college; the wife's al- 
ways hungry sister, and grandma, 
who" goes In for .polo, cussing and. 
youthful associates. 

Into this complicated setup comes 
Arabella, an orphaned cousin, who 
besides being a good, sweet. maid, 
and supposedly duriib. Is Instead the 
clever one of tiie entourages Tibw 
she upsets everybody's plans In th 
thought that she. Is helping their In- 
terests, and finally brings about db- 
nibStie bllsg and cbntentment for 
all excepting Carolyn, the designing 
daughter, is cleverly told. 

Miss McKInriey runs away with 
the- honors, her rapld-firp chatter 
stamplrig her as a bet for produc- 
tlohs of this type. Youthful Miss 
Gale Is a- member of the onetime 
Gale Quadruplets of vaude and mu- 
islcal comedy, displaying a Winsome 
personality, and ability to romp 
through a part that. In less deft 
hands might be pverdpne. 

Jane Meredith is oke as the 
mother, arid Ethel Wales does a 
good bit of tropplrig as grandma, 
who resents being called that, and 
wants to be known as Maud. ' Lyons 
Wlckland, as the father, and John 
Marshall, the wealthy catch, appear 
somewhat youthful for their middle- 
age characterizations, and a few of 
the other characters do not ring 
true, particularly Ralph Malone, as 
the almost sWim. .. champ who pre- 
fers to roriip around In a bathing 
.suit than dress, p.nd whb turns, out, 
after he elopfes with and marries 
the youthful .To, to be a wealthy 
Englishridan with a title. 

Single setting Is the living rbom 
of the Grlflnth family, with a sun 
porch extending far to the rear, al- 
lowing" for stage depth undreamt of 
in most theatres.. 

Miss Rogers has done an excel- 
lent job of directing, and Earl Eby 
merits credit for the set and light- 
ing effects. Edwa. 



Future Plays 



'QehtleWomari,' comedy by. ,Tohn 
Howard Lawspn, iia.s been put into 
rehearsal by the. Grbiip theatre. 

'The Red Cat,' by Franz liOther 
arid Jessie Ernst, will be produced 
by Al Wppds, with rehearsals, 
ing this month. ; 

'The Pure, in Heart,' by 
Howard' La-w»^Son, for imnie 
prpductlori, by Richar A'.drich aji 
Alfred <3e Llagre, Ji*. 

'The Perfumed Lady' tak 
Shuberta for producti 
do not say ^hen, 

.'What's. Yours Is 
Eddie Dowling'.- nox(. 
ITosVard Culbertsori, . 

'ciofit Alley." '■• ' 



Ciin't siri-inj:;- her but .Ui.stinlaii doe- 
>Ulll 'she. rpjoctH his lucre and goo. 
Into .sonii- retirement, w.titln;; for. 
her man 1o corre along- That hap- 
Ja<iB^^=wJieii^Jl!li(^ ploti-n.i? 
n\otlier iixes it up. S^o"tTv7\r(itT5Tm"^be.''r= 
cbnie.s tln> queen. 

l<:iena IMiraniova is The dora, nn 
actress of some ,s!;ill but hardly vol-- 
tuar.v and a bit toiv small in slature, 
Llna Abarbanell is her motiicr; 
Horace Brj^ham pb'yf^ Hypalios and 
Minor Wht.son is .Justinian. 

'Theodora' Is presented, by new 
managers who might, have i«e<'n 
more lucky in their debut clK>i''-i' ot 
play. Ihec, 



Tuesday, February 6, .1934* 



LE€I¥IMATE 



VARIETY 



5S 



SOUTH AND WEST 
OPEN UP FOR 




Road shows making; the Paclflc 
coastvthls season are g;ettln& plenty 
of breaks: tor consecutive dates in 
Texas, as well as other -yvestern and 
southwestern stiates. In Texas, Carl 
Hablltzelle is opeiilng: a number of 
long-darkened houses In the bid in-, 
terstate circuit for le&lt attractions 
of merit, and, unlike ^ few years 
bkck, Saturday aind Sunday play 
dates are as easy to book as other 
days of the week. 

Shows that will .go into Texas in 
the next few weeks include Katha- 
rine Cornell, Walter Hampton and 
Eva LeGalllehne;^ 

Pacific NortSiwest also is making 
a bid for ti-aiveiinB legits, artd the 
(Mime applies to spots in Montana 
a:nd Wyoming that have for year0 
been closied to anything but pictures. 



'Cheer' Gets Fund $3,200, 
Biggest Gross So Far 



Biggest , gross of any legit benefit 
performance for the Stage Relief 
Fund was drawn by 'As Thousand^ 
Chfeer,' Sunday (27) last week; tak- 
ings being $3,200. Money was 
needed badly, as the Fund's cash 
balance had dropped to about $400. 

Takings of legit Fund benefit per- 
formances, however, are not net,- as 
they were last season. Stagehands 
and musicians must be paid, which' 
fact Fund, officials have failed to 
disclose; 

When the Fund was organized a 
stageha.hd leader promised that 
—backstage unionists would work 
without wages, sajne as the actors. 
In return it .was agreed to give the 
.reliief funds of tbe ' stagehands and 
musloiaiis 10% of the receipts, same 
share going to the authors' relief. 

Stagehands and musicians, how- 
ever, as a body disliked the ar- 
rangement. At the annual meeting 
the union official Involved was not 
re-elected. 



Shows in Rehearsal 



'Yellow Jack' (Guthrie Mc- 
Cllntlc), Martin Bccki 

, 'The Ragged Army' (Crosby 
Gaige), Selwyn. 

•They Shall Not Die' (Thea- 
tre Guild), Guild. 

'The Yellow Jacket' (re- 
vival) (Charles Coburn) Cprt. 

-'Queer People' (Galen. .Bo- 
gue). National. 

'Fresh Faces' (C. B. Pilling-^ 
ham and Elsie Janis), iPulton. 

'When in Rome' (George 
Smithfield) , Union Chiuroh. 



Boy and Girl Rdeased in 
'Actors Foundation' Case 



12,000 Czechs Riot 
When Cleve PoHce 
Bars Amateur Play 



Police ba,h on 'Sisters Of St. Vir- 
gin .Clara,' a Czechoslovakiah play 
slated to be given by local Czech 
club,: has stirred up a Tea-pot bat- 
tle among thirteen foreign Organi- 
zatlons. 

.■ . Play was stopped ten nilnutes be- 
fore the first curtain by chief of 
police on :grounds of obscenity. 
After going into a huddle with 
Czech leaders he still refused to 
okay it. Reasons jgivieh were that 
play might incite religious hatred, 
cause riots and oltend other people. 

Ultimatum resulted In 1,200 angi;y 
Czechs holding a protest meeting: 
that almost; became a, . riot. Play 
was defended by Joseph Martlhek, 
editor -of Bohemian iSQcialistic^ 
printing company, ■W'ho said it had 
been given 100, times in Prague and 
was neither imndoral nor obscene. 
At another conference reps of 68 
Czch/ societies, with a; membership 
of 12,000, decided that the, police ban 
is a violation of free speech rights 
and are taking their fight to court. 



. Case against Herman Rappaport, 
who was accused, of violating a 
city ordinance by soliciting funds 
for the 'Actors' Memorla,! Founda- 
tion,' beaded by lldith. Ward and 
others, was dismissed after the 
youth, and his sister furnished the 
district attorney with data con- 
cerning th6 activities of the 'Foun- 
dation.' Miss Ward -i/ras summoned 
by the Department of Welfa,re as a 
prlnclpail in the Rappaport vlpla- 
tion, but was uiiaible to- appear Fri- 
day because of Illness. She w^s 
fined for a islmilar violation last 
summer and given a, suspended sen- 
tence, 

Miss Ward, , also known as Maijor 
Ward, has .filed two retaliatory 
actions, one for slander against Axt*- 
tolnette Perry, an.d a;nother a Suit 
asking for $lbO;000' from the editor 
of a weekly. Mies Perry made the 
complaint against Rappaport after 
she alleged he Impersonated Bert 
Lytell over the telephone and canie 
to her hotel apartmient to get a 
check, so solicited. 



Propose Revival of 'Captive, 
QoseS by PoEce 6 Years Ago 



R. Henderson^s Stock 
For Pabst, Milwaukee 

Chicago, Feb. B. 

Robert Henderson is rea.dying a 
stock troupfe tOr open at the Pabst 
theatre in Milwaukee about April 1.- 
He follows the Qscai* O'Shea stock 
company which listed several 
months in the tpwn, aftier foreign 
language films.flopped. 

Henderson comes from stock ven- 
tures in Detroit arid was known for 
his jobs on the annual Ann. Arbor 
dramatic festival 



Crowii an Exhib 

Los. Angeles, Feb. 6. 

Deserting grand opera after be- 
ing with the Metropolitan in New 
York for several years, J. L. Crown 
Is becoming an exhibitor here. He 
has leased the Figueroa Playhouse, 
renamed It the Major, and opens 
With a second -run picture grind 
policy Feb; 15. 

Stage prologs will be put on by 
Crown. 



Cohan's 'Britches' 

Charlotte, .N. .C., 

A . second tour in this state of 
^Ight Britches,' rights to which 
bave been: purchased by George M. 
Cohan, Is being, booked for the 
amateur cast that originally pro- 
duced It at Asheville. Hubert Hayes 
and . John .T. Foote wrote the i)lay. 

Poote is now In New York con- 
ferring with Cohan regarding, the 
production of 'Tight Britches' there. 



Community Troupers 
l^r Iowa Small Towns 

Decbrah, la., Feb. 6,. 
•Mignonette' on the boards this 
week, the first offering of the new- 
ly organized community players 
Plan Is to make the rounds of 
neighboring conimunitles with the 
original, while readying a isecond 
offering. 

Will give members dual activity 
and keep all phases of the stage 
and . theatre activities alive and 
going at air times. 



GOLDEN'S NEW PLAY 
MYSHOWINOMM 



Guild's Insurance 



Omaha, Feb. 6. 
Negotiations are under way be- 
tween Commuuniity Playhouse and 
the Johih Golden ofBciB for an early 
Spring showlne of Goldeiu new play 
'Bilame the Star^' a travesty on 
actors and producers, Authoress 
listed on the script Is "Kay Chand- 
ler,' said to be the pseiidpnyih of a 
prominent Broadway actress. 

Jt presented here, play will clas- 
sify as the Playhouse's seasonal 
musical, since It Includes songs 'and 
incidental music. Golden office 
wants it grfven a try-out .outside 
New York,, nfiaklng the production 
here a premiere. 

Lielatid Hayward offices also nego- 
tiating for rights to 'Brigham 
Young', co-autliored by Bernard 
Szbld, Playhouse director. Hayward 
office is agehtlng for an unnamed 
Broadway product. 

Playhouse's January, production, 
'Springtime fot Henry,' closing date, 
played its scheduled eix nights to 
capacity audiences, partly due to 
exceptional interest created by daily 
crick's objections to it. 



Waterloo Relights 

Waterloo, la., Feb. 5. 

Dark since December, 1932, the 
Waterloo Theater, will go stock next 
week with the Bob Pollard players 
Jh..fbii=aTi-lndief--stay;---Tiie=Gommoh~ 
wealth Theatre Corporation, oiier- 
atlng Paramount and Strand, is 
operating under a two y^ar lease. 

I'ire damage whlc-h folded the 
Neale ..Helvey Playei'd, stock, has 
been re.sponsible for a new stage, 
tlressing rooms and whole interior 
revamping. Pollard unit Is local a;nd 
has.ahvaya enjoyed eooTl .liisi In 111 Is 
**»»Titr.rv. 



Big Summer 



(Continued from page 1) 
and with Montreal, and Cuba already 
shot — every aspect of nocturnal con- 
viviality, gastronomic and vineyard 
delights, already can be found In 
this country and will be embellished 
and enhanced as the authentic vint- 
ages percolate into this country. 
Legit Plans 
From the theatre angle, the leglt.s 
already are laying plans for ex- 
tended seasons. Almost all of the 
riiajor revu'e and musical comedy 
producers are priming summer eur 
tertainments, including the revival 
of all the standard revue series such 
aa the .'Scaridais' by Georger.Whlte,^ 
the •Vanities' by Earl Carroll (the 
Zlegfeld Follies Is already current 
by the Shuberts) plus other light 
entertainments via, Laurence 
Schwab and B, G. DeSylva, Arthur 
Hammersteln, AarOns & Freedley 
and Weatherly & Wim.an. AH these, 
along with the dramatic producers, 
are. planning a bull market for sum- 
mer production in ariticlpatioh of a 
real sumxner season on Broadway. 

This differs sharply from the 
dearth of legit production last slim- 
mer when not . one new midyear 
musical was essayed in deference to 
seasonal and general conditions. 

The heavy influx of expatriated 
American returners in the past year 
is likewise regarded as the answer 
to the westward ho! trend of trans- 
atlantic travel, Instead of the tinie- 
honored.surhmor .sojourns by Amerr: 
leans abroad. For thie samd reason 
that the cosmopolite of the world 
=^felt-vl.t^^as=ohoaper.=and=pleasaji.tfic=: 
to reside abroad, the 40-r)0% mone- 
tai'y handicap has (ihasc lerlcans 
home and should brinf? forelfin tou)'- 
Ists to. this country. The o.xchang<* 
is in thrlr favor and it will be tre^ih 
money for the Tt. .s\. if it comes in. 

The travel coijvpanies h.'ive al- 
ready recognised this diffcrcncfj of 
r'x(iirin?;e by a tilt in all traiisiiil.in-' 
Hi-" pnsf:'"'n!ii''r rnfos otfotWyp .Tun. 1. 



MaidiiSleeperV Horry 
Call for Coast Door' 



Los Angeleis, Feb. 6. 
Martha Sleeper has returned from 
NT. Y. to go into •Double poor* at 
the Mayan for Belasco and Curran 
Miss Sleeper was east with her sis- 
ter, who is awaitlher an addition 
to the family, when she received 
word from Metro, to whom she is 
under contract, that B&C wanted 
to borrow her. 

Made immediate plans to return 
and studied her part on the train, 
inasmuch as rehearsals had started. 
Nance O'Neill and Hardie Albright 
also cast. 

Mies Sleeper appeared in 'Dinner 
at Eight" for B&C last year. 



7 Out of 750 

Hollywood, Feb. 6, 
Earl Carroll tested 760 *glrls ; for 

Paramount's 'Murder at the Van 

Ities' and selected seven^ 
Those to get the call are Billy 

Huber, Gladys Young, Diane Hun 

ler, Inez Howard, Zumetta Garnett; 

Blanch McDohald aiid Iris Lahcas^ 

ten All profreish except MIjss 

Young. 



Theatre Guild, In booking at- 
tractions Into houses, other 
than its Own, invariably stipu- 
lates that girl ticket sellers en- 
gaged by the Guild be placed 
In the boxofficO for the first 
five weeks. This covers • the 
sUbscl*iptlon . period, Reason is 
the patience required to handle 
subscribers. A goodly per- 
centage of patrons exchange 
tickets for dates other than 
those originally assigned them, 
which results in a constant 
stream of people at the box-- 
office. The girls are trained for 
that purpose; When men were 
tried in the boxofflce , where 
Guild shows played, subscribers 
complained of discourteous 
treatment. Guild subscribers 
are also different type tban the 
average playgoer. 



Phila. litde Theatre 
Settmg Big Road Tour 

Philadelphia, Feb. 8. 
The Hedgerow theatre In Rose 
Valley is getting In the hews plenty 
of late. One week after dailies broke 
the story llnlclrig up Wbby HoJnia,n 
with this aittle theatre' group, came 
the announcement that Jasper Dee- 
ter and his troupe will go. on a tour 
to last three! moijiths or more and 
extend out Into the Southwest. The 
tour will commence in the spring 
and It Is not announced whether a 
cOmpa,ny will remain In the theatre 
to keep the repertory alive, there 
Probably will. 

Deeter will take out Milne's 'Ro- 
mantic Age,' 'The Emperor JOhes' 
(In which he plays himself) and one 
other play. Alteady the Hedgerow 
group has gone afield having, given 
two performances In Reading re- 
cently and planning more shortly. 

There was no foUow-tip oh the 
Holman story. Deeter said he, didn't 
knpw if she was taking dramatic 
lessons with the Intention of com- 
ing back to the stage or for. her own 
amusement. He called hei" a 'inost 
proficient pupil,' however. 

Gailo's Coast Setup 

Hollywood, Feb. 6. 

Gallo grand opera company stages 
its first E'acific coast production at 
the Wilshlre-Ebell thea.tre March 9 
with ipiresentation of 'RlgOlettp.' 

Cast includes Vincent Ceccarelll, 
Raquel Nieto, RudOlf o Hoyos and 
Alfonso Pedroza. 



Bdouai-d Bourdet's 'The Captive' 
which cauiscd a future six y eats ago 
will /jreviyed on roaidway if it 
can obtain a 'clean bill of 
from the new license Commissioner, 
i?aul. Moss.;. Those concerned be- 
lieve this likely On the grounds of a 
change . in public, sentiment. 

'Captive* adapted by Arthur Horn ^ 
bfow, Jr.;, ran 21 weeks at the Emr 
pire, N; ., when the cops suddenly 
backed up the wagon. It drew vir- 
tual capacity throughout the en- 
gagement getting from $21,000 to 
$23,000 weekly. Show was produced 
by the Charles Frohhiah office, 
owned by Paramount. (Famous 
Players-Lasky) of which Gilbert 
Miller was managing director. There 
was so much controversy, over the 
play that Adolph Zukbr ordered the 
Frbhman name ok the billing and 
thereafter shows brought in by the 
Frohman unit were presented by 
Miller, 

Two other shows; were raided at 
t!,J same time, 'Sex' coining in for 
police attention after running: . 11 
months and a piece .called 'The Vir- 
gin Man' being ffathered in also. 
Page one -publicity aroused-, a gen- 
eral trend foir stage censorship with 
the /Wales Padlock ^Law in Albany 
eventuatih^. 

'The Captive' ihcntors never went 
to trial. Miller wlthdrawlhg the play 
and turning back the rights. Case 
eventually was dismissed. Then 
Horace Liverlght purchased th© 
rights and a number of stock pre* 
sentatlons of the play were made 
out of toVni. liongest ehgagemefttK 
was in Cleveland, where it play<^ 
five weeks. There were f^ird 
Ings In Baltimore of two greeks ewU: 
and Harry Hayman, assbciated With 
the latter stock proposes the revivaj 
here. He is not connected with the 
Haymans' who were partners of 
Frohman. Police raided the 'Cap- 
tive* In 7. OS Angeles and Detroit 
but there was no trouble. In other 
spots. 

'Captive' Is controlled by the Live- 
right estate, Libuls Cllne being in 
charge bf the stage interests^ Stipu- 
lation, made by Liverlght Is that no 
presentations are to be made unless 
under the direction of Cllne, who Is 
to have final sav as tp casting and 
pi-duction. This provision was 
made to ensure a careful presenta- 
tion, the play's only chance here if 
revived. 




Marsliall Back 

Everett Marshall re, 
•FoUiea' last night (6) after a week's 
vacation. The rest became neces- 
sary when an operation, the week 
previous, to remove a bone obstruc- 
tion from his ho^e became bother- 
some. 

Bartlett Simmons filled in. 

Marshall was the second of the 
'Follies' principals to be forced out 
temporarily by IllheBS slhc6 the New 
York opening. Jane Fronpan was 
out the week before, due to a nerv- 
ous bireakdo.wn, but has .returned* 



Curran's Show Trek 

Los Angeles, Feb. 5. 

Homer Curran (Belasco & Cur- 
ran) is due In New York; today 
(Mon.) on his customary mid-Win^ 
ter look-see pit Broadway ishows. 

Cut of the present crop Jie hopes 
to line up a few for B&C <5oast pro- 
duction next fail. Ho will be away 
two weeks. 



Stock for BochjKater 



Rochester, Feb. 6. 
. Stock will open at the Lyceum 
1 hr:atve the middle of this . month. 
.Manager Hattle Lutt Is in New 
York arranging for plays and per- 
f ormci's. Expects to engage Eric 
.Vorth, director bf the Summer the- 
atre at tjuffern, to stage the pro- 
(hicti. .:. It will be; first stock at 
I.v. f'iim fn iK-.njl.v four years. 



ENGAGEMENTS 

Florence Brlttori, 'Shining HoUr/ 

Donald MacDonald for Brian 
Donievy, 'Sing and Whis.tle-* 

Stislla Adler, Rbman Bbhnen, 
Claudia Morgan, 'Gentlewoman.' 

Wm. Roselle, ^Queer People.* 

Brian Dortlevy, 'Broken DOll.' 

Thofi, Chalmers, Irby MatshalV, 
Emily Lowry, Harriett MacGlbbon, 
Ann Dere, Fleming Ward, Roy Rob- 
erts, Mathildc Baring, Byron Shores, 
Roy Gordon, Alice Ann. Baker, 
'Ragged Army.' 

Mllly June, Leonard Lord, Clara 
Palmer, Harry Vokes 'Queer Peo- 
ple', 

Genevieve Hamper,' Martha Sleep- 
er, Hardlo Albriglit', Nance O'Neill, 
George Blackwood, Viifginla Howell, 
=I^ra"nTi=-ljawf!onr==Ghappell--=^DakSSCtT 
William Turnor, William .Jeffrey, 
'Double J>oors.' Bolasco (L. A.). 

Florinne McKinney, Joan Gale, 
Ethel Wales,. Jane Meredith, Vir- 
ginia Truo Boardman, Bernardlne 
Hayes and Lyon Wickland, 'Let Ho 
Who Will Be cnover,' lloUytown 
(Hollywood). 

Irving Plfhf'l and William Fai 
num '.Ma'"I5('th,' J'asadena Com- 
riiviniiy l'laylifiii«'> r J>as-:>flrnfi). 



Current Road Shows 

Week of Feb. 



Crociis/ 



Capltan, 



'Autumn 

Hollywood. 

^Christina' (film), Majestic, 
ton, Mass. 

rnelia Otis Ski 
tin^ore, Md. 
'^Curtain Rises,' Cort, Chicago. 
'Double Door,' National, Washing- 
ton, D. . C* _ . . \ . 

'Elizabeth Sleeps Out,' tudebak- 
er, Chicago. 

Eva l_eQallienhe Repertory, trav- 
el, Feb.' 4-6; Metropolitan, Seattle, 
Wash.* Feb. 6-7-8; Playhouse, Port- 
land, Ore, Feb. 9-10. 

'Ghost Train/ Playhouse Holly- 
wood. 

'Green Pastures/ Post, Battle 
Creek, Mich., Feb. 5-«; Fuller, Kala- 
mazoo, Mich;, Feb. "7-8; Majestfc/ 
Grand Rapids, Mich., Feb. 9-10. _ 
'Her Majepty The Queeft/ Broad, 
Philadelphia. 

'Hold Your 
cago. 

Kathari Cornell Repertory* 

Auditorium, Oaklantt, Febi 6r6; Me- 
niorlail Audltoriuim, Sacramento, 
Feb. 7-8; Paramount, Salt Lake 
City, Feb: 9-10, - 

'Richard of Bordeaux/ Cblonlai, 
Boston, Mass. 

'Sailor Beware/ Mayan, 
geles. 

'School for Husbands/ 

Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 

'Tert Minute Alibi/ Plymouth^ 
Boston,. Mass. 

'The Shining Hour, 
andra, Toronto, Can.. 

'The Big Bird/ Musart, Los An- 

'Topsy and Eva/ Apollo, Chicago. 
Walter Hampden Repertory, 

Worth, Fort Worth, Feb. 5 ; Mclba, 
Dallas, Feb. 6; Baylor University, 
Waco, Feb. 7; Metropolitan, Hous- 
=^onT=="Pebr==^&T^PaTamnun tr=HA;U st 1 n,= 
Feb; 9; :Ran Antonio, A?A<'<\ Vch. 10* 



Skinner's Chi Week 

Chlca Fch. 5. 

Cornelia Otis tsitlnncr romfs into 
tl!» .«5f'lwyn here for the wofk «tart- 
Ivwjr I'V'b. 2C. 

»rh'irl|p McCHi>'.o.'l< in 



56 



•VARIETT'BV LONDON OFFICE, 
S St. Murtln'8 riac«, Trafalgar Square 



FOREIGN SHOW NEWS 



e»M« AMnmt rAMSBTt, lANOONt 
Telephone Temple Bar tfMl-84Ma 



Mary McCormic on Air in London 
Presages Theatre-Radio Peace 



XoridDh, Jan. 27. 
Thp (Usagreenient between George 
BUck, gen ei-al manager of General 
Thoatroa,. ahil the British Broad- 
casting Corporation is llk(?ly to end 
shcirtly. 

Ever- isince Black has been In 
charge of ,G. T. he has looked, upon 
'B, ]p. as his. gl'eatest and most 
dangerous bpposition; %vith all his 
rtist-s haying ■ contract barring 
them, from bjroai.dcastlng'. WhCh 

lack took charge of Moss Em- 
pires, ai^tists booked by that jjlr- 
cuit al.so had a., similsu' clause. 
Strangely enough the B. B. C. never 
adopted reciptbcal measures^ with 
Black always at liberty to book any 
talent unearthed by B. B. C. 

lack's attitude was that if 
. G. needed hi^; artists it should 
pay ilia company for. that privilege. 
Understood, he "wanted a lump sum" 
i)er annum, around $100,000. B, B. 
C. turned down the suggestion; and 
.the. fooling becani even more 
acute. 

. Now CrCorge lack .land rlc 
iNfaschwitz, the dlrCctpr of Bi C. C.'s 
Hghtei* entertainments, .h&ve h^A 
^eVeral ' private discussions and the. 
two may come to an amicable liri- . 
-derstandlng. 

It Is even likely Black will pro- , 
duce' a vaudeville -Bhow fur B. B. C. 
at its newly acquired St. George's 
Hall, where it tries out talent iti 
front of in. audience. 

Another sign of the. coming 
friendship' between Blacl. and B. B. 
C. te his allowing Mary McCormic 
iQ go on the air two days before 
she; was due to make her English 
debut at. the Palladium. This has 
never happened with any- artist h^' 
fore, .althoUigh Miss McCormic 
didn't Svarble over the radio, she 
merely had a talk with some un- 
known interviewer, 'by courtesy 
of the Palladium management.** 
Singing was strictly -forbidden. 



Palladium Back to Vaad 
With Diamonds, McCormic 



London, Jan. 27. 

Tlie Palladium reverted to straight 
variety Jan. 22, with Mary McCor- 
mic as the headllner and three Dia- 
monds and Baron and Blair as 
American importations. 

Miss McCormic still has a good 
voice, but is considered here as 
lacWng personality. She offered 
three popular numbers, the last of 
which \«as the sure-fire 'Chocolate 
Soldier/ At the conclusion of her; 
tuin .there was no conflagration. 
She fared much better at . Cafe de 
Pax'ls, where she doubled. 

The Diamonds, on the, contrary, 
scored an enormpus nit. They have 
so much life that the native acts 
gave a splendid 'Iniitatlon of som- 
nolency. 

Baron and Blair, ballroom dancers, 
gyrated neatly, doing only two 
nunibers. 



'GIUDITTA' MYSTERr 



Who Has Foreign Rights to New 
Lehar Piece and Why Is Big Secret 



Jan. 

In spite of tanley Scott's pres- 
ence at the dross rehearstll of I^ran?. 
Xiehar's. new operetta, 'Giudltta,' ,it 
Ipblfs like this operetta will be 
launched in London under Cpmpetl- 
tive aegis., Manager's nanie is still 
a secret, but contacts, are expected 
to be signed next week }n London. 

I. I. Vincent of N^w York - was 
also, present -at the re'hearsal, ljut 
did not snap^ up the U. S. rights.. 
Mystery Whether he- did not w'ant 
tbem or whei her he cpiild -not get 
them, 

Richard Tauber, . who Sings the 
lead, is to be replaced by Serge 
Abranbwlcz. In a fortnigbt. Tauber 
says . .iie is goitig to London to 
film and star in 'Giudltta' theie. 
iibpks a bit premature as no. con- 
tracts. are yet sigrhed, or so say the 
owners of the; rights. 



Wbitley-Ferry Propose 
lavish London Musical 



London, Jan. 
Clifford Whitley arid Felix Perry 
are bent on doing a big musical in 
Lpndon on the lines 'Vanities' and 
'Scandftlsv' 

They are ialready in touch with 
Vickl Baiim to write tlve book, with 
Dave Oppenhelm and :Micha:el H; 
Cleary, who wrote the .ttiusical num- 
bers for their 'New York. Midnight 
Ppl'lles,' current at Dorchester Hotel, 
to supply musical score, 

. Show' will be eliaborately pro- 
duced, costing around $75;D0b. 

Those under consideration are 
Mltzl Mayfair, the DiamPnd BrPth- 
ers, . Nick Long, Jr., "Three Girl 
Friends, Vivienne Pay- Harry Keen, 
Poppy and iiOuis, Carl Randall and 
Barbara Newberry. 

Show is likely to go Into active 
rehearsal early In. April, with a suit- 
able .West End house already being 
sought. 

Adelphi or Palace w'ould be the 
most, suited, but they already have 
new shows lined up. 



Sevcik, Famous Cziech- 

Violin Teacher, Dies 

rague,' Jan. 57. 

Pi'ofesspr Sevci violin teacher, 
ied In Pisek, South Bohemia. . He 
was the teacher of fampus viollnistf* 
such as Kuj^ellk, .koclan, Mary Hall. 
Daisy Kennedy arid Milan Lusk: 

The funeral took place in the city 
hall , of Pisek. The Smelana Phil- 
harmonic singing society, of which 
the . deceased . had been a tnember, 
rendered Grieg's 'Peer Gynt' iand 
pne of Beethoven's compositions. 
The school children of Pisek formed 
a cbvtego through which the fu- 
neral procession passed to the city 
hall and from there to the cemetery 
where the master was burled.. 



Viennese TaycocV 



Vienna, Jan, 27. 
. First Grerjnart performance of 
Seian O'Caaey's 'Juno , and the Pay.- 
cock' will take place at tho Ralmund 
theatre here In Februiiry, Adapta- 
tion is by Erich Gtess. wlth Friede 
Richard cast . as Juno and Oscar 
Homolka as ■ the paycoclc. Stars 
also in use for the minor parts. 

:Paul Marnay,' manager of the 
united theatres In Breslau' iintll he 
was beaten up and exiled fr-om Ger-. 
many. Will rehearse and present the. 
piece under oflnclal dOuble-manajgre- 
ment Of. Paul Barnay: and Stefan 
Hock. • 

Irst venture of this double man- 
agement 'La Locandiera' with rnusic 
by Rpl>ert Frey, proved a smash 
hit, and advanced feeling is good for 
eqiial reception .of O'Caaey's- fii'sit 
one to be done here. 



Classicsr Are Back 
In Moscow, Moderns 
Too Psychological 



Moscow, Jan, 15. . 
Back to the classics is the . pire- 
vAillrig tendency this, season in 
opera and drama. Although Soviet 
dramatists during recent years have 
turned out a number of good pla.ys 
in line with the epoch of socialist 
construction, inost of the bid stand- 
by theatres flrtd these too psychol- 
ogical to enable them to show off 
their theatrical art, ..arid therefore, 
prefer old classica) piayS..' 

Shakespeare is being' istaged by 
six theatres In Moscow currently, In- 
addltion to numerous showings of 
Russian classics. 

'Trayiata* is belnjg given by three 
different theatres as' opera; operetta 
and drama, while the repertoire of 
the Grand Opera includes 'Trouba- 
dour' and; •Hugonots' for produc- 
tion this season. 



'Nymph' Improves, IHagnoEa Ready, 
So Cochran Has Theatre Trouble 



FRENCH NO LIKE CUTS 



7*611 Consul About Bi^li. Produ<i«r of 
Pari fan Revue 



Londpit, Jah; 

''Sourire de Paris/ liew French 
revue at Prince Of Wales, theatre, Is 
giving management plenty ., head- 
aches. After opening the manager 
ment asked the Sisfers Bbyer to re- 
duce salary from' $200 to |125. 
Horan and conipanyi four .adae;io- 
ists, .were asked to slice from $376 
to $200, yfith inanagement complain- 
ing they were not doing their full 
act due to having miet with an acci-. 
dent ..during rehearsals. 

Both acts, whlchi are French^ con- 
sulted French Constiltite, with rep- 
resentative calling upon manager 
ment. 

Representative was giyen very 
hot reception, being told tO get out 
of the theatre.. Bpyers were Anally 
given a week's salary and their 
faries to Paris, with French consul 
advising, them, to accepit. Horans 
will probably stay in at a cut. 

Only one the manageiiient Isvsat- 
Isfled with is Harry Pilcer, who. has 
been asked to extend his ^ stay.. 

Result of .mess Is management 
will have dlfflculty Iti brlngrlng over 
French shows In thC: future, "With 
strong opppsitioh forthcoming from 
the French 



London, Jan. 27. 
With 'Nymph. Errant' grosses hav- 
ing! improved considerably, Oharlea 
Cochran JS in a dilemma where and 
when, te open •Magnolia Street.' At 
first it -vyraa thought 'Errant' would 
hot go beyOnd the middle of Febru- 
ary, ahd 'Magnolia' could, replace it 
at the Adelphi end of that month. 
But it now looks ^ike 'Errant' will 
stay till the middle of March. 
^. 'Magnolia' will either have to igo- 
on the road while 'Errant' is still 
in the money, or a new theatre will 
.havie to be fou ; neither Of which' 
Cochran favors. To avoid contrac- 
tual troubles cast ot /'Magnolia' 
rehearsing on appro^ral. 



STAVISKY REVUE MAYBE 
AS WEST END SHOW 



Jubilee Celebrations 

For Stager, Ballerina 



Moscow, Jan. 15. 

Two of the most prominent actors 
of the Soviet theatrical world, Vse- 
vblod Mcyerhold, producer and 
fpunder.of his own school of stag- 
ing, and Katherlne Geltzer, Soviet's 
foremost ballerina, are celebrating 
their jubilee this spring. The for- 
mer, who is 60, is celebrating his 
35th year of stage activity, and the 
latter, who Is 58, her 40 years with 
the Moscow irand Opera and 
Ballet. 

Meyerhold and Geltzer are both 
holder.*) of • the distinguished title of 
Peoples Artists. . Their jubilees are 
regarded as big ' theatrical events, 
and each will be bombastically 
."jtaged. 

The jubilants, it .is understood, 
will be honored bj' the gOYerhment 
with awards of the order of Labor- 
ing Red Banner .and; a premium of 
25,000 roubles each. 



^ndon, Jan. 27. 

Bert. Howell, formerly Howell and 
Baud; is liere trying to. dispose, of 
the French reyue, "Deux Sous des 
FleurB,' for Engla:nd. 

This is the show written^ by Paul 
Nivlox (here with Howell to Ijplp 
sell) for Staylsky, French swlndlerr 
.suicide, which was produced at the 
Empire, Paris, at , cost o.' over 
2,000,000 francs. Show folded with 
disappearance of istavlsky, owing 
salary to cast. 

Purchasing price, which includes 
hundreds of costumes and beautiful 
scenery, with only encumbrance 
being 30,000 francs due Max Weldy 
for some costumes, was around 
100,000 francs, with George Black 
willing to buy. A counter offer f roni 
Sir Oswald StoU Is likely to be more 
acceptable, however, Stolt is ready 
to rent slioW for $900 pier week, to 
be staged at the Alhambra, liondon^ 
when the run of 'Henry V' is tennl- 
nated. 

An Engaieb^ojsu-lter, residing in 
Paris, named Cumberland, Is already 
adapting^ the script for England. 



Zenilin.sky's opera 'Der Kriede 
kreis', which has just been pro-, 
hibited in Stettin, Germany, on the 
ground, of the— alleged 'imniorality' 
of its libretto will be presented In 
the German Tlieatre in Prague, 
jgemjinsky, who at one time was the 
mu8lcaT^dIr¥cfpF"df^li 
very popular in Prague, both as 
opera and- concert leader. 



MM£. DAIOSSEY^S ^TBOUFE 

A Strauss- Wagner season is .being 
planned for 'Australia with Mmo, 
Ellen Dalossey. of the Met, to 
recruit the company In New Tork. 

Mme. Dalossey expects to com- 
plete the preliminaries shortly and 
then sail for Melbourne.. 



Cuban Composer pue 

Madrid, Jan. 27, 
Eliijco Grehet, Cuban composer of 
'Mama Inez,' is leaving for New 
York within a month, in connection 
with his operetta, 'La Virgin More 
n ' CThie Copper Virgin'), which 
may be done there. Edward B 
Marks^, contracted for the muSic. 

C'renet wrote songs for. 'La 
Caniagueyiiiia;' which is now being 
r ead le.dLi n_Bji.rc.el o na J^Ptvnea Vly pro 
ductlon with Marco Rodondo 
starred ; 



Russian 'Five Star* 

Moscow, Jan. 15. 

'I'lve Star Final', by LOuls Weit- 
zenkorn will be produced here ne^t 
spring at the Lenin Soviet Theatre 
'Production Will be under the di' 
rection of B. Plotnikov. 



No Russian Show Crisis, 
67 Theatres in Moscow 



Moscow, Jan. 1&. 

Russia is. pi'obably the only coun 
try" .in the world which is not feel- 
ing, any crisis In the doithalin of 
theatre. Not only are all the. thea 
tres in the cltleS packed to the ut 
most, but the number of theatres 
is greatly increasing yeai'ly. Mos 
cpw, which in pre-revolutioiiary. 
time had only "about 20 theatres, 
now poSsess.es .67 special .reportor.v 
houses. 

Many of the Old theatrical build- 
ings .were reconstructed during the 
past few yearis and . the construc- 
tion of several new theatres is pro- 
vided for in this year's bulldin 
=pr0gram-^of=the=Meseow--SovietT=In 
addition a number of theatres ire 
now being built in certain indus- 
trial centers in the provinces. 

The recently completed Theat- 
rical buildings at Novosibirsk 
MlnSk and Rostov on. Don, arc 
cited as examples Of modern the 
atrlcal .constructions, embodying all 
the latest technical achievements in 
acoustics, stage mechanization and 
general archit^ture. 



French Gov-t. 



(Continued from pa 

iip their minds they .wanted it, but 
that tliey wouldn't get their 100,- 
000,000, nor anything like it, from 
the goyernment or the banks. Or 
anyone else, if they didn't make up 
their minds to' the Collection sys- 
tem. 

Collection agency would be clOsely 
connected/ as an orgahlzationt with 
the national film bank; if it wasn't 
actually a department of the bank. 
Itself.' It would w:ork, as far as any- 
one can mS'lce put now, just aSy the 
French . Authors' Society, works to 
collect royalties or as, the tax col- 
lector gets his. 

Delac's Angle 
Delac In his speech said that the 
advantage to the producers was 
that they would get paid every 
night. The bljg. pbliit, of course, is 
that tl^e bank, would thus have a 
chance to get Its hoods' on the pro-, 
ducers' revenues, which would be 
the security for. its loans, 

"When this collection system 
works," said. Delac, "it will provide 
an assurance for the banks that 
they Will get if unds directly assigned 
to them, for the repayment, ef their 
loans and Without collection costs. 
They also would be able, to make 
sure, in financing a fllm, that it's 
revenue isn't already pledged else- 
where." 

Advantage to the exhlb would be 
that French production would be 
Improved, for his benefit, the argu- 
ment goes. 

That 3nst bothers: the Ameri- 
cans. They see themselves being 
forced -into, a bank and. collection, 
scheme^ . In which the. m^^^^V due 
thehi from exhibs Wpuld be collect- 
ed by the French and which woiild 
go. right into .the French, film bank, 
to be used as the basis of loans to 
French producers. 

Ameri 

Some, of the Americans here, npt 
seeing the implications-, of the 
scheme, - thought at first that It was 
a nio*' idea to enable them to get 
their money without trouble. But 
the rest, of the inob has been work- 
ing, prt them, and the entire Ameri^' 
can group here is now solidly op- 
posed to Delac's idea, ■ which: they 
call wild. 

.Another feature of the scheme ,the. 
Americans don't like Is that It would 
eriable everybody to know what sort 
of . deals distrlbs make with exhibs. 
No more privacy for business. 

Also, they see in the :backgroimcl 
va^.r-enew.ed^amta -scheine- h oxfcri ng.. 
When, the bank, financed and con- 
trolled by the government, has got 
its hooks on the receipts of all the 
theatres, ..including those to which 
Americans are entitled, and. is using 
the money to finance French pro. 
ductlon, it will be an easy, argii 
ment to tell the government that in 
order to protect its oWh financial 
interests it must keep foreign films 
out. 



Too Many Contract& 

, Plamond Brothers encountered 
many difficulties prior te their Dor-- 
chiester hotel and Palladium open* 
IngS. Boys were originally booked 
for four weeks' 'Crazy' show at the 
Pailadlum, some l8 months ago, 
George Black released, them to take 
a Broadway show, on.cpridltlon they 
played the Palladium On their first 
available date. Meanwhilev Dla- • 
monds. signed, with Felix Perry for 
Dorchester, 

At first Black' threatened he would 
not let them open for" Ferry^. with 
Ferry counter-threatening^ they 
would not play the Palladium: After 
a lot oif wi'angling It' was compro- 
mised with the boys doubling, but 
playing the Palladium for one week 
only. 

Diamonds made the hit Of their . 
lives in. both 'places, and look good 
for plenty vaudeville dates after 
they are through at Dorchester. 



Marnma and SOnny 

A very curious first night occurred 
at the Klngsway, Jan. 22, Wheii. 
'Hemlock,' by M. C. Underwood, was 
produced. The piece waS originally 
slated for the Fortune, but post- 
poned ai the last , minute and an- 
other attraction substituted. .Mean- 
time, according to the backer (the 
mother of the author), too much- 
money was being spent oh it and 
she took things Into her own hands. 

Among other tnings she barred 
her own son frOm the theatre, on 
the first night, and shut the pit and 
gallery so that Sonny Boy couldn't 
sneak in. ; 

The show is. -a generally unsatis- 
factory one, though showing cpnsid- 
erable promise fPr thO amateur au- 
thor. A bond has been filed with 
British Equity to guarantee the salr 
aries of the actors for one week. 



I'ark'a Agent Trouble' 

Reeves & Lamport, agents, are 
threatening to sue Keith Clark for 
a year's commission on his Amer- 
ican bookings, including time with 
Earl Carroll's 'Vanities' and RKOv 

Clark claims the Carroll thing 
was misrepresented, as agents did 
not tell him he would have, to be- 
come a member of Equity at a cost 
of $50 plus 10% of his salary. 

Regarding his BKO bookings, the 
prestidigitator maintains the Eng- 
lish, agents had nothing to do with 
that, the whole thing having been 
fixed up In America, 



Twins Pro.d.iieing 

ThpmsPn twins haye. rOglstered 
their own company,, with $25,000. 
backing, to promote shows In Lon- 
don. First shovp is a niusical written 
by Herbert Farjeori,. with music by- 
Harry Woods and Ord Hamilton. . 

Cast already lined up includes Giria 
Malb, Hermlpne Baddcley, Polly 
Luce, Nelson. Keys and Qreta N'^sen. 
Show opens at Manchester, March 
19, for a fortnight, then comes to 
Savoy theatre for a run. 



Miller- Goetz Musical 

Gilbert Miller's new musical, which 
he is doing in association with Ray 
Goetz, is ah adaptation -The 
Spell,' from, the Hungarian, written 
by liily Hav Cole Porter has 

written the iscore, and sailed, for. LoA:* 
don Feb. 3 to deliver it. 

.Ca-sting of show is not yet started, 
With several Broadway names slated. 
Oiily onje. definitely signed is Nildta 
'BaJleiFrTnTntr'^Til^^^ 
buhch. 



'Saturday's. Children' Weak 

MaxweU; Andei*son'n .'Saturday's 
Children,' produced in America, in 
1927, and ce-Ylsed for England by 
Cecil Madden, had its London Pre- 
miere at the 'W'estmin.<»terj Jan, 23. 
Indications, point to its demi-'-e in 
the near future. 



Tuesday, February 6, 1934 



LEGITIMATE 



VARIETY 



57 



Low Hookup Winning for I Chi Plays; 
turtain' E500; 'Elizabeth' $3,000 



Ghicago, Feb. 5.. 

Loop h|U3 settieji down to a four^ 
play pace and is runnlrie along 
emobthiy. Nothing due until la.te 
this mpnth yrhen Goinelia Otis 
Skinner conies In for a weiek at the 
Selwyn. KatheriniS : /l^epburn \ weia 
4ue in 'The Lake,' but canceUfed. 

SorniB activity In the littiie theaitVe 
field with the tiny Punch and Judy 



Baltimore Hunting Plays, 
Florence Reed, $4,500 



Baltimore, Feb, 5. 

Florence Reed rwpund up her 
fourth and final week as guest star 
at the Auditorium, .ballooning 
'Madame X' to over $4^500, in nine 



operating successfully Under that t^'"^^- at foliar torj. Jurrent. week 
banner. On Feb. 9 a new one, 'Mad Kenneth Harlan.ls in for a- week to 
Lover' opens with, Raymbnd Hack- essay the principal, role in 'Ten- 
ett in the lead as Lord Byron. | Minute Alibi.' 

Cast of known legit ers in this Ford's relights ■tonight (5) with 
show, such^aa Judi h^^^ Cornelia Otis Skinner in a session 

■flra Love. Millard v incent, Ilka Beal _ ,■ , -i, ■ a ^ * 

Mai-y Jane Herring. Also of her. monodraina. Represents first 
ready is Charlie Freeman's niabe I 9-ttractipn treading the boards at 



production of 'Girls- in.. Uniform* 
which la hunting a loop outlet. 

'Cbbk .is continuing pace but 
Bquawklhg that show Is- geared, up 
too high for salatries and now ne- 
gotiating for a 10% slice in cast 
cost 



the.UBO house in over ai month aiid 
the . seventh week tlie; slautters have 
been tJowh thuis far thif, season: 
Fair advance reported at $2 top.. 

Kothlng definitely penciled in for 
future dates at Ford's, but strings 
out to grab 'Hold Your Hprses' when 




, 'Curtain Rises' Is doing trade at U^e Joe Cook piece terminates its 
Its cut-rate .scale. Has . been sold Chicago run ' 
on several nights for orgahizatibn I 
parties ..with the resultant word- 
,i)f- mouth plubllcity. ;an excellent' 
help. 

Estimates for Last Week 

'Elizabeth Sleeps Out,' StUdebaker 
(C-1,250; $1.5Q) (3rd week). Catch- 
ing on following revision and ne-yi^ 
direction. Running at a 13,000 pace 
and In the money at trade. Ex- 
pects to stick It out through Lent 
It possible before shifting to the 
second of the stock productions. 

'Hold Your Horses/ Grand (M- 
1,207: $2JB) (4th week). Sticking 



LA. 

GET SOME COIN 



Le Gallienne $7,000 

Three Days in Mpls. 

Minneapolis, Feb. 6. 
iJva Le Gallienne here at the Me^ 
tropolltan for three nights and a 
matinee In 'Hedda Gabler' and. '.The 
Doll's House' <Ild flhe business, 
tJ^rossing around , $7,01i'0. 

Balcony and gallery were sell- 
outs, but there were plenty of empty 
seats .on the lower fidor. at eaich of 
the perfortnances. Troupe is now in 
Seattle jumping there' fi'bm. St. 
Paul.. 

Nothi elise .. . underlined hei^e 
Until : Walter ,Hi;mpderii cohVes in 
M!arch. 





'Hushands^ 




LoS Angeles,' B. 
Katharine Cornell wound up her 

right' along after hiding el^pected I two weeks "^^.^^^^^^^^ 

only a three-week stay. Had .been nering u^pretty $26,600 for the final 

some talk of going tab for B.&K.. stanza, biggest hiz hou^e^has^.^^^^^ 
but thiit postponed on account of since Miss Coruell played ther^ 

nat^o TTitVinp- nvpr $18 000 more than a y6ar ago. Total gross 

^ V" of around 50 grand did not equal 

♦The Curtain Rises/ Cort(C.l,100, seasbn's t>«ro weeks' take, but 

IHSi .^n^^V ^" ?4'0«?r was plenty comfort 

$5,000 pace that Is powerful with 'Autumn Crocus,' in Its fourth 
the .hbbk-up on this show, Gast K^ggj^ jjl Capltan, held strong 
getting percentages on over 13,000 U^^^ j^Qj^g good for two more weeks 
grbsses regularly. at least. . Fourth week grossed 

'Topsy and Eva/ Apollo (M-l.BOO; aroUnd $6,000. This topped 'Sail- 
$2.20) (3d week). Struggling along* ors Beware,' In fifth week at the 
eking a steady, climb In gross; Mayan by better than a. grand, al- 
Stlcklng a;t better than $9,000 pace, though Belasco & Cutran comedy 
Would have been better last week showed considerable improvement 
but ' f or> sudden snap of zero last week, and stays on until Feb. 
weather that crlmped the week end. 18, Instead of folding; next Saturday 
Other Attractions night, as originally contemplated. . 

Other Attractions 'Ghost Train', wound up six weeks 

'Mad Lover/ Punch and Judy, Hollywood Playhouse (3) to a 
Loop little theatre effort to open dismal $1,200^ and gives way to- 
Feb. 9. House has been going along night (6) to 'M'Lord, the Duke/ 
on slender take. I'Big Bird' continues for a: third 

week at the Musart, formerly the 
downtbwn , Bgan, with . second 
week's takie around, the $1,000. Pro- 
ducer Is optimistic and hopes to 
take the show Xo San Francisco in 
a few weeks. 

Estimates fpr Last Week 
'Auiumn Crocus/ El Capltan (4th 
week) (C-l,67i-$1.65). Film mob 
continuing to give the Francis Led- 
erer opus a gieat play, as close to 
$6,000 would indicate. Should stick 
for a coupl^ of more profitably 

'Candida/ 'The Barretts of Wim 



ittsburgh, Ffeh. 5. 
Record-breaking zero snap last 
week; -which' made downtown Pitts., 
burgh look like a deserted village, 
hit 'School for Husbands' a blbw at 
the Nixon. House's first legit at 
traction in three weeks, gathered 
bhljr ai*ound $8,000, less than an 
even break, and only thing to save 
it' at that wis subiscriptioh mbney, 
'Husbands' IS the fifth of American 
Theatre Society plays, sieries wind- 
ing up Feb. i26 \vlth 'Double Door/ 

Cancellation of two shows in row, 
'Let 'Em Eat Cake' and 'The Lake,' 
leaves Nixon without a booking unr 
til 'Door,' This week it was to hiave 
been 'C^ake,^ which folded suddenly 
in Philadelphia, while paper and ad- 
vertising on 'Liike' Ijor Feb. 12 was 
out. two or'three days when decision 
was made ot cancel tour, ' 

Indications pointed to ..tsapacity 
week for Hepburn show, 'too, inas- 
much as around $2,500 was In on 
mail orders when cancellatloh was 
nl^de and hundreds of phone 
queries oh- bpeiilng of window sale. 

AH of which adds to the woes 
Nixon- has. been experiencing this 
season. Dark weeks have been more 
numerous than lighted ones, and, 
according to present Indications, 
hbuse^ will go through entire month 
bf Feb. without a single , legit at- 
traction. 



Weather and Strike Hurt Broadway 
But Hits Strong: Two Shows Gimb 



San Francisco Blank, 
But Le Gallienne and 
Hampden Reps Dated 



San Francisco, Feb. 6. 
After the flop of "What a Woman' 
(•Love Chlselers*), J. H. Morton's 
•how at the Alcazar, town is cur- 

Mntly devoid of any legit offering,] r-^r_;-~it •Tj«w»,art „„/i Tniiot * 
•Ithough DuflE y & Belasco's 'Autumn POjf Stf «et' and 'Romw and^^^ 

Crocus' 18 coming up to the Currari ^"J^^'^^TA^i'i^ T-ornpH^ Anil 
Shortly, with advance sales «^lready l2.7B^).^^J^th^^^^^^^^ Corn^»- J-J 

Nek'rly a full calendar is ahead eral thousand over firs^ 
for the Columbia, at which A. B. a final figure close to $27,000. 

Marcus' gal show Just closed iafter 
eight days before leaving for the 
Orient. Eva Le Gallienne opens next 
week (12) with two weekis of Ibsen 
plays, 'Hedda Gabler/ Troll's House* 
and 'Master Builder.' 

Oh Feb. 26 Walter Hampden comes 
In for a fortnight to do 'Macbet,' 
•Hamlet/ 'Richelieu* and 'Servant in 
theHouse.^ 

Nothing else definite in prospect, 
although Louis Macloon is around 
with plans and ide&s, iand Louis I 
Lurie Is said to be dickering with a 
.cbUple of prospective prpdufsers to [ 
take his darkened Geary. 



Plenty healthy. Walter Hampdon 
in for a week starting (12); 

'Sailor, Beware/ Mayan (6th 
week) (G-l,492-$1.65). Full-paid 
admissions picked up last, week, 
with service charge .ducats con- 
tinuing t6 help swell the gross to. 
close to the $5,000 mark. Opening 
of 'Double Dbors* set back to Feb. 
19 so that 'Sailbr* can garner ev^ry 
dollar in sight. ^„ ^ 

'The Big Bird/ Musart (2nd 
tjreek) (CD-334-88). ?ayonn6 WJiip- 
ple Huston, coast's only woman 
legit producer, Is satisfied with re- 
sults despite last week's take leas 
than $1,000. Figures third week 
staTtirig today will build, and hopes 
for "Frisco to follow. 

The Ghost Train/ Hollyw:ood 
Playhouse (6th-final week) (C- 
1,162-$1.66). 'M' Lord the Duke* 
opens February Pth. 'Ghost Train* 
finished with about the same status 
as most recent productions at the 
house. Grossed $1,200, which gave 
the actors their pay and a bit over 
for the management. 



Isworth' Opens Bg, but May Quit 



as 









iladelphl 

PhlUy.'s legit situation Is getting 
more Scrambled and more precarif- 
pus all the tiitie. On top of the 40c 
tap oh passes, hursance com.es- a 
drastic price-.cutting .policy that re- 
turns to the old 'pit' idea with large 
blocks of both orchestra and bal- 
cony thrown open as unreserved 
.sections, with half-price tickets 
Boston, Feb. .6. ($i) going~ on sale an 'hour before 
No additions to the dramatic list the curta:in. Number of tiiese.-unre- 



NQ BOSTON OPENINGS; 
WCHARD,' 'AUBl' HOLD 



this week, with 'Richard of Bor 
deiux' holding at Colonial for a 
second week. Ditto. .'Ten Minute. 
Alibi' at the Plymouth. Next due 
is. 'Double Door,' booked to open 
next Monday (12), at the Plymouth, 
and following Monday 'The Yellow 
■Jacket.? reviVq.l,fl.t ^remont.^eaoh in^ 
for two-week stays. 



served seats ystrles according to the 
looks of the sale. 

The Erlanger, Independently man- 
aged by Samuel- .Nixon-Nirdlinger, 
was the house to try the idea; and 
a number bf packed houses resulted. 
Success of plgn ' cannot he. ^scer- 
iained"^ yet'lThoweverrlfecau 



Drama critics this week have theatre was stiU involved, in the 40c 

nothing to. tackle unless they grap- pass thing.. Howeyer, the. new plan 

Pie with grand opera. Tommasso loo^s much .sainer and more legiti- 

J^azzaro opens with his New Boston „iate than the pass racket. 

Opera Co. at the Boston Opera ghow at the Erlanger was 'Danr 

House (Shubert) tonight, 'with , ^^Ich opened hero 



Jeritza In 'Walkuere'; changes 
bill each day, eriga 
next Saturday night. 



, , — t'^ZTav^^ I a year ago: it did well enough to 

bill each day, engagement I J J/^^^r f second week Gross h^rd 



to estimate . because of 'pit' scheme 
and pass idea, but probably about 
$:j,p0Q.' ' 
. The , controlled: by 

Nirdlinger, was rumored, as trying 
the same, idea, but isn't this week, 
any vl^ay. Attraction is . Pavillne 
Frederick's "Her Majestyj the 

Naturally, this drastic price-slic^ 
iiig- is hurting- the houses charging 
.regular scales. For this rea.soh it's 
reported that Max Gordon, may not 
keep his 'Dodsworth' at the Garrick 
for a second week, although it got 
rave notices and has every reason to 
thrive. It has a $2.50 top— first dra- 
matic show to atempt that in sev- 
eral months. 

Guild's 'Schbol for Husbands' 
^^TJcning=^tbnight=at=^the=»Cheatnut 
(subscription) also has this scale, 
and both shows are bound to feel 
the cheap-seat competition. 

Nirdlinger will probably try to 
keep both the Broad and Erlanger 
going. Formier house baa 'Autumn 
Crocus,' Jane Cowl and 'The Yellow 
jacket' lined up. 



There is usually .something to 
worry show>nen and it was the 
weather that caui^ed' pretty tough 
going along iJroadwny last week. 
ICarly days had the thermometer 
flipting With zero. Didn't get much 
waoi-mer and. Thursday brought a-10- 
Inch wet snow which left the streets 
covered with ice. Saturday was 
cloudless but just then the taxi 
drivers went on strike and that 
didn't help. either, There was rough 
stuff and Sunday and Monday of 
this week there were few cabs in 
operation. 

Siich conditions brought down 
grbsses after four good January 
weeks arid at thie same time ex- 
plained the presence of 16 attrac- 
tions.— nearly 60% of the. list-^in cut 
rutes. That's the highest . number 
of shows at bargain prices in a year. 
Included in the . cuts were five out 
of last, week's seven, new shows. 

Althbugh the, premieres were any^ 
thing but a classy lot, two or three, 
have an Iridicaled chance for. mod-, 
erate success; 'AH the King's 
Horses' drew divided conmient arid 
littio coin until Saturday; 'A Hat, 
A Coat, A Glove,' Selwyn, and 'The 
Wind and the Raim' itz, are simir 
larly rated. ''The Joyous Season' 
claimed $8,000 as the starting gross 
at the Belasco but its chuhces are 
hot definite; 'Hotel Alimony' may 
not last iafter this Week at the lioy- 
ale; 'Theodora the Quean,' is doubt- 
ful at the FoiTest, while 'American, 
Very. SJarly/ was yanked .bfl at the 
Vanderbilt. 

Best recent entrant appears to be 
•No More Ladies,' Booth, which top- 
ped $9,000 the first full week. :By 
Your Leave,! at the Moroscp; is liked 
arid may connect, getting around 
$6,000 , last week. Must move Satur 
day, 'Ladies' moving in to.make way 
for 'The . Shining Hour,* dUe next 
week. The hits all got real coin, as 
usual, and two shows actually im 
proved — 'T o b a c c 6 Road' and 
'Wednesday's Child/ but both ai-e 
moderate grOssers. -Drawing well 
too, are the Russian opera at the 
Casino and . the Ballet Russe at the 
St. James. 

Due next week in addition to 
'Shining Hour' are 'Queer People;' 
National; . 'Richard of Bordeaux, 
Empire, and probably 'Dbdswbrth; 
highly regarded at the Philly try 
out Saturday (3). ... 

'The Lake' ends at f the' Beck 
Saturday and does not toUr, 'Fialse 
Dreams, Farewell,' stopped at the 
Little last Saturday and so did 
'Mahogany Hall,' Bijou. 

Estimates for Last Week 
'Ah, Wilderness/ Guild (19th 
week) (CD-914-$3.30). While 
weather affected most shows last 
week; hits were protected by ad- 
vance sales; well over $16,000 here. 

'All the King's Horses/ Shubert 
(2nd week) (M-l,337-$3.30). After 
strong Tuesday -'premiere bUsiness 
bad until Saturday w*ien lively 
trade was encouraging; mixed opin- 
ions with several distinctly favor- 
able. 

'American, Very Early/ yander- 
bllt. . Drew wishy-washy notices 
and withdrawn Saturday; five days. 

'As Thousands Cheer/ Music Box 
(i9th week) <R-l,00O-$4,4O), Only 
attraction on list that held to ca- 
pacity throughout last week's tough 
weather streak;^ over $26,600. 

'Big Hearted Herbert/ Biltmore 
(6th week) (C-.991-$2.76). Laugh 
show figured, to stick well into 
spring period; businesa_nioderate, 
but improving and profitable; ap- 
proximately $7,000. 

'Broomsticks, Amen,' Little (1st 
week) (C-634-$2.76). Presented by 
Thomas Kilpatrick; written by El- 
mer Glreensf elder; opens Friday (9). 

'By Your Leave/ Morosco (3rd 
wegk). (C-961-$3.30), One recent 
entry rated better than most others 
and may make grade; around $5,000 
first full week; due to move, 'No 
More Ladies', switching in from 
Booth. 

'Come of Age/ Elliot (6th week) 
(C-929-$3.30). Weather stopped 
chances for further Iriiprovemeht; 
pace had been ai-ound $5,000." . 

'Days Without End/ Miller (6th 
week) (D.-994-$3.30); Subscription 
period ends this week, hut at least 
one additional week will: be tried; 
average arourid $7,000. 

'False Dreams, Farewell/ Little. 
High seas drama attracted atten- 
tion but couldn't hold on; stopped 
Saturday; three weeks. 

'Follies/ Winter Garden (6th 
week) (R-l,493-$4.40). Broadwayls 
gross leader; somewhat affected but 
generally sellout; .normal pace $35,- 
000. but same drop la-gt week. 

'Green Bay Tree/ Cort (17th 
week) (CD-1,024.-$3.3P). Doing well 
enough and making some profll 
from moderate groH.ifs; around $7,- 
000. 

'Hat, Coat, love/ Selwyn (2nd 
Wfok) (D-r,0«7-$3„3.f». l^ifference 
'Of^TJiTini tjrrT="Trp(nTCd=^-m^^ 
with mild trade thereafter, but 
chance for mod < rate money di-.. 
catcd. 

. *Hcr Master's Voice/ Plymouth 
ncth wepk) (O-l,042-.$3.30). Should 
go throuf?})' so,TKo" ; on'^ of .standout 
oomedlf'H; t'lvissf-n .<<tf-}j(lily profit-- 
able: ahftnr il'i.fifiO l;i>t wf-k., 
'Hotel linfiony/ jioyale d 



week) (C-1,000-$3.30). Little i.-hanoe 
in Icated; house under rental two 
weeks; 'They Shall Not Die' brtoked . 
to follow. 

'Mackfcrel Skies/ Playhouse (3rd 
week) iDr914-$3.30). Little chance 
to bvercomo, bad notices; conii 
for picture money; esti 
around $3,000. 

'Mahogany Hall/ ijou; With- 
drawn Saturday; played bit under 
three weeks; 'After Such Pleasures' 
riibves In Wednesday (7). 

'Mary of Scotland.', Alvin Ciltl: 
week) (D-l,387-$3.3:0).. Except first 
two nights last week capacity, with 
;ross quoted around $24,000. 

' eh in White'* Broadhurst (20th 
week) <D-l,H8-$2.75). Not much 
oft; standout drariia is sumnier bold- 
over possibility; last week to> tidy 
takings of $13,500, 

'Murder at the Vanities', Majestic 
C22nd Aveek) ,(R-l,776r$3.30). Gut 
rating kept, this one going;, down 
ai'ound $10,000 last week;, doubtful 
after Washington's Birthday (22). 

No More Ladies', Booth (3rd 
week) (e-704-$3.30); Only the %yeath-. 
er appears to have . held, takings 
from reaching five figures; arbUnd 
$9,000 w-hlch .Is, good in house; due 
to move to Morosco because of prior 
booking of 'The. Shining Hour'. into 
Booth next week. 

No Questions AskiBd,' Masque 
(1st week) .(CDr789rt3.30); Pre- 
sented by John Golden; written by. 
Anne Morrison Chapln. under title; 
*A Broken Doll'; opened Monday. 

'Pursuit of Happiness', Avon (18th 
week) (C'-830-$2,76). Dropped to 
around $5,000 but has chance to last 
through season; better business in- 
dicated this .Week. . 

'Roberta', New AmSterdarn (12th 
week) (M-l,717-$3.30). Another 
candidate to last out aeasori and 
into summer; held- most of guined 
gross at $26,000.. 

. 'Sailor Beware', Lyceum (20ch 
week) (C-969-$3.30). Hook -lip IS 
such that good profit possible even 
.\yith moderate grosses; around $10,- 
000 last week and another show fig- 
ured to last out seasbn. . 

'She Loves Me Not', 46th St. (20th 
week) <C-l,413r$3.30). Comedy 
leader away out la front; business 
average over $2O,00O and still an- 
other show listed Into , warm 
weather. 

>Sing and WhistleV Fultoh (1st 
week) :(D-9l3-$3.30), Presented by 
Milton. Gropper and Ernest Truex; 
four person comedy written by 
Gropper; opens Thursday (8). 

'The First Apple', Barrymore (7th. 
week) (C-l,096-$3.30). With cut 
rate support show clalriied to be 
making slight profit, Indicated tak- 
ings around $4,000. 

'The Joyous Season', Belasco (2nd 
week) (C-l,000'-$3.30). Reviewers 
unimpressed and with lukewarm 
notices chances not so good; 
claimed starting gross of $8,000 with 
aid of "premiere and party. 

The Lake', Beck (7th week) ( 
l,214-$3.30). Final week; was slated 
to tour but Katherlne Hepburn will 
rest;; around: $11,000 last' week; made 
prbfit on engagement; 
; 'ThiB Wind and the Rain*. RItz 
(2nd week) (D-918-$3.30). Opened 
amid snow late last week; notices 
fairish; Saturday perked up and 
may have a chance. 

Theodora, th« Quean', Forrest 
(2ndweek) (CD-l,076-$8.30). Opened 
middle of week with generally Un- 
favorable Impression; better line on 
business and chances this week. 

'Tobacco Road', 48th St. (10th 
week) (D-969r$3.30). One of two 
shows that actually climbed last 
week; here about $1,000 improve- 
ment for a gross of •$7,000. 

'Wednesday's Child', Longacre 
(4th week) (CD-l,019-$2.75). Also 
picked up with additional critical 
praise credited, takings approxi- 
mately $7,000. 

Other Attractions 
'After Such Pleasures', Bljoii; bill 
of sketches first presented In hbtel 
audltbrluni;. oponS Wednesday. (7). 

.'Legal Murder', President; melier 
postponed. 

'Biography*, Ambassador; return 
engagement with Ina Claire; opened 
Monday, 

'Peace on Earth', Civic Rep thc^ 
atre; going along to good business; 

Russian operatic troupe. Casino; 
reported drawing excellent trade at 
pibp prices; 

Ballet Russsi, St. James; also do- 
ing well; final week announced. 




MGM STUPIOS 
CULVER CITY. CALIF. 



58 VASIMTY 



LITERATI 



Tuesday, February 6, 193^1 



Effendj Doubleday Di 

Frank J^elspn Doubleday, chair- 
man of the, board of Doubleday- 
Doran, died Tuesday In Miami. 
Florida, aged 72. He was for many 
.yeai'3 a pioneer in Ainorican pub- 
lishing. 

EfCendi Poubleduy lie /\vas called, 
the' nicl^name being; a combination 
b£ liis initials' as pieced togethier by 
Rtulyavd Kipling, a closC' personal 
. friend, flis publLshing career be- 
gan 57 years ago amt he-was ac- 
tively, in touch with hi,s oiiflce until 
thip day before stricken. Pie was 
the llr.'jt publisher of Jos^jph Con- 
rad, and his list Included isucli names 
as Uudyai'd Kipling, O. Henry. 
Booth Tarkingtoh, ♦Sinclair Lewis, 
Edna Ferber and Kathleen Norris. 
Born In Brooklyn, he went .to work 
for Scrlbner's at the age of 15, and 
remai^ierf £0 years. 

He ielit Scribner's to join . . 
McGlure, wltli whom ho formed- the 
Doubleday & McCIure Co. In 1^00, 
that compa.ny took in Walter Hines 
Page and H. 'VV^X^nier/ and. became' 
Doubleday, Page & Co.. 

Firm, moved^ to Garden City, Long 
Island, In 1910 arid Doubleday -estab- 
lished, the.Country Life Press, one 
of th^ nibst. modern printing and 
r . publisiiing .'.plaints '.in the: world, la 
r .1.9^8, Doubleday,'- Page nrorgfed with; 

the Georgel ift. Doran -Co-. -with the 
.. present n<^me: emerging... 



W iecking . M ov99 

H. S. Wleckihg; ;A. P; rtewa eclltov 
'•'at St. Paul since. 1930^. and. .on ihfe 
^ Twin Cities A- P- ^tafir since. 1^26,- 

is"now -editdr^of the.' Winona :(MlnnO> 
r Republicah-iietrald; 

Illness 6n the ' part of H, G. 

"WTiite, . W;iecklrtp's father-ifL-law- 
' and publisher of the 'Winona sheet, 

precipitated the change in .active 

management of . the rag. 



JAMES* 
JOYCE'S 



Best Setters 



rs for the week ending Feb. 3, as reportied by- 
American News Co., Inc.. 

Fiction 

'V\'oi k ol' Art" ($2.50) , .By Sinclair Lewis 

•Anthcrtiy Adverse' ($3,00) By Hervey Allen 

•Oil for l.ami>» of China' ($2.60) ....... ...By Alice Tisdale Hobert 

'Tliin Man' ($L'.Q0) 

•Sea Lever i 2. CO) 

'Mother. The' ($3.50).: , 



.By Dashlell . Hammett 

i. .By Anne Parrish 

, . By Peai;l S. Buck 



■ • f t t M 1 



•Life negirifa at Forty' ($1.50) By Walter B. Pitkin 

'100,000;000 Guinea Pigs' (tl2:00). , Arthur Kallet & F. J, Schlink 
•Bmziliah Adventui'e' ($5.75) .. .By Peter Fleming 

'Timber Line' ($3.00) .,By Gen* Fowler 

•More Power to You' ($1.75)..., ,...;.;i.By Walter B.. Pitkin 

'(Crowded Hours' ($3,00) Alice Roosevelt Longworth 



'Bookleg' Definition Sought 

What's 'bookleg' ? 

Maybe $50,00() or $100,000 hangs 
on . how a .libel jury or Court ulti- 
mately jdeiines it. The" word Is in- 
volved in the $100,000 libel action 
against the N. Y. Mirror by iBugene 
Nussbaum, ^yhb states he Is a 
writer. NussljAum cites three causew 
ef action, • for $25,000 each, and 
the one 'bookleg' for 

$50,0()0. 

The Mirror asked tl»c K.. Y. Su- 
preme Court to strike oiit. the In-r 
nuehdo -in 'bookleg' from the writer's 
complaint, but the Court declined to 
do so. The Court admits It dpfesn't 
jiaVyj' what !booldeg? mesins, but jalsp; 
states that maybe Nussbaum's deflr 
rtition iS: the piropet inference tb bo' 
gleaned. tv6m .its, printed, .ujse. 

Mlrfor must niake an.swer in 
about 10 diays. 



UlVSSfS 



nnm ttiora ehaptor to iti anuue- 
-to g hiatevy hy laadiag baiiMlIer^ 
liala olf over <Ao tonnfrr 'tlio fint' 
*iN9«k aftar publieatten. Thia ia ona 
book that you 'MUST haVa in fvat 
Ubiaiy. CotapM* and unabridged 

$3.80 




ALEXANDER 
WOOLLCOTT 

and GEORGE SV 
KAUFMAN 

wiita a laelodiama— you can' ceiint 
on wit — aiuponaa -rentortainmani 

f HE DHRK 



' Irish Producer 

It Bradford . Ropes' fortlicoming 
l>ooki .'Go Into. Tour 'Ctarice,- is not 
a. complete picture of a certain cx- 
ho.ofer tnrned niusical comedy pro- 
ducer. It's .because Hopes Is honeist 
with ..his readers and will not write 
about anything "with 'which' he is 
not fully conversaint. 

The, partlculjir real-life 'figure 
after whom Ropes is said to have 
fashioned the principal character in 
Go Into Tour Dance' is Jewisli. B.ut 
Ropes doesn't kno'W anything about 
Jewish family life. He's from the 
'Boston Back Bay section. Hence 
Ills hoofer- producer in his hew 
story is Irish, because in the Boston 
Back Bay section they knoV. all 
about Irish life. 

Ropes is confident readers will 
accept an Irishman as a musicq,l 
comedy producer, because, after all, 
he's only 'writing fiction. 



TOIUER 



will not lot you down I No gnat 
ahakea on Broadway -but a HIT iit 
book fonn, and elated for big thinga 
inthomovioa. $2.00 




EUGENE 
O'NEILL 

Kaa lwo playa on Broadway this yaar 
Random HeuaopubliahCI both. 



^UIIlDERnESSI 
DHVS nilTHOUr END 



Each $2.S0 




GIVE YOUR HEART 
TO THiB HAWKS 

' Robinson JaUors* now pooma $2.SO 

THE BROTHERS 
KARAMAZOV 

A beautiful now odi , itiuatratod 

$3.36 

PLAYS and POEMS 
by W. S. GILBERT 

All the operas, and all the Bab Ballada 
in a aingla volume. $3.SO 

Send. for aeompKfe^Sfa^^i ~ 



fa Heirs Sued Again 

Pour claims against the estatie of 
Frederick G. Bonfils, late publisher 
of the Denver Post, have been filed 
in Denver courts; They total 
$205,174 and represent the claini- 
ants share of profits from the fa- 
mous 'Bonfils 40 Acres' In the Salt 
Creek oil fields in Wyoming. The 
cases in'volve money Bonfils Is said 
to have collected without paying 
the proper percentages tb the 
plaintiffs. The largest of the claims 
is for $140,000. Three other suits 
have been settled out of court for 
$7,500. 



V/odehouae Doubling 

Wodehouse Is probably setting a 
precedent by his current activities. 
Has a serial running simultaneously 
in two magazines, 'Thank Tou, 
Jeeves,' in Cosmopolitan, and 'Right 
Ho, Jeeves' in the Saturday Evening 
Post. 

Little, rpvn no like the 'Idea, 
•They publish P. G.'s books and 
figure they don't want the two to 
come out between covers at the 
same time. They'll try to hold 
'Right .Ho' until Atitinnrt and send 
the other one through as quickly as 
pbissibie, -which' \Yill b early in 
April; 




Rflnooni HOUSE 

20 Eaat S7ih Straat Ifaw York 



. San Antonio Gets Co-op press, 
CorQperative- publishing' idea, 
which, originated in the East and 
has a number of adherents, is 
spreading. Group of scribblers from 
Texaia and nearby states have 
banded on the same plan to form 
the. Alamo Press, Publishing head 
quarters will be in San Antonio. 

Guiding head is Gertr.ude Harris 
who liails from New Mexico. Har 
ris giri claims to have lined up the 
locality's ioremost book writers In 
the group, with about a d07.en vol 
_umes on tap for pubUcation under 
the . AlaiTto" Tmprr ""^^ 



Wagner, Ex-A. P. ies 

Edward H. Wagner, 69, pioneer 
auditor of the Associated I'ress, died 
at Long Beach, Calif., Jan. 27. lie 
had served the A. p. 33 years prior 
to his retirement seven years ago, 
•Survived by his widow and two cliil 
dren, a daughter in Long Bwu-h and 
T'muI p.. A^ngnf^v rvf rhicapro. 



Maclean Givea Way to Youth 

After 47 years, - John : Bayne Mac- 
lean has withdriawn as active head 
of the . Maclean Publishing Co. to 
give place to |i yotinger man. Macr. 
lean becomes chainhah of the board; 
With Horace T. Hunter moving up 
from vlce-ii>re8ideht to> take the for- 
mer Maclean post ; aisi! liead of the 
company. Means a promotion also^ 
for H. Victor Tyrrell, who will flU 
Hunter's former position. 

Hunter and Tyrrell, too, are .vvet- 
erians- of the organizatlon,^ the- coii- 
nectidns of . both extending -for more 
than 30 years. 



Serib.blers .Spurn New. Mass > 
To the new mag publisbera, one 
of thb most surprising thhtfirs they 
meet up against Is the comparative 
shortage of - material. . Not a short- 
age of good material or of bad, but 
of. any'materiai at. all. Answer js 
the fact that s<cry>biers, burnt too 
often by mags that don't last long 
enough : to. -pay theih for. material 
used,, prefer to. try the 'well-estab- 
lished markets pr leit the scripts re- 
pose In the trunk. 

Not many of the lesser.new' mags 
fast beyond an Issue or two, and 
when it goes floppq, the scribbler 
is but of luck. Printeria and others 
usually have .first call on the assets, 
if any. 



Drey Publiahing 

Walter Drey, who stepped oiit of 
the C. Forbes Book Publishing 
Co. some time ago, returning to the 
industry as a publisher bn.'hls own. 
Drey has set up an organization in 
the Grand Central .sector and •'will 
bring out a snuiU general line of 
books. . 

First tw6 which prey will put 
on the press are 'Freedom from 
Fear,' by Richard Lynch, and a book 
by Shepard Barclay, called - 'Bridge 
Fun: Verse and Prose.' 



Young Loew Editing Mag 

David L. Loew, Jr., son. of the 
Matro exec. Is a magazine editor in 
his own right, . although but a bit 
over 13 years old. '•The bnlooker' Is 
the impressive title of young Loew's 
magi and It's a highly profeissional 
appearing paper :of 14 pages. Printed 
on good gloss paper and marked to 
sell at ten cents a copy, with the 
proceeds (if any) going to charity. 

Metro ..has a full page ad In the 
current issue, for which, Jt is under- 
stood,, an inside rate of $1.10 was 
made. Regrular rate is. $1.26 a page. 



;t Montagu Glass Paaaef 

Montagu Glass, Who in 'Potash 
and Perlmutter' cx'eated a new type 
of ..story, died in Westport, Conn., 
^cb,' 3, of a blood clot on the brain. 
He was born in England in 1877. 

Jf-Iij? first sketche.s were done for 
a now.spaper syndicate and leaped 
into- almost Imniedinte popularity. 
Lptor Abe and. Mawriiss passed 
into, the pages of the. Saturday Eve- 
ning; Post, and from thete to stage, 
and screen. .Tlie flr.st Stage per- 
formance wa.s in 191C. 

econtly . iie ' created - a . hew set of 
characters, entering the ibgal circle, 
but his chief fame wlH flwaiys be 
connected ^yith .^his. stoiibs of the 
clonk and. ^uit Industry. 

Ill, poor health for some time, lie 
siiiiered a cerebral hemorrhage. Fri- 
day (2), from the result of wliich 
lie died, the following day. 

He is surviyed' by his widow and 
a daughter.. .'.. / ■■' 

Writing Gibbs CItin 
Those ^yrltlng. Gibbs are. It 
again: J eannette Phillips Gibbs , is 
the . latest, with a rxpvel to be pub- 
lished by Little Brown i April en- 
titlfed 'Copy for Mother'. 

She's . tljle wife of A. Hamlltoh 
Gibbs and; has written books be- 
tprci iiitfr a few of tiiem. Before 
marrying Gibbs she was a lawyer. 



ehken. C<*'npiet*s Book 

. [Menken has finally . finished 
his new book, 'Treatise on' Right and 
Wrong,' for Knopf publication. < 

Hank began collecting the mate-f 
i'lai oaviy in 1931, but just couldn't 
get timo to write it up while editing 
the Mercury. ' Since ho resigned 
from that job he found writing tlnfe 
moi- available. 



Bo(>k BeriewB 



Knickerboekar to be Scrapped 

George J. Liogan has bought the 
publishing interests of J. Robert 
Simpson, which includes the month- 
ly, Knickerbocker Life, and fi group 
of swank hbt^I howe organs carry" 
ing the Knickerbocker Life features. 
It is Logan's present plan to . scrap 
Knickerbdcker Life iafter :all adyer- 
tising contracts run out. He hopes,^ 
Instead, to increase the .outlets for 
his house organs, which will cohr 
tinue to carry, the Knick<»rbocker 
Life ifeatur^B. Logan is a newcomer 
to' the publishing bl^. 



-Hotel Lowdown 

Sinclair Lewis walked out on a 
big dinner recently rather than sub- 
mit to posing for one of those 
brutal nibdern tell-all cameras. Tet, 
in his writing, h6 is the most brutal 
tell-allish of authors. 

His newest novel, 'Work of Art'. 
(Doubleday -Doran ; $2.50) won't be 
liked in Some quarters. It's a big 
book, which is in the. current vein, 
but it'ia .just a bitltbo much like a 
card -index catalog. Lewis misses, 
nothing. When he starts out to tell 
about a hotel -keepei- he tells every ^ 
thing. Including a long list of -vari^ 
bus . kinds Of saucesi /how to fold 
napkins in a hundred diif erent ways, 
and everything else anywhere near 
his particular subject. . 

'Work of Art' is about a hotel- 
keeper' who climbs, from kitchen 
mechanic, to the very top. It's too 
long and too dull, but a good coni- 
plete LeWisian portrait. Won't ap- 
peal as did 'Arrowsmith' and. some 
of the others, iiowever, because not 
as human and without sufllcient 
story. 

Not much in the book for films 
beyond the chax-actcr . and author's 
name. Fox has bpuglit it, howevei. 



New Daily Planned 

Preparations quietly Under -way 
to give New Tork still another 
ne'\yspa,per, to be known as the New. 
Tbrk Obsdrver. Behind the under- 
taking is a former Sun and. A. P. 
man, Warwick L. Thompson, •who 
h^s set up headquarters, in. thp old 
Trib building downtown. 



Sid .Hamlin eh Ovun 
After 13 years in the publishing 
end of the bo6k biz, Sidney Hamlin 
lm,s set shop Under his own. name. 
"WiilHssuermostly^-bpoks-^preyiously- 
published in Engla.nd,..but also has 
d, number of American works on tap. 
One of the volumes of American 
origin which Hanilin will publish 
is a book consisting solely of 
photographs and bearing the title 
of 'Man Without*. 

Hamlin is the second to conduct 
a publlsliing cpncem under that 
nnme, f>ther Is ThomiM Hamlin. 



Writing Technique 

Mary Robert Rlnehart Is a su- 
preme technician. She's been writ- 
ing books so long that there isn't 
a trick she passes up. Her newest 
novel. 'The State versus Elinor 
Norton' (Farrar & Rlnehart; $2) is 
a perfect example of this. No great 
shakes as a story, but technically so 
welt plannPd and executed that it 
holds interest throughout. 

Title is somewhat/illusory. Mrs. 
Rineliart has . written so many (and 
such gppd) detective yarns, that 
this may be mistaken as. falling in 
that category. It , Isn't. It's 3' . ro- 
mantic, psychological study of a 
virpman's. life. ' A wbmian who has 
an interesting triangle*, problem all 
her.. loyeci by one man, JShe 

loyes a second and marries a third. 

It M-ill maico a grand film for 
t-Telen Hivyes. 

Swell 'Ulysses' Job 

Random .House's publication of 
'Ulysses' ia as. near a perfect piece 
of yrork as that type of thing ban 
be.. Book showed a tremendous pre- 
publication pulling, power in book 
stores and oUght to continue .strong 
for some time. 

'Ulysfles,' when first published by 
Sylvia Beach: in Paris twelve years 
ago, created a lot of attention. It 
was barred, hero but managed to 
sell quite w'ell abroad. Recognized 
liiglimark in the century's literature, 
it, has remained the .most talked 
about, lid perhaps least read book 

Random Houaeiand Modern Llkirary, 
started a fight to clear the book and 
won. Now he's publishett it in very 
good taste. 

It's a hulkier tome than the origi- 
nal Paris edition, although thet type 
is alinpst an exact facsimile. Pages 
are somewhat smaller, however, and 
also allow for wider margins. At 
$S.50 it's a olnch to sell well. 



Chatter 

Melvin Levy in a nice .spot Twa 
publishers want his new novel an? 
he's sold a play to the Group The, 
atre. 

Margaret Clioney Dawson, ono of 
the readers for Macmillan, has sold 
a novel to her own concern 

George Shrivelj', the ea.storn edi- 
tor for Bobbs-Merrill, no slouch 
Did three blurbs in one aftornooS;. 
an all-time record for blurbing 

Mad iao n Square Hotel houainir 
more lltterateur.s than any other 
dwelling in town. Thorno Smith 
Mary Heaton Vorse, Richard Curie 
and David Dunlap only a few who 
live there. The hostelry also ac- 
commodated O. Henry at one time* 
As funny ari John Drlnkwator do- 
^^^^^ P ^'^''^ Laprnmle is .Tohri 
Maseflold. England's poet laureate, 
writing tlio story of the White fJtar 
ship line. 

.loHsic. B, Rittenhouse, who has 
perhaps done morp for Amci'icjtu' 
poetry, than any other person liv- 
ing, is writing .her autobiog. Ilouch- 
ton Mifflin will, get It. 

Myron lirinig will end the Slhgor- 
man saga with that new book he 1s 
now doing in New Mexico:. . 

Irving Fineman laid up a4 tho re- 
sult of an automobile accident. 
Necessitated' the canceUiition of a 
nxiiinber of lecture dates, and will 
also hold Up his new- book. 

Somerset Maugham saj's "ho will 
write no more stories of the East. 
Ho once said, too, thttt he will Avrlte 
no more plays. , 
Graham Greene a pappy. 
Sti!Lnton A.. -Cpblpntz has 
apartnieht, but it's so hear . 
one he: hardly considers it 
mentioning. ^ 

Covlci, Friede will give George 
Cronyn's • The .World of Venus' a., 
first printing:., of, 50,000 copies, . 
Enough to stagger even George 
Joel. 

Thornton Wilder In town, and 
claims to have been in Hawaii all 
the time. 

Harold Lamb doing a life of Om.ar 
Khayyam. and, appropriately 
enough, in California^ where a Jug 
of wine is no novelty. ^ 

Achmed Abdullah's 'Fighting 
Through', will, for the first time oh 
any book, carry the scribbler's title 
of Sheikh. 

Lizette Woodwbrth Reese, Balti- 
more poetess, passed 78th milestone. . 
At birthday press interview re- 
vealed, she's commenced scribbling 
her initial novel, & mystery, to be • 
tagged 'Wor ley's.'" 

After all those screaming, lurid 
headlines anent Fay Webb's diyor- 
clal complaints against Rudy, the 
ever-tactfUl Baltimore Eve. Sun 
buried, account in corner of Inside 
page With da:pti6n, "Wife Declares 
Vallee Has Girl Friends.' 

.Toe Thompson, former. -associate, 
editor of the defunct 'University,' 
now on the editorial staff of 'Cos- 
mopolitan.' 

Alfred H. King .is bringing out a 
new edition of the German pacifist 
book, 'War for Profits,' by Otto 
Lehmann-Russbult, translated by 
Pierre Loving. 

Seeming practice of certain pub- 
lishers to. make daily bopk critica 
solid wltli their newsi>apors in re- 
turn for favorable reviews is ex- 
citing much comment In book circles. 

Carl Bickle, head of tJ.P., James 
Klllgallen, head of LN.S., and L. S., 
Goldsborough, editor of ^Fortune,' 
off to Europe together. 

Richard Berlin, general manager 
of International Magazine Co., 
Paris. On the same boat, Herbert 
Jenkins, treasurer pf Little, Brown, 
Ed liunter has gone to Paris for 
I. N. S. He is the lad who got into 
trouble for his reportorial .activities- 
in Japan nPt long ago. 

Dave Walsh, sports editor of 
I. N. S. left Tuesday (30) for Miami, 
from where he will start, a swing 
through the south, reporting on all 
the baseball camps, as 'WcU as get- 
ting in sonje local spprts. 

Alexandeir Wooilcott eouldiVl tliiiik 
of a ; title for his new book, and 
mentioned the fact in one of hi6 
New Torker colujnhs.. About 700 
suggestions came In froni readers, 
and he! picked 'While Rome Burns.' 
^^Iking will publish it in March. 

Lipn Feuchtwanger, now the lead-, 
Ing German literati exile, living on 
the Riviera but thinking about NcW 
york. 

. Second edition fOr 'Wo Actor 
iFolics,' Mary, Asqulth's novel about 
old time shovy: biz. She retired 
some years back f romi play agenting 
and is now a farmerette in Pcnnayl* 
vanl.a, getting in, the acribbling be-^ 
tween .crops. 

Jos.ei>h Anthohj' is the new editor 
of . Golden Book Magazine, succeed- 
ing Mary Letha Eiting. 

LPngmans Green has only two* 
thirds of that new Blair Niles book 
a.nd can't locate Mrs. Niles for the 

o'yior;^th_lrdi^ _ _ _ 

^ Title of thr'last"lfto^n^'ffhiaHsa-by-= 

Louis .tospph Vance before his 

death is "The Lone Wolfi? I^st 

Prowi.' 

Most of the town's literati gath- 
ered for a dinner to Ray Long be- 
fpre his' return to the coast. 

William March has placed his 
first novel, 'Come in at the Door 
with Smith and Hoa.s 



Taesday, February 6, 1934 



E LADIES 



S9 



Going Places 

By Cecelia Ager 



r Newspaperwoman 

'HI Nellie' is, very zealous about 
tlie accuracy o£ its .newspaper de- 
tail, Glenda Farrell, whqiae iconduct 
aerves as an example to all sob 
writers on boW: not to get. yioiurselt' 
loved, may yet be studied to advan- 
tage on what a newspaper Woman 
Should virear. she would only act 
as nice and Quiet as she looks she 
* dould refuse dinner invitations from 
picture critics and even ship , news 
reporters* 

jCathryh Sergaya, whoi it has been 
bruited about, looHsojust UHe Qarbo 
only better, ddeis in fact, fleetingly 
resemble her.. Miss SergaVa plays.u 
night club moll, and. 'Wears, a slim 
white frock with a deep square col-^. 
Ian Her coiffure,, howiever, is too 
conventional a bob to aggravate her 
" f umpred exoticnes'S. 



Palace' CloQeup 

It's nice to;$o b.ver t'p thei .Pialace 
^i thls week antf meet .old friend?, the 

Kadio City Music Hall Choral 3^n- 
,,flemblb. It's .also . jilpe to see what 
-they r6ally look like. 

Close scrutiny suggests' that' niay- 

be there's so darned '^inuch har- 
^niony anlbngst theittt becaiuae no one 
jiflf- the" IadJes. .haSi"the. edge on. any. 
'/of the . others. Kp one of the ladies 

is any great ^hakes at ..Ipoklns 
, I- stylish In the loosely hung pink ever 
"nlng di'esses with clips at thfe ebr- 
yners of the high square i*ecklines 
'and tasseled belts looped over' their 
j,^|tomachs— ndresses, by the by, •which 

the girls were -wearing last weeik-pn 

their own home |rrPUU<i3 when, 

merely by the- addition, of blonde 
:b'obbed wig.s .and' a batch- of orchids 
' oh their shoulders, it was indicated 

that vlheir inspiration -was I*§6'igy 
^joycd. They caih sit or stand ..With 
..fiuch complacence because tliere is 

never any -occasion . for the green;* 

eyed mortster'^o ruffle their calm. 

■JCtglg Philb, their solols*. jcbntralr 
. tos In a blacic velvet piflma doitna 
"idress with so.qulned, net .capd and'>. 
V train. ' 

j3etty Jane . Cooper's taps are as 
delicate, as ever and - her wardrobe 
>as in-and-out. She wears her least 
-admirable ccstiime- first, a ruffled 
"White chiffon ' •wrapped skirt a'hd 
silver, medie'v^, ' . armor derl'ved, 
„ jacket; blue one-piece pyiainas 
' next that fit . suavely but offer no 
loerlcal reason for their lace ruffled 
deep decoUetage. .And, best tot last, 
^a white heavy crepe evening frock 
ith a draped bib - banded. . in red 
Velvet plus a red velvet sash. 

Jean Carroll, 'with' Marty May, 
has the misfortune to foUoWt With 
her dance. Miss Carroll's, personal 
;lty, however, doesn't suflCer. 



Got What They've Got 

. Ladies in .'You Can't BUy Every- 
. thing' have an awful lot of What 
they'-ye got. Those "who are sweet 
are 100% sweet; May Robson, who's 
got eccentricity. Is a barking, el- 
bowing, uhcpmpromlslng .boor. 

Jean Parker, so thoroughly the 
girl that mothers dream of as a wife 
for their sons, . g:arbs her submls- 
slven^ss In accurate and fetching 
^replicas of the turn of. the century's 
mpde. She. wears a Peter Thomp 
son dress and a wide ribbon bow 
tied at the nape, of her neck for her 
.braid, a maline pompom at hei* 
.'.throat, fluted net brimmed picture 
rhats, and a du;ster with flowing 
chiffon veil for niptoring. 



- Capitol Clothes 

.Twelve . sliowglpls, properly , Ian 
guld and with .their , hands cbietrac-. 
-terlstlcally on .lhelr hips, stroll out 
from the Capitol's wings, . trail 
their Indolent ..loveliness— in sweep 
ing white dresses ' with chartreuse 
-feather sleeves, and hats-r-across the 
^•stages, meet in a; straight linei and 
.•turn about and: face the audience. 
They have, it seems, a message 
to .Convey. 

So altogether libW, in flat, pre 
cisely rehearsed . Voices, they say 
.they're Introducing May Robson 
"Whereupon, their hearts full of 
achievement, they divide in two 
groups and g;racefully stroll to 
Where they came from. 
Miss Robson .strides on the stage 
ith magnetism, vitality, authority 
^nd a .sense of humor glowing 
wough- her natural dignity. She 
has a pleasing cpstume, tpo.. Miss 
Robson has chosen delicate pearl 
=«rey-crepe==f<nr^fiW"l?m^^ft^lTt?yoir 
frock, bapds its long loose sleeves 
With rows of crystal beads, places 
a matching trlcorn hat on . her neatly 
coifiCed grey hair, and adding white 
,«d gloves iand. a black lopicet, pre- 
sent a polished picture of 'what a 
'^harfnins: matron should have the 
800(1 .tfistr to wear. 
The Chester Hale .Girls, for thelu 



part, are showing this week thit 
though fan dancing may iiaye be- 
come dated, its principle lingers on: 
They encaise their arms in long 
tight black sleeves hung with hlp- 
iength sliver fringe, and. since their 
leotards-r-transparent. whltb chiffon, 
appliqued .strategically ■with geor 
metric hibtlfs of black-^tre nb good'. 
for cohcealment, they can: whisit the 
sll'^er fringe about therti quite as 
suspenaefully as any old. fans. Th.ey 
are coriiblning, for the 'Mode d'Or' 
number, toe ballet; the repressed 
desires of. tbrso catapulting and the 
coqiietry of fringe. 

Anita Avila, in a black . sequin 
basque, sequin sprinkled net skirt 
and red shoes and gloves, has her 
oWh. tr9ubles 'wlth . inhibitions, pre- 
sented as 'Danse Grotesque,' ^uth 
Harrison's 'In Tango. 'Tempo' is! 
hungry for love, too. Her black vel- 
vet baili'bbm dress is .crossed at th<^ 
shoulder strap -decolletage bodice, 
with wideriing bands of. gold t 
quins that becohie gracefully swbbpr 
Ing; flares by the ^tlme they rea'ch 
th(B. -hem ,bf h#r si .-.billowing 
skirt. 



Aiiadeltny 
At the Acidemy,, where Recking 
flQuri$hes -ainbng. the younger set 
and the gals are' nothing Ipathe.' tp 
taite the lnitia,tiye, there la >in act 
called Col. Fedor Maiybohitt and His 
Riisslan Revels," full of bdun^llng 
danseuses whb one by one' spring: 
frpm- the wings" at 'the least ' pluck 
pf a balalaika and Whirl and whirl, 
and whirl. J\>r Variety .\the brunette 
whirls on her to*. 

Save ■■ for an occ^loniar Russian 
tiara tlieir ,Bteady;: heads, thes? 
spinning nialdens hold' with the corii 
ventlonal costuming of 'American 
vaude specialty dancers, metal 
cloth trunks and. bras,, or leotards 
■traced boldly with vseqtilns. Their 
wild Cossack speed, they've decided, 
is . sulTlcIent to stamp their . Slavic 
origin.' One of them baa been dipped 
bodily in gold,palnt,eyentp '.her rub- 
ber .bathing.. ca'pj. Wliilch. makes tier 
In this case "a Mongol, idol, and . also 
accentuates .the graceful fluidity of 
her pbs^rlngs 



batlc. dancer .who. ciain; do all. the 
tricks, but istft ' so good as yet .at 
combining them in smobth Wbrklhg 
opntlriulty. Her white* leotards with 
accordlpn. plea^d J ..White cbififpn 
trousers apipended has beconne .by. 
now a little grayish; but her little 
ruffled peach satin skirt and bblei'o 
Is fresh.. Her flash costume, blue 
trunks, and bras, Is hung with rows 
of beaded, fringe— a trimming that 
Iqoks costly and. heft-makljig too. 

A . blonde Aniazon in an ice- blue 
satin evening dress, and much too 
Ineffectual girdling. Walks on during 
Jackson and Gardner's carrying-oh, 
and shows, in the all too few min- 
utes and iDackground spotting her 
selfish bosses allot her, that she has 
a pleasant personality, besides Im 
posing dlmenslbns. 



Did You Know That— 



Mrs. Ted LioWis will give a 
charity luncheon and musicale 
this month for the Jewish 
Orphans. .. .The Bugs Baers 
are house hunting, in West- 
chestei^., . .That was Max Gor- 
don chattihg with Rudy "Vallee 
at .the Hpllywood the other 
night . . . .Mrs. Freddie March, 
With the help pf a decorator, 
entirely furnished their new 
house in Beverly Hills during 
a week's stay In NeW York 
.. . . .The Richard Wallis' have 
taken Earl Carroll's apartment 
.. . Raymond MaSsey turns 
that Englisii accent oft . at .Will, 
being a Canadian.-. . .Katliarlne 
Hepburn was wbrth .gaping at 
calmly having a.soda at Hick's 
...'.Charlie .Morrison, is in 
lorlda and so are Bijly - See- 
man and > Phyllis • Ha'v'er and 
Percy'.:Elkel€S. . - -Ethel ' Shutta 
looked, plenty, annoyed. When 
Milton .Berle insisted on kiss-r 
'ing her on the stage- at .the 
. Pa r a m p u n t« . . .Clara. Bell 
Walsh igave ^.^huge • cocktail 
party- at- the. Piaza last Friday 
for . John Charles '.Thbmas'. v" 
Anita Page ■ caused quite ' a 
ripple, ait. one .of:'the:BroadWay 
. beauty: parlors tlie .. other "day 
- >. k .Nedda "Harrlgah • wears • a 
good looking victory blue en- 
semble trimmed . ih r^d and 
w,hi,te • polk4 , do.ts in 'A- Hat, 
A. Coa^t, . A love'i . . .Rl.cardo 
..Cortez 'at tendedi tiie . opening of 
.:tl?at play.'as did' SVancine tar- 

^ jjifnore and (^iii^enie fenilth. ..... 

' " Barbara Bl'a^^^^ Ojie of ' the 
few dancers wlio , caii • :.niaK6 
acrobatic' '. ,\yprh; 'attra^^ , '. 

'■ Nancy .]va[cCord|is a'ibvely ne.'w! 
priiha donna Riibe Goldberg 

. is ,'pack'log;t<i';go south, for the -• 
illustrator's, aAnu'al jamboree. . 
i .There's ' 'talk ^ of .Florence. 
Reed going to 'China "^io do a 
play. ...'Charlie Freeman, Jr., 
is .learning' show business as 

. an' usher in. a Hempstead, 
X< i., theat'f e after school .' . . . 
Bobble Harris is back from, 
winter isports in 'Vermont. 



POOCH POW-WOW 



Larry iftich preseipts a Jlttle acrb-r -Wollywood.'s- UnolRcJal Dos Show- 



William Started It 



MARRIAGES 

Harriet Bavldson to John R. 
Sheppard, Evanston, 111., Feb. 3. 
Bride Is the sister of Gretchen 
Davidson and has been seen In 
Broadway musicals. room was the 
producer of 'Mahogany Hall.' 

Jake 'Rosenthal, pioneer In the 
vaudeville field and for more than 
25 Vears . manager of the Majestic, 
Dilbuq-u'e,: la,, and the iowa, "Water- 
loo, la V married in Chicago to Jean 
Tliermeh. 

Miriam Edith Ibsbn to Freder- 
ick; Janies Srtiitb, tarchnnipnt, Feb. 1. 
Bride Is editor for Tbwer screen 
mags, Of which Smitii -Is managing 
editor. 

; Elizabeth Handy to Morris While, 
New ■tork, ITeb- 1. "Bride is daugh- 
ter of the coniposerpf the: 'St. .Louis 
Blues.' Grooni bahjolst of .Cab Cal- 
loway band. 

Desley Esther Barnes, 21, aetress, 
of .Los Angeles and Frank MeltOn, 
26,, Hoilywobd artist, at Tia Jiian^* 
Mex., Jan. 29. 

Bernlce Clirland Will marry Nat 
C. Goldstone, HQlIywpod pic artists' 
rep, in L. A. early In March. 

Alice Kirkjian to, Alfredo Gahdolfi, 
New York Feb. 3. Both members of 
the Met. operia,, 

Mrs. Felice Farrow to E. E. Para- 
more, Jr.,. at Agua Caliente, Mex., 
=FeiTif=4r-^iBride-=is--former^Mdfe==fit-. 
John Farrow, and grooin Is a writer. 

Catherine A. Clifford, non-prof esh. 
to Theodore A. Dahl, at Los An- 
geles, Feb. 2. Latter is an orches- 
tra leader at KFWB, 

Virginia Ruth McAdop to John 
Peverell Marley. at Beverly Hills, 
Cal.* Feb. 3. Groom in a camerar 
man with Twentieth Century. 



7 Hollywood, Feb. (. 

'lUtost 'novel soiree Hollywood ba6 
thrown this "season was Mike 
Levee's -pooch party •• .yesterday 
(.SundayX at'inrhich the dogs of the 
fllin elite Were the guests of fapnor, 
with the. owners literally dragged :in 
for the pow-woWi 

Let pf ppllte tail wagging and: 
other .canine fiineni^ies were in-, 
dulged, while the ieash'-holders re- 
galed themselves with cocktails 
and tea'.' Pdrps ' present carried 
license tag6 .pf Warren Williain,, 
Befte Davis, jean Mulr, Pat O'Brien, 
Corlnnie. Griffith;, Leslie Howard, 
Lloyd Bacon, Joe £. Brown, the Hal 
Wallises, . Margaret Lindsay, Wil- 
liam Powell", Joaii Blon'dell, Vcree 
Teasdale, Mary A^tOr, 'the Bruce 
Cabbts, the Frank 'Borzages and 
Alice White. Cups and ribbons were 
given for What amounted to a 
private bench shoW. 

.Party was the result of Warren 
William boasting about his four 
pooches) With e'v^eryohe efse' chiming 
In With claims of Superiority.' 



Among the Women 

By The Skirt 



The Best ressed Womiin of thai week; 
LILLIAN SHADE 

:(State) 



Jessel Builds It Up 

George Jessel ran the State show a fbod 10 mir-utes overtime,^ 
audience Aybuldn't let him go. He sang. Be " told stories and he intro- 
duced the acts. Mr. Jessel paid a nice tribute to Jlininy Walter and got 
a warm respohse.for doing so. After two ^eairs, Lillian Sliade. is Wbrklng 
in the same style and fbllbWlng the same routine. . That more Isn't heard, 
about her is spmebne's fault, for herie Is a miss- with i>lertty of talent plu? 
looks. Her gown Was lovely. It was white satin and both -sides, pf the 
material are used. The skirt is cut high with a, little fullness In the, 
bodice showing an opening down the front. There aire lonig sleeves and 
a black .meline bOw at the throat; The babk Is lbw. High light of this 
gown is that the left side is all shiny 'While, the right is dull. 

Peggy Taylor, doing her dance,, Was in a white -kitten outfit.' The girl 
with Ha:rry .Sa'voy wo*'® PJnk;<5rep ortly trimming being knife pleat*' 

ing around the cowl back and down the sides of the skirt. 



Qui 

Once again ,a foreign .girl, has come over and cbnquered. A .great pub^ 
licity campaigii Is not in Vain. , When pebple mill around Radio, City you. 
know soihethlng unusual is happening. And Thursday afternob'n, in a. 
snowstorm, as early as i 'p. rn.. . the big theatre Was; packed. Anna.:Sten 
can now sit back and, wait for good stories to be written f br her, 

This story as adapted dbesh't lend itself successfully to the: screen. 
Events, happen too quickly 'Nana'. But it jahbWS Miss Sten tb adyan-. 
tage.' "Tliere .isn't a shot In 'which this girl, is riot beautiful. ' 

Sh'e sings on a stage' in ra^is, 'iartth . her hair in a long straight .b 
from then on the hair is woi'ti iparted in the center With a flnge and long 
curls.' The bustle pblonalse period is vety becoming to Miss .S^^ 
many such ffipcks are 'Worhr Pf course there is a black velvet and ermine, 
there al'ways. is. i:!! a garden she ip lovely in a White, full skirted d^ess 
carrying a, 'parasoli . "There haVe: been -many pictures of this period' but 
it can be said no. clothes have ever .been so sumptuous.. 

The stage show at the Music HalLtakep on quite a vau'deylUe atr With 
Gene, . Dequlrtdey and Lewlig,. Willie, West ..and- McGinty and the Miljer 
Brothers. Vera Brodsky and Harold Triggs, at two .baby grahds, .had the 
young lady in a red velvet gpWn made With the high front, lovv back arid 
long sleeves. ° Jack Arthur sang ti number before six girls, who were; In 
the largest of hPbpied dresses. The skirts. Were gold garlanded'fn 'a dark 
green while the bodices were a lighter shade of green. The hats Were 
enormous black sailors with green facing. The Roxyettes did a riUmber 
In black sequin unionsults with feathers at the arms. The same style: Was;, 
carried out Iri gbld with white feathers. Dresses of what looked to be 
green, oilpaper were .stunning. "The taller glrl^ in -one nUmberJWore white 
satin gb'wns very mtich, up ^o. date. They were trimmed -with black pat- 
ient. leather. Thie small hat^ were of black and a few were .wbite..^ 

The revolving 'stage Is kept busy thla "week and one setting stands out 
as never before. This I^as white celopharie palpa. trees before a blabk 
background With a white bridge in the foregrptirid. "TWo nien kept busy 
pushing back and forth twp enormous bronze screens, transparent 
enough to shpw what is gping bn behind. 



Bankrupt Decis. 



:(Con.tlnued from page 5) 
tWo cases that landlords -cannpt, «.Pi-^ 
lect daniageai . frjbm lessees who go 
into bankruptbyi 

Settiiig' impQiitjant recetlent for 
disposition of pending receivership 
contests in, the film industry, the 
court approved :disallo'wance of 
claims for joss of rent in cases of 
Manhattan Prapertles, Inc., Vs. 
Irving Trust Co., trustee of Oliver 
A. Olson Company and Sairvuel R. 
Brown, et.al. vs. Irving Trust. Co., 
trustee of .United Cigar Stores.. The 
unanimous opinion noted that while 
the issue has been confused in lower 
courts, most of the appellate tribu- 
nals have ruled that such claims a,re 
not allowed and: -added that Con-, 
gross apparently Intended 'the law 
to operate in such. a. fashion., 'The 
failure of Congress to Includc a pro- 
vision for claim for loss of Tent or 
f or,dam age s. :conscjiueji ti^n_abrb ga-. 



lion of leases is significant of an 
Intent not to depart from the prece- 
ents dl.'jaHowing them the . court 
said in examiiilng the history of the 
bankruptcy laws. "The dCCLslon 
pointed out that the lessor-rounder 
leases containing right of landlord 
^tb ro-enter In cases of bankruptcy — 
' ha,s the choice wiiethcr he will ter- 



, Paramount'* Weak Film 

Such names as Fredric March and Marlarii Hopkins at the^'Farajnour^t 
should attract/ but once Inside they'll, be disappointed for 'All of Me' Iji a 
bad plctiirje. 

-Miriam Hopkins Is as pretty as ever but what a slap you would. love 
to give her. .Perhaps that speaks well for the director or the playing .of 
the .part. Miss Xlopkiris: dbeis her share of dre.sEilng, however. One even- 
Itig gbwn. was . bf a nietaillic lace, made with the usual ruffled shoulders 
and knee ruffles. A negilgee'Was lovely, chiffon, and trimmed with rpsea. 
ClPth suits were trimmed with sliver fox and again In grey krlnimen 
One dark dress was- effectively made wltli a lace yoke. 

Nella Webb, al'ways the beautiful and dignified mother, is stunningly 
gowned. A light colored cloth afternoon dress had ' fur at^he elbows. 
Two house gowns were shown both in black velvet, one niade severely 
plain, , the other trimmed with bands of possum. Helen Mack, as thei 
downtrodden girl, wore .dresses as all downtrodden maids are dressed In 
pictures, in black. , 

On' the stage Milton Berle introduced flthel Shutta in such a manner 
she must have been embarrassed, by the too compilmentary .aendofC. Miss 
Shutta sang her songs In one of those new Berllnger satiny -prints of' 
rose, and blue tints. The goWn had but a dark blue: -chiffon collar 'and 
bow for trimming. The Paramount girls did a number In 'silver bodicea 
with tiny ruffled skirts of mauve and green chiffon. 



londeli and Laughs . 

The Roxy theatre Is showing a Warner picture that should go places 
and do things. It. is called 'I've Got Your Number' and deals With the 
inside of a telephone exchange. Pat O'Brien breezes through the pic'ture 
In a dirty sweater, but gets laughs. Joan Blondell is the girl concerned 
and is very nice but her makeup is too .ajrtiflclal. . No.glrl can stay on her 
job eight hours a day without one hair becoming, .unplaced. - Miss Blon- 
dell's clothes are a bit too swanky, too. As a hotel telephone operator 
her first driess was a light cloth trlrpmed with- bjiHtaiii buttons. A; dark 
cloth had organdie tucks at the . yoke.. There was an off . the face liat 
worn with a dark dress having a short cape. Can you Imagine a girl 
at a switchboard In a dress with a high fur collar? ; The comedy finish of 
the picture"has Miss Blondeli in bed; in a nightie trimmed In real lancon 
lace. .. ' -. 

Roxy girifl, In the stage program, Were, miniature policemen; Iri hare 
legs, blue coats and caps. Virginia, Caldwell ;did her doll dance in a 6hort 
yellow frock. 



nilnate the lease and, emphasized 
that •■ neither the bankrupt , nor the 
trustee bias any suth option, 

A- new contract results from the 
physical act bf. re-entry and . the 
lessee does, not abrogate his agree- 
ment, held. In the United 
Cigar case Brown haA demanded 
$4,404 to cover loss of rent ahd 
$143,616 damages for lost rentals for 
the balance of the rental pejriod. 
The two claims were disallowed by 
the referee. A similar issue was 
presented by the Manhattan Prbper- 
ties ca se, -where the Jessor claimed 
T25;(JCF"aimagesntt^ 
income through re-letting of prop- 
erties at a lower rental. The claim 
wa.s expunged by the referee on the 
ground it did not constitute a prov- 
able, d'^'bt and tho action was up- 
hfflVl J>y district and circuit courts. 

Th« c.'iKf.s, (IjfsrribtMi by thf coiirt 
a.s oovprin;i a fuiiilanif-ntnl qu' ?»ifi)j 



of 'whether a - landlord may prpvo 
In barikruptcy fpr loss of rents pay- 
able In the, future where, the claim 
Is founded upon the . bankrupt's 
cOven.aint; to pay rent/ and, In the 
alternative,, upon his ; breach bf a 
coyertaht that' In the event of bahk- 
rup'tcy the landlord may .re-enter, 
ind, if he does the tenant will In- 
demnify hlrn, against loss of rents 
for ithe remainder of the term,' un- 
doubtedly ■ Will, clear the way for 
rapid action in adjudication bf rent 
claims in pending bankruptcies 
j yhlch are _be lng, held jip cou rts^ 
"throughoutnthe country over tKfir 
this particular i.s.sue. 



BIRTHS 

Mr. . and' Mrs. Arc Maresk, 
< !ii;t,'Lter, Jan; 31 at Ixis Ahgeles; 
i-'.iihcr' is an ,a.«).s'ociate producer . at 
i'JvO. 



60 



TIMES SQUARE 



Tuesclay,' February 6, 1934 



Broadway 



Gabriel Pascal likes bridge. 
Cole Porter back to Pstree. 
The Larry' Pucks' Emmet Is ail- 

Jo'e( \\^orld 
cruise. 

■jToe Seider splendi ix weeks In 
Florida. 

Mildred Webei' still talking about 
Ik vacation. 

Havana back on the itinei-ary ot 
cruise boats. 

Bob Burke, of Tysbn's, In- 
fected flneer. 

Dorothy Stickney for Hollywood 
for Paramotint. • 

Libu Irvi'in . due back fironi Holly- 
wood this week,. , 

Paretmount backstage getting a; 
. new coat of paint.. 

Mr. and Mrs. Bill to 
Hollywood by plane, - 

Lynn Farnol flew .tb Chicago for. 
campaign on 'Nana.' 

Alec Moss has joined Paranjount's 
exploitation department. ■■ '. 

Dave Bliim has a trlcli postcard 
from the LoeWs Jind Vogels. 

Hi-balls with breakfast, no longer 
modish at 'Broadway Childs. 

Maurice Mackenzie has been on 
the sick . list for the past week. 

Erotxdway trafflc as smOotH. as 
silk with the cabbies on strike; ., 

Sophie Tucker iis now Col, Tuqker 
on Gov. Lafoon's Kentucky , sitaflf. . 

Ralph Whiteheaid was the best 
pal beriefi-ts had a few years ago. 

J. J. McCarthy mahaglhg to 
winter it way up in Manaaroheck.., ' 

Max Constant,, from Hollywood; 
off to London for a new .Drury Lane 
show. 

Charlie and Kate O'Reilly back 
after a Week on tlieir 25th honey- 
moon. 

John Balderson iarrived from Lon- 
don Monday (5). Going on to Hol- 
lywood. 

Ed Lenihan still detained at .his 
Flushing domicile by the flii,,. but 
oke now. 

Jim Geller of the Morris agency 
in. Hollywood here on a quickie for* 
story deals. 

Sam Serwer doing the rounds of 
the beneiflts .with Eddie Cantor as 
the comic's; anianuensis. 

Gene Raymiond, Just , back from 
Europe, hopped south for a couple; 
of weeks.. Florida. 

Phil Bloom's wife his receptionist 
up at Mills/ but her hours are wheii 
she pleases to. show up 

Florence Modena, former actress, 
managing the Hotel ' Charlotte, 
Charlotte, North Carolina; 

Dr; Max Simon and . Elvira 
Trabert have formed partnership, 
handling plays and scripts. .' 

Kid Beebe m.c.'ing - special train 
.to. Miami for. week ihcluding the 
Carnera-Loughran fight date. 
' Suck and Bubbles had a sheriff 
for company . all last week at the 
Palace. Matter of back rent. 

Quite a titter when ^Af ter Such 
Pleasures' was booked to follow 
•Mahogany Hall* at the Bijoii. 

John J. Wildberg. has a new as- 
sistant, James Si LlnbUrn* ,to. h^lp 
him handle his theatrical clients; 

Raymond Jackson, ya,ude, has left 
show business to paint the town red 
for the CWA until May 1, He hopes: 

Doug Flpming (Doiig and Dorothy 
Fleming) directing home talent 
shows in his home town, Fairmont, 
W Va. 

Henrietta Left, formerly Richard 
Herndon's secretary, now with 
Charles Dillingham in similar 
capacity. 

Jean Fontaine, formerly Frontal, 
east on a visit to her sick mother. 
Hubby Chick Chandler remained on 
the Coast. 

Jack Pulaski now a big, bad 
bloodhound of a secret copper or 
garilzatibn in Jerse^. He has a big 
brass shield. 

Percy Phillipson, head of Auto- 
maticket in London, b.b.'ing the 
New York situation. Expects to 
stay .a couple .mbnth.-j. 

Marion Chase sailed Saturd ay < 3) 
to London for a Cafe de ParT57'eJi= 
gapement; Also Gertrude Hoffman; 
with her trained troupe. 

Max Fuchs. how Potentate of 
Mecca Temble (Shrine). Ranney 
"Wilson, of the Tinries, went, up .si, 
pes at the sam^ . election. 
' Louis. -Bernstein due back from 
the Miitrrii sands- Feb. 15. Prank 
Kelton .and the riiissus leave two 
days after' for a southern cruise;. , . 
.. Arthui* Dfe Bra has been initiated 
Into the Sauri, a fraternal orga:niza-, 
tion having for its , slogan: 'The 
Friendly Order of the Original Bad 
Eepsi.':. 

The Marvin Scheiicks and Irving 
Tisliman back from White Sulphur 
Springs, where they downed that 
hbkus^pokus aqua for a month. 
Chief souvenir ' " Tlshy's well 
browned schnozz.. 

Specs disposed , of $3:30 seats for 
$2 even just before curtain times at 
. .'The Lake' , all . last week; Leblang'sj 
oni the otiaer hand, was exacting ah 
_80-cent premii^m. 
"^rnVarlSF^'GOTtii^enr^ 
publicity nianager of Paramount'.s 
'foreign ' departmdnti Been doing the 
work for a couple years, but now 
has the title, too. 

Harold "Hdff man, head, of the 
Motor Vehiclei Bureau of N. J;, be 
,ing feted by bis friends in show biz 
at the Park Central tonight (6); 
iSrell COnfclln .of CBS and Johnny 
John^toh0 of NBC 111 charge of ar 
irangemehtg; Nemo Roth chairman. 




London 



Mae) 



Mae (Kafka, Stanley 
suispected ipf gallstbnies. 

Enid Stamp-Taylor, musical star,' 
gave birth to daughter, Jan. ZO, 

Sean O'dasey's new play, : 'Within 
the Gates,* opens at the Boy^lty. 

Dave iiutchesoh grabbing yiear's 
cpntra.ct with Gaumont-Bri.ti8h. , 

•Design for Living' playing to ca- 
pacity at the PlazJt, and stire. hold- 
over. 

Jack Lanie, former partner in 
Franklin D'Amore act, framing new. 
vehicle. 

Saul Bornstein and Ray. Go'etz 
looking 'em over at the porchester 
cabaret. 

Doctor Rockwell due here early 
May, just about same time as. Mills 
i3rptners. 

Tom Drew, Western Electric sales 
manager; elevated to general sales 
manager. 

Albert Whelan out of the 'Alexan- 
der and Mose act. Was the Alex- 
ander part. 

Owen McGlveney oyer here, arid 
reviving 'The Wager' with 'his pal 
■Billy Bennett. 

British Equity a.f ter Robey again, 
wlio refuses to join' them 4s member, 
of 'Here'is How' revu^. 

Heavy fog spoiled attjendance at 
Albert Hall, Jan. 21, for Galli- 
Curcl's opening concert. 

Russell, Marconi and Jerry off to 
Italy, to pick up. eight weeks on the 
Pittaluga picture circuit. 

Wallace Parnell negotiating . with 
receivers of .Phoenix theatre to 
stage continuous revue ther^; 

Ernest Betts succeeds Cedrlc Bel- 
frage as film critic of Suhdaly Ex- 
press while .latter globe-trots. 

G^ladys Calthrop. to design Cois- 
tumes and -scenery for new Ham- 
mersteln-Kern Drury Lane show. 

Wife of M. E. Bienjamin, theatri- 
cal manager, found a thief on re- 
turning to her London< apartnient. 

Willie Clarkson, famous wig- 
maker, to make screen debut play-' 
ing himiself In scene in 'Evergreen.' 

Payn6s- Jennings; lessee of Savoy 
theatre, responsible for giving chor.- 
ines in 'Please" extra f 2.50 pier Week. 

Julian Wylie's Manchester pan7 
toihime^ featuring June and Phyllis 
Nellsbn- Terry, breaking house rec- 
ord, 

Harry Foster having the usual 
casting troubles with his two Amer- 
ican shows to be staged In the West 
End. " 

Ex-king AlpKonso and Lady 
Mountbatten getting a glimpse of 
•Going Hollywood/ at Metro's Em- 
pire. 

'■■ A revival of 'East Lynne' als done 
in old days opens at Little theatre 
Jan. 24, with Helena pickard as 
Lady Isabel. . 

Since exhibiting her picture of 
Lady Ravensdale at Wertheim Gal- 
lery, Polly AValker has had foUr 
commissions. 

Cedric Hardwlcke received . an; 
ovation, on returning to the cast of 
'Christopher Bean,' following Illness 
and knighthood. 

'Worst Woman in Paris '(Fox) 
given plenty raspberries a;t the Cap- 
itol, with film taken off in the mid- 
dle of the week. 

Frank Phillips, Julius Hagen's 
publicity hound, vacating job for 
world tour. Wants to see the world 
while still young. 

Cast of 'Nice Goings On' contrib- 
utinis weekly for surprise presenta- 
tion '.o Leslie Henson ,on 200th per- 
formance of show. 

'Alice in Wonderland' (Par) hold- 
itig oyer at the Plaza In addition to 
the full program; but 'AliQe' only 
doing. a twice daily. 

illy Caryll and Hilda Mundy to 
toUr in 'The One Girl;' the renamed 
Ziegfeld's 'Smiles,' providing Mundy 
ciari' do the dancing, 

Betty. Stociff eld signed for picture 
with Universal, to be made in Lon- 
don. If satisfactory, gal will be 
taken to Hollywood'. 

The Malvern Festival opens JUly 
23 With a. new play by John Drink- 
water, 'A. Man's Ilbusc,' which has 
Jerusalem for locale/ 

Phil Hyams at loggerheads with 
Metro. Does rot agree with Sam 
Eclcihan's policy of limiting 
grams to three hours. 

French Ballet sea.son . at the 
Gaiety. : riginally scheduled for 
His Majesty's, but house needed for 
'Magnolia' rehearsals. 

Bonanza, ;• the race horsey now 
owned jointly by Jack Hylton and 
:Gebrge Fqrmby. Just won a race 
Under new ownership. 

Bertha Belmore ,playlng opposite 
BohbsLJHjja^J^iJn^Hij.ti^^ 
tlonal production looked"" uf>on,"' as 
English Marie Dressier. 
. Edward, LauriHard: took Gordon 
Wallace, young Australlari actor, to 
America with him, and Will try to 
sell him as a ficture bet. 
•Jimmy Walker and-.wife overfrorai 
the South of France for a couple 
of days, taking In several West 
End "shows and cabarets. 

A.ssociatod British Talking Pic 



tiires, of which Baisil Dean Is hi?ad, 
has acquired filming rights to Lady 
Eleanoi* Smith's •Ballerlna.*^ 

. H. Bostock m Glasgow Ippk- 
ihg over 'Sporting Lovo,' new Stan- 
ley Lupino-Laddie . Cliff show, 
scheduled foi' Ctalety thea,tre. 

Charles Clore and Vivian Van 
Damm likely to talk it 'pvei:^ a^ut 
the Prince of Wales' ;adopting a 
similar piollcy to Revudeyllle. 

jiack' Donohue meeting t^e Man- 
chester, train at 5 a. m. with Cath- 
leen Gribson as vthe . attraction; but 
he denies engagement rumor. 

Dave Oppenheim, respbnslble for 
music of new Dbrchesteir hotel floor 
show, signed by Gaumont-Brlttsh to 
do the. music for four pictures;. 

Fosters' agency sole English rep- 
jesentafflves of Best Oyal Jigsaw 
Puzzles, as sideline; as if the agency 
racket is hot puzzling enough; 

.Georgie Wpod walking around in 
iron brace as result of his motor 
car ia.ccident, and returning to hos- 
pital for- ^ wo inbre operations, 
.. Mlscha Spoliansky> composer of 
"Tell me Tonighti' has just found 
ah angel with a bankroll to dp li 
musical of his own cbmpbsltlon. 

Frank Zeltiin got a refusal from 
George AjrlisS tp play In English 
picture, for which he was to get 
lldO.OOO. , Did not like the script: 

Rehee Mayer^ actress^ compll-. 
mented by Jiidele for clear responises 
when granted divorce decriee, 
against David Hbrhe, actoi:, Jan, 22. 

Phil. •Trpcadero' JEIyams flaunting 
a p)Etid-for admission ticket, tp 
Metro's Empire, Just to prove iiei Is 
not. one of those 'on .the cufC-guya. 

Sir Henry and Lady Lytfon cele- 
brate goldeii wedding Feb. 6, coin- 
ciding with actor's st&,ge jubileiii,; 
when . testimonial will be presented. 

Archie de Bear, DaiUy Express 
Radio critic, has hew cbhtraict, 
whereby he is permitted to produce 
shows in West -End. Has two lined 



up- 

An , historical play,. 'Clive of In^- 
dia' by W. p. Lipscomb and R. .J. 
Mihney opens at Wyndhams, Jan. 
25, starring Gillian Llnd and Leslie 
Banks. 

-Lord Lee expressing displeasure 
at having to sit through a couple 
of American shorts ahead of 'Con- 
saht Nymph' preview at the New 
Gallery. 

'The Bowery,' at the New Gallery 
has broken alt records ; for the 
hpuise, includinigr gross set Up by 
Chaplin's 'The Circus,' some four 
years ago. 

Old timers getting temperamental, 
with Flo'rrie Forde w^alking out of 
one vhow at the Oarrtck, and chang- 
ing her rhind about it for the. rest 

•Double iipor' from the U. S. 
breaks in Feb. 6 at Glasgow before 
coming to West End, Sybil Thorn- 
dike, Carol Goodn^r.' and. Owen 
Nareis featured. 

Jeff Dickson, boxing - promoter, 
and Sonj.a Henie, Norwegian skat- 
ing champion, agaih involved In 
matrimonial rumors. Jeff- won't 
corhmit himself, 

Betty Davies out of 'Jack and 
Jill,' due in town shortly, with man- 
agement trying, out Cynthia Foley, 
Canadian who played in couple of 
pillingham shows. 

New Coliseum musical changing 
its name from 'Play Car' to 'The 
Golden Toy.' Nellie Wallace,, ec- 
centric vaudevillian, niakeis legit 
bow in coniedy role. 

J. C. Graham trying to' get ^oard 
of Film Censor? to act as clearing 
house, same as the Hays, organiza- 
tion, for registration of film titles 
to avoid repetitipns. 

Harry Mason, doing a 'Daniel into 
the lion's den' at the Agricultural 
Hall^ All for the sake pf publicity. 

Mrs. Tudor- Owen, Palladium's 
publicity liv6 wire, ill. 

Yvonrie . Arnaud to make Shake^ 
sp.earean debut as Kitherihe, when. 
Sir Oswald Stoll- stages, his Man- 
chester production .of 'Henry V at 
the.Alhambrai, Jan. 1$. 

Ena .Moon, recently understudy 
to Frances ; Dpble in the noW de 
funpt 'Ballerina,' given extensive 
.film test by Paramount at .lnstiga.' 
tion of J. C. Giraham. 

(ieneral Theatres has glyert up 
vaUdevine policy at Hippodrome, 
Southend,, and now being, operated 
by Giaumbnt-Brltlsh, parent cbrii 
pany, as picture theatre. . 

Zeitiln & Rbwsbn liave purchased 
film rights to 'Are Ybiii . a Mason?' 
from Paramount. Already done by 
Par in. Hollywood as av silent and 
Paris as a Ffench talker. 

Bertram Mills Olympia Circus 
closes . Jan. 26 and the biggest 
wrestling program yet attempted in 
London is bein^ staged there fol- 
lowing night by William Bankier. 

Associated Srltish -Clnemtas,. the 
Toh h"'=T5raxW5li'T=cHJflnr=htts==a;dded 
three de. luxers to Its picture circuit, 
all in Birmingham. Houses former- 
ly owned by Baldwin Webb, hiember 
of Parliament. 

Paul Graetz, first given, chance 
over here by Paul Stein In 'Red 
Wagon,' has clicked. Now sched 
uled for Charles Cochran's 'Magnolia 
Street.' Betting is boy will be 
grabbed for Hollywood any day; 



Paris 

By Bob; Stern 

Arthur Field; back from Alps. 
Rumbllngis from Gaumbht, pyed- 
itors. 

Bripktop opening a place in Monte 
Carlo. 

Trevelyan iris playing Cannes 
Casino. . "' . 

Spadolini, . hpbfer, due for tour in 
Ehigland.' ' 

Lud <jluskin, sailing. 
Feb. 1 for.N./Y, 

Warm welcome .awaiting Bob 
Wyllei*, due from U. S; 

Decision In 'Gultry-Printemps di- 
vorce case due in two weeks. 

Sacha Gultry dining stock tour of 
Riviera> Italy and S.witzerland. . 

Second edition of Casino show ru- 
miored coming sooner than ah- 
hounced. 

Gloria Gilbert out pf Follies Ber- 
gere Jan. .31 to make a London en- 
gagement. 

ITerdinahd Bruckner to. Ne\v York 
to put on 'The: Races' ■ for Theatre 
(jruild, he says.. 

Ludwlg Lewisohn . knocking both 
communists and naziS iii speech at 
American Libfa.ry. ' 

Chez Florence' band,, with 'Eia.rt 
Curtis, - doubling ait . Champs 
Elysees the-dansant, 

Doug Fairbanks; Jr., refusing, to 
dehy or . confirm story of engage-^ 
ment to Gertrude Lawrence. 

Dramatization of 'Tess of Darber- 
viUes,' by Roger Ferdinand, booked 
for. legit stage here. next, season. 

Dick de Rochemont of Fox Movie- 
none News driving a Biiggatti now. 
Engine of his pld Ford developed 
cracks. 

Opera Comic|ue' giving special 
performance of Massenet's 'Marion' 
in honbr of the opera's .50.th anni- 
versary. 



ric' Glass 



Prof; Jacques van Lier died at 52. 
Tauber due to filni- in London in 
April; 

J. J. Vincent contracting Miaria 
Nemeth, 

Sir Alfred Butt (London), in and 
out pf city. 

Nora Gregor's contract with Burg 
theatre prolonged. 

Authpr Egid Filek von Wltting- 
hausen celebrating 60th. birthday. 

.Franz Le'har among loseirs. in 
Winkler & Rakblnltz bank smash. 

Geprg. Terramare gping into man- 
agement at the Stadt theatre in 
Trbppau. . 

Julius Hay completed new com- 
edy, 'The Indian Widow,? for Elisa- 
beth Bergher. 

Theatre Guild cPnslderlhg Karl 
Schpenherr's three-act passion, play, 
alll in one setting, 

Komedle theatre dark once more, 
leaving arrangement with the Eng- 
lish Players In air. 

Dr. Hans L. Boehm settling here 
and doing . advertislhg shorts 
after liquidating his Berlin offices. 

Ferdinand Bruckner's 'Cpnfes-^ 
siohs' sold to Theatre Guildr New 
Ybrk. Also Lbndpn, Paris and The 
Hague. 

Felix Salten refuting; alleged col- 
laboration' on Sassmah's hew Com- 
edy, 'A Ball at Court.' Sez he mere- 
ly Ibbked it over. . 

Awsay . Strpk, of Japan, here to 
find suitable theatre for Japanese 
revues. Also having a confidential 
talk with J.' J. Vincent. 

Alfred > Balthoff, star . actor in 
Reichenberg, getting cable offer to 
appear .on Broadwa,y. Refused, as 
he cannot sail at a moment's notice; 

Max Reinhardt's production of 
'Maria Stuart' to be launched at the 
Ralpiund theatre prior- to his taking 
the play on tpur throughout Central 
Europe. 

Local prejniere of Imre Madach's 
classic, 'The Tragedy ot M.an,' rie- 
vived here in' German after 42 years,; 
and coinciding with SOOth perform^ 
ance of this piece In the ori inal 
Hungarian in Budapest. 



ai 



Clint Bbyd and orchestra back at 
the CasahPva. , . 

Rose room. Plaza hotel. Which 
bpened fer the. holidays, is closed 
again. 

Worth Sisters closed at Cathay 
hotel Jan. 22 and now en route to 
Saigon. , 

Black and White at- Paramount 
ballrobm, headlining a bill, that is 
clicking. . 

Leslie Brbck, of Brock & Thomp- 
son, jingling ;se.veral hundred dol- 
lars handed him after taxi-cab ac-^ 
cldenfe 



Joe Parren Is installed as now 
manager 6f the Pa;ramount; Carl 
Sturm and band also at the New 
Paramount. 

Since the return of the Rorijeros 
to the Canidrbme, John Romero is 
mc'lng, and the pair are doing 
blackouts with Murray arid Harris. 
This is a hew type entertainment 
for these parts and is. gbaling. 'em 



Sydney 

By Erie Qorrick 



Joe Hummel here. 
'iWornlng Glory' for Icng run, 
Cens6r had a cut 'Seng oi 
Sbhgs.' 

W-T will do 'DuBarry' with Syl. 
via Welling. ^ - 

Better class of English pictures 
clicking here. 

Biily Milton clicks strPrtgiy 
'The Gay Divorce.' 

Ilarald Bowden. is handling W-T'a 
Sydney attractions; ; 

Fred Miller is producihg reviiea 
for Connors & Paul. 

W. B. invite a class audience to 
listen to Wide Range. 

Stuart F... Doyle goes 
while the battle rages. ' 
Hoyts says It is going 
ger -vaude acts this year. . 

Ella Shields will do a farewell 
tour bver the Hbyt chain. 

Local productibn continucEis to go 
ahead despite the many kicks. 

Sir Ben Fuller is watchi 
fully every move in the film war. 

Hoyts and RKO reportied to be at 
loggerheads with court action in 
oflflng. 

"'Dancihg Lady' will be premiered 
by M-G-M at St. .James, Sydney, i 
conjunction with Fullers. 

^Cavalcade' l* still copping the 
dough over iti. New Zealand. Pic- 
ture a smash everywhere. 

E.' . J. Tait ' is expected back i 
Australia very shortly now with 
load, pf hew attractions from Loit- 
dpn and. New York. 

Fight game is waving along to 
prospeirity. Dave Shade and other 
American Importations, are pulling 
grand biz to the fistic arenas. 

Qr. T. takes over the Civic, New- 
castle,, from indiie management. 
Gives the combine a further bi 
hold on the amusement field. 

BrPadeasting Commission will im- 
port more English artists to play 
over its air chain. . Current im- 
portations include Captain Adkins, 
Rupei't Hazell, Isle l)ay and Harry 
Tate. . . 

'CpUit's Inn,' written by two Aus- 
tralians^ is a decided hit in Melr 
bourne for F, W. Thring. Show baa 
been istaged on a lavish scale, and 
a. moving stage has been introduced 
to speed up the runnihg time.. 
Thring may stage the production in 
London. 



Mexico Cify 

. L. Grahame 



First class hot dogs three cents 
each, new low here. 

Josef Hoffman due here 
month for a concert series. 

Palmistry and, other fbrmis of . for- 
tune telling in vogue again.'. 

Forty metric tons of habanero, 
pbtent native lil:ker, shipped to 
N. Y. . 

Mild tb hot and some rain; over- 
coats .arid furs out; straw hats, 
raincoats and umbrellas in. 

Ciudad Juarez, across from El 
Paso, Tex., chasing gamblers, clbs- , 
ing iresprts a.nd encouraging legiti- 
mate biz. . 

Jobless stage actors haunting pic- 
ture stildlbs for work^ as extras or , 
what they can get. Regular extras 
burned' at this competlsh. 

Local wbman's mag -published an 
afiildavit made by Nornia Shearer' 
that facts about her life contained 
in an article are oke and have never 
before been printed. ' 



Seattle 

By Dave Trepp 



Roy Schick back after 48 -day tri 
to the Orient. 

. Ted Barber now purchasing agent 
for Hamrick circuit. 

Kent Thomson billing Walter 
iHampden at Met, March 13-15.. 

i^rt Pheil to Vancouver for/Ameri- 
can Light Opera company wing 
across Canada. 

. Harry Mills, drama editor of Se- 
attle Star, is an •elephant'.,- cbi lector, 
having scores at his ■apa.rtment.. 
- Andy Gunnard back home after 
being, but ahead for th,e Ainieo Mc-— 
Pherson- Atheist Smith debates' in 
N/ W.' .. 

-(Sene Turinej^ stops to play 
squash while eh' route L, A. tp B- p-' 
where, he has interest in .a gold 
mine. 

Dr. Hobart Glassy,, founder of 
ElySia hudLstsi In Calif,, -vvith - nine, 
of fiock at State theatre this week, 
explaining the idea; 

Scottish Musical Company okay 
in return at Meahey hall In 'Tam 
O'Siianter'; start spon; on- return 
swing across (Hanadai 

Aimee MciPherson. found too many 
churches against her 1 Vancouver, 
R; C., where takings .slumped, in IVer 
debate on: atheism, with Lawyer . 
Smith; Bclllilsham and > Si)okane.- 
xgajra-heri-^^good^ biz.; , Tacoma -mydj^ 
Yakima only fair. '^jv^ ^ 

. . Gov. Martin signs state liQX.Jpr bi"; 
■w'hich provides for stores for all 
hard liquors, with beer and. .wipe 
under 17% at cafes, parlors, etc.;. a 
state liquor commipslon of three; 
no public drinking of the-hard. stuli, 
With $10 . Individual fine impoHable,' 
drug stores to. sell. bnly for moclif- 
inal purposes. 



Tuesday, February 6, 193^4 



TIMES SQU A R E 



VARIETY 61 



Hollywood 



Jerry Safron flew In from Cleve- 
land. 

Mrs Martin Beck Is quite a 
golfer, 

Mrs. Charles Reisne'r in N. T, on 
vaca; 

Pyunces Marion resumes writing 
-at /nletro.^ 

iy Emanuel and Wife sailing 
'home via canal. 
• Richard Carroll back, from N. T. 
and Washington. 

Totnasehia Mix week 
end With her dad; 

Fpx is lodklng for an exploitation 
tag for Alice Faye. 

Fanny Holzman, theatre attorney 
from. N. Y., In town. 

Skllshury Fields and "Dav id Hertz 
off writing staff at Par. 

Ralph Bellamy huilt a winter 
heme at Palm Springs. 

Heather Angel - gets George 
O'Brien's bungalow at Fox. 

The Nied Marlns entertained Ned 
Deplnet at dinner the other eve. 

Hon; Evelyn Bflring,. son of Lord 
Cromer of Lohdonr lamping Par; 

Barrett Kiesling still writing 
wholesale memos to Metro public- 
ity .staff. 

Win H. Hays sipont the week-end 
at Palm Springs before departing 
-for N. Y. , . 

i<ay Mulvey and Bertha Jahke 
ouc of irox publicity. Frances 
Delner returning. .. 

C. B. De Mille has loaned the first 
camora he used in IJoUywood to 
the L. A. Museum. . 

Tommy- Turner, stage mtxhager 
fur Belasco & Curran, accompanied 
•Homer Curran east. 

Sam Weller herts ahead of Walter 
Hampden, who comes to' the Bilt- 
niore in two weeks. . ' 

John! Farrow has been admitted 
through Calexico as a permanent 
restdent of the U. S. 
i Orry. Kelly, WB fashion dejsigner, 
to I'aris for research oh Napolabn 
for a WB pic of that title. 

.\lervyn;Lci Roy and. bride, Doi'is 
"Warner, telephoned Mrs. Harry 
Warner from Suez, 12,000 miles 
way. 

At Agua Caliente recently they 
named a feature race In hbhor of 
George White'sf 'Scandals.'. White 
got I tip on his own ra.ce, but lost. 

Lori i'oiing got Joe Breen in a 
huff when the p. a. appeared at the 
Hays-i omcG and asked for an okay 
oi^ n flock of nude stills, . Stills Were 
only of bees. . 

Dan Clark, for; many years cam- 
era man for Toni Mix. and also an 
executive of the ASC, incorporated 
and has put into operation a col- 
ored burial ground in Lps Angeles, 

Fin Doi-sa'y, " when she got ihar-.; 
tied, asked Jlie;W Cody for the use 
of his hous6 for the ceremony. Cody 
Inquired why not a church. She re- 
plied they did Jiot permit photogs 
there.. 

Suing " Bayard Velller for $3,873 
alleged due for jnanagerlail serv- 
ices, Frank Joyce-Myron Sleznick 
slapped a plaster against th« piay- 
Wright^ at present, a producer at 
Paramount. . . 

j. Walter ' Leopold has given up 
the broadcast business for the pres- 
ent and is functioning As master of 
ceremonies at the Club Mohtmartre, 
Leopold formerly Was In yaude with 
his late, wifie; Emma CarUs, 



CH ATT E 




Melba and 'Goln' to Town* colored 
revue at Majestic, chuckling ovei'^ 
fact he had the only 'white' show in 
town. 

Town's acceptance of colored 
shows, skilfully engineered by Paul 
Short of the Majestic, leads Oak 
Cliff X^ittle theatre, to announce 
production of 'Porgy' with all-: 
Negro cast. 



San Francisco 

By Hiarold Boci< 



Denver 

By J. A. 

John'Frey in from Los Angeles. 

J. B. Melton .flew to bis ranch in 
Plox'lda. 

Jerry Pettit and band move: to 
the" Edelweiss. . • , 

A. D. Eichenlaub in Kansas . City 
for appehdicitis operation. 

Harry Singer producing the 
P.&M. shows at the Orphexim. 

Mike Smith, booker for U. 6. 
army j>osts, here dn^an Ing for 
films. 

R. E. Grifllth Theatres, Inc., inov^ 
Ing accounting department back to 
Oklahoma City. , 

F. Di.lMorton has been switched, 
frohi the engineering department to 
the .sales by ERPi. 

Cecil Pace has resigned after 
selling Metro pictures for 13 years, 
to re-enter the wholesale liq.upr 
business. . 

Chas. Cline of Deadwood, S. p., 
says times are so - prosperous there 
that they're using money instead of 
poker chips. 

Westland Theatre, Inc., increases 
capital- stock from 3,000 to 6,000 
shares and rerclects Louis L. Dent 
of Dallas, Tex., president, at annual 
meeting. 

Burns Ellison, Federal .theatre 
owner, is quite chesty over the 
youngster that's come to live with 
he and Mrs. They've named him 
Burns, Jr. 

OlHcers of the operators^ union 
for this year, newly elected: Ralph 
B. Sturdevarit, president; Harold 
AI. LeHew, vice-pres:; Edw. A 
Rocgher, ttnancial secretary; B; E 
Waller; recording secretary; A116n 
E. Wilson, business agent. 



Baltimore 

Ibert Seharper 



Bishop 



jury 



Cleveland 

lenn C. PuMen 



Nick rdo's wife bound for 

Cuba. . 

Bob Hope flew h\?re for funeral of 
mother. 

Winsor French's wife inherited 
half-million dollars. 

Tal Henry in New York making 
three records for Victor. . 

George M. Carlton . giving up. coir 
umning for a soft .berth with liquor 
.company, 

Louis Swee's newly fonned Show- 
.mah;s Club, now includes 50 local 
' til i^af^r managers, ■ ' 

Margaret Hamilton, taking rest 
wU.h pai'ehts here before going into 
Radio's 'Allen Corn'. 

Harland fiend's . politician-angel 
got cold feet, so his Hanna stock 
venture is off for a while. 

Ralph. Wilcox opierated on for 
tumor- on brain. He's husbaiid 6f 
June; Farley,' theatrical booker. 

Majority of better . niterles, with 
biz shot by llqiior libense troubles, 
taking a sleei> until permits come 
throuprh. 

Bin MicDermott, 'Peedee's' drama 
CFlck, commuting between Washing- 
ton and New York on series of ;spe' 
Cial features. 



DaKas 



By Raymond 



../ El6ahora Flalg horioree at bUfffet 
BUDper for thirty. 

^Jack. MaLnhing. guest-teachlhg at 
.'H<'len :I>oty school of the dance. 
^-=:fi3cat.^lait=aga,iii=staging,;^shfl5£= 

for mei'chants* spring style. m*et. 

. Karl Hoblitzelle, plicked to repr.e- 

ecnt Southwest on far'f? advisory 

bbai'd, .: 

Fritz kreisl'^r, breaking h()p. from 
Ilou.ston to Jfoplln, reports host 
aiidienoes' since ?29. 

The Jeisse Crawfords, happy civei' 
?1,opO second console at the Pala^f o, 
.•^xtf iid .stay another wopk. "„ 

Skipper James Cherry of . tin* 
I'alacf, ■<«^ypinff 'Kintioror .Iniios" ,ii 



Florence Reed off for Par coast 
lot. . 

Max 
panel. 

Lulu McConnell avid, peruser - of 
political news. 

Ogden • Nash guest of honor at 
Friends of Art spread. 

Grover Whalen to speak at an- 
nual banquet of Ad Club. . 

Peaches Browning headlining 
hurley show at the Gayety* 

Sliding Billy Watson in and out; 
ditto Richard Dana Skinner. 

President's Birthday Balls gross 
twentyrlive grand hereabouts. 

Davei Rosenheim stopping oft to 
see Bill Saxton en route to Florida- 
Lionel Barrymore addressed etch- 
ing class at the Maryland Institute. 

Viola Roache honored by Hamil- 
ton Club for her children's theatre 

Mrs. Cook handling publicity for 
Charles Emerson Cook Players at 
Auditorium, 

Leo Fitzgerald took advantage of 
brief Visit to drop, in on Fred 
Schanberger, sr., and chat 
Albee va.ude days. 



of old 



Indjanapofis 

Bill ,K I ley; 



Below nero! 
ChaiiicOlsbn to Chicago. . . 
Abe Kaufman back in business oh 
Film Row. 
Ted Nicholas forsakes ping'^pong 

for handball. " / • . .' 

Pat Lane hl'c'ing the Presidents 
Birthday Baili . ' - 

Joe Cantor in town looking after 
united Artists'; interests. 

Noble Slssle and his oreheistra In 
town for. a. bne-hlght /stand.; 

Vanity Fair, new nightie, open- 
ing h6^tJ:o the Circle theatre. 

ken. ' Collins, the only theatre 
•manager in town with a derby. 

Tally'-Ho Room of 'the Antlers, 
hotel npW . only 6i)en on Saturday 
jiight:; " .. ' 

Screening- of double features at 
the Indiana- keeplhg the critics up 
till 3 a. m. . 

Carl Niesse goirig to a screen-, 
ing of 'Thunder Over Mexico,* 
thinking it's a Westerui , . 

Tbm lievine playing sefcond fiddle 
to Willi Vocatlle,. the. nie/;hanlral 
mahr"Sf"l'fi"e'^^lSii'a=^Rl^^ 

Show . iBoat has beert rebuilt" and 
Is onon for. business after the recent 
firp that burned it to. the ground. 

Teil liewis and Jaiik . Flex mak- 
ing the rounds bf merchants col- 
lert.lpff- . every thlrig froni. hats to 
sho«»f<. in ad tlr^ups. . , . . 

kbl/n and l)ePinto. a*' at 
Lyrlt?. riv(^r- to •Tbinlin.'^bn lloVl to 
put a ..show for . lah(n- uni'>n 
i1:jn<'»'r'i .\*' rfrosl(]f.iirs' H»ll. 



Dan McLean down with flu. 
Arthur Bergh. here to stai-t the 
Old. Cold broadcasts. 

Oscar Oiisen, salesman tor Bryan 
Pby. off to the wilds of Eureka, 
liulda McGinn's oflice tiiese days 
: has erttbnne cushions and gorgeoxis 
I drapes. 

Bill Heinneman has powdei'ed for 
tj, A. after a week at the U ex- 
change, r • 

Gebrglei Tapps Succeeded Norton 
and Haley's act on. the Warfleld bill 
last Aveek. 

Even Erni Smith is losing that 
near- Harlem tan now that mid-win- 
ter is here.. 

IBarney Briskin arrived frorh Ij<>s 
Angeles to audit the. Columbia ex- 
ciiange books. 

Di\ orce papers filed this week "by 
Kay Karels against Harvey Karcls, 
F & M dancer. 

It wasn't Earl but Wayne Fred- 
eriok of the Clef Dwellers who -mai> 
ried Isabel Gale; 

Cliff Work is buying a, cbmmuta- 
tlon bbok to cut down his traveling; 
expenses to Los Angeles. 

Gogo Delys will be up here in two 
weeks to warble for NBC, leaving 
L. 'A. dance bands behind. 

Jose'Rhihe Bartlett (Helen Web- 
ster) started off February by .marry- 
ing Winthrop Mai'tin,. ad man. 

JUdd Clark tossed a toughie out 
of the Orpheum other hight; now 
he's .weai-ing: a black optic that's a 
.beaut. 

Catheryn Hackett replaced Lotti 
Schweitzinger as.MGM sec'y, la:tter 
leaving for Klamath Falls and mar- 
riage. 

With the missus improved in 
health the Tiger Thompsons have 
moved back to their peninsula 
rancho. 

Walter Gabriel writing news for 
new Coast edition of ^Radio Guide' 
wliich starts In the weekly issue as 
an insert. 

Herb Marple breaks out with a 
hula whenever he starts talking 
about, that Kiakakula>tune, however 
it's spelled,. 

Twenty unknowns tossed a birth 
day party at the Mark for Lloyd 
Yoder and charged it to him, much 
to his surprise. 

On fllhi tow:' Frank McCauley;- 
Santa' Cruz; J. Blanco, Mt, View; 
Ned Steele, Cbliisa; Charlie New- 
.man, San Rafael. 

George Harvey Uhl, telegi'aph 
editor of the San FVancisco "Chron 
icie! passed away Jun. 29 in Frisco 
after a brief jllnesjs. 

Harry Carheyi- previously of Par^ 
amount;. Salt Lake, replaces Mel 
Hulling as Majestic exchange prexy, 
latter leaving for L. A. 

Wife of Fred Sheldon, vet door- 
man at the Currah and for years at 
the old Orpheum, died in San Fra&r 
Cisco Feb. 1 at thp. age. of 74.. 

Emil Umahn surprised by prov- 
ing a brilliant pupil, and gi-aduated 
from trafllc school in four instead of 
10 days, but bale of Golden Gate 
passes ai-e missing. 

Town's infested with song plugr 
gers this week: Art Schwartz, 
Tubby Garron, Ben 'Raisputin' Ber- 
man, Dick Arnold, Lucky Wilber, 
Bill Wieman and Bernie Praeger, 
leaving only Harry Bush missing. 

Reuben 'Rube' Cohen, 73, died Jan. 
•26 after a two weeks' illncs-s, 
brought on by old age and general 
bad health. Cohen represented the- 
atrical trade papers in Frisco since 
the -old 'Clipper' days, and was with 
'Inside . Kacts' at the time of his 
death. Last few years. /he ..took it 
pretty .e.a.sy, haying made a comfort- 
able inl^'bme; buf "of Investments of 
yarioii.s types;" 



Crijise and Sam -son wound 

up all even. 

Julie Epstein, former intercol- 
legiate boxing champion at Penn 
State, . JU) . Holly wood to team with 
Paul Moss,. Farrell (Pa.) boy, in 
writing Jobs. 

Mrs. Frank Dahiis, arriving here 
from Jersey, paid at sevex-al- WB 
houses before her . husband; aisslst-. 
ant zone man.iger for the circuit, 
learned she didn't have a pass. 

Joe Cloud, 'Pbst-Gazetle* featiire 
writer, has uneai-tl>ed a musical 
genius in Zlttierbart, . a Pittsburgber 
deaid for years. He \vi-ote 1,400 
compositions, .all of iliv . .linpub-^ 
lishod. and. he's now being hailed 
everywhere by big-shot /ninsiciahs 
due: to Cloud'.s effort^s. 



Toronto 



Dora yaiid«ns to ShnnMiai. 
Lyie Evruis resting jn lhe home- 
tow.il, 

Roy Orec'naway the now for 
the LibonU party. 

Mary rickford coming ho le for 
the Toronto centenary. 

■Pei'cy' Crelegram) Robinson re- 
covering from that operaLioii. 
■ Dan Pearce negotiating to turn 
the Empire . into a stock hurley 
house. . 

Ina Claire admitting to the b.bya 
tha,t she'd like to do Kh.^w's 'Saint 
Joan.' 

l<^-.Can planning to. give several 
Canuck radio stars a (Chance before 
the footlights. 

Viblet Loxley, late of Empire 
stock, has a dance bit in 'Ever- 
gi-ecn,' the BritL-jh flicker. 

Dbiig St.anbury, whose pappy is a 
local medleo, has a three-weeks' en- 
gagement at the Bi It more. Coral 
Gables. 

Wells Ritchie replaces Al Allen 
as screen scribe for Canadian 
Sports, latter to take over the radio 
department. 
. The Royal York hostelry ..will can 
Billy .Bls.sett and the boys, to be 
replaced by Stan St. John's tune- 
sters who please the socialites. 

A special film censorship appeal 
board will l>e urged upon Premier 
Henry, by Col. John Cobper; repre 
senting American film interests; 
.. The piano-playing Naomi Granat 
stein has changed her tag to Naomi 
Yanova, her mother's n.ame, because 
the former hurt her manager's soul 

Murray Bonnycastle painting 
portrait of Florence Maitthews 
Which will be used iii the second act 
of 'Take Two . from One' In which 
the lass stars. 

Stbmaich trouble' arising frOm .the 
unfamillaF diets of the 33 cOubtrics 
he has visited' in the past two years 
will hold li^ Gord (Vajuett) Sin- 
clair's Afiflcah take-off" another 
fortnight. 



New Haven 



R. Teta again head man of i 
sicians' local. 

Mtidalene Dbwhee Carroll direct- 
ing EdgeWood Players' next, 

Toni Clark, back on job after 
struggle with surgeon's knife. 

jroe Farrell has sidestepped show 
biz for his: old job behind a bar. 

Ernie Pollard and Danny Logan 
orchs barnstorming through here. 

N.- H. Lyric Ass'h brlngis Met. 
Civic Opera for 'Travlata' at Shu- 
bert Feb. 11; 

Yisile studes iisod .College theatre 
for organization of Will Rogers lor 
Gov. of Cal, CJlub; 

Arthur Ehehalt, Par band (.wheri' 
they have stage isliows, .that is),, new 
prez Dorscht Lodge; 

Ray Biirrows Will direct New 
Haven players in 'Weary', prqduct 
of Harvard Workshop. 

Dea,n (Yale Music School) Smith 
threw a receptioii for Harold Bauer 
and .dssip Gtifirilbwitch, 

Vernon Reaver, who used to man - 
hgo Poll's, now business mgr. Bpiid- 
ed .. Theatrical Enterprises.. 

Julius MoesSner granted divorc 
I'rbm Eiorence Moessner, who de- 
serted him for Weist Coast cai'eer a.s 
entertainer.. 

Engagement of psychic, to bolster 
^Advice to Lovelorn' at the College 
was killed when stage union de- 
manded iai-ger crew. 

Mignbn Laird, actress, sues, Job 
Alex, this city, fpr $75,000 auto crash 
damages; Plaintiff- , Claims she was 
injured in accident Dec; 2; ,1933, 
when a truck, operated by Alex, hit 
auto in which she was riding. 

An echo bf recent 'Jezeber run 
cropped- up in city court when A1-. 
frtd Wright, Yale stude, was freed 
in theatre rbw case, Etudes stormed 
SUubert stage door for an ogle of 
Miriam Hopkins and In the confa- 
sioh Wright, who was backiitage, 
was pushed into the alley and landed 
in local gaol. Evidence, showed 
Wright had personal letter- frorh 
Guthiue McClintic allowing him 
backstage, and case was dropped. 



Chicago 



Minneapolis 

Les .Bees 



By Hal Cohen 



Frt^d . .S.-Hiders back the nite 
club swim' agaiii, 

Frank Bernard, Plaza cafe. dancer,, 
•cracked a couple . of ribs the. bthei- 
■night; . ■ ' • •- 

Lawrence- Langner .in town, with 
the Mrflv for start .of 'School fbr 
TjTisbands' road , lour, 
, Earl Carroll deluged Ray Bolger 
with telegrams here, trying: to. g^t 
dancer to stick with tab 'Vanities.' 

Al Spink was ready to fly to Chi-.- 
cago when Jed Harris oflice notified 
h 1 m 'Lake' tour .had;.been: balled . off. 

Two piano prodigies, ..Ruth .Slec- 
ezynski and Poli Mlldner, in cbh- 
cert here On same day, next Sunday. 

Anna Jane Phillips and Harry 
l<0(lin.'-ky, bf Post-Gazette, have 
Hsold^a^yarn;-to=^a'^dete,etiye-maga!ilhe? 

That long feud between two of 
th'j town's' radio editors Is hotter 
than ever and giving the local : ews- 
paper fraternity quitOi a kick. 

'fJr.Mnny Preferred,' by Harold 
.UU-n, uncle of Hervey (Anthony 
AdverFe) AlteUj being produced by 
Pittsburgh Experimental Theatre. 

That wf'ok-long marathon pl- 
iiochl": y.une backstage at; the' I>Itt 
itiiionp: the Toe Bft.s.serp, TTrirriet 



Gilbert N'athan.son in Chicago. 
Frank iMantzke back- from Chi- 
cago. 

Eddie "Tunstell, Met nianager, a 
wrestling fan. 

Nile theatre, nabb, opein again. 
Closed oh account of flee, 

Sam Phillips now lift lifter at 
Warner Brothers' exchange. * 

Seventeen, below .zero weather 
hurtlshow biz here last week. .. 
. About 1'4,000 paid $7,000 to attend 
President's fca}l at Auditorium. 

Double-billing of University, nabe, 
marquee 'It's Great to Be Alive' 'Be- 
fore Dawn.' 

Agnes Chrlstlansoh,. blonde sec at 
WB, called rStra wherry^* by her f el -' 
low workers,; 

Universal exchange eighth in na-. 
tiohal stahdihgs in Carl Laemmle's 
drive for business; .' ■ 

Film Board reported, two theatres 
closed and two reopened in terri- 
tory the past week, 

Rud Lohrertz, Warner' iBalesman,' 
Said to be taking Orders on the side 
for his own baked' cakes. 

Kate Smith bought ,40 neckties to 
give to -her orchestra members while 
playing 'the Orpheum here. 

.Jack Raper married .eight months 
ago but .most. Of the Film Row boys 
are. just! finding out about it. 

Gilbert Nathanson, Monogram .ex- 
change manager, is law school grad- 
uate and ■has been practising^ rft- 
torney..' 

Celia: Marcus, , of Columbi offlcc 
staff, sister of Ben C, exchange 
managf.T, engaged to wed Ben D. 
Marcus, no relative. 

Manager -Martin L^b»'.doff watched 
pair of banillls grab . $.^0.0, .two days' 
receirjtB.-from--Oince_of-hlt>- father's, 
theati'**, the Home wood. 

Exhibitors visiting Film Row: E- 
.S. Noreen, Hutchln.son,. Minn.; Roy 
McMinn, .Superior, Wis.; Irving IVr- 
rfzo, ,;.'ii)k <'<nter, Minn.; Charles 
P'erlzzo, Cafs Lake, -Minn.; G. E. 
Wlngrf'f^n, Blsmarok, N, D,; Jack 
Heywbofl, New Richmond, Wis,; 
John PilJ<'r, Valley City. N. D.; W. 
J, Wernt.T, Le ,Sfur, Minn., nnd C. T. 
VJck, J"Jaw.«-on, Mlnti. 



Raul 
Jack, 
stories, 

Norman .Field duokihg town for a 
.week's rest. 

Casino De Paris (N. Y.) setup for 
Chicago being readied. 

Eddie Levin apartment hunting 
while saving for license. 

Variictt oflice now up against the 
roof of tiie Woods building. 

Alnsley Lambert producing tbe 
girl line for Leo'Salkln's new unit,. 

Lou Lipstone back from: New. 
York with a line-up of attractions 
for B. & K, 

Joe Schenck. Al Lichtniaa and 
.Major Warner through town head- 
ing westward; 



ibbey 



Howard Merribk. in again. 
^ Fifi Porsay'.'j Introducing her 
hubby.. 

Chet (Uptown) Ellis on 
eymobn stage. 

Charlie King, fraternally . sipping: 
with' cousin .George Holland. , 

Benrty Rubin gettihg the hand 
from. Chelsea pals of boyhood days. 

Triune folks . preparing* reception 
for; Mary Carlisle, due Friday with 
the Moulin Rpuge Caravan.' 

Charlie, koerher over from Radio 
City to lay down another .barrage 
in the war between RKO Boston and 
the Met^ ' 

John Lube getting gorgeous news- 
paper' treatment as exploiter of 
Hub's .first midwinter graji'd opera 
in two years. 



Fine Arts Bream 



(Contjihued.-' from -page 1) 
prbpriated is calculated to reiUder 
employment to niayije 800 niuslclans 
as perfornnerBi teachera^iia niusic 
recre^ktional leaders - In Manhattaii. 
organisation .. bi! ' project. Ib . .being 
concentrated III the Greenwich and 
Chelsea districts of downtown New 
York. "Fhe: whole plan la Jn the 
process of organization at the 
Oreenwich House Muslo School, 46 
•Barrow street, but ifrora what can" 
be.'gleaned on the . Qpot^ the organi- 
zation will try to include musicians 
from various parts of New York. 
Hospital Coneeris 

Present idea is to have a series of 
concerts to continue until May. 
These win be open free to' the pub- 
lic and HI be held in public 
libraries, school."?, hospitals,, recre- 
ation c enter s an d "var ious .socia l 
7igen;cy^^cenfeirfi7 "ftlibSTd ehWgh" 
auditoriums be .available It Ik fig- 
ured to give cori^'frts nightly. 

Musicians are to be paid from;|19 
to $25' for a ia-hour week or around 
$1 per hour or bftfer, Includirig rfe> 
hearsals, .Symphony band will be 
under the leadership of Gerald V, 
MijOarrahan. , Gf-orge A. Fpstf-r Is 
to be m chftrgA of the choral group. . 



62 



Variety 



IIMES SQUARE— SPORTS 



Tiii^sday, February 6, 1934 



Eait 



Ci'Osby Galge has. v selected the 
Beck for 'Yellow Jack' and has 
pushed production back to March 1, 
Steeplechase Park, Coney Island 
being sudd for ;$20,000. AH on in- 
juries alleged to have been received 
last summer when a balcony at the 
swimming pool. . coillapsied, hurting 
25 persons. • 

Mayor- LaGuardla to sponsor ' a 
municipal show at Radio Center. 
. Al Jolson rolled In froni. the Coast 
Thursday- (1) with a triqk jnous 
ta'che. Fooled: the. -photographers 
until ,he, yanked the brush. 

Herman Bringman, Oxford, Md., 
grocer, who bl-oAdcsists a ^hort 
radio, progrma nightly, -.called for 
help Sunday night (26), When a 
physician reached him he was dead 
of heart trouble; 

Morris L. Fisher;, song sheet ped-. 
.dler in Philadelphia^ i^iven 30 days 
for violation of copyrikht laws 
.Frahk CloflS,. arrested at same time, 
;glven suspended Behtence/ 

' .WOR takes;a gin acbount,. Broad 
.cast's with; a request, to thdse . in 
dty states to -tiine. put as" It's ,not in 
tended for them.' 

American institute presents' a 
gold medal to General Electric for 
perfectioh of broadcasting on the 
iiifra red ray. Not yet commer- 
cially developed. . . 
. Mady Christians to make a third 
try. Hooks tip with Guild for 
' 'Races.' . , 'Divine Prudgis' flopped 
and 'Talent' never formally opened 
Cherry and j.une. Preiser get a 
long-termer from- the . Shuberts. 

The Antericah ^ArW.tration Assn. 
awards ;t6 . H. C. . Pptter. and Geo. 
Haight 10^ of all royalties paid 
Elizabeth McFadden on 'Double 
Door.? Arbitrators hold editorial 
•work of the pair to be worth this 
,sum; * 
eWA performance .at St. Augus- 
tine's school . not given Thurjsday 
(1). None, of the actors ^hdWed up. 

Harry Langdon's wife, obtains a 
judgment for $21,076 agaiiist the 
actbr for arrearfii of alimony In 
"White Plains court. Part ia due for 
unpaid, counsel fees; \ 

Embassy to open again as neWsr 
reel- theat're under • m^intigem'eht'- of 
Newsreel Theatre; Inc.- Starts Sat- 
urday ,(10)i : 

Peter Am)} fnherits $26,000 from 
Ilia late father. Also to share In a 
trust, fundi' ' ' 

, ^Orry Kelly will: attend opening- 
of. Wonder Ba;r' In N. T. and then 
go to Paris to . make costiime re- 
searches ^ for : 'DuBarry,' Warner 
production. He's the WB stylist. 

Richard Washbui^ne Child wants 
stage aj^d film producers of fOne 
Sunday Afternoon! to pay him 
$1,000,000, alleging theft of his 'The 
Ayehger/ published four years ai 
Cites 11 alleged HftS. 

Michael Sf».ks having an Engllsl 
translation made of . his Tiddl 
The . Organ Grinder.' Not to h' 
shown Until summer. Max karpe 
bossing.''' ' ■:. ' ■.: 

"Biographyv^ with Ina Claiire, back 
to B'way for a two weeks encore. 

John Golden forming the 'Golden 
Group' of experienced players. 

William Pox settled out of court 
the. suit .brought by Jacob L.. Ru- 
bensteiri for injuries sustained When 
the car in. w.hlch.they were riding 
wa,s struck by another back in 1029. 
Amount not disclosed.. 

Ltawrence Lahgner has a string 
tied to a ne>v(r play by Konrad Ber- 
covici. Will. try it out this summer. 

Bessie Beaty again prez of Actors' 
Dinner club. Election Monday (29). 
Report shows 120,866 dinners were 
served, of which 89,658 were gratis. 

Union musicians tell' Congres- 
sional committee on racketeering 
that they have to kick back 25% or 
more to union leaders to get and re-, 
tain jobs. 

Eddie Dowling hangs up a $500 
scholarship as a contest prize to 
help 'BigHtfeaited Herbert;' 

Milton. Gropper doing a novel, 
•Three Queens Full.' 

That. Ylddiish comedy troupe. Lud 
wjg Satz has been talking about the 
the Public theatre is to be along the 
lines of the Italian impromptu: the 
atre. No written scripts, the actors 
faking as they go along. 

Pay cut for GWA actors dropped 
after an Equity . argument. 

C. B. . Dillingham in court to ifight 
the. National City bank on suit to 
recover from hini on his indorse 
nient of notes made by Erlanger 
Productions. Argues that 'his dls 
charge .In bankruptcy also cleans 
that account. Decision reserved; 

'Merry Mount' will have its wbrld 
premlere:at the Metropolitan Sattlr 
day (10). Music by Howard Hanson 



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News From the Dailies 

This department . contains TfiXtiTilten theatrical nem Hems as published during the i»eek in the 
dail^ papers of New York* Chicaga, San FraneiicOt HolltfWood and Lqndoti. Variety takes no 
credit for these nem items; each has been reVfrttten from a daily paper* 



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Met's 



DOROTHEA ANTEL 

tt9 W. tfta St.. New Torb City 
Mj New Assortment of • QBEBTINO 
CARDS Is Now ^»d7.. it ^BesntUul 
OABDS and FOLDERS. Boxed, Post* 

:P«ld»=--for^.-.=:^^==i~^=^„...^.^^^,,^_^__^^^^ 

One Dollar 



with, book by R. X*. Stokes, 
.first, novelty this season. 

Hijabkers around: li. y. turning 
their attention to tobacco. One man 
killed in an attempt made Wednes.V 
day (31) to capture a truckload of 
clgairets.. Second ' recent effort. 

Actoi-s' Dinner club report Showis 
it's out of debt. :^ 

NBC cancelled prbjected broad 
cast of a speech by George Bernard 
Shaw Sunday (4) when ft was 
learned it was to be from an eleo 
Irical -transcription. 

iPeggy jo.vce callied .bii Ferdihand 
P'ecbra in Washington Tuesday. ( 30) 
but the big probe and" hearing rtah 
sent , out word he was busy. 

.Al 'Woods has bought 'The Red 
Cat,' foreign play by Franiz: i<other 
and Jessie Ernst, 

NBC official tells Manlius Old 
Boys Association at luncheon that 
television is already here , but. held', 
back' because it is Still -ilsjQ. edstly 
for . mass distribution 

After staging the-Preslderit's ball 
ai Miami, S. L- -Rbthafel /ehcot-ed 
with his otvn vSilyer. Weddihg cele-^ 
bratioh the foillowihg night :(3i)i 
Lee ShUbert to Miami. ^ 
Blanche Tiirka . . will lead -tlpie 
Drama lieague's tour tb the.. various 
British drama.festiV^als; JuniB 27. 
•'Pox has- Sinclair tewiS's/Work 6ft 
Art;' • % V 
•' Sam' •■ Morris, . of WarnerSlv Vho 
went to hospital for an operation, 
reporteid; on the Upbeat. ' 

IMarJoHie .E. Smith, who wrote 
'Broadway to , Moscow,' back .. from 
her second trip to Soviet. 

James Hagan, author of 'Qhe Sun- 
day. Afternoon,' liters a general de- 
nial to Rjichard WaShburii Childe^s 
plagiarisin_Suit. iSays he never read 
br.heard of Childe's short story. 

Arthur Tracy (Street Singer) en- 
ter6d formal answer to his wife's' 
assault charges ih .Supreme Court 
Satiirday (3)V Says she threatened 
to have hirii shot, sought to destroy 
his voicei by clawing at his throat; 
iand adds that since the ^charges he 
ha^ been uhable\ to obtain work and 
Is. down to $800. 

N. T. SupremeJi Court gave Rudy 
Vallee ah' order restoring his right 
to bring an. action here to restrain 
Pay Webb.' from biinglng her' action 
In the California courts for nrtainte 
nance. 

Allee Martin, V professionally 
known as Xlice DeGarno in her cir- 
cus days, found ' bra tally murdered 
and burled in . a. shaUow grave on a 
farm in Tell Gity.,.Inp.. to which she 
retired. 

NRA decides thalL.athletes and 
others endorsing goods must actii- 
lly Use the sanie or tr^e makers will 
ose their blue eagle. 
Court decides that the suit against 
oldman.- Sachs, brought by Eddie 
antor and others* does, not deter 
oiher stockholders from . bringing 
similar suits. Had. been held that 
thie Cantor suit acted as a bar, but 
noW disallowed. 

ilroads experimenting with 
radio as means of communication 
betVeen engine and caboose on op- 
posite ends of freight trains. " , 
Supreme court refuses plea of Se- 
lect Theatres Corp. to make Otto 
H. Kahn a party to the defense in 
its suit against the estate of the late 
Elisabeth Marbury and Carl Reed on 
a note, made in 1928 to the Shuberts. 
Contended that he was the virtual 
backer. Court stated that suinmary 
judgment against the original de- 
fendants had ei)ded the suit. 

Hope Hampton ties up to the San 
Carlo troupe, opening in Newark 
next week (IB). Will sing regu- 
larly. 

Opera artists in the cast wonder- 
ing if 'Merry Mount* to be premiered 
Sat. aft at the Met will be allowed 
oyer the air. Strong language in 
spots. 

National Board, of Re'view, origi- 
nal pictuipe censoring body, will open 
its 25th annual conference at. the 
IJotel Pennsylvania Tbursda,y (8) 

Mrs. Dorothy Baxter, mother of 
liOra Biaxter, actress, has dropped 
her suit for maintenance under the 
'poor relations' act. She -was award- 
ed $7 weekly at a .recent hearing. 
Miss Baxter tesi^^^d that while she 
is paid a gdod- salary when she 
Works, heir income last year aver 
aged only $25 a week. 

Victor Moore and William Gaxton 
team as an act in one of Moore's old 
acts. Opened in Boston this week 
Barney (3allant draws a liquor 
license for his Village spot. 
^ Shuberts tightening Hp ;^hat revue 
-ideav="DavId=PreedmanJs=dbw,n=s6uth, 
writing the bopk and Ira Gershwin 
and Harold Arlen are busy with the 



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INTIRN ATtONAtt 



Shoes for the S^^g^ Street 

SHOVTFOXK'S SH0E990P - 1 SSI BROADWiLT 



spngs. 
cbmedian. 

idney Salkow is working on 
'Shoesttlngers,' a satire on. limited 
capital play producers.. Kube'c Klas. 
moh Is working: on the script,, which 
is .adapted fromi a short story. ; Irv 
Ing Salkow is pinning his faith to 
'Three In the Shadow.' 

.Reported that the former Aborn 
opera ■ company may be revived by 
W. Q. Tlsdale, who was .manager for 
the late impresirlo.. 

.Mrs. Tlllle Leblang JaSIe in c6urt 
again last, week (2) ;'at -the. Instance, 
of Mrs.. Sadie Rosenblum;.- creditor, 
for $3,107, whb claims Mrs; 'Ja^le Is' 
dissipating the estate of her . late 
husband; In rebuttal Mrs. Jasle's 
counsel denied -the ..charges and 
statied she. was conserving the assets 
in. the interest bt 'creditors, to the 
amount, .of nearly . $2,000,000. Dot 
clsion .'was reserved. 

David Freedmieiiii going to Plorlda 
with Eddie, Cantor; Working on a 
revue... ,\ / \ ■■ 
Sheppard Traub teamed with 5el-^' 
don- Bennett' as. a ' hew productlbri 
hrirt.-: ' 

Fed, Radio Comm. Issues a warn- 
ing against llqubr brbadcasts. Miay 
bei l^gal but not welcome in many 
homes, and. may. cause 'vvlthdirawal 
of licenses. The license Is issued 
on the basis of service to the public. 
,WQR sent but a program ad'vertis- 
ing gin. 

Gattl-Casazza celebrated his 66th. 
birthday Friday (2). 

'The Lake' road tour abandohedV 
^atharlne .Hepburn .: may take a 
jaunt to Europe before' returning.. to 
Hollywood. 

Appellate, division upholds de- 
cision In .Kaplan case, . holding the 
fbrmer leader of Local 306 to be out 
of , that job. Also.;: rUleS' he ; . must 
serve jail sentence. .. 

TheMre' Union .starts workshop at. 
the I Civic Rep. Tb train young 
players. 

Cold snap chased. Blliy Suhday out 
of his tent show and into an iaudl- 
torlum' in Brooklyn. 

Hushand of Mrs. Helen Cox Wil- 
liams, former ^ showgirl -arrested 
with Walter Si .Halliwell on request 
Of Conn, police, iserved iEIalllwell in 
a $260,.0'00 aliehatlon suit' when 
Hailiwell and Mrs. Williams ap- 
peared in a ' Harlem ':court Friday 
(2)i Original case put over another 
■week. 

Georgei Voelk, .picked up for sing- 
ing a,hd dancing bn tfaa street^ vron 
a siispiended sentence Ih . the night 
court Friday (2^). told the judge 
he and his piEi.rtneir, Nick Land, had 
been a $600 a week ax;t ih yaude, and 
he was dancing to get carfare to 
Jamaica, where he could dance for 
throw' money* Cpurt -will , try to 
find him a job. 

Frank Passar arrested Friday (2) 
6n coicnplaint of Rosa Rlva, who 
alleges she . gave him:$52 to start her 
as a radio singer. He's also held on 
a charge of operating an employr 
ment agency without a license. 

Carlo Edwards, asst. orch. dh\ at 
the Metropolitan, backln.town. Was' 
in an auto smash in Oklahoma in 
which he lost a foot. 

Dr. Merton Hodge, . author pf 
'Wind and the Rain,' John Van t)ru- 
ten and Auricle Lee tb New Orleans 
to see what a Mardl Gras is like. 

■Taxi strike puts a crimt) In thea- 
tre grosses as nearly 10,000 cabs 
stop rolling. 

Eddie Dowling to produce and act 
In f What's "Tours Is Mlne,^ which 
' will 'be his next production; - 

. That kidnap couple who scared 
Mary Pickford turn§ but to be a 
pair of Christian Scientists. VVanted 
to con'vert her to science^ 

Honier Curran, of Belasco & Cur- 
ran, in town' looking for plays. 
, Some. 13,000 pending liquor viola- 
tibns thrown out by "LT. .S. Supreme 
Cburt decision. Cah no longer 'be 
prosecuted as law Is nbnrexistent. 
Istent. 

Theatre flremen under inquiry. 
Regarded . as a move to charge 
house for flre Squads at perform'- 
ance. 



Coast 



Pending, hearing on a porriifinent 
Injunction, a temporary rifstraining 
Order has been issued prohibiting 
L. A. police from int^^rfering wilh 
the exhibition pf 'my. ' .' Shortly 
before coppers had ordered the 
Rialto^to^jnake ^c uls^ an (r_,thp mm 



out of the Marcal in Hollywood 

Bed-ridden for eight years, Mrs. 
Sylvia Tucker, 28, daugliter of 
Edgar A, Guest, writer, ^q.v,' her 
first talker at L. A. last -w-ook. 
. Lupe Velez and Johnny Wi'les- 
niuller are planning a trip to lEoho- 
lulu. 

Fritzle Ridgewry BakalelnlkoflC 
has flied a petition m bankruptcy in 
L. A., disclosing she ha.s but $4.50 
In cash and wearing apparel valued 
at $200. 



Questionnaires have been mailed 
to sdiobl children throughout Call, 
f ornla by. the state superintendent 
of public Instruction, Vierliner .iCer 
Sey; seeking to> learn ' what type .' of 
pictures, they likei. 

Grkce Hay;es announced in 3ah 
Fraiiclsco she has .Bepai?ated from 
her husbandij Charlie -Foy. 

. ;p«irs. ifune Whalen has obtained a 
divorce, from Harbld Whaleii; "vaude^ 
actor, "In Reno. 

Caror ci)a,rk> actress, plekded hot 
gulllv to. a charge of abandoning 
her l6-mbnth-'old daughter in. L. A. 

. Hal Roberts, band leader,, named 
assistant ihanager of the Biltmorb 
theatre Jj, A. 1 . / 
' Suinir for a $1;600 alleged legal 
fee, Chas. W. .O^oni has flled com' 
plaint 'ih L. . A. against Mrsv. Chat' 
lotte Shelby, mother of Mary Miles 
Minter. 

\| Dorothy Mackaili has. flled suit 
iV-fbr divorce In L. A. from Nell Mil- 
ler. . 

Jhg. Crosby freed two of the help 
at Lakeside Golf Club In Hollywood 
after two bandits had robbed the 
spot; of $200. 

Jambs CrUze IS . building" 'a new 
home In .Los . Angeles. 

Approval of a current ambunt of 
$1,241,133 estate 'jof the late Daisy 
Canfl61d Moreno, 'wife of Ahtohlo 
Moreno, has been asked In a probate 
court petition flled In L. a; 

Descending In full dress .on three 
Hollywood clubs, a corps of deputy 
sheriffs arrested 14 men iand confls 
cated much alleged gambling para 
phernalia. Old Colony,. Clover Club 
and Club LaBbheme hit in the 'railds. 

Value of estate bf the late F. O. 
Bohflls, Denver newspaper. -publish- 
er, set at $11,829,670 . in return filed. 

Norrls Petersen has asked fbr a 
divorce InlL. A. from H^len Peter- 
sen, dancer. 

L. A. Park Gbmmlssloh has re- 
ceived a petition to . turn Grifflth 
Park, or at least part of -it, !lrito a 
nudie camp. 

Mae . West played to s.r.o. in the 
L. A; Hall of Justlcie last week when 
she reappeared , as witness . against 
Edward Friedman, charged\ with 
robbing her of $16,000 in <:ai9n and 
jewels. He 'Was found guilty. 

Three -fifths of the: estate of the 
late H. K. Somhorn, eirhubby of 
Gloria Swanson, goes to the daugh- 
ter, Gloria Swanson Somborn, 12, 
under terms of will filed in L. A. 

John Barry m6re and his wife, Do- 
lores Costeiio, have returned to 
Hollywood. 

■ Kay Gordon, actreiee, divorced 
from . Homer D. Bernard, fbrmer 
U. S.'''Army flyer, in Los Angeles. 

Fay Webb's suit" for $7,450 a 
month temporary alimony from 
Rudy Vallee postponed a vireek in 
Los Angeles. ^ 

Beverly Granger, 27, pic actress, 
jailed in Hollywood after shooting 
Earl C. Courtbls, her salesman- 
sweetheart. Latter is In no danger. 

Henry Menjbu, brother of 
Adolphe, and George Pallay had a 
scrap at a club Jn Hollywood. Pallay, 
the flrst hubby of Fran Menjou,- who 
divorced Henry last year. 

Alexandria hotel, old theatrical 
hostelry, in Li A., has closed. Oper> 
ating at a loss for ' some time. 

Helen. Lee Worthing Is- recovering 
at a sanitarium in L. A. 

Sylvia Froo's contract with Fox 
approved by court in L.. A. 

Alexander Pantages brdered by 
L. A. court to pay a $15,000 legal fee 
to C. Bascom Slemp and Louis 
Titus, attorneys, for aid in the Prin- 
gle case. 

Irene Bentley, recently with Fojt, 
YiAw filed suit for -divorce from 
George r: Kent, N. Y. broker, In 
Mexico. 

2eflle Tilbury, 65, appearing at the 
Hollywood Playhouse, injured 
slightly 'When thrown from a car. 

Joan Harlow and parents in San 
Francisco. 

.. .Susan Young,, actrfess, divorced 
from John Laurence Wickland, film 
production manager, in Los Angele.s. 

Evelyn Venable, actress, has re- 
turned to. the Coast after visiting in' 
Cincinnati. ■ 

A nurse saved the IC-jiaortth-oia 
son of Stuart Erwin and June CoU- 
yer when fire broke out in a bed- 
room. Little damage done to the 
house. 1. 

Aileen Percy has apk^'d L. . Su- 
perior Cpurt to- increase allowance 
from former hubby, Ulrlc B. Busoh 
film exec, from $50. to $200 monthly 
in order that her son mav attend 
military school. 

Denial of new" povmlts to a score 
of clubs and cafe.s in Loa Angele^" 
district announccid by WIcluiel Con- 
J?g?*y-=Qf^ilA:^ta^^.b pard:.jif_f- q 



atlon. 

Thirleon chorus girlt< oC a lipllv- 
wpod mu.sical have sued Cecil Milk>r 
Nowcorn.. charging him v.-ith rofus - 
ing to pay ."jalnries. CUilm New- 
Corn boat It with $87f> chock from 
theatre after clPise of show. 

Richard Sommers, ■\vritor, iu L. . . 
from Moxlcp City. 
. Edgar Rice Burrou novell.st, 
learning to fly.' 

A, Murtyn Johnson, fil. l'i>niicv 
iiowppaporman and actor, died in. 



By JACK PUlASKI 

Much better Attendance "at the 
Garden , than 6XI^ected^ Friday (3> 
when 9,000 <watched ypliy\.Canzoneri 
defeat Cletb Lpbiateiu pf \italy for 
the second time, thereby . ;wirtnlhff 
the rljght tb .bbx Barney Ress for 
the lightweight title for the thlrdl 
time. It, Was a hpt . 12-rbundbr, but 
the lierdict looked like a boner fop 
..a. time..-;. 

. it was announced that the . mabh 
Was a draw. One of the judges Wiui 
clearly for Tpny, the other calling- 
it a draw, but aiddlng that Canzy , 
earned the -win by cleaner hitting. 
Fpptnpte \was overlooked, \ and It 
was assumed the judges did not 
agree. ' They put it up tb Willie 
Lewis, referiee; who surprised th« 
fight expertsvcalllhg It evens, too. 

Correictlon was announced during, 
the, cbhcludlng Semlnfinal, sucii 
mistake, being unprecedented at 
the G^irden. While waiting folr 
Lewis to niake up his mind, those 
egga who laid five tp 1 on Tbhy 
had a peculiar feeling in the mid- 
section', 

L6c?itelll proyed he can takb it 
He -worried Canzy plenty. ' with a 
left hand,: and, aithbugh mostly 
slajps, Tony was oftentllted oflC bal- 
ance 'When act '■ to sock it In. Tony'^i 
Phe-twb left tP the bpdy and rllfht 
chbp tc, thb: chin sent . Cietp. to th^ 
canvas In the second and third 
rounds, but the "vlsitbrV bouhijed up. 
without a - cbunt both times. . 

Carizy -was nbt in trbuble .'at aiiy. 
time; while it: lobked like Cleto Waa 
djzzy In thb iinal rounds, Little 
men were, rematched . because the 
first meeting looked ; close; . Despite 
those .bugs, who thought Locatelli 
jshould ha've had the draw thiis time, 
.he was 'really trlnuncd bytia wider 
margin isind - was . lucky to escape a 
kayo. 

This Prlday (9) fclngflsh Lei 
Vinsky, the dhicago pUnch" thrower 
Who has np 'bpne in his schnozz, 
will, take p'n Charlie Messara. 



Tacoma Cdnmiish OK's Dds 
Racing Oyer Legislatiire 



Tacoma, Feb. 6. 
Sand -papered dogs? feet and 
doped panlnds were some of the 
argruiiients advanced by oppphenta 
of -dpg racing, which 'was given an 
O.K. by Ccunty . Cbmmlsslpners 
despite' the fact that legislature re- 
fused to legalize the spprt;. libcal 
theatre men were among those 
fighting It. 

County attorney has been asked 
for pplnion about legality. Certain 
permit: Will be defeated and Com- 
mish will renege. 



Westwood, Cal., Jan. 22. Played on 
screen as Michael Dark. 

William H. Matchette, Sr., 74, for 
25. years owner, of the Olympia 
Opera Ca, died in L. A., Feb. L 
Widow. and one son survive. 

Harriet Ingersoll, Sandra Carlisle, 
Francis . P; Moran and William 
Tennen, members of the cast of 
'Romeo And Juliet' at the Bitlmore 
in L. A., slightly injured in an auto 
Crash. 



^New Yorh Theatresi 



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MAY ROBSON in Person 

-and aUO'on the scrben In 
IBWAI^ 'You Can't Biiy Kv^rythin^' 
«» |k IMus MlBht Staee Spoctnle: 
ICI!,.M " Friday; I.TO'NI'^l. 

IDrUn Ik^ UARKYMOKi!: 

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liitn .''liodi*' unit ollii'i'.s 
Friday; CAiVTOB, 'Roman Stnndah j 



Tuesday, February 6, 19'34 



an TD OO R S-BURLESQUE 



VARIETY 



63 



O B I T U A El E S 



ELEANORA de CI.SNEROS 

Eleanora de Clsnerosi^SS, died In 
her home Jn • NfeW Yprk, Feb. 3, of . 
TuremJc polsoniner. She had. been ill 
for seveirtil months." . ' 
•She is credited with haying ,be^ 
the .flret American signer to. fliid 
employment In the Metropolitan 
company Without previous Uurp- 
pean tralrtlng. She attracted the 
attention oic Jefin de ' Beszke, to 
whose Influence 3he owed her rapid 
advancement: After her- first sea- 
son at- thie Met. she went abroad,, 
singing -With a number ot the lead- 
ing" . cdmpailles,; and. divided her 
tinie bietween. the two continents. 

She la Survived bjr Count .i*rah- 
cois de Clsneros',' whom she married 
in 1900, and-'bV ttft a^opt^d. sisteip;. 



ALICE de GARNO 

Alice Martin, B2,;, prbieissioiTiiailjr 
known ' as' Atice -de GiarnbV was 
found, in a shallow grave ' ',' heir 
farm hear Tell City, Ind., last weiek.. 
A/farm hand confessed to her'mur* 
dor. 

^Ilss Martin ha;d b^en art aetlal- 
Ist on. the. Barniim and^other' shoWs 
."unth about 10 yeai-s . ago; retiring Xo 
live alone her lapl^ed: farm,' 
some . distance f rom'.* -tho n^resi 
traVeiect road .and reached only hy . 
a narrow-right of way. ' " 
■ She had made iseverai tflps to 



1885 and later became secretary „of 
the p. Ghlrardelll Co. Diurlngtithe 
World War Sutton, wais a secret 
servlcfe agent. He waiB born in Folk-, 
stone,. Eng.- /' 



MRS. AIDA , pLOECHER 

. Mrsi Alia F, Bloebher, 36,. wlfe of 
Williani F. Bloecher, sceparUt, 'and 
widow of Robert Edeson, stage and 
screen player, dlisd in Hollywood 
Jan; '30. from pneumohisu COIlabbed 
with husband recently on scenarios 
?ind \wrote several bne-ract' plays. 

"Mrs. Bloecher -was wldOwed thlree 
yeiars ago.,' Funeral Was h®^^ J" 
Hollywood,, .with •■ cremation folloyr-^' 
ingi' 



, JENNIE LINPSAY } : 

Jenr»ie /Lirtdsey, 82, songwrlteir ; of. 
an earlier generation; filed; lit NeVir 
York, • Jan. - 29,. She was . a .memb6r 
Of the vaudeVllW teim of Hume and 
Iji'hdsay. ^ 

..Perhaps best known as the. author 
of 'Alvray^ . Take Mpthe.r's Advic*,' 
the big hit of its day, aind popii- 
la,rtzed by Julius P. Whltm«urk,.ihe.n 
famous :as a boy soprahoi though It 
had been published by Willis Wood- 
ward, rival pubilsKer.- 



JULES ;<SREENSTONE 

, Jiilieg ■ Greenstone^ 72, former .op- 
erator of the Empire theatre, and 



oi Eenver, a brother, Clifford, tios 
Angeles, and i sister, 'Mrs. M. Can- 
tril, of Denver. Funeral and burial 
were in Denver.: 



L; W. HEALD. ^ 

. Jj. W, Heald, 26, accountant for 
the KFAB-KOIL Omaha studios, 
ended his life by gas in his .room 
at 3926 Harney St., Jan. 26. 

He Js sur-vived by his parents^. Mr, 
and Mrs. J. L; Heald, ahd ft; brother; 
Harvey, all tilncolnv In 
Ijihcoln. ' 



WJLMAM THORNTON ■ 

Winiam . Thorn^^^ of the 

4rter nnemhers of ..the ..Schenec- 
dy lATSE, died in thai city last 
ek. HQ hkd been with the RKO 
PAodtor theatre while ' It played 
vabde-vllle, two yCiars iago, .He has 
beAn ill for .more than a year.. 



LUDWIG FI.TZNER 

/ Liidwl Zilt^ner, stagehand,, died 
In Sftheriectaidy \ast week; of heart; 
troubW 

He had toured with •vairlOus^Be- 
iascb theatres, and in. Schenectady 
ha'd "worked, at the Yah Guyler the-^ 
atr,e. 



TO THE Memory OF 






We miss him here. He waiU for ui there. 



I eANNOT say, and I will nbt say 
That he is dead. I^e iV just a^ay I 

With a cheery smHe and a wave of the hand 
He has wandered Into kn unkriow^ land. 

Arid left iis dreaming how ivery iair 
It needs must be, si|ni<Je he liniers' there^^ 

And you--;-ph ybu, jwho the wildest . yeam 
for the old .tiine st^ and the glad return-^ 

Think of hitii ^arii)|i on, as dear 
. .In tiwf love of Therfe as the love of Here* 

Think of him still the . same. I .^ 
He is . not diead— -l)ie is just away. 

1 James Whitcomb RiUy. 

E. V. R.. JR. 



dUNTOM Q. RICHMOND 

Ciintbn Qi RlChihohd, -w;ho. built 
the first modem theatre. Nprth 
Adariis, Mass., ■ dle'd at ' . home 
there oh -Jam 27. .He had been 
ijreisldent Of , the Berkshire Stre;et 
Railway Compifthy.. 

H^RV l.. CAREY 

Henry Cairey, the past 35 
years matiager of oiie of the iargcst 
eUtdoor advertlslrirg agencies In. Phil- 
adelphia, died there -lajst week. 
Widely known among the theatrical 
people, who were his .patrons. 



Callahah-Bernstein's 

Stock Try in Toronto 

Harry Callahan arid Rube Bern- 
stein left New York oyer the: week- 
end for Toronto, where they'll start 
stock burlesque, policy at the 
Empire. Edith Markwpod. went 
along as number producer.. 

Company picked to start It off. 
comprises. Jack Rosen, jSates and 
Hunt, .Henry Jones, Salljs" Wlnthrop, 
Jack Cohnor, Betty rooks, Betty 
Hoyie* Dudley Douglas, :^luby Lang 
and, . Dancing .Duo, 



Ciitdoor Codes 
Shape* Labor Is 





CUT TO 4 




,Wiiner Wheel, only trsiyellrig bur- 
lesque circuit remaining In; thia; 
shrinks^ with the de- 

sertion of th^ Howard, Boston, this 

week to stock. 

Remaining time comprises Wash- 
ington, Baltimore, Providence and 
the Irvliig Place, New :York, latter 
being the home' rouiids ahd' start- 
ing point for Wiiner produc- 
tions. . .. : 

When starting last fall the Wllr 
lier time : consisted of about 10 
weeks, hieing thie successor to . the 
Empire (Herk) wheel which folded 
after the first month of the' season. 





JACK OLIVER 

Jia.ck Oliver, 47, fornierly of 'Plir- 
tatioti' and more recently of Oliver 
an^ Vahr died in Chicago Jan. 8, »t 
the hom.e of his aunt. 
His widow survi-ves , him. 



Europe with circuses, and for 
vaudeville engagements, aiid stodd 
well in her profession. ! 



STEWART S. THOlOlPSON j 

Stewart S, Thompson, 50, father <>f 
Denriy • Thomipson, ox'chestra lead^S 
died Jan. 29, at his home In Akrop, 
O., following a lingering illness. He 
was born .in SUn-vIlIc-Pa,, and can^e 
to Akron 17 years ago and all that 
time had „ been employed at tho 
Akron Beacon Journai. Thompsbhfs 
band one of the best known in east- 
ern Ohio has been ' playing in tl|e 
Ining room of Hotel Mayfiow.er here 
and is heard daily over WADC, 
Akron. 

Besides his son,- his widow and a 
daughter survive. Funeral -siirvices 
were held Irom the late horiie and 
burfal waig made in Giendaie ceme- 
, Akron. 



EDWARD E. RHODES 

Edward E. Rhoades, 65, president 
of the company operating Carsqnla 
Park, big amufeement resort east pf 
Reading, died in Reading (Pa.) hos- 
pital after a ishort illness. He wa& 
president of the park company for 
15 years, and formerly conducted 
amusement parks In Old Orchard 
Maine; Newburgh, Ni T.; Wlldwood, 
N. J., and other Atlantic shore 
points; 

^Hfri- w.wIdow=^ahd=thiaefi. 
children. 



CHARLES SUTtON 

Charles Sutton, 79, former news- 
paperman, died Jan. .30 at Satn 
Prancisco. Before going to Frisco 
in 1885, Sutton, was a New York 
.writer and drama critic. Ho married 
Klvira Ghlrardelli in Frisco In 



for years president of the Roch 
ester Motion Plcturie Exhibltocs 
Association, died last week ' at 
the Strong Memorial Hospital, 
Rochester. He retired several years 
ago after selling , the Empire. 

He Is survived, by t-wo nieces and 
four nephews. 



ELMER RAINES 

Elmer 't)oc* Raines, 48, of Raines 
and Avey vaude team, died in Bald- 
win, Mich , of heart trouble On Jan- 
30. r — 
'Had been ill about six months. 



JOSEPH bender; 

Joseph Bender, 13, died Feb. 1 .in 
Flagstaff^ . Arlz.^. .of . heart disease. 
Was member of Maxman & Bender,- 
owners and operators Of the.Orph 



«iohns.clubb 

John^Scott Ciubb, 69, ..cartoonist 
for the' Rochester Timcs-*iJnioh, 
died suddeiily last -week of a heart 
attack. 



GEORGE GAVNOR 

George Gay nor, .52, died last 
week at his home liear Catsklll, 1?. 
T. He was In yaudevllle for many 
years. 



Mother of William Lackey, Mono- 
gram producer on the coast, died 
Jan. 29 in Li0.s Angeles. Funeral 
-was held in Giendaie, Cal. 



ELLS MARTLING 

Ells Martling, Sr., 70, died in 
Wicliita, Jan. 28. He had been with 
the'.old a,nd hew CrawifOrd. theatres 
there for more than 30 years. He 
suffered some injuries In a hotel 
explosion last fall and never com- 
pletely recovered. ' . 

MartUng came to Wichita in 1895 
to mainage the Crawford and under 
his management sOnie ;0f the big'-, 
gest attractions in the country 
played that and other Wichita 
houses. He retired In 1928. ; 

He is survl-ved by two sons, Cap- 
tain .M^ ;G. Martling,. of the U. S. 
engineer corps, axid Us .L, Mar t - 
ling, Jr., and two grandchildren. . 



NAT FIELDS 

Nat Fields, 66, brother of Lew 
Fields and i comedian In his own 
right, died In his Detroit home Feb, 
,3, apparently of a heart attack. 

Unlike his brother he chiefly 
played }n blackface, and mostly In 
vaudeville, though he, had appeared 
In 'All Aboard' in 1912, and back in 
the=f&6's--her^was=-s'ecn=In-.Al^^ 
production of 'The. Belle of - Ave. A.' 



RICHARD P. PENNY 

Richard Pendleton Penny, 69, 
former theatrical agent and owner 
of a string of theatres in northern 
Colorado and Wyoming, died at hlH 
home in Denver after a long illncs.s. 

ile is .survived by a .son, CUfford, 



Dawson Catches B. & R. 

Hollywood, Feb. 6. 

Stanley Pawson, general ageht .fOr 
the Barnum-Rlngling circus,, who 
has been here several months, leaves 
this week fbr Miami, where the big 
top has been in winter quarters. 

He: will be accoinpanled east by 
Charles MUggaven, who tra-yeis back 
with the outfit. 



CAST HOLDS THE BAfi 
AS COAST TURKEY FOLDS 

Hollywood, Feb. 6. 
keeping principals and 
chorus rehearsing xintU three Sat- 
.urdav' .morning, then compelling 
them to give three performances 
thiit night Including midnight show, 
Bob Johnson, producer of 'Holly r 
wood Nights', a burlesque (revue), 
.walked out of Hollywood Music 
Box after the last performfince, 
leaving eight principals and a like 
number of glrla holding the.: bafe 
Sho-w grossed less than two hun- 
dred on its eight days at the house, 
with exactly twenty customer's at* 
tending final midnight peirfprmarfcB. 

Show opened with sixteen choif 
ines hired at $14 a week and on 
Tuesday Johnson notified girls th^y 
would have to accept a 60% . Ci^t 
When eight of thfem walked, he 
boosted the ante- to eight doiianj-s 
a week for the remainder. " Five 
stagehands were employed by John 
son at efght dollars weekly* ' 

Johnson, is associated! .the 
Grand burlesque house oh Main 
street, which is operated by Sam 
Goldberg, known as 'Goldie the 
Butcher*. Goldberg also operates 
the Hollywood and San Dlei^oi 

First Intimation cast had of the 
foldup was when they reported at 
theatre Sunday night: for the t^^o 
evening sho-ws. Goldberg Is re 
ported to have, negotiated the Mtislc 
Box for the turkey bm*lesque,. with 
hou.se agreeing to accept 25% of the 
gross to cover, lights and help. 



Washington, Feb. 

both' carni- 
val and circus codes are in prospect 
^ithln next fortnight. Concentrat- 
ing at p.resent' on pact for carnles, 
Depiity NRA. Admlnls.tratbr Willlajn 
P. Parni^worth I^opes to get straiight- 

ehed out .on highly controversial 
labor provisions within the next feiir. . 
-days; All other points have been 
Ironed out and scrapping .factlonqf 
are in tentative.agreement on major 
labor Issues. 

CIrbus code revisions will be ne- 
gotiated, by mail- if possibly, Fariis- 
virqrth announced, .and will in many, 
cases, bo patterned after .final pro- 
visions of carnival agreement. Planjs 
to continue Con.feipences were aban- 
doned, but !bf desire to avoid piling 
up. expenses for travel and hotel ac- 
cOrtimodationSi John Kelly, . Rlng- 
lirig Brothers rciJres^ntative and, 
leader of industry group, conferred 
■with .Farnsworth a .week , ago and 
went Ovei*^ leal&lhg points in dispute 
hut did not j-eaOh any significant 
compromises.. 

^Hearing on pending . .- code for 
parks, pools^ and beaches,, scheduled 
to resume Feb. 14, has been put over ' 
until Mar. 2 because of physical im- 
possibility ;of tabulating ireturhs 
from 5,00Q ' questiohnaires in time 
for discussion ;hext week^ NRA .de- 
sires to -whip this pact through in 
record time to permit Industry to 
draw up budget for coming seasoni. 
oh basis of code wage scales. 



Kahane Boss 



(Continued from paiBe'5) 

With his. censor and . cahdid kno-wl- 
edge of working conditions and . his 
familiarity -vv^ith purposes and in- 
tent on the code so far' as moral 
ciieanup is concerned. 

Breen's position provides for his 
apprp-vlrig all scripts and films 
made by. majors : and "indie produc- 
.ers. This is at the suggestion . of 
Rosenblatt, who will insist that, 
code enforcenient be done ph the 
niaciiinery setup by Breen. 

The admini$trator deems this the 
best method ..fpr carrying put the 
purpo.se of the code than if a com- 
mlsslQnlhe=set^-up.Jtor..theJiamlling 
of the independent end of this 
matter. All. picture.s; Including 
forelgns before relca.sed In this 
country must be approved by Breen 
machinery. 

Jason Joy was borrowed for a 
six month pei'ipd from Fox Btudios, 
returns Feb. 15 and understood he 
will .h<»ad the .scenario departmfjnt., 



Zoo's Money Woes 

Minneapolis, Feb. 8. 

Mrs. Marion Jones Rowell, owner 

of Longfellow Qarclens, local zoo* 

has filed a debtor's petition .In which 

she . seeks to take advantage' of the 

recently-enacted Federal bankruptcy 

laws, ahd halt a sheriff's sale under 

a mortgage held by her slster-in- 
iaw;. 

ThiB Inventory filed In connection 
-With the petition values, the. animals 
at $3d,224, with Joe. a whlte-facied 
chimpanzee, topping the list at 
$2,000. ' 

.. The Hennepin County Ahinial 
Rescue League, which has been 
feeding the animals and birds at 
the zoo, announces that the cost of 
nearly .$600 a -week is more than It 
can shouldjer ahd that It will dis- 
continue caring fOr them. A moot 
problem, here is how the animals 
will be kept from starving to death. 



Burlesque Placements 



Milt Schuster office week 
placed Louise Miller,. Al Reynolds 
and Gladys Deloris at the Gayety 
in Minneapolis, Sent Jackie James 
and Sam ■ Mitchell Into .the PalaCe 
at Buffalo* 

Mickie' Dennis to Roxy in Detroit, 
while the Variety, Pittsburgh, 
grabbed .Elinor Jphnson, Adele, 
Stepp and Joan ColJete. Billy Wall- 
ape went to the Cincinnati Empress 
and Joe Kik-h to the Gayety, Milr 
wkiikoe. 

. Star a»d' Qarter hero drew the 
Four BlcndpUer., and. the Garrick, 
St. Loulfi, not \c.F.H than Eight 
Chcrub.s with. world's largest 

fan dance. 



BESOBT GOES BUST 

Charlotte, N; C, Feb, B, 
Carolina Pines, Inc., of Raleigh, 
has been thrown into rccelvershipi 
on the petition of H. A. Carltpht 
president. The resoxt includes a 
hotel, drive-in and regulation the- 
atres, concert hall; swimming ppolr 
golf courses, . club, cafe, cottages, 
and the like. Built up around min- 
eral springs, and was a year around 
playg:'0und. .R*. Hoy Cartfer waa 
made receiver. 



PAYS lOS^ 

_Ron j(lin/; r..Pa^.-FV'bi .5. 

Reading Fair, issued over $(1,000 
Worth of soi'ip last Fall , to pay off 
winhors of exhibition prisje.s, like 
real coin. TliP .State of I'ennsyl- 
vania has paid the fair over $800 In 
real monfy as thft slate reward for 
various edm-ational exhlblt.s, and It 
will be u.^f'd in rofl^pmlng 10% of 
thf scTip. 



FAIB WASHED UP 

Brattleboro, yti. Feb. B. 

Thp Valley Fair,, wiilch for 45 
years. -vvas one of the foremost agri-. 
cultural fiiirs in New England, Is 
about to pass., The "fair ovves $7,800- 
ind Its annual Income Is, now only 
$300. A meeting of the istockholders 
has been called: to vote on the mat- 
ter of selling the fair's prppertyi 

The fair has not been operated 
since 1 93i. and there is little likeli- 
hood It, will bo attompted this' fall. 



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Genend Paris Strike Closes Al 
Theatres; Bourdet Play s T. Debut 



Paris, Feb. 12. 

All theatres in Prance were closed 
today (12) as a result of the gen- 
eral strilce. Not ileiireci to afCect 
ahow biz beyond today, however, sA- 
.thoueh ihihfrs are In pretty^ bad 
shape as a result of the street rlot- 
tag paai couple of weeks. 

Revolutionary activities recently 
have h4d laerious effect on biz. Picr- 
ture houses, kept . open all the w^y 
around the. town with a few exciep-. 
tlODS,- although grosses went down 
to about, one-third of normal in the 
deluxers.. 

Newsreel companies wen^ asked 
not -to ship any^ prints show- 
ing any scenes of the rioting or 
•treet ' warfare out of the country. 
One reel made, by Fox is understood 
to have been bfftcially confiscated,, 
although the gbvemmeht had the 
promise of Pareimount atid several 
other: companies not to. attempt to 
use riot footage if ail compaiiies 
agree to lay off. Pathe definitely 
told the authorities, on the other 
hand,» that' It figures news is news 
and will use whatever it can rake 
VP and get over the border. 

When the rioting quieted down, 
government reversed itself and gave 
the okay to', ship out riot, prints, a,l- 
though asking the companies not to 
overdo. 

All American film companies have 
been in close touch with the home 
offices via cablis and ^ telephone. 
John W.. Hicks, Jr., Paramount foi*- 
eign manager, arrived here Monday 
(5) and took immediate charge tele- 
phoning the home office on daily 
fluctuations. 

Paramount theatre, on the Boule? 
▼ard des Italiens was right in the 
midst -of one of the. big riotsi last 
week and had to piit down the 
Iron shutters to avoid, damage to 
ttie house. Opened again . ^hen 

(Continued on page 61) 



SCHIPA-WHITEMAN 
AS WORLD -TOU R DUO 



Tito Schipa is 'Ui^ing Paul White- 
man to essay a world's concert tour 
with him next year. 

Schipa has dates in South Amer-. 
lea and on the .Continent and thinks 
that the bleiiding of his operatics 
with the Whiteman Jazzique would 
be an arresting attraction. 



Fix Shows Taboo, but 
Jfeaucott p BoQze Parlors 



Harrison, N. J., Feb. 12. 

This town of 15,600 population 
(1930 census) has one booze parlor 
*or every 200 inhabitants, but not a 
aolitary picture house. Only thea- 
tre-less city of its size In the U. S. 

A minister objectied 20 years ago 
to what were then called 'magic 
lantern gho\Vs.* Although he's been 
dead 10 years now, the mayor and 
town council still abide by his 
Wishes. 



Optimism 



Hardwlck; Vt., Feb. It. 

The Idle Hour theatre has 
Installed a new stage In antici- 
pation of securing some road 
show attractions in the spring. 

Last road show to play this 
town drew four customers; one 
paid, admission and three 
had passes. 



B WAY CABARET 
WEEKLY 



Probably the all-time record high 
business which any cabaret-restau- 
rant ■ in New York, Paris, London 
or anywhere has done is being cur- 
rently grossed at Billy Rose's Ca- 
sino de Paree, the converted New 
Yorker theatre (niee the Gallo the- 
atr,e), which had its seats ripped 
out ^nd tables, for food and drink 
service substituted. 

This past week the food and 
llkker takings touched between 
$38,000 and $39,000. Ah idea . of the 

sensational business, which John 
Steinberg, veteran Broadway bon- 
iface who runs the Casino, states 
hei wouldn't believe was at all pos- 
sible if he didn't enjoy that, gross 
himself, was Saturday night's In- 
take up to 2 a.m. of $6,000 . for food 
alone. 

It's a 1,100 capacity auditorium, 
with six people, crowding around 
small tables occupying the normal 
space of two theatre chairs. 

The show, a Rose revue ith 
supplementary variety acts, work 
on the regular istage. Tliere are 
two dance bands flanking the walls 
in stage boxes. 

A syndicate, which dates back to 
the . founding of the original King's 
Beer brewery ( rooklyn), controls 
the Paree. They number eight or 
nine partners. Both Rose and 
Steinberg are in at 10-15% of the 
gros-s for their end. The place 
opened $125,000 in the red, that be- 
ing the investment for the 'conv#r- 
.si oh -Of- the . theatre . into.^a..'cabar.et- 
muslc hall. It should be on velvet 
by the end; of this month, exactly 
two nionths after It was first 
opened. 

The phenomenon . of the boom 
biz is that the Casino has been a 
hotbed of waiters' bedlam all week, 
with windows cracked by the 
strikers, plus the complications of 
a broken Water main and the sub- 
zero weather last week. The latter 
dented all amusements. 




Music Trade Sees British Jazz Bands 
Trimming U. S. Jazzers at Own Game 



Congress Ordered to Survey 
Radio — Likelihood Pres- 

: ^ent Commission Will Be 
Scrapped —-President 
R do 8 e ▼ e 1 1 Plans New 
Seven-Man Board 



RADIO'S NEW DEAL 



Washington, Feh. 12. 
Comprehensive survey of the ra- 
dio broadcasting field was ordered 
by Federal officials last week Co- 
incident with announcement that 
the Administration expects Con- 
gress to adopt a new conimunica- 
tiohs-control plan before adjourn- 
ing. 

Abolition, of the existing Radio 
Commission was believed irnmlnent. 
Roosevelt plans in present shape 
call for establishment of a new 
seven- man regulatory agency with 
units to handle the three principal 
fields — telephone, telegraph and 
'wireless-radio-cable. 

Sweeping investigation into de- 
sirability of totally revising present 
broadcast setrup in the public inter- 
est will be conducted by a special 
departmental committee directed by 
Secretary Herbert L. Petty of the 
Radio Commission and Dr. Irvine 
Stewart of the State Department. 
A report in time for Congressional 
action this session is expected. 

Sponsored principally by Com-, 
merce Secretary ^Roperi who headed 
the President's advisory committee 
on telephpne-teleghaph-cable mat- 
ters which recently recommended a 
new' regulatory system; the survey 
\y ill supplement the report sent to 
Congress a week ago from which 
the subject of broadcasting was 
ornitted. Roper is known to fe6i 
communication regulation should be 
(Continued on paere 42) 



COUGHERS' CONCERT 



Symphpny Program Waxed Direct 
From Carnegie Halj 



Columbia phonograph took an ac- 
tual recording of Serge Kouzevit- 
zky's Boston Symphony, at Carnegie 
hall, and will market it in four 
disks of seven sides, which comprise 
the actual 'Symphony 1933' by Roy 
JIarrls ,_y.oU.ngi Amferjj can^ 
from New England, and Will devote 
the eighth 'side' to some explana- 
tory matter pertaining to Harris' 
work, , 

Being recorded from the platform, 
the gravest problem was the audi- 
ence coughing which could hot be 
blocked out of the original matrix, 
and the disk will be merchandized 
as a faithful reproduction of the 
Carnegie concert, including .the au- 
dience noises. 



Description 



George Jessel was telling 
about the beauty that Is 
Florida when someone asked 
him how he liked .Miami. 

'Miami,' George answered, 'is 
the lobby of the Palace with, 
white pants.' 



32-HR. NBA WEEK 
MAY INaUDE 
SHOWBIZ 



Washington, Feb. 12. 

Start on long-intended NRA Job 
of revising all cpdes is set for March 
5, but indications are few. important 
changes are likely to be made In 
amuseniet^t codes for, some time. 

Members of all code authorities 
were summoned last week to attend 
monster^hieeting next month when 
Gtfn. Johnson will report on code 
operations from government view- 
point and, it is reported, spread the 
idea of cutting working time in vir- 
tually every industry and trade to 
32 or 35 hours. 

Congressional action chopping 
work hours is probable whether or 
not NBA scales down code allow- 
ances. House Labor Committee 'al-r 
readjr has, begun worlt' on Cohriery 
bin placing I'igid limitation on hours 
of employees engaged in any way In 
interstate trade. 

Johnson has in mind Idea o£ mak- 
ing 200 existing codes more nearly 
uniform and of reducing the numr 
ber by placing allied trades under 
control of a. single pact. Negotia- 
tion of a super-i<:ode for all amuse- 
ment industries is said to be under 
conslderatioh, though gag has been 
put on througltout the entire NRA 
and little t.i being said in advance 
of next month's confab. 

Representatives of inajor produc- 
ers have sent word back, home that 
32-hour "week- is coming sooner or 
later and Hollywood element reput- 
edly is prepared for the worst) Pro- 
ducer Bpokesmen pointy out that 
with code hours well below general 
average of 40, reduction will not be^ 
such "a great har-dship. 



CLASSY SEX SFIELEB 

San I'Yanclsco, Feb, 12. 
President • theatre ' hired a new 
lecturer this week to toll the boys 
and girls all about sex in connec- 
tion with some of those short sub- 
jects. 

The doc has another job. too. Hn's 
doubling in from Carmel (Calif.) 
high school, whfre he is pro lessor 
of sociology to the art colrmy kids*. 



An anomialy has arisen in the 
music tra<le right now where it is 
admltted-^and seemingly endorsed 
by the buying public — that British 
dahce maeatros such as Itay Noble^ 
Bert Ambrose, Jack Ifylton, et ai.: — 
are making better dance records 
than ,the origrlnal American jazza- 
pators. Noble particularly on Vic- 
tor is a big seller and outsells many 
a native dance combos 

The Idea of the British jazzists 
beating the Ainerican Jazz beau at 
their own game has been an accumu- 
latlpn of circumstances, principally 
revolving about art acute radio-ap- 
plication to the late-hour dance 
bands which are picked up hy short- 
wave' In London and closely an- 
alyzed by the British musicians. 
They Study 
Similarly, the English cousins of 
the American dance musician ap- 
ply themselves more closely to the 
study of the American-made disks 
to the degree that they first mas- 
tered the American technique and 
then surpassed the Americans at 
th^r own gaihei- 

li*Creached the degree that Noble, 
for example, records at the H.M.V. 
(His Master's Voice) labs in London 
chiefly for the American market. 

Musicians think the trick is that 
Noble and the others do not over- 
arrange and over- orchestrate, as is 
a common American fault, but put 
Put simpler and hence more dunce- 
able versions. 



HUNGARIAN ACTRESS 
DOUBLES IN 2 SHOWS 



Budapest, Feb. 12. 
New aingle in ambidexterity has 
bee'h figured out by TTeriis Kovacs 
who's in two^ legll fihP\<rS ' In two dif- 
ferent theati'es at; the &ame time. 

Actress has thing's figured out so 
that she's needed in one show for 
the second", act only. In the other 
show she doesn't have to appear 
during the Second act although her. 
voice is 'iieedea- bacTtstage; So .she 
had a phondgtaph recPrd made for 
that purppse: 



Broadway Now Wodd 's 
Chaihp TrapTotiii' Alley 



Broadway from Times Square and 
up into the 80's, la becoming the 
longest cafeteria alley in the world. 
The carry-your-own eateries havo 
grabbed nunxerous important spots 
which to them was forbidden groun4 
up to a year or bo ago. 

It's -the changing complexion 
wrought on Broadway by juIcO 
stanOs, auction ."jhopji, cut-rate hab- 

1 '!r(];i.'<h»!r.s ;ijul otlif-r joints durinff 

i the dfiTCssion years. 



VABIETY 



PICT 



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Tuesday, February 13, 1934 




Carroll Laud$ Fix in Curb 

s His One Thought 
Is to Make an Authentic Musiker 





Hollywood, Feb. 12. . 

Devoured, one migiit say, by devo- 
tion to a single thougbt, viz that the 
picture industry produce. 6he ac- 
curJite backstage musical, Earl Car- 
rbil has gone far as tb forego a, 
full moriilng's sleep, a habit of IB 
years. He's Up every morn at seven. 
Swincs through studio gate at nine. 
What's niore, he likes it. 

Reluctant to be interviewed else- 
where than sitting on a curbstone, 
beneath the sun, since, he wants a 
California, tan, Carroll cbrtipromises. 
when there isn't, any sun by chatting 
between bites of a club sandwich 
and sips of milk at lunch-counter 
oif the studio commissary. 

He's 'just so terribly pleased with 
everyone.' He's found 'absolute cb- 
operatlori on the piart . of everyone, 
from the ye^y hie.ad bf the whole 
producing organization , down., to the 
prop boy.' Directors' simply 
gentlemen, -That's all,. And there 
are more gentlemen, incidentally, in 
pictures? than there are in show biz. 
'I ought to know,' dryly comments 
the 62 times producer. Tve spent 
my life, since the age of 10 there.' 

ieiss Help 

Holly wood Is not strange, either. 
Right on Paranriount lot Is W. C. 
Fields and Leon Errol, whb once 
worked for JiMn- Then he's worsting 
with LeRby Prlnz, who directed 
dancing In three of his shows. Con- 
stantly, he's meeting actors from 
some of his 40 legitimate produc- 
tions. 'These 15 days In Hollywood 
have been like two Old Homecoming 
weeks. He wqrks approx;lmately 
from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. At that, he 
succeeds in getting nioi'e sleep than 
he ever gbt in New York, he thinks. 

'i'm really technical advlsbr on 
•Murder at the- yanities,' explains 
Carroll, whose nonchalance gives al- 
most the impression of deliberate 
languor, until he gets talking. He 
smiles blandly In conversation. 'I 
'lost my theatre In New York— the 
Earl Carrpil. Sb it's nice of Para- 
mount to build .another iot . me. 1 
expect to get . my. New York house 
back, when things . are completely 
settled.' 

Carroll insists that his job at 
Pa;raihount; is just-ihe sanie «|.s' any 
other technical advisor's. 'If this 
were a Chinese pictux*e, or a Russian 
picture, they'd have someone around 
who knew China and Russia, 

, A Little Fla^r 

'Well, It being a shoyir business 
pictur-e, I'm around to see that the 
usual technical en*ors on the part , of 
pictures aren't made.' He goes over 
to a corner of the sound stage, 
where dressing rooms modeled a,fter 
the marble-driesslng-tabled ones in 
his N, Y. theatre, have been In- 
.stalled. He points out that theatri- 
cal trunks do not carry 'Mr.* before 
players' na™es. Studio painters 
erred, there. He's having that tech- 
nical trifle altered. 'But we'll leave 
ihe mister on the dressing-room 
doors,' he concedes. 'The director 
likes to give a little flair tb a player 
there. It's all right.' 

From this IS day is' experience, he 
(Continued on page 19) 



taxis 10% 



New York's taxi strike. Is es- 
timated to have cost the the- 
atres a 10% loss. 

It would run about the same 
for the hotels, night clubs, etc. 



U's 'Elizabeth and Mary,' 
Slowed to Aid Borzage 



Hollywood, Feb. 

Universal's •Elizabeth and Men*y' 
has been slowed uintilafter the com - 
pletlbh of 'Little Man What Now?,' 
which goes in Feb. 19. 

Postponement was made in order 
tha.t the -prbdUction y ^ pf the 

studio ca;ri be concentrated on the 
latter pl^' and permit Frank Bor^ 
zage to end in. time to gb to Firsit 
National for one. 

With Mar-garet gullavan spotted 
for iaoth pix, it was also decided hot 
to ittempt to cfowd the actress 
with two running simultaneously. 




I Astaire Due in April 

Despite 'Divorce' Ban 

London, 

Radio Pictures is In trouble wtth 
th4 Hays organization over 'Gay 
Divorce', It is . learned here. It - was 
intended to do the -musical, with 
Fred Astaire in. his original role, 
but Hays ruled It out, claiming sub- 
ject was not suitable,. picture nia- 
terial. Radio is arguing matter, but 
also looking for another vehicle fer 
1 Astaire. 

Whatever the* result, Astaire cibs^ 
es with 'Gay Divorce! early in April, 
p.nd win present himself in Holly- 
wood in Junei . Practically set" that 
Ginger Rogers'. Svlll be his leading 
lady. 



WAMPAS BABY 
THING UP IN 
THE AIR 



WILL MAHONEY 

Week Feb, 9, Tivoli Theatre^ Chicago 

Charles Gentry of the Detroit 
Evening Times said:— "The one and 
only Will Mahoney has committed 
another crime. The inimitable 
dancing clown has stolen another 
show from two other groups that 
appear on the same bill with him 
All Communications Direct tp 
^ WILLMArtONty 
. 460 80th Street V 
Brooklyn, Nevi^ York 



Hollywood, Feb. 12. 
Pandro Bei'mari has been given 
'Gay Divorc6' as his next RK.Q prp- 
[ ductlon, with Ginger Rogrers, Fred 
Astaire and Helen Broderick In 
tbppers. 

' Astaire is in London. is 
Dwlgiit Taylor, formerly the 
RKO lot. 



Hollywood, Feb. 12. 
Bpencer Tracy will play 'Arnold 
Rothstein,' in Fox's, film version of 
Mrs. Rothsteln's bbok, 'Now I'll Tell.' 

Alice Faye has one pf the princi- 
pal ferame piaxts. 



Rosens Sue L. A. Hotel 

iiOS Anigelcs, Feb. 12. 
Alleging that hls cllents, Ethel 
and Effle N. Rosen, sisters of Phil 
Rosen, screen director^ had been 
unwarrantly and rudely ordered 
from the lobby pf the Ambassador 
hotel on Jan. 6, 1934, attorney M- G. 
G. Harris has filed suit f or daiiiages 
against the hotel. Manager Ben ^• 
Frank and Eddie Traritow, house 
detective; Individual actions. on be- 
half of 4ach plaintiff ask; $2,000 
d£l,magej3. 

.Plaintiffs allege they had just 
concluded luncheon at the hotel and 
were resting in the lobby when the 
house detective ordered them to 
leave the premises. Ethel Rosen 
is secretary to Ralph Wllk, and 
Effle N. holds a similar position 
With Ralph Blanchard, v)restern rep 
for' Vogue. . 

Bangor's Premiere 

Hollywood, Feb. 12. 
. World premiere of 'As the Earth 
'Turns' Is set for Bangor, Maine, 
latter part of March. 

Selection was determined by the 
fact that Gladys Hasty Carroll's 
novel, from which the play is made. 
Is set against a New England back- 
ground. 



LEE TRACY HAS PIC 
SPOT; IN U'S 'WORLD' 



H.bllywopd, Feb. 

Lee Tracy has a screen job again. 
He will be starred in Til /Tell the 
World,* which Edward Sedgwick is 
to direct. 

. He had spread that he was fin 
ished after the cartcellation of his 
contract with Metro several months 
ago, but Universal has his signa- 
ture to a oneroptis -ticket. 

•Til TelT is a hewsi>aper origina,! 
by Lincoln Quarberg. Dale Van 
Every will prbdnce. . • 

Kurt, Neumai^^ Oti^ftally slated 
to direct •Tett,*^^ltfk pitched to han- 
dle talUoi' reirt4ke,ot_'Alias the Dea- 
con,' which Edniiind Grainger will 
produce 'for U. 

15 WARBLER-WISE 

WB Boasts of Male- and Femme 
lingers 



INDEX 



Bills 




61 


Bui'lesque 




63 




"eo 


-61 


Editorial 




62 ■ 


Exploitation i .. ...... .. 




21 


Film Reviews .»,».. . 


« 


14 


Foreign Film News . ... , , 




•13 


Foreign iShpw iNews.... 


• 


56 


House Review's . . . . . . , . . . 




17 


Ih.sidc— Legit . . . . ^. ..... , 


• 


55 


: Inside — ^Music 




46 


Inside — ^Pictures' . 


» • 


62 


inside— Radio , . 


• 


39 


.In.side— Vaude 




52 


Ijegitimate .....'•.«••.. 


.53 


-57 


Letter List. •...•••.•••* 


• 


62 


Literati ......•»•*•.•«• 


1 • 


68 


^lusic. . . i . . ... ........... 


.46 


-47 


=Ne W— Acts ir;«-«rr-lPr:V.^-r^ w=» 1 




.60:^- 


News from the , Dai lies . 


• 


62 


Nite Clubs. .. I • 


1 t 


47 


'Obituary ..«.••••••••.. 


1 • 


63 


Outdoors •'..•••**••.... 


' • 


63 


Pictures •.•.••»...«>.<. 


. 2 


■34 


Radio ..•.••..•*.*•••'••.«.. 


.85 


.44 






38 


Sports.' <.... •.«••«■ 




59 


Times ..Square... . ...... . . 




69 


Unit Reviews.... 




60 


Vaudeville 




-nn 


^Women ....... ..^ 


« 


59 



Lynn Overman Only 
Wants 1 Pic a^^ 



HoilywPod, Feb. 12 
, Lynn Overman has beeh sighed by 
Paramount for a top spot' In B. iP 
Schulberg!s 'Little Mlsis Marker.' 

Actor, who came here from the 
east two weeks ago, turned down" a 
term contract, being only Interested 
In a single picture , deal for hie first 
venture Into flilms. , Player ha.B been 
tested at several niajpi* studios dur- 
ing' the past week. Par grabbd 
him 



HbHyw.Qod,. Feb. 
John XieRpy Johnston, 
at Universal j,. was elected . chalrmV 
of the publicity, .executive comrtiit-» 
teie' of the Hays" grpup to . fill th 
berth d with Arch Reeve's 

tranisfer to . New Ypr Howard 
Stricklln^ of Metro was nominated 
with hlni but withdrew, 

While matter of Wampas 
Baby Stars was . discUss.ed, it was 
decided, to lay off. until, the press* 
agent asspeiatioh miakos formal aii- 
noiincement of Its plans. It ifl 
known that two studios, Pox arid 
Warners, iiave asjreed to lay off any 
cb-opferation on the starlet thing oii ^ 
account of the Wampas intention to- 
put.the'stars on an air cdmrneroial. 

-Publicity rrveri riixcd co-operati 
in the rsuppiyihg of . film. nam<^s ibr 
>Seattle.Autb\ Show 'and for. help 
to the Pacific Bridge Club in stag- 
ing a. tournament for film names 
only, the proceeds of • which ^would 
go to the Assistance. League. 
'. P.a.* paM^d ovfer to individual 
itudios the -yes or nP on co-opera-, 
tlon of a raffle- of a $17,000 car, do- 
nated by Mrs. Anita Baldwin, also 
for the Assistance League. 



Sid Silvers Quits Fox 



Holly wood, 12. . 

Sid Silvers iand Fox reachifed 
agreement cancelling Slivers term 
deal with that company as a player 
[Writer. He had' worked on story 
I preparation- for Buddy De Sylva's 
fllmusical, •Bottoms tip,' in add! 
tlon to taking a, featured spbt in 
[the production. 

Silvers leaves for the east as soon 
as Fox previews 'Bottortrs Up,' 
planning' to assist DeSylVa in Stag 
ing his hew musical show in New 
I York. 



Henry King's 'Galante^ 

Hollywood, 
Henry King will direct Fox's 
•Marie Galante,' the Jacques Duval 
novel. 

Script has been writteh by Sonya 
Levien and Sam Hoffenstein. 



bieterle Megs Tower* 

Hollywood, Feb. 12. 
William Dieterle will direct War- 
ners' film, version of the play 'Dark 
Tower.' 

Tom Reed and Nevin Busch 
writing the script, 

SIGFEIED AT FOX 

Slgfried Rumann, . vet character 
actor from legit, landed with Fox 
on a twb picture deal last week and 
depjtrtfed,. imm ediatQly ■ f br^ Holly - 
Wood. ^WillTam Morris ofllce set 
him. 

Rumann goes into 'World . Moves 
On' as his first. 



Hollywood, Feb. 12. 
' With nine on its^ miaile talent 
roster, and six on its' femme tally 
boasting trialnied Ada,m's apples, 
Warners feels it is amply under- 
written, warble- wise, for a,ny of the 
studio's coming fllmiisicals and 
other pictures demanding songs. 

Toppers in the ullulatlpn cohorts 
are Al Jolson, Dick Pbwelli Phil 
Regan, all currently warbling on the 
radio nets, and Enrico Caruso, Jr. 
in addition, there are Terry La 
Pranconia, Italian tenor, who. has 
been hitting at the Hotel Agua 
Callente, and. Esmond Khight, Eng- 
lish musical comedy actor and 
tunester, who Is due at Warners in 
a few weeks. Runners-up, now 
having their voice trained and al^ 
ready having tenored or bassoed ln 
pix are James Cagney, Lyle Talbot 
and Philip Heed; 

Among Warner ^omen players 
five can be cast fbr singing parts, 
Ruby Keeler, Kay Francis, Patricia 
BJllis, Glenevleve Tbbin ^and Verree 
Teaisdaie, wltii Margaret* Lindsay 
seriously tuning up for the first film 
outburst. 

Arlen's Vicash 

Hollywood, Feb. 12. 

Richard Arlen gets a layoff oh his 
Paramount contract as soon as he: 
finishes work in 'Come on Marines.' 

He will hop to Europe for a; va,- 
cation trip with Mrs. Arlen ( Jobyna 
Balston). 



METRO HOLDS SEITZ 

Hollywood, Feb. 12. 
Completing his second picture" at 
Metro, 'Old Louisiana,' under the 
.schf'dule, Goorse B. Soitz. gets an 
encore in Ihp shape of contract for 
another production. 



Fox Lapses Jordan 

HpUywood^ Feb; 
Fox is letting option on term deal 
of Miriam Jordan lapse, with execs 
deciding hot to exercise for add! 
tlohal period. 

Player has been in stock, at Fox 
for about two yfears. 

Phil Regan Acts 

Hollywopd, Feb. 12. 

Phil Regan, former New York p6 
liceman and laiter radio singer, is at 
Warners for his first film work. 

He's in a songless part in 'The 
Key.' 



SAILINGS 



Feb. 10 (New York to Paris) Fritz 
Krelsler, Mrs. Carlyle Blackwell 
(Bremen). 

Feb. 10 (New York to Nassau), 
Mrs. Cecelia Ager, Mrs. Iri Gersh- 
^in (Pan tAmerica). y 

Feb. 10 (JJeW Tork Ip VirlisT 
Julian Green, William . Haines, Phil 
Rosen, Victor Oliver / (Champlain) 

Feb. 9 (New York to London) 
Woolf Barn^to, Jascha . Helfetz 
(Olympic). 

Feb. 9 (Bermuda cruise) George 
P. Brett (tfeorglc). 

Feb. 9 (London to New York) 
Norma Talmadge, Cary Grant, Vir 
ginia, ChorrlU (Paris), 

Feb. 8 (Caribbean cruise) EVelyn 
Herbert, Fqrd Frick (Saturnia). 



Tone with Crawford 

Hollywood. Feb. 12. 
-Franchot -Tone -Is set In Jpan 
Crawford's "Sadie McKee' at Metrb; 
but not the principal .lead. . 

Metro still delving for a: male 
ppppsite the star. 

JOHNSON'S TDCE OUt 

Hollywood, Feb. 12. 
Having completed the ; script for 
'Bulldog Drumm.ond ' Strikes Back,' 
the Rpnald Colman feature fbr 20th 
Century, Nunnally Johnson , leaves 
Wednesday for a Week In New York 
and .six weeks' vacash at his Miami 
Beach home in. Florida. 

Johnson, In addition to the cur- 
rent yarn, scrlyened 'Moulin Rouge' 
and ^House pf Rothschild' for 20th 
Century, and will return for his 
next contract assignment about ehd 
pf March. 



oftiq^jiogh:^^ Hni)SON 

"IIbITywoodrrFeBr712r 
Fox has lifted option on contract 
of Rochelle Hudson for. an addlr 
tlohal period. Player is currently in 
'Odd Thursday.' 



BOEHM aniTS WABNEES 

Hollywood, Feb. 12. 
David Boehm Is off the Warner 
writing staff. 

He had worked on the script of 
•One Man's Woman/ 



Edwin Carewe Sued 



Los Angeles, Feb. 3 2. 

in an action filed In Superior 
Court to recover $20,000 allegedly 
loaned to "Edwin. Carewe, forrner 
filin producer, and his .iassoclate, J. 
B, ■ Bassett, In connection with a 
propbsed garbage disposal plant In_ 
the city of San . Diego, John M.'. 
-Prlncell makes charges of fraudu- 
lent representations by the defen-., 
dants, which he claims^ by ylrtuei 
of being a cripple, he was unable to 
personally investt|rate. 

Complainant flJSeges he loaned the 
defendants the money, to be repaid 
by aiarch 1; 1933, for the purpose of . 
aiding them Ih-developing*' and ex- 
ploiting the 'Biltmore Process,' by 
yvrhich garbage, is dehydrated, and 
treated to produce a produ.et mar* 
ketablie as hog and poultry food, but 
that since Feb. 26, 1932, only $150 1 
Interest has been paid him. 

prlncell elleges a purchase price 
of $5,000 Instead of $10,500, as 
clainied. by the defendants, for the 
piirpose of aciquiring a garbage dis- 
posal plant in San Diego. He 
charges that defehdiants made a. 
payment of $1,600, instead of $4,400 
as represented to him; that equip- 
ment owned by Carewe allegedly 
valued at. $16,000 was actyally only 
Junk, and that instead of a chattel 
mortgage against tills equipment of 
$5,400 .the amount was only $1,500. 

Complainant alleges that the de-. 
fendants assured him they could 
purchase garbage from the City of 
San Diego for 15 year.s, in spite of 
a city ordinance, plaintiff cbntends, 
prohibiting a'ny franchise for mor 
than five years. 



Colleen's Vacash 

Hollywood, Feb. 12. 
Three months vacatipn-wlth-hus- 
band period between pictures, 
which Colleen Moore specified in 
her contract with RKO expires Feb. 
16, at which time, actress' option 
falls . due, . If the .option is ex-_ 
ercised, however, Miss 'Moorf^ .will' 
have until April liJ, or 30 days' 
shooting nbtlee, before , being re* 
quired to show at the studio. 

:Miss Mbore and her husband, Al- 
ijert Scott, are now in. New York; 



'Treas. Is/ Up Again 

Hollywood, Feb. 12. 
'Treasure Island' is again being 
revived by Metro,, with W. S. Van. 
Dyke going to Tahiti in June for. 
exteriors. 

.ijatxidio=.Jbiaa^Jiad=.thJU^-..pictu^^ 
and out of work for the ipast .five 
years. 



the Bing Crosbys* 2d 

Hollywood, Feb. Vt. 
After finishing the femme lead 
In 'Manhattan Love Son.?' (^ronb- 
gram), Dixie Leo (Mrs. Bing. 
Crosby) g'ocs into rctircnif iu ;v\v;il(- 
ing arrival, of the stork in July wit 
a second child, 



Tuesday, February 13, 1934 



PICTURES 



VARIETY 



BIOGRAPHICAL FILM CYCLE 



Why' Ccurtez Transplanted Screen 
Villainy Into Cinematic Boudoirs 



- By CECELIA AGER 

.uicardo Gortez,. the man who ele- 
vated linenaclngTSbm si. skulking, 
hateable, hissable occupation to a 
lofty, fascinating, kissable ypcatiph, 
(iltl it because his blacH halt forced 
him to. it's this way. Deep down 
in M,r. Cortez's healft he yearns to 
"be a hero; the color of his hair 
brands hitn as a heavy — so what 
does he do but combine the. two antl 
make his Villainy charniinff. - 

So doing, Mr. Cbrtez works off 
ebme of his suppressed desires siiid 
at the. same titnfe adyances the 
. cause.of truth in art; : I)id ytxu; eVer 
mefet, he asks^ k roeue who. \irasn'i 
charming? 

But the thing that galls Mr. Gor- 
tez, he says, is that because a fel- 
;low'» got blonde hair, he's a hero;- 
Here's Mr. Gortez,. a pleasaht. 
harmless enough chap in reality; 
he can wear clothes, he's lived in 
Paris, he knows that you don't 
carry a black stick with a white top 
With evening dress, he's got the 
requisite ^shoulders and long legs- 
Wilson MIzner used to say of Mr. 
Gortez that.he was the only actor 
he'd be seen in public witb— that 
the last time 'he jtalked to. an actor 
;.was In the men's ropni of Shanley's 
Gafe 25 years agfo— and yet, i should 
Mr. Cprtez cPntriye to get the leiast 
bit of sympathy in a picture, the 
producer jumps down his throat 
and wants to know what , the devil 
he thinks he's trying to do, make 
a. heel but of the hero? Somehow 
it's no consolation to Mr. Gortez to 
be reminded that he's responsible 
for bringing menacing out of the 
alleys into the boudoir. 

Engaging Renegades 
Well anyway; if he^s doomed to 
villainy, he'll make his villains as 
ice and engaging as thejf can pos- 
sibly be. Mr, Gortez, who's been 
around — ^he thanks his star's that he 
used to be on the fringe of show 
business before he went Into plcr 
tures because it keeps a fellow 
level-headed and besides one meets 
'so many interesting people there — 
Mr. Gortez repeats that lie's never 
inet a. renegade who wasn't inter- 
esting. If rogues weren't such nice 
fellows, he points out, nobody'd 
want them aroUhd. 

Mr. Gortez makes love to si girl 
on the screen with a. gat slung 
under his arm aiid gets fan mail 
from old ladies. He takes a crack' 
at the heroine and grandmothers 
rush up to him to tell him how 
sweet he was in the picture he did 
it in. Which proves, Mr, Gortez 
says, his. theory. 

To Mr. Gortez.'s fringe-of-show- 
busihess background, he attributes 
his conviction that picture acting is 
a business, like the shipping busi- 
ness, ot the brokerage business. 
-JKnOwihg. Broadway, he keeps bis 
head in Hollywood, He does not 
take a house. Vvith a.. . swimming pool, 
for Instance, and. not be.able to pay 
for the water. He longs .for gOPd 
parts, hot stardom, He wpuld 
rather be in a successful ticture 
•than give a great starring perforni 
ance in a bad one. He is nevet Set 
agog by being told that he. was 
. 'great In that sciehe,' because though 
Indiyldual scenes may be great, that 
doesn't- make the picture great 
Furthermore, he is an actor, and it's 
what's •• on the screen that's , irh- 
portarit tp him, not freak publicity 
He has. seen them come and go 
And, foremost Pf the . cha,rmihg vil- 
lains, pipneer. of the whole school 
of charming villainy and It^ . deft- 
est exponent, Mr. Gprtez maintains 
he knows nothing about acting^ that 
he has no tricks, 'that'— tapping his 
httlTt Signiflcantly— 'it's all here 
It's What you feel in your heart 
-=tWat-:shine3^through=youfc=eyear^«.nd 
makes them believe you.' 

If they want to believe his charm 
more than his villainy, Mr, Gprtez 
'•an't help It* Gertainly it isn't be- 
i-ause he hasn't been villain enough 



20t]i Angels flays 

■■ ' ■ . y 
Holly wobd, Feb. 
Understood that Darryi Zanuck 
will angel the presentation of three 
plays in summer stbck. to be dPne 
in the east by Rufiis Le Maire. 

Zanuck figures that if any click 
his chance at screen rights will be 
worth the investngient. 

Bobby Newmaii arrived .with the 
Joe .Schenck- party. 

Newman -is. figuring on legit 
duction deals in. N. T. next season, 
tying' in" w^^^ Century. • 

ACTOR'S LEGIT IDEA 
RECONSIDERED BY M-G 



Hollywood, Feb, 12. 

Some tinie ago Robert Mont- 
gomery tried tp make a deal with. 
Me'tro, wheire he is under, contract, 
whereby he would yoluntarlly cut 
his film salary Ih half if the studio 
would turn him. lopse six months a 
yean Understanding between the 
kctbi" and the company was that his 
time off would he devoted tp do- 
ing pne or two shows a year. At 
the time Metro rejected the idea. 

But now the studio is reported 
reconsidering and may okay Mont- 
gomery's hunch. Actor is. of the 
opinion that screen .players should 
stage it every so often, and in his 
case he would like, to do at least 
one a year regardless of the differ 
ence In moitey his scheme might 
entail. 



BANCROFT 3ACE TO PAB ? 

George Bancroft may return to 
Paramount, which first boosted hiiri 
'ti .strirdom. 

Tift may tlo *The f'Jrpnt I Am.' 



Noyarro's Concerts 



Hollywood, Feb. iSi " 
Ramon Novarrb will do a per 
sonal appearance at the Capitol, 
New York, this Friday (16) opening 
with shewing in that 'hpuse of his 
last Metro picture, 'Cat and the 
Fiddle.' He follows/with a personal 
In- Washington and other eastern 
cities, returning to the coast the 
middle of March to sail for ia tour 
of South America when he opens In 
Santiago, Chile; and swings up to 
Mexico City arouncl May 1. 

After a few weeks in Mexico City, 
Novarro hops to Europe for a sum 
mer concert tour. 



Freya Leigh's First 

Hollywood, Feb. 12. 
Freya Leigh, brought here froin 
the east by Fox last week, and 
who gets name change to ^ Drue 
Ley ton, draws the f em lead in' 'Now 
I'll Tell' .as her first for that com 
pany. ■ 

Edwin Burke will direct, witli 
Spencer Tracy starred and Alice 
Faye pencilled in for a featurecl 
si)ot. 



Teck's BoyV Grows Older 

Hollywood, Feb. 12. 
Sol Lesser's new version of 
'Peck's Bad Boy' will .get a com 
plete rewrite as the. silent, made 10 
years' ago, used a fiveryearr-old 
Jackie Gooper, now 12, will star In 
the talker version on a loanout from 
Metro. 

Marguerite, Roberts and Bernard 
Shubert collabing with director Ed- 
die Gline. 




Some Already , Releiased, 
More Coming^ — Costly to 
Make^May Glut Market 
Before Year Is Out 



ALL THEMES, SUBJJEGTS 



Sobbie O.S IfanetyV Pug-Buskin 



A deluge of biographical storie§ 
is about to descend on the . screen, 
in numbers so thick as to constitute 
the champion ..ofvcycies since. Souijd 
came In. Along with . theifn, bkck 
comes, the .costume '. picture. That's 
sPmethiing which .atlso has been 
mpre Pr less dormant Since thie 
sound track was added to shadows. 

Every major in the industry is 
represented in the sudden sw:ing.tP. 
biographical matter as sbmethlng 
different for the. erratic fandom. 
One pf the fears is that, bibgraph- 
Ical or costume pictures will be 
overdone or rushed out in such 
great numbers , as to kill them, off 
at an early date. Saiii Goldwyn, 
seeing a very definite return to coS 
tume draina, is afraid this, will oc- 
cur before the current . seaspn is 
over. Others are likewise appre 
henslve lest more than cursory 
care IS taken in the productioh of 
pictures of this type. "The question 
of expense and any practice of false 
economy, particularly if anything 
biographical, is to be Invested with 
elaborate costume background, also 
figure as dangers^ 

United Artists has alrieady re 
leased 'Henry the Eighth' and 
'Nana,' as well as 'The- Bowery, 
latter, based on Chuck Connors, if 
that . can ' be considered biographi- 
cal. To come is 'Catherine the 
Great' and 'The House of Roths- 
child/ The blogrd.phical urge 
traces back to 'Henry,' a British- 
made picture, which convinced film 
men that costume pictures could be 
put over {^rain. 

Counting 'Voltaire,' released ear- 
lier this . sesuion, . and 'Disraeli,' 
which was reissued, Warner Bros. 
Is on .a par with UA in contributing 
to the Cycle. Company is doing 
'Napoleon' and a picture on Elizi-^ 
beth, latter under title of 'The Tu-' 
dor Wencfci.' 

Metro, which already has "Qu^en 
Christina' out, is coming forward 
with at least two others, 'Viva 
Villa,' based oh the Mexican rebel- 
bandit and 'Marie Antoinette.' 

From Paramount two are certain 
and a third probable. 'Catherine the 
Great' Is already finished and 
'Glebpatra' soon starts. 'The Great 
I Am' may be done later. This. Is 
fiction built around the life of the 
late F» G. Bonfils, colorful editpr of 
the Denver Post. " 

RkO Is figuring - on 'Queen- Eliz^ 
a:beth' for . Katharine Hepburn. 
Meanwhile Fox is repoirted wanting 
to borrow Miss Hepburn for a pic- 
,ture to be built around Paylowa, 
ttie ballerina, to be called . 'Flight 
pf the Swan,* Another picture is 
coming along fbr Fox from British- 
Gaumont, 'The Prince, of Wales.! 
An additibnar possibility for UA Is 
'Don .Quixote,' with Feocior, Ghalla- 
pin (British made). 

Universal has a stPry' that will 
(Gpntlnued on page. 25) 



Par's Bnlly Stuff 



jParamourit has bought som* bUll 
flgh.t scenes from ElsenStein's Mex- 
ican •pic fPr inclusion i. 'Trumpet 
Blows,' .Gene Fowler's yarn that is 
being made by Par with George 
Raft and Adolphe Menjou. Bull, 
stuff will riot .be in the picture, for 
exiiibitiori in.the United States, but 
■*»:ill be . spliced in for Spain,. South 
America and other cpuntHes that 
go fbr the tpreador stuff. 

Metrb, w.hich had been thinking 
of using som<3 bull .. fight scenes' .vn 
'Vivi yiila'" has. nixi^d the idea com- 
pletely. 



URGE FEDERAL 
EXTRAS' PROBE 



Hollywood, Feb. 12. 
A Federal investigation of Cen- 
tral Casting office, which makes ex- 
tra placements with major com- 
panies,- is beihg promoted by Pic- 
ture Players Alliance. Latter is 
birculatirig petitions among various 
church organizations in Los An- 
geles, and hopes to' obtain several 
thousand signatures to be forwarded 
to President Roosevelt. 
* Thb Alliance haS been operating 
for about three years, and few outr 
slders have been able to discover 
number of niembers or real purpose 
of the organization. In Its present 
move, organization alleges Central 
gives np justice to extras, and 
claims an Investigation would result 
in .closing the offices. 



HAZEL FLINT'S HUETS 

Los Angeles, Feb. 12. 

Damages of $5,000, plus $540 for 
the difference between her earn- 
liTgs . ^Hd^ Wb?Tc meli^^'CO'm 
received, is asked of the RKO^ 
Pathe Studios Corp. by Hazel 
Flint in an action filed here in Su- 
perior Coui't, 

Plaintiff alleges that while em- 
ployed to work in the filming of a 
picture for 20th Century, on what 
Iflf known as the Pathe 40 Adres, she 
foil into a ditch on the lot, as a re- 
sult of whifh Phe sufitalnod shook, 
hrni<<ffl and Hprni7ift 



AGENT SUES NEILAN 

Los Angeles, Feb. 12. 

Marshall Neilan, producer-direc- 
tor, owes them a balance of $2,000 
for services rendei'ed, and an addi- 
tional $600 in cash advanced, ac- 
cordihg to a complaint filed in Su- 
perior Court by Frank Joyce -My- 
ron Selznlck, Ltd. 

COfflpiaiHt"TiiieB:es=that=trDTti=j^^ 
2, 1929, to Aug. 8, 193J, they pro 
cured employment for defendant for 
which he received $25,000.' in com- 
pensation. They cite a contract 
calling for 10% of his earnings as 
their commission, and charge that 
during the period enumerated they 
have received from Neilan only $500 
on account. The $500. a-ddltional 
claimod i.s for an indebt(Mlnfvs« iii- 
CMrrod .Tan. 25. last. 



Writers and Producers 
Resuming Code Huddles 



Hollywood, Feb. 12. 

Halted by the liistitutlpn of the 
film NRA code, ineetings will be 
resumed between a producer com- 
mittee and a writer group from the 
Academy toward application of the 
existing Academy Writer-Producer 
Code of Pyactice. 

A writer committee will be ap- 
pointed Wednesday (14). No pro- 
ducer delegates yet. On former 
confabs" Irving Thalbefg and B. B. 
Kahane. represented the studiost 

Present code governs the payment 
plan of stories and provisions as to 
screen credit. 

/ 

U's Marcin's 'Htimbug' 

Hollywood, Feb. 12. 
Univcriaal has bought 'Humbug' 
from Max Marcin, who is now on 
the U payroll. Studio had a deall 
on with the playwright to buy . his 
play 'Nightcapl, but It ftlvyed as 
the rights, .Involved in GOllaboratioh 
with Guy Bolton, could, hot be 
cleared. 

Marciri will and direct 

'Humbug'. 



By JOE BIGELOW 

'Think of it Here It Is Friday i 
little old New York, arid 14 below 
isero. And tbiiiorrow I shall be off 
for Nassau, where it's 14 below the 
ECtuator,' 

It waLs Variety's ^ta-fC sbb sister, 
talking to herself, right out loud. 
•The words were caught by the good 
ear of a riearby Variety mugg, who 
wouldn't have heard them If he 
hadn't been listening and who 
doubles between covering fights arid 
legit, and therefore lcho\v3 the dif- 
ference between a loft' hook and a 
vacant stare, ; 

'Oh,; So yer goin' to blbvr put- bri 
lis, eh, dame?/ said the mugg, in 
the traditioriial legitimate) theatre,, 
mannet-. Mightily srirprlsed by this 
unusually polite form of address, 
rarely used on the premises, sobbie 
figured maybe she'd take a chance , 
getting into a conversation with, the 
mugg. Outside of her self respect 
and that of Milton and the children, 
What.could she lose? 

'Yes,' said she... 'I Sail tpmbrrow 
for the Indies, and I don't mean the 
picture Indies. It's nice and warm 
there; Arourid here it's colder than 
an Eskimo manilcin's derrlere,' 

'I get it,' said the mugg, niaking a 
mental , note to have the last remark 
interpreted. 'In other words you 
are ..scramming to "where the. Sun 
takes rinore bowa^^than Eddie Leon- 
ard .and the nighbo are as quiet as 
a dramatic sketch in the Polo, 
Grounds.' 

. 'Precisely,' agreed the Staff sobber. 
'1 am tired of all this. I wo uld lik e 
to see some scenery besides Pulaski's 
prpfile and thPse backdrops at the 
Music Hall.' 

'But What about your interviews? 
Who's goin' to throw them pertinent 
questions at visiting picture., stars 
.and. super visors, while you're gone?' 
inquired the mugg.. .. -.^ 
'Why not you?'' said the sobberV 
'You're just the tyipie. Why, you'd ;^ 
sweep the Holly wobdians oft tfieir" 
feet. Y'our magnificent bearing with 
the flattering white ruching around 
the shallow neckline-:— pard.pn me,- 1 
thought I was back at Loew'a State 
(Continued on page 69) 



Edna Best Joins Hiibby 

Hollywood, Feb. 12. 

Edna Best rejoined her husbandj 
Herbert ,Marsha.ll, here. " She may 
do. a picture. 

Pair have given up their idea of 
doing a show together in NeW York. 



Frank Morgan Sticks 



^JEIoOlyiVjaM^JEchJ^^ 



Frank Morgan araw.s a ticket for 
another year at Metro. 

Player has beeri undor contract-to 
that company for the past year. 



MISS CABEOLL'S INITIALER 

Hollywood, Feb. 12. 

J''ir.st for Madeline Carroll undf-r. 
her contract with Fox is a IcaO 
in 'World .\Tf)Vf'.«5 On.' 

I' I" 1 .John ..Forrl prur 



Fox Hypmng 7 

Hollywobd, Feb. 12. 

Fox is turning on the publicity 
and exploitation, steam for Inten- 
sive buildup of seven stock contract 
players. Both east and west pub- 
licity departments of the company 
will go strong on fan mag yarns and 
photos, in addition, producers oil 
the two coast Ipts have been in- 
structed to give the players special 
consideration for fat parts in com- 
pany pictures. 

The septet are Hugh Williams, 
Pal PatJersori, Shirley Temple, 
Peggy Fears, Kettl Gillian; Alice 
i'aye, Mpna Barrie and Stepi 
Fetchit, 



U Wants Kids Oked 

Los Angeles, Feb. 12. 
Uriiversai has petitioned Superior 
court to confirm .contracts ot fpur 
minor playets, who have been 
signed on fbr three-month terms, 
with options. 

. Juve players, foii whom U seeks 
cPurt recognition, arc Dean K. Ben- 
tpn, Eleanor L. BoUrgeot.te (pro- 
fessionally .Lenore Kingston), Peggy 
Cole Flattery ( professional ly Peggy 
Terry) aiid James Reginald 5?cott. 



LANGDOFS BACK ALIMONY 

Lob . Arigelcs, Fob. 12. 

Alleging that her former hus- 
bandf-IIarry^-Langdonj-screen.comiG,- 
l.s' in arrears to tlie amount of $43,- 
045 on a $70,000 judgment entored 
in her fayor in March, 1928^ Fru"Cos 
Lanpdon. has filf.-'! a complaint in 
Suporior Court here.. J,ud^'mV•nt wa.s 
for majtitenance arid alimony. 

,1'laJiitiff ullf;,'es tli; dM'ondant 
nafrl her $11,2.-0 in Mr 191^9; $11,- 
C7(;.80 on Aii^r. 12, inno. and an- 
oth.-r Ti.'iyiiifJU rif •.'.(I'iT.:!;; on Aug. 
•'1 nt. llii" ^Mirio .y«'ar. 



VARIETV 



P I C ¥ 



€ S 



Tnesdajr,. Febyunry 13, X9H 






Wiped Out 
Weeldy Deficit, Now 50G 






t/os Angeles, 12, . 
working for apprpximately 
on. the: Fcix West . Coast 
. trustees „and. attorneys' 
'preseht^ pleas before; .Referee 
iifikru pf cy Samuel .. W. .McNabb 
tomorrow- (Tues.) that thg. court, es- 
lablish the fee they are tO. receive 
r.rtr iKlministei-Jng (he Affairs of the 
K'lnltrupt circuit,: and also to allow 
iiiom a certain percijntage .ac- 
count oif ■ whatever sum 155. fixed. 
None of the three trufetoes, ;nor the 
battery of .attorney^ ■ irepresentln.y 
.the trustoGs, ha^ drawn any co.in- 
ppnisatioji for services to date. 

At. the hearing before": Beferee 
McNabb It wili be brought oiit thdr 
■^.during the one year of trustee. .oii>- 
oration of the circuit ah avei-ag" 
$25,000 weekly . ppeiratlng dehcit hat- 
. been wip^d oiit, and circuit today -Is; 
'.ay:6r ■ iogf - close to . ?5i);000: wefeld>';' 

■pi-Oflt. :.' ' 

AVheri circuit plunged into bank- 
niptcy .. last March, will be 
pointed out, .there was an butstand-'. 
ing Operating indebtedness .'of ap- 
proxiriiately $400,000'. This . Indebf- . 
edness has been cleaned up d 
circuit, as of, Feb; l*. had a bank 
account of Qlose to ' $500,000. 

Spyuos Sk who. arrived here 

last Ai%ek to piarficipalte. in prollini- 
nary reorganization pia"s of the de- 
luhct circuit, . expects!' to remain 
vhere for another 10 - days or n. 
ireeks; 

J^General sdppofeition . that the 
trustees in bankruptcy Avill gO east 
within the next 30 days final 
conferences with the Chiase. banlc 
and Fox Film execs regarding final 
details Of the reorganizatioii. 

Examiners are still making h 
inventory of the property, based oh 
the book Inventory filled with the 
referee in bankruptcy several 
weeks ago. Only a few mi nor. claims- 
remain to be adjusted, and trustees 
hope to clean these up in ^hort 
order.. 



Loew's Gets 'N^iia' 



'Nan : goes to the Lpew . circuit in 
GHater New York teiTitpry and In 
other situations where "this chain 
has a United Artists franchise. Sam 
Gbldwyn -promised the, picture to 
iiKb in Niew Vork,' rookiyni West- 
chester knd Long Island .until te'-- 
inlnded, by . G. C. MpsltowltZi Of 
Loew's that none of the UA-distrlb- 
uted pictures can .be sold away fron> 
Loew's "Without pcrmissjort. 

RKO 'Nana' for the M^jsU 

Hall away from the Rlvoli, tv-liiph 
has first rUn call ph all UA product. 
tJ prevlPusly denied its pw'n RIvoli 
a .picture in favor' of: the-JMuslc JIal) 
.'Henrjr Eighth,' becaupe , the deal 
.iqould get;: a $i2p,00tr guaran'te^^ plu^" 
percentage; I*br" the' sftiioie jiereent- 
age reasons as a distributor T7A 
favpried the Hall bboking for 'Nafia.' 



Radio Drops Burden 



Hollywood, Feb. 12. 
. Shirley Burden, associate pro 
(flucer at Radlct^ an appointee .of 
Mcrlan 0. Cooper,. h|is been dropped 
With tills departure, the etiidio 
scraps three pictures which were 
scheduled ifor ills handling'. . rCrio 
suspended are 'Speed King,' 'Escape 
to iParadlse' and 'Seia. Girl.* 
. L<a9t 'named - yarn was to have 
been used around several thousand 
feet of Sonth Sea stuff fll™«? -on a 
Radio.-flnai^d expedition. Studio, 
however, hopes to salvage spme of 
this fllm= In a later picture. 





er 

Suit Involves 










ns 




472 FOR AWARDS 



Academy Will Pick W.inners from 
roup 



Hollywood, Feb.. 12. 
1^1 em bers of the Academy have 
4(2 prcturcg to choose from jn plck-^ 
ing the .winnevtj of -the awards, 
wliich .^vill SO respectively to the 
best male and ifemale acting b£ the 
yoaj-, best writing; best directing 
;ind. to the prpduction company for 
i.lir> best picture, 

Hallols have been mailed calling 
for nominatipns of three names for 
oach class. Final selections be 
made frpm these nominatipns later. 
The final awards will be made at 
the Academy banquet March 16. 

Pictures from which the nomlna 
tions will be named comprise all 
the pictures shown in Lps Angeles 
theatres. 

Academy affair will be held at the 
Hotel Ambassadpr. 'There'll be no 
radio broadcast of the- everft this 
year, the committee deciding that 
I'osidos disturbing tire presentations 
it also might keep patronp out of 
i hofiti'es. 



Double Bills I n 



The Independent Motion Picture 
Producers & Distributors' Associa-. 
tion of Hollywood and' the Federa- 
tion of the .Motion Picture Industry 
of New Tork . are banding together 
in a co-operative mo.ves to fight 
against restriction of double fea- 
tures in Chicairo and other terri- 
tories. 

The two organizations are gir ing 
against anjr attempt to insert 
clauses in contracts which remove 
an exhibitor's right to play double 
bills and to resist any move by thie 
ioning and cliearance boards for 
prohibitive clearance on lionsos 
gping into that policy. 



Ist 20th Into Chinese 



llpllywood, .. 12.- .. 
.. u-*'ntif.nh Centtiry's'.'i^otlischiid,' 
sr;ii)-lng Ciepi-ge ArHss, will follow 
;Queen Chii.min .(Jrauriian's: 
''hlnpse.. 

It will be tho t1i-st ^(Uli. '('.imu. 
tlic housp. 



ix Westbound 



Hollywood, Feb. 12. 
Independent Producers Asspcla 
tion is lining up behind Federatipn 
of Motion Picture Industry, Inc., in 
a battle against major distribs' 
practice instituted' in Chicagp of 
rubber stamping anti-dual bill 
clauses on exhib cpntracts. Asscci 
atlon will toss funds collected from 
Its members by ^ special taxation 
into the ;iap of Federation for 
financing of contemplated Federal 
court action: 

Indie producers grbup, hefided by 
Monogram's Trem Carr, recently 
elected president, is not. directly af- 
filiated with the eastern federation, 
iEt. disfrib and. exchange organiza- 
tion;, but the factions ai'e working 
in harmony on niutuiil problems. 

-The 'rubber stamp act' waa one 
of the .points bxought tp the.atten-. 
tibn pf Deputy Administrator Sol 
A. Rosenblatt on his; recent trip by 
an association committee headed 
by Carr. Rp-senblatt at that time 
stated double billing w'asn't a ques- 
tion, under the cpde and wpuld haye 
tb be decided, if at all, .by v ripus 
torrltPi'ial Zjoning and jjiicvanqe 
boards tp .be set up.. 

.Basis, foi the Federal Uriion waij 
oxpeeted center around charges 
th.at gieneral ■ insi.siorice by majors' 
exi'haiigos in' the Chicago territory 
on single' bill riders in contracts ..is 
'a; pooli pf." assets or interestf^' 
and is an 'UiiiPair .trade privrtice/ 



T\\ro of the largest theatre prop^ 
ertjes' in the, New.. York territory are 
"directly aifeeted .b^ the prfesent.'suit 
in the Federail Court- filed by Sam- , 
uel. Unterirtyer for the' 'dissolution 
of the present "hpndhblder commit- 
tees of the S. W.: Strauss Co. or. 
subside, as not repi^esentative of 
the general bondholders tlieihselvcs. 
These , theatres ' are the Roxy arid 
the Fox theatre, in' Bropklynv The 
Strauss company, directly or throUgii 
subsids, holds underlying, mortgiage's 
on these two theatres. 

It is not unlikely that tJntermyer's 
suit thus forestalls ?iny contem- 
plated action by tlie present bond-, 
holders' committees on either hpuse 
sp far reflnartclng of the twe 
situatlona may go. 

In : the matter of the. Fox .Brbpkr 
lyn, things, are governecl through a 
Strauss subsid, .the Reliance eom-= 
pany and the. Continental Bank. 
Sidney Cohen, who operates the the- 
atre,. Is also representative of the 
present t>ondhoIder committees. 
Cohen also represents the bond- 
holders' committee on the Roxy 
theatre, 

There are as many would-be bid- 
ders for the Fox Brooklyn pres- 
ently as for the. Roxy, although not 
the same personalities except for a 
couple of .parties Involved.' A.. C. 
Blumehthai, who is ajigling fpr the 
Rpxy, ls .:alSo said to be after the 
Fox; also .Warners' want the Fox 
and the WB deal may be hooked 
up with an operating deal through 
Sidney Cohen. -.Harold B. Franklin 
also hag been mentioned. 

Additionally Harry Arthur has 
placed a bid for the theatre, ac- 
cording to accounts. 



COPYRIGHT REVISION 
LOOMS AS UNURaV 



Aykswprth, McDonough and Kahane 
Huddling on RKO Studio Prod. Setup 



Bisink looks Set 



Before the we^k is, H. 
Blank will probably be appointed 
l^s the fourth m.emit>er of the coun^ 
trywldei. Parajnotiht JPartiiershlp 
Committee. Kaiph Rohh ,Sam 
Dembbw, Jr., arid T; iBVank -Free- 
man, home, biffice^top executives on 
theatres, left yesterday (Monday) 
fpr I>es Moines to held a general 
theatre meeting there on policies 
and plans; which Ituik . will 
doubtless be. asked to serve bri the 
advisory ' committee,. Previously. 
E. V. Richards, Karl Hoblitzelle and 
N. L. Nathanson were chosen. . 

After., the Deis Moines meeting, 
scheduled for tbriibrrow (Wed.), 
Dembow may go pn to Kansas City, 
the . Publix tlieatres of which .are 
stili handled direct' from the -home 
office..^ 





Cost Nearly 13G, 




-:dtl ic . •. :v|etrb. stud io'.s on - 

.<.'ral manager, left for the Coast 
..'.'itui; ay (J.O); ..This will bring hhiv 
into Culver 'City coiiple of day.s 
ahead of- NIolc .'choirrk iiiloa 
via the Canal Fob. 3. 

Mannix came, oil to g'lvo i^chcilcU 
rire story on tiie .«it\intion :u the 



CUMMINGS^ SHOETS CONFABS 

Holly WOQd, Feb. 

Ja.ck .iimmihg.s, roducer oT 
.shortis at Metro studios, is in Miimil 
hogOtlalirtg a deal with NAt J^plt- 
y.t'v to make film which cvm bo ils(Ml 
for I'ote Smith Kport shoi't.s ;iiid 
otlicr Mf'tro .si le reels. 

I'rodti'.'or i.s .(>x|)0<»tod back on 
i-o!ist the ortfi oi' this work. 



Fox and Mono. Both Have 
'Manhattan Song' Fix 



llpllywood, 



RoImFtT ArmstFong awai-ded" tfio^ 
load In AfonOgram's !Manhattan 
Xibvfi Song,' which T..conard Fields 
win direct. Others include Dixie 
r^oe, Mydla. Woijtmun. (borrowed 
frpi Radio), I'Yauklin TangbPrh 
and IJnrold Waldrldge. 

K.ox l.s making a similarly' titled 
picture which John Rlystone will 
direct. Will cp-Htir Janet Uaynor 
;nid Cli.'ivlo.s Farrell,: with Sully 
i (Ciloi's .Tnd .Jimmy Dunn fonturod. 



Washingtpn, Feb. 12. 

Copyright-law revision,, political 
football for past four years, is 
viewed as not within realm of prob- 
ability at this session of Congress 
despite renewed declarations by 
Repi'escntative . Sirovich, film indus- 
try bete noir, that he is going places 
with his Patents conimlttee very 
soon; . _ _ _ ^. 

Sirovich stated Friday (9) that he 
will talk this week with Gen. .Hugh 
Johnson about block booking 
and independent' exhibitors' co^e 
sqjlawks before taking action but 
said, there Is no' doubt committee 
wUl get to work shortly.' Tairiimany 
member has done nothing yet abbut 
his Hollywood-probe resPlution but 
repeated lalst week intention to haVe 
a' cbrifei'ence with collieagucs and 
map oiit a. course of action in effort 
to do sbinethlng. about 'corrupt 
control pf the mptiPn' pictUj'e indus- 
try* and provide relief for 'starv- 
ing independents.' 

Signs of growing enmity between 
Slrovicli and i)lvisIonal Adminis- 
trator Sol A', Rosenblatt were seen 
when Rosy said ho. wpuld be glad 
te talk with legislatpr any tlriie he 
drpps in at his ofllce and Rep's ris- 
tPrt that he will do business with 
the General, If Resy wants any of 
hlH time, Jm cpde_bq3sjbiu st g rab 
"S~ttfxrto the~CapTtbl,''sirpvioii sal^^ 

Rpsenblatt pi-pfcssed to have no 
kno>yledse of SIrovich's idea of out- 
lawing block booking- by ■ changing 
.copyright laws and said he had not 
discussed the q.uestion with General 
Johnson since he reported, before 
the code was sighed, that block 
booking- cannot be disturbed by 
NRA under the present statutes. If 
Congro.ss wants to make a change, 
ilV o. k. with him, 'Rosy implied. 



Hollywood, Feb. 12. 
■The strike of "cameramen dlirlng 
the studio walkout last summer cost' 
international iPhptographers, Ipcal 
659, lATSE, $6,500, It was disclosed 
at a general mass' meeting of mem ^ 
bers of that, organization last weesk. 
In addition, the union spent |6,300 

for expenses of representatives whp 
went to Washington to get a . strike 
settlement from the National Labor 
Board. 

The; figures . disclosed by 

Business . Manager Ed Estabrook, 
who informed the members they 
Tvere entitled to have the lowdOwn 
bn the organization's iflnanclal status 
to quiet, various rumors that , have 
been' ifloiatlng around since the strike 
ended. ' Estabrook statied the local 
had' tota^I assets of $101^000. Ap- 
proximately . $33,000 is out on loan 
to members, while $3,090 represents 
meal ticket advances to members. 

Statement showed that the cam- 
eramen's union loaned $1,676 to 
Film Technicians and Laboratory 
Workers, local 683, and $1,060 to the 
Sound "Techniclians' union. 
80 on Commi 

In the suggested reorganization of 
the local, as presented to members 
by Estabrook, it was recommended 
that, the union have a steering cpm- 
mittee of 80 to be appointed next 
week. This group wOnld compi'isc 
two riiembers from each classiifica- 
tlon from each major studio, with 
those working for the Independents 
also haying reprosientatives on the 
committee. 

It wa^ also recommended that ap- 
plicafions for member.'jhip be . al- 
lowed frorini those: non-bunion cam- 
eramen -who Stood by the local dur- 
ing the strike, with . thpse applying 
necessarily showing proper qualifi- 
cations for admission and payment 
of initiation fees. 

business hianivger' . report 
sho\yed there were 400 paid-up 
njembers in the nnipn at this time, 
dejsplte the attempts of another or- 
ganization to attempt to secure COri- 
trbl over the cameramen. Estabrook 
further declared that 50% of .tho.so 
members who had broken, strike last 
yeal' are back, strong in the organi- 
zation and hold paid-up cards. 

ore Co-bp Talked 

.In explaining future program of 
the unlpn, Estabrook stated that 
there would be Instituted a policy of 
greater co-operation with the Pro- 
ducers tor the mutual benefit of the 
latter and the local's members. 

T hrou ghPuLtJie mej etin g^ memb e^^^ 

refrained from referring directly to 
American Society of Cinematogra- 
phers, independent cameramen's or- 
ganization, but took the 16ad of an 
early spoixker In referring to it as 
'company union number twbl' 

After Estabrobk's detailed report 
and recommendations for reorgani- 
zation, meeting was thrown open for 
floor dK^cussion. Pew took advan- 
tage of the oppprtnhity. lioing more 
saliflfied to listen. 



. Lbs Angeles, . Feb. 
M. Hi Xylesworth, president ©f 
RKO, J, R. McDonough und 
Kahane started today 16 line up « 
hew production ..-plan for RKOig 
AyleSwprth's presenco -here makes 
it easier tb tionqludet Bu<ih: a linkup 
without any subBequebt discussion 
in New York when the whole thing 
comes up for an okay by the RKQ 
board. 

The company's new pla,rt Will in- 
clude $l unit Production system and 
the first problem probably taken tip 
is the question of a new deal for 
Kahane and defining of his fu« 
tiire authority iOn produbtibn. After 
this the trip is expecteid tovcbncen* 
trate .. setting Individiuai ' pr 
ducers. 

It is . believed .that a new? eat.' 
also will be made with Pjindto S, 
Ber.mari whose coritract explrei? th6 
end of March. Bernian and iteh' 
neht MacGoy^an will likely be the 
only producers 'of. . the, . pld: , gi^otip . . to 
be sretainWiJ, vt^Hh- the additional, 
ppssibllity of IjOuIS Brock. 

Other iproducers who ,a,re under 
consideration are butside tor>notch- 
ers who will be slated ' In the riew 
setup on salary plus percentage, 
basis. 

Indications .ai'e that Kahane will 
have charge , of all units in a top 
supervisory position aided by a 
production, cabinet with Berman 
probably assigned first choice pic- 
tures. 

The sessions .amprig; the trio are 
expected to. cont^inue tlifoughoul the 
week for cpmpietlpri t>efpre Ayles- 
worth returns to New York when 
ari announcenient of the new policy 
and appointment, will probably be 
made. 



Mpk Daily Hedges on 
Film Council's Poll; 
Fear of Censorship 

Minneapolis, Feb. V2. 

Heeding "the protest of local chain 
arid indep^endeht iexhlbltors, the Star 
has. ceased publlshirig the motion 
picture, reviews and ratings of tlie 
recently organized Citizen.^' Film 
Council, comprising representative* 
of all 'the leading women and civlo 
organizations hbre. 

Instead, the. Star now publishea 
ohce a Week only the lists of pic- 
tures 'approved' in the council's 
weekly repprt lor children, youths 
and . adults and the theatres at 
which such lilms may be seen, 

Exhibitors squawked against the 
council's activities, because most of 
the ratings and reviews were un- 
favorable and it was feared the 
mbvement would lead to censor.shlp. 
Taking the attitude that they don't 
want any butside -'interference' In 
their buisiness, they have refused to 
co-operate -with the council or have 
anything tb do with It. 



2 INDIE PIC PRODUCER 
ORGANIZATIONS MERGE 



. Hollywood, Feb. 12. 

I. 'Chiiclwlck and J. Bbyce 
Smith were iristjiiled as v.. p.'s and 
William Berke and Jack Nelsbh as 
dlrectprs of trie Independent Motion 
Picture J'rpducers' Association, to 
fill the last, executive vacancies at 
the election of ofilcers -held Thurs- 
day night (8) by the recently .iaug-v 
mented organization,. 

Chadwlck (Chadwiek rpduc.- 
tlohs) organized tl)e Federation of 
M. p. Producers, and EUslrlbutors, 
an indie gro.up . which for a time' 
threatened tp oppose tlie IMPPA, 
two bodies consolidated reoehtly, 
after the IMPPA had. elected Trem 
Carr president, and Ken Goldsmith 
and M. H. HolTrrian v, p.' , arid re- 
elected Nat Levlnb Becretary 
Larry Darm our treaS. . 

Last week's meeting wa.«i held at 
Mascot offices,' Trem Carr jpre.«;iding. 
'Dotn>l6""bllIl jTg^was""^d iscn^ 
no definite polio. plans oided. 
upon. 



SELWYN'S EXTEA WEEK 

Edgar Selwyn tialked eastern 
Metro heads into letting him linger 
another week in New York. 

Which moan.<! the direcior 
depart I'oi' tiTf co.-DJt ahoiii 
Saturday (17). 



. .1 



Tuesday, February 13, 1934 



PICT 



E S 



VARIETY 







of Fox to Ai 







Hbliywppdj Feb. 

Fox Films Is inaugurating a co- 
jbperative contt'act between the 
Btiidio and the company's exchange 
[managers, sales representatives and. 
othiers in the distribution end for 
the men in the field to submit title 
and story ideas; to the . production 
heads of the : organization; 

Sugigestions from the men 'in the 
ttelcf for Fox will clear through the 
Office of John . p. Qlark, general 
manager of distribution; who will 
forward the worth^yhile ideas to 
?(Vihfl'eld r Sliefehitn .;at . the . stuidipi 
^itle suggestions go to Charl^s^' IJ. 
"McCarthjt;. publicity and advertis- 
ing directVlin New York. 

The idea/wiilch will be given a 
thorough tryout by Fox^ is expected 
to iihcover ^liough good stories, 
Ideas-and useable titles with box- 
office' punch to repay the company 
for the expense involved. 

Kent's Policy 

The tie-up is in line with the 
policy of president Sidney R. Kent 
to secure utmo^st in co-QP.6i*ation be- 
tween the production and distribu- 
tion branches of the company. . 

Wlnfield Sheehan, head of Fox, 
production, outlines .. the require- 
ments of the company for stories 
that might be suggested; Timely 
yarnsr regardless, of fitness for any 
particular contract stars, are needed 
for 10 to 15 sp ecia l productions 
yearly. Current books or plays that 
are topics of general public dis- 
cussion should not be "suggestedi as 
the company keeps tab on that type 
■jot niaterlah Rather the men in the 
:fleld should turn in suggestions for 
.stories that would not likely be 
checked by the studio story depart- 
ment, yarns in smaller magazines, 
old novels, new stories In the dallies 
that might suggest a new field for 
a picture drama. Wholesale sub- 
mitting of costume stories is un- 
necessary, as company could only 
produce one or two a year. Tarns 
that would entail heavy production 
costs, especially those requiring 
thousarids of extras or many iex- 
pensive scenes, are useless , to the 
studio. 

Story formulia for the four top Fox 
contract stars is given to guide the 
Bales group in submitting sugges- 
tions. Of these Sheehan states: 'We 
want Janet Gayrtpr to play in 
slightly more mature characterisa- 
tions, but always in situations -where 
the world is primarily against her. 
We want neither childish Cinderella 
stories nor wholly sophisticated 
ones. 

Gutty Stori 

'We want important stpries^ — 
gutty stories, hot little trifling ones 
— ^for Warner Baxter; stdrips that 
give him a fine chance at the sort 
of acting he does best. We are look- 
ing for. another ' isco Kid' type of 
story for Baxter. 

'We would especially like to get .a 
good story for Will Rogers, in which 
he would- be cast as a veteran ralN 
road man, or the mate or captain of 
a Mississippi River boat. Rogers 
.niust stick to genuine character 
roles. 

'For Lilian Harvey, want 
stories suitable to her type, which 
w:iil .per it scope to her fine daucing 
ability and com.<?dy talent and. her 
facility in putting over' suitable 
musical number.3. 

'For Claire Trevor, stories of 
dashingi youhg American girls are 
required. Charles Boyer, ' our new 
foreign star, , .requires romantic 
Euro.pcnn types, and any story that 
would rtave fitted .Valentino will 
suit him. For Sperfcer Tracy: 
strong, 'powerful role.s, always with 
a touch (if character.' 

.Jn hi» announcement of the new 
=_-plan-.ito=.the^fiGld==salfia^£QECC,-J2^ 
tos.ses any woakno.ss bf picture titles 
on relpasod features directly , in the 
lap.s of tiio sales roprpsentntives. 
.. Me s;.. . , 'This I'ogram makes the 
field force. respori.«!ible for picture 
titles nrid .stories. If you fail to cP- 
opoi'.'ilp, you forfoit any riKW to say 
that till,:; or that tltlo i.s. iindosirable, 
or ('(niM hf f'linri'cod.. IC Fox docs 
nut r- V'"' u'"''^< witli strong box 
offic-- you share the respon- 

Siil.lii::-; 



Hays Better 



Hollywood, Feb. it. 
Xeavlng Queen of Angels hpspitali' 
where , he had beeh taking a .rest 
pure for several days. Will Hays 
lieft. for the eist Friday (9)i^ 

. Accompanying him in a New York 
through par on . the Chief were 
Mrs. Kays, Mr; and Mrs. ' Harry M- 
Warner,' Watterson Rothacker, 
George Borthwick, producer asso- 
:Ciation treasurer, . and Earl , right, 
Hays' seciretai"y>' .- > .. -^^^ ^ 





Eaist Hals Answer to Every 
If, How and But— ^-Artis- 
tic Royalty; Can Be Ap- 
portiqnal — ^NRA's Moral 
Backing 



VANITY ANGLE 



Any prbppsal made by Loew's.fpr 
the Roxy theatre, N. Y., is made 
directly by Loew's and not through 
any intermediates. It has been of- 
flclaly denied that A. C. Bltimert- 
thal or N. Li, Nathanson is acting 
for .I»oew's. 

Four or five ares niftier the' spot, 
but rip deal has been closed. All 
stand about an even change pres- 
ently. 

It is handed, however, . that. .A. C. 
Blumenthai wPuld be cortcerried in 
a couple .of the deals. One of these 
was. such as to involve Columbia 
Pictures in a product deal. Colum- 
bia also has been approached by 
others who would acquire the the- 
atre and it is given out offlcially 
that Jack Cohen, v.-p. of Col, ha^ 
turned all proposals . down. 

Another : Blumenthai angle would 
have him putting up $300,000 and 
LpeW's, through Metro and United 
Artists, putting up an additional 
$6O0,6oO. This deal would involve 
the scrapping of the BivoU and 
shoving that spo.t into a grind the- 
atre by U.A., with, the Roxjr be- 
coming the first-run showcase for 
U.A; arid part of Metro pictures 
which would be then split with the 
Capitol. 

Also first mortgage of $4,000,000 
on the house would be trimmed by. 
cutting the interest down to 3 % and 
the second mortgage of around 
$1,500,000 would be cleaned up at 
about 30c on the dollar. 

The proposal which has been of- 
ficially outlined, however, as con- 
sidered directly by Loew's on its 
own behalf is . to include S. L. Roth- 
afel, The rub for Loew's in con- 
riection with the RPthafel angle is 
that Herbert Lubin, another angler 
for the spot and also ready to put 
up $900,000 through the downtown 
firm of Haydeii, Stone, iiS also tied 
in with Rothafel. 



Fox-West Coast and F&M Heading 
For a SpEtuii; Skourases, Who Op. 
^,MeFM[onfn$co^[^ 



Znkor Back in N, ¥. 



TRIAL OF WB AND GTP 
VS.WX-ERPI0NAPRIL2 



rial of the so-far successfully 
prosecuted anti-trust suits against 
Wester Electric and Erpi, by 
Warners, General Talking Pictures 
(beForest) iarid the Dupvac Corp., 
is slated for Api'il 2 in Wilmington. 
A temporary irijuriction which was 
granted by the F^dera.1. Court in 
Wilmington agai^lst W^ and. Erpi, 
some months ago,' arising out of 
service charges and other rhonopoly 
Claims advanced against the' twp 
defendants by W.B., DeForest and 
Duovac is still existent. 

The trial will detormme not only 
^thiL^.u££dJUMi=QjLa=niuy3aani^^ 



tion but al.so the extent and amount 
of damages to which the Warners, 
DeForest and Duovac may be en- 
titled. • c 



y Pacts Zeldman for 4 

Hollywood; Feb. 12. 
B. F. Zicdman lias a deal with 
I'nivei'.sal for production *of four 
more. Last was for two. 



Drawing ■ analogies between'; the 
box office ' and ":..Hollyw.OQd, . .'aiid 
poiritirig to the fact that 80% of 
the U. S. theatres are doing busi- 
ness on percentage .bfecarise eco- 
nomic risks, to bpth sides became 
too great to continue, flat barter 
policies, leaders , of the Industry are 
now definltfeiy-pla^niQg to see 1934 
out as the. year, during whiol; so.reen 
artists and craftsmen .went royalty 
—-^and liked it. 

In eastern headquarters, west 
coast royalty 1$ no Ipnger a 'mys- 
tery. They ha.ye worked out niany 
practical as .well as theoretical 
points which, befogged star, director 
and writer percentage ...envislon- 
ments in .the past And the feeling 
is growing in those circles— in fact 
it may formally debut any day — 
that, regardless of whether the NRA 
favors it or not the Industry has 
reached the same financial point 
'«rlth art that it did with exhibi- 
tion, before percentage (dominated 
the box office. In other words, the 
industry must protect Itself. There 
must be a barometer, for salaries. 
And the instruriient's indicator must 
be guided by actual delivery at the 
theatre of the principals In the .pic- 
ture* 

There are. answers this time to 
virtually all of the questions which 
Gustoriiarily pop up When artistic 
royalty is mentlpned. Probably the 
most Important is to the query, still 
projected, by some of the major 
heads who are riot fully conversant 
with the new perceritage table: How 
can you weigh and apportion the 
contributions of star, director and 
writer to the production income pf 
any picture? 

This time the reply, without hesi- 
tancy by industry statisticians who 
have mulled the situation for years, 
is: 

Let . the studio go over the salaries 
of its artists for the period of their 
employ. Reduce such salaries to 
percentages and thereafter let the 
percentages determine the income 
Of the artists. By this method. It is 
pointed out, if a writer, for In- 
stance, is getting 5% he will con- 
tinue with that percentage under 
the royalty system. If the picture, 
therefore, does average h^ ..will draw 
his regular Tsalary. If -it is ft hit his 
income will automatically . rise to 
the level of the distributor's intake. 
And, if it is a flop the writer must 
go down with the ship.. 

Representative parts of the east 
are satisfied that when tiie royalty 
picture is grasped, out west the 
clannish folk will ffo for it in a big 
way;- Hpllywopd's conceit, alone, 
should put it over, the east reason- 
ing along the lines that every star, 
director and writer figures he or 
she is tops— or should be. It is that 
'should be' psychology -which riiakes 
the east feel certain the west will 
accept percentage the same as the 
country's theatres have. And the 
east, again, referring to the theatre 
as an exahiple of rpyalty'g success, 
observes that some of th^ exhibi- 
tors who put Up the biggest fight 
against, b.o. percentage at its in- 
ception would be the first now to 
oppose a. j e tu rn to flat rentals. ^ 

The ea.^t figures the V/est. Is go- 
ing to squawk lustily when it learns 
intiivKlual mer.lt will be. reflected 
only indirectly In the box ofllce. 
If producers, and distributors con- 
trolled all the theatreii. In the cpun- 
try then the cut-in of the future 
cnulcl be based upon the number of 
ticket buyfrs. But as there are 
thou.sand.s of indr-periclent theatre 
(Continued on page 6) 



Adolph Zukpr, after a longer stay 
on the Coast , than, he had planned, 
returned tp New York ^Saturday 
(10). 

While west: he took under con- 
sideration^ a profit-sharing plan for 
ranHlng/stars, .based on the money 
the pictures .earn... 





UP 17% IN CHI; 

IN mm 




Chicago, 'Feb. 12. 

Survey by local banking organiza- 
tions reveals that picture theatre 
attendance Is from 16% to 17% 
greater than last year, . Despite the 
attendance jump of 16%, the gross 
money increase is only 9%. Th's 
discrepancy between patronage and 
money is accounted for by sliced 
admission. prices during 19331 

It was found that Saturday at- 
tendance is 10% above Saturday; at 
tendance last year. Sunday admis- 
sions, however, are 2% leiss thari in 
1933. 



Bruce Cabot Argues 
For New Opiuion in 
LA. Agency Action 



Los Angeles, Feb. 12. 

Seeking -to-^ have Superior Court 
Judge Thomas C; Gould reverse his 
opinion befoVe entering judgment., 
thereby saving the time and ex- 
pense of an appeal. Attorney Mar- 
tin Gang, on behalf of Bruce 
Cabot, presented arguments by 
which he attempted to show that 
the jurist was legally wrong in 
rendering an opinion favorable to 
the Collier- Wallls agency, in Its 
action to rfecoyer against the film 
actor, growing out of an' attempted 
abrogation of contract. 

Numerous decisions were cited 
by Cabot's attorney to show that 
judge Gould had reversed the Cali- 
fornia Supreme Court in holding 
that the agericy Was entitled to re- 
ceive 10% of all earnings of -the 
actor until the expiration date oi 
the contract, in 1936. Garig's cori- 
terition was that the, jplalntlffs have 
an. Immfediate remedy in an action 
for actual damages. 

Ralph lum, attorney for the 
plaipt.ifCst, stated, tiiat his clients, 
were seeking, decldratory relief be- 
cause the law does riot rnake ade- 
quate provision, tor irect damages, 
and there Is no other way of relief 
thari along the opinipri handed dow'n 
by the court some weeks ago. 

Judge Gould, took the matter un- 
der advisement. Gang say-s he will 
take an appeal If the court falls to 
reverse itself, 



Ponuner's Initialer 



HoUywop ,.Feb. 12v 
Fir.st for Eric Pommor production. 

at Fox will ]je the^ j >t.g.ge mu.sikg r^ 

^Krusio~ln the X1F7 
i'omnifr gets in around April 1. 

Spitz t>n Racing Bd. 

Chicago, Feb. 12. 

It's Col. Leo Spitz, the hru-so- 
fanctler, now. 

r.alaban ..& Kaf^ atturnoy and 
former Paramount exec ha.s bC-f-n 
appointed to the Illinois rn'-irm com- 
mission. 



LPs. Angeles, Feb; 12. 

Fanchori & Marco and Fpx-West 
Coast are het.ded for a split-Up as a 
result of the latest coup spr-unisf by 
the Skoura^ Brothers wl»o operate 
the FWC circuit. Thie agreement 
which was made between the two 
for a pooling of; theatre pperatlrig 
policies in San Francisco has .been 
cancelled arid present talk has F. & 
m: headirig for . showdowri with 
Sko.uras • 'via the coiirts. . Such, . a 
riiOve Woiild riot . involve Fox Film 
although the F-WC trustees would 
be cPricerned, as lattpr are officially 
responsible fqr the cancellation. 

Fa,nch6n & Marco hiad an un- 
broken affiliation with Pox-West 
Coast for mOre than 10 years.. Un- 
til the Skourases entered the F-WC 
picture about two years ago this 
afftnatidfi-rESijained: intact. Friction 
arose after th%-"«lt^lij;as Brothers, 
took. hold of Fox-West c fi jaSt i 
ferenpes between the firmis have 
continued since the western circuit, 
operated' by Skpurases for Fox, went. 
Into barikr up tcy . 

The whole thing dates back to the 
depression days when all the cir- 
cuits, including Skouras figured the 
cure-all for the ills in theatre oper- 
ation was the elimination of live 
taWnt from the theatres. F-WC 
wias F. & M.'s closest and biggest 
outlet for stageshows and With, the 
iSkourases closing that oiitlet, F. & 
M. brariched into theatre pperation 
for self preservation. 

The receivership of RKO a»d the 
bankruptcy of the Pantages sub- 
sidiary of RKO made available the 
Orpheum in Salt Lake City but to 
take this house, M. also had to 
take the Orpheum, in San Fran- 
cisco. F-WC pperates the War field, 
the Paramount and the St. Francis 
In this town. Between the three 
houses, F-WC spreads "something 
like 232 films over the yeari 

The pnly available product for the 
Orpheum, In Frisco, were certain 
RKO rejects from the F-WC houses. 
The Columbia rejects were sold t6 
the Fox theatre, operated by Joe 
Leo. Thereupon, F. & M. put a 
stageshow Into the Orpheum but 
anticipated a need of more films 
jiist the same. 

Thereafter F. & M. attempted to 
purchase a half^ interest in the 
United Artists theatre In Frisco 
with the idea that through such a 
purchase it could obtain U. A. films 
which cPuld be shifted to the Or- 
pheum. and the U.A. being destined 
for subsequent run. Joe Schenck» 
however, after agreeing to let P. 
& M. have.U,A. films,, stepped out 
of th6 negotiations upon pressure 
from PoxrWest Coast/ Latter cir- 
cuit agreed to handVfhe United 
Artists theatre piroduct from thei 
circuit's coffers to prevent the F. 
& M. deal, according to accounts. 
FrWCTiesUpWB 
:F-WC tied up Warner product 
besides which product formerly went 
to the Oirpheumv At this tiriie,. 
around November, 1933, the Warr 
.field was also playing staigcshows. 
To get the exclusive on the fltage- 
show .thing; on San Francisco, the 
Skourases made a deal with F- & 
to provide the Orpiieum Syith riiore. 
product if F. & .M. would give the 
Warfield the exclusive stageshow 
policy in Frisco. As cpnsiitnmated 
the thing ran for several weeks, 
with the Orpheum double 
features, 

UnderstiEindlng was tha.t tiie other 
theatres of . F-WC were to stay on 
their then operating policies. How- 
ever, soon after,. I'VWC allegedly 
contrary to then existing agreement 
=fmtfre^i=nire^'Srm5aiTtr"KrtiT6rtp=^Ti 
long-run first choice film .spot Into 
double features at a scale Which 
was equal to the^prpheum's. F. & M. 
.squawkpfl arid the cancellation .'of ' 
the af,'rp(.' u-nt by- the trustees of 
I''- \VC f uliowGd. 

All of which If-aves the Orpheum 
in a .spot as th"^ ranrfllatlori iiuts 
Uif! Frisro thciitre.s in. status quo, 
ruul thr> ()ir)lU'Uin, now committed 
(("((fiiinuf-d on page 19) 



VARIETY 



P I C ¥ 



E S 



Tuesday, February 13, 1934 




at Sth Star-Qiamkr 
Session of the C A. Brings U. S. 





"With fur. flying In all iJlrecttbhs, 
t^e Cb<}6 Authbrlty reached a shbw- 
(fllown in tH^ fifth of Its star-chaiii- 
ber sessions jagf Friday .<9:) when 
the Gbv«rnment(. accdtaingf to , at-: 
tendees, suddenly piit its .foot down 
dhd in so many words ^ told codists 
to quit stalllngT:. and eret to work or 
ac<Jept the <5phsec(uences.- The ■,H'RA 
ultimatum ha.&f 'Heen expected tor 
some time; , alterhative, . . as 

strategists se6^ it, means hothlng 
. .more than out arid out Federal con- 
trol of the fllmi ihdiratry. 

Codists uhderistandihe; .that next 
.Friday (1$) is the dcadliiie peremip- 
torily set by the NRA, . according to 
their own admissions, are taking 
their jobs 'd^d seriously.' 

At .. the end. b£: . the nine-hour seig- 
siori hlfeh up In th6' N. V. Athietic 
Club last Friday- .(9)vnie.ht bniy' fdtir- 
of the '32 police buri^iis of theTNllA: 
^zoning and grievande' , boards) 
\vere set up. Thesie are in- Albahy; 
Salt .Lake. City, Memphis and At-r 
la.rtta. During the session only a; 
total of 13 cities were submitted. 
There were Jhieated disputes over 
thi^ other nine — so many, in t9:Ct, 
that .lh0y were sent badk to the 
noniinationS committee for 
sideration Tuesday i.iCi^at<» ^^-^ ' 
niea;ns that^fgi^iji*"*-' This 
.ito'*^tu|ict; •^'•J^tween now- and Fri- 
the comnoittee will have to 
iron out 28 city sltuatiohs and that 
at least a majority of thejse may 
have to be agreed tipori.by the G.A. 
before it can abandon its next ses.- 
sion. 

Despite the reportdd Government 
deadline for. field officers, conserva- 
tive codists predict 



.tary, ..per.soiT cohnected 

with the. .who Is authorized 

tb speak for the C.A.. for publica- 
tion, ;;:had nothing: to report about 
what tran.$pired at the nine-hour 
session exciept that " the C.A.. wahts 
to be ab'le . to announce thie field ma-r 
chlnery at brie timei^ land that the 
nieetlng .la,st Friday therefore 
tomatlcaiiy becomes a iiart of the 
session this Friday. 

Wari|ibr rray 

Tpni-^t6:Tis were being beaten 
in yarlbus indie exhibitor ranks 
in a national call to war. .'against 
cod© railroadlngV as " the- ... Code 
Authoirlty "went into session Frl.-, 
day. At the same time- there, 
wer6 cries ' of .,'8eU--.out' in ma-: 
jor mhks • blended, ' ' obser- 
vations of sorne of;. ists thfit 
/*ca,utipn 'is thie better -pairt <>^. V.alpy' 
and what-not as. alibis Justlti;iiip 
the "G.A.*s record to date of slow 
mbtlori. OtheicV >6dlsts .were riled 
ip.ver reports reaching them that 
efforts Vbuljaj. be made, to, deliay %he 
setting ;up' of field miachiriery until; 
after settlement of the AJlied-NilA 
litigation, 

.recQi},-i,er^J flfel? estijaKHion. such a raove- 



Scribes ' Nonunees 



Hpliywobd,' . 12. 
Academy writers: have nominated 
a 3lafe .of 20 . members which, will 
be voted on to pick 10 nanries - to 
supply to .DlVlsIpnal Administrator 
.Sol Rosenblatt for the various code 
cbnimlttees. 

. Th^ 20 , chpsen were Hbuston 
Branch, Ji.t'k. Gunnlnehamr- Howard 
Estabrbok, Kttbjsc Glasnion, How- 
ard .J. Green, Grover Jones, -Edward 
Kaufman, ^Illard Mack, WiJUam 
Slavens McNutt, Bess M^eredyth, 
^yroii 'Mor^n, Jane Murfin, ?amr 
son Raphaeisbn, libbert Riskin, 
ttlchard Schayer, Harvey Thew, 
Harlan Tliompsbn, i-nst Vadja. 
Carey Wilson, Waldeniar 
Young. 

Elected nariies be. sent to 

Ro^^ehblait with a. "record of achleve- 
mients of ' each , scenaiist, "tont with 
no designatiph as to which partic- 
ular, cpnimittees. they should be as- 
signed. Names are suggest'^d for the 
6n€^ berth . each on the' code au^ 
thority and agency xiommittee and 
five on the writer-prbducer S-S 
committee, or for any other purpose./ 
that Rpsehblatl itiight . want to use 
thein>. ■ 



lATSE^IBEV SQUABBLE 
f LABOR BD'S LAP 

Hollywood, Feb. 

irrational Labor 



Tracing Royalty Scheme' 



(Continued from page 6) 

accounts with which the producer 
has. no more relation than that of 
tiie ordinary wholesaler to tii^ re- 
tailer, it becomes apparent that 
royal ty of ^.ny, sort can j?nly be 
based ujion that share of the box 
office which •; the .'producer-distrib. 
can call his own. In other words 
Hollywood, on a royalty basis will,, 
it the very stiairt, have to count on 
beirijg sliced Into only about bn^ 
fourth of the total gross reailzecl 
by the theatres,. 

herefore, is explained, if a 
plctui-e grosses ?2,000,000 at the 
couijtry's windows the star who la 
chalked up for 12 or 15% wiU haye 
to start , playing with only. a. total' 
of approximately ,$500,000. 

It'a a llttie too early to come' 
close to .what other deductions may 
haye to be made before the royalty 
shears' of . that star yt^W start toi- 
cut. Certain of the rpyalty ad-- 
vbbates first Of all see distribution 
being. cut. In for 35% of that $500,- 
000. An additional .deduction t& 
likely to be made for ' othef mis- 
cellany,., suph as print posts. •. . ,U-ntli 
tii.i^ iftos't ."pf the . prpduct ion lias ,be,iBn 
reooyered .by the producer the irir 
coniei chepk'ed monthly through .ex- 
changes, shpuld be on a 60-60 



. , , . . merely give good performances isind 

^'^Z.:!^:^^^^^^ to a -Picture's 



Despite 

[ Board's previous sidestepping of 
I the lATSE-IBEW jurlsdicaohal Is- 



ment would definitely shelve the 
code for the ii934-.3B sales year and 

more or less deprive the formula of | sue which flared to a climax in the 
its main power in trade practices, recent soundmen*3 election tb de 
One such cpdist who has riot. missed clde. their boHefitive bargaining 
a single star chamber se'ssiori de- body arid Sol A. Rbsenblatf s duck- 
clared:. l ing of the same :sitv?..tion, the whole 

It is becoming v*ry obvious that matter is again back in, the Labor 
the Code Authority is stalling. Board's lap for, official action 
They h«i-ve. reached the point where! Boomerang the national - labor 
that if the I they have got to do something or I body came about as the result of 



frankly admit they want to reniain 



greater part of the machinery is 

functioning in the field by March Inactive.' 

it will be a surprise to them. They Two weeks ago, after a two-day 

revealed simultaneously that even if and night session of the commit- 

tlie C.A. was Iri agreement on all of tee |( designated to set up the zon- 

the boards today it could not get Ing and. grlevanci boards) had 

theni under way because, rio h?ethod b^^ upj it was offlcially an^ 

of financing. Pr industry assessment nbunced that at least 25 of the 32 

has yet been passed upon by the [picture territories were tentatively 



set and that by Friday (9) the 
other seven would doubtless be 



a complete table for its considera- 
tion. Then it was . also prophesied 
by C.A. offlcials that before the 
middle of this month the field ap- 
paratus for physically administrat- 
ing, the code in the greater U.S 
would be .functioning. 

It was a different story, however, '| lishea 
the nomlnatioris' committee 



codists. The Government's re- 
ported abrupt hard-flsted attitude, 
after two nionths of comparative 
leniency in handling the C.A., is 
also believed by codists to include 
straightening out of finance,, as 
well as the field machinery. 
Open Discord 
The name fight; according to at- 
teridees in official capacity, brough-t-| 
out into the open a certain amount 

of discord among major represen- wpen v, , „w ^ . i.* t- 
tatives theriiselves. as well as aif- adjourned last Thursday night In 
ferences over field representation, stead of a complete roster, codists 
between their group and some, of on the committee reported Friday 
the independents. Up until now it | morning not more than 14 of the 
is known such, affrays have been 
kept in privacy, the majors and in- 
dependents holding their own meet- J 
ings to digest and mull over field 
names 

The showdown Is reported to 
have revelled that some of the in 
deporidents feel they have the right 
to .similar channels pf investiga- 
tion which they charged the ma 



apparently conflicting instructions 
regarding collective bargaining, 
with the latest pfflcial edict of the 
board giving validity to the claim 
of-, the lATSE soundmen that, 
through the election they are the 
mouthpiece of tiielr craft in all 
sound, union dealings with the stu- 
dios, 

Campbell McCUllochi head of the 
Regional Labor Board here, Is in 



ready So that the C.A. would have receipt of a telegram from NRA, in 



answer, to inquiries regarding the 
machiriery of representation and 
the establishment of majority union 
rule vrhlch reads: 

*lf uiiibns have signed applica- 
tions representing majority of em 
plbyees at a given plant, that estab- 
Tepresentaliori; IJemoristra 
tidn (proof) of this majority, if 
contested by employers, may. be 
made by the board (Labor Board) 
as an impartial body offering to 
check the union membership list, 
field uni s 'are anywhere near I against the employers' payroll list^ 



I agreed upon.' Efforts to get them 
back, into session before the after^ 



'If the iemplbyer will not furnish 
the -payroll list or will not accept 



noon's seciret mass meeting of theLjQ-gg.g uait^ 'sioetio lo sMris 
C.A.- were futile, C.A. officials thi6 



time attributing the same not to 
lack of inferest but to 'business en- 
gagements.' 

All Thursday night spies for the 
majors repoited the following day. 



91 eqi JO- uoi)'epyiiJ9o fi.pauoa sq? 
should be' held.' 



^'^^^^^^^^Jjj^oxiMbr'^Sine to the px-o- 
T^SfJothe other half to pay, off 
royalties. When the budget is, 
eclipsed by such returns tlie last' 
chapter In" this version of Holly- 
wood royalty is to giv6 the "pro- 
ducer a break . , of approximately ■ 
60% against royalty collectors'. 
40%. ■ 

Thesa flnal details have yet to hie; 
ironed out. But, It Is officially 
stated, they express the principle of 
royalty £u& practicaly applied to 
production. 

This plan WoUld include . in the 
royalty sphere all persons con- 
nected with the prbductlpn regular-^ 
ly earning in exicess' of $50 weekly. 
It takes into corislderatlon cash 
advancements so as to carry^ wor - 
ers through to the earning period 
pf their percentages. Such advance- 
ments could be written off as royal- 
ties come in. 

While offhandedly, sta,tisticiahs 
concede. It woUld :first appear as 
though such royalty is little, more 
than • a process to chisel dO\vn 
artists' income, . delving into the 
past turns up some surprises to 
the contrary. For Hollywood art 
as a whole, it is estimated that not 
over 25% bf the average produc- 
tion budget is expended in payroll, 
from -^iart .and executive to oiWce 
boy. 

There were smiles in the east 
when Adolph , Zukor announced 
himself in Hollywood for royalty 
last week. And there was «on 
lidence in the knowledge that while 
the NRA can't set a maximum It 
quite likely can abet considerably 
by officially iBanctipnihg salary 
elasticity with a definite anchorage^ 
it's no secret, as well, that long 
before the famous ,Article X was 
changed to Article V, allowed tb re- 



main as a clause in the code an4 
flnaily 'temporarily suspended' by 
President Roosevelt, that the White 
House was doing sonie checklner ot 
its bWn along royalty lines. 

Zukpr's Promi89,s 

.. liolly wood, Feb, 12. 
Adolph (ikbr.,..- promised , I^ara-* 
nioijnt acting talent ithe institutlpn 
pi; a rbyalty system," on ,the CiVe of. 
his departure from here for the 
hpme office. "He stated^ tiiat an ef ^ 
fort would be made to put players 
on, a percpntage basis as soon as 
the financial olffairs at Pararnount 
wpuld permit. 

Zufkor. stated tha,t he believes tiiat 
most of the squawks from yarlous 
isectlons will be taken ca,i:e of in the, 
establishment of such a schenie for 
writersi directors as ,w'ell as players. 

'Wh^n a star becbme valuable to 
a Company through, actualiy bring- 
ing people to theatres,, it, becoriies 
Impossible to determine ' Just what 
he ia wprth in terms ot, salary/ 
Zukor said. 

'The only fair method of paying 
the star :ln proppr'tibn to .his, value, 
lies iri. .a share oif the: picture profits'/-. 

In speaking of the oUier class of 
players he stated that actors Wiib 



rtveriue should be, ' considered" 
craftsm<fn arid • paid accordingly.. 

Belief here is that Zukor's state- 
ment coincides with the curraiit 
feeling among the. tbp eiecuti-Ves of 
the various riipjor studios, that gbt 
some impetus in the conferences 
with Sol Rosenblatt. 

It Is known that the divisional 
administrator favors ai royalty plan 
if such can be worked out, as a 
means of sob'ing production ecb- 
noinlc problenis and at the same 
time stem the .country-wide cries of, 
too-heavy gravy for fllm talent; 



Cuniiii^ham's Powwow 



Hollywood, 12; 

Charles W. Cunnlnghana, head of 
th.e NRA Compliance Board of So.- 
Callfbrnla,. was in San Frariclsicd 
over the week-end conferring with 
George Creel, state NRA head. One 
of the reasons fpr the trip Is to Iron 
but Cunningham's authority with 
r^espect tb NRA erifprcement affect- 
ing the picture business. 

It is understooC that Cun^ningf- 
ham's oflUce tangled with one of the 
major studios over point outside the 
province of the Code Authority. 



Natl Board CoDT. Over 



■ National Board of Review, follow* 
ing established lines, closed its cbn- 
vention in New York last Saturday 
with the usual anti-censor resolu- 
tion. 

This year the Board had back- 
ings b£ the NRA, tlirough Divisional 
Adrhlnlstra.toi" Rosenblatt, and sun- 
dry prelates. 



jors with using. Over the week-end wire services and telephones were 



some of the codists openly claimed 
•.majors have- been carefully check- 
ing field forces with their .ex- 
cha.nges. Therei are many cori- 
striJctipris being. . placed upon, this 
by the Indies. 

On the S.ubject of, the field ma- 
chinery the Code AUthbjrity exer- 
cised several pf its prerogatives.; It 
held, according to codists, that it 
shall; have ithe right to name . alter- 
nates when m^embers bf. the griev- 
ance and zoning' boards are uriable 
tb attend sessions. Codists., report 
soirie 64 heiitral Government: repre- 



kept busy along Paul Revere lines. 
In the rriorhing industry headquar- 
ters were reported virtually flpPded 
with qu.eries about the code and 'a 
state of war.' 

Another br<jach of faith, laid by ] 
major ppokesriien In the direction 
of sbme of the indies, was' the 
'plariting' of a list of names vand 
grievance boards one trade 

paper. "This list,. whieii at the [?ame 
time was alsb repudiated by bthier ] 
indie codists, was described by in- 
forniers as designed , to place the 
C.A. as a body in ,ari embarrissing I 



Amusement Stocks 



,8umma,ry for Week -Ending Feb. 10 



STOCK EXCHANGE 



■entatives will probably haye alter- jigj^^ .^^^ the entire industry 



nates. It also ruled that while, 
these boards ,siiall have the inltiai 
right to name their own paid seftre- 
taries, confirmatibij of the sa,m6; 
with the right tb put anyone in the 
. joijs they de.sire, is up to the C.A. 
Itself. , 

A i>robiem of .major interest, 
ported to be thfs 10%: cancellation 
clause^ also, came up befoi'o the 
^^bodF^^^By^-^ar^bte^of-^apiiroxlm 
7-to-3 it-was decided that no pub- 
licity should be given 'this issue uur 
til . the. Friday .• session. 

Nathan' Tamins was .openly 
charged at the rimeeting with hav- 
ing violated a C.A. oath 'not {(^-^talk 
'to: the press.- 'The Allied Kxhlbltor 
codist is- repor.ted to havn admit- 
ted that he had caused a number 
of names to be dis.seminated^ for 
the purpose of obtaining informa- 
tion about them. 
John C. Flinn, 



Generally It was conceded Friday 
mbrriing that the* industry is fur 
ther aWay "than ever in .establlshjing 
its field -roli'ce force. It is Itnown 
that troubles, lu: selecting , names 
haVe. not , beeri confined to iridie 
ranks; hat majors during the past 
two we&ks have rehashed arid re-^ 
hashed ^the name situation Dur- 
ing this time^the rtarrfes contest has 
affei'^e<rismy~riUmlb"er^ gags"rn§om 
of thern, ' it is learned officially* 
were monickers of picture men 
either- long. dead, or else out pf.the^ 
bu.siness, 



High.. 
& 

m. 

&2% 
17%., -,. 
2BH 
34 
80%- 

4% 

4>/i 

3>4 
17% 

9H 

•3%c 
80 

. 8^4 .... 
24%^" 



24 V& 
,11% 



m 

'..10% 

• 'iZ 
70 
ViiA 
18"^' 

72^ 

1% 

1% 
10% 
6% 

4% 

20% 



(2). 



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Sales., IsBue and rate. 

0,700 American Seat..; 

G.SPO CoDsoi: Film.... 

,19,700 CorisoJ. Film pM. 

3,C00 Columbia V. vtc. 

11,80» Bafltroan Kodak (3).. 

08.000 Fox, Clatia A-.. 

271,640 Geiii Blec. (40c.).... 

300,400 LbeW (1) 

000 I>o. pref. (0%)...i....... 

1,800 .MadlsDXi Sq. Garden 

280.000 Pai-rPubllx ctfe..... 

07,000 ,Pathe Kxch^nge. . , . 

48,000 ~ f^the. Class- A • > . 

242,000 nadlo Corp. 

38,000 liKO ...... 

. 820 Universal prcf. (8). 
188.300 "Warner Bros 

.''000 . : Do pfd. ........... .w. «-•••'.< . 

28^400 .tVestlnghouse (1) 



• • • • • * » • • • • 

• • • % • • • r 



• • • • « • • • « 



» • • b • • 



..... Columbia Plcte. ......... 

2,200 Tochnicolor * . 

1,800 Trans Xjox DUPS (10c.).. 



Hleta.. 
0 

8^ 
1(1% 
27% 
02% 
17% 
25% 
84., -' 
.80% 
4% 
4% 
8% 
17.% 
»% 
.8% 
, 80 , 
8% 
21% 
"30 



24% 
10 

. 2% 



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4% 
14 
24% 
80 
IP'^ 
21 
30% 
84% 

4 

a%: 

2% 
.13% 
7% 
2% 



Last. 

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.5.' 

.16 

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88% 

10 

22% 

31% 

80 
4% 
4% 

17% 
7%". 
3 

26 
7 

22% 

33 



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cbft 
-f % 
+ % 
+1 • 
-1% 
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+ 
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+ ■% 
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-f .% 
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% 

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Readers Fox, WB Deal 

Walter Rf-ad«, ^i\^iTiV'>\>i', /riore <\i\ 
product for M/'i,v/;j.ir. N. it., 

after plaving Infl'T'^-nd'-Tiff!, hati 
of.jnf'ln'l"'i ;.r-nifii.:f-riif ritf> x<. ;fh Wa.r- 
eivs an'l Vi>x for any «ava.51;/.hlfi ix. 



8?4 

91 

42% 

43 



% 
% 



ount Pub.. ....... 

BONDS 

pivxm r,Mn Th'a. T->j. h% 

24«>'X; «-Jtb «'»). '40 ........,..", a% 

M l^f w f}>, '41 (1(1 ■ 

'/fi.'H*) I'kVa Tf. ".il '. 01 

W.t<i'K) y>ir fuufl.nuV.y fVn. ' 4a% 

■Jir,,i)(iii I'iiiT'i'uh r,'u», 'C '. .. 4.1 

IP.W* ItKO f>n. MI:... 30 . 

r>\f,,(m y/iiTriP.r Brw. n'n, '.'J!) Wi'-i' 

OVER THE COUNTER, N. Y, 

Ilrixy. r'l.ins A > 

\Jnit do.' »»• 



4% -+1 



- % 



-3% 



Rosy Started Sumpm 



-Hollywood, 12i. 
Report of the iictivities of Sol A, 
Rosenblatt while here vtaa submitr 
ted by the Screen Actora' Guild tb 
Eddie ■ ,Cantor, their president ' lli 
New Tbrk and a - member of , , the 
Co^e 'Authority, 

Guild thought, the report Impbr- 
tant enough to hi^ve Kenneth 
Thonisori, the secretary, fly east 
with.- the data, v 

Report told of^ the adminisf ratbr'a 
movemerits, associations and meet* 
ings while here; 



L. A. to N. Y. 

LiOii Irwin. 
Rampn Novarro... 
Edmund Lioye.. 
Lllysin Ta.<thnian. 
Mary Brian. 

Mr. and Mrs. Will H,,Hays. 
Mr. 'arid Mrs.. Harry "VJ^arner. 
"Wattersrm='RotlKtck(?T.====^=^ 
Earl Bright. 
George ,Borth\yick. 
Nunnaliy Johnson. 



N. Y. to L. A. 

Moss, Hart. 
George S. Kaufman. 
Eddie Mannix, 
Eddie MonniJc. 
Illcardo Collet. 
Edgar Solwyn.- 



Tu<\stla>% February 13, 1934 



PICTURES 



Vm/ETY 




Agents and Calif. Labor Board 
Draft a Standard Hollywood Pact 



Hollywood, Fob 12. 

Agents and a committee of attor- 
ncy.s representing errouns q£ the for- 
ter will have their chance this 
week to meet with heads of the, 
state labor biircau here' for the pur- 
pose of . working out hew rules and 
regulations conforming with the 
state employment law well as 
submitting, a draft for a standard 
agont-cllent contract. 

conferences were held last Thur.s- 
day (8) bet\yeen Chief Deputy 
Thomas Barker Charles^ . 

iiCiwy^ atttorney 'for . .the state labor 
commisli oii a plan, bringing agentf! 
under closer supervision of the state 
orga.nizatipn. Following the meet-, 
ing they .refused to comment on. 
.what they had .planned. It wa.<j 
learned they .Were deluged with in- 
quiries from agents arid attorney..s 
with reference to the regulation they/ 
iilteiid putting into effect by April 
1, wiicn new 'liccnscH are ; issued. 
.They also received tclegrapliic com- 
plaints from clients of numerou.v 
agents, regarding the business tac- 
tics of the latter, which will be. 
turned over to:. inve.stigators In the 
olUce fon a clieokup with recbm- 
mpuclatlons as to Avhether com- 
plai agai st Mie. offenders are 
■w'^arranted, 

State olTlciais. av<' «aid to feel the 
subject would be too complicated to 
discuss with all agents and attor- 
neys at this time, and will ask tlie 
group at the first meoting: to ap- 
point a cpmfhlttce of well Informed 
agents and a trio of attorneys, to 
formulate the rules and regulations 
as well as the .proposed standard 
agency contract with them. 

Committee of attorneys reported 
coeptable to the Commission are 
said fo be I. Baer NcWmari, Sam- 
uel Zagon. and Abe Simons, who 
repre.sent greater portion of the 
agents operating in the picture 
business. Other attorneys would 
be acceptable to the coiiimisglon, 
later, outside o£ a few w^ho have 
been partiouiarly active in lobbying 
on the matter lately; 

Scores of proposed contracts from 
attorneys have been received by 
Barker and Lowy, but none of them 
have met witlr the st.andards that 
the Commission feels It requires^ 
from agents. These contracts that 
have been submitted are understood 
to show signs of willingness to con- 
form with the general ' ideas ' ad- 
vanced by thia authorities, but are 
s.Tid hot to be' what . is wanted by 
the T^abor heads. 

It is figured that about two weeks 
will be required of committee ses- 
sions; after which a general meet- 
ing of all agents wanting licenses 
will be called for a voicing of opin- 
ions as to the propo,sed rules and 
<i6ntrat't fbrms; 



Ed Small Wants Lederer 
For triW; Last for DA 



Hollj wood, Feb. 12. 
K -'iud Small is negotiating with 
RKO for loan of Francis Ledbrer to 
play ti)e lead in 'Monte Qristoi' the 
last Reliance production, for United 
Artists , release under the present 
contract. 

Small. expects to mf^-ke a new deal 
this \ye^k for next sea.son, calling 
tbre;e pic.« fdr ITA .relea.«o. 



Tech Dues Cut 



Hollywood, Foli. U'. 

lit through an almost sni^j, slaf<h in 
technician momber.s' diie.s, on rec- 
ommend.'ition of branch's executive 
t'lSmmittoe, which plans to ' bring 
Acad'.M Research Council ahd ot or 
r'^chnical activities to \iU- iigain. 

Now schedule, effective as of .Tan, 
1034. rails for $15 yearly frim 

'•tivc m"in})ers and $10 from nf>- 
. ofi.Mtc.i^. v. ith initiatinn foe fur 
j')iii.»T. >M|ii:iI to (in*', y-ni '^ dufs. 



Usky Sgnin' 'Em Up 



Hollywood, Feb; 12. 

Jesse - Liasky is putting people un- 
der personal coriti:a.ctswto himself at 
Fox. First signatured Keerie 
Thompspn, writer. 

HAsky Is al^o lookihg for 
genu6 and a niiale lead. 



PLAYING TIME 



Indie Exhibs Defense That Pix 
Were Indecent Wins Suit for Him 




Distributors in M i d w e s t 
Want Houses and Cir- 
cuits tO: Apportion Rental 
Deals Among 'AH Ex^ 
changes-^Tfaree DUtribs 
Now Grab Bulk of Play^ 
ing Time 



DarmourV 12 75G Pix 



Bryan Foy Would 
Enjoiif t, Cop 
Over Nudist 



Heal(-ing on the application of the 
13ryan Fpy Studios against fhe city, 
of Los Angel eis, and police depart- 
ment, for. Injunction 
restrai interference with the 
local ishowirtg of the Foy nudist pic, 
'Kly.s ,' Is scheduled, for tombrx'ow 
(Tuesdaj-). In 

Tem 'ary , has 

l>een continued in force, with . tlie 
ilesher being exhibited in several 
nabe houses durin reek. 

Brawley, .'laiyaia'- has 

been ba,nried for a second time. 
Latesi; objection came in the form 
Of a petition to the management of 
the Brawley (rrincipal) signed by 
250 feminine residents protesting 
the picture's sh6\ying there. Ac- 
ceding;, to. this,, management made 
a quick switch in plans and the 
iiudie ic relegated to the ..shelf. 
.Showing of the film had previou.sly 
been objected to verbally by Braw- 
ley women. Prinoip.al Theatres 
also pulled Oly.si.a' in Banning, 
Calif., 'because of fem protests. 



WB VITAPHONE VS. ERPI 
BACK TO ARBITRATION 



Wilmlhgton, Feb. 
Vitaphone's long arbitration tangle 
with Kleetrical Research Products, 
Inc., over licenses on talking pic- 
ture patents will just have to go on 
^r Vltaphone will have to drop its 
claims under .an opinion of the State 
Supreme Court last Wednesday (7), 
reversing Chancery Court and hold- 
ing that the court Is without juris- 
diction' to ho' Vitaphone's equity 
action which sought to take the 
mess out of the a,rbitration cham- 
bers and into open court. 

Case was heard on appeal fron» 
an order of Former Chief Justice 
Jame.s Pennewill; sitting as, Chan- 
cellor, over-ruling a plea filed by 
ERPI to yitaphono's bill .of com- 
plaint. . Pehnewill's order directed 
that ERPI file ain answer to the 
bill, which thus Would have taken 
the matter, into coxu't. 

rjRPI claimed It was nicked for 
$450>746 as its share of the New 
York arbitration procecdin .s, with 
the three arbitrators .getting $1,000 
a day each and expenses : and' the 
testiinony filling 4,079 typewritten 
pages. 

One Vitaphone's arguments 
for taking the matter Into court 
was the arbitration ,co.st5<, but TiJRPI 
countered on the appe.-il that. Its 
!5hai-e would be a total lo.<5s if thQ 
arbitration ended. Supreme: Court 
held • \7itapUrtne'.<f argument invalid 
becau.se Vitaphone voluntarily en- 
tered into tlio contract with RRPI 
of ^la.v, 1927, contaihing the arbitra- 
tio.n (.lauses. Mcift of the ejcpcn.se, 
thp~"opiniTm==irointK— TTnt7=^va75— ^ 
f.urred by arbilrattirs .n.-imed hy 
VHapIiiino it.self. 

Atturneys for JOKI'I Uci-f' <I. f. 
Ilurd and J. H.' irtinl of Xfw \'f>vk. 
and ('lirI..«(opher L. Ward of! AVil- 
mlriel'i Counsel for Vitaplion'- 
was .George ■\Vliarton Popper, Rob- 
ert W. Perkins and Theodore S. 
I'aul, of Phllaiieli)hia. and I'V.nner 
Federal Judge Hugh M Sf'-inis, of 
W'ilmingl-on. 



4 EXCHANGES SQUAWK 



- Ghiciikgo, Feb. 1?. 

Midwest film industry Is this week 
'making an important decision either ■ 
to sweep bade to double features 
en masse or to get together on some 
equitable basis of ajllotting a cer- 
tain amount of fllmis for. each major 

distributor through all the houses 
pi; the larger circuits. 

Entire industi:y is struggling des- 
perately to withstand the pressure 
being brought to send double fea- 
tures back to the screens and it 
appears that the only /way out will 
bo the allottment- of playing time 
on .all screens for aU exchanges. 

Move follows the ;blow-up last 
week of, the exchanges who have 
been forced out in the cold while 
three or four distributors have 
gobbled tip the ^eat portion of the 
playing time, in some cases as much 
as 80% ol! the playing time for as 
little as three, compianies, leaving, 
little for the other five distributors. 

Touch-pi"f on the situation Centers 
around Balaban & katz picture 
bookings locally. Major distributors 
are squawking that 75% to 85% of 
the B&K playing time through more 
than 35 theatres is taken up with 
throe products, Paramount, Metro, 
and Warners. Fox, RKO, Universal 
and United Artists and the indie 
distributors must haggle among 
themfJClves • for the few Cnimbs of 
pl.ay i ng time remaining. 

i As Step'Child 

Situation has gone beyond' .im- 
mediate control, according to the- 
film rowltes, aii there is a new 
move on to restore double features 
to. this territory in order to perk up 
exchange saleis. Exchiange mana^ 
gers are pointing out that Chicago, 
_whlch is tile second largest market 
for films in the world. Is running 
behind Philadelphia, Boston and De- 
troit on gross receipts at the ex- 
changes. Dallas, which is far down 
on the list on the quota chart> is 
almost neck-iand-neck with Chicago 
on gross sales. In nearly all cases 
Chicago exchanges are rating 19th, 
20th and thereabbtits on the usual 
<3uota: systeni for exchanges as com-^ 
plied by the distributors. . 

Return to double features would 
be double-back on the part of local 
industry which has just recently 
killed twin-billing in this territory 
after a long two-year light against 
the double feature thing. But now 
the exchanges are realizing that 
they cantt gpt anywhere. On single 
features sales with 300 anji more 
pictures being, .turned out annually: 

Balaban & Katz, Essaness.; .and 
other ■ cireuits ' arie putting up a 
terrific battle against the'- threat- 
ened return to doubles and many 
of the indie circuits are reported 
already approaching exchangoswjth 
a, oommittment plan in- Order ^to 
stifle tlje new d.ouble-featxire 

roportionihg FilmEi 

Committment idea locally, i.s the 
brain-clilld of Emil Stern, heaid of 
tessanestf, and is a plan that has 
worked out satisfactorily for both 
the firourt and the exchanges. It 
is apparently the- only plan that 

=ffatiBfl?nr-ijDtH"^nir-=7*xch5rrff^^ 
sale.s and the fircuit a.s. to quality 
of piciui-i-.s. I'lider the system; every 
di.stributor is represented, on the 
Bs.saiU'fiH sT-ref-ns, each istrjbutor 
afoopiiim ;i certain portion of the 

j playing time in.stead- oif dfmanding 

ll'ifi'J, block booking. 

I lO.ssane.s.s In this mann'-r hias re- 
in Ined (lie fill ire friend.slu'p of the 
film r<(\vilr-s. with each exchange 
rf^aliJ'.inL; Di.ii cjif-h iR getting it 



Hollywood, Feb. 12. 

Globe Pictures has been chalrtered 
in Sacramento >ylth Larry . Dar-' 
niour, president; . and A. C. Hopper, 
of Cihema Mercantile, v-p, to pro r 
duco 12; pictures, averaging ?75,O60 
each Four will be made first wiih- 
out a release, being sought. 

First pic will bo 'Great JCxpecta- 
tions/ from Charles Dickens' 






Further Foreign 
Pic Expeditions 



Hoilywopll, 12. 
Xfctio' ha.s ^et back 'Jungle Ked 
Man* for several, months on orders 
from- tlie hPine office not to make 
any pictures callin itioiis 
out of the ^'ear's 
budget. 

; Eafitern tlv. - 

away locatio Eskimo' and 

■Viva Villa' are all that the year's 
finances ca,n stand. 

Scheclule:iiad been for a company 
to leave for Brazil for 'Red Man' 
within the next ..few weeks, th 
jor part of the expedition being by 
air into the upper ^reaches of the 
Amazon, 



WANT TO MAKE AfflPAS 
100^ REPRESENTATIVE 



The . M, p. is planning an 
election of pfllcers next month, with 
a new president to succeed .tolin C. 
Flmn expected to .be -usiiercd In. As 
a result of hlS' .acceptance recently 
of an . executive pest on the Filin 
Code Authority, of. which he's secre- 
tary, Flinn has not had the time to 
administer to the alf.airs of the 
AMPA. Ordinarily the annual elec- 
tion Is Jn October. The change to 
March is made for the reason, that 
a new president is urgent. 

Although, a couple of months* ef^ 
forts were made to inject new life 
Into the AMPAy charged at that 
time with being imreprcsentative in 
both naembershlp and purpose, the 
organization Is &till -yv-lthout the sup- 
port of mos:t of the majors. No one 
from 'Warrierig, Paramoimt, Fox, 
Metro' or Universa,! x)ayis mnch lif 
any attention to it at all. Among 
the majors it's mostly JA iand Co- 
lumbia which ofiler roprcHenta- 
tion. 



proper proportion of book! ail- 
able on K'ljsaness screens. 
• There is. no such inequality of 
booking as in the . ca.se of B. & K.. 
with' its. Paramount affiliations. For 
instance, in B. &, K. circuit which, 
has a bulk of theatres in Chicago, 
RKO films will have only four book- 
ings oh three pictures in the month 
of March. And as far. as shorts are 
concerned, the howl among the ex- 
changcK out in the cold is louder 
than ever. Three dlstrlbiitora are 
gathoring the groat bulk of the 
short .subject bookings; Fox, Uni- 
versal, RKO, Cnljmibia are out.sldc 
the door. 

"^'I'^wnng^inTrTirg'^^l^^^^^ 
trib.s is that they mn.st aid. the re- 
turn of double •uturos ' -.st- with 
.the indie exhibs whifh will forpe 
the drouit.s badv into t\vin-i)llls. 
Only in this way run they lind ,snf- 
fie-ient market for thflr prints. Un- 
less everyone in the bii-^incs.'* agrees 
to allot quotas of- /ilrns. to ear h dis- 
tributor for (■■.K-h tl-.j-atre, A uif'-l- 
ing will be h»'td to TH'i'iiioic t.lii.. 
id'-a ytt tirn'e t.lii.': ^' i-f\:.' 



Olarksbvu- Va.,,Feb. lO. 
Jack Marks, former owner of 
Ritz here (now WB), yesterday 
I eat the ;iu;t against him rjiade by 
RKO Distributing Co. for $3,106 .al- 
lejred' due for pictitres .sold. Re- 
f.u.«al to. accept a full consignment 
of 30 pi-'ture.'i while he was owner 
of tiie R''t 7 Avas the basis' for the 
■ iCvO umt. .. 

. .Tht! thea tre manager claimed that 
10 - of the pictures wiei'e impreseht- 
a:ble becausK^ they were indecent, 
and he charged that the plaintiff 

roXiip t.c . furnisli him four pic-, 
ture^ i.hat iic desired to. show. .. He- 
claimed, he' lost $2,p0p because he 
d.d 'not obtalii those -four films.. He 
furtho ci.simed offsets totaling. $2,- 
.'♦76.65. A ^lypy brought iu a verdict 
lor Marl:. ^ 

The ca,so-was t>f much interest to 
theatre mftnagei^ in AV^est Vlriglnld 
wl-jo must plaj' pictures purchased 
in ■ block. .>VIth Marks' contention 
upheld — ^that pictures iare. not . play- 
iibie because of decency— :it may 
be possil)lc for any manager to 
avoid playing certain pictures. 

Mark.s dIsv>osed of th Rtti? 
\yarncrs a few years ago. 



Insurgent Ohio Exhib 
Group Quits MPTO Org. 
To Form Own Ass'n 



Columbu.s, Feb. 12. 

At a .state-wide meeting here last 
Vveek, indie exhibitors decided to 
practically pull out from under the 
Will Hays organization through the 
organization of ai, state group of 
their own. known as the Indepen- 
dent Theatres Owners of Ohio. 
Practically all.officers arid direfltors 
of the M. P. T. O. of Ohio resigned 
their posts and afniiated with the 
new body. 

Constitution of tlie new group 
provides that meriiberi^hip will be- 
restricted to 100% indie "exhibs. and 
that no theatre operated by LoeWr 
RKO, Publix, Warner, Shea or 
other similar national chalna shall 
be eligible ror membership. Elec- 
tion of officers of the new group will 
take place In this city Feb. 15. 

Those instrumental In organizing 
the new setup are .T. Real NetSh and 
Max Stern of Columbus, Nat Char- 
nas of "Toledo, Henry G.recnberger 
and M. B. Horwltz of Cleveland, El- 
mer Shard, Charles Fine ahd Willia 
Vance of Cincl, Henry Bieberson 
of pelaware, John Schvi-alm of 
Hamilton, Sam E. Lind of Zanes- 
vilie, C. F. Pfister of Troy and L, F. 
Eick of Martins Ferry. 

Officers and directors of the M. P. 
T. p.. of Ohio who quit their posts 
Neth, Steam, Lind, Bliebersdn, 
Smith, Sohwalm, Pfitser, lilck, . .7. 
'VVood, business manager of the M. 
P. T. O. of Ohio, announced he 
would resign within the next day or 
two. 



Hearst-Metrotone Loses 
Its Identity pit B'way 

lExcept for the Lpew houses which 
play its regular issues, released 
twice weekly, IIear.<jt-Metrotone 
virtually loses its neWsreel' identity 
on Broadway as a result of .a deal 
under which the. TranS-Ltix takes 
Fox-Movietone. ho fohlract is for 
one year and c.all.s for Fox-i\fo\ie- 
tone only, excluding 1{=M. 

Although right along both reels 
have been gotten out under the one 
roof at Fox, when F-AI was in the 
Emba.«,sy with a .straight nowsreel 
policy, ai)proxiniate]y half of the 

rp>77jjrrfi''rf -fTTrRf^^ 

will- hf- mmo in the Tritns-I.nx 
•ho sf.s lalifded fh.'il. -"vtiy, it i.s uruler- 
.<itpod.. , . J 

Kuibas.sy, rcr)pr'rifd Saturday (10), 
Is sirlotly I'aihe, whilf T-L now.h.'is 
P-arainoiint, T'nivci-Hal arid Fox- 
Movii.tdne, The .jr<!.ar.«l-Motrotone 
ri i-\ t.'ikf.s a ininin" r>'''SlMnn as a re- 
.'■•ijli iir it;j r«'.<irl"'li'yii risv lo liouSes,'. 
iinj^ilil'.- ].iif-:-'r v.!,:'!! jil.-iy iv iindf.'t'; 



VARIETY 



P I C ¥ ■ B E C 



O S S E S 



Tneaday, February 13, 1934 



UM Opening Night at $5 Top 
For Garto; 'Nellie $E300 in Two 
Houses; '6 of Kind,' Pan 




Los Aiigreleis, 

• Notlunsi stai'tlliig in ficreien attrac- 
.to cause: unusual groasetsf.this 

Chinese started off Friday (.9) 
with 'Queen Christina' at a $5 top 
and. tlien- Went into its new S'LlO;. 
fop for subsequent performaricjes. 
Opening- night tak was around 
-$5,900. 

/Paramount: with 'Six of . a Kind', 
is running bit ahead of the. State 
where . 'earolliia,' is the stellar 'at- 
traction, without stage show aid. 
•Hi, Niellie;' did not .jget away to the 
>tart anticipated at tuie two Warner 
houses. 

Criterion is" on a double bill, first 
run basis which does not give theiri 
nny choice of productv 'Advice to 
1 he J.k»velorri' got off-, to splendid 
start at the U. A., 'i^'hile 'Eskimo'^ 
is holding nicely at the Foiir Star. 

.Estimates fi9r This Week 
Chinese .(Graiinian) ' , (2.628; 55- 
$l.l.«)-T'iQuc.eri Christina' (MG) &nd 
stage show (1st. week)» • Off to bang 
iip start with .tpwn q.uite eager for a 
screen glimpse of Garboi - The first; 
three days, including $4,900 on $5 
opening; picture got $10,.406: 

piterion (Tally) (1,600; 25-40)— 
'The Song Tou Gave Me' (Col), and 
'Ohcei t6. Every Woman' (Col), Split.. 
With new policy change and no b. o. 
magnets to offer, tough Sledding .to- 
get $3,000. Idat week,, third and 
final, for 'Angkor' (Merrlek), crept 
out ivlth a scant $1,700. 

.Downtown (WB) (1,800; 25-36- 
40-55)^.'HI, . Nellie' (WB), Only 
$5,500 in sight. Last week, '£}a3y to 
ijCve' (WB) very disappointing, 
$4,600. .. 

Four Stur (Fox) ^900; 60-76).- 
'Bskimo' (MG) (3d week). Holding 
up exceptionally and will hit around 
$3,^0.0, whlcii Is plenty of profit. 
Last week, second stanza^ did d. re- 
markiEt.ble. $4,^00, only $200 below 

Hoirywood (WB) (2,756; 25-35-40- 
..55)--'HI, Nellie' (WB). Muni name 
means considerable here but $6,800 
over expectations. Last week 'Easy 
to Love (WB) not so liotsy totsy at 
$5,100. 

Los Angeles (Wm* Fox) (2,800; 
15-35)— 'Charming Deceiver' (Ma- 
jestic) . and 'Woman Uniaifrald' 
(Goldsniith) split. Tr^de holding at 
steady average, with take running 
ivround $4,600; Last week house had 
second run offering. 

Pahtages (Pan) (2,700; 25-35-40) 
—'I Like tt That Way' (U) and 
stage" show. Holdover of stage 
show for second week, hurt instead 
of helped as $362 bpenlhg day 
shows, with house not likely to get 
over $3,300 on week.. Last week 
'Sons ..of the Desert' (M(j) could not 
get anywhere near an even break 
figure with hdUse losing around $2,- 
000^ on a take of $4,400.^ 

Paramount (Partmar) (3,595; 25 
40)— 'Six of a Kind' (Par) and stage 
show. •Hal Grayson band and Leo 
Cari'lllo on stage and should hit 
•around the $14,600 mark. Last week 
'Search of Beauty' (Par) with Sally 
Rand in person had It .pretty lucky 
bringing the gross around the $2.1, 
^100 figure. 

President (Bdwy) (1,000; 15-25)- 
'Tempest' (UFA). House went into 
first run figuring that advance bal 
lyhbo on Anna Sten would do plenty 
for trade. Xiooks as though it- will 
get around $.4,600, being severiil 
Aveektf ahead of Sam Goldwyn's 
'Nana' ^Ith Stien. 

RKO (2,^50; 26-40)— 'Man of Two 
Worlds' (tlKO) (2rid w6ek). Hold 
over, week helped a bit by Lederer 
appearances ln<house> so will fun 
around $4,200, Last week, first for 
thlis picture, take was an even .$6, 
OOO,' which- is big for this house; 

State (LoeAy-FoX) (2,024; 25-40) 
— 'Caroliiia' (Fox). With heavy 
.cami?aign behind this one and the 
(laynor name, started ,6ff at better 
than $2,000 gait on opening day arid 
looks like it will hit around $14,- 
000.. . Last week . 'Going Hollywood 
(MG), second week, came home 
with plenty profit. at close to $11,000, 

United Artists (Grauman) (2,100 
26-35-40-65)— 'Advice to the Love 
lorn' (20th Century). Start very 
good with locals still curious for a 
glimpse of Lee Tracy. Looks like 
around $11,000. Last week, second 
and final for 'Gallant Lady' CUA'i 
did a pip of A business for holdover 
at $8,200. 



Jack Gain Arbiter 



Hollywood, Feb. 12: 
Jack .1. Gain, studio manager at 
Fox, has- bcon named chairman 6t 
the Special roducer committee set 
up on gu'bitration, settlement of dis- 
putes, etc., under paragraph 25 of 
the ASC cameramien's a,greement 
with 11 major companies. William 
Koenig Of W9.rner;9 and C. D. White 
of Radio are other niemb.ers of the: 
producier committee, , 

•Representing ' . camerainen; 
John' Arnold Is chairman, with Vic-- 
tor Milner and Fred Jackman the 
other two ASC appointees. 



'8 GirlsVGV/ Tab 16G,. 
Penner-Tatror Same, 
BaKo Biz CGmbiiig 



^tJTlM'OOpSS PR0D7 

HoUsnvood, Feb. 
Dfivld Butter will direcv 



iU 



Rogers in 'Merry' Andrew.' Tox 
picture scheduled to start Maroh i 
Sol Wurtzel will oversee. 

Butler, who recently wafln-d n] 
at Fox oh an iexisting chntnu.'t 
made a one-pic part (n iw-n 
lUigevs production. 



Baltimore, Feb. 12, 
With Saturday's surcease of the 
sub-ziero weather, biz immediately 
'climbed tO: normal, pace. -Excessive 
ehill of Friday .thwarted the. ex- 
hlbs' box -ofllce designs and will 
show up glaringly on tTie week's 
toll sheet in a town where opening 
days are repre.gehtively and want- 
edly big. 

Once again the. blasting cannon- 
ades of the ■ vreek ieu'e emanating 
from the pali* of vaudfilm houses. 
The: Hipp's. bright candle-ln- 
wlndow is Joe Peiiner, singular fav 
hereabouts, who is personally boom- 
ing the take to splendid $16,000 with 
negligible help fi'om the pic aligned 
with him, 'The Lost Patrol.' 

The Century started rolling 
slowly, but is gathering. Impressiye 
momentuoi with strong combo of 
Eight Girls in a. Boat* on screen 
a;nd ;Greenwich. Village FOllies' tab 
on the rostrum. Burg has "been 
dished nearly unbroken succession 
of tab or unit form of show each 
week, at either Century or Hipp for 
several . months and. looks like the 
novelty has worn off for most vaude 
patrons. Best chapqe accorded 
'Greenwich' is on strength Of word - 
of -mouth ■ that current tops 
among tabs. 

The Stanley has" been limping 
along sluggishly past month and 
does not look to startle this week. 
Estimates for This Week 
Century (Loew-UA) (3,000; 25- 
35-40-55-66)— '8 Girls in a Boatr 
(Par) and 'Greenwich Village Fol 
lies' tab . on Stage; ■ Flick drew the 
nod from the crix and the stage 
stuff, minus any names of real b. o. 
sock, dependent chiefly on good re 
ports it has garnered. . Building 
gradually after ' slow start and ap 
pears in the money with $16,000 for 
the session. Last .week 'This Side 
of Heaven' (MG) and Lionel Barry 
more heading' five-act layout went 
to town for strong $17,000^ 

Hippodrome (Rappaport) (2,500; 
25-35-40-65-66)— 'The Lost Patrol' 
(RKO) and Joe. Penner' headlining 
pat-ade of vsiude turns. Penner 
without b. o: support and does not 
need it. Packs probably strongest 
appeal hereabouts of any. comic 
.vaude single extent. Currently, re- 
peat engagement at this indie spot 
within seven weeks and this time, 
though won't soar to peak figure 
ho scored last, He'll hit . nlc^ $16,000 
Last week: !Man of Two Worlds' 
(RKO) and Canities' tab collapsed 
after ipromisihg stai:t and 'fluttered 
under $15,000,. n. s. h; The coin de 
pehdence rested with the tab;., 

Keith's (S.chanberger) (2,6d0; 25 
30-35-40-60).— '1 Like -It That Way' 
(U).. Wan musical that evoked' in 
difference from the press and totes 
no name 6filculated to draft 'em; re- 
gardless. . Operiing activity ind.i 
cates no more than fair $4,600. Last 
week 'Four Frightened People- 
(Par) snajgrged just a. shade more. 
. Mew: (Mechanic) (1,800; 26-30-35 
40^50)— Advice to the Lovelorn' 
(TJA). iEIouse took this one on di- 
I'ect buy after Lbei^'g! sloughed it 
Lee Tracy in a typically recognia- 
able role always gets fair results 
at the wicket in this burg, assured 
as' he is of large youthful follow'ing, 
Pacing nicely to sound $4,000. Last 
week second of 'Carolina* (Fox) 
$3 .400,_ o ke. Pl^ _ bnagged: Sweet 
$l)TW?"l)nT'oftffrfe. 

35- 

(Par). Crix 
no, likoe, but flock of class play 
does;. aLso rather Imposlhg line of 
curious who have heard rumors of 
piece being risque lire filing in, but 
not sijfncicnt, with none of the 
natncs r-xlf^nHivcly drawing to go 
fuir $ 11,500. La.S't week 
'.Nfotilii! lioiii-'f' ffA); snared good 
.^.'i :'.Toii 



DITTO IN BUFF 

Sub-2ero Taking Toll, but ^Conv. 
City,' 15Gt 'Moulin/ $10^000 

Buffalo, Feb. 12. 

Sub-zero weather, the coldest In 
the history of locEil weather bureau, 
took and still taking:. plenty toll out 
of current and last week's grosses. 

'rhe only one to survive was the 
Buffalo. All others slumping shar - 
ly-.'. 

EstimMet for This' Week 
Buffalo (3,600; 30-40-56)— :Con- 
vehtlon City' (FN) «;nd. stage shoy^, 
This show got off poorly due to ad- 
verse, weather conditions. . Probably 
around |15,0d(). Last week 'Garor 
Una' (Fox), and stage show..' Fine 
picture with strong show aiiid 
Miriam Hopkins 'In person Itept 
business up to ~ estimated figure of 
$20,000. 

Hippi .(Shea;) (2,400; 25-40) — 
'Should Ladles Behave?' (MG) and 
'Spices of 1934.' Slow .start here 
also,, with indications of around 
$5,500."- iast week 'Female' (WB) 
and vaxjde. Chiatterton .pictui^e well 
liked and business held up tO al- 
most $10,000; 

reat Lakes (Shea) (3,400; 
40)-;^'Moulih Rouge* (UA). Heavy 
newspaper publicity on this and ar- 
rival of stars for personal appeai-- 
iinces toward end Of week should 
bring taking:s up between $?,00Q arid 
$10,000. '. Last week 'Mr. Skitch! 
(Fox) dropped sharply to $6,100. 
House reported going double fear 
tures shor-tlyi 

.; fcent^ry ..(Shea) .(3;40O; 26)-; 
'From Headqiaarters' (WB) arid 
"JihTimy arid Sally* (Fox). Ayerage 
bill but weather . during forepart' of 
week indica,tes- figure , ■will be held at 
around $4,500. Last week 'White 
Woman' (Par) and 'The . Chief 
(MGt) coriiblriation of cold, and me-, 
diocre bill down to $4,600. 

Laf iayette (Irid.) ( 3,400 ; 25)-^ 
•King, for a Nikht' (U) and 'Fury of 
J'ungle'. (Cjol). ■ Feeling :the weather, 
but with half a break may hit $5,- 
OOOV Last week 'Bombay Mail' (U) 
and 'Horse play* (U> dropped after 
good start arid ended up around 
$5,000. 



Stanley (Loew-UA (3,450; 25- 
J-or>-CC)^'All Of Me' (Par). C 







0.&J.B1G 



niermoineter Upsets Qii Openings; 
miandalay Top at 35G; Fbt Run 
'Round-Up Surprisingly Oby 8G 



Trem Cafr's Duo 



Kansas City, Feb. 12. 
Garbo at the Midland for 25c and 
Olserit ' ftnd Johnson in: person, to- 
gether t^itli a first run picture, at 
the Malnstreet for 40 and 60c, gave 
the Swedes a; great break this week. 

Always favorites here, Olsen and 
Johnson, hea,vlly featured at the 
Malnstreet, vfltb. 'Castle' are going 
strong and will give fine, returns 
for the engagement. Team got un- 
usual publicity through Its regular, 
chain broadcast over the Columbia 
chain, with a strong, plug given 
locally for the stage show. When 
the. Malnstreet has stage shows 
added to the picture bill It gets a 
double break In the pd,pers as the 
theatrical reviewers cover the show 
In the Saturday papers and the pic- 
ture critics, handle it In the Sunday 
editions. 

'Search for Beauty- Is the New- 
man's feature and the house is ex- 
pecting some additional business on 
account Of Geneva Hall, K, C.'s 
contest winner, 

.Paramount's second string house, 
the Royal, which for the past few 
weeks has been showing double 
featureis, with three changes a 
week, for 15c, Is trylng^ a new policy 
with 'Forgotten Men 'at 25 and 36c. 
Picture is under the auspices of the 
local council of yeterans of Foreign 
Wats,, and opened well' Saturday. 

Last Week was disappointing In 
spots,, the Midland : and Malnstreet 
both ifaillng to get as much as ex- 
pected; 

Estimates ^or This Week 

Mainstreet (RKO) (3,20; 25-40- 
60)— ^.'Mari's Castle- (Col) and 'Take 
a Chance,' tah.stfiee show. Opened 
Friday to good business and will 
(2(et close to $19,000, big^ L»ast week 
'Man of Two Worlds' (RKO) and 
Kate Smith's revue oke for $14,000.' 

Midland (Loew) (4,000; 26)— 
'(^en Christina' (MG). It!s a good 
thing that this house hais a big car 
paclty this week as the name GarbO 
coupled 'With the 2l6c price means 
thousands of people to handle, and 
they started coming strong at the 
start. Expected to get close to $2.0,- 
000, big. Last week 'This Sidie of 
Heaven (M(3) failed to hold to open- 
ing estimates and had to be satised 
with $9,000, riot-so. 

Newman (Par) (1,800; 25-40)— 
'Search for Beauty' (Par). Man- 
agement gave this one lots of extra 
=DiUUi£!JUir==J)Jwacc.oamt=^ 
contest winner, Geneva Hall, and 
was rewarded With a nice week-end 
play; looks $8,000, good. Last Week 
'Hi. Nellie^ (WB),. ditto.. 

Uptown. (Fox) (2,040 ; 26-40)— 
'Cross Country. Cruise' (U). . After 
nine days with 'Cttrollna,' house is 
back to its ' regular . Saturday open- 
ing arid Bt.flrted nicely with the Lew 
Ayres bus story. Will likely get 
close to $4,000. Last week- 'Caro- 
line' (PoTty, nine days, $6,900, good. 



Hollywood, Feb. 12. 

Trem Garr has .assigned .'Money 
Meains ;Nothing' to Ben Ver-schlelser 
as his next Monogram production, 
and 'Border Patrol' to Paul Malr 
vern's supervision. 

'Money' Is a Wllliarii Anthony 
McGiilre '.story which Frances Hy- 
land is adapting, and 'Patrol' Is. an 
original aylation yarn by Stuart 
Anthony which he is . adapting. Both 
ate for March productloh. 



'New Yorkers' Tab, Jack 
Sidney W Bolster -y^^ 
And "Gallant/ Newark 



Newark, Feb. 12. 
Coldest weather Newark has 
known- hit the Friday openings 
everywhere but riaore ■warmth Sat- 
urday just as generally brought 
business .back and with the holiday 
it looks'like a good take all around. 
'Meanest Ga.1 In Town' with the 
■New TorkCrs' tab on the stage is 
pulling 'ierii into Proctor's and. It 
may go. as high as $17,000. 'Gallant 
Lady' with Jack Sidney's ^Samples' 
on the stage at LOew's Avon't be far 
behind. 

Interesting to see how the Bran- 
ford works out with 'Fashion F.ol- 
lies Of 1934' (the name they're us- 
ing here) and the fashion anjgle 
carefully suppressed; Maybe a good 
$10,000 although Friday night was 
particularly brutal here/ 

Latest story of the dark Broad 
has Eddie Spiegel, reopening the 
house with vodefilin. 

. Estimates For This Week 
Branferd (WB) (2,966; 15-66)— 
Fashion Follies of 1934' (FN); 
Holiday will tell the story about 
$10,000 okay. Last week. 'Bedside' 
(FN) and 'Sons of the Desert' (MG) 
passable with $9,000. ' 

Capitol (WB) (1,200; 16-25-35-50) 
r^'Dlnner at Eight' (MG) and 'Last 
Roundup' (Par). Should be great 
With $6,500. Last 'week tbo cold for 
drop-ins and gross of • 'Lady Killer' 
(WB) and 'Duck 'Soup' (Par) 
dropped to $4,100. 
'Little (Frariklin) (299; 80-40)— 
•Wiener Blut' (Tobis). First Ger- 
man language film since last sea- 
son. Price drop helping, may ruri to 
$1,000. Last week 'Volga Volgia' 
(Kinematride) and 'Soviets on Pa- 
rade' (Kipema) mild at $780. 

Loew^s State (2,780; 16-76)-^'Gal- 
lant Lady' (UA) and vode, Liked 
and maybe good at nearly $17,000. 
Last week 'Eskimo' (MG) with NTG 
revue, on stage got by 'with nearly 
$i3,000. 

. Newark (Adams-Par) (2,248; 16- 
99)— 'All Of Me' (Par) and vode. 
Pleasing and after two bad weeks 
which were over-estimated should 
be okay with $12,600. Last week 
'Four Frightenied People' (Par), 
Weak with $8,000. 

Proctor's (RKO) (2,300; 26-86-40- 
66-60-75-86) — 'Meanest Gal in 
Town' (Col) and 'New Yorkers* on 
stage.. Seems to hit the spot and 
will bei fine close to $17,000.. Last 
week 'Right to Romance' (RKO) 
and Will Osborn orchestra ' nice at 
heairly $16,000'. ' 

Terminal (Skouras) (1,900; 16-26- 
40)^'Lohg Lost Father' (RKO) and 
'Frontier, Marshal' (Pox). Extra 
publicity, algain airid should be fine 
at $4,700. Last week 'The Avenger*. 
(Mono) and 'Once to !Bvery Woman' 
with 'Live Past Thirty' (Mono) and 
Mr. .Skitch' (Fox), split good at 
$3,9 0(). 

LeWyMar^n at Acad 

Holly wopdi Feb. 12. 
Lew Materi, former Roach pub- 
licity head^ is handling the 
Academy of Motion Picture Arts, 
arid Sciences awards publicity cam-, 
paigri. 

Maren has started a drive on the 
various phases of the awards pro- 
gram and annual acad banquet to 
be held the latter part of March. 



JGagJMiss^Markerl 



Holly\VOod, F^b. 12. ' 

Carl Harbaugh and Al Ray have 
joined Paramount writing staff to 
do gag comedy sequences for 'Little 
Miss Marker,' B. P. Schulberg pro- 
duction. . 

Al Hall directs the pic, slated to 
start this week, with Adolphe Men- 
jou, Dorothy .Dell and Jat-k La Rue 
in top ffpote. 



Chicago, Feb; 12. 

Extreme shlvier weather cut into 
the grosses, on the start of the cur- 
rent week. Not only In the loop but 
throughout tfyla territory the box 
bfilce is going!, on a slide: cui'rently 
despite the general trend upward 
since the first Of the year.. Siisipes 
as a slight recession ;in thfe steadily 
upping box ofllce cur've. 

Two ace run houses are going into 
their holdover 'weeks: 'Nana' at the 
United Artists arid 'Christina' at the 
Oriental. BotTi . have been running 
at similar pace and. each Will stick 
almost but not iqUito three weeks. 
'Moulin - Rouge' slated for the Uni- 
ted Artists screen about Feb. 20 and. 
on approximately same date 'iCash.- 
iori Follies of 1934^ goes irito the 
Oriental. - Both flickers socked in a 
lusty $24,000 on their first, week6 
and will likely, hold on second and 
current session to nearly $16,000. 

Miriam Hopkins personal was 
good aid to the Chicago with .'Man- 
dalay' on. the.', screen, the. Friday 
bi>ening' being severai C^s. bettei* 
than previous Oi^nirig days. Night 
ra^n. intO brutally chilly thermometer 
to hurt, but with weather warming 
up : on iSaturday biz perks rtice.liy. 
HoUse will run into pleasant enough 
flgurie^. at $35,000. 
" LOop. getting great surprise by the 
sharp pace . established from: the 
start by the Paramourit western, 
'Las^ Round Up.' First horse drama 
in loop, in years and the house, 
which has been running between 
$4,000 and $6,000, -will jump a couple 
of grand above that figure. Whether 
it's the. title, story or both liasn't- 
been discovered yet but the busi- 
ness is there. 

'Eskimo* finally landed : in t6,wri 
after having been pushed around 
arid will make It a' fortnlgrht run 
anyway at the ..McVlckers. As a 
riorthland flicker it comes in the 
week following 'Man of Two 
Worlds,' with its Eskimo back-, 
ground, at the Palace. 

Estimates for This Week 

Chicago (B&K) (3,940; 86-45-76). 
t— 'Maridalay' (WB) and stage show. 
Mlrlani Hopkins, personal meaning 
something at the register. Together 
headed for good $36,000. Last week 
the competition was toO keen for 
Ted Lewis in person and 'This Side 
of Heaven' (MG) with Lionel Bar- 
rymiore, 'who has been run into th« 
ground through too frequent • ap-. 
pearances. Slow at $33,600. 

McVickers (B&K) <2,284; 25-35) 
—'Eskimo' (MG). Getting 'Wife 
Traders' at black-type subtitle for 
s.a. and helping. On the road to 
satisfactory $11,000 for opener. Will 
stick a fortnight and followed by 
'Hi, Nellie*. (WB) with B- & K. 
searching (or a subtitle for .this. nno 
also. Last week, 'Madame Spy' (U), 
fair $7,800. 

Oriental (B&K) (3,200; 85-50^6?) 
—'Queen Christina' (MG) (2d Week)., 
Managed fine $23,300 on first week 
and headed for $16,000, anyway, 
currently. Picture has been getting 
excellent notices and word-of-mouth- 
and will hold up better than other 
filckers in run spots at present. 
•Fashion Follies' (WB) next. 

Palace (RKO) (2,683; 40-60-83)— 
'Beloved' (U) and vaude. Belle 
Baker and Gregory Ratoff headlin- 
ing. . House has gone oft the road 
in the past month, due to inept 
booking and a supera'bundance of 
units. Has been, hurt at box ofllce 
and .still feieling the effects 'Which 
will send register down to -wobbly 
$17,000 currently. Last week, 'Man 
of Two Worlds* (RKr>), and »B0 Mil- 
lion Frenchmeri' unit not niUch bet- 
ter- at $19,600. 

Roosevelt (B&K) (1,600; 26^36)— 
'Last Round Up' (Par). Western 
surprising with excellent draw. Title 
apparently helping, also good no-, 
tices. Upping to $8,000, fine for this 
house and scale. Last week 'Dinner 
at Eight' (MG) finished its holdover 
in loop at .good $6,100, 

State- Lake (Jones) (2,70.0; 20-30- 
40)— 'From Headquarters' (WB) and 
vaude. First Warnei: picture to play 
the house under Jones ma.riagehient. 
Looks good enough at $14,000. 
Hbuse on Feb. 23 changes to Fritlay 
openings and boosted Scale. . Last 
week, fine $14,800 for 'Jimmy and 
Sally' (Fox). 

United Artiists (B&K^UA) (1.706;- 
36-50-66)— 'Nana! (UA) (2d week). 
First week was excellent at $23,700, 
a gross fhat paid off for the terrific 
ad' campaign. Currently 'figured to 
stick it out at $16,000. 'Moulin 
Rouge' (UA) follows. 



Smith Shoots Carney 

Hollywood , , I'pl I. , 
Metro produced .a, Pete !>mith. 
sportshort of the annual winter 
carnival at Dartmouth last wpek 
end. 

Loren .Draper, camoriunaii. 
the pic and doubled hs dh'ii-'.iii 
cause of his prpvioiis PxpcrU'in-o o 
sport pix. 



Tuesdaj, Februarj IS, 1934 



PICT 



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S S E S 



VARIETY 



lomen' $30,000, Mk' $20,000, 
And 'Angel' Tenth Week. $11,000, 
Among Sodro IL S. Pics inXondon 



. . liondon, Feb.. 8. 
Siirpi'lslnelj' few good pictures for 
thjs time -of year, with : exhibitors 
ihoanlner they have, been put on a 
Btaryation diet. When a .good one 
does hit town the respohsfe Is tef*- 
. rifle:; public flocks to '■■ see it, arid ex- 
hlbitors; line up to secure general 
release dates. 

' Considering shortage of product 
all round, a few spots in the West 
End. manage to- hold up nicely. 

(Heretoith grosses in West ^nd, 
with Exchange' figured at %6 to the 
pound) : 

Aeademyr 'Liebelel' K'Love So.hg')i 
supposedly Viennese^ , but really 
Gennan made. In second week and 
doing, splendidly.. House has clien- 
tele for these continentals. Averag- 
ing $4,000 and good for six weeks,; 
as overhead here pretty low. 

Capitol, 'Master of Men' (Col), 
grossed $9,000,. good going for hous6 
th-B^t has not . had a wbrthwhlle: In^ 
some., time. 'The .'iRight -to Romkhce' 
(Kadio) replaoed, and not likely . for 
more .than week. 

Carlton, Tm No Angel' (Par), 
BtiEirted out as season's smash, scor- 
ing $20,000 per Week . for several 
weeks. Now in its,, loth week and 
still doing over $11;000^ which is ex- 
cellent. .'Duck Soup' (Par) sched- 
uled to repliace.in a fortnight. 

Empire, 'Mala the Magnificent,' 
hot expected to gross bigr as plcr 
ture has limited appeal, on account 
of lack of names. For same reason 
.will. not gross heavy on. genieral rer 
lease, Week's intake over $20,000, 
which not high for the ace West 
End house. Funnily, better priced 
seat.s well patronized.. Picture like^ 
ly to get second pre-release at Poly- 
technic theatre, small West End 
houne specializing in this type of 
film. 

LeicAsteir Square Theatre, 'I Cover 
the Waterfront' (UA), originally in 
for two weeks, ti,lthough United 
Artists claim it was only scheduled 
for a week. Grossed . oyer $J.0,O00, 
pretty low after 'Henry VIII,' 
emashing grosses. Pulled out after 
one week, with 'Girl from Maxims' 
(London Film) replacing. 'Cather- 
ine the Great* (LFP) replaces after 
a ^veek, and expected to hold up for 
10 weeks. 

Marble Arch Pavili , 'Aunt SaUy' 
(GB), In second West End pre-re- 
lease; which Is policy of house, and 
averaging aroiund $6,000, fair. Hotise 
getting custom from -overflow of 
■Xiittle Women' at the Regal across 
the way, . 

.New. Gallery, 'Constant Nyniph' 
(Basil Dean-GB) disappointing con- 
flidering popularity of play. Started 
very slowly, but building. Averag- 
ing- $11,500,. and wIU probably iforcie 
andther fortnight. 

Plaza, 'Design for Living* (Par), 
started with bang, with Lubitch and 
Coward names helping. First week 
$30,000, which is in record class. 
Second week dived to near $21,000. 
'8 Girla in a Boat* (Par), now cur- 
Tent, and not likely to hold over. 

Regal, 'Little Women' (Radio), 
proving the season's ^niash, and 
topping West End grosses. Wise- 
acres figured it would prove mod- 
erate hit, claiming it too 'sobbie' for 
the sophisticated West Enders, But 
they were Wrong. Fire week's gross 
$30,000, which tops house's intake 
for two years. Looks certain, for 
fouj' weeks., and longer. 'Footllght. 
Parade' (WB) sciieduled. to- follow, 
which should prove anotiier smash: 

Rialto, 'Le Petit Roi* (French, 
with English . subtitled), scoring 
nicoly. mainly due ! to papularity of 
French kid star, Robert Lyrien, wi»o 
established himself in previous pic- 
ture, 'Poll, de Carqtte,' In third 
week, a vei'agihg $3,500, pretty good 
for small capacity .house. 

TjyoU, 'Iriyisible Man' (U), Ex- 
tensive publicity an novelty helped 
to put picture over to real smasli. 
First week's- gross $20,000^ wltich is 
best hou.se has done in a long time. 
Certain .for four \y.eclvs, and even 
more; as if is now getting loads of 
wor.d of mouth publicity. 



week 'Search for Beauty' (Par), and. 
•Last Rbund-.Up' (Par)> ^ SQ,-sO> 
around $4,800. 

Poll's (Polly (3.040; 86-60)^ 
'Moulin Rouge' (UA) and 'Orice . to 
Every Woman' -:(Col). Standlhg 'em 
up to tune of swell $10*500. I^nt 
week 'Garoliria'- (Fok) . and ^Lefs 
Fall in Love' (Col) showed hicie 
$8,900, but about $800 of this was 
due to special appearai\ce of Mour 
lin Rouge , Caravan on " stage ' as: 
plug for following week's opening. 

Roger Sherman (WB) (2,200; 36- 
BO)— 'Mandalay' (WiB) and 'Cross 
Country Cruise' (U).: With a lietup 
in. bad weather, this one should be 
satisfactory at $5,000. Last webk 
'Diark Hazard* (WB) and 'Beloved* 
(U) around average at $4^700. . 

College (Poll) (i,B?5; 25^40)— 
'Hip! Hip! Hooray!' (RKO) and 
•Bombay aiail ? (U)." ' Originally 
'Long Lost Father' (RKO) was 
booked for .feature spot, hui has 
been held back to suppiort a later 
bill. Draw , this . week only fair, 
$4,000 indicated. Last week : <Fugi- 
tiye Lovers' (MG) . and 'Smoky' 
(Fox). Cold .spell nipped a nice 
start, but. final $4,0.00 meant a: profit 
anyhow; 



4 FRISCO DUALS 
NOW: PATROL' 




*Moulin Rouge' Is the Big 
thing in N. Haven, $10,500 

New Ilavon. Fob. J 2. 
Vilni spr)tg breathing easier since 
applic.'ition of marathoncrg was 
J-U-r _»Ml. _(io\vn ._!^_, La.st,. ^y>.ar!>' -dance, 
said to have taken cl.Tse to $100,000' 
put of this commiinfly. 

S opover of Moulin Rftutre 'Car.!- 
n" Hooded town wiHi publicity 
uH's Op'eriing of film.' Should 

top this weoU's i>"x odlce. 
Estimates for- is Wtfek 
Paramount (Publi.v) (2.348; 35- 
50)— 'pJlx Of a Kind* (TPar^ and 
'PlaiuiuK <iold' (UKt)i. Will prob- 
ably l)Tiiin fo an oke $5,000.^ La.st 



San Francisco, Feb. 12. 
There was a new deal for three 
of the rialtb's theatres this week as 
cards were shuffled all around. 

Embasisy reopened, St. Francis 
returned to double bill first runs 
and the Orpheum is without those 
Fox- West Coast pix. Transfer of 
F-WC pix from the Orph to the St. 
Francis means that there wiU he 
one more double bill house in town, 
since the Orph will continue none- 
theless, making the Paramolint,- 
Fox, St. Francis arid Orpheum with 
two first run .films apiece. 

Clifie Work iuriiped into the pic- 
ture ..by . inaugurating" what ap- 
pai-ently is a policy of adding 
studio previews to the regular 
show.. 

Estimates for This Week 

Fox (Leo) (S'.QOO'; "25 -S 5)— 'Morn- 
ing After' (Maj) and 'Beggars In 
Ermine' (Mono), split, with 10 acts 
of vaude. Going to good $11,000. 
Same last week on 'Let's FisiU in 
Love' (Col) and 'Women Unafraid' 
(Goldsmith), split. 

Golden Gate (RKO) (2,844; 25-35- 
40 )^'Lost Patrol' (RKO) and stage 
sliow. .With Walliace Ford of pic- 
ture taking bows opening, day, plus 
Boris Karloit and- Reginald Denny 
on stage, and two studio -previews 
during the week take ought to hit 
big $16,500. Wheeler and Woolsey 
in 'Hips. Hips^ Hooray' (RKO), 
good $12,000 last stanza. 

Orpheum (F&M) (2,400; 26-40)— 
'Easy to Love' (WB) and 'Last 
Roundup' (Par), split. Light weight 
and poorly at $4,500. Slightly more 
than that last- week with 'Search 
for Beauty!. (Par) and .'From Head-, 
quarters' . (WB), 

. Paramount (B'.WG). (2,400; 25-35- 
■10)— 'Six of a Kind' . (Par) and 
'Massacre' (WB), split, pretty good 
at $13,000, former "a draw with flock 
of comedy names. Last week's 'I 
Am Suzanne' arid 'All of Me' 
(Par) hit fat $14,500, best yet Under 
this policy. 

St. Francis (FWC) (1.600; 25-40) 
'Dinner at 8' (MG>. Moved over 
after smaish wqek at the Warfield 
and Ulveiy to get $6,000, That, de- 
spite gdod take on roadshow' at the 
Cqlumbia previously. It may stay 
a second wet^k. after which' double 
features will be' iteriiporarily post- 
poned frt bring in 'EKkimQ* (MCf). 
for po.ssible run at pop prices. St. 
Francis' double bills st.-irt i)ext 
wr'ek. 

' Strand (Cohen) . : 25-40) — 
N.'ircotlc' (Ksiier) (2nd . week').. 
Dope lilin drawlhf;^ good trade, and 
melib" $1,500, go d. Fir.st week 
av»t>ut; $2,000. 

United Artists (1,400: 26-.'V5-40i'r- 
'tt-alla nt^Ivad y:=(=:;i lol i^fs e n t4^=^Ann- 
Harding a h.o. aid and doing well 
at Sl'j,.iOo, Ij.'i.st wceli, second and 
la.st of ll'-nry VliV (I'A )■ nftor four 
uv-eks; of road.sliwu-, -gut okay $7,000, 
Warfield fFWC.) (2.700: 35-45-65) 
•^-'Carolinu' <Fos.i with stage show. 
.Tanet Gayrior biy at $19,00K. L;ist 
week 'Dinner at lOight' iMfi) in 
after road.shbwing, got sockn $21,- 
."*ao and. amoved over to thf Kl, 
rran^'is to ci5ntiT>+ie. 



OMAHA HAI JHA! 



AH B.O.'s Smllino— Kate Smith ay 
. Par Downey Record ' 



Omaha, Feb. 12. 
Theatre row. holding its head up 
offering ah attractive s.chedule. kll 
around. A stage unit, ti. roadshow, 
and. Garbo's return makes an en- 
tertainment bill that will see all 
grosses, up. Brarideis with the Kate 
Snaith unit and 'The Right to Rb- 
riiance' will again hover around Its 
house record . set only two weeks 
past .by Mort Downey unit. 

W'prld holds i'ts .4.0c top apd road- 
show, policy for the. third consecu- 
tive week, 'Eskimo' taking the iilace 
of 'Roman Scandals.' Parampunt 
.;wlth 'Queen Christina' arid Orpheum 
with 'Moulin Rouge' coriiplete the 
.llne-udi/that should break down or- 
dinary resistance of fans. 

Last week annual auto show pro- 
jected Itself prbriiinently for its 
five-day run, playing to better than 
30,000 and grossing, past the $7,000 
mark at 25 c per head. Money .Hseif 
did not riiean as much as did tlie 
-30,000, customers drawn away from 
the box offices. This week should 
find riianagers' resting easily as ovit- 
side competish Is liegUgible. 

Estimates for Thi Week 

brandeis (Singer) (1,400; 25-35^ 
60), 'Right to Romance' (RKO) and 
Kate Smith and 'Swanee Reyue.' 
Will; :brIriB:,. a .'ilgtirei ; close , to. the 
house .. top; ..fi2,0b0' . sKoiald' ,be hb 
trouble. . . Last" week dual bill; 'Con- 
vention Olty' (FN) arid 'Wild Boyg 
Of the Road' (FN) okay at $4,000, 

W(irld (Bianit) (2,100; 25-35-40), 
'Eskimo' (MG). Strong advance 
campaign and upped price will keep 
the house In. the money third week 
riinning; strong, at , $7,000. Last 
w^ek 'Roman Scandals' (TJA) found 
two weeks too long a stretch and 
feir slightly to $4,500. in its second 
week, 

Pdiramount (Blank) (2,705; 25-35- 
40), 'Queen Christina* (MG). Garbo 
will draw . the classy trade . for. a 
glowing $9,500. Last week the Gay- 
nOr reputation, held up as 'Carolina' 
XFox) .brought $8,600, good money. 

Orpheum (Blank) (2,976; 2&-40), 
'Moulin Rouge" (UA) and 'Women 
in His Life' (MGf), double billed. 
House has a strong;er set-up than 
usual and should see average 
slightly bettered to $7,000. Last 
week .'I Am Suzanne' (Pox) and 
•Madame Spy* (U) held their own 
for an average |G,600. 

SALE ON STAGE 
$7M SEATTLE 



. Seattle, Feb. 12., 
Better shows all around this 
week peppirig up the toWh. Spring-- 
time' S^ndsiy ' hurt sonie; but the 
shows should counteract. 

Chic Sale In person Is the magnet 
at the Orpheum a;nd looks to go 
places; 

, Estimates for 'This Week 
Blue Mouse (Hamrick) — 'Roman 
Scandals* (UA). Plenty ink for 
Eddie Cantor campaign should help 
this one reach $6,600, big, and looks 
good for three weeks. Last week, 
'By Candlelight' (U) not so bright 
at $2,400. Slow. 

. Coliseum (Evergreen) (1,800; 15- 
25)— 'Hoopla' (Fox), arid 'Her Sweet- 
heart' (MG) latter, locally called 
'Christopher Bean' (as named 
when at Fifth Avenue); dual, first 
half; 'Smoky* (Par)., and 'Duck 
Soiip*' (Par), dual, last half, indi- 
cated good $4,300. Laat week, 'J^'oot- 
light Parade' (WB) alone slowed 
some, , as patrons hete like duals; 
$3,800, fair.- 

Fifth Avenue (Elvergtcen) (2,400; 
26-40)— 'Eskimo* (MQ). Big prelim 
campaign with heaVy big space this 
Week In papers. Anticipated $8,000. 
Last week, 'Design for Living' (Par) 
slipped off a little, but fair at $6,900. 

- Liberty (J-vH) <l.i900l: 10-25)— 
'Fury of the. Jungle' (Col), and 
•Straightaway! (Col),, dual, steady,, 
expected $4,000, good, taet Week, 
'King of Wild Horses' f Col), arid 
'Midnight' -.(U),,.. dual, ith 'Three. 
Little PlgS' added, okay, |4,100. 

Music Box cilamrick) (950; 25-35) 
—•Losi Patrol' (RKO), $2,500, slow. 
La.st week, 'Gallant -Lady' (UA). sec- 
ond week; $2;900. 

. Orpheum (OldknOw) (2,700; .25-. 
3.3)— 'The World; Changes' (FN>. 
with Chic Sale in person. At $7.- 
000 very .good, but below expecta- 
tions. Last week, 'I Am Su5S.'i;nne' 
(Fox), and 'Wild Boysr of Jirtad" 
(FX), so-sn. $3,900. 

Paramount (Evergreen) (3,106; 
20-3u)— '.^ix of a Kind' (Par). Plav- 
--ing==TiTr^n^hff-Trixr^ 
this week in b. o. Vaude aind .fulfis 
Biiffiirio aid to $7,000, okay. Last 
\\(.-i-k. 'Women In Ills Tylfe' (MOi 
.and vuude; slowed- a- little; MO'i; 
Fair. 

ftoxy M-VH) (2»S00; 15-25 i^'Thf 
Poor Kifli' ( U"), and 'Onct- to li.very 
Woman' (Col), dual, $3,000, fair. 
Last week. 'Hold. That Girl' (Fox), 
.'intl 'C'l'adlf .Song' CPHri rl'iii fnii, 
$3,600. 



As Temperature Rises So Do B'wajr 
Grosses; 'Devil T^er $24,0011, 'Moutn 
Rouge' 38G, 'Nana, 2d Wk, 95G; Cap 38G 



IZero Weatiier,' the coldiest New 
Fork, has ever, known, . let up Suri'- 
day (11) after doing much daririage 
to box offices; . It canie on top of a 
taxi strike .Which was estiriiated. to 
have taketi. toll, of about $10,000 
from th(\, Music .Hall.alon^l on ^ first 
week of 'Nana' and In equal or. 
lesser measiire hurt the rest of the 
theatres. 

:Wa.itcrsf strike that Is causing 
yiolerice at some of. the hotels is 
.also keeping people away from fa v- 
bx'lte dining rendezvous, and while 
not seriously- in juring : showshopa It 
is considered harnriful by encourage 
.Ing more' people, to stay iVome or in 
the nelghbcH'tioods. 

. In spite of all, buslne.'is last week 
was generally' good. It ^isn't so 
strong this w:eek. 

lie outstander continues, to be 
'Nana' at the , Music Hall, which on 
its second week may piclt up galt;to 
pan. out $95,000 after a big $1(^4,000 
.the'.inrst seven days with,.a snow- 
storm -and. taxi 'strike against; it. 
Holdovtsr week f or ■ the' Anna • Sten 
starrer is beneflted' iby a holiday 
(Liricoln's Birthday) at week-end 
prices. 

Next .to the Music Hail, in line 
with its average, the best business 
is being done at the small-seatcr 
Rialto, where 'Devil Tiger,' animal 
picture, has been packing 'em in 
since Wednesday (7) ;and dldrT't 
seerii to be retarded much by the 
cold weathci'; It is likely to hit 
$24,000 and holds over, 

Paramount falls, down this week 
with 'Search. for Beauty' and won't 
be in the safety zone at an indicated 
$30,000. The Capitol is much better 
than it was last week with May 
Robson ori the^stage trying; to sup- 
port her picture, 'Tou Cari't. Buy 
Eyerythlng.' This week Lionel 
Barry more has the No. 1 dressing 
room and With Buddy Rogers is 
helping 'This Side of Heaven.' of 
which he's the star. House, long 
sloughed by draw less pictures, rinay 
get ' $d8,6b0. This compares with 
last week's $25,000 and the week 
prior to that, when"" the gross 
dipped under $20,000, ' 

'Moulin Rouge' came Into the 
Rlvoli Wiednesday (7) and while not 
bringing a stampede is maintaining 
a grood gait. The musical should 
wind up its first seven days tonight 
(Tuesday) with $38,000 to its credit 
and,, ot course, remains. 

Following a good $29,000 week on 
'I've Got' Tour Number,' the Roxy 
backs tip currently to about $22,000 
with 'Madame Spy.' Too many spy 
pictures lately. 

Mayfair^. getting a break finally 
by getting product, has a Warner 
film, 'Big Shakedown,' and ought to 
come horii(B. with about $12,000. 

On' Its holdover week, MUnl, at 
the Strand, 'Hi, Nellie,* lost steam 
and not estimated to get over $13,- 
000, n.s.g. After a weakened final 
week of $4,800, the other Wa:rner 
operation, Hollywood, closed down 
Sunday night (11). 'Fashions of 
1934,' the swan song for the house, 
didn"t answer to the call. 

Of the two Broadway vaude com- 
binations, the State continues to 
pelt its opposition, the Palace. This 
week, when the Pal should have 
something heavy on Its stage to 
combat 'Roman Scandals' at th6 
Lbew house, there's no one for box 
ofnce draft. State's chances are 
golden for a mighty $25^000, against 
the Pal's blbwsy $11,000, if that. 

'Quee.ri Chrlstlria' - slipped out of 
the Astor last night (Monday) after 
a six weeks' r.un, a;nd 'Catherine the 
Great' opens tomorrow eve (Wednes- 
day).: -It's; the first U.A. entry irito- 
thla LoeW starid. ; 

Estimates For This Week 
Astor (1,012; ■ ri.lO-$i .66^$2.20).— 
'Catherine; the Great* (tJA), Pre- 
miere tomorroW:night OVednesday). 
After a Six weeks* run at a little 
profit 'Queen Christina* (MG), the 
Oarbo starrer,, moved ou* last night 
(Monday). 

Capitol .. (5,4.0O; . 35r75-85-$1.10)— . 
'This Side of Heaven' (MG) and 
Lionel Barrymoro in person. Bar- 
ry.mbre on its- stage this wesek helps 
the Cap considerably, maybe $38,000. 
Tliifi quite a climb frf>m di.'^courag.' 
ing grosses recently, Irieluding last 
week's $25,000 from 'Tou Can't Buy 
lOverything' (MO) with May Rob- 
so i) on a personal. 

Hollywood' (1,553; ;i5-55-75- - 
$l.]0)^'l."ushion.s of. •1934'' (WB). 
(Jhised a run. of close to three and. 
a==-}ra'lf--^week'3===*unday'=(-^l=J=)T^-anly- 
$4,>jOo 0 its fl.nai seven daysi House 
l»ut on tljc i>;idiock."»; 

ayfatr (lM'OO; ■35',';5-65)— 'Big 
."^liakHv-iinvii', -(.U'Bj-. First . pictu-ix-' 
)'rom Wnruers bought for this the- 
•ure. l.»oing pretty well arid should 
iuii to aboiit $12,000. Last week, 
'l''rontler •Mar.''hal* (Fox) surprised 
by getting the .same. 

Palace ri.TOO; 8.'- -r..'.-7ri )— 'As 
1 1 M>;i.i:jM<ls Cii)' (J''ox) fiivl V(iinl<'. No 



dice and $11,000 will be fortunate. 
Last week 'I .Ant Suzanne' (FOx) 
played the same turie. 

Paramount (3,604; 35-55-75-99)— 
'Search. For Beauty* (Par) and. 
Stage show. " No big stage draw 
thisr week and reaction isn't, good. 
Theatre will be lucky to get over 
$30,000. Last week 'All of Me' (Pari 
and Milton Berle, Dave Ruhinoff; 
et al. on the stage, sent the gi-oss to 
a fine $45,000. 

Radio City' Music Hall (5,945; 40- 
C0-85-$1.66)— 'Nana' (UA) (2nd 
week) and Stage show. ,A most 
dlstiriguished business-getter; eon-, 
slderlng Anna Sten "was not an es- - 
tablished star' arid 'Nana'; as 
3tor.v, did not have the following oT 
'Little Women', which it closely- 
parallels on grosses here. This 
week on. holdover the take will be 
around . $96;000, ' after big first 
week's kitty of $104,0()0. 

Rialto ,(2,000; 35r40-05)--'Devi'. 
Tiger' (Fox), Going' close to ca- 
pacity. slrii6e' :its : bjiening,- will end ' 
its first week at $24,000 airid iiold • 
over. This is thei most the housf 
Will have taken since Arthur Mayei: 
assumed operation. Last week, on: 
five days of holdover of, 'The G-houV 
(UX; $8,000, a nice, profit-maker. 

Rlvoli (2,200; 40-56-75^85)r-'Mou- 
itri Rouge' (UA), Finishes its first 
week tonight (Tuesday) at" Indi- 
cated $38,000, good. On final three 
days ofGallAnt Lady' (UA), the 
answer was tlO,20,O, nice... 

RKO Center (3,525; 26-40)— 'I Am 
Suzanrie* (Fox), four days, arid 
'Girl Without a Room' (Par), three 
days, Doubleton doesn't look like 
more than $lliOQO, pot so good. Last 
week 'Take a Chance' (Par) axirt 
•Design For Living' (Par), $13,0u0, 
pretty giobd. 

Roxy (6,200; 26-36-65-66)— 'Ma- 
dame Spy' (U) and stage show. Ap- 
pears to be short "of what It .takes 
to get house over an averaga $22,000. 
Last week it was a gOod $29,000 that 
'I've Got Your Num-ber* (WB) drew 
past these . portals. 

Strand (2,900; 35-65^75-86)— 'Hi, 
Nellie' (WB) (2nd week). Started 
oiit big, drawing $24,900 the first 
seven days but on holdover loses its 
wind and $13,000 all that's probable. 

State (2,000; 35-55-75)— 'Roman 
Scandals* (UA) and vaude. They 
don't need anyone on the stagre 'this 
Week, with the Cantor jplcture all 
the box office netids. Indications 
are strong for $26,000,. excellent. 
Last week 'Fugitive Lovers' (MG), 
aided by George Jessel on the. stage, 
$20,000j very, good also. 



INDPLS. LOOKS UP 



'Good Dame,'* $4,500— 'Carol I 
Strong Holdover, $4,000 

Indianapolis,' Feb. 12, 
. After two weeks of fading grosses, 
there is now a general improvement 
in business for the downtown 
houses. 

Estlniates^ for This Week 
' Apolio (irourth Ave.) • (1,100; 20- 
.25-40)— 'Carolina' (Fox). In its 
second week, this Gaynor plC is do-, 
ing a pleasing biz. Other recent 
films with Gaynor have slipped i»'. 
this house, but this orie more than 
justifies its holdover with a good 
$4,000. Last week in its opening 
stanza the picture reached a smacko 
$6,700. 

Circle (Kat'/-Feld) (2,600; 25-40) 
-r'Good Dame* (Par), Sidney and 
March stressed 'as co-stars of "Mer- 
rily We Go to Hell' and attempt 
made to convince , the public the 
present opua: was being' given Its 
world premiere here. Gross- fairly 
good at $4,500. Last week 'Conven- 
tion City* (FN) plus Ltim and Ab- 
ner (of radio) on • stage touched 
$6,000, not bad. 

Indiana (katz-Feld) (3,100; 20r 
25-40)— 'Six of "a Kind' (Par) and 
'Miss Fane's Baby' (Par) second 
of new dual programs, . Showing 
Some signs of coming to llife-wlth aii 
indicated gross of $4, 80o, okay after 
mariy weeks of very bad business. 
Last week 'Eight Girls in Boat' 
(Par) and 'HIps, Hips, Hooray' 
(filvO), dual, started double feature 
pulley very badly with no more than 
$3,400, 'way off. 

Lyric (Olson) (2.000; 20-2.'>-40) — 
'Last Roimd-Up' (Par) and vaii'le. 
Westerns go good in this hbu.se and 
Mt! helped by personal appeararicf 
of home-town gal, June- Piir-^iell. 
among acts on stage. Figures look 
lik e $6,200, _bej;ter_thari p;u'.^ Lu.st_ 
'weeir''iTa'(rame"^py'^"TTr) "and vaudtT 
off somewhat at $3,000. 

Loew's Palace (Lfiew's) (2M0. 
25-35-'5S)-T-'RskIrno'. fMC}) arid Cot- 
ton Clrib ReVue on' stft^e. J'rie.e.'A 
hoisted up for stage show, but 
((pGtied too .slTivIy to hit better tiiau 
S9.500, out Of the money S. lUtle and 
ilisappoiiiting. Last week 'Gallant 
f.ady' (l.'A) at lower price scale did 
a <iy<nf'iriiih)f $5,000 a.<< ntraleHt pi<> 
i.ii!. 



10 



Only 15 Below in Pitt 

And Grosses JuWt as Hot— A.&A^-^Eslump' 
$19^000--Mae's Sis-'Blopd MoneyV$6,00d 



Pittsburgh, 
Worst frigid blast here 35 
, wltii week-^nd mercury skid- 
ing t0 15 belbw, khociklng the bot'- 
tpm put of everything ; and ihreat- 
erilhs sonie liew lows... 
., Suffering most of all. is oonibiha- 
tipn bf .'Eskimo' iand Amos 'n' Andy 
at Penn, where big' things .Avere ex- 
. piscted. Air' stare will: be .lucky if 
they account for $19,000. .JDarly ' ex- 
pectations were such as to call, for 
flye -shows, both lYiday and . Satur- 
day, but they weren't noce-ssary; for- 
turnover in such weather, simply 
wasn'.t there. 

Also in daUimms i Pitt with 
Beverly West all-girl fevue arid 
'Blood Money.' Looks like it'U be. 
the popi'est unit week herfe yet iand 
$6,000 is pretty terrible after siz- 
zling sossioiis house has been eir- 
^jbying bf late. 

Estimates for This Week 

Dav.ia (WB) .(IJOO; --35). House 
dark for four days, reopening Fri- 
day (16). with double- feature, .flrst- 
i^un policyi Jjast Week /sThree^Cor.r 
riored ' Mbbn'r: (Par), best :here ill 
adri-ie tlrne; getting around $3/500 in 
eight days, , 

Fulton' (She^-Hyde) (1,750; 15- 
25-40)— 'Garollna'; (Fox). Held over 
foxv. three extra, days, startlrig- to- 
day (12), w:ith takings depending on 
\veather, althoTigli Gay nor film ■ has 
i.splayed surprising strength. First 
week around $7,000, with frigid blast 
coming along last two days keepih ? 
iigure down by at lea^t two grand. 

Penn (Loew's-UA) (3,300; 25-35- 
40-55-60r75)— 'Eskimo' <MG) and 
Aniba 'h' Andy. Expensive layout 
fieellng zero pinch worse than any of | 
them, with . radio - st^rs iappareritly 
hot sturdy enough at b. 6. hiare to 
overcome atmospheric : conditions. 



play- with likelihood' of gros$ up to 
$l<li000 oh weather And ILent. JjABt 
week 'Dinner at 8' (MG) a nice 
$10,500. 

Loew's . (FP) (3,200; 66), '« Girls 
in a Bbat; (Par) and vaude. House 
doing nicely of late and this should 
hold up to $10*000. Last week 
'Women; in Hljj Life' (MG) and 
vaude rossed about the sAme 
Ugiire. . , .« 

Princess (CT) (1,900; 50), 'Fall- 
irtg .fbr you' (Brit) and 'Man; frplm 
Toronto' (Brit). Always good play; 
here, for British pix and looks good 
for $7,000. Last w6ek's repeat of 
'Gallant Lady' (UA) and 'Girl 
Without a Rooni' (RKO) grossed 
$6,000. 

Irhperiitl (France-Film) (1,600; 
5.0), 'LeB Bleus dii G.iei' and 'La FlUe 
du Regiment.' Might gross $1,800. 
Last week no pictures; ; V 

Cinema de -Paris . (Francer Film) 
(60p.;; 50), 'Fanny' (4th. week). ' Has 
been holding up reasonably, and 
should gros^ another $1,000, against 
$l;206 last week. 




'RICH' 23G 



Boston, Feb. 12. 
Down with the mercury go grosses; 
Siib-zero temperatiires hit all spbtis, 
somb of them grands off - average 
figures. Sonie good shows got the 
sock,, no fault of their ovifni this 



Looks like a. fair session at $19,- 

000. Last week ^Misa J^ane's Baby 1 time' the aiibl "is''a ^ood one 
la Stolen' (Par) woeful at $7^000. I Highlight, was the visit of the 
Pitt (Schaefifer) (1,600;. 15-25-40) Moulin Rouge cafavan, the ftlni 
—'Blood Money' (UA) and Beverly group getting: a. dandy reception, 
West unit. A fair ipicture draw, and their appearance at State. Frl 
which is a novelty here, but this is day night gavfev that house only 
one of those weeks when nothing I capacity audlertce in. town 
doea any good. Looks like $6,- Estimates for This We6k 

week. 'Orient Express' | (Rko). (4,000; 26-35-60)- 

Hit 

hard like the rest In town. Miiat 



000. Last 

^F°j?oo^f!??wfth°^4S,r?h^^^^ Lost P:ather' (RKO) 

hrJSnTi,^ £ StlnH««^f hard lik© the rest in -town. 

sSSfv ?WBW3 6?o"Tb pull through to. $6,000, less than fair. 

.r!*^fe.^^i/^'^-A^„i^^ 'Hips. Hips. Hooray' 

(RKO), got what the Byrd e^xpedi- 



•Mahdalay* (WB). Dowii with the I 
rest of them and hot much likeli- 



tlon is getting from the. weather; 



hood of getting beyond $5i500,. « awav off at $4 000 
that Last week 'Fashioiis 6f 1934' ' ^ °" l%wv. 



(WB) just fair at $9,000. 



Boston (RKO) (4,000; 35-50-66)— 
Warnerr(WB) (2.000; 25-35-50)— | ^'oof I"ch^ (U). , and expert 
♦nips. Hips, Hooray (RKO). At $3,- stage^ea4ed by Vic Moore and Wil 



200, poorest week here iri some time 
La.<3t week 'Dark Hazard' (WB) 
aroiind $4;50b. 



Even Moiit'lB.«.'s Can't 
Take Snb-Zero Weather 



liam Gaxtbn;. theatre one of the few 
bz'ight spots, looking to very is^v^eet. 
profits in $23,000. Last week, 'Mean- 
est Gal in Town' (U), and fine stage 
show, pulled through better than 
okay at $22,000. Which -w^as some 
feat considering weather, 

Orpheum (Loew) (3,000; 30-40- 
50)-^'Eskinio' (MG) rand vaude. 
Fine bill and spot has prospiects of 
$12,600, better than fai.r; This 
house took it oh the chin from icy 
wind last week, so that best film in 
town, 'Gallant Lady' (UA) and .flnei 



'Gallant Ladly' Looks 
Best in lincoln, $3,300 

Lincoln,. Feb. 12. 

Biz ought to - up again this week. 
After four weeks of bullish en- 
thusiasna, reaction hit last week's 
bills in most spots, but .Federal coin 
is still dropping Into many pockets 
and .. those .who are riot employed 
locally -are a fractional part of! i%. 

'Gallant Lady' appeai-s to be the 
current, toast for the full week and 

'Advlcia to the Loveibrri' .with vaude 
last haU at the Oirph should make 
the 'b.o. take mushroom in that Spot. 
Cohsideririg there are 10 spbts oper- 
ating in the radius of three blocks^ 
competish is mighty keen, but biz 
Is encouraging In all houses but the 
State and Riaito- Rialto ia alated 
to start out the week at a dime, 
running Indie product . and change 
.three times a week. That'll stir,. or 
sliduld Stir, the cheaper houses. 
Estimates for '. .•ii 'Week 

Capitol (Livingston) (850; 10-16- 
20) r'White Woman* (Par) and fBed- 
aide' CWB). Dualled for a pretty 
fair outlook, |1,600. Laat , week 
.'.Cross Cpuntr y Cr uise' (U). and *BIg 
.Siiakedown' (WB) got boggy mid- 
week- and dipped to a,., slow. $1,100. 
House has been used to changing at 
half way.. 

Cbloni . (LTC) (750; 10-15)— 
'Women in Hia Life' (MG). Won't 
^especially shake, .'em, .fair $800. Last 
■n-^eek *Rafter Bohiancie' ;(liKO) arid 
'From Heidauarters' (WB) -a ao-ao 
.tiS50. 

.Lincoln (LTC) (1,600; 10-15-26), 
•I Ani . Suzanne' (Fox). Dubious, 
probably only $2,000. Last week 
■Convention City' (WB) was a. hit 
?iere because this town is a conven- 
tion site. .Was supreriie in money 
take with a jieat $3,100, 

Orpheum (LTC) (1.300; 1(1-15-25), 
'Dark Hazard": ( WB) . and 'Advice to 
the Lovelorn' (UA-20C) with vaude, 
split; Due for okay $2,000 on last 
half strength, nice. Last weeic 
•Broadway to. Hollywood' (MG) and 
•After Tonight^ (RKO) with vaude, 
split, a good $2,100. 

Rialtb (Bard) (1,000; 10), 'Light- 
ning Riange' ' (C^ap) and *I Have 
Lived' (Cap). Dualled, $900, all 
right. Last week 'Sin of . Nora 
Moran' (Mai) .nosedived midweek 
and. was replaced by 'Wyomirig 
Whirlwind' (Indie) and 'Exposed' 
(:Cdp) dual, for an even $1,000, about 
breaking evenk 

State (Monroe) (500; 10-16-26), 
'Song You Gave Me' (Col) and 
'Speed Wings' (Col) double billed. 
Just fair $660. Last week 'Shadows 
of Sing Sing* (Col) and .;*Once to 
Every. Woinan' (Col) dual tp-^ $600^ 
dumpy. 

Stuart (LTC) (1^900; 10-26-40), 
'Gallant Lady' (UA). Promises to 
be the current best. Ann Harding 
liked pretty well here. About $3,300, 
pretty good. Last week 'Carolina* 
(Pox) got too fai" north and west, 
or somiethlng; ah unappreciated 
$2,300 as reisiilt ; n.g. 



Montreal, Feb. 12 
Worst sub-zero weather of the ^ 

?h^,!;f'i«''mti«l'tIno^fVf^^^^^ aM| — - "p^rog^am were" limply "up 
])f^f ^lii JL^^'I^ ^1"^"^ ''^"^l'" against it. Velvet in . the $12,000 
wu^ J^®®^:®?**, takeri in, but weather undoubtedly 

With 11 pictures scheduled for the cost house Blentv 
main steriia. there, is Plenty . tor ,„ 
choose from, but seven theatres, in- (Loew) (3,000; 30-40-60)— 

Eluding the legit house. His Ma- Rouge' (UA). Plenty, big 

ie.sty's, will likely thin down re- papers crashed days 

oeipts individually. Pre-Lerit week, ahead with all sorta of feature 
however, may help some. spread on the caravan film ^ folk, 

tT;:, s*^-* i . > ij., irr.,- eapecially Mary Carlisle, local gal. 

u ^^^ Z^^^- 'T^! Weather bound to gear biz down 

Bowery' and 'Bitter SWeet' and at 1 $9,000 looks plenty rosy. 



AniinOresMi 
It's Siinng; 'Lady 
at 





\r-ery' and 'Bitter. SWeet' and. at 
60 top should gross around $6,000 
Palace, .reviv.es 'Disraeli* and fea 
tures Kay Francis in 'House on 5.6th 
Street'^ -which may- get -the house 
$8,000;. Capitol has the' major at- 
traction In towri, 'Flying Down to 
Rio,' liable to bring in ,$10,000 
Loew's is doinig nicely with ballet 
setting of six vaude acts and may 



Last 

week 'This Side of Heaven' (MG) 
weak- sister, plus weather troublesi 
held down to $8,000, off. 

IVIet (M&P) (4,330; 30-40-50-65)— 
Carolina', (Fox) and Roy , Atwell 
stiage revue, Pleasing aggriegatibn. 
with fi!ne b. b. in the nariiea^ Would 
ordinarily be good for 'six grand 



^ro<^^ a« hirh fl« ^^^^ than the $25,000 prospective, 

gioss as high as $11,(100 on this . and. t « ^,^^1, i,«„»l 



> 



•8 (Mrls ^ri a Boat.' 

Princess, la showing an all- rit 
Ish program-,- 'Failing for You' and 
'Man from Toronto* Xylth likelihood 
of - grossing $7,0.00 on Old Country 



Last week house even ..harder hit 
by Eskimo weatheif; 'Fashions of 
1934' (FN) and sbcko poaaibUitiea 
also in. Lew, Leslie's ; 'Blackbirds,' 
together the. best bill in wefeks, yet 



biz. imperial goes back to French p,''?^^®^ <Jropped to $23,000, ' low for 
pix with 'Les Bleus du Giel' and ' - --^ 



'La Fille du Regiment* for $1,800, 
(iJinema de Paris repeating for the 
fourth- week ■ 'Fanny* for around 
$1,000. 

. Nibes ai-e weather 
like the rest. 

Estimates for. This Week 
His Majesty's (CT) (1,600; 60), 
'The Bowery* (UA) and ' ittcr 
Sweet* (UA). Not liable to do 
much more than $6,000. 

Palace (FP). (2,700r 50), 'House 



Paramount (M&P) (1,800; 36-46- 
55) -^'Massacre' (WB) and 'Hold 
That Girl' (Fox). T'ormer smatsh; 
for audience pleasure, with abun- 
dant praise for out of the rut story 
and cariiera action. CSravy in ex^ 
pected $8,500. Last week 'Four 
Frightened People'' (Par) and -Easy 
to Love* (WB) began hotclia, but 
later frostbitten llkfe all the rest; 
Finished for $8,000, nifty, but under 
recent normal. ' 



Comparative Grosses for January 



Total grosses during- January for towns and. houses listed a« previ- 
ously reported weekly. Pates given are the closing day of the week. 



NEW YORK 



:-brt-56th=Street?!iV(3fl5.)^nd,JDisraeii4|^ 
(WB): Kay Francis has a follow- E>L<ltJ:<^J>ILKAJ! 1 .LAltitLbb OH 
ig here and 'Disraeli' will attract Sliowriien Pictures has turned its 
the literati and Old Countryites productlori schedule, over to Screen 

with chance of $8,000 dependent! on or^ft Productions whigh wili- com- 
:weafher.- . Last '^reek • 

™*'''^S,.^*fSLn1^ J.?n;f ''hv *J^Vo^ ^' Alt, Abe Prell. and Sam Katz 
ma Chi (Mono) sunk by zero to' 

^^Capitol (FP) (2,700; 00), 'Flying- 1 ^b put 'St. Louis Wompn' into pro- 
iDown to Rio* (RKO). Hiiro of good I duftlon 



Portland, Ore., Feb. 12. 

Spring-like weather has. kept th< 
box offices from registering averagt 
business. .'Gallant .Lady' (UA)' a 
the United Artists Is doing bette; 
than any of the others. Pic ' wai 
given heavy publicity for a coupL 
of weeks ill . advance. . 

'Carolina' (Fox) at the .Parariibun 
gives the house a break after sev 
erai . ! weeks of • ordinary, split pro 
grants. At the Miislc Box laat weel 



being just an aftei*noon attraction 
Estimates.fop This: Week 

Broadway (Parker) (2,000; 25-40) 
—'Beloved*. (U) arid 'Sons bf the 
Desert' (Roach) should come home 
for a good $6,000; Last week dual 
program, 'Mandalay* (FN) and, 'Big 
Shot' finished at $4,900, fine. 

United Artists (Parker) (1,000 
25-4fl)---'Gallant Lady (UA) off at 
a good start and should get $4,500 
Last week, "Eskimo* (M;G) gave- the 
.bouse a nice $3,400. 

Paranriount (PWC) (3i000; 25-40) 
— "(iaroliha'. (Fox) and 'His Double 
Life' (Pat) will help to net big $5,- 
000. Last week 'Man's Castle' (Col), 
and 'Hbld That Girl' (Fox) hardly 
got by for $3,300. 

Music Box (Hamrick) (1,400; 25- 
35)— 'HI, Nellie' (WB) should give 
J.hls^a«bEeak^^-Eos8ibly=okay=$3T200r 
Last week 'Candlelight' (U). In the 
first heat the going was good, but 
finished poorly at $3,000. 

Oriental (Hamrick) (2,500 ; 26r:35) 
— TEasy to Love' (WB) and 'Big 
Shakedown' (FN) will reach about 
$2,800, okay. Last week 'If I Were 
Free' (RKO) and 'Cross Country 
Cruise' (T^) mariagcd to hold for 
$3,350. 





Jan. 11 


Jan. 18 


Jan. 25 


Feb. 1 


CAPITOL 

(6,4(K): 85-70-85- 

, 1.10) 
High.$t10,400 
Low.. 16,000 


Dinner 

. $50,000 
(Stage Show)' 


Dinner 

$40,000 
(2d week) 


Fugitive 
Lovers 

$40,000 


• Eskimo 
$26,000 


PARA- 
MOUNT 

(8,604; 86-50-75- 
99) 

High. $d5,000 
Low.. V 14,000 


Design 

. $60,000 
(Stage Show) 


Design 

$40,000 
(2d week) 


Girls in- Boat 
$38,000 


Fane's Baby 

$55,000 


MUSIC 
HALL 

(6,0-15; 40-a0-86- 

OT-1.00) 
High. $118,000 
Low, . 44,000 


Down to Rio 

$100,000 .. 
(Stage Show) 
(2d week) 


1 Were Free 

$70,000 


Two Worlds 

$65,000 

1 


Suzanne 

$.74,000 


ROXY 

(0,200;- 25-35-557 
■ ■ ■ . ■ ■05). . 
High. $173,600 
Low.. 7,000 


Son of Kong 

$40,900 
(Stage Show) 


Candlelight 

$28,200 


Was a Spy 

$30,000 


Cross Country 

$18,4 00 


RIALTO 

(2,000; 35t40>05) 

High. $72,000 
Low . . 6,200 


Man'^ Castle 

$15,600 


Castle 

$11,000 
(2d/week) 


Sons of 
Desert 

$14,000 

j. ..u 


Fall in Love 

$io,5po 


STRAND 

(3,000 : 35-55-76- 
85) 

High. $81,200 
Low.-. 6500 


Lady Killer 

..$22.30Q. 


Killer 

- ^^14.300 . 
(2d week) 


Easy to Love 

,,. .$10,;2QO- 


Massacre 

$'20,7()0 . 


CHICAGO 




Jan. 11 


Jan. 18 


Jan. 25 


Feb. t 


CHICAGO 

(8,040; 86-45-75) 

High. $75,000 
Low-. 18^500 


Skitch 
$.42,200 
(Stage Show) 


Easy to Love 

$57,100 
(Mary Plck-^ 
ford on stag^) 


Going H'wood 

$40,800 


Fugitive 
Lovers 

$30,200 
(Harry Rich- 
man on stage) 


PALACE 

(2,683; 40-00-83) 

High. $34,700 
Low.. 10,000 


Down to Rio 

, $34,700 
(New High) 
(Vaude) 


Counsellor 

$27,100 


1 Were Free 

$20,400 


Fall in Love 

$19,300 


UNITED 
ARTISTS 

(1,700; 85.66) 

High. $43,500 
Low.. 3,300 


Roman 
iScandals 

$21,000 
(2d:Wieek) 


Scandals 

$14,000 
(3d week) 


Scandals 

$12,600 
(4 th week) 


Gallant Lady 

$19,260 


LOS ANGELES 




Jan. 11 


Jan. 18 


Jan. 25 


Feb. 1 


DOWN- 
TOWN 

(1,800; 25-85-40- 
65) 

High. $38,500 
Lbw . . 5,000 


Son of. Sailor 
$12,000 


House on 56 
St. 

$8,600 


Convention 
City 

$11,700 


Shakedown 

$5,100 


HOLLY- 
WOOD 

(2,756;: 26-85-40- 

65) ~ 
High. $37,800 
Low. . 3,100 


Son of Sailor 
$11,000 


Hbiise on 56 
St. 

$9.' 


'Convention 
City - 


Shakedown 

$5,000 


PARA- 
MOUNT 

(3,665; 26.^0) 

High. $57,800 
Low.. 5,600 


Oirls in Boat 

$26,000 
(Stage Show) 
(Mills Bros, 
on Stage) 


Fane's Baby 

$19,000 
(Guy Lom- 
bardo on 
stagre) 


Last Round- 
up 

. $18,600 
, (Mills Bros, 
on stage). 


All of Me 

$12,000 


STATE 

(2,024; 25-40) 

High. $48,000 
Low.. 5,000 


Dancing Lady 

$22,700 


Dancing 

$11,500 
(2d week, 6 
days) . 


Dinner 

$16,300 
(8 days) 


Husbands Go 

$7,700 


BROOKLYN 




Jan. 11 


Jan. 18 


Jan. 25 


Feb. 1 


FOX 

(4.000 ; 25-35-60) 

High. $48,600 
LoW.. 8,900 


Skitch 
$17,000 
(Stage Show) 


Son of Kong 

$16,000 


Candlelight 

$14,000 


Was a Spy 

$16,000 


ALBEE 

(3,600 ; 26-85-60) 

High. $45,000 
Low. . 9,000 


Right to 
Romance 

$20,000 
(Vaude) 


Man's Castle 

$16,000 


r Were Free 

$15,000 


Down to Rio 

$17,000. 


STRAND 

' (2.000 ; 25-85-50) 

- High. $28,500 

- Low. . . 4,000 


Lady Killer 

■ :$14,200 


Killer 

$8,600 
(2d week) 


Convention 
City 

$8,000 


Easy to Love 

$6,500 


, PARA- 
: MOUNT 

' (4,000 ; 25-35-50- 

' Hi $79,000 
Low. . 12,000 


Desijgn 
$31,000 
(Stage Show) 


Fog 

$38,000 
(Eddie Cantor 
on stage). 


Girls in Boat 

$13,00(li 


Fane's Baby 

$18,000 


: METRO- 
l POLITAN 

f (2.40O; .20r35-50) 

High. $39,000 
. Low.. 14.000 


Dinner 

$27,000 
(Vaude) 


Sons of 
Desert 

$20,000 


Fugitive.' 
Lovers 

$23,000 


Eskimo 
$21,004 



ST. LOUIS 



AMBAS- 
SADOR 

(3,000; :2J;-35-.')5) 

High. $48,800 
Lbw. . 14,000 

FOX 

(5,000.; 20-25-35) 



STATE 

(3,000; 25-33-55) 

High. $31,500 
Low.. .10,000 

MISSOURI 

:(3.500;.,25;35^0'>, 



High. 
Low. 



$29,500 
6,000 



ST;'LOUIS; 

(4.000; W-IO) 



Jan. 11 



Son of Sailor 

$17,000 
(Stage Show) 



Skitch 

$15,000 
( tage Show) 



Dinner 

$20,000 



Counsellor 

i=.^$JJ,0:00=^ 



Down to Rio 

$12,000 



Jan. 18 



Design 

$17,000 



Myrt (& Marge 
and 
Suzanne 

$14,000 



Dinner 

. $12,000 
(2d week) 



Havana 
W.idows=and^ 
Horseplay 
$7,000 



'Midshipman 

Jack and 
I Were Free 

$12,000, 



J an.. 25 



Girls in Boat 

$i5;o.oo 



Morning 
After ahd 
Frontier. 
Marshall 

. $7,000 



Roman 
Scandals 

$20,000 



House on 56 

^^t„,and-= 
World Gone 
Mad 
$11,000 



Fog 

and 
Fall in Love 

$13,000 



Feb. 1 



Convention 
City 

$19,000 



Sleepers' East 
and , 
Double Life 

$7,000 

Eskimo 

$12,000 



Fan's Baby 



Bedside 

$9,000 



Meanest GaT" 
. and 
Before 
Midnight 

. $13.000 



(Cont)nued on page 23) 



Tuesday, February 13, 1934 



P I C ¥ 



C CROSSES 



11 



Frptty Makes PhiBy Not So Hot, 
Dloub' $7,500; landalay' $11, 




Philadelphia, Feb. 

Notblne; very hot Is indlciated in 
this week'd . batch of film exhibits 
tn the downtown sector. Judged- by 
• the opening pace of the new pne^ 
and the current takings of the hold- 
overis, this looks like a decldiedly 
off -week in Phllly as iar as picture 
bouses are concerned. 

Bitter cold weather and left-over 
of recent. snQwstQrm which . makes 
driving in from the suburbs and 
outlylDiT districts still most dif- 
.flcult combine ' to militate, against 
any real b. o. activity. 

'Mandalay,' with Kay Francis^ 
opened very mildly at the Boyd and 
nothing; exceptional is indicated.' 
The Fox has a mediocre flini in 
*Ever Since t3ye' : combined with ,a 
fairly attractive stage, bill. Nothing 
.tpore than $i5,ooo indicated and. Un- 
ISa's^he weather improves decidedly, 
a couple ..of grand less than that 
wilt be r?^gl3tered. 

The .Earle, too Is not particularly 
promising; . 'Let's Fall, in Love' is 
the film attraction, with Keii Mur- 
ray and Lillian Ilbth as stage head- 
liners; Combination won't hit much 
oyer $17iO«0. .-^ 

Garbo's 'Queen . Christina', held 
ovier at. the S'taniey altlioUgh biz 
under iejcpectatlbns,- not farlnis -any 
too well. Second week figures for 
arpund $l !>060,- no more. 

The Stanton has 'Shadows of 
iSlng Sing" which will be lucky to 
hit $7,000, while 'Moulin Rouge' is 
falling decidedly below the Aldlne's 
recent average, not more than 
$7,500 Indicated. 

'Miss Fane's Baiby Is Stolen' is 
drooping badly at the Karltdh on 
the tall of bad notices and will . be 
lucky to hit $3*000, 

lja,at week'.-, gross were all 
knocked gallyrwest by the storm 
-and - record below-zero weather; 
Garbo's picture at: .he Stanley led 
the field as expected, but only got 
121,500 instead of the $:c,000 which 
was Indicated In advance. Second 
on the list was the Earle. with Duk6 
Ellington's elaborate revue as stage 
headllner and 'Easy to ' Love*, on the 
screen. Gross was good but it too. 
suiffered from weather conditions 
with $18,000 against the predicted 
$21,000. 

The. Fox, with the se<i6nd wieek 
of 'Carolina' was lucky to get $13,- 
600 as compared to the $17,000 in- 
dicated, while 'Dinner at Elght^ 
folded dismally at the Boyd with a 
scant $3,000 in its two. day hold^ 
over. 

•Gallant Lady* at the. Aldlne tared 
ia little better, getting $4,000 in Its 
four-da.ir period over two full (and 
profitable) weeks. 

'Fugitive Lovers,' panned by most 
of the critics, just managed to get 
$6,500 at the Stanton. 

A standout was 'Dancing Lady', 
(second .run) at the . Arcadia which 
.got Its expected $2,300 in its second 
week. ' "Sons' of the .Desert' at the 
Karlton was also gbod with $3,900, 
quite close to the predicted $4,100 
figure. 

Estimates for This Week 
Aldine. (1,300.; . 40-65-66)— 'Moulin 
Rouge' (UA). Ballyhoo of visit of 
a flock of Hollywood near-stars 
helped some here. Trade, howevei*; 
well under theatre's recent average. 
Won't beat $7,500 in first week. 
^Gallant Lady' .(UA) holding, four 
days over two-^eek period, got $4,-: 
000,. quite good considering weather. 

Arcadia (600; 25-40-50— 'White 
Woman' (Par). Weakish $2,000 in- 
dicated. 'Dancing Lady' (MG) big 
In second week with $2,300 after 
first week's $3,i00» 

Boyd (2,400; 40-55-65)— 'Manda- 
lay' (FX). Not so hot from first 
appearances, maybe $11,500, 'Dln- 
lier at Eight' (MG): (second" run) 
couldn't stand up against weather 
brealk.s: two days only over week 
with $3,000 in that time'. 

Earle- (2,000; 40-55-65)— 'Let's 
Fall Iti Love' (Col), and vfiude, JCen 
Murray and Lillian Roth, headlined. 
Nothing hot Indicated, maybe $17,- 
000, probably under. Last . week, 
•Easy to. Love' (VVB) and Duke El- 
lington revue, which helped plenty, 
but Weather hurt plenty, too; 
$18,000. 

Fox (3.000; 30-40-'6r>)-^'l2ver Since 
Eve* (Fnx>. and stage show. Looks 
pretty feeble; $15,0.00 . outside esti- 
mate.. Last week, fCarpllna' (Fox), 
and stage show; second week's $13,- 
SQjD wa.c quite good considering 
weather. 

karlton (1,000; 30-40-50)— 'Miss 
Fane'sS I^aby Is Stolen' (Pair). Bad 
notices and poor opening trade*, 
lucky if it hits $S.OOO. Last week, 
'Sons of the Desert' (M(4), $3,900, 
good under circumstances. 

Keith's (2,6b0: 25-30-40)— Tharm- 
=-ing----Pecelvei'i-- =(^aj=)i--and:--^Sli uff le' 
Along' unit, which is bein.sr plugged 
over picture. Looks good for $7.- 
500, above average. Last week; 
.'Rainbow Over Broadway' (Ches)- 
and vMuile; weak with $C.200. 

Stanley (2.700; 40r.';5r63)— 'Queen 
ChrL-stinri,' (MG). Very good, al- 
tbb'u.Th \yfather knocked it .several 
degree." under expected figure; how- 
ever, last wt.ek's $21,500 augurs 



'Search for Beauty' Best 
In Broakhm, $26,000 



rooklyrt, Feb. .12. 
Bru.tal cold snap has kept most 
of. the .citizenry indoors' this weiek. 
Ail emporiums as a result suffered 
somewhat, particularly downtown 
sector. 

Patumpunt the lead' with 

'SearchVor Beauty'- and stage show 
featuring^ Milton Berle and Rubins 
off. 

Estimates for This Week 
. Paramount (Par) (4,000; 25-36- 
50-65) — 'Search for Beauty' (Par) 
and stage show. Pic: got -rtreak 
notices. Stage show saving the 
house. Around $26,000, okay. Last 
week 'All of Me' (Par) and Mary 
PlckfOrd. in person, $33,000, good. 

Fox (F&M) . (4,000; 25-55-60)— 
•The Ghoul' . (Fox) arid stage show 
with Lee Sims and Ilomay Bailey 
plus Berrens' orchestra. Should 
bring in $16,000, good. Last week 
'Beloved' (Fox), $16,500. 

Albce (RKO). (3,500; 25-35-50)— 
'As Husbands Go' (Fox).and vaude, 
headed by Conrad Thlbault.. Mild 
$15,000.'! Last- week .'Man of - Two 
Worlds' (RkO), $16,000. 

Loew's Metrppolitan (Lbew) — 
'Gallant. Lady' (UA) arid vaude -with 
George Jessel copping honors. In 
region of $16,000, so-so. Last ■\veek 
'Women in His Life' ( MG), $15,000. 

Strand (WB) (2,000: 25-35-50)— 
•Fashions of 1934' (.VVE), Satisfac- 
tory $10,000^ Last week 'Hi, Nellie' 
(WB) $12,300. 



lilUN ROOGE' 
$12M IN PROV. 



Pi'ovldence. Feb. 12. 

Smarting under, one of the most 
terrific wallops from thie weather 
exhibitors, look for some . relief this 
week to recoup big losses. The first 
portion of the stanza hasn't been 
so encouraging, frigid weather 
knocking the props right from un- 
der well calculated plans for big 
biz. Break in weather Saturday 
sort of pejpped things up a bit, but 
not sufflclently to give theati'es the 
safe edge for the week. Should 
weathier be oke for rest Of the week 
there's no doubt that grosses wHi 
bp slightly bPtter than last week, 

Loew's State will be "the leader 
this week with 'Moulin Rouge* on 
screen and tepid variety bill.. The 
riiargln, however, wlU be nowhere 
near ais big as ;house had antici- 
pated. Seventeen below zero weath- 
er on opening days put the skids 
oh a well planned, ballyhoo for the 
Mpullh Rouge .Caravan, publicity 
going awry along with biz. Except 
for the first show -with the caravan 
players putting in a personal , ap- 
pearance the house was deserted 
virtually all day. First show packed, 
but takings mostly dimes .and quar- 
ters. 

Fay's, the otber vaude stiand in 
to-wn, has nice bill, revile, 'Alice on 
Broadway', heading stage bill, and 
'iSasy to Love* on the screen. The 
final result here also .hinges upon 
the weather riaan. With the right 
breaks gross should be around 
$7,000. 

" In the straight picture class 
thlng.s are j>.tst so-so. No standout 
picture fare, and all -reviews just 
tepid, and in' some ' caSes^ p^^^ 
rabid, in pai ping, 

Looks as though grosses will be 
pi'etty weir distributed with .$5,000 
as the high mark. Majestic has 
'Carolina' on single bill for first 
time in riionths; ParamoUht's twin- 
bill Includes . 'Four Frightened 
People' and 'Cross Street'; 'Lbng 
Lost Father' and. 'Onee. in Every 
Woman's Life' at the RKO Albee. 

Modern still sticking with bur- 
lesque despite disrupted condition 
of . Wllner wheel. . This week's show 
is 'Black and White' revue with 65 
people. Plenty of ballyhoo for the 
show; taklrififs should be oke If 
Weather holds up. 

. Estimates for This Week 

Fay's (2.000; 13-25-40)— 'Easy to 
Love! (Wl?) arid vaude with 'Alice 
on Broadway' headlining. JUst the 
kind of show the natives will 
go for. ^lart tespld because of bit- 
ter cold, but pickup due if there's 
the right kind of a break; looks 
like $7,000, oke. Last week 'Bed- 
:3l d€fl_(W Bj,. wa3.bad ,-at_$ ,4.8,00 ,:-.off. 
(Continued. oh page 25) 



$14,000 this: week, . okay- 

— eohsidering. . 

.Stanton (1,700; 30-40-55)— 'Shad- 
ows of Sing Sing* (Col). Doe.sn't 
look dtrong, maybe $7j000, La.st 
week, 'Fugitive Lovers' (MG) also 
n. g. with only $$)500. 



Detroit Not So Hotcha 
After Last Week's Heyhey 



Detroit, Feb. 12. 

sub-zero weather nipping the b.o. 
right where it. hurts. All managers 
giving weather reports and head- 
lines in. papers likewise. 

Following a record-breaking week 
at tiie Fox with Amos 'n' Andy, 
which the cold lyiouldn't . stop, this 
week it* is another story. 'You Can't 
Buy Everything' at the Michigan, 
and . /Hips. Hips, Hooray' at the Fox 
have the best chance of doing any 
business there is. Doris Kenyori in. 
person at the Fox may help ttiat 
house little additional busi- 

ness. . 

The United Artists Is having 
trouble .getting an attraction td stay 
over a week and the liabit seems 
due for continuance with •Mas- 
sacre'* The State has a better than 
average picture in 'Fugtlve Lov-; 
ers'. . The Fisher also with '4 
Frightened People'* The Downtown 
reverts to a dual bill with •Long 
Lost Father' arid 'Above the Clouds'. 
. Last \veek the Fox. was the best 
In the^ New Deal -with a record- 
brdaking $37,000 and that despite 
a final two days of zero weather. 
Otherv.'lse nothirig helped ., around 
town.' .'rhe Michigan with 'Fash- 
ions of 1934' was dlsappblnting at 
a poor total of $17,500, The State 
bphefited by the' overflow from the. 
Fox ' and got the best week since 
the opening of the current policy. 
A nice, profltywpek of $10,000. 

-T&e FlsKerT *ith . . 'Beloved^ : was. 
plPnty we^k arid in the. Tied at $4,000. 
The Down towTi -vi'lth 'Carolina' .fpr 
a second, week was nice, for a profit 
week at $6,500. 

Estimates Fpr This Week 

Fox (RKO-Inde) (5,100; 16-26- 
35-40-55)— 'Hips, Hips, Hooray' 
(RKO) and stage show. Disappolntr. 
ing at $18,000. Last week 'If I Were 
Free' (RKO) and Amos ' ' Andy 
in perison, big $37i000. 
. Michigan-T<Par) (4,045; 15-26-35- 
40-55)— Tou Can't Buy Every- 
thing (MGr) aind stage show. Better 
this week, $20,000, average. Last 
week 'Fashions of 1934* (WB) tind 
stage, fair $17,500. 

State (Par) (3,000.;-_16-25-86-40) 
. — 'Fugitive Lovers' (MG) and stage 
show. Indications point to $10,000, 
okay. Last week 'Madam Spy.' . (U) 
and stage show same. 

United Artists (Par) (2.018; 16- 
25-35-40-55) — 'Massacre' > (FN). 
Even poorer than last week, $7,000. 
Last week 'Eskimo' (MG), $7,600. 

Downtown <RKO-Inde) (2,666; 
15-26-35-40)— 'Long Lost Father* 
(U) and •Above - the Clouds' (U). 
Duo not so forte, probably only 
$4,000. Last week •Carolina' (Fox), 
jgood $6,500 for second week. 

Fisher (Par) (2,750; 15-26-85-40) 
— 'Foiir Frightened People* (Par). 
Mild biz, only ^4,000. Last week 
'Beloved' (U), same. 



Morton fkwmy Unit Responsible 
For 90% of Draw at Orph, Mpk 17G 



INDIRECT ADV^ 



Seattle Adv. Campaign Hplps * 
kirtio' to $3,700 in. Tacoma 

Tacoma, Feb. 12. 

With 'Eskimo' running here si- 
multaneously with Seattle, heavy 
advertising by Fifth AveuUe in Se- 
attle' papers, which have fair cir- 
culation here, is helping the bally. 
J-vH local staff joining in With 
upped ' space in local pa;)ei*s. ,. Pic 
set in foi" full week and may hold 
Into second. ' 

Estimates fPr This Week 
usic Box (Hamrick) (1,400; 26- 
35)— 'CDhvention <?ity' (FN), and 
•Dark Hazard' ' (FN), stepping , out 
for fair $3,000. Last week, 'Duck 
SoupV (iPar). nice atv$3.900. . 

Rpxy (j-vJI) (1,300; 25-36)^'Es- 
klmo' (MG). Big campaign helping 
this one. Look fpr $3,700. good. 
Last week. •Fugitive Lovers' (MG). 
and •Should Ladles Behave' (MG1. 
split, vel">- fair. $3,100. 

Blue Mouse (Hamrlclc) (.650; 15- 
25)^'Female' ,(FN), and 'Meanest 
Gail in Town*^ (RKO). du^l, first 
half; 'I'm No Angel' (MG), single; 
last half, $1,800, okay. Last week, 
■Easy::.to Love'. (WB). nd .'To. thie 
Last. . Man' '.(Par),- duiil.. first- half; 
'Fi'ohri . Headquarters' (WB), single, 
last half; week's -gro.ss, $1,650, fair. 



CAPS GOOD PK 





Sub-Zero Kayoed U^. 
Grosses Exce|it in N.W. 
Where It's Spiriiig-Iike 



The sfeverest winter weather New 
'Fork iand Other parts of the eia.st have 
ever known, with the mercury sink^. 
Ing to as much as 68 . below in the 
Adlrondacks and northern New 
England, last -week took . its toll of 
business at the theatres. It is con- 
servatively estimated that the loss 
caused by the intense cold ranged 
somewhere from 10 to 20%, hUrtlng 
more where it was brutally cold 
and transportation was difilcult. 
Latter was particularly true of lo- 
calities "drawing auto trade from 
nearby towns. 

In New York the thernaometer fell 
to an all-tme low of 14 under zero 
Friday morning, causing much, suf- 
fering, retarding travel and keppilng 
people at hoTtie oift top ^f .tadiatora; 

The middle west was also, caught 
In the grip of stiff winter weather 
which also resulted In .serlouis box 
office defections. Almost- every- 
where east of the Rockies sub-zero 
weather was noted Thursday, Fri- 
day and Saturday. Let-ttp cariie 
Sunday. (11). 

Paradoxically, with . the rest of 
the country freezing and picture^ 
becoriiing frozen assets, too, is the 
northwest, around Portland and Se^^ 
attl^, the robins were pUt and the 
springlike weather in that part of 
the country , had the same effect on 
grb.sses, sending .them to under av- 
erage. 



Kenyoii Scripts 'Monica* 

Hollywood, Feb. 12i 
Charles Konyon is scripting 'Doc- 
tor Monica,' Warners recent play 
buy. 

Henry lanke will produce it, 

WjlliiHU l<f;lghjeyjijyri^^^ 



ROGERS' 'LIZZIE KERRIT' 

floilywood, 12.- 
Cliarlos .Rogers will produce 
'Lizzie Kerrit-,' for Paramount, an 
original by Frances Marlon. 

Adaptation being prepared by 
Frank R; Adams. 



Mirineappiis, 



12. 



Washington, Feb. 12. 

Cold wave is still playing havoc 
with the b.o. Fa:ct that it Isn't the 
pictures is shown by the way the 
lines forriir outside .eyery time the 
thermometer shows slightest incli- 
nation tp; jump* Everybody has 
stuff With -a draw, however, so it 
isn't as bad as it might be. 

Interestnig situation this week is 
result Keiths is getting on clever 
exploltatipn of 'Lost Patrol.* With 
out a female in the whole opus, the 
lads -were set tp take a licking. 
Furthermore, . they were leery of 
ballyhooing show as a- drama of 
masculine hearts yearning for 
dames urider a tropical sun, which 
it Isn't. Answer was direct cam- 
paign toward f eminihe patrons, ask- 
ing, '^em 'if they would like to- see 
how 'yoUr type of man' would react 
when he faced death. What would 
the guy you love, say when he got 
a . bullet in his back? It worked, 
sending plx off to a nice start and 
with reviews calling it nicely acted 
and directed. 

Earlp made a nice find in Donald 
Novls, who is lield. over second 
week. Tb-wn is one of tlie most mu- 
sically minded on the. map and ra- 
dio tenor's warbling of "Trees' and 
'Sylvia' is wowing 'em. 

Estimates for This Week 

Fox (Loew) (3,434; 15-25-35-60) 
^'Slx of a Kind' (Par) and vaude. 
Ray. Bolger topping tab of •Vanities' 
gives house a fewell comedy combo 
which is clicking to the tune of a 
big $24,000. Broke Sati mat record. 
Last week •Miss Fane's. Baby ^ Is 
Stolen' (Par) got varied reception 
from critics and public alike. M.eyer 
Davis helped out in hi.s hpme town 
with his stage act, but week was 
only fair $18,000. 

Earle (WB) (2,424; 25-35-40-50- 
60)— •Mandalay' (FN) and vaude, 
Donald Novls holdover pluS Lulu 
McConnell and excellent support- 
ing vaude Is- sending week toward 
nice $18,000. Last w4ek 'Fashion 
Fpllies' (WB) alsp did oke $18,000,, 
but boys hoped, for mbrpi Just an- 
other miislcai. 

Keith's (RKO) (16*25-35-60)— 
'Lost Patrpl' (RKO). Clever cam- 
paign to. get femmeS plu.s nice re- 
views should oke $8,000. Not big. 
but without a^dame. in the pic. It's 
better than expected. Last week 
•Hlpa, Hips, Hooray' (RKO) did 
nice $9,500. 

Rialto (U) (1,853; 15-25-35-40- 
50)— 'The .Ghoul' (GB). Old-line 
horror filiji fanis going for It iii .ti. 
big way, but nobody else.. Bad 
print on opening day did a lot Of 
harm. Maybe good $8.000.. Last 
wpek 'Madame Spy (U> did oke 
with $iS,5'00. 

et (WB) (1,583; .-)-25rS5-. - 
CO) — 'Mas<iacre' (WB). House still 
sticking to midweek- opening.s and 
it seerii.s to help, as it Ih off beaten 
path : anyway. This wof k .should 
get oke $C.,')00. Last week 'BedHide' 
(WB) .satisfactory with $6,000. 

Palace (Lofw) (2.3C:i: 15-25-33- 
-60-)— 5Moirlin=^Rouge^tt:'A)7-=SeGond 
week .slipping a Uttle as. Moulin 
Kong*' . Caravan . bally fadod; but 
looks like «k<' $f>,000. La.st week 
■ftaTno plo did big %1'jM<): 

Colunnbia (Loow) 3, -'03; 15.-2-5- 
3n-40)— 'Mr. S-kitf'ir fFoxr. Back 
on main stf-m aftfr week at F()x 
and h"!.if1<^d for ' boantiful $5,000. 
Last weok 'Orient Express* (Fox) 
light at $2,800- 



Morton Db-\vney and his unit, of- 
fering the first staige show at Loop 
nim. houses in more, than a month, 
are landing top box Office honors for 
the Orpheum In a canter. The Dow- 
ney attraction bids .fair • to glVe the 
Singer house a . reially .sensational 
gross. Thanks to somC: effective 
exploita.tion by Manager Emtl 
Frianke, plus Downey's di-awirig 
power, it opened terrifically, and 
should built to a. socko $17,000; 

T wo hold overs, • /IIq man : Scandals* 
and 'By Candlelight,* also starid oUt 
In a box office way. The; Eddie Can- 
tor production is In Its se^cond , week 
at the State, and doing pretty' well 
after a bang-up $14,000 for Its ini- 
tial stanza. . 'By .CJandleligixt* :,is 
cha,lking up a third week at 
sure-seater World w.here trade has^ 
been eminently satisfactbry for this 
universal picture. Fortified by 'Sons 
of the Desert,' the Lyric is another 
loop house that hasn't anything to 
complain about. Laurel and Hardy 
mean sometiiing to the- bpx office 
here. " . 

'All of Me! sits better than. *A.s 
Husbands Go' at . the huge Mirine^- 
sota, thanks to Its quart^^t of cast 
names, .but; It still lacks the - quall.T: 
ties' which arP "essentiial for a. stand- 
out gi'oss in a; de luxe house of this 
size. It will do well to reach $7,000, 
although very H'ell sold by Manager 
Harold Kaplan. 

Estimates For This Week 

Minnesota (Publlx) (4,200; 25-35- 
40)— :'A11 of Me* (Par). Good title 
and names that count for some* 
thing when bunched together, but 
picture itself only so-so and uriable 
•to clock here In the necessary big 
ivay. Maybe $7,000, fair. ' . Last 
week, ■ 'As Husbands Go' (Fox), 
$5,000, light. . 

Orpheiinfi (Singer) (2.i890; - 25-35- 
40)— ^'Man's Castle', (Col) and Mor- 
ton Downey unit on stage. Stage 
show responsible fpr at least 90% 
of the heavy draw: Downey a box- 
pfllce name here and show giving 
utmost satisfaction. ' Gould touch 
$17,000, immense. 

State (Publlx) (2,200; 25-35-40)— 
•RomeLn Scandals' (UA) (2d -last 
week). A smash boxofllce hit and 
could easily top $8,000. Dandy after 
stupendous ^14,000. ilrst week. 

World (Sinisrer) (300; ^5-36-60- 
75)— 'By Candlelight* (U). Third 
week fpr this comedy which haia 
provoked iCulsome praise of critics 
and customiers. About $2,000 Indi- 
cated. SeQond week, $2,200, 'fine. 
.. Uptown (Publlx) (1,200; 25-35)— 
'Flying Down to Rio' (RKO). 
ArPUnd $2,200, pretty good. Last 
week, 'Mr.. Sklteh' (Fox), $2,505», 
okeh. 

Lyric (Publlx) (1,300; . 20-26)— 
'Sons of Desert* (MG). Laurel a^|rid 
Hardy have pulling i)ower her§ and 
this one is off to nice start. May 
hit good 13,600. Last week 'Last 
Roundup' (Par), ,$4,000, big. 

Grand (Publlx) (1,100; 15—25)— 
'Alice in Wonderland' (Par), sec- 
ond Loop run, and "Easy to Love' 
(WB), first run, split. Looks like 
about $1,200, light. Last week« 
'Dancing Lady' (MG), $2,000, good. 

Aster (Publlx) (90O; 15-^25)— 'Way 
to Love' (Pia,r), ?Mad Game* (Fox) 
and "Lady Killer' (WB), second 
Loopi runs, split. Headed for about 
$1,200, good. Last week, 'Women 
In His Life' (MG). and 'Smoky' 
(Fox) first runs, spilt, $1,000, oke. 



Garbo Doesn't Need 
N.Q.'sJlardiGrasW|[., 
But Other FOms Da 



New Orleans, 

'Queen Christina' is leading .t^he 
tpwn Mardl Gras week, with Garbb 
.drawing strong, .despite bad weath- 
er, Saeriger is having one pt it.e 
healthiest -weeks in spme time -with 
'Beloved,' while the Orpheum is in 
need of the local holiday -week with 
'Hips, Hips, Hooray.*. 

Tudor, -with '(;J6nvPHtlort City,' 
also being helped by the parades. 

Estiitfates for This Week 
$aengeK (3,568; '46) — 'Beloved' 
(U). With John iBoles growing in 
popularity house will get $11,000. 
Last week 'Carolina' (Pox), grabbed 
$9,000. - • 

Loew's StatP (3,213; 40)— 'Qiieen 
ChrLstlna' (MCi). Notwithstanding 
inclemiprit weather the first tVo 
days, this hoiiso seems'. saf*- for $14,- 
000. Last week 'Thi« Side of lleav- 
=cni---=(MG)=gxTrn€srod=$.l-l70D0, 



Orpheum (2.40'); 3.';)--'IIin.«. Hips, 
Hooraly* (RKO). W. .& W, .fadiuK 
here,, whi'.'h riieans but $9,000, and 
then-only .l>{»<'a\i.se of the carnival. 
Last -vvoek 'Ili, Xollie' (VVB) starfed 
strong,, but dmppod to $7,000. 

Tudor f700; 30) — 'Convention 
CKy' (WH). Loijks as though it Will 
tjct arouml .4:i,n00. lMi>t week 'Girl 
Without a Koom' (Par) drew $2,000. 



12 



S fit. Martlii'M riAee, nrnfUcur SqMM 



rOREICN FILM NEWS 



Tclephoue Tcnpla Bar g04I-g— » 



kidore Ostrer Tells About British 
Fdms in the International Market 



Hollywood, 
British, people are patriotic, a;il 
right. But not to. the point where 
piictures are concerned. Isidore Gst- 
rer, president of Gaumont- British, 

•cfeme.to that conclusion definitely a 

'year ago. 

.'For a long time, we thought it 
Was better to make pictures for cug- 
tbmers. in the prdvirtceV he said, 
•rather than from an Iriternatidhal 
point of view or even with - direct 
London bbx-offlc5K>appea;i. We in- 
jected into our pictureis such action 
only as was keyed to provincial na- 
tures^ action pohderously slow. And 
we had to be resigned to the fact 
that Liondoneris refused to patronize 
our pictures, preferring American 
1ms; 

INor was business so good' eyeh in 
the provinces. Because of ad-, 
mittedly inferioif studio eiquipmeht, 
It . seemed unwise, too, to ispend 
more tiian an average Of. $lpPiOOO on 
a lirod.ucition. With aviilable etiulp- 
ment, no pictiare could be superior 
to the American product anyhow. 
We simply weren't willing to gamble 
more . mQney,: .Then,, quite; by^.iacci- 
•dent. We rti. ;'15<jme! Eipres;^:*. 
E.xtended budget Wise 

'The plctui'e cost more than we 
had been spending.. It had a faster 
^mhiatic; tempo,' It did remarkably 
well. Subsequently, we ^imported 
American electrical equipment; .Hol- 
lywood kleig lights ivnd.. cameras, 
We foiJ'-w'ed 'Rome Express' 'rt^ith 
■Good Companions' a.nd 'I Was a 
Spy.' pictures almost as successful 
as 'Rome Express.' "These cost from 
$200,000 to $300,000. Their success 
told us .that extended budgets were 
wise.' 

Guest of Winfleld Sheehan of FoX, 
Ostrer when Interviewed was de- 
lighting visually in . tiie expanse of 
this studio's mileage, perhaps com- 
paring it ihentally to. the Gaumont- 
Brltish lot. 

Yet his smaller English film 
studio, he reminded, had an advan- 
tage over ail this landed studio. In 
Elstree, a studio has the whole 
Continent as available , background 
for picture- nnaklng. You can fly as 
far as Turkey in eleven hours with- 
out a magic carpet. 

'International' Kent 

'Sidney Kent, president of Fox 
Films and director, in Gaumont- 
British, has done more to prevent 
additional quota laws internation- 
ally, than has. any other film execu- 
tive,' declares Ostrer. He refers to 
Kent as 'the only man in American 
films who has an international 
mind;'^ 

'Reciprocity, the exchange .of 
pictures and abolition of hate-com- 
plexes are terminating the once 
bitter fllni-trade war waged be- 
tween this country and .England,' 
adds the British producer. 'Recip- 
rocal arrangements have put an end 
to further quota lalws,' he says. 

With Mrs- Ostrer, who has spent 
her time fishing and climbing local 
hills while her husband has been 
studioing, "the producer will go to 
the South Sea" Islands for ah ex- 
tended, vacation. 



EISENSTEIN FOOTAGE 
COT UP INTO SHORTS 



Holly wood, Feb. 12. 
Sol Lesser is preparing • a /series 
of shorts from the enormous 
amount of footage shot by Serge 
Eistenstein in Mexico and not in- 
cluded in the .Upton Sinclair ar- 
rangement of ^Thunder Over Mex- 
lco.^ First of the series deals with 
holy day fiestas, under , the title 
'Death Day.' 

^ Walter Anthony is editing, ar- 
ranging .and writing. oflCStage ex- 
planatory narrative to accompany; 
the shorts. Material to be released 
.deals with Einstein's explbrations 
into sbciai, ecbnomlc and political 
life, of the Mexican people. 



U.S. Code ProYiso 
On Extras Copied 
By German Gov't 



Berlin, F;eb. 3. 

A . decreel. just issued by^the. head 
organiations of the film, trade, on 
order ;of Dr. Goebbels, deals With 
'extra' favoritism . and recalls the 
provisions, made: by article IV, sec- 
tion 3 of .the U.S. picture code. 

'There .Is reason to call attention 
to the fact that engagements of 'bit- 
players' and 'extra:-players' must, 
without exception be contracted 
through the film exchange/ the de- 
cree points put. Goes on to state 
that: 

Managers and assistant managers, 
are forbidden to wprk as. bit^play- 
ers or extra-players. 

They are also forbidden, as' long 
as they have employment, to per- 
mit: their wives or relatives to work 
in any film, production. 

All managers and assistant naan- 
agers are expected to see to orderly 
conditions and just distribution of 
labor. Disregard , of this ordlnan ro 
nieans. expulsion from the fllhl "cor- 
poration. 



No Ducking 



London, Feb. 3. 

Universal Pictures' comedy 
cartoon, 'Chicken Reel,' was 
submitted for English Censor- 
ial okay. Situation occurs in 
cartoon where chicken hatches 
black chick with eye focussed 
oh black duck, also In strip. 

Censor intimated bit wasi 
too rough and commented as 
follows: *The. parentage . sug- 
gestion must- be deleted.' 



m S. AFRICAN PIC 
WITH UNION GOV'T HELP 



.HANSON 

Capetown, . Jan; 13. 

Several English fllm producing 
concerns are after . the filming Of 
?!Phe Life of Cecil Rhodes,' the 
great iSouth African pioneer, and 
likely' that the country •Will be In- 
vaded by representatives from some 
6f the British studios to secure 
first shots. 

Apparently the winner will be 
Gaumont-Brltish, via co-ppera-tldn 
with the Union Government.. Has. 
permission to fllm government 
buildings and places of essential 
interest to thie picture. Understood 
that the title role was to. be; given 
•to: Cllve* Briook.' 1)ut his Hollywood-, 
engagenients prevent him '(ioihlng 
to. South Africa.. 

The extras will be engaged, oyer.- 
here. 

W. Barkas, representing Gau-: 
mont -British, is coming over in the 
Warwick Castle to flx up: ail ar- 
rangements for the outflt. 



BI-UNGUAL JANNINGS; 
LOPINO'S NEW COMPANY 



London, Feb. 3. 

Sam Spiegel, managing .dlriector 
of the .British and Continental 
Films, is looking 'for & studio In 
which to . make a bilingual produc- 
tion of 'The Gentleman' with Emil 
Jannings. 

Jacques Feyder will handle the 
megaphone. 



Lupine's Film Co. 

In addition to his musical • coni- 
edy productions, Stanley Lupino 
has formed a $300,000 company de- 
signed to make three pictures a 
year. ' 



Only 



One Americait 
Film Among Five 
Hung.B.O. 



Budiapest, 
tatistlcs of 1933 picture successes 
here show' that 'Joy Sings,' starring 
Jan Kiepura,. German picture, 
.ra.tes liighest witli $35,0.00 income at 
the iirst-i'un theatre. 'Rakoczi 
March,' local product, is second with 
$i?,500. 'Aunt Iza,' produced by .;Sar.i 
Fedak, with hei-solf in tlie lead, came 
next with $26,25o; 'Pardop Me, My 
Mistalie,' a locally , madie Universal 
picture starring Frahcy Gilal, got 
$23,750, and Marlene Dietrich's 
'Sprig of Songs' (Par), got $13,500. 

It. is sigriiricant that three homo 
mades got into the highest cate- 
gory. Witlt subseqvtcnt i'unii in 
habes and . provincial . theatres 
figured, locals would rate hifrhor 
still. The one American liictuvo 
. .that got into the fli'st category (npt 
counting the Frahcy Gaal picture 
"^whichr"althoTjgh=-a=Uniyei'sal=fllm 
was made ' here) stars Marlene 
Dietrich And was released here in a 
Gei'man version.. 

This indicates there is' rip getting 
atound that language question 
Local, til'stes and local allusions also 
have spniething to say in the matter 
of popular appeal. 



Theatre Status 

V'Lpndbn report that United Pic- 
ture Theatres, Ltd., with 1. W. 
Schleslnger.as. chairman,, has failed 
to make any profit since its formia- 
tion and is still losing money; has. 
aroused considerable speculatiph 
over here. 

The affairs of African Thea;tres 
are being, keenly followed. So far^ 
dividends for 1932 have failed tP 
materialize, and hopes are doubt- 
ful for 1933. Heavy involvements 
are forced on Schlesinger. in being 
compelled to buy pictures at any 
price to secure himself against 
.catened powerful opposition and 
the -erection of big modern cinemas. 

The shares, although quoted, are- 
not on the open market, and brok- 
ers inform that practically no 
business is^ done with them. Thie 
7 % % debentures iare boosted on the 
Cape Town share market : at 99 
pounds buyers,, with no sellers or 
inquiries. 

KInemas, Ltd., formerly strong 
opposition but forced ihto a merge 
as African Consolidated Theatres, 
ordinaiT shiaxes, one shilling and 
sixpence, selleris, no buyers, and 
8% preference, three shillings and 
sixpence, sellers, no buyers. Listed 
in the Johannesburg share market 
are African Theatres, ordinary, 
eighteen shillings, buyers, and 
eighteen shillings and sixpence, 
sellers. The 7%% debentures, also 
Klnemas shares, are not listed. 



Spain and Belgium Newest Countries 
Asking Film Quotas Against imports 



PARIS EXHIBS PROTEST 
GOV'T COLLECnON IDEA 



PiirlSi Feh, 3. 

Picture house owheris are. almost 
Unanimously opposed to scheine to 
collect: rentals for Alms through ft 
central organization taking" nightly 
percentage of grosses. 

Union of Cinema Theatre Associ- 
ation sent put a questionnaire to all 
theatre managers asking If they 
would protest against this .stunt, 
which is being ballyhooed by advo- 
cates of the proposed. French film 
bahk. All replies said the exhibs 
would flght to tiie limit. In several 
days 2,437 answers, all of the same 
tenor, came In. 

- Some of the exhibs even said they 
wonld joiii a strike if the nightly 
cpllectioh scheme! was adopted by 
producers and ' distributorS|. . Say 
they .have enpugh bookkeeping nl- 
ready,. with tiax collectors in their 
houses every day to grab the goV- 
erhrnent'fl 30i% . the gross, and 
checkers for thie Authors' League 
also collecting rpyaltleg directly; 



U. A. Pavifion Deal 
Completed; Theatre 
Will Be Rebuilt 



Party for Belfrage 

One of the' brightest functions re- 
cently was tiie going away party 
given by the Sunday Express to 
Cedric. Belfrage, its film critic, who 
Is making a tour of the world. 

It took the form of a sna;ck and 
co'Cktail affair at . the Ivy oit the 
afternoon of Jan. ;23. , Everybody in 
the fllm and newspaper world 
dropped in fpr a. .drink, and to6k 
more than one. 



Heavy Blonde Market 

ynlVersai: PlGtyre.s' . premises :ln 
Wardour street looked like a big 
advertisement for all the peroxide 
flrms.: in.. the world. Every avail- 
able Engiish blonde tried to crasii 

In. '•. ' " 

Tliis was the result of, a request 
from Paul Kohner> : Unl'versal's 
Paris nian, for a leading femme for 
Louis Trenker's new picture.' 



$Ues Town Council 

Selwyn Morgan, Cape Town 
singer, has started action against 
the- Town Council for damages 
suistalned In a fractured right arm 
and a bruised spine, . through fall- 
ing on the stage in City Hall dur- 
ing rehearsal of 'Ther MIkadp' with 
Munlicipal orchestra. 

Cla,lms btage was faulty, with 
projecting piarts, riaillng &m 
lights. Municipality admits cause, 
but pleads that. Morgan was fully 
aware of the defects arid should 
have taken precautions and, In not 
doing SO; assumed the risk. 



- Londpn,. Feb. 

■Joseph M. Schenck "^has clpsed 
with a; E. Abrahams , on leasing the 
London Pavillori for 'iJnlted Artists. 
Understpod lease is for . five years. 
With optiori; at $3,000 per week, 
pliis percentage bt grosses beyond 
a certain amount. 

Lea^e calls for internal recon- 
structions, for which plans hSLve 
ftlready been agreed upon by 
Schenck and Abrahams. One im- 
portant item calls for extension of 
seating capacity of dress circle, 
tiie niost expensive part , 
by 200 seats. 

Ever since U. A. showed 'Hell's 
Angels' at this, house, some Ave 
years agp, it has been convinced 
thiat with right kind ot product and 
internal reconstruction the house 
is the best spot in W'est End. 
Abrahams has -always duciced .on 
reconstruction , policy, but terms are 
so favorable that he is Anally ready 
to spend $100^000, or so, to .bring 
the house tip-to-date. 

Pavilion will fold its vaudeville 
policy, which Abrahanis is operate 
Ing under direction of John South-, 
ern, and start the building bperai-- 
tions in March, to be completed 
some time in .June, when the U. A. 
lease of Leicester Square Theatre 
expires, 

Wha,t Jack Bucharian la .going to 
do with tiie Leicester Square Is 
now a problem. It Is lilcely house 
will revert to vaudeville, which h ..s 
not been uriprofltable under the 
Harry Foster regime;. Or:Buchana,n 
might lease to Columbia, which Is 
in dire need . of a spot In the West 
End. 



Fox's jparce 

Pox is. doing a pictuVf! of tht-.. old 
James Welch farcf;, 'Mr. Hopkin 
spn/ wrlttf-n by II. (J. Carter. riia.w 
rcnce firoHsmilh, ITorar-f; Hpflgria, 
Leslie . Rarony, John Lodfr, Ofirry 
Marsh and Anna Lf'f! (latter .' ew- 
n?omer^)-alrcady-aignt?d v"'~~'~ ="-"==^'="— 

Shooting .at Ealing studios first 
week m February, with Albert Par- 
ker . directing. Itle likely to be 
changed. 



Schenck, - in - New Torlt, said the 
Leicester Square miiy continue as 
a y. . house for grind fllms, with 
the Payillbri trying tor runs. 



daumont Loses Suit 

Last October Film Industries, 
Ltd., brought an action for libel 



New Op^ra Co. 

.A Cape Town committee^ has 
been working for some time to form 
a .Hational Op^ra .Company and the 
scheme gives promise of success. 
Several' daLncihg studios get Inter- 
ested with the ■ res'ultvthat ■• South 
Africa" will have .,lt« own corps dc 
ballet wltli Maud Lloyd a.«j ballet 
mlHtreas. H^a Bohemfc' Is now In 
rehifrarHkl. and III probably be 
Htnfifj} In February at thn OperjfL 
Hoii.H^, Oapft Town. 

aj^aln.it th« Gaumont Cp., Ltd., 
aftcin^'ards called aaumont-Idoal, 
Ltd., arid n()w has been awarded 
damages for .$60,000. 
=--Scems=that-a^year'--or=Tnt)re"agTra'n- 
agent of the Gaumont Co. wrote a 
letter to a client of the plaintiffs 
which the plaintiffs regarded as do- 
fartiatory. Defendants appeilled on 
the grounds the ampunt of damages 
awia,rded was * excessive, and there 
had been misdirection, but the Ap- 
peal Court dismissed the appeal. 



AfifaPaysSX 



Berliri, Feh. 3. 

General, meeting of the APIFA 
Aktiengesellechaf t fur . Filmfabrlka- 
tipn, to beTieid,pn Feby 8, will okay 
the baiancie sheft for' 1932-33 show- 
ing $14,114 net profit. 

Cornpariy will distribute ah ,8 per- 
cent diyidond as in forrner year.s. 



Madrid, Feb. 3. 

Spain may impose a .fllm <iuota 
within the nepit few months to take 
Up ail fllrii imports. Bumiprs that 
such a quota systeni would be es^.- 
tablished have been circulating ill 
Spain for some time, but It now be*, 
comes pretty certain, 

I*ian iproposed under the quota 
jprogi'am would require every im- 
porter to produce at least one pic- 
ture in Spain, on which an expen- 
diture of a minimum $3,376 would 
have to be niade, for every flve for- 
eign Alms imported. 

Frincipal factors leading up to 
the qUota imposition are the dissat- 
isfaction with the type of Alms now 
being shown in Spain, and tiie. 
sire on. the part of the Government 
to develop the Spanish picture in- 
dustry. Fixing of a minimum pro- 
duction cost is to avoid the use of 
quicicies to satisfy the quota re- 
ciU'irements. 

Increasing strength of the Span- 
ish industry, which produced twelve 
pictures in 1933 and promises to 
double the number, in 1934; :'makes 
thfe-; prospects for the 'sUcoess: of. the 
quota more fa Vofable than formerly. 



Paris, Feb. 3. 
Inlsh flght Is on between U. 
Aim interests here and elgian 
group, which has got the ear of the 
Belgian government and wants to 
put through & rule that no d^^bbeii 
picture can. be shown In that cPun-i 
try unless it has been dubbed there. 

Dubbing Is nov^ done, in Franco 
for ait French-speaking countries, 
and Belgian Is consldiered an anx^ 
illary. to the French market for ' 
American films. . American concerns 
put a lot of money into ' dubbinig> 
here arid, several companies even:, 
bulit studios to do the work. 

Recently some Indie pictures Were' 
dubbed in Holland, In the Frencli. 
language, and distributed in Bel- 
gium, and tills gave Ideas tp Bel- 
gians who thought, that if Holland 
could do -it, they could do it them- 
selves. Only the Belgians did not 
see how the home industry could 
get along If it had to, compete with 
the Output of the French dubbing 
studios used by American coricerna 
in Pariia. 

Members of the Hays organization 
here got wind of the mpiye and hot- 
footed it up to Belgium to see wttat 
was going on. Tliey found that th© 
move to bar fllms dubbed in Paris 
had reached cPrisiderable momen- 
tum, and some of. them ga'thered 
rumors that it was even being fos- 
tered by French producing interests 
who wanted to embarrass their 
American competitors in tho 
French-speaking market. Paris 
Chambre Syndicale mentioned as 
being, behind it all. 

Hays meeting was, accPrdingly, 
called here and it was decided that 
pniy a flrm .stand would be effective. 
Belgians were told that it is im- 
possible .fOr, American concerns to 
niake separate dubbed versions of 
their pictures in Belgium because 
the Belgian market is too small. 
Diplomatic ultimatum was served 
on them, to the effect that if . they 
didn't want to admit American pic- 
tures dubbed In Pranpe they 
wouldn't get: any American pictures 
at all, except what Independent out- 
put th^ could 'pick up,' 

Next move is up. tp the .elgian.9, 
who are said to be determined to 
go through with their plan. 



Allister Out 



Portland OK's Nazi Pic, 
Arrest Picketers, Fined 

rprtla re., Feb, 12. 

After -being turned down by the 
qensor^-boardT=the=-^eity^couiTCiHKitv.c= 
a. permit tp show 'S. A. Mann 
Urand,' German pic. The council 
said they could see nothing in the 
Naai ill rii which "m'ight start "a riot 
as reported' by the censor board. 

Local cominunist party picketed 
the show at the Taylor St. theatre 
and were arrested and flned. 



. London, Feb. 

Claude Allisterj caijled for by 
Twentieth Century Pictures to play 
the. part of 'Algy' in the ne\y 'Bull- 
dog Drummond' fliim, retelvcd a 
later caible not to cpttie over. Com-' 
pariy guaranteed Allister four weeks 
and made, him resign his part iii 
Fred A.stalre show, 'Grty Divorce.' 

Ho was duo to sail Fcl.). 4. with 
the cancellation at the la.st. minute. 
He will collect four weeks' .'<;U;iry. 



DURRELL YARN AWAY 

^===^^.lIjaUyAVC)jad^l£eljL^2.: 



First \.or 12 two-reoloi-,s stiin-ing 
GccH'ge ]')in"ell in .separjue' ynrns 
with f^yelKn l):ici<_f;rounds li; . .l>**'n; 
f;ni.shPd "on the Sonnctt lot i>y 
mer Cllftori, in a.ssoclation with 
Sriialloy, who Ir riiegKing. 

Jack >.'nttef<>rd dolnc: oriirlnal 
stories and scripts for the series. 



Tuesday, February 13, 1934 



FOREIGN riLM NEWS 



VARIETY 



l» 



Trans-Canadian Theatre Chain Set 
For Brit Pics Only; Another in Wind 



ToronLo, Feb. 12. 
Plans ioT trans'Canada chain 
of theatre to ishow British lllms al- 
irtost etclusively afe repoi'ted to be 
complete and will Involve radicar 
nges In the method of IntrpduC-' 
irie British pi* to Cinadian audi- 
ences, „;thls to follow the British, 
rathei'^than the American, first-run 
'systeiia. 

That a . theatre -operating; com- 
pany for this purpose hias been or;- 
ganlzed within the past *ew days 
was confirmed tonight by dscar R. 
Hanson, pres. of Allied Theatres of 
Canada and of Empire Films, Ltd., 
Jatter Canadlail distrlb for BIP 
Product. Hanson is also g. m. of 
Associated Theatres. Corp. The Al- 
lied chain enibraices 200 picture 
houses and Associated has ovet 60, 
H.'inson will head the ne:\v the- 
atre-operating organization, it was 
learned. He confirmed the report 
thai the British system would bie 
intioduced within the next few 
day?*. Same policy yf\\\ .b.6 
aiigurated tn Montreal, after , the 
Toronto start,. First theatre in the 

i-ojocted s^t-up goes into operation 
Avlthln a week. This is the Carlton,, 
a- mid-town, house sesLtlng l.pil, 
Montreal spot will be his Majesty's; 
I'o rmer . legit hou 

. Ilea sons; given I lie decision to 
.oVfi;>iilze the new plcturei-hQuSe 
ohain Include the fact that the 
number of British films ha-s trebled 
.;i little over a year, the 
quality of British liix has inriproyed 
greatly, and that tills chain, idea of 
e.Klii biting is the logical result of 
the indreaaed popularity won by 
British rmade scteen entertainment. 



Kodak Pays Off 



Beiil ^. Feb. 
Kodak A. <3., raw film and camera 
manufacturers, with the ap- 

proval of government ofliciala, *in> 
creaded ..its Csipitai • by ll, 000,000 to 
21,000j6^)6 RM, Purpose of - 
creased' capitalizatioh was to repay 
a loah of 10,000,000 RM,, wlii(?h \vas. 
incurred In 1927. wlieh Kodiik ab- 
sorbed the Glanzfiiin A, G, of Ber-. 
linl 

The. loan ivas. guaranteed by" an 
American banking house and was 
later repaid. by the parent company 
iii the united States and Kodak. 
Ltd., of London, both dr whorh: will 
now accept the liCw share issue of 
the German . . Kodak Company. In: 
coniplete Bettlemeht. 

The Kodak Co, that it Is 

now free- of outstandi Indebted- 
ness. 



Ittimor has. been current in New 
York for sbme weelcs that Gaumont- 
Brltishi biggest of the. British film 
producers, is working On a similar 
deal with Riegeht ' T^lms, of Canada, 

Artlvur Lee, G-B's m, d. in New 
York, Is understood to have made 
several trips to Montreal recently 
to cinch this with the niegotlationig 
supposedly another factor In 
Isidore Ostrer'a prolonged visit In 
the U. S, Oatrcr, G-B president, is 
in Uollywood. 



CZECHS CLAIM MOST 
THEATRES PER CAPITA 



By EDWARD HEYN 

iPrague, Feb, . 

According to a report of the 
C?!echosiovak~ film commission, Cze- 
cho.slpvaklisi has more picture, houses 
per capita population than any 
oountry in Europe, 

Czechoslovakia has a picture the- 
atre for every 7,600 persons; Spain 
one for every 9,100; England one 
for every 9,700, and Denmark, Swit- 
zerland and Italy one picture house 
for every 10,000. 

Germaiiy and France have a house 
for each 13,000, and Hungary one 
for every 16;000 Inhabitants. 



A Are which completely destroyed 
a store In Bratislava, Slovakia, 
spread to the neighboring A;dloh Bio, 
in which an audience was gathered. 
Ushers of the picture house pre- 
vented a panic by informing thos6 
aitt^indance that a fire had re- 
sullei f roiri a shbft .circuit, arid ".iiSk-; 
ing them to leave thie theatre quiet- 
ly. Thei fire, in the. theatre was 
quelled with much difficulty, and 
,3;000 meters of- fllms being saved, 
however; 



Czech film studio at Hosti 
, near Prague, . has completed 
work on Itis first picture, a ;^lm of 
student life, •iris,' scenario .based on 
story by Tino Gasper and O Kujal, 
Kilm offered In bbth Czech and Slo- 
vak languages. 



Adolf D.obrovplney, oldest. Czech 
broadcaster and pioneer of film act 
ing here, died at the age of 70^ Do 
brovolney started his bropidoaptlng 
work in the year 1924, 



Dolly. Haas, popular Viennese film 
actress, with her own company. Is 
to give a performance of 'Scampolo' 
In Czechoslovakia. She has^ma.de a 

"Tr^^rman^fllmrbf'"?hlfl^ 
It as a stage play. 



(.'zechoslovak cenaor b£Ls .-granted 
f htry licenses to the following for- 
eign films: American film,' 'Maidenis 
of Bali'; ritish films, 'Catherine 
the Great.' 'Aunt Sally' and 'Going 
<;a.\ Fronrh Film, 'I>e. Maitre.et le 




Mades Ready 



Pai ls. Feb. 3. 
Fox opened Its new . diibbinfr 
studio here ye.sterday. Work has 
been started on three films for the 
French market— 'Power and. Glory,' 
'State Fair' and 'Warrior's Hus- 
band'— all. of which were sliown last 
year in -iinglish version at the Fbx 
showcase,, the Edo'iaird VII. They 
have been held over for general 
Frencii release until the •, Western 
equipment could be lnsta,lied and 
the dubbing, studio completed, so 
that a good job could be done on 
thern. 

Caution characterizes Fox plans 
for French production, as announced 
by Carlo Bayetta on his return from 
the New York huddle of the firm's 
foreign managers. This season'.? re^^ 
leases have been washed up by the 
studios: a total of five pictures—two 
by Eric Pomimer and his Fox-. 
Europa, whose output Is considered 
classy, iand three by Independent 
Fred Bacds for Fox release. 

The two Pommer pictures, 'Liliorn' 
and 'Man Stolen,' have been a long, 
time coming, through, but Bavetta 
says they iare now. about ready, for 
release. The first two Bacos plc- 
tureis, which are cheaper jobs, -are 
put making money now, and the 
third is ready to pop. 

For next season Bayetta sayis his 
outfits will make ^eight or 10 pic- 
tures. He's looking over stories 
now, and says the production pror 
grani will actua:liy be under way in 
a month or bo,, 

Pommer is doing one of those long 
convalescences, and his outfit won't 
ije going until he's well.. Bernard 
Zlmmer is to leaye fdr America in 
a week or 10 days to work on the 
dialog of the Erick Charrel picture 
with Charles Boyer, which Fox is to 
make In French and English itt Hol- 
lywood irid which Ba,vetta cstmts 
as" one of the ac^s. pf his next year 
French, releases. 



Jazz Dough 



Upturn in Japanese Show Biz; 



Copenhagen, l-Vb. 

Ilarald Frost, Paramount's g.m. 
here, Is picking up some extra coin 
for his company via Louis Arm* 
strong, American orchestra pilot. 
Who made a couple appearances 
here recently to very big biz. That 
gave Fro.<5t the id^a that his cUs- 
tom'evs coiiid go for more hptcha- 
muaic. So -he got. ..togjatlier seven 
Par shorts, all showing dlff^^rent 
American , inaestrpes and tlielr mu- 
.sikers and is booking it around as 
a unit Insteiad of a featui-e. 

Has bocri In. a .half dossoh houses 
so far and doing big everywhere. 





IN 




Foreign Talent Is Pronunent 
And B.O. Take Big All Around 



Mae West in Dutcit 



. The Hafjue, Feb. 

Mae West's 'Lady Lou' (' he 
Done Him Wrong') (Par) has been 
banned here without option for cuts* 
Considered tod immoril, 'This Day 
and Age' (Par) was called too 
revolution ry aind' also thuthbed 
completely,. 

'I'm; No Angel' have to take 
a couple of dozen clips and may 
then be shown fpr adults , only. 



two inonth.s' 'of inat-tivity; 
Huiuiia i.s af work again. At pres- 
ent company is shooting -Romance 
of -Ida,' pictui'e adapted, fi-om a Gar- 
donyi novel: Tt will prpbably have 
a (Ijfferont title bi' the time.it.'.s fin-:, 
ishe.d. :-;Flne' cast,:Wl th Irene- Agay and 
Paul .lavpr.irt the leacis and Han-, 
hah Honthy and Gabriel Rajnay in 
the two other impot'tant party. Sc'e- 
nari is • by Alexander Hunyady 
'liomahce' Ih a matrimonial comedy. 
"Throe comic shorts, about Hacsek 
and Sajd, sort of Hungarian Ambs.- 
Andy team, will be tied together tp 
form a ,f nil -length feature. T^aszlo 
Vadnay,. who created the types, is 
scenarist, and Beia Gftal is directing 
the assembling. 

cieza. Herczeg will prPduee 'Good 
Night, AnnabelKS' in English, Ger- 
man and Hungarian at Hu.nnia next 
month. Alex Slatinay is doing the 
inusic. He got English backing for 
the Picture and Is bringing the Eng- 
lish cast along with him. 



Alexander Korda,. of London 
Films, is doing. French and English 
versions of 'Rakoczi March' at Els- 
tree. He is keeping grroup scenes 
from the original Hungarian ver- 
sion, making new shots 6t the indl 
yidual scenes with English and 
French casts, respectively. Since 
group scenes were very good in the 
original Hungarla!n version, some of 
the acting and most of the directing 
of the individual scenes.being inad- 
equate, it is figured that Korda will 
help the film In the versions. 



Singapore, 
'Song of Songs' was given a com- 
plete rejection : by Censor.s here, .Tpb 
rough. 



U.S.FlLMaUOTA 
PUESSED IN 




Laeinmle*s Plan 

Paris, Feb. 

Max Laei lie, looking for some- 
thing to do. now that he's out of 
.Universal, wants to turn cxhlb. 

Offered $19;000 for Theatre de 
I'Avenue, which recently switched 
froin legit and has been reciiris- 
tened Studio de I'Avenue «o It 
woul^d sound like a showcase. 



Waiahingtoh, _ 12. 
Al'Plii'ation of a quot.a system to 
foreign films is being urged in cdh- 
nectlbn with any tariff -bargalhlng 
plan the Roosevelt. Admlhlstratioh 
may try to put through CbngresSi 

While forelgii Importations still 
represent only a fraction of iotal 
features .shown in this country, 
American producers have conveyed 
the Idea to the State Departinent 
that if a rigid limit is. put on Im- 
ports .other nations, with far., more 
stringent tegulatlohs on American 
films may loosen .lip and expand the 
U, S, fpr-eign "market. 

Whether tariff legflslatlon will be 
sought this session, remains conje'c- 
twai. President. Rbpsevelt says he 
still thinks iie will .stibmit a mes- 
sage on the subject, but leaders in 
Congress have doubts. 



Syif PHONY IN BLUE 

Madri , Feb. 3. 

Two youths not sympathijslng 
with Soviet propaganda tossed two 
bottles of. ink ait the screen. In Ac- 
tualldades, one of the foui" local 
newsrcjcl theatres, smearing it with 
blue and bespattering plenty of 
spectators. Pic was short subject 
put out by cultural departnaent of 
USSR shoWlng Russian youths go- 
ing through exercises In Kremlin 
square. 

Ink- throwers jailed. 



Cabinet Upsets Hold Up Gaumont 
Relinancuig, but Osso Bankrupt 



U. S. FILMS OUTSELL 
NATIVE MK PRODUCT 



Mexico . City, Feb., J). 

..4u\erican films are steadily 
crowding Biltish, Frencii, .German 
and even Spanish pictures, oil .this 
hiarket, exhibitors agree. Fans, 
however, demand that U. S. produc- 
tions be well, acted. 

First calibre American pictures 
get' milch more of a play down here 
than, do good Spanish sjpoken fllms; 
even those that have typically 
Latin plots and. treatment. Exhi- 
bitors say there are 300,000 Mexi- 
cans in Mexico who -completely unr 
derstJind jE<;ngli.sh and enjoy ._goIng 
Tto"1tfiV^Clhemas""fd^h"ear 
1,000,000 more who are learning that 
language from the screen. 

Most of the custoniers of the 
Cine Mondial, a big habe, speak 
Enjgllsh very well; They are most* 
ly Near Basterficra who lived for 
some time in the U, S. A. and pre- 
fer American amii.semehta to Span- 
ish. 



Feb., .J. 

Ousting of tiie cabinet, and with 
it Anatole de Monzle, Education 
Minister and czar of show biz, hias 
held up Graumpnt's fight to save it-, 
self from the banks. With creditors 
pressing, big film .pr.odiicer alniost 
had a new deal arranged with the 
bankers, to whom It is understood 
to owe nearly $20,000,000 to ciit 
down the indebtedness to a' figure 
whlcii it might be able flome day to 
meet. 

Then the Stavlsky soandal by de- 
layed action forced the Gpvernment 
to resign, and all the negotiations 
went up in afr. De Monzie, Who 
was touched— though lightly— by 
gossip In the Rtavlsky affair and 
nearly fought a duel about It, is not 
In the- new Cabinet lists, and per- 
haps will be unable to come back. 

Therefore the tnovle finatiolal re- 
organization, _hls_pet, Is likf'ly_to^ t>e 
Tiers"" 'upTrb1*'~sbm"e~"^^ 
this ls .n> time for politicians to be 
fooling with financial changes for.; 
anybody.'s- benefit, with public opin-. 
ion roaring the word 'robbers' on 
every comer. 

Adolphe Osso, producer, long hbv- 
erlng on brink, finally went ,over 
this week by filing voluntai y bank- 
ruptcy petition. 



tONFETCnNG ROYAITY 
RULINGS UPSET BERLIN 



Berlin.^eb, 3. 

Geirman trade i.s .anXipusIy await- 
ing a legal decision in the tone- 
film royaity :flght. Since the Siv- 
prfeme Court .decided against U'^ 
and In favor of 'Stagma/ . decree- 
ing that the Stagma was entiticd 
to raise fbyalties not only frorti the 
producers but also from exhibitors^ 
the. federation is ' investigatiiig ex- 
ten.slye niaterial on this question. 
The state bt affairs brought abbut 
by the Court decision is held to be 
incompatible^ .with vital ceSsities 
of the trade. 

It has- been learned that a Gerr 
man picture theatre- which paid 
RM 600 -to the late 'Gp,ni.i' in l^li, 
in times of .silent flim.'j, norv has to 
pry^RM'^iTfTO^'Ttf^'^ 

.A new Berlin court decision de-. 
rlared ihat the Stapma was oritltled 
to. claim royalties from ..(;hO;..fexhlb.s, 
but that these sums must be offset 
against the sums paid bj' the pro- 
ducers to the autiiors so as to pre- 
vent .dfjMblo ipayment. 

The call for gbvnrhmciU fhter- 
ventlon and r'^gul.ltion If Ion 



By BURTON CRAN^ 

Tokyo, Jan. 22. 
remendbus upturn in Japanese 
shpw since the 

which accompanied 
greater prominence forelgh- 
bprri and foreign- trained perfbrm- 
ers. 

Upturn is no. Joke. New Takarad- 
zuka theatre here, which opened 
New Tear's Day, has been turni 
tUem a,wa3'. Girly revue. No mCn 
in the show. Tickets 45, 60. and 
$L?0:;. 

Nippon Gekijp. another new 
house, seating 4,000, did heavy, busi- 
ness for two weeks by double -bill- 
ing 'Cavalcade' (Fox) and' 'Gold 
Diggers': (W6), then switched/ 
'City LI hts^ (UA) and 'Deluge' 
(Radio) ait the unprecedented top 
for' a flicker.; house of: |2.i0; With 
cheapest seat^ .-30 cents and . undbr 
t lie rafters. Seebhd week top was 
cut tb ?1.50 but week-ends are s.r.o. 

Almost eveiry flrSt-clasa house in' 
Tokyo has been Using stage revues 
to bolster the picture take,. Nippon 
Gekijo opened with a 40-minijte 
miniature revue, featuring the 
Misses Fumlko Kawabata and Betty 
Inada, both American -bprn. Hpga- 
kuza and Imperial theatre have bpth 
had stage shows in addition to pic- 
tures. 

Imperial this week is f eafijring 
Sally and Don Jennings, .American 
aCagio' team which has been .play ^ 
ing the Orient for a year and a halt. 
Originally bboiced into the Cathay 
hotel iand the Canidrome, Shang- 
hai, wher^ they worked seven 
months; then went to the Feninsula 
hotel in Hongkong for six weeks, 
the Raffles hptel In Singapore for 
six weeks and Malay peninsula 
cities such as Kaula Lumpur and 
Penang for another six weeks. 

When clpslng here they get three 
weeks at the big Kabuklza in Osaka. 
When caught, tried to close with a 
song numEer, but house orchestra 
wa& so lousy they had to give It up 
and confine themselves to hoofing. 

Jei'ry . Wpod's orchestra, which 
played the Osaka TOyo Gekijo )n 
December., switched plana at the 
year-end and went into the Taka- 
radzuka Kalkan (Japan's class 
dahce-hall) for a month, closing. 
Jan. 21. On Jan. 28 they start a 
nionth's tour among Shochllcii 
houses, which have an .additional- 
month's option for March. Starting 
April 1 the band has a; definite 
Shochlku contract for three weeks, 
with another week's option. Play- 
ing picture houses, the .band Is able 
to double into private and hotel: 
dance dates, since the sta,ge attrac- 
tion always precedes the second of 
the two .film features and the whole 
p ogram Is over by 9:30 o'clock. 
This means orch can get away by 
8^30. 

Dance -halls are going In for 
added features), booking the out- 
standing phonograph record stars 
for single evenings and hiring 
dancing talent for Informal floor 
shows. Betty Inada, American -bprn 
Jahahesb slngef 'and hula dahci^'i*. 
did . a week at the Florida dance- 
ha,lt. Tlall now has Lucy Martin 
of Manila In, for three nronths,' slng- 
ing and dancihg 

Sigiieur' (white) arid his mpn- 
strels. ,(colpred), a t^am of four, 
dahCliig harmonlzers, are. in town 
looking things over after an ex- 
tendied Shanghai sea'sbn. Played, 
one night at the Fiorlda da,nce-hall 
and are likely to. go back for an ex- 
tended engagement. After ■ working 
what dates tnay offer in Japan, 
combfnatloA will split, two mem- 
bers going back, to engagements al- 
ready made in Shanghai and the 
others going home to the United 
States. 



MEX COMEDY STAETS 

Mexico city. Feb. 12. 

Mexico Films, S. A„. native enter - 
prlse,--has=^stiirted-^ehueho=E'=-RGto-=. 
(Ragged Joe), Mexican comedy 
classic, at Its studios here and is 
ende-avoring to have a release late 
in" "March." 

Gabriel Soria Is megglng. Cast 
Is headed l)y Fernando Sbler, rank- 
ing Mcxic'iri .sst.'iKP af'tor, and the 
r.'in)»-r;i ui..rk i.« bfinfe'' done by Alex 
PhMllp' lii.liy'. importee, 



14 VARIETY 



riLH IIEVIE1¥S 



Tuesday, February 13, 1934 



MOULIN ROUGE 

(MUSICAL) 

Twentieth Century production ond United 
Artists relecise. Stars Constance Bennett. 

■ FeatUrea" Frarichol Tone. TuHfo Carinlna.tf. 
Russ Columbo and Boswell Sisters. Directed 
by Sidney Lanfleld; WllUim Goetz. Bay- 
inond' Griffith, aseoclate producers: Nunally 
Johnson, Henry Lehman, adaptation; 
Ch'as. Rocher, camera: I^Ioyd -Nosley, edi- 
tor: AI. Dubln,'. Harry "Warren, music; Al- 
fred Newman,' musical director: Russell 
Matkert, dan<io Htagrer. At RlvoU, N. T.. 
starting t'ob: 7. Running time, (69 mlns. 
Helen. . ........... . .'. ', , .Constance Bennet; 

Douglas . Franchot Tone 

Lo Malrc. .Tuillo' Carhilnatl' 

.. Mrs. . Morris. . . . .> ....... .Helen . Weatiey 

McBrlde. Andrew Tombes 

Jpe . i . . . <^ , .Tluss Brown 
Drunk, , . . ... . ..... .... . . Hobart Cavanaugh 

Fi Anchman , i . . . ; , . .Georges Benevant 

Eddie. . . . . ............ ... . ; .Fuzzy ; Knight 

ituss- Columbo. and Boswell Sisters ' " 



This Side of Heaven 

Metro production and release, Htarring 
Monel Barrymore and featuring Fay 
Halnter, Mae Clarke, , Tom Brown, Una 
Merki'lj . Mary Carllgje, Onslow Stovei.p 
Directea by "William "K". Howard. Arthiilii- 
tion by Zelda Sears and lOvc Orconc from 
novel 'It Happened One Day' by Marjorlf' 
B, Paradls, Edgar. Allan Woolf, Florence 
Ryerson; screen play; Ilai R6s.«»n, pamiT:!. 
At Cnpltol, N. y,, week Fob. 0. llunnln.if 
time, 7S mins. 

Martin Turner i;... Lionel BBrrymoro 

Prancene Turner. . . i>. ....... .Fay Bnlnter 

lane Turner Mae Clarke 

.Seth. Turne.r,' , .Toiii Urpwn 

Birdie y Una Mcrkel 

Peggy. .Turhor...... Mory Carlisle 

Walter .,,..-....;..-,....'.i.iOnslow. Slovens 

Hal ..Hiehry Wads.WbTlh 

Vance. .Eddie. XUgent 

William Barnes. ,.'.C. Henry Gordon 
Preddie ...,.^.,..Ijlrl:l»*. Mborp 



.Chle? handicap here is a title 
whlcli 6Ufirg€ists merely another of 
those backstaee stories. ..This is 
a backstage story bii.t not the same 
Old one, and not dependent upon 
the girls for the sales angle. Pic- 
ture Is a brisk, if riot tOQ original 
comedy, With the dance, numbers 
not required to get it bVer though 
they db not hurt any, either. It's 
entertaining in its own right.. 

In thosie spots whiere recent ;Cbn-r. 
stance Bennett Alms have not gphe 
oyer so well, they can be tbld that 
tn this offering she has. a real part 
and troupes itr-'-^-JKhsre properly, 
sold this. .film should get a distinctly 
fa.Vorable b.o. reaction. . It's a nice 
combination of, a , brisk story 
.Bihart.ly ! edited, iood acting Under 
competent, dlfectidri , .and gcneraUys- 
eqod photography. ' 

Miss Bennett is Helen Hunt, wife 
of a songwriter ' who's doing, a 
couple of tunes for 'Liemaire's . Af- 
fairs' (sio!), a revue which stars 
Racquei, an importation, from the 
French varieties. Helen has tired 
of inaction and wants to get back 
oh the stage. Her husband con- 
teniptuously explains to LeMaire 
that she- used, to be half of \a sister 
team, which went bust when the 
other ^Irl eloped With a French- 
man.. He is much opposed to her' 
aspiration, but when LeMaire hears 
her sing he is captivated— at least, 
according td the authors. Helen 
leaves home and looks up the newly 
arrived Racqucl, knowing her to he 
her former partner. The star is 
delighted to see her^ She wants 
someone to impersonate her' at re- 
hearsals while she goes for an out- 
ing with her gigolo sweetie, having 
left her husband, a French Senator, 
back home. The girls are doubles 
and a little hair bleach .and general 
cosmetic attention leaves Helen to 
carry oh while Racquei' lights out 
for Atlantic pity.. 

Both her husband and LeMaire 
(hey Rufe!) fall madly in love with 
her, , and she is torn between 
triumph, and despair at her hus- 
band's change of heart. Racquel's 
husband arrives , on the evening of 
the premiere and drags her away 
and Helen Is. a knockout, as might 
have been expected. 

AH "of tills is told in smari dialog 
and fast moving and connected ac- 
tion. The story is never shoved out 
of the way by the dancing, and in- 
terest; Is not permitted to lag. Di- 
rection has been singularly expert 
from this angle. 



This is the type of clean, picture 
Will Hays has been teiling Solly- 
wood about. Answer is it can .be 
done if it's a well made play With 
competent casting. 

is instance some of the com- 
edy bits might . be. better* but they 
don't hurt much and there is inter-, 
est, it^Ir suspense and an Intense 
heart grip. May ' sag., a little .with 
the low-mijided, but it'is . a bid for 
the otlier first r^ns; better for the 
middle spot class and just ..as good 
with the truly rural. It Owes more 
to the acting than .tile script, biil 
it's good theatre for the average 
person.. No legf and no smiit,, but it 
takes hold. 

. One of. the advantages ;. of . the 
story,', which: was taken fromi *It 
flapperied. .One Day,'; is. that It hiap-. 
peris in two days,- wltii the re.sOlt 
tiiere are. no puzzling time infer val.si. 
Straight and smooth progress. A 
little too. much time taken to estab- 
lish each membei' of the family be- 
fore gettin"' down to business, but 
once It starts it runs along smooth- 
ly, It^s all honie stui¥. The mother, 
a writer, sells her story to a picture 
company, just a^ the head of the 
house .inixed up Ih a firiapclal taiigio 
which Iea,ves hlrti carryihg th& bag. 
He has to pretend to share: the joy- 
pusness of .th6 event while hd knows 
that exposure Is Imminent and he 
can see no way but. 

Next day the crash. His older 
daughter's fiance is the auditor who 
discovers the error. : Delicately he 
hints that the old man beat. it. He 
cannot marry Into a family of jail- 
birds. The girl has the good sense 
to bounce him, wheii'she hears the 
news, and turn^ to the man she really 
loves. 

The yoiiriger girl elopes, but 
comes back when 8he has a hunch, 
that something's wrong, th^ boy is 
broken hearted because he Is black- 
balled by a fi'at. He drives home, 
his eyes blinded With tears and 
crashes. They take him to the hos- 
pital for treatment and send for the 
father, who meanwhile has taken; 
morphia, not because he's afraid, to 
face the thuslc but becau.se he has 
been persuaded that It's best for 
the others: ' They have him right 
th^ ip the hospital where they can 
go-tb wbrk on him," sb they save 
him, and a grand reunion. 

Nothing much to read, but it 
takes, oh life when it's acted. 

The -most gifted member of the 
Barrymore family adds another dls- 
_. , _ tinctlve character to his gallery. 

Miss ^Bennett^ plays both girls^ He works with quiet authority and 

j^^^^j, pictures did a, man ta,ke 



Mimatare ReYiews 



pafm"Rbiroe''(20th Cenf;)"; 
Constance Bennett in. a dual 
rble "that fits. Opulent produc- 
tion and more story than the 
usual musical. In the money. 

'This Side of Heaven' 

(Metro), Lionel Barrymore 
heads an excellent cast. May- 
be too quiet for the . hot spots, . 
but a honey fbr the family 
trade. 

'Devil Tiger' (Fox). Animal 
thriller by Clyde Plliptt. 
Plenty - of stuff • to circus and 
sell, btit piit on' too thick. 
"Will .draw nien. but women.. 
' doubtful. 

'Madame Spy* (U). Fay 

Wray Is. a, Russian'., spiy .and 
Nils Asther an Austrian spy, 
niarried to. each other" and 
plotting against each other. 
Story too hopeless to .mean 
money anywhere. 

'The Liieky Texari' (Lone 
Star). Faniiliar plot 'With no 
special trimmingg, but helped: 
by some good acting. Strictly 
western. 

'The Big Shakedown' (FN). 
Implausible and unexciting 
story, bf. the fiake drug facket, 
not helped any , by a. poorly . 
.developed' Bcript. . Much below • 
■par.' 

'Curtai At Eight' (M,aj>. 
Poorly produced backstage 
murder mystery In which ef- 
forts, are tnade to. swing a 
guilty look .at a chimpanzee 
which gets its hand oh a gun. 
Dorothy Mackalll and Paul 
Cavanaugh in the top spots.. 



It seems genuine enough iled 
on a bit too thick. 

A crocodile fights a tiger, a py- 
thon fights a li<in, a lipn fights a 
tiger, a boa fights a .buffalb-^very 
few hundred feet two different 
kinds of animals are thrown tp- 
gether for a battle. 

Elliott tried to get a story Into 
his thesis, a regrular yarn of villain, 
girl atid hero. It's unbelievable for 
even a second. Too, for supposed, 
feinme .effect, Elliott has an eight- 
year .-old Chinese boy making the 
tt-ek through ' the jungles with the 
heroes to catch the devil tiger. ' The 
kid Is braver than most of the 
adults. 

Photography , is none too erobd in 
spots, although the actual animal 
stuff is well enough handled. Tru- 
man. Talley, in assembling and edit- 
ing It, forgot one . highly Important 
thing. The emulsion on the shots 
sheared and pttsted In is darker 
than that of the rest of It, so that 
none of it jibes and will lead to 
suspicion.. Kauf. 



only a few double exposure scenes 
being Involved and these nicely 
handled, Most of. the action is 
with Helen. . In her first sequence 
in black hair she is unattractive, 
but in the peiroxide tresses she 
comes through stunningly. And she 
really acts, within the limits re- 
quired by her part. She is a very 
different player from her previous 
characters. She only shows her 
legs In one brief scene; never flashes 
her undies and conceals her pas^ 
sionate yearning for children very 
successfully. She is a bit shy on 
voice a,nd far frohi the wonderful 
singer the script Wpuld make her, 
but she plays . competently. Tone 
and Carminati tearii up like veteran 
cr'bss talkiers, arid materially; 'ttld ithe 
story in getting over- with Helen 
Westley, as Helen's maid contribut- 
ing a brief, - but splendidly played 
■ character bit, 

Production numbers are . 
geous and . generally exquisitely 
photographed. Russ' Columbo and 
the^Bosweli Sisters are In for bits 
In the. chief song, with a dancing 
partner tor: a- tango, which follows. 
Just enpugh of this to make an ef- 
fect arid cut before. It grows tire- 
some. 'Coffee in the Mornlrig' (and 
kisses In the night), is reprised to 
the pplnt. :pf tiresomeness, yet the 
melody does not stick with the au 
ditor. • 



■pblsbn with greater effect or "fewer 
gestures. He's a quiet, kindly and 
eminently lovable old chap and 
sounds the keynote fpr the others. 

Fay Bainter as the wife brings 
another gentlewbman type to the 
screen. Not a fat part, but oppor- 
tunities, and she rises to every one. 
"But second honors go to Una Mer- 
kel as a maid with a dialect. She 
is delightfully, natural; something 
for which she has not been notable 
for in the past^ 

Fourth apot goes to Tpni' B.rowPr 
natural and sincere as the school 
boy. He has to handle spme lines 
that probably gave hirii a pain, but 
hie gets right Ihtb the skin of the 
charactei*,, .Mae Clarke Is evenly 
good and Mary Carlisle does what 
she . can with an overwritten part. 
The others all rate assists.! 

It Is a better job of casting tliari 
direction, for the- director should 
have sensed the false value of so:ne 
of the lines and have eliriilnated 
therii. Otherwise he rilegs nicely 
Not that all of the comedy Is . poor 
Some Is.' smart and thei*e's a. real 
laugh In Miss Merkle's telephbnic 
search fbi" an Ice pick'. • 

t»lctiire has been carefully staged, 
smartly ' photographed . :and the 
sound recording Is- tops.' Chid. 



Mounting Is. elaborate, biit taste 
fiil, and chiefly expressed in good 
and not too oyerbright photography 
The real story of the real ~*Le- 
Malre's Affairs'— both bf "em— If it 
could have been told by Rufe him 
, seJf might have been more Interest- 
ing than this one, which borrows 
the name arid title. In the real 'Af 
fairs,' whlch_was a sock in_Chicago 
'"bul'lfeppea'InTTew^ 
there were such as Sophie Tucker, 
Ted Lewis, jlihiriy Hussey, Harry 
Foi, . Charlotte Greenwood and 
others, who were pretty good; too. 

But in this, motion pic.ture the 
character of Rufe LeMaire is played 
by Tulllo Carminati, geherally' re 
giarded lus being a nice looking guy 
\Vhi>:h proves this is cnly a motion 
picture. (^hic. 



MADAME SPY 

Universal' production and release. Di- 
rected by Karl Freund. .'Features Fay 
Wray and Nils Asther. Adapted by Wil- 
liam Hurlburt from Qermaii' film 'Unter 
Falscho Flaggen' by ' Johannes Brandt, 
Josep h Than and • M aac Klm m l ch ; canrt^ 
era. Norbert BrOdine. At Roxy, N. T„ 
.we.ek F6b. d. Running . time 70 mlns. 

Maria « Fay Wray 

Capt. Francli .'. Nils.' Asther 

Sohultz Edward Arnold 

'Weber ............^.4 ..John Mlljan 

Seerfeldt .........David Torrenco 

Karl Douglas Walton 

Pahike Oscar Apfel 

Peter Ince Barnett 

Sulkln ...'.Robert .Ellis 

Lulu ..Habel Mardcn 

Potroskle ... , ..".Aldeh Chase 

Baum .......'.....'....'.... .RoUo Lloyd 



Les Deux Qrphelins 

('The Two Orphans') 
(FRENCH MADE) 

'Pathe-Natan production. Released In U., 
^. by -I Jluft Ribbon Pictures,-- Stars. Yvette 
Gullbert. Directed by Maurice Tourncur. 
Adaptaed by Rene Pujol from the cld(>8lc 
by d'Bnnery i^nd Cormons. At the Europa, 
N. Y., for run, Feb. 7. Running time, 00 
mlns. 

La Fiochard . .Tvctte GuKbert 

Jacqtics, her oldci* son...... Gabriel Gabrlo 

Pierre, tier younger bod'. .. ...Jean'' Frahcey 

Louise... ... .•. Ro^lne Deronn 

Henrleeto. ... ..... ...... . .Renee Salnt-Cyr 

The Cbut'de.Llnlerea. . . . , . , .flerre. Magnier. 

The CQunte.s.s. de Llhlcrcs. ; . . .-.Emmy Lynn 
Roger de- Vaudrey; their rcphe'<v ■ 

Jean MartlhcIU 

Th<» Afarquls de Prcsle^. 
Lnfteur.,.,. 

The Doctor. ... ^ . 
The Superintendent..,.. 
Mareat. ... . . . 



..Emile SAulleu 
......;;■'.. 'Mprfbn 

. , ; .Cnmlllc Bert 
...Martha Mellot 
....... i. Mabel 



.This old classic of melodrama has 
been nlade as a silent film! several 
tlriies in tho ' United Stated and 
abroad, but never as well as thiS 
instance. It's In eyery .'way an A .l 
i}rOduction that , will commarid stt- 
tentlon, despite the fact that it's 
gross capacities In the United States 
are limited. It's In Fceiich—iuid. 



wordy. But nbt hard to follow. 

It will do one thing In the U, S. 
that very few other French films 
have been able to do. It wlU bring: 
out the French trade. Which ought 
to niake it profitable. Ordinarily 
the French In the U. S; don't bother 
going to their own pictures m.uch- 

Story is a frank out and out melo- 
drama Of the bid schboi. Played 
here, so sincerely and. effbrtlesslyk 
however, that it .grips. It's ^ tear- 



LUCKY TEXAN 

Lone Star production- and Monogram re- 
lease. Stars J6hn Wayne, features Barbara 
Sheldon, Goo. Hayes. Lloyd Whitlock. Ya- 
kima Canutt'. Dlrocted by R.. N. Bradbury. 
Produced by Paul Malvern. R, N. Brad- 
bury, story. Cast: G<irdon De Mairt, Ed' 
ward Parker. Earl Dwire: At Loew's New 
York two days, Feb. 6-6, on double bill. 
Running time, .50 mlns. 



John Wayne Is starred In this, but 
George Hayes pretty well shares the 
Interest and takes the acting honors. 
Plot is the one in which the herO is 
accused of the - murder of his pal*, 
with the latter coming Into court to 
denounce the men -who Sought , to 
kill him. For a change the villains 
escape oh a gasoline handcar, but 
Wayne and his tireless nag over- 
come that handicap. Wayne pulls 
Yakima Canutt from the car and a 
moment later Hayes blocks the track 
ereplt — auto — and — l ands 



THE SHAKEDOWN 

First National production and release 
starring Gbarlos Farrell and Betto Davis 
and featuring Rloardo Cortez, Glcndu Karl 
rell, Allen Jenkins, Directed by John 
Francis Dillon, Screen flny, Sam Mncei," 
and RIan Jajnes. At Mayfalr, N. Y., siai-t" 
Ing Fob, 8. Running time, CO mlns. 

Jimmy j . .Charles Purreli 

Norma ...... ^ ilJette iJavis 

.Barnes ................. ; .. .Rlcardo . Cortes 

X^il ^ ...a,. ,; .Glonda. K*iri*en 

l^^efty ..... ............... * Alleii JonldnB 

Shettner'' ....... . ... . ,\ .. .Henry CNelll 

John .i. '...'. .'.,..' .'..Phillip Favei"{ii)ii 

Uegan ..... .... ... Robert Emmet ()• ron 



. Second In what apparently* is 
tended to be' the saga of the drug- 
store; In. "Advice, to the Lovelorn' 
the cut-ra.te driig racket, .'wiis i/x- 
posi^d. - This deals with * the nipre 
recent development, the- coUhtevfeit 
proprietary preparation. Something 
riiight have been (done wi th the topic 
but whatever might have been done 
has bec^ left undone and a clujnsy 
script does nothing whatever to 
bolster an Implausible and unoxcit- 
Ihg plot. 

Probably few spots. If any, \, lu re 
this will hold up. Just isn't there. 

Story Is based on the fact that 
recently the bootl e g jgfer s have u setf^ 



their highly deyeloped label coun- 
terfeiting facilities to Iriiltato 
stahda;'d . pharmaceutical prepara^ 
tlons. : Charles Farrell, a. •young' 
druggist, threatened with competi- 
tion froni. a chain storOi is per- 
suaded by Rlcardo Cortez to imitate 
prbi)rletkry prepairatlons. . 

Starting Innocently enbUgh wit 
tooth paste, Farrell Is. drawn Into 
the coiTs of . the Const)lracy Until he 
is. making fake; tincture - of digitalis,. 



jericer . J;hat: really, 'jerks.;. Tyette ibu't hot : u . they beat lilm- up 
Gullbert, the star,.Is the wicked eld ' - 
dame that kldnai>8 the poor little 
blind girl iartd tries to make a street 
beggar out bf her. The perfromancc 
Is sterling In every way. 

Picture is outstandihg In several 
other ways. It has several really 
beautiful women. .That's sbmiethlng 
new for a French picture, and it's 
probably the Maiirlce Tourneur In^ 
fluence. Rosln'e Perean .and Reriec 
Saint-.Cyr as the two. orphans are 
beautiful, and Emmy Lynn • Is' not 
far behind, as the mother. Good 
portrayals in character parts also 
by Gabriel Gabflo, Jean Francey 
and Liable. 

One bad feature is the frightfullv 
bad set of .English titles, made 
abroad. Hurtis the picture because 
in bad English, badly spotted and 
executed, and unreadable at least 
half the time. Kauf.- 



Gen. f^hiUpow 



Noah Beery 



DEVIL TIGER 

Pox' i>roductlon and release. Directed by 
Clyde E. Elliott; edited by .TrUman Ta:ioy; 
story .by James O. Spearing. Cast: Mary 
Brewster,' Marlon Burns, .Robert Elier, 
Kane Richmond, Hamsayo Doyle, Harry 
Woods, Ah Lee, Bemow. Satait.. 



There's everythlrig In this picture 
as ari' ahlniar ih^ill'er.njut^lt "prob- 
ably won't do better than jiist get 
by. It will need clrcusirig, and a lot 
of it. Women won't go. for .lt at all, 

Clyde 'TSUlDtt, who' .was " with' 
.Frank Buck on the 'Bring 'Em Back 
Alive' picture, made this one In the 
Malaysian Jungle, but he got off the 
trark somewhere. It's too obvi- 
ously B.TI attempt to get in every- 
fliing no'-fssary, and while most of 



On the face of it there seems very 
little reason for this sort of picture. 
It's a dull, hopelessly unbellvablc 
story. Spies in Austria and Russia 
during the War, all very brilliant 
and all getting involved In trouble 
through the sort of stupidity that 
ordinary ' humans! shouldn't pull. 
Universal saw the picture entirely 
complete, iii Its German version, be- 
fore starting work on It In Holly- 
wood. 

"What probably misled U is o^t 
vious* As 'Under False Flags' the 
picture did good business abroad. 
T.obis madie. the film over there for 
Universal.' But oyer there the pic- 
ture starred Charlotte Susa and 
Gustav Froehllch, both draw nariies 
ph their- own. Also, oyer there, this 
type of spy thing Is more easily di- 
gestible. . Here. Fay Wray and Nil.s 
Asther can't mean -what Sit.sa arid 
EVohlich did abroad at box offices. 

Miss Wray i.s never for a momcrit 
believable as a Russian spy Whb 
marries the head of the Austrian 
diplomatic service (Asther) tb flriil 
out thing.s. Neither, for that rriat- 
ter, is Asther. Both are too gcnth/ 
throughout. There'.s a lot of action 

'BITd'^'^u 1 toT^Sr^f ow~"dev»»lopm c n^S^^ 
story momentum, but 4II arc basNl 
on stupidities. The head of tho 
Austrian forces, . for ln.stance,.- Is 
Jostled Iti a. crowd"and hrflT scrrij'l 
keys .stolen, but he doesn't sUMpPCt 
Only one of the cast making an Im- 
pression Is J'Mward Arnold as a 
tough cop. 

Karl Freud did the. boHt )y coiilfl 
with thrs mati-rlal. * Kauf. 



Whitlock, sb Wayne gets ma.rricd to 
Barbara Sheldon. 

-R. N. Bradbury, who wrote as well 
as directed the script, earns an asr 
slst with a development of the plot 
that appeals to the type of patron 
who likes -westerns. He. builds some 
of the dialog nicely and plans his 
Incident well. Not hamp^ered by the 
need tot plausibility, but he at least 
breaks away from the old matrix 
and casts a new mould. Manages 
to hoist it above average, though 
not very far.. 

Miss Sheldon offei^s ' an accent 
they never heard in the cow coun- 
try, but .the .others; are seasoned 
western players and preserve the 
atmosphere, with Hayes the but- 
stander, though Wayne does well 
enough in the lead. 

Camera work suffers from the 
blurrlhg effect of too rapid paming 
.In spots, but otherwise good, arid 
the sound is very -well recorded. 

Chin. 



ON THE AIR 

(Musical) 
ITISH MADE) 

. London., Feb. i. 
British Lion ' production. Directed -by 
Herbert. Smith. Cast: Roy . Foy, Davy 
nurnaby. Ttojilnald Purdell, Hetty Astell 
and others, lluhnlpg time, 77 mlns. 



plenty and threaten his wife with 
a, fate that is Wbrse Than Death, 
Eventually, Cortez is plugged by 
the owner of a prepa.ration forced 
into bankruptcy, by the inroads 
made on his sales by the gang and 
tumbles into a vat of acid just aa 
Fan'eil .comes to kill him because 
hl,<i'. baby has died In. the delivery, 
room because of sonie of his 
digitalis. 

Just why hq wasted time with 
digitalis,, which would hot yield any 
considerable profit if he sold the 
entire country his output Is jil-st one 
of those things. A daredevil who- 
falls frofti . toothpaste to 'digitalis Is 
apt to. wind up maklrig phoriey corn 
plasters. That's how thrilling this' 
story Is. 

A terrific effort is made to inject 
menace and siispense, but It just 
can't be put over. Farrell has revul- 
sions bf. feeling and wants to quit, 
biit they poke guns or thousand dol- 
lar bills, at him ahd he goes oh his 
evil -way. They Could get any out- 
of-work chemist to take his. job over 
for: a fe-w dollars a week, but. they 
cling to him as though he were the 
master mind of the . take drug busi- 
ness. Some Implausible stories are 
pushed over for the moment through 
a tour de force, but riot here. ' The 
inconsistencies stick out like spine.» 
and even the seml-Intelllgent Can 
sense the urilmportance of It all. 
Probably even the digitalis grig does 
not fool many. 

Thei^e's a girl shot for. sque^aling. 
In addition to Cortez' a.brUpt de- 
parture, but the only real life la 
a brief scrap between two girls 
who want the sugar .daddy — Cortez. 
The rest of the story just bumps 
along without ever quickening the 
pulse. 

Development ,of the story is as 
clumsy, as its outline, with, some 
tlrCsbme comedy reuer nerc' and" 
there. No one gets a chance. Far- 
rell makes a pretty sorry hero in. 
spite bf an effort tb apolbgize. for 
him, and Cortez. gets one of thosd 
rubber stamp gangster parts that 
he can do nothing with. The only 
advantage .Bette Davis enjoys is 
that she Is not On much and so 
does not .'bore as often. The pho- 
tography Is good. If the sound, is 
not and the picture Is adequately 
directed. Chic. 



SEARCH FOR BEAUTY 

paramount . production. . and release. . Dl- 
rected by Erie Kenton.' Story by. David 
Boehm and Maurine ..Watklna, based on a 
play by Schuyler B. -Grey and Paul B. 
Milton. Adapted' by Claude Blnyon and 
Frank Butler. Dialog by Sam HeKman. 
Music by Ralph Ralnger; lyrics by Leo 
Robin.- LeRoy Prlnz,' dances. HanT 
Flsohbeck, photog. At. Paramount, New 
York, week Feb. - 0.. Running time, 77 
ihihu.teB. . ■ 

Don -Jfackson. .'Larry .'Buster' Crabha 
Barbara Hilton Ida Liipind 
Sally . . . '. . . Toby Wing 
. Dan Hcaley: .. i ....... .'.~.. . . . James Gleason 

T.,arry WiUlaiha. i .R,obert Armstrong. 
iTean Strange. ; . .... , .;, . .Gertrude Mlohael. 

.S'ewspaper Reporter-. . . iRosco* Karns 

Siisle. .- . Verna Hillle 

C.'nTtakeri ,. . .' Pop Kenton, 

Ke.veren'd. Uankln . . , . . . rank McGl.vnn, Sr. 



There Is very little tb say about 
this picture, unless going into dcr 
tall on -the turns presented. It is 
a revue of cabaret and vaudeville 
acts of well known and popular ar- 
tl.st.; here Surrounded by .a modlcurh 
-Of_Htory,.J. 



There are 14 standard acts, half 
of which have domestic radio repu- 
tations, and all of thorn feature 
.tiirj3B.,ln variety.' I'hatogjaphy and 
direction loavc^ little to he desired, 
but bring forth no special original- 
ity. 

Picture will draw In this country 
and should alno ontcrtnin in the 
.Slates where it llgures n worth 
while support .fe^^t^l^e, Jolo, 



A . couple of years ago so many 
pretty girls iri abbreviated dress as 
are incorporated here would have 
been enoiig'h for one picture, even if 
It had nothing else, simply through 
the talk It'Wbuld have brought- But 
they've seen massed pulchritude 
quite often lately, .so Instead of be- 
ing of direct box office value the 
glrjs In 'Search for Beauty' are Just 
trlm mings,;^;^^ , ,_ ', 

For that reason ithe film is pretty 
fortunate in having received as neat 
a dialogic and comedy situation 
.Ireathient .as was auiiplied by Sam 
Heilrtian, who wrote the lines, and 
Claude Blnypn and Frank Butler, 
who adapted from a story whichi 
in tur^h, was taken from' a play. 
Jimmy Glcaaon and Bob Armplron.er 
as a couple of clown raf)<Pteer.? get 

(Continurd on page 34) 



Tuesday, February 13, 1934 



VARIETY 



15 




MOTION 
HERALD 





We honestly didn't believe that anybody could wdte more enthu- 
siastically about any picture than did Fane/y Z>ai7y in its review' 
of ' *As the Earth Turns/' But now along conies Motion, 
Picture Herald and . . • well, we'll leave it to you 




WARNER RROS. 

invite you to see for yourself what these 
famous film judges mean when they say- 




Directed by Alfred E. 
Green. From the famdu« 
best'seller Gladyi 
Hasty Carroll. With 
Russell Hardie, Emily 
Lowry, Arthur Hohl, 
Dorothy Peterson, David 
Landau, Clara Blandicic, 
and 16 OtherH. Vi 
graph, Inc., Distributors . 



AS THE EARTH TURNS 

with JEAN MUIR and DONALD WOODS 

is full of heart appeal . » « should make a barrel of money 



16 



VARIETY 



Tneflday, Febraary 13, 1934 




To the thousands of friends whose holiday greetings 
wished us continoed success in 1934^ Warner Br6s. are 
I^roud and happy to announce tliat their wishes have 
akeady been fulfilled by the pronouficed popularity of 



WILLIAM POWELL IN "FASHION FOLLIES OF 1934" 



^which has been sen^tionally received At its pre-release engage- 
liients in New York, Washingtpii, Detroit, in spite of traffic- 
crippliiQg weather . Headlined by Fiirlc/y aii "Boston s6ck*'. 



EDWARD G. ROBINSON IN "DARK HAZARD 



—which has almost doubied previous business in Pittsburg:, 
and recorded definite gross advances in Memphis, New Haven, 
Gincinnati, Bridgeport — ^ in the first -week since its release* 



PAUL MUNI IN 



NELLIE! 



•^which drew complete raves fromN. Y. critics and is headed for 3rd 
week at theStrand,while the trade press reports **bignioney" inNeW 
Haven, "clicking" in Washington, "means dough" in Neiv Orleans. 



I'VE GOT YOUR NUMBERS 



WITH 



JOAN BLONDELL 
AND PAT 0'BRIEN=*= 



T-vfhich. Variety calls the "talk of the town** with its "mighty 
gross*' at N. Y.Roxy, and such press notices as "hilarious product' 
—"entertainingly different"— "exciting* '-^"never a dull moment' 



RICHARD BARTHELMESS IN ''MASSACRE^ 



—which pulled $5,500 over normal at Keith's, Cincinnati, after 
year's first concerted outburst of press praise forced crowded 
holdover run on Broadway. 



Tnesday, Febniaiy 18, 1934 



VARtt YY HOUSE REVIEWS 



VARIETY 



17 




EMBASSY 

(NEW POLICY) 

Too early to do any prp^riosticat- 
In^ about the 'outcbme of this hdu^e 
under Its present policy. . After the 
xaaiden show In this and the Trans- 
liuc, the Initial reaiction, comi>ara- 
tively. lis like having sat through 
the same show twice; except that 
the Lux, with all Of the reels at 
ItBt command and with , a couple of 
old shorts, to hoot, /now impresses 
as an adult . theatre which . ..occa-^ 
slonally triple features. 

Time will tell. N«iwsreel people 
don't calculate customers the same 
as regular, exhibs. They figure that 
If they gb to the Embassy there 
Isn't much chance of them going, 
to the Translux. They feel that if 
they want quantity a,nd . miscellany 
the IjUZ will be their choice. . The 
Emb, judging fromi its . first pro- 
gram,, aspires to a critical .audience 
that . pays its 26cv tor nothing; but . 
new's; an audience that .:want$ its 
news well edited "as well as tlmelyi- • 

Therein lies mbst.'.of the; story fpt 
the Emb. Give them not. too mu6h 
of this or too little of that. Feed 
thiem the news as it breaks. .Don't 
wait for the weekly cha:nge. Get, 
It into the theatre as. fast as pbs- 
slblei •..Above, all, Watching the edit- 
ing and the programing. 

So, despite the fact . the 

Translux is using the same screen 
masthead, with Pathe. leading, 
Paramount and Universal foUbw- 
Ing, and. no preface jnentlon of Fox, 
the Embiassy,. with an all-Pathe 
program, gets scooped a b't, but 
also does some scooping. In other 
words, Pathe in the Emb somehow 
or other manages to scoop Pathe 
In the Luxer. Tliis in view of the 
fact that it is not only fighting 
Itself but the entire newsreel field. 

But there is a definite something 
differentiating Pathe as shown - in 
the Xiuxer and Pathe as projected 
In the. Emb. Pathe's Millrose meet 
in the Emb . is better rounded than 
In the Liuxer. And the Luxer jtist 
shows eops going through ordinary, 
revolver practice, while the Emb" 
hooks them iip directly with the 
new police, commissioner and gives 
the reasons.- The Emb's snow 
scenes are more complete and it 
goes deeply into New Tork'sf cold 
spell, from sidewalk fires to bears 
In the zoo. 

Emb is adhering to the headlines. 
While it doesn't get as much fight- 
ing detail of earlier Paris trouble 
as Paramount, at the Luxer, the 
Pathe house hooks in all of Eu 
rope's Mussolinis with a question. 

Its diagram on paying income 
taxes is worth the price of admls 
sion. This tiEikes a problem^ made 
additionally knotty by the . latest 
increases, and showis how to add 
lind subtract. There are little cut 



TRANSLUX, K Y. 

Nobody can squawk about nftt 
getting their money's worth in tlUs 
house any more. With all 'the news- 
reels the Luxer is like an over- 
stuffed turkey^ it used to consider 
27 clips sufflLcieht Jn the hews end. 
Now that's running up tO i35 .and 
over. 

Saturday siftetrnbon, during! ''an 
hour when It had been standing 
them up In the aisles in other 
weeks, there were plenty of seats. 
There were also plenty of seats at 
the re-opened Embassy. Theatre*, 
generally along the. stem have been 
blaming zero. 

Biggest laugh is being provQked 
by an old John Medbury travelog, 
during which he recites the line: 
'Three years ago she didn't haVe a 
ppt to paint oh.' 

Paramount stole a march on Its 
competitors by lining up some of 
the" new gigolbs being used in better 
niteriesi It showed Fanny Brice in- 
terviewing, and allowed feach of the 
boys ; time to lisp out his qualifl- 
catiphs. Willie Howard , finisthea. 

All . the. reels, had coverage of 
N. Y. skiing. There were some, bad 
spills that kept some of Sat's au- 
diences ' on . . edge. .; U. . S. Nayy 
stijeriglhening. its air .force ."was. 
augmented by Par .with .an. inter- 
view with Gen. Mitchell and a di- 
agram showing strength, of the 
various countries in the. etheh 

Fox showing in the Luxer assem^ 
blage was connparatively insignifi- 
cant, magazine type of stuff major- 
ing and its best subject depicting 
some of the CWa boys . making 
roadbeds throUgh Death Valley. 

Earthquake, sometime ago, in 
India, .and presented, with detail of 
wreckage by Universal, furnished 
the lead pubject. U also had Lord 
Marley's arrival, which Pathe in 
the Emb, covered in greater detail, 
and a follow-up on China's .iair force. 

Alcorn, alleged kidnapper, and 
cphfiscatibn of Nazi propaganda in 
N. Y. were two other newsy Par 
clips. Pertinent questions . were 
flung at Emma Goldman b^ Pathe. 
And her replies were as complete; 
Pathe also caUght the Port Chester 
fire and rescue work on Fire Island 
during the cold spell. 

Golf, Florida and a sprinkling of 
annual subjects -completed the pro- 
gram, Waly. 



play. Tliree men and two women 
form the company, 'with two of the 
m.en drawing lines and handling 
them competently. It was more the 
actor and bis acting than the sketch, 
but' the play sufficed. Back for a 
commendably brief and modest cur- 
tain speetih. 

Film, supplies Its: bwii act in one 
to set the. full stage. • It!s followed 
by the line girls in a husky tap rou- 
tine that lasts' unti} Buddy Rogers' 
bandstand is set. 

Still a trace of he-Ingenue in 
Rogers' work,, but he's growing but 
of it. 'Doesn't size ais a leader, but 
plugs hard for his. acts, ..and rather 
overdoes the . appeal for applause. 
Neila Gbbdeli does.ifair with a song, 
but she- and Rogers fall down to- 
gether on the encore; which ..has' a 
couple of cracks that don't belong, 
including the 1 cover the wati^r- 
froht' gag. Raymond. Balrd and 
Jack Douglas squeeze through. . 

Ballet number, -which opens, was 
advertised as 'Blue Garden,' but 
changed On the house, boards to the 
heat wave allusion. 'Uses a single 
drop, blue drapes with a ballustrade 
across the back and four prop'treies, 
all under blue iighting. Good stage 
-piicture-, with "Harrison and Frsher 
put in to help along With Nina 
Whitriey and William Dolialre. The 
two specialties come too close to- 
gether. • Harrison and Fisher should 
have been held for the close. Snappy 
stuff, and hew. Dancers all in lon^ 
white . skirts with tarletan petti- 
coats, the old style dressing. 

Stage show runs « little, over the 
hour, with the conipiete run- two 
hours and 40 minutes. FiHn cbntri- 
bution a brief newsreel arid 'This 
Side of Heaven* (Metrft), Iri which 
Ban'ymift'e is featured. Business 
big. Friday in. spite bf the. weather. 

Next shbw will be Ramon Ifb- 
varro on stage and screen, with 
Little Jack Little's band ifrom radio. 

Chic. 



ins of auto plates and gasoline, as 
well as theatre tieket taxes, which 
are figured in the deductions. 

Friday night, when the papers 
were featuring Wall street, the 
Luxer programmers were inserting 
Pecbra's fmiist be controlled.' Emb 
also observes the 10th anniversary 
of the death of Wbodrow Wilson 
by flashes from the Pathe library. 

Waly. 



PARAMOUNT, PARIS 

..Paris, Jan. 28. 

Despite hard times. Paramount is 
successfully pursuing its policy of 
giving a full show, including stage 
material, instead of going straight 
pictures. Change of policy, it's fig- 
ured, would mean, losing some pat- 
ronage which has come, to depend 
practically exclusively on this house 
for class stage ^and screen enter- 
tainment. 

Current show -opens with, the 
Paramount , newsreel, followed by a 
selection from 'Arleslehne^ by . Pierre 
IHillot's hoiise orchestra, after 
which conies- an educational on 
dogs, in which Paiisiana .are much- 
interested. Then, a cartbbn which, 
as a kid oh King: Kong, is much 
appreciated, and finally the Stage 
show, including a line of girls plus 
SOXH6 ftcts* 

Show titled 'Chevalerie,- is pre- 
sented by Jacques Cfaarlesi and..the 
name befits ' the feature which 
opmes after arid.' which stars Che^ 
valler. This' is the French version 
bf "Way to Lo'v'e*, locally titled 
'L* Amour Guide' -with jacquellnie 
Francell. arid Marcel Vallee as sup- 
■pbrts*- ' , ' 

Shbw. gets a lot of laughs, includ- 
ing a gag lifted from 'Pack Up Your 
Troubles!, with the one arm invalid, 
due to Laurel and Hardy's picture 
playinjg on the Champs Elyisees. 

Altogether the best entertairimenf 
value current : in Paris, and the fact 
that this is well realized locally in-: 
sures the theatre steady, patrpriage, 
iriaklrig it, a , desirable. ^-launching 
house for any filrili.. \ 8ter 



PALACE, CHICAGO 



IMPERIAL, TORONTO 

Toronto, Feb, 9. 
With the mercury dropping to 18.8 
Und' scoring a record low tor this 



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her-DonrfntonHWe''- wltlrtlTBcy-RobsonT-Her-irosedive-last 



teorologlcal Bureau holdings put no 
hppe pf surcease pyer the -week':end, 
Jiack Arthur tightened up the purse- 
strings at the iFPrCan, deluxer. 
Stage bill .is pleasing, but Outlay is 
Blight. Feature is 'Carolina' (Fbx) 
and if the public warits to see Janet 
Gaynor they can take a chance on 
the iisrupted trblley. service (there 
are no subways here). :. 

Standbut on the biU ls A. Bobbins, 
standard act seen here within the 
past six months but still assured of 
commendable response. Delivery is 
siick and peasants pound. 

Opening has the 12-girl, line eas- 
ing on In full stage before a blazing- 
heart with trio and sextet step-outs 
for high kicks in slow tempo, girls 
in silver arid tulle with silver head 
dresses. Routine is done in dark 
stage with changing lights; but line 
seemed, ragged a.nd. undisciplined. 
Dance conceptions were by Marr- 
guerite (Midge) Cousins, 

Ballet on toes for a short build- 
up to entry of Wes and Lisa Adams. 
Dance pair are frbm . the ' Royal 
York's flobr show and fairly fa 
miliar. Anachronistic toUch is the 
femriie brunet in Grecian draperies; 
the yellow-:haired male is in Cb- 
Ibniai costume. Effect doesn't niake 
sense. Dance, is conventional and 
■ lacking in .no-i'elty,. but girl seems 
strontrest part of the act as far as 
grace and stage appearance. - House 
line is at rear for tableaus 

Flafih finale has Bruno, Whiteside 
and Brcwri ori for;, more daricirig 
Usea one male dancer, two femmes, 
a warbler and a talking pianist 
Costuming and^ riiountirig help over 
""Clever "dalricIngTr'^us " nice'r'suppor 
,from the pitriien. Only bbjection 
able point, is the applause-milking 
at the finish when the pianbi player 
calls for respbnse, 

Stage bill runs 34 mins. . Overture, 
with Jack Arthur, handling the ba 
ton. Introduces five pops, Marion 
Bro\yn,' pint-size brunet in black 
gown and scintillating tiara, sings 
two numbers;: perched pn a high 
stool in the pit. Using the p.a. sys 



CAPITOL, N. Y. 

Ever since Sister Aimee plunged 
the Capitol to a new low the house 
had been continuing its deep sea 
exploration, hitting a still lower low 



week is easily explained. Her old 
theatrical triumphs axe a quarter 
century behind her. Her screen 
achievements are tbo recent. She 
was a picture star who was picked 
too soon from the vine. It's an- 
other story this week, in spite of 
the fact that the show opened on 
the coldest day in the history of 
the Weather Bureau (arid the title 
of the ballet number is 'Hetlt Waves 
of 1934'). They ares pinning faith 
on- Lionel Barrymore both on stage 
and screen. The applause that 
greeted the flash of his name is the 
tipoff on what's going to pull the 
biisliiGss. 

He's the -meat Iri a • saBdWiCh," in 
which the outer layers are a dance 
effort up ahead and Buddy Rogers' 
band closing. Probabilities are that 
Rbgers will not. get credit for much 
of the irttake. Good name and act. 
but the place is packed with ad- 
mirers of Barry riiore, who, oft an* 
on, has been in pictures for riiore 
than 25 years, startins with the 
Blograph when its studio was at 
111 East 14th .street. He grew up 
with the business and there's few 
who can tell him how to get his 
effect;^ over. He. knows the answers 
himself. 

His offering runs nearkly 30 min- 
utes, oif. which 1.6' are devoted tp the 
finale of 'The Copperhead,' from the 
play iri which he made a long run 
iri 1917. It's the scene where he has 
his moment of triumph after having 
been, shunned by his neighbors for 
-his supposedly Confederate leanings 
during the war. It's great drama 
and, while rather static, it holds 
Up ahead Jackie Cooper appears ori 
the screen to introduce the star and 
't(hat"^vrtth="him;'^"T\'hich"-=lcads"?tp=^a.= 
brief screening of clips from sev 
eral of his picture hits. That they 
were a bit undertain- is apparent 
from the tag in' which Jackie, left 
alone on the screen, makes an ap 
plause appeal. That wasn't heeded. 
The applause came with the first 
titlb, was repeated on Barrymore's 
appearance; and doubled When he 



rbse. A brief and well-worded 
tern, voice and persorialit-v scores. T trailer gives enough of the story to 

llcStap. I inform those not familiar With the 



FOX, BROOKLYN 

Getting away from " its hitherto 
sloughing of talent by indifferent 
lighting and other deficient pres 
entatlon attempts, the Fox Brook 
iyn, by providing a Sufficient num 
ber of individual acts arid trimiming 
the offerings of the stage band down' 
to only a necessary minimum, looks 
to have the answer to the b.o. this 
week. The lighting, however, still 
isn't so hot. 

The current stage offering other- 
wise has taste, with maybe a couple 
of gag exceptions as pulled by Milt 
Douglas. These are tob burlesquey 
to be Included in a family trade 
spot. Spotting of the talent Is: good 
enough to be appreciated If not by 
the pro observers, certainly by the 
customers. 

. Lee Sims and Ilomay Bailey pre-^ 
sumably .tbp the list of p«rformers. 
Along with them, as headliners, are 
Helen. Richey and Francis Marsalls, 
aviatrices. These two girls recently 
established a new flight endurance 
record for women in Florida. They 
mean little here. 

The two girls put on an indif- 
ferent curiosity show lasting only 
a few minutes, and in which Milt 
Douglas arid his girl associate help 
out, almost embarraslngly. What 
the girls talk about on the stage, 
despite a mike, co uldn't be heard in 
the meS!«-^wiiBire5ught TrKEl's~n:gr~ 

House has a tie-up: with the pow- 
der and cosmetic firm, which spon- 
sored the girls' endurance flight, 
and is giving away free samples to 
women customers. Maybe that's an 
aid to the b.o., but on Friday (9) 
night didn't look so. 

Biz was weak, bUt probably due 
tp the cold spell. The orchestra 
flanks -were bare and the. upper 
tiers were almost deserted at sup- 
per time. 

Mack Brothers and Bobby is 
really the opening act, tumbling 
out for good laugh reaction. Fol- 
lows the first appearance of the 
stage band_ under the baton of 
Freddy'- Berfbris". - Even Berreris 
looks better when he has less tb 
.say. and the band ■ has less tO do. 
Around the middle the band plays a, 
tune or two an^ one of the bands- 
men sings through a mike. Okay. 

The line of 24 girls is not par- 
ticularly bright in what It Offers 
and hot orlglrial: A. brunette dancer 
solos with the group and okay. Milt 
ppuglasi follows when the sdrinfj, 
In the usual Fox presentation style, 
falls to hide the band. : 

Douglas uses a plant in the au- 
dience, who later mounts the stage 
for assistance in comical lines. 
Then there's a Chinese sextet of 
acrobatic balancers and contortion- 
l.sts, infrpduced by Berreris as the 
Wong troupe. No plate spinning, 
which makes this, troupe somewhat 
different from others, and they're 
not bad. 

Lee Sims and Ilomay Bailey On 
next-tb-finlsh with fo.ur . numbers, 
three ' of which Miss Bailey sings. 
Uses an upright mike for her voice, 
but somehow the girl's singing 
=manner^smacfcS"too^coricertish.==Not" 
enough pep iri the performance. 

Universal reel here ahd a cartoon 
short round out the screen end, 
which features 'The Ghoul' (B-G). 

The profuise employment of radio 
references used here by both Ber- 
reris and .Sims-Bailey doesn't allow 
for the fullest appreciation of what 
the Fox stage offers. This probably 



was seen In person as the curtain- detours their sets^ when they should 



be propaeandized to appreciate 
what's offered inside the theatre for 
the theatre. fiAo*. 



ROXY, N. Y. 



Chicago, Feb. 9, 
This hous'e had been awarded the 
wool-lined nbse bladder. When 
other theatres in the cpuritry went 
unlt-conscipus .this house went uriit- 
screwy, giving the custpmbrS five 
long^ and tiresome units in succes- 
sion until the house lost prestige 
and patroriage to such a" extent 
that it will- take months of sock at 
tractions to win back their trade. 

Business had gotten consistently 
worse in the -five -weeks, until the 
opening On Friday was admittedly 
brutal. If the house hits niooo this 
week it will be lucky. And the show 
itself Isn't as bad . as all that. It's 
nierely the fact that the. public has 

soured on the house in ' the past 
month. 

Units are great in their place. 
They have always been recognized 
in show business as a fine stimulant 
to break tip the. monotony .■ of 
straight -vaude week in and out. But 
five, units that are as much alike as 
the twb Cherry Sisters are double 
monotony, it would take a genius 
to find the difference In the last 
three units, 'Greenwich Village Fol- 
lies,' 'Artists and Moulds' and 'Fifty 
Million Frenchmen,' and none were 
good entertainment at $6,500 and 
17,600 apiece. 

Units brought in occaslorially haye 
always been able to .bppst. a grpss 
abOut .|5,000 or so above normal. 
Even the poor' imitations of units as 
-the-abbve-named~tabs-should-have- 
done so. But whn piled on top of 
each other they kicked holes Iri the 
box office. 

Still the house hasn't learned its 
lesson^ despite the slump to $18,000 
and $19,000 weeks. There's mbre 
similarity pf booking, though this 
time iri vaude. Tiie tab unit cycle 
finished, the house no'w is going in 
for picture names. In two weeks 
they are bringing Gregory RatOff, 
Benny Rubin and Jack Haley. 

Even the trains are evidently cori- 
.spiring. against this box office. TWo 
bf the. five turns didn't show at the 
first performance. Belle Baker was 
still on . the rattler at : shpw time, 
and Willie Mauss had to stick in his 
dressing rooi beciaUse his- trunks 
were on a liraping. choo-chbb. 

Edna Rush was in the "next-to- 
closlng .spbt for the femme warbler. 
Miss Rush answered a hurry Call tb 
a nlte:club spbt and. she did a good 
Job of It. Wisely cut her routine, 
giving *em enough music to satisfy, 
as an act and. then lamming. Hol- 
lywood Four, Indian club Juggler^, 
held down the. closirig niche for 
Mauss arid byer easily. 

Ethel Parker and Sandino opened 
with a. dance turn that carries foUr 
people to -warble between cbstunic 
changes. Singing in acts of this 
sort always strikes, the audlencb as 
stage- waits. Better to figure out 
different riianner of ro^itirilng. Fin 
Ished here with flash 'Bolero' nurin- 
ber. In the deuce. Arren. and Brod- 
erick registered a lusty sock on the 
antics of the femme. Her bits in 
the- Egyptian number and . the bur- 
lesque operatic sequence were verj- 
funny tb this, audience. It's clown- 
ing in the old style, 
^-=i(3'regory=^Ratoff=and— hls^^offlee 
sketch middled the bill.' Everybody 
bn first in sketch gpt a reception, 
the. audience thinking each entrance 
was- Ratoff, They flrially ' got t^iV- 
right one and the dialectician 
worked the salesmarishlp up to the 
bullet-proof-vest punch line. - This 
audience appreciated a Hollywood- 
ite who came in with an act and not 
Just a 'howjdo.' 

'Beloved' (XT) featilre, Pathe nfws 
and an RKO two-reel Comedy iilN-i- 
on the first show. Loop. 



Two important angles tp the cur- 
rent Rpxy show. First is that the 
show has been trimmed dbwn to 
human endui-ance proportions; runs 
a mere 2 hours and . 35 minutes. 
Second . is that the . majbrity of the 
turns are new. It'ig, Just an idea the 
Ttheatre had,. Figured that the same 
faces are being seert.arbund in the- 
atres too often,; sb it lined Up, as 
nearly as . possible, all hew people. 

Not such a bad ide^a, and the se-i 
iSictibn i.s nP^\e;i„tPP,„ bad. Yet; It 
might be pointed PUt, nprie tbb'b'rilr'!'''' 
liaritT Working on the theory that 
Riarquee strength • doesn't mean, 
much to Roxy patr'ons. It's okay; 
Most of the customers, once they're, 
in, . will be satlsfled. Unf orturiately, 
the experiment is., tried when the 
picture is. a weak-sister and house 
should .have had . someone On the 
rostrum to pull 'em In. 

Rube Wolf, m.c. and house band 
leader, starts the novelty prograni 
by leading his lads through an over- 
ture. That hasn't been dorie at the 
Roxy .for so long it's, .a new idea , 
again. The musickers \Volf has are 
okay, arid whether he means, any- 
thirig or not Is uhiriipbrtant. It's 
a piece about the e\'blution bt Dixie 
arid nicely handled. 

Three Brpwn Busters may be :eri- 
tirely riew around these parts. 
They're' three, colored hopfers. So., 
many combinatibns of that kind 
around witli similar ..names that, 
they're hard to : classify clearly. At 
any rate, thel'boys^arexleyer.-step.y 
pbrs and do themselves proud; 

Wolf alriiost spbils the next num- 
ber by trying to sfrig, but the llrie oif 
girls comes bn quickly to sjave. the 
pieces. Gals are okay ' this week, 
better than they've been in a long 
time. They do three numbers 
through the show, all routined orig- 
irially arid in. cUte costumes, 

Elmer Cleve, his xylophone and 
two stooges have been around for 
years and years and do well, almost 
ail the time. Not been in New York 
for some time, however, at least not 
in the de luxers,. .sb qUallfles as 
'neiiv.' 

Charles Leland does not appear 
in the VARiBTT flies and is definitely 
new arourid here. He's a monblO- 
gist; His chatter is interesting in 
that it suggests what the radio Is 
doing to comedians. He uses a 
mike arid also the type of gags that 
mikes are generally connected with. 
Not a line In his talk that hasn't 
got whiskers, /*ut the custbmers 
laughed. iWc/bomlcs are supposedly 
bririging their humor down, to the. 
level of small- town audiences. 
Probably the family trade that the 
Roxy gets fits in that classification 
also. 

. . Ray ■ Heatherton is from radlb. 
None too strbng as an air. name, 
but the singer got a pbllte ripple 
on appearance. ' -Unifortunately . his 
vblce was bad when caught, maybe 
a cold. He managed to miss every 
top note he tried, and he tried a lot 
of them. For a finish number the 
Roxy's line helps but nicely. 

Willis and Carson are a duo of 
boys who furnish pretty good fun, 
although they're a bit too rough. 
The files relate that they came to 
vaude in 1931 via the University of 
Wisconsin. Do a takebff bf a riews- 
reel, and pretty clever, though it 
-could— stand— fixing. — ^so-do— some- 
imitations that are acceptable, but 
don't even try their rnost obvious 
iriiltation,^ Jack Oakle. One of the 
boys is a double for the film comic. 
Without seeming to realize it. When 
cleaning up their chatter and pol- 
ishing a few of the rough edges 
they'll be ready for Brbadway. 

Girls, in a drill number, close tbe 
show neatly. 

'Madame Spy' (U) is bn the 
screen plus a cartoon and, during 
matinees, a comedy short. The 
broadcast thing from the stage has 
been dropped. Kauj. 



PALACE, N. Y. 

This week's Palace bill may be 
another answer; ariiong the many 
that exist, as to what's wrong with" 
vaudeville. It conslets Of five acts, 
all o£ which have been aroUnd a 
lot arid offer nothing new to, whet 
the appetite of the waning minority, 
which still may gp fpr a yaude 
shb-w. 

The quintet, in the order spotted, 
is Five Elglns, Chjlton and Thomas, 
Llghtner and Roscelia, Gus Van and 
Willie,. ;We3t and McGlnty. It's 
probable that any brdlnary vaude 
patron has seen all bf . these acts at 
Botne time or another, and would 
walk out of the Palace with no. new 
thrill from its stage show. 

If .. the bookers could do nothing 
else about it. it would seem that at 
least one new, or different, attrac- 
■tiori could be found to gb with four 
old ones. 

Not that the old ones still aren't 
ok<ayi All of the five on this shpw 
are., but -v^'lien the w'holc sho-W offers 
-n o.tlvi n g-=^new=i-i t 's~=no— wonder==1 f^- 
.squawks ari.se. It wasn't so bad 
when standard acts were away from 
New York ori to fpr long spells, 
but now they're around so- often 
.thpy get In your ha li'. 

furrent show runs one hour even. 

If.s opened by the Five Elglns, 
hat and club Juggling turn. It's the 
same old stuff, but gets colorful 
when the quintet whips Up Interest 
in a fast cxchnniio .of i-liibs. 

Cliilton. una Thomna, a gpod tap 
(Contiyut'd bn page 19) 



18 



VARIETY 



Tuesday,. February 13, 1934 



THERE IS ONLY 





HATURE SAVES HER BIGGEST THRILLS FOR HIM 

★ 

'BRING-'EM-BACK-ALIVE" 




IS COMING SOON! 

DIRECTED BY ARMAND DENIS; 

VAN BEUREN PRODUCTION .. RKO RADIO PICTURE 



Tiiesclay, Fiebruary 13, 1934 



VARIETY IMMISE BCVIEWS 



ViitiErY 



19 



PALACE, N. Y. 

(Continued from page 17) 

dancing turn, second. This act wais 
at the New York Paramount re- 
cently on the Eddie Cantor show^ 
where the routine was chopped 
down a little to fit requir^ements. 

Third, Liightner and Roscella, the 
act that has heen billed for years- ad 
Freddie Ldghtner: Tlie change gives 
the girl even, honors.: . lilghtiier Is 
a good all-around comedian,: able 
to ad. lib freely and handle accents, 
but some of the new talk indulged 
in could be. strongen 

In nextrtOrclosing ,Gus Yan did 
16 minutes when caught, . pleasing 
as , usual, while the Willie, West and 
McGinty slapstick act, closini^, was 
clockiad at 11. The latter act, 
changed a little with the years and 
now- including four men, on, Friday's 
early evening show., clicked the beat 
of all, actually raising a few fair 
iaughs from a sparse and frozen 
audience. 

. The plcturie is 'As Husbands Go' 
(Fox). It wasn't drawing anything- 
Friday, the coldest day New York 
has ever, knowni and probably the 
week's gross will be imder' average. 



Chinese^ Hollywopd 



Holly Wpeid, Feb. 9. 



1 Sid Grauman's prolog for Metro's 
•Queen .Christina* Is.ian elaborate 
spectacle, symbpiic.. . of ancient roy- 
alty, packed with 46.mlnutfes of fast 
moving entertainment; . It's the flrst 
Grauraan prdlog on recbrd" that was 
not 6verb(?lard on opening night, 
^nd there, isn't .a portion of it that 
Will require : trimniing. 

.Climaxing' the show is - a snow 
ballet, featuring M.arie .'Gam by* 
(iambarelll and 16 giria, which gave 
the spectators a thrill iseldom ex 
perienced hereabouts, it was the 
piece-d6-resistance to an otherwise 
well-rounded-out program. It re- 
flects credit on, Grauman arid Max 
Scheck. 

Prolog is colorful and tuneful, 
with a few outstanding ,'iridividual 
voices and . a male, ensemble of .30, 
which is reminiscent of a itiff 
chorus of dther days. Theris are 
close, to " 100 people in the show, 
with ai^ contributing their share to 
the general entertainment. 

Overture was short, and master 
fully played under the baton df 
Dave Ross. - Opening scene . starts 
with a semi-fairy tale idea, and 
then gets into stride with , the male 
chorus, led by Tudo.r Williams, 
singing 'The Queen's Guard Is 
Marching Away'. Breakaway set 
Unfolded into a lavish interior, with 
Queen Christina,' portrayed by bena 
Carroll, holding court. Miss Carroll 
Is an excellent likeness of Garbo 
and surveya her subjects in regal 
aplehdor. Her only ° spoken line Is, 
•Please go! I want to be alone?. 
Which, drawled in the Garbp man*- 
. ner, drew a laff. 

Miss Gambarelli does a dance of 
Wild abandon, her pirouettes win 
ning rounds of applause. Next fol- 
lowed a bit of opera by the en- 
eemble of 60, featuring William 
Felix Knight, Devona Dbxie; Wil- 
liams, Fred Scott and .other soloists 
Paul Remos and trio of midgets 
zpE'ea6rit6d._i dfiitteCQHa:: handr balaa^^ 
Ing, climaxed by one of the pint- 
sized acrobats playing a xylophone 
while perched atop a pole, balanced 
on Reinos' shoulder,, and .a partner 
performing acrobatic gyrations bus 
pended by a foothold from thP same 
bamboo. It's an act with plenty of 
nierit,, deserving everything it drew, 
A solo by Roy Russell, baritone, 
'' followed by a soprano rendition by 
Francia White, aided by the chorus 
preceded the Gamby snow ballet. 

Spectacle has the 16 femnies on 
for a toe routine, with Gamby exe 
cutirig a series of dlfflcult evolu 
tions and ^winding up with a skat 
Ing dance on her toes,. Entire out 
fit " is garbed lir white, iricludihg 
white wigs, and. pre!^entS: a tableaux 
flash finish that is exceptionally 
striking. 

Edward Ward and Qeoi'ge Wagg 
ner are given credit for all mUsic 
and lyrics in the prolog.. 

A Walt Disney Silly Symphony, 
'Grasshopper -and the Ant", in Tech 
n'.color, also on screen. House vir 
..tually capacity at - piremlere, with 
the. customera taxed $5 a throw:. 



engagement. Hla b.o. magnetism 
has heightened with big ether click 
and it's difficult now to name a comic 
vaude single who. In this burg, 
could whirl the Wicket with more 
rapidity* Currently, though he's 
vending a ba^T of old material, he's 
the works, to this mob. In 'one' and 
third in sequence Of acts, he. has 
'em, pocketed from entrace. Util- 
izes a man straight of . fair adept- 
ness, and whams over 20 minutes 
of .foolery to socko proportions. The 
mob was his oyster and he knew It. 
He sluiig 'em into the aisles with 
the song, 'Then Ca&ae the War.' 
UEob swatted its paws through three 
bends and a traveler spiel bef>r6 
Pehner could effect ah off. And 
then, mute evidence of what had 
lured 'em in, a goodly quarter of 
tho house walked 

Remaining trio of turns good. 
Opeiner, the 4 Franks; fast, thorough 
youngsters displaying a sweet 
placket of flash and esprit. Kids 
dish a nice, versatility, sax and cor- 
net inflating, aero and tap hbofery. 
The two gals score With niftick s. 
and d. 

In the. deuce Johnny Woods| reel- 
ing off an amazing variety of ether- 
nanie Jmitatory. .Experienced a. bit 
of mike, trouble at start, but got 
attuned and pumped , solid returns 
from mob. Mimes nearly a score Of 
w.-k. etherites, including take-offs 
on Ed. Wynn and Winphell. Pre- 
cedes these with brief . discursive 
Imitation of station, announcer out- 
iining day's program.' Xad has nice 
sense of . satire. , ^ 

Very . nice . flash turn, closes; 
Cooper arid Pickert, in full with oke 
drapes and dress. , Augmented .by 
■tlvoli Girls, sextet regaling, with an 
opening, .. introductory hoofery bit 
arid whackirig the customers for a 
personal scbre later on With pre-, 
clslon soft-shoeing, clad in mascu- 
line Stoppers and tails and Very 
reriiirilscent of Tiller Girls routine. 
Una Cooper contribs solo wal^ 
whirl and ROllo Pickert snags . top 
acclaim of act with imitation of 
Will Mahpriey arid a- drunk-dance 
on stilts.. ThPy got rare attentibri 
for dance flash in this town. 

'The Lost Patrol- (RKO) screen 
feature; supplemented by Pathe 
clip. . Biz .bright second show open- 
ing dayi 



HIPP, BALTIMORE 

Baltlriibre, Feb. 9. 
There is a satisilactory 58 miri 
utes of entertainment moulded, from 
the four acts on tap this week, arid 
though there is no direct, studied 
warbling by any of the. turns, it' 
apparently not niissed. The marquee 
is beribboned with Joe Penner 
bunting and the comic is. splinter 
ing something- Of a record here 
abbuts^ by j:eturnlii ^ wjthln seyen 
"^ipWa. "TC)urlKg'1ast ~ap^^ 
smashed all-time attendance figure 
at this house and, judging by the 
throngs lured out in ' the zero 
Avpathpr" to pack the Hipp getaway 
day. of current sessionv the b.o 
registers are going to be clicking 
ovcrllhie. 

Penner is -somewhat of an anom 
nly In. this burg as regards popu 
liiritv. As long as six years ag 
hull' the burg knew hlni by nfinie 
ami j.aiiiiif-(l in to gicei liK over 



MADISON, BK'LYN 

Vaude has come back to the RKO 
Madison, but on' week-ends Only 
House, when it played shows on a 
split week about, two years , ago, was 
the favorite in the section which is 
highly populated. Iri its grind days 
It did. a big week-end biz. 

This is the third week of the two 
day shows and tilings are hum 
mlng. The good folks'; of Ridge wood 
like their vaude and are showing 
it. Saturday night they were 
standing from eight until the be- 
ginning of the last show, which 
went on at 10:13, and. at :65c and 
75c. 

For their Sat night entertain 
ment the Ridgewood folks got 
plenty for their mbney. Five acts, 
'Flying DoWn to Rio,' riews, sound 
cartoon, screen snapshots, overture 
by Dave Mordecai and his boys and 
an- organ solo, and, of course,, trail- 
ers. ' 

Bill was very ordinary in layout, 
K-laLcfced-punch. - It -was the fourth 
show and even the pit .boys were 
a bit flat. . 

Harry Sriiall and Siisters opened 
with a dancing turn and were fol 
lowed by Joe Wong, who did a sin 
gle arid allowed a girl to help him 
flnish. Radio Haymakers won the 
laurels Of the bill and present some 
flrie entertainment. Bert Walton 
and a stooge next. ^ Mangean In- 
ternationals closed. 



ORPHEUM, LINCOLN 

Current bill bows this house into 
flesh programs for the. flrst local 
island in two months. Hitherto, full 
pic weeks were' the 'cusfbm, but 
manageriient here - is using the first 
half for slufling and doing boom Wz 
at the last with vaude. Town is in 
favor of more show^ of this type, 
judging, from mittlng Thursday nlte 
(8) when blU was caught. Biz was 
showing full floor.' 

Takayariia, Jap top Spinner, opes 
this four act setrup ' working in 
front of a six- piece ork- ; lead by 
Emanuel Wishnow. His turn was 
pke for pleMy of .'Ahs' and got hlrii 
three calls at the end. Turn, was 
hampered, . as were most, by- the 
presentation plan of setting the ork 
which would look much better. in 
the pit; Takayama supposed to work 
In- full stage, t>^t wa.s bn in about 
one and a half. 

No. 2 was Duval, and Tregg with 
some graceful adajji . First adagio 
seen here in over a year, since col 
lege kids are so rowdy it's not ad 
visable. No. slips thi.s time. Trey 
spot went to Phil Rich - and Adair. 
The former had been acting as. m.c 
and rather_ killed Jilj bit, trinl' 
"dan ce nrsThT . " 

Three Excellos, former i^ells 
Ploto -trio, did some nice bulxancing 
head, and high pole, at the' close 
They were also cramped, being 
full stage turn. Picture not .titrong 
•After Tonight? . (RKO) with IJnlv 
news, Ethel Waters short, 'Bubbllh 
Over' and cartoon. . Ork will prob 
ably go in the pit before long, which 
will bo a help. Set lookfd dime 
store as is. However. fU'.st big biz 
lic_'ie in '^•orne Uine. Jianicy 



PALLADIUM, LONDON 

liondon, Jan. 30. 

Program thU week reads attrac- 
tively, looks it^ and starts off like 
it. Then becomes ponderous, and 
at times almost boring, The talent 
is there; may be there Is tbo much 
of it, or, may be they are on too 
long. 

Marlo-Medlid, five people, with 
three doing the -work, are the for- 
mer Medlni trio; In America some 
three years ago. Very, agile oh thia 
unsupported ladder, playing instru- 
ments, with quite a bit ot foolei^. 

Tracey and Vinette/.couxedy hoke, 
with gal dressed and., looldrig -swell. 
In selcond hiche :ahd .came near 
stopping show. Act does: a bit of 
everything, and knows what's want* 
ed around :h<Br& . 

Three ', Bonos, . tumbllng'-acrobats, 
with some comedy. . Comedy so-so, 
but double somersault, miniis 
spring-board by one of thd troupe 
is worthwhile; BOnos are. booked 
for America by CUrtls-Allen-'Fbster; 
opening at .Lioew's State March 9,. 
and should prove . ^ good opening 
act.' 

Mary McCorniic, In second week, 
■with, change of. program.. Thriee 
riunibers' are y'Orie Fine Day,' from 
'Madame Butterfly,' 'Songs My. 
Mother Taught: Me/ and for encOre 
thO old standby, 'My Hiero," from 
'Chocolate Soldier.' They are. :not 
crazy about singers: here, and Miss 
McCbrhiic ' did as weU as any of 
them. 

Ted 'Ray. .la.' a local boy that's 
coming along.. .Tells some old .ones; 
but can tell - 'ein. 'Personality act 
that is.^sureflre for -America,, with 
the right' kind of ibaterlai. His vlo-. 
lln playing is als9 an asset. 

Jack 'HyVion and band,: the head- 
liners, close intermission, and cpri^. 
Slime 30 niinUtes. Hylton still has 
the best baiid around,, with .boyS 
gobd-lbokers and workers. Sbnie 
good singlrig by Pat O'Malley, the 
warbler of the outfit, minus the 
torturous 'mike,' which is a , novelty 
these - 'mikephobia' days. ■■. Freddy 
Schweitzer, sax player. Is. also a 
goPd bom^dlan, of the subdued type, 
Hylton gets coy now arid again, but 
audience loves it. 

Clapham.and Dwyer. follbw inter 
mission. Boys :have a radio rep 
which is about played out. They 
were oh for about five minutes, and 
it did riot see.na too> Short. 

Hibbert, Bird and Ready,, the gal 
English and the two men American, 
are the last of the bUrich doing a 
lioWe, BerriofE and Werisley. It is a 
pretty good take-off, with, gral some 
times giving the. imjpression she is 
conscious o% her work, which is a 
fault. 

Max.. Miller, gradually coming to 
the fore among English corinlcs, 
semed. rushed for time, and was not 
his usual self. Miller invariably 
stops show here, but did riot do it 
this trip. Material was not. up tp 
standard, but will get wise to It be- 
fore week is out. Otherwise, he is 
the most' refreshing comedian 
around. — -ri. 

Closing the bill Is Eddie Pola In 
•America Calllrig.' Unit, which is 
supposedly an idea of an American 
broadcast, has played around with 
the Jack Hylton unit, and is here 
by arrangement with the English 
maestro.'- Hylton and band are part 
of the eritertainment^ with severa;l 
locals In the oiltflt Thing was done 
:p>»clthe.-eth^lsbmetlme • ag6j-arid4s- 
now brought here In the flesh. Show 
had many rough edges. With Pola's 
announcing Indistinct In spots 
There are 'impressions' of Mills 
brothers, Ruth Ettlng. Boswell sis- 
ters, Jack Smith, etCi with band 
giving impressions of famous Amer 
lean bands. The Soph impresslori 
stopped show, which should be good 
riews for Madam Tucker, who Is 
due here In May. 

House was about 80% capacity 
downstairs, and plenty full on the 
shelves. 

Entire program does not look to 
cPst more than around $6,600, and 
with overhead about $5,000,. should 
■ find : week's grosses about $5;O0O to 
the good, which Is mighty good in 
these tiays of vaudeville. Eaer, 



eral of the bandboys vocalizing. 
Registered only mildly, but giving 
promise of some good music to tol- 

Bit of gagging by Carnllo and 
then the gals -on for a Valeiillne 
routine, wearing red heart-shaped 
cutouts about the tbrsos. Joaquin 
Garat, hoUse vocaUzer, warbled a 
bit while the girls executed a 
simple little dance. _ ' „ 

Don and Audrey Elmer foUow 
with some heat ballrPom dancing, 
in Which they display dexterity and 
class. Then Jones and Hull, male 
comedy team; who click despite a 
tendeilby to become too rough at 
times. It's a hoke turn all the way 
through, with both doing a bit of 
hoofing and garnering quite a few 
hearty lafEs. w _ 

Girls on again for a gingham 
number, stepping^ tune of 'Sitting 
On a Log,' with a semi-disrobing 
scene behind transparancies ^ that 
was efiEective. Gordon Smith, of 
the band, follows with a, song and 
some snappy tapping. Another 
-rouip of riu-'-ljers by tlio usical 
outfit, featuring Eddie Stockbridge s 
wai-bling, thfen Carrillo for his gab- 
festi which Went over a solid .click. 
The finale is a shawl dance routine 
by the girls, Wlththe Elmers -Joining 
n for a flash 'finish. 

Screen has 'Six of a Kind' XPar), 
sportview and news. Biz good. 



PARAMOUNT, L, A, 

LPs Angeles, Feb. 8. 
Leo Carrillo, free fj-om plx for a 
fiew weeks, is starting a . series of 
personal appearances for FanchPn 
& .Marco here today,- arid easily 
running away with top honors: 
Actpr makes two appearances, one 
after the opening barid number, to 
fill in a gap While a stage change 
is being made, and then next-to- 
clo.slng, where he holds down the 
spot with a routine of chatter that 
won many laflfs At the opening .sea 
son. 

Other featured attraction of cur 
rent show is Hal Grayson's 12-piece 
prchestra,. late of the Hotel Roose 
velt. This is the Initial stage dp 
pearance of the Graysori outfit, and 
their efforts were soriiewhat stilted 
at the debut. Band has cpnsld 
erable local followirig and will prob 
=abiy^T?6^^by^THie6i3^Biif^it'sr-Tn^ 
lematlcal if they measure Up to pic 
ture house standards. 

Two other acts, Don and Audrqy 
IClmer,, dancers, and Jones and Hull 
comics.' make up the bill, with th 
V&M glrla on for several spectacu 
lar routines. 

Grayson's band is given every op 
portunity to register, at opening by 
having .stage entirely to themHelve.«< 
Medley of tunes. In various tfrnji'^ 
ni.'il.-e up tlie first rotttlno, wi'Ji :<e'. 



PENN, PITTSBURGH 

.- iE*i£tsburgh..Feb; .. .. 

Picture 'Eskimo' . (MG). runriirig 
113 minutes leaves little here for 
stage. As a result, it's simply 
Amos 'n' Andy, Vlth a couple of 
local radio acts tossed in,, and that s 

all. . ^ . . 

No production whatsoever at- 
teriipted, with everything staged as 
economically as possible and. look- 
ing it. Salary of air team snufCed 
posiaibllity of going in very heavily 

for talent. ^ , ' "' 

Opens with band on full, stage 
and Tommy Rlggs, K.DKA fav, cbnr 
ducting, Riggs does his annPunc- 
ing pleasantly enough through a 
♦mike*' arid after an orchestra 
riumber " Nancy Martin is on. for a 
song: Light hand aidn't merit an 
encore* but she took one anyway. 

Riggs plantis himself with his 
Uncle Tom and Betty,' latter 
precboious youngster he's created 
and poi)Ularized On , air. With 
proper- presentation,, however, re-, 
suits wPuld have been better* He 
should Use a doll to get over the 
'Betty' idea, bince there's a wide 
variance between the air and foot- 
lights. Riggs' first imitation of 
Betty, without any warning, left 
em a bit puzzled. 

M.c. th€ih introduces Lols Miller, 
singing-organist formerly featured 
at Perin, nbw a KDKA lumiriary. 
Curtains, close in, with Miss Miller 
rising frorii pit to put over an 
organ number and solo ir A-1 fash- • 
ion. At finish, she -goes Into Amos 
n' Andy theme song, which brings 
on Bin Hay for his screen intro- 
duction .of the world's most famoUs 
toothpaste salesriiea. Preceding 
their arrival iri Whlteface, there's a 
short, scene from their picture, 
'Check and Dbubie Check,' showing 
bPys in- blackface.. 

•Brief elght-mlriute routine inter- 
■^rupted- f reaueritly-by ■ isprinkUng.. of 
applause "^at" Ore ' . ■introduction -of 
eia.ch of their characters, but co- 
medlaris were off, it seeriied, before 
they got started. Slather a disap- 
pointment, too, if one were to judge 
by the light hand they gbt. Cus- 
tomers probably expected more. 

At any- rate, they're hardly shown 
oft to good ad-varitagei With a 
shbrter picture, more time could 
have /been utilized to give Amos 'n' 
Andy the necessary build-up. 

CoUen. 



STATE, N. 

New York, Feb. iO. 
' Three of the State's five let* 
qualify as revues. Sid Page works 
In one with stooges, but the stooges 
wind up doing speed specialties and 
the totality is revue in nature. !Duk» 
McHale turn and Carl Freed's or- 
chestra are the other two. 

As a show it's hard to rate. M 
Isn't bad vaude-ville, and yet it «!• 
most, completely fiails tO provoke - 
enthusiasm.. Slowness is notable all. 
the Way. 

Bob Ripa, youthful juggler, etartik 
His eridownients of nerve, eye and 
patience havei been amply corii- 
men ted upon iri ..the past. ; His abil"' 
ity io !^arn the esteem of iany audi- 
ence: Is well knpwn. 

In ;the DUke McHale revue .are 
several splendid, specialists, includ- 
ing McHale himself, there are two 
high-kicking sisters of easy flowing 
grace. There , is an adagiO; trio re- 
versing the usual procedure In that 
there Is one man and two ^rirls. 
Man dpes a series of double catches, 
displaying showmanship arid dar- 
Ihg, :and winning; quick recognition 
for originality and irigenuity: -In~ 
ari earlier day this routine alone 
would- be a -vaudeville- -act;- --It -is 
socko. entertainment. Tet with so 
much merit the Duke McHale revue 
is paradoxically only so.- so, Its 
tempo is tepid. 

By the time the bill got to. Sid 
Page in the trby it was in mid- 
stream withput getting ahywhere; 
Page -wasties five njinutes or more, 
with gags .rating .jpedioulpus.; or,' 
.wiorse. However, ' the' stooges ar^ 
moderately funny and later revealed 
as clever hopfers^ Page hinriself has 
plenty of : poise and Unction. 

Sid. Gary was very much to the 
State's, llkirig. And uriderstaridably 
so. He. has a good, fUU, resonant 
he-riiari voice and adds to that syl-' 
lable-perfebt diction. He was next 
to shut and deferred to the Freed 
boys, whose peppy music was also 
fancied. . '-> 

•Roman Scandals' (UA) is the 
picture. Land. 



Earl Carroll Sez 



FWC'F&M Split 

(Cbritlnubd f rom jyage 5) " 

to' a double feature policy at the 
Instigation of Skouras, is left with 
the. RKO rejects. ' only, and .only 
enough lllnis. to continue fbr about 
two and one half weeks after the 
cancellation, takes effect. 



San Francisco, Feb. 12.. 
hose expected, changes in the 
locial picture house setup have 
popped with three changes already 
recorded and a fourth due to hap- 
pen any time. 

With Fox- West Coast jumping 
out of . an afCillatibn with Fanchon 
& Marco on the latter's Orpheuni 
it's probable that F&M presenta- 
tlonH will open at the latter^ Kirice 
the. Warflcld has gone into a vaude 
rather than a presentation policy. 

The Mills Brothers, Guy Lprii- 
bardp's band .and others iire likoly 
to come in as names. With F-Wf 
^jjlx=^ut^<'&a;Whave=Tiookcd---a=_-X^ 
yersal and an IlKO for this Wft'lc 
and -vvill pick up any available prnd- 
uot,. fiontlnuihg to double bill. 
'".After jerking their inajOr \no(\-. 
.U(;.t from the Orph, F-WC returned 
the .St, Francis to flr.Ht-run double 
bills at 40c, and relighted the lOm^ 
bas.sy. Xvlilch folded up three week.'? 
ago. ilouHe .siio-ft-inx two second - 
run pix at 30c, with Walter Ann- 
sti'ijit,' i !is m.'inngf)- 



(C.oritlhued from page 2) 
judges, corisiderlng Director "Mit- 
chell Leisen, -who lobks and . acts iil^^ 
a bank -executive, rieV^r even deign- 
ing to remove his coat, directors, are 
gentlbmen. 

Specifically, his musical will diff.er 
from other backstage musicals (he's 
studied 'up on all recent ones), in 
that the stage manager won't be a 
gruflC fellow; for If he were. Judging 
from hls own experience, that would, 
be technically erroneous; girls will 
be called 'girls,-, not gals,' for the 
ditto, reason; Kitty .Carlisle, star, 
will be sent real orchidSr not. arti- 
ficial one, for her dressing- rbpm.. 
On every scene,, Carroll checks. And 
not only setia, but props. Costumes, 
dialogi. a<jti6h. 

"There, is nO reason why pictures 
should not be able to . produce a 
iOO% perfect / muslcaL Tet- th^y 
never have,'' opines the producer. 
'Pictures can rehearse a production 
fragment by fragment Until each 
fiFagmerit- -is -^pe^^ itself i'^fcheri ' 

shoot each perfect piece before go- 
ing on. In the theatre, you pick a 
lovely girl, who is talented. She is 
given a. bit in pne part of the show; 
another bit later on. Very seldom 
will she do both parts perfectly at 
the same performance, Iri pictures, 
she could rehearse tho flrst bit to 
perfection, be shot and then go on 
to the second.' 

Pictures too; thinks the daddy of 
the 'Vanities,' can glye. credit to an 
extraordinarily talented member of 
the orchestra by featuring him mo- 
mentarily in a closeup. 'Twould be 
Iricoiripatibie With a sinob-th per- 
forriiance in the . theatre, to ..spotlight 
a xylophone player, sp you never dp. 
ore Beauty Needed 

Carroll thinks pictures ought to 
start seeking beauty again.^ Kemr 
Irtine beaiity first riiade pictures 
•popular, . With, talkers, pictures 
spught talent; overlooked looks. So 
sure is he that beauty should be 
perfect for the screen, he admits 
even all girls in his sho^ys aren't 
beautiful enough for pictures. Out 
of 60 testei . fpr Paramourit's m.ti- 
sical, only 11 passed the screen tost. 
They came west for the plx;. Two of 
the 11 are . Under 17. 'Thoy go to 
school each day c.ourile of 

hpurSi 

At a studio hieetlng. Carroll HU«r 
ffe.«jted to Adojph Zukoi- that pcoutS 
bo .sent out tp find 50 exquisitely 
beautiful" girln, who might bt? in- 
corporated in a mu.slcal plx, Icji- 
en daryj or itj^ajn uj^^^^ ^ 
ffe" WoiilfilT't'liprTr a. coiil,e^'T7 

Ton many girls-r. do ' .«how or 
'em. 



'Delmon icp*s* Retreated 

■IJnllywood, Feb. 12. 
JJarv'ifj Clate.s is writing a nfew 
itreatuiont of u^'lu-s.s Of Dclnion- 
i<-f'V nt M'-i.i-K f"r Walter Wanger 



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YARIHTY 



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VICTOR M^LAGLEN 
BORIS KARLOFF 

WALLACE FORD REGINALD DENNY 



RKO RADIO 
PICTURE 

MERIAN C. COOPER 
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER 






Tuesdayt February 13, 1934 



PICTURES 



VARIETY 



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WiEtnier's Tashions'. 

■ This seems ta be .the Season for 
bigger and better press books, aiid 
they're really better as. ^vell as big-; 

..get, Warners la the latest to come 
along ivlth the 'by freight* booklet 
on 'Fashions of 1934,: . Not as bulky, 
perhaps, as; some of the . others, b'ot 
Ju^t as m^aty, and with most. of the 
cost plit into ideas rather thah color 
printing.. 

It offers a lot of exploitatlph . ideas, 
many of which are. not new but all 
of Which fit the iplcture. .There; aire 
few nevv ''<^^<>^> 9'nd. it. seems .to be 
Iri line ta pin old ideas with proper 
treatmerit.for new titles. -Lots of 
managers have forgbtteh the old 

..Btunt, or perhaps dp not realize its 
.value as applied to the release in 
question.. It's a help to have it set 
forth again. T*he . store style shoiw, 

■^or instance,-is nearly- lO^yearEi bid,- 

" but Jt's. only recently been revived 
again arid orice more is clogging; the 

.aidewalks. 

And if you take that ideal figure 
Btunt it will, help to have tape nieas- 
tires printed up with the measure- 
ments; ■. Instead ..of printing. In 

. lifches, the marks- are foir the ankle, 
calf, thigh, hips, waist, wr|st, bust 
ftrid neck, each; in ;its protier place 
on the tape. . That'^ ;something that 
dates back to the time Ahriette 
Kellerinart was In pictures, but it's 
as good as ne w agaih; 
. The Warner booklet Is a guide: to 
ia bankPoll if properly used. But it's 
up." to the individual manager to get 
busy and Use some of thie' hlnts.- 
There's stuff In it for the small 
timers as well a;s , the big. ones. It's 
Iriade to fit all sizes of appropria- 
tion. Thie trick is to select the stunts 
that will niake the most money for 
ahy particular house at the sniallest 
outlay. 

Supply Limited 

Exhibitors discovered during the 
holidays that in all-Dlsrtey cartoon, 
bill wad la knocker-outer, and so- 
they are all using the pig trio to 
hieiadllne a program of all cartoons. 
It's- a money maker in practically 
every point, and so due for an.eh- 
core, but It takes Ave or six cat- 
toons, and s6on it will be found that 
the supply of old releases hais been 
exhausted. It will be an excellent 
plan to hold the shows to one a. 
month and stretch the idea out* It^ 
"in good idea, that Is, unless other 
houses sj;art to skim the cream wltTV; 
the same policy.. In that case the 
only thing to do is to hop to it and 
lge% the money before the other fel- 
low does, but an all-cartoon pro- 
gram once a monthj where there is 
a clear field, will be much better than 
ft weekly show which will establish a 
demand which cannot be met. 

Scarccjy practicable to use other 
shorts, since few of them will be 
able to get an approval frorii the 
pa.rent -teachers and similar organi- 
satioris. Keep them for spaced 
showing, if 'posslblei 



New Type Club 

Seattle. 

Special bid being made at .Para- 
.mount (Evergreen) for kid patron- 
age, with Harry Woodin, who 
created Mickey Mduse clubs for na- 
tional consumption, credited- with 
developing ^Around the World Ad- 
venture* club, getting its premiere 

Major Claude Hammond, world 
traveler and cameraman, is here in 
person, talking to the kids and. go - 
.Irig on air dally over KOL. EWorld* 
club meets every Saturday , at the- 
iatre, with, special show of selected 
plxes .for . kids, on, screen. Qpenlng- 
blU Included 'Smoked Llghtniiig* 
(Pbx), Mickey Mouse cartdbri, se- 
lected news shots, arid -a travel, 
showing Hammond shots, hunting 
wolves in Alaska. Cost the kids a 
dlrifie to see; the show; they, get a 
membership /button, and later on 
theatre, may give . 'em a treat per? 
formance. : Getting nice crdwd at 
opener;, likewise -radio station re- 
ports real interest in the ..adventure 
talks of the major; 

Lbcture Helped 

^ .St. Paut; 

Appearance on • the lecture plat- 
form here of Sydney Montague, 
former . merriber of the Canadian 
Mounted Police, made as pretty an 
'accidental' tie-up for 'Eskimo* as 
anything that's happeriecj here- 
abouts in years^ 

The ex-inountle carried several 
tturiks of Eskimo apparel and hunt- 
ing paraphernalia here and in his 
two talks before large crowds 
:. str eissod:the-,w 1 sdom..:o.f _the_E 3]|j^Unos. 
aria soft-pedaled the love stutf Tiy 
treating the latter merely through 
Inference. 

Albng the Strand 

, Londoh. 

■ Not so new in America, but Lonr 
don is talking about an- auto which 
runs around town, apparently "with- 
out a driver. "Signs on the side ex- 
plain lliat It I.s being chauffeured 
by 'The Invi.sihle Man.' Universal 
stunt to put oyer that picture. 



Nifty/ Advance Work 

Majestic - theatre, Hoblitzell Sah. 
Antonio > house, . pulled a faist one 
ahead .of the Johnny Perkins unit, 
which; .was scheduled to' follow' the 
Morton -Downey unit. No big name, 
but the clrciiit knew it was a shOw 
that would please, so; :it. took, the 
critic of' the Evening News oyer 
to HOustbn to give an advancie peek 
and she cam:e back aU steamed ui>,- 
with the result that the papex* car- 
ried* a cut layout the full page 
width and with a drop of nearly a 
third, of a pa(?e, backed by nearly a 
polumn of unqualified approval. 

It Was sometiilrig that sold: the 
show whether, it. had a name- or not, 
and sold . the ■ &6"®rai idea that the 
shows in between the box , office 
monikers were worth while too. 

.Arid it probably cost less than a. 
ten-inch spaeie, though It is scarcely 
a (juiestlori Of cost.- That stuff , cari't 
be bought; It has to foe figured out. 

Think of Something: Else > 

.Here*s a tip to exhibitors who will 
fifirure that :,Tve Got Yoiii: Number- 
rneatis :a -.big hbokrup. to the ..teler . 
pho'ne' cpriipariy. Not gbipg to; be as- 
easy as it looks. . Th.e phohe com- 
pany does hot approve the wire- 
tappirig stunts and will not . go hand 
in hand w-ith the exhil^ on the story. 
Quite to the contrary. Golns to, be 
tough eyen' tp get hangers on the 
pay statioris. iBettev figure on. spme^. 
thing else arid not look to the wire 
talkers for any. help, only to find it 
just, can't be. 

If the picture 1^ booked, work on 
other angles which will not involve 
the phone compariys co-oppration. 
There are plenty of good stunts pf- 
fered, a.nd there, will be s.omethihg 
that will fit, so get started right in- 
stead of catching a bright scheme tSf 
your own arid haying to change 
when you discover it*s ri.o go. - 

There are plenty . of stunts In the 
press book having to do with rium- 
bers other than telephone calls. It 
will be better to base the cariapaigns 
on- this rather than on the wire 
stuff. Likely to make more money, 
too. » 



$15,000 Gag 

Lios Angeles. 

Described as ian outdoor, theatre, 
new advertising device is under 
construction here at the intersec- 
tion of Wilshlre blvd. and Serrano 
street at a cost of aroUnd $15,000, 
that is primarily intended as an 
outdoor preview of filrii subjects, 
arid for • other 86reeri advertising 
purposes. J. G. Musaphia, fprmer 
exec with Foster & Kleiser (outdoor 
advertlsirig) here, has formed the 
Twentieth Century Advertlsirig Co." 
to handle the erection of the 60x80 
ft. building, on the face of which 
is a screen the equivalent in size of 
two ^8-sheet posters. 

Two rear projection picture ma- 
chines will be installed to project 
-trailers and-othei^fUm bfl' thieLsheet;- 
Paramount studios in conjunction 
with Paramount theatre, has rented 
the facilities for the first two weeks, 
to exploit forthcoming products 
arid F&M stage shows. Promoters 
are asking $2,100 per week for use 
of the screen. 



iPlay on the Name 

Goldwyn is spending heavy coin 
to put over Anna S ten in the cities, 
but the smaller, towns will have to 
do their own hustling to make the 
rjew star known, aiiid as. good a way 
as any is to play bri the name.. iMake 
the slogan, 'It's S ten, not .Stein/ and 
stress th.e.fafct -she is Russian and 
not Germarir but not In stich a way 
as to offend the German clientele. 
It doesn't sound' like mueh of a 
stunt, but it will make for talk, and 
talk Is what will put anything over. 
They come in to see what a woman 
who's nanie is Sterii and not Stein 
looks like, and they'll tell each other 
the correct spellirig. 

It is useful as a handle for other 
interesting, bits, and if it 1^ uised In 
the .riieWspaper arid distributed nxat- 
terr-^all of it— it. should yield & sut" 
prislngly good .result. 

In the New "Fork Pampaign. the 
introduction was a series of half- 
tone portraits, each, giving Some 
single adjective. Probably you'll 
fifet this out of the press book. If 
you can, list these arid theri.bffer a 
small . prlise, , fpr .. the • one. - adjective 
which rirtbst clearly- suits her -'perf 
soriality, with the iritiriiation that 
Gpld-vvyn wants it. Exclude those 
already listed and ask for' new, 
wprds. ' ' .., 

; . Some exhibitors cajpit'allzed on 
Lilian Harviey on the fact She used 
but drie I In. her. first name. Any- 
thing different is interesting If It is 
interestingly presented. 

.Beards, ^nd Everything 

Los' Arigeles.' 
Loew's ^State here tied up with 
the Sriilth Bros., Carl and 6ill,'who 
opera.te, a idcar automobile agency, 
whereby the brothers were phdtp- 
gratihed wearing the beards by 
which, thb cough drop manufac- 
turers, of the same name have Ibng 
been Ideutified, and then , having a 
ciit made for the back of a cocktail 
recipe pamphlet: whlph . is being 
widely distributed. Theatre and the 
brothers .ieach cop ad display space, 
with the back cover, almost a replica 
of the front pf the cough drop pack 
agfe. 



ihrivate Kidnapping 

St. 

When Edward G. Bremer Was 
kidnapped bri Jan. 17, St. Paul 
newspapers and theatres were asked, 
by the family to layoff. . 

But when the lid popped. Man- 
ager Cliff Rust of the RKO did; a 
beaut for his house b^r getting -a 
car of the same model and. style as 
the kidnapped matt's-arid having it 
driveri out of the Breriver resldehcb 
driveway, re-enaptlrig the entirb 
kidnap scene, even to the part of 
having the kipnapperS run down the. 
Bremer . limousine. , Audiencb . Ayas 
asked to'watch the Orpheuriti screen 
foi" further deyelppritents. 

Since all landmarks, et al., .were 
the McCoy,, the short cHcjied strong. 
Riist had prints made for the, Min- 
neapolis, and.^.pes Molrids RKQ 
hPtises .-arid" scored . beat s~olfi ' tlie. bp- . 
position at both theso points.. 

Hooks, to Progress 

Opera Hoiise, JBruriswick, N. J., 
is working , a nice. Jiook in with, the 
Home News which gets it more.-ad- 
vertising space than the theatre 
ooqld afford-' arid, at the; sariie tlrine 
gets it In step with a popular move- 
ment. 

Legion backed a drive tp., hiring 
niore manufacturing enterprises to 
the city, starting about two years 
ago. Paper is working with it, and 
now- thfe Opera House desigriates- 
every. Thursday as -^Factory Day, 
with the net: profits going to help, 
support the, hustlers who are can- 
vassing the prospects.. Nets the 
house a 17-inch drop across' flvfe 
columris, but rifiost of it is given to 
the propagandia. . Still it's a good 
move and prqbably profitable. 



A Burnup 

Pittsburgh, 
jpe Feidman* advertising chief 
for "WBj burned plenty last -vveek 
when, a stunt he had arranged for 
•Fashions, Of 1934' at S't^iiley was 
vetoed by local papers .becau.se of 
that' ironclad publishers, agreeriient. 

Feidnian. had obtained services 
of "id leading; society worinen in town 
to hrpadcast over IwDKA on fash- 
loris arid figured it had news value 
because of prestige ot*ffemmes' 
names. Same stunt had been tried 
previously in Philadelphia, getting 
spreads all over, that town through 
the society tleup. 

Taking it to one of local papers, 
Feldman was tpld that It was no 
go due to rie-wspaper ban on all ei- 
ploitatidn.: .stunts. But same paper 
which turned down idea because of 
Tdcal" angle; brily two days before 
had carried "a news. . service picture 
of the Philly ' womeri doing, exactly- 
th<e sariie thing. 

That was chiefly reason for Feld- 
riian's burn. Publishers ban, -which 
also ex:tends to department stores, 
likiewise prevented . any mention of 
McCreery'5, -yhich provided S.#nley . 
,with: 24 models -ancL flbck d'»i|ew 
Parisian creation^ for style shlmlt 
presented In corijunctidn -w'ith pic^ 
ture's premiere. 



Expert Aid 

Lincoln.- 

Manager of the Lincoln theatre 
herie playing 'Convention City' 
thought, up a novel plug for the 
show and called in the hotel run 
reporters for the local- sheets and 
gave a screening of the pic fior 
them. Aftei' seeing it the reporters 
were asked for quote lines to use 
in the ads. 




New Books 

Novelties are pretty certain to get 
attention, and an exhib has devel- 
oped the once standard perambulat- 
Irig book into something new. He 
constructed a book about 20x30 
iricheSj which stdod out somewhat 
froriii the panel upon which it was. 
mounted. This was provided with a 
:hinged. cover ori.'whlch wai lettered 
ari-, Irivltatidn to dpe'ri: the bdpk and 
iread' about the coming shpw. Early 
investigators Who dpened the cover 
expected to see a lettered message. 
Instead, thei-e was the painted out- 
line, df a girl's 'head, with the face 
cut .away and a. real girl's face „i,n 
the opening. 

As soon as the cover was iswung, 
back she started a brief routine , an- 
nouncement df ■ the picture and 
ended with an offer to answer any 
question the reader desired to ask 
about the same attraction. Flirta- 
tious questions -were passed over 
with i don't know the answer to 
that. bne,' and the doorman 'was close 
by to chase persistent annoyers. 

Two girls were employed, picked 
from the ushering staff and working 
half-hour shifts to take the strain 
off the voices. Both were selected 
for their ability to answer queistldns 
smartly. They already had been 
picked for looks. 

Second day the top bds.*? gave the 
=glrls=:•a=^-chan,ce=-by=8Ubstltutlne^=^a 
youne man '-as the talker. ThisalSd 
served to discourage repeats from 
the men Who had patr-onlzed the 
book the day before. 



It's an Idea, 

German exhibitor put out a nov- 
elty idea for 'Tugboat Annie.' It's 
a .small bottle of schnapps With a 
card for the picture and the line 
'Why should you be 'worse oft than 
Wallace Beery?' 



Newark. | 

Changes at Warner Bros, iriclude 
the accession: of Frank Damlaa as 
assistant zone manager, replacing 
Dick Hill) who becomes district 
manager. Damas Comes from a sirii- 
ilar position at Pittsburgh. Ray- 
Cohn from Capitol, Belleville, takes 
William Goldman's place as , man*, 
after of the. Cameo, South Orange 
Ben Weshner, recointly , manager of 
ih&_-,".Rfl3Lale,:ZJBadoinfl*ld,:i"-au6C^ 
Cohn at the Ca»>ltol,, Belleville. 
Jules Fields succeeds William Ml- 
chaelson at the DeWltt, Bayonno. 
Ben, Adlei* replaces Wesley Ha eck 
in the. art department.. 



San. Francisco. 

John Lazzarlni and P. Mortola 
have taken over the Broadway In 
the. North Beach section, reriamed 
it the Colombo, and after extensive 
remodeUng, will reopen March 15 
With double bills. 

Walter Armstrong, ex-Arrinstrong 
Powers scenic studios, manager of 
the Embassy,, reopened last week 
by FWC with ddiible ■ ills, ' secoiid 
runs. 



Kansas City. 
Mrs. W. R. Stubbs, Lawrence, 
Kansas, wife of former Governor, 
Stubbs, of Kansas, iappolnted memr 
ber of sta,te picture bbard of re- 
vlewr succeedirig Miss Jessie 
Hodges. The other meritibers of the 
board at'e Hazel W« Myers, chair- 
man, and Mrs. Zelriia Redmound. 



Des Mpines. 

Central States theatres, .^Des 
Moines, will reopen the Rialto at 
Burlingtbn spon. House being re- 
modeled, etc. Also recently tdok 
over the Empress^. Fremont, Neb., 
formerly Publix, 



Los Anjg.eles. 

M. A. Anderson steps up from 
treasurer to assistant manager' of 
the RKO Hillstreet, Loren Geising 
:getting^aj3dQSt.Xrojaudp0rmian^to^he^ 
;^nancial spot, ■ 

Moneta, nabe subsequent ruri 
house here lastly operated by Louis 
Green, dark again. ■ . 
. Jack Grdss hew manager of RKO 
Hillstreet here. 



Burlington, , la. 

.Centra,l States Theatre Corp. op- 
erating the Palace, .under manage- 
ment of L. J, Wegeher, will reopen 
the Rialto. 



Albany,. N. T. 

Rosd and ivoU theatres, Troy, 
playing three acts two days a week 
with films. AdriiissiQn is 10-16. 

Leased by iPublix, the Academy 
theatre,, Newburgh, has reopened 
with, double features at 16 and 25 
cents, 

Fire, starting In a storeroom un- 
der the balcony, caused $5,000 dam- 
age In the Highland, nabe film 
house, at Utlca/ : . C hris Marx -had 
to close It Tor three days." 

Harry Hellmari Is playing , eight 
amateur acts two nights a Week 
each at his Royal arid. Paramount, 
nabe film theatres, in Albany. 

Sunday film shows will begin in 
OWego on' Feb. 18 as the result of a 
special ordinance passed by the 
Municipal Board of Trustees. 



Lincoln. 

Joe Cooper was in and out of 
town last week engineering a 
shaketip In administration of LTC 
houses owned by hiria here. Jerry 
Zigmund Wajs moved in to he city 
mgr, taking the place of Bob Llv- 
ingstpn, who . will operate, the Sun 
and Capitol. Norm Prager,. pub man 
since last September, is but. The 
Liberty theatre dark since taken 
over by LTC in November will re- 
open today with a . second run pol- 
icy, duat bills and 26c top, taking 
over policy entire of the Capitol; 



Syracuse, N. Y. 
yictoir W. Frank, forrrierly. mari- 
agier .of DeWltt and later associated 
with J^athan- L. Robblns here and 
arid in Albany, has returned as . as- 
sistant to Andy M. Rpy at the Par- 
amd.unt. 



Fairmont, W. Va. 
Wai-riers' Fairmont is the only 
house operating regularly and 
s.hdwing first run pictures. Warners' 
Virginia still closed except for -Sat-^ 
urday and Sunday grind fare. ' 



Milwaukee. 
Saxe Amusement Management 
Tnc, taken over- Capitol, Madison, 
and will reopen .shortly. Saxe now 

Jn:,i:J^IiIw^ukaer'=^.shlcicish;=.:^i^ 
and JanesVllle. 



Canton, O. 
William fj. Gjllam, a.sst. mgr, Qf 
thk Paramountr .Youngstdwri, wlio 
has been directing a Felbor and 
Shea house in i?radford, l'a„ ■ for 
several morithH, has returned to hl.s 
old post at the Paramount, YounJ,'a- 
town, as a.s.sj.stant to Joseph Sha- 
grln. 

Dick Cruciger, who lif-ori 
(Cont inut'd on 



Clipjied a Gut 

I). H.. George, ot the Capitol, Lan- 
caster! -Pa.', shodts in a card that 
shows what can be done with a 
stdck cut and a Uttle imagination^ 

He -wanted to reach • the Legion 
membefs on 'Convention City,' feel- 
ing that it wouli^ appeal tp therii. He 
had a list of about 1,000 addresses. 
He used a cut of the railroad par 
with the faces- peering from, the 
-wlridows, each properly tagged, on 
the curtain, mortised but a section 
of the ventilator top to Insert a 14 
polrit 'But wTiere's Elmer?' Preced- 
ing: cppy read: 'Everybody's going 
td the big fun cohveritibn Saturday, 
Monday and Tuesday at the Capitol 
fheatre.'^ Plenty, of the Legionnaires 
canie .down to help look for Elmer 
arid enjoyed the show. 

The regular Government postal 
was used, ' the cut . being 'bled' or 
us.ed to the extreme limit of . the 
card, white space at the top. per- 
mittirijgr the use of gauge pins. 

It's a nea.t idea and plenty: df the 
stock cuts, can be adapted to forrii 
an appeal to a special dr the, general 
class of patrons.. 



Crinoline Bally 



Omaha. 

'Carolina' is one of those films 
that offer managers the chance to 
play upon memories and hark back 
CO the days of crinoline and hoop 
.skirts. In this conrtectlori a cos- 
tume contest is alwayis good for 
the usual plug when handled in the 
ordinary channels on the fllrin pages 
oit. ,the dallies..- Charlie Schlalfer, 
-dolng^-i>ub~duty-"at- ther^Parambunt; 
worked the gag for some extra plugs 
by hitching with both the amuse- 
ment page and the fashiori depart- 
mejnt. Broken on. pnly the film page 
it would have been Just andther 
gag, but carried by the fashion edi- 
tor it drew the extra attention der 
sired froriti the fems. 

Some 25 genuine Civil War 
dresses were dragged out of the 
moth balls. Entrants Were re- 
warded with passes, and a cash 
prize went to the winner, while 
theatre benefited to extent of two 
extra stories arid an art break with 
each. 



In the V-X 

.Radio appears to be the flf.st pic 
CO. td get into : the Wddlworth dime 
books.. Putting out a very much 
condensed version of 'The Lost Pa- 
trol' 'vvlth a highly /colored, cover and 
a title page that's a , straight an- 
nouricement for , the picture, ''rhere 
aire: 153 text pages, but every other 
page is a cut of an action atill. 
Body type Is 12 pointy which will 
attract the eye, and will help to sell 
the. pictures, which virtually form 
a he.raid for which the prospective 
patron pays. 

It's a great stunt, particularly 
where the bulk of the clientele is 
not quite up, to the intelligence 
teatvS, They can understand this. 
Might :be a good idea, if ttie picture 
is bookedi to permit sale In the 
lobby or the foyer. It's a real help. 
It's a feather for the, publicity , boys. 



iDrew .Ann Harding 

Portlaiitl, Ore. 
=.=;^Tcd=JCiamblbr=Par.kcr=manageiNii)Ut. 
'Gallant Lady' (TTA). in the front 
plenty for the last couple weeks 
and got lot.s of publicity by a tie-up 
with, one pf the local daille.s. IJad 
the art .^tyrtents doing th«ir stufi 
arid trying hard tp portray Ann 
IlJiirdiflg, Two caffh prizes and 
tickPt.s" worf the awards. The draw- 
ing pifkc«d .IS winner was pubH.shed 
In the p.'ipc-r oo-opfratlng. Thera 
worf pN'rily of .'irt students whp en- 
t'T,f<v tlii- cimtcst .nnd they gave tho 
pif lot.s of n'itJ<"0. 



22^- 



VARIETY 



Tuesday, February 13, 1934 





APOLLO 
POLI PALACE . 
STRAND 
ECKEL 
FOX 
CENTURY 
CAROLINA 



New Orleans 
Denver 
Buffalo 
Toledo 
Cincinnali 
Kansas City 
Youngstown 
• Fort Worth 
Cleveland 
Richmond 
Baltimore 

• Omaha 
la 

Indianapolis 
New Haven 

• Louisville 
Syracuse 

• Detroit 
Itochester 

• Charlotte 




FOX MOViff ONI illWfS 




As the list grows 
they're calling it: 

The State Fair 
of 1934 



n 



\\V/,sf.,,j,..-S, 



PICTURES 



83 



Comparative Grosses for January 



(Continued from page 10) 

PHILADELPHIA 





Jan. 11 


Jan. 18 


Jan. 25 


Feb. 1 


EARLE 

(2.000: M-sa-es) 

High. $33,00p 
Low:. 10,500 


Without 

Room'"" 
I2M0O 

(Ted Liewis 
^on. stage) 
(Vaiide) 


...Abm.. the 
Clouds 
$22,000 
(Ben Bernie 
on stage) 


Bombay Mail 

$33;«00r— 

(New High) 

( jjjddle Cantor 
• on stage) 


Man's Castle 

-$«O;000^ 

(•Vanities' on 
Stage) 


FOX 

(8,0001 -aS-BS-TG; 

High; $41,000 
Low.. 10,500 


Suzanne 

$28,000 
(Stage Show) 


Suzanne 

$18,500 
(2d week) 


Orient 
Express 

$16,500 


Sleepers East 

fiMoo. 


STANLEY 

(3.700; 40-50-65> 

High. $48,090 
Low.. 3,75a 


Dancing Lady 

$22,000 


Dancing 

$6,000 
(2d week, 4 
days) 


Down to Rio 

$12,000 
(8 days) 


Hi, NelliiB 

$12,000 


BOSTON 




Jan. 11 


Jan. 18 


Jan. 25 


Feb. 1 


KEITH'S 

(4.000 : 28-35-50) 

High. $43,000' 
Low,,. 6,140 


Down to Rio 

$9,000 


Rio 

$7,000 
(2d week) 


Man s Castle 

$11,000 


Suzanne 

$14;000 


ORPHEUM 

(8.000; 80-40r50) 

High. $23,000 
Low.. 4,000 


Advice to 
Lovelbrn 

$10,600 
(Vaude) 


Going H'wood 

$15,500 


Dinnisr 

$14,000 


Roman ' 
Scandals 

$16,000 


M£TRO« 
POLITAN 

(i.aSO; 30-40-50- 

■ on)- 

High. $69,000 
Low. 1^500 


Design 

. $26,600 

(Stagie.Shov) 


Skitch 

..$24,600 


Fane's Baby 

$34,500 
(Cab Callo- 
•Nvay 6n stagip ' 


All of Me 

, $56,000 
(Mai-y i>iclc- ' 
ford pn. stage) 


BUFFALO 




Jani 11 


Jan. 18 . 


Jan. 25 


Febi 1 


BUFFALO 

(8,000; aO-40-S6^ 

High. $42,000 
Low., 9,000 


Design 

$23,000 
(Stage Show) 


Gallant 
Lady 

$17,000 


Going H'wood 

$14,000 


All of Me 

$16,000 


CENTURY 

f 3,400; 2.'>) 

High: $21,000 
Low.. 3,200 


Wild Boys 
, and 
Tillie and Gus 

$6,800 


Havana 
Widows 
and 
Hell, High 
Water 
$7,000 


World ^ 
Changes' 

and 
Without 
Room 
$6,200 


Lady Killer 
dnd 
Olson's 
Moment 

$6,500 


HIPPO- 
DROME 

(2,400 ; 25-40) 

High. $22^000 
Low . . 3,600 


Take a 
Chance 

$9,600. 
(Vaude) 


Hoopla 

$11,000 
(.'Student 

Prince" 
on Stage) 


Blood Money 

$11,500 
(Hot Choco- 
lates 
on Stage) 


Fugitive 
Lovers 

$9,600 


DETROIT 




Jan. 11 


Jan. 18 


~ Jan.. 25 


Feb. 1 


MICHIGAN 

(4,045; 15-25.-85* 

40-56) 
High. $58,100 
Low.. 6,600 


Going H'wood 

$38,000 
(Stage Show) 
(Will Mar 
honey on . 
Stage) 


Convention 
City 

$21,000 


Girls in Boat 

$22,000 
(Duke Elling- 
ton on Stage) 


Candlelight 

$19,000 
('Student 
Prince' on 
Stage) 


FOX 

.100; 16-26-86- 
40-55) 
$50,000 
4,000 


Husbands Go 

$28,000 
(Stage Show) 

C'Take a 
" Chance' on 
Stage) 


Down to Rio 

$26,000 


Counsellor; 

$21,000. 
(Milton Berle 
on Stage) 


Suzanne 

. $24,000. 
('Artists and 
Models' . on 
Stage) 


FISHER 

,750; 16-25-30- 
40) 

High $29,000 
Low.. ^3,000 


Wonderland 

$9,000 

. (2d week) 
(Stage Show) 


Sons of 
Desert 

$3,000 
(Ne\y IiOW) 


Roman 
Scandals 

$3,000 


Fane's Baby 

(20 Week) 
^ $3,500 



SAN^ FRANCISCO 





Jan. 11 


Jan. 18 


Jan. 25 


Feb. 1 


PARA- 
MOUNT - 
(2.400;: 26-86-40) 
High. $37,500 
Low.. 5^000 


Design. 

and" — 

Smoky 
$14,000 


Husbands Ga 

-Tftnd 
Fane's Baby 

$.13,500 


Fugitive 
Lt>ver8 
and 
Girls in Boat 

$14,000 


House on 
-56th Street 
and 
Ladies 
Behave 
.. $14,600 


GOLDEN 
GATE 

(8. 4; 25-85-40) 

High: $22,500 
Low.. 5,400 


Down to Rio 

$20,000 
(9 days) 
(Stage Show) 


Rio 

$5,000 
(4 dtiys) 
(2d week) 


Man's Castle 

$121600 
(8 days) 


Meanest Gal 

$12,500 
(Blackstone 
on Stage) 


WARFIELD 

(2.700; 35-45-Or)) 

High. $57,400 
Low : . 8.200 


Dancing Lady 

. $29,000 
(Stage Show) 


Dancing 

$17,500 
(2d week) 


Lady Killer 

■- $18,500 


Going H'wood 

$21,000 


CINCINNATI 




Jan. 11 


Jan. 18 


Jan. 25 


Feb. 1 


ALBEE 

(8.300 ; 86-44) 

High. $33,600 
Low.. 5,800 


Design, and 
Down to Rio 

$14,600 
(Split) 


Rio 
$9,000 

(2d week) 


Gallant Lady 

$12,500 


Roman 
Scandals 

$21,500 


PALACE 

(2,<l(^ 86-44) 
High^ l$28.100 
Low.: T4,500 


Women in 
His Life 

$13,000 
(Ken Murray 
on Stage) 
(Vaude) : 


- Aggie 
Appleby 

$14,500 


Fugitive 
Lovers 

$12,000 
(Dave .Ap- • 
polon on 

srtage) 


Suzanne 

$11,500 . 
(Gus Van oh 
Stage) 


LYRIC 

. (1,304; 35-44) 

High. $23;900 
Low. . 2,900 


Skitch 

$9,000 


Counsellor 

$7,000 


Advice to 
Lbvelorn 

$4,000 


Candlelight 

$5,500 

""hT" 


KEITH'S 

(1.300 ; 30-40) 

High. $22,100 
Low.. 3,200 


Son of Sailor 

$7,200 


HouAe on - 
56th Street 

$6,500. 


Convention 
City 

$6,800 



PITTSBURGH 





Jan. 11 


Jan. 18 


, Jan. 25 


Feb, ,1 


I'cnn 

(8.200; 26-40-S5- 
60-76) 

High. $41,000 
Low.. 3,750 


Dinner 
$16,000 


Sitting Pretty 
$8,000 


Roman 
Scandals 

$19,000 


GaUant Lady 

$iii.ooo 


FULTON 

(1,750; 15-26-36) 

High. $12,000 
Low.. 1,900 


Hoopla 

$6,000 
(6 days)— 


H.usbands Go 
$3,300 
(5 days) 


Berkeley Sq. 

$8,800 
(8 days) 


OI$en'6 
Moment- 

$2,200 
(4 days) .: 


STANLEY 

(8,600; 25-36-50> 

High. $48,000 
Low.. 3.750 


Design 

$13,000 


Down to Rio' 
$13,000 


Counsel Ibr 

$8,400 


Hi, IMellie 

$8,000 



WASHINGTON 



EARLE 

(2.424;. 2C-35^T 
CO) 

High. $27,000 
Low.. 6,000 



FOX 

{8,434? 15-26-35- 

, SO-OOi) 
High. $41,500 
Low.. 11,00<) 



KEITH'S 

(1,850; 15-25-86- 
50-60) 

High: $21,000 
Low. . 3,700 



PALACE 

(2;8C3;- 15-26-35. 

60-60) 
High. $32,000 
Levy.. 6,000 



MINNEAPOLIS 



STATE 

f2,200; 23-35-40) 

High. $28,000 

=towf f=""^3i500 

ORPHEUM 

.'2.8!>(l; 2r)-^.'l.-|-.40) 

$2S,DO0 
2,200 



LYRIC 

<^.V'.n■, ?i)-'j.-,r 

High, $17,000 
Low.. i.2cn 



Jan. 11 



Hoopla 

$10,00.0 
(Hot ChOGo- 

="-"12(03= 



stage) 

World 
Changes 

$12,500 ■ 
(SO Millioii 
Frenchman 
on Stage) 

Prizefighter 

$.'.200 



Jan. 18 



Suzanne 

$!i,500 



Down .^to 

$n,ooo 



Rio 



:Blood Money 
j $2,S00 



Jan. 25 

Dinner 

$6,000' 



I Were Free 

$17,000 
(K'ate Smitli 
on Stagif) 



Kennel 
Murder 

$ i.noii 



Feb. 1 



Ladies 
Behave 

$3,700 



Invi 



ibiie Man 

v.otift 



Fane's Baby 

$1.51)0 
(.' ilay.-) 



COLUMBIA 

(1.203; 15-25-3.^ 

40) 

High. $19,000 

Low.. ° ^,^^oo 



Jan. 11 



House on 
56th Street 

$26,000 
(Ben Bernie 
on Stage) 
(Vaude) 
Women in 
His Life 
$19,000 
(Crununit & 
Sandersioh on 
Stage).. 
(Vaude) . 

Down to Rib 

$12,000 



Dinner 

$24,000. 



Chief 

$4,006 



Jan. 18 

Convention 
City 
$17,000 
(Doris Ken- 
yon on Stage) 

Fugitive 
Lovers 

$21,000 
(Max ~ Bacr 
on Stage) 



Rio 

$6,000 

(2d week) 



Dinner 

$12^000. 
(2d week) 



Going H'wood 

$5,000 



Jan. Sis 



Hi, Nelli 

$22,000 
(Wheeler & 
Wbolsey on 

Staige) 



Husbands Go 

$22,000 



Meanest Gal 

$5,500 



Roman 
Scandals. 

$21,000, 



Silk Express 
$2,800 



Febi 1 



.Frightened ' 
People 

$1«,600 

(Fifi. Dorsay 
Oh Stage) 



Girls in Boat 

$22,600. 
(Buddy 
Rogers on, 
Stage) 



.1 Were Free 

$10,000 



Studio Placeibents 



Scandalis; 

$9,000 ■ 
;( 2d week) 



Dinner 

$5,000 



DENVER 





Jan. 11 


. Jan: 18 


Jan. 25 


Feb. 1 


DENHAM 

(1.500; 25-80-46) 

High, $16,000 
Low.. 2,000 


Wonderland 

$10,600 
(Stage Show) 


Design 

$6,000 


Without 
Room * 

$6,000 


Fane's Baby 

$4,600 
(Jerry Ross 
oh Stage) 
(6 days) 


DENVER 

(2.500; 25-33-50) 

High. $27,700 
Low . . 3,000. 


Dinner 

$17,000 


Roman 
Scandal's 

$17,600 


Scandals 

$6,000 
(2d week, -6 
days) 


Little Women 

$16,000 
(8 da,ys) 


ORPHEUM 

(2,600; 25-35r50) 

High. $20,000 
Low. . 3,750 


Counsellor 

. $14.000.. 
(Stage Show) 


Ann Vickers 
$11,000 


Convention 
City 

$14,000 
(Estelle Tay- 
lor on Stage) 


Going H'wood 

$13,000 


PARA- 
MOUNT 

(2,000; 20-40) 

High. $22,000 
LoW:. 1,750 


Ladies 
Behave 

and 
Smoky 

$2,750 
(Split) 


Dinner 

$5,500 


Midshipnnah 
Jack and 

Rafter 
Romance 

$2,750 


Advice, to 
Lovelorn 

$.3,000 



KANSAS CITY 





Jan. 11 


. Jan. 18 


Jan. 25 


Feb. 1 


MIDLAND 

(4,000 ; 2.1) 

High. $35,000 
Low.. 5,100 


Dinner 

$22,500 


Gallant Lady 

$12,000 


' Roman 
Scandals 

$20,000 


Fugitive 
Lovers 

$16,000 


MAIN- 
STREET 

(3,200; 25-40-60) 

High. $35,000 
Low. . 3,700 


1 Were Free 

$12,500 
(Duke Elling- 
;ton on stage) 


Down to Rio. 
$11,500 


Counsellor 

$6,000 


Convention 
City 

$20,000 
(Morton . 
Downey on . 
stage) 


NEWMAN 

(1,800; 25-40) 

High. $33;600^ 
Low.; 4,000 


Design 

__Ji2j)00;. 1 


House on 56 

^ St. 

$7,000, 


Girls in Boat 

.._ .$6.Mfi_. . 
(6 days) 


All of Me 

:^MfL.. . 


UPTOWN 

(2.040 : 26-40) 


Skitch 
$8,400 


Skitch 
$4,000 
.(2d week) 


Suzanne 

$3;500 


GoOdbye 
Again 

$1,700 

(5. days) 


SEATTLE — - 




Jan. 11 


Jan. 18 


Jan. 25 


Feb. 1 


FIFTH AVE. 

(2.400 ; 2.1-40) 

High. $26,000 
Low.. 2,800 


Dancing. Lady 

$11,500. 


Skitch 

$8,800 


Havana 
Widows 

$12,600 
(Anson 
Weeks on 
stage) . 


Dinner 

$12,400 


- ROXY . 

(2,300; 15-25) . 

High. $22,500 
Low 3,800 


..Female 
$4,000 

(8 days) 


.Female 
and . 
Bombay Mail 

$2,750 

(2d .week, 
spilt) 


Beloved 

$3,100. 

Ladies 
Bohave- 

and 
Orient 
Express 
$2,500 


Last Round-! 

up and 
Fall in Love 

$3,600, 


para- 
mount: 

(3,100;. 20-30) 
High. $2^000 
Low.; 1,600 


Chief 

and. 
Lips Betray 

$3,000 


Dancing Lady 

$3,800 


Fugitive 
Lovers 

$6,800 

""Made Me 
Love You^ 
and * 
ighti 
Code 
$3,900 


LIBERTY 

(1,000; 16-26) 

High. $12,000 
Low,, 2,100 


Goodbye Love 
and 
Hold the 
Press 

$3,600 


Thundering. 
Herd and 
Private 
Secretary 

$3,300 

Rio 

$4,000 
(2d ^vetik) 


, Cross 
Country and . 
16 Fathoms 

$3,400 

House oh 56 
St. 

$4,800 


MUSIC BOX 

<m; 25-35;. 
High. $17,000 
Low . . 2.000 


Down to Rio 

$6,500 


56 St. 

. $2,500 
(2d week) 



TACOMA 



.MUSIC BOX 

-=( 1t;4< i()r5rr:35)" 

High. $10,500 
Low.. 1,000 



ROXY ■ 

n.H'Hi; 'jr..3r.> 

High. $7,000 
Low 2,000 



Jan. 11 
No Angel 

^=$c?5oa=" 



Jan. 18 



Down to Rio 

=^t4;fJ0fr=^' 



Skitch, 
Weakness' 

and 

Dancing Lady 

$«.0i)0 
f2d \v.of]i., 
sjiTlt ) 



Jan. 25 
_Co^nsellQj" 

"'"Tah(r " 
World 
Changes 

Dancing 

$.:.'.nfin 
f2fl Av»'ck) 



Feb. 1 



Henry y I II 



and 
Way to Love 

$3,001) 

Dinner 

'.'in J- 
Sons of 
Desert 

$L'.70(i 
(Sp'iii 



Hollywood, Feb. 12. 

Polan Banks, scripting or.ig for 
Joati Crawford, MQi 

Alice. Lake, 'Glambur.' U. 

Lois January, 'Vanisl^ing Shadow;' 
V.' ' 

, Dorothy Christy. Alene Carroll, 
GlOf ia - Shea, Hale Hamilton. Ster- 
ling. Holloway's; short, XJ., 
■ Adi ian Mbrrls. 'Let's Be Ritzy.' U, . 
.Irene AVarCj 

:. Alan.: : 
Radio. 

• Tahimariy Youngi George Miac-j 
Quarrie. Alfred Delcambfc,, 'You're 
Telling Me.* Par. 
. Heleii Freeman, . 
Radio. 

Charles Middleton, Donald ; Meek, 
Barbara . Freitchie, , Lohai.. Andre, 
Gwcnllian (Jill, Clara LOu Sheridari. 
'Murder at the Vanities,' Par. 

Judith Ailen, John Mack Brown. 
Lucien Littiefleld, Bert Roach, Sarah 
Paddeiii Arthur Hoyt and Virginia 
Sale, Marrying W.ido\vs,'vPower Plx. 

Reginald Denny, 'Of Human 
Bondagei' Radio. 

■ Jack C u n h 1 n g Ix a m,. 
'Double Door.' Par, 

BiiUe Burke, 'Dover Road,' ; Radio. 

Ethel Hall, : scripting ' "xcursion 
to Paradise,' Col. 

Agnes Christine Johnson, 
ing .'In eohferehce.' Par. ■ ,. 

Noble Joiinson. ; 'Murder in TrlhiTV 
dad.r 'Fok: > y.'^ 

Alae Clark. 'Operator 13,' MG; 

Ray Walker, 'Thirty Day 
Princess,' Pkr. 

Charles Lament directing ' 
ed Out,' Keatbn-Educ. 
" Bernie Grossman. Edward Ward, 
David Silv«rslein, 'writing songs for 
'Manliattkrt Love Song.' Silverstein 
is collablng with Leonard Fields on 
script. Mono". 

Joe Cunningham, collabing with 
Harry McCoy 'Call It Luck,' Fox, 

Jean Dixon. 'Sadie McKee.' .MG. 

Edwin Burke me$^. 'Now I'll Tell,' 
Fox. 

Lewis- Foster scripting, 
of Mrs. Crane,' .U. 

John Boles. George Marshall, di- 
recting 'Gold Rush of 1934/ Fox. 

John Miljan, 'Whlripool,' Col. 

Wallace Clark. 'Crime Doctor.' 
Radio. 

Tom Kennedy, Stanley Fields, 
'Strictly Dynamite,' Radio, 

Irving Pichel, 'Gentleman from 
San Francisco,'- WB. 

Robert Barrat, J. M. Kerrigan, 
'The Key.'. WB. 

Henry O'Nell, George Cooper, 
•^Gne Man's Woman.' WB. 

Lyie Talboti . Robert Oleckner, 
'Return. Of the Terrbr.'^ WB- 

Dorothy Wilso^r"I>ouglas" "Mont- 
g'omeryj 'Canal Boy.' Ralph Murphy 
directing,. Par. 

Zazu Pitts. Helen -Mack, 'In Con- 
ference.' Par. 

Bradley Page. 'Without Honor,' 
WB. 

Frank Conroy. rime Doctor.' 
Radio. 

..Will Stanton, Toni Kennedy; 
George Stevens megs.. 'So Wl^at?' 
Lou Brock. Radio. 

William J. Irving, Hans Joby, 
'Melody in Spring.' Par. 

Felix Young, producing 'Let's pall 
iii.Love,' CoL 

— ^rthtri-- Treacherr^HolsJtrt- CJtva" 
naugh,. 'The Key,' WiB- 
' Bradley Page, Russell Hopton, 
•Without Honor,' WB. 

Patricia Ellis, 'Sawdust,' WB. 

Robert Gl^kler, 'Return of the 
Terror,' WB/ 

-— Bob^- Fellows; — Unit -manager —at" 
Warners on. ''Without Honor,' and 
'The Key,' WB. 

Stanley Mann, 'Lady Mary's' 
Lovers,' MG. 

Grant Mitchell. 'Show Off,' MCI.. 

Tene Holtz, 'Hollywood Party." 
MG. 

Rus.sell Simpson^ 'Three on a 
Honeymoon.' Fox. 

, Edmund Lowe. the. Wit- 

ness.' Col. 

Harvey Clark, 'Mur 
dad,' Fox. 

Shirley Grey, 
.Skin,' Col. 

Jackie 'Peck's Bad Boy,' 

LesseTi , ., 

• Con.wa,y Tearle. 'Stlngarce,' Radio. 

Charles Logiie, ' Ed'ward iliaemmle 
collablng, 'Practicar Joker.' U. 

Donald DllloWay; 'Sawdust.'. WB. 

Diaha Wynard, 'Do'v-er ROad,' 
Ra:dib.- 

Felix Young 
Over,' Col. 

John Bal'derston; 
Mansions,' Radio. 

. James .B. (4>pp) K'elton with hlH 
director son. Earle : Kelton, golf 
comedy, ' You're Telling Me?', Par. 

(illbert Emery,, 'Dover Koad.'^ Ra- 
dio. 

John Hallidny. 
Radioi 

( robrgf. li.'i yvif 1 fd . 
dio. 

■ Lyn vi'Vi 
u!V1aiLk.oi:.v^T?ar.-.._ 



f,C'ontlnii"(l on pfiyo :'>4) 



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-wr;j)(l.' voF). 

\V~Tm >!•')•.< .•Vi.'<hJV)lis of --li)34' 
<-<.in..,« -Kii-vhifUi. Follies of nt34.' 

'( irTit If'.tri.-iii tt'om Sun Fn 
\i) Ovcy .';u'i. l''r;inf.'i.sro,* 

'lli-lr Cli.'isfi-.' W.-iriKTH. to 
ili<- <;ciif.-' 
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II 'I':-!. 



24 



YARiETY 



Tuesday, February 13, 1934 



DEVIL TIGER SETS 
^'7^-^^<^R I A L T O RECORD!!!! 



SHIVERING! 
BUT 

PATIENT>?^ 




Box cilice lines brave New York's zero 
gales (see cut). Coldest weather in 16 
years! Extra cops to handle pushing 
crowds. Capacity business irom^^ e^ 
morning to late at mght. Thanks to 
showmanship...and a box office sniash. 

READ the details of this great campaign. 
Sturib that can be used in your town. It's all 
in the "Devil Tiger" pressbook and supple- 
ment. Demand it from your FOX exchange 





Asians Fiercest Jungle Beasts 
Clash in Mortal Combat 

Directed by CLYDE E. ELLIOTT 
d^rectorof 'BRING *EM BACK ALIVr 

Story hy James O, Spearing Edited hy Truman TatUy 



AND THREE MORE FOX PICTURES 
OF THE SAME BOX OFFICE STRIPE.. 



A Glamorotts 
New Personality 

brit^ the screen a new thrill. 



beamed 



Color 



^^^eP^' totnsm^* • • • 

and 



Your audiences will welcome her dramatic brilliance 
... as a girl who knew the right men . . . but trusted 
the wrong ones. 

I BELIEVED 
IN YOU 

ROSEMARY AMES 
JOHN BOLES • VICTOR JORY 

Directed by 
Irving Cununings 



^1 t*--^ 



Tuesday^ February 13, 1934 



PICT 



E S 



VARIETY 



2S 



ASC ROTATION 
PLAN STARTED 



Hollywood-, Feb. 12. 

Greater spread of >^'ork for studio 
cameramen will , be acopmpllshed 
through ..rotating plan of work for 
members' of the American. Society 
,6f Clnematographers Is claimed by 
Allea Watt, business hianagor of 
thei ASe. 

With major studios co-bperating 
on the ASC plah to Bprea,d jobs for 
the cameranien', brgaiiizatibn will 
have fires, of available men in eacJ> 
classiflcatipn. Studios will put calls 
tor men through ASC ofUqes, with 
thosfi heading each list getting first 
calls. When , a . man fliiishes an as- 
ignmcnt, aiid is availdble, he 
ports that fact to. the ASd officeis, 
and his name is placed- at the botr. 
torn of the availalii.Jity. list, and iau- 
tomatically w6rkf< iti) to top t)osi- 
tion. . 

AVatt stated that bccaupc. of the 
peciiliar necessity bC pan yiiig cia.m- 
erameh thrqiigh a pirture'.. and 
heavy cost to prOducery, if vvs 
.wer^ replaced after .speciH.c number 
.of hpuvs . weekiyi ..the rQtktins plan; 
^ith the ■ ASC. - guaranteeinjir tlio 
competence each inembei-,, wili. 
prpad jobs among the craft. 

lie fuiiher declai'ed that the sy 
teni, after ..gathering mpmentuii... 
v\'ill result in decrea-se of uhemploy-. 
meni by .80%. It wa;s pointed out 
"tliat, de.splte a member' 
Ing oii the avaiip-bility list at: ASC 
officea, he was not prevented from 
rustling a job for himself among 
the ptivdios. 



Frozen Curtain Causes 
Refunds at RKO House 

The RKO Hamilton, in the Wash- 
ington Heights section of New 
York, picture grind, was forced to 
refund to .a crowded house Friday 
night (9) when the asbestos curtain 
fell and could hot be budged. 

The" audience waited for: almost 
an hour for repairs to be made, and 
then walked when the manager an- 
nounced that all moneys \Vpuld be 
returned. He told, the aud.Iehce 
that the curtain, operated by water, 
froze when the thermometer stavtr 
ed iloppin around below: zero. 



COL. CINEMAS 
ALMOST 50G 



B&K Renews McVickers 
Tenure 3 More Months 



hlcago, Feb. J2. 
Baiahan A Katz has. renewed on 
the Mcyicli fpr three 

more months. 

: Additional rental period in order 
tp give B&K sufficient time to con- 
sider what it intends to do about 
the loop situation, Whether B&K 
holds .the McVickers beyond the 
three months- depends in the main 
■ ph :what it . will ; , dp . With the, Ori- 
entixl.. If til . Qrient'al goes, bfl.ck.io 
iitage" shows ' iEJ«feK w.ill positiyely 
keep the McVickers for an outlet bri 
the run pictures, which: go to 
ihe big R.Tnclolph 



De Leon's 'Grease Paint' 

, . Hollywood, Feb. 12. 
.De T.eon has been assigned 
id H. M. Walker on Paramount's 
;. Paint' for W. C. Fields. 




m TJi 



AT.EXIS 



HARRISON and HSHER 

Now at the CAPITQlJ, NEW TpBTK, 
for a third return encasement abd 
held over for fourth week (Feb. 16) 

Appearing in 20th Century's 
"Moulin , Rouge" at'the Rivoli, 
New .York 




BEN BLUE 

WABNKB BBOS. COUBDlES 
Dir. JOB RIVKIN 
LBO H0RBI80N. Aseaey 



LQVIPENCE 

from page 11) 

with tlie rest of the stand because 
of the siib-55ero weather. 

Loew's State (3.700; 15-25-40)— 
Moulin Bouge' CUA) and vaude. 
Stage show not so hot.; if there's 
anything doing at . this stand this 
week it will bo because, of the pic- 
ture; Openinpr way under what was 
figured on; caravan stunt flopped 
with weather against, and only one 
paper In town ope.ned up on pub 
-Mcity. But tiiere should be some- 
thing doing later, and if so, gross 
will hold up fairly well close to 
$12,000. Last week 'You Can't Buy 
Everything' (MG) tOok it nice and 
pretty on the chin for $7,000. 

Majestic . (Fay) (2,200: 15-25-40) 
— 'Carolina' (Fox). First isingle 
feature program In couple of 
months; nice shorts to build pro 
gram up, but even at that circum 
stances not favorable; ?5.000 at the 
most; 4o-so..: Last week 'Hi, Nel 
lie' (WB) and 'CJharming Doceiver* 
(MaJ), another headache at $4,300. 

Paramount (Indie) (2,200; 15-25 
40) 'Four. Frightened People' 
(Par) and 'Cross Streets' (Chest). 
Bill not so good, and cpnsequehtly 
nothing much is expected here.- 
Gross can't possibly go aiiy higher 
than .14,500, tepid. Last , week ^AU 
Pf Me' (Par) and -Murder on the 
Campus* (Chest) got a little head 
start on the weather and the other 
houses so $5,300 looked big the way 
things were here last week. 
- RKO -Albee T^.2iror^15^5-40)— 
'Long Lost Father' (RKO) and 
'Once to Every Woman' (Col), 
(jrlcks gave the latter picture the 
breaks, praised. . it .w'h.ere they 
panned Barrymore; off to a poor 
start, too. Doesn't <l6ok as though 
it Will ■ reach '$'4,500 at the" most 
Last week 'Man of "fwo . Worlds' 
(RKO) a,nd 'Meanest Ga:i in Tftwn 
(U) was also very bad at $4,000, 

RKO Victory (1,600; 10-15-25)— 
'Liioky Texan' (Mono) and 'Sensa 
tion Hunters' (Chest). Looks like 
$1,050 will be the top for split week 
Last week 'Mazie' and 'Fog' (Col) 
bad at $800 for split week, too. 



MEOGEK SUES MASCOT 

Lois Angeles, Feb. 12, 
Alleging that Ma:scpt Pictures 
Corp. has failed to pay him a bal- 
ance of^ $900 due since May of last 
year, oh a directorial as.signtnent, 
D. Rpsaf Lederman. filed suit In 
municipal court, chargihg breach of 
contract. 

Lederman's complaint charges 
that Mascot engaged hlni to direct 
and help supervise a feature pro 
duction fcir a. seven- week period fov 
Which he was to receive $1,500. He 
contends he has recei ved , only $600 
on aiciiount. 




Columbus, Feb. 
his ol is being oifered. so 

much" in the way theati'c 
entertainment this week that a new 
all-round, high for the past . fev\". 
weeks, combining all grosses, is 
highly probable. Cold spell eased 
up Saturday and found 'em packing 
throe major hovises, ith othoj-s 
also doing nicely. 

Cab Calloway on the Ohio stage 
is tlie week's sensation and under 
Avay so strong.. that , anything.. may 
happen.. Late train Frida.y .made 
the. band miss first show and appear 
in street clothes for second, but 
that even helped thei show. Bill of 
this type in this toM'n more tlaan a 
natural. 

Palace alao^ stage showing this 
week with -Artists and Models' unit 
getting better thain nice, play and 
rave» from the papers On way to 
mighty nic^ biz. iBroad: playing an-: 
other hfitural in 'Gafollna,) ailso 
should' get above notbdal. . 
-.• Plenty stage showiei; booked. in here 
now, with the public gobbling 'era. 
up. i-oew's will hdve one every 
week, alternating -bietween . presen- 
tations iat the Ohio and the Broad. 
Broad due again next week, with 
the Beverly West show. 

Estimates for This Week 
Palace .(R:kO), (3,074; .35-60)— 
•Man's Castle' (Col), and 'Artists 
and Models' bn Stage; Should work 
into Very smart $i4,6d0. Last week, 
•Hips, Hips," Hobray' (RKO)i good 
ehoii h at $7,400 (40c. top). 

Ohio (Loew-UA) (3,000; 35-60)-^ 
•Fire Chief (MG), and Cab Callo- 
way unit on. stage, :Should do . best 
biz since the golden days, with $17,- 
500 or better seemingly in the bag; 
Liast week, 'Moulin. Rouge' (UA)-, 
very nice Indeed at $8,600 (-lOc. top). 

Broad (Loew-UA) (2,500; 25-40) 
— 'Cai'olina' (Fox).. Off very nicely 
despite heavy conipetish. Lobks like 
mighty strong (for film: alone), $10 
OOOr however. Last week, 'You 
Can't Buy Everything' (MG), and 
'Century of Progress Rievue,' Ihclud 
Ing the 'Believe It or Not Oddities,' 
oh stage, held to only fairish $10, 
600 by weather. 

Grand (Neth) (1,100; 25-40)— 
'Mandalay'- (FN). Good enough to 
assure good $4,000 or little better, 
Last weeic, •Massacre' (FN) proved 
tliat and surprised everyone to gar- 
ner mighty heavy $5,600. 

Majestic (RKO) (l,i00; 20-35)— 
•Forgotten Men' (Indie). Hardly 
type to stand up and not more than 
mediocre $2,000 in sight. L-ast week. 
•Shadows of Sing Sing' (RKO). av- 
erage $2,600. 

Biography Cycle 



(Continued from page -3) 

probably . be released under the ti- 
tle of 'Elizabeth and Mary,' based 
on the , play ' of that name whioh it 
ha.s acquired. The Warnei- Eliza- 
beth story IB based on a play, pro- 
duced around the charnftOr in 
England. 

Both the stage and the literary 
market are contributing influences 
for biographicals in celluloid. For 
about 10 y.ea.rs now biogs have been 
big sellers as novels. Tlie stage 
last season had a big hit iji 'Eliza- 
beth and Essex,' while ono of the 
outstanding money^^grabbers thi.-* 
year is 'Mary, Queen of Scotland. " 

A bipgraphical picture that may 
be done :?Vlll be of the life of Isn- 
dora .Duncan, It's often been talketi 
Of but no one has definitely decided 
to go ahead,- the publishers .of .tino 
book still waiting for a buyf>r of (iir- 
film rights. 



Only One Single-Feature 
House Leift in Ottawa 

Ottawa, Feb,' 12. 
There'^ only one theatre in Ottawa 
now with a single film .attraction, 
this being the Capitol. One by one 
they've goni" double feature, and 
the latest to turn . to . the dual lilm 
bill is the Oonlre., a rival downto\yn 
house. 

Fpr the intrdduction o£ the pulio.;,, 
manager .Don tapleton prosontcd 
'Convention City' (WB) Tio- 
rore Midnik.il t' (Col). 



SALLY RAND UPS 
DEP. ORPH, 19G 



FOX, ST. L., DUALS, 16G, 
DOUBLES LAST WEEK 



St. Louis, I<\>b. 12. 
Cold weather nipped {Ittendahoe 
the early part of the week biit n^pst 
Pf the houses are coming out. of thei 
slump O.K., although' grosse.'< prob- 
ably will not be what they might 
or . should have been. 

LO0w's State was the chief 
sufferer . from the frigid tempera- 
tui'e which considerably hampered 
Garbo'c opening. Things .began to 
look better tlie next day, however,, 
and the prospects are for a rather 
big W'eek. The Fox will have its 
best week • since eliminating stage 
shows , fn favoi' : of - the. two picture 
policy, the trick being perforriied 
by :Liohe.l Bairrymore and Janet 
Gaynor. 

The other three houses are ma;in- 
tainlng an even- stride with nothr 
iiig particulairly to brag about in 
the way of business at any of them.; 
Estimates for Thi Week 

Ambassador (Skouras) (3,000: 
25-35-55)— ^'All of Me' (Par; -aiul 
stage show. Fair for $14,000, La.'^t 
week ^By Candlelight' (IT) and Jack 
Halcy on stage, $17,000.: okay. 

Fox (F&M) (5,000; 25-40)— 'Caro- 
lina' (Fox) and 'King of Wild 
Horses' (Fox).. .Big for $10,000. 
Last week 'Hold That Girl' (Fox) 
and 'Last Roundup' (Par), blah. 
$8,000. 

. Loew's State (Loe.w) (3.000; 25^- 
35-55) — 'Queen. Christina' (MCJ). 
Garbo potent b.o., $15,000, big. J..ast 
week 'This Sldie of Heaven' (MG). 
$11,000. 

Missouri (Sk ras) (3,500: 25-40) 
— 'Four Frightened People' (Par) 
and 'Gopdbye Love' (RKO). F.air 
prospects, $8,000. Last week 'Cro.ss 
Country Cruise* (Col) and 'Big 
Shakedown' (WB) ditto. 

St. Louis (F&M:) (4,000; 25-35- 
55)-^'Song Yoii Gave Me' (Col) and 
'Ninth Guest' and stage show. J'''air, 
$12,000.. Last week 'Two Alone' 
(RKO), $15,000, 



Feb, 12, 

t)uly blizzard of winter hit here 
Saiurday, keeping grosSf^s down at 
all houses in loAvn except Orpheum. 
yally Rand was there, and since no 
second , i-iih of her in Denver evei*y- 
one tried to get into Orpheum to 
see her. 

She missed first two shows when 
piano forced down in I'tah. Five 
shows Sittui'day and Sunday gave 
the Orph a new house record tor 
those days. ' It was a job both days 
to get folks seated by last perform- 
.anco. Very fe-\V went to see film, 
but all stayed. Four shows daily, 
instead of three should make gi-ops. 
higher than: anything since Harry 
HufPrnan took house. Other houses, 
running fair and close to normal 
except Parampunt, which will be 
above average,: 

Estimates for This Week 

Aladdin (Huffhian) (t.500; 25-40) 
—'After Tonight* (RKO). Not do- 
ing so Avell. but okay at $n.200. Last 
week 'Let's Fall in Love; (Col) lln- c 
Ished with ah aver. week of 
$3,500. -: 

Den.ham ,(HeVH)orn) (-1,'.. .; 25-30- 
40)' .'Four, l^righteiiod. People'- 
(Par). On- .straight ;pix policy, hot 
,so bad at $5,000, Last weok •Searcli, 
for Beauty* (Par), with, last week 
of stage show, did $7,50o. 

Denver (Huffman) (2.5 
5b):— •Fashions of l934' (F . Musi- 
cal looks to about $7,000. ol^ay. Last, 
week •Gallant . Lady' ( l.'A) went 
above average "vvith $8.000.. 

Orpheum (Huffman) (2,600; 25- 
35-50)— lli, Nellie' ( WK) and. stagt- 
.shbw' with Al Lyons and Sallv 
Rand, (h)ing great guns and maybe 
$19,000, big. Last week 'Carolina" 
(]<'0'x) took in $16,500. proviiig that 
Janet Gaynor's hold is us strong as 
ever. 

Paramount (Iluffmiiin (2.000.-; 2.'i- 
40)— 'Women in His Life? (MG) and 
'From .Headtiuarters' . (WB), split. 
Fairly good - $3,000, indicated. La.st 
week 'Ace of Ace.s' (RKO) and 'Fu- 
gitive Lover.' (MG); split./ clo.sed 
with $4,000, considerably above av- 
evago. 'Ace of Aces' was worth a 
daiy or so more time. ,but on split 
week contracts each film must get- 
either a ►Saturday or Sunday, so the 
firm was pulled after Saturday. 



Mex Sport Shorts 

Hollywood, Feb. 12. 

Metrp has sent Carlos Novarro 
and AntoniP Samaniegos to Mexico 
City, to make scenes for a Pete 
Smith sport short of the Mexico City 
squad of motorcycle police. 

The two, who have been on tlie 
Metro payrpil for some time, were 
with, the company's unit that went 
-into— ^Mexico- three months -ago • to 
nvake special soene.s for •Viva Villa.' 




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Holly wood, Fe!>. 1 -': , 
rnivei'sai. .i;^ Shelving production i 
of 'Elizabeth and Mary* at t1)is.| 
time, company not agreeing to ■ 
script changes asked fpr hy Mr. r 
Leslie Carter, slated for one of Hic 
title spots. 

Margaret Siillavan, also sot Tor 
the picture, goes into 'Little Man, 
What Now'?' which Friink Borzagc 
direct.s, and it is understood l..b\v- 
.f*IJ .^lierman is negotiating, with 
.M>Mro to dirfct one picture. 



ZASU'S IIABRIAGE 

; Hollywood, r<V-).. 
• TiHi^i-^ Pitts imiarried l-l 
U'oOdail, tennis player, Oct. at 
Minden, N'ev. This Is the sefoiifi 
marriage for Pitts, formerly thf. \v\ f<- 
of Tom Gallery, .. coast nt;lit pro- 
iiioLer. 

'J'ln; cuup.le are now t^n ruinr; 
.Vf'W York honeymoon. 



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Tuesday, February 13, 1934 



p a C T U K E s 



VARIETY 27 




OF CURRENT 




Harold Auten J^^^Uo b' 



way. 



Y. e 



M«lo (German). Sensitive study of pgychblogical dlfilculties. Elisabeth Berg- 
ner. Dir, Paul Czihner. 93 mlns. Rel. Feb. 1.^ Jtev, S'eb, .6. 
Irages de Pari* (^rfencli),' Adventures of a girl who, wants to be a star in 
Paris. Jacquelin Francell. Roger Theville. Plr., Fedbr Ozif i>. 92 mins'. 
Rel Dec, 23. " , Rev. Jan. 9, 

Poll de Carotte (Red Head) (French). - A story of adolescence, kobert Liynen 
• Dir. Jiillen Duvlvler. 96 mins. Rel. Sept. 1. Rev. Dec. 2Q and May 30, 

•av^ade . Gold. Commander Dyotfis thrilling adventures mith savage ouhtera 
Coatm, Dyott. -Dir. Commander George Dyott. 67. ihlns: Kev /yug » 



Chesterfield 



1S40 Broadway. : 

_ New Vork. N. V 

Dance; Gli-i, Dahiee, Uusicai drama Alan Diiteharu Bvalyn'Kiiapp, Ada May 
Dir. Frank Strayer, 69 mlnew Rel, Sept. I. Rev Oct. 31. 

In the Money. A prize tighter and his affairs with women. U>ts Wlleon. 
' Skeets Gallagher, Warren Hymer. D|r. Frank Strayer. ,66 -mins, I^el. 

Nov. 7. Rev. Jan. 9. 
Man of Sehtiment. How ah old man hbide a tamily together. Marlah Marsh; 

Owen -Moore,: Wm, ^akewell, Christifrn Rub. Dir Rtch; Thorpe. 6T ntlha 

Rel Sept, 16. Rev. Npv, 14, ~ 
Murder on. this Campus. ' Mystery with a eoHege background. Shirley .Grey. 

Charles ,Starrett and J. FaVrel McDoaald. 
Rainbow Ov^r Broadway, uslcal tornance. Grace . tiu.tlen 

" lilttleneM.. Dir. Riclitfrd Thorpe. 72 mihs. 27 



1600 Broadway. 
New York. N. v; 



First Pivision 

Releasies Also Allied. .. and Monograin 

Avenger, The. A district attorney' seeks re Venge oh the gang which 'framed' 
hi to. twenty years in prison. Ralpt Forbes^ Adrlenne Ames. Claude 
Glllingwater. Dir. Edward Marin. 78 mins: Rti. Sept. 15. 

roken Dreams. A father's . devotion to . his. young son. Randolph Scott, 
Mal tha SAeepor, Beryl- Mefrder. Buster- Phelps. Dir. Robert Vlehola ' 65 
•mirts^-. rt;ei.;p^ec.-iv ' .. ' " ■ , ' 

dy -'Appo'ihtmept Only, A f)Hysr6lari couldn't .make^iip his mind 'Aihich- bt two 
• women* he ioY^d .the most. LeW Cody, Sa\iy O'Neill, Marceline Day. 
Dir. Frank Strayer.. 6C mins, "Rel. Nov. 1,,. 

Dance., Girl, bahce. Musical of 
becomes, a night' Oiib >tar. 
Eddie Nugent, Ada May, 
Rel. Nov. 15. 

Devil's r.'ate. 

murdered. 

•■"Rell Setitv ^ 

Eat .'Em iAIIve. Cliingle super thriller. 



small-time vaudevilllan 
lorla Shea, Alan Dlnehart, 
Frank Strayer; 69 mins. 

verge ol. execution, is mysteriouisly 
Foster. . Dir. Phil Rosen. ' 66 mj^ns. 

Rel. 



itlye, .The Secret service agents' on the trail of a. half-million dollar mall 
robbery.' Rex Bell. Cecilia Packer. Dir. Harry Fraser 68, mihs. Rel. 
Sept 15. ; . 

French iprodgction of a de Maupassant story.. Dubbed in lish. A 
— grillage pariagpn lip lost his virtue. 5p, minis. Rel; Dec. Rev., 



Jan. 9. 

He Couldh't Take it. Inside story of a piocess server who makes good with 
his .summonses ahcV -gets his^man. Ray Walker, Vlr inia CherriU, George 
E. Stone. Dir.. Witi. N.l h. 64 mins. . Rel, Jan. 1. 

I Have Lived.. A .Broadway stage, star Is faced with blackmailera on the eve' 
of marriage to wealth and love. Anita Page, Allen Vincent. Alan Dlne- 
hart. .Dir. R, Thorpe. ' 69 mihp. Rel. Oct 1; 

In the Money. A goofy family, suddenly bt-oke, pin their hopes on a Shake- 
spearean-minded prize fighting chanip. Skeets Gallagher. Lois 'Wilson. 
Warren Hymer, Sally Starr. Dir. Frank Strayer. 67 mins. Rel. Jan. 15. 

Man of Sentiment. Playboy son marries a poor girl against his wealthy 
family's wishes. Mariaii Marsh. William Bakewell. Owen .Moore. Dir. 
Rlci.ard Thpi pe 68 hiinis, Rel. Nov, 1. 

Notorious 8ut Nice. Driven from the . man she loves, a girr.nnds sotace In a 
loveless marriage with the king of the underworld.. Marian Marsh, 
Betty Compson, Donald 'DllIaway..Rochell» Hudson^ Dir. Richard Thorpe. 
7* mihs Rel. Oct. IB. 

One Year Later, A young couple start their honeymoon oi) a train, and the 
following year flhds them on the train under different' circumstances. 
Mary Brian, -Donald Dillaway, Russell Hopton, Will and Gladys Aher'n, 
Jackie SearK Dir. E. >fasoh . Hopper, efr mlnti, Rel. Aug. 26. Rev. 
. Nov. 21.- 

Phantom Brc^-dcast. A radio crooner attain: phoney fame When tttB actiom- 
panist secretly ' does his alnging .for . him. Ralph Forbes .Vlvlenhie Oa- 
boriie. Pauline Garbn . Dir. Phil Rpsen. 71 mins. Rel. Aug. 1. 

Rainbow Over roiadVvdy. Musical romance or ah ex:-musical comedy' star of 
twenty years befoi^e who makes, a sensational, overnight comeback In 
a Broadway night club. Joan Marsh, Grace -Hayes, Frank AlbertsoU, 
Lucfen Liittlefleld. ir. Richard Thorpe, 72 mihs. Rel. Jan. 15. 

Seneatloh Hunters, A college girl finds herself 'stranded In I^anama. Arline 
Judge. Marion Burns; Preston Foster. Dij:,.Charle8 VIdor. Rel. Sept 15. 

ixteen Fathoms Deep. Sponge diver thriller. Sally O'Neill, Crelghton Chia- 
ney. Dir. Armand Schaefer. 60, rhins. Rel. Nov. 17. 

Skyways. Adventures of a hot-t«mper'ed aviation pilot who gets into one 
-scrapes ttet- another.-— R4y-^alker,.-.KathiTrh . Crawiord. Lucien -Llttle- 
fleld. Dir. Lew Collins, 72 mins. Rel. iBept IB. 

Sweetheart of Sigma Chi.- College musical comedy romance. Based on the 
famous campus fraternity song. . Buster Crabbe. Mary Carlisle,' Sally 
Starr, Flbrence Lake, Ted Flo Rltb and band. Dir. Edwin L. Marin.. 73 
mins. Rpl Dec. 15. 



Throne of the Gcids. 



27. 



First National "^^Si ^S^ly 



Burbank; 

Calif. 

Bedside. Comedy-drama of a women's doctor. Warren William, Jean Muir, 
Alleri Jenkins. Dir. Robert Florey; 65 minS. Rel. Jan, 27. 

Ig Shakedown, The. Dramatic expose of the cut-rate drug racket. Bette 
Davis. Charles Farrfll, Ricardo Cortez. Dir. John Francis DiHoii.. 64 
mins. Kcl. Jan. 6. 

Bureau of Missing Persons. Comedy-drama based on the activities of tbla 

little known department. Bette Davis, Lewis Stone, Pat O'Brien, Allen 

Jtnklns. Hugh Herbert. Dir. Roy del- Ruth. 74. mins. Rel. Sept 16 

Rf'y;^_^Pt.^l8. ^ ^ ■ ■ . _ 

Convention city. The lillarious loWdown^n big business conventions. Adolphe 

Menjou. Dick Powell,- Mary Astor, Guy Kibbee. Dir. Archie Mayo. 69 

mu)s Kel. Dec. 30. Rev. Dec. 27. 
fashions of 1934. Story of n style stealer set against a lavish background. 

Wm. Powell, Bette DaviiS, A'erree Tieasdale, Dir. Wm. Dieterle. 80 mins: 

Rol. Ffl): 17. Revv Jan. 23, ' 
Female. A drama of a woman who does her own hunting. Ruth Chatter- 
ton, Georj^e -Brent, Ruth Donnelly. Laura Hope Crews. Dir. Michael 

Curtiz. .62 mins. Rel. Nov.. 11. Rev.. Nov, 7. 
oodbye Agai . From the play;. Comedy of a famous, author who meets up 

with ah old flame who is married. Warren Williams. Joan Blondell, 

■Genevieve Tobih. Hugh Herbert Dir. Michael CurtlB. . 66 mins. Rel 

.Sept 9 Rev. Sept. 5. 
Havana Widows. Two girls In Havana searching tor suckers. Joan Blondell, 

Glenda Farrell. Gu.v Kibbee, RUth Donnelly. Frank McHugh and Allen 

Jenkins. Dir. Ray Enright.^ 64 mihs; Rel. Nov. 18. Rev. Nov. 28. 
I Loved a Woman. Based on novel by David.. Karsner. Story of the affairs 

of an Industria,! leader and an operatic star, Edward G. Robinson; 

Kay Francis. Genevieve Tobln. Dir. Alfred E, Green. 90 mins. Rel. 

Sept.. 23. Rev. Sept. 26. 
I've Got Your Number. Rowdy, rollicking story of the telephone troilblc hunter 

who finds it Joan Blondell, Pat O'Brien. Ir, Kay Bnrlght 67 mins, 

Rel, - — Rev. Feb, 6, 
Massacre. Drama of the modern Indian and his conflicts with, the white rneti 

Richard Barlhelmess, Ann Dvorak. Dir. Allen Crosland. 70 mins. R6l. 

Jan. 13. Rev. Jan. 23. 
Son of a Sailor. Comedy of a sailor Who gets Into a funny situation because 

of his habit of telling romantic stories about himself. Joe E. Brown. 

Jean Muir; Prank McHugh, Johnny Mack Brown and Thelma. Todd. 
-=^T^^^rF=^Yo-ya-Ba(S6Br^t0-ni 

Vyild Boys of the Head, Drania of the 'orphans of the deP«'««;on- ...^/an^* 
Darro^ Doi*othy Coonan, Rochelle Hudson. Ann HoVey. Dir. W illiam A. 
Wellman. 66 mins. Rel. Sept, 30. Rev. Sepf- 26. 
• World Changes, The. An -epic drama of a family through four generations. 
Paul Muni. AUne MacMahon. Mary Astor. Donald Cook. Margaret Lind- 
say, Jean Muir. Patricia Ellis. Dir, eryyn LeRoy. 95 mins. Bel 
Nov. 25. Rev. Oct. 31. 

Studio: Fqx Hills, Fo» ^'*''Ki^"i. ^l**" *?*-v 

Hollywood. Cal. New York. N V, 

A« Husbands Go. 'When Ladie.s Meet! vf.lHh the sexes reversed. -^Warner Bax- 
ter H«-len Vinson-, Wariier Olahd.- in Hamilton McFadden. 65 mtn.«. 
iVel. bet. :;9. Rev. Jan.. " 



These tabulations are cdmpiled 
frorh' information supplied by the 
various pfoduption companies and 
checked up as soon as possible after 
release^ Listing is given when re- 
lease dates are definitely set. Titles 
are retaihed .^br six. months, Man< 
agera who receive service aubae- 
quent to «that pariod should, pre^ 
serve e<tpy of . ihe ^.calendar for 
reference. 

The. running time as given, here 
Is. presiirn'ably that of the prsajaetibh 
room ahowihjBs and can only appro)c> 
imate the actual release length in 
those states or communities, where 
lobal or state censorship may result 
in dbjetiona. Running, time in. the 
reviews aa given In 'Variety*. «arry 
the actual Hfnti clocked in the the- 
atre after passage by- the New Yprk 
state cenaorshipV ince pictures are 
reivievved only in actual thbitre 
showing^. 

Whiie.every.eiffprt is made to hold 
this list: accurate, the information 
supplied may not always be correct, 
even though official. To obtaiin the 
fullest degree of exacting 'Variety' 
will appreciate' the . -opdr.a.ti of 
:air managers who may note discrep* 
anci ' '■■ 



BATTLE OF CROCKERY 
GIVEAWAYS IN ROCH. 



, Pet(. 12. 
iv.eaways. started war 

among Rochester neighborhood the- 
atres. Fenyvessy Brothers, who op- 
erate four houses, called a meeting 
of exhibitors in an effort to elim-, 

inate' the. giveaway tiling, but they 
didn't get to first base with the 
other managers. 

Then the Feiiyyessys bought 
space iii the dailies- to bally-hoo the 
biggest thing, in giveaways the city 
hias, seeii. Other exhibitors who 
had^ avoided the idea were, forced 
to join until it is practically lini- 
v6rsal/ Business in the nabes has 
beeii better comparatively than 
downtoTiVn,. but some of the profits 
are now going: into cifpckery. 



WB's Dayis, PSttsImrgli, 
Jporibed to Play Twin Fix 



Pittsburgh, Feb. 12. 
Instead of closing the downtown 
DaviSi as originally Intended, "War- 
nera. will reopen the house- Friday 
(16) under a double-feature, first- 
run policy at SSc top. This marks 
-WB's-^frrgt-resumptldn^bf^twin-'bll^ 
in eight months, or since the agree- 
ment was madie in this territory to 
! eliminate thein. 

Warners* stand is that agreement 
hais been repeatedly violated by 
indie exhibitors and that they have 
been forced back to them for self - 
protection. Flock of Indies h^*^'*^ 
been operating under double fea- 
tures for some time, with distrib- 
utors in several cases supplying 

-them without any reluctance^ Only 
MGM and Warners refuse to have 
their product double billed in this 

-territory. - 

Duals, at Davis will be day-and- 
dated with Reg6nt in East Liberty. 
Both . hpuseis' operated under a siml^ 
lar policy a year ago and quite, suc- 
cessfully, too, until that exhibitors' 
agreeniertt. 



Skburas Group Leads 

Los Angeles, Feb.. 12. , 
Fourth week of the FoxrWest . 
Coast employees opportunity drive 
had Charles Skouras' special divi- 
sion in top place, with Will Steege 
of the Montana operating district 
a close second. 

George Bowser's Beach and San 
Diego districts were in third place; 
Dick Spier's, San Francisco divi- 
sion, ifourth; Dick Dickson, Al Han- 
son and Nick Turner, following in 
that order. 



Berkeley Square. From the stage play of the same -title. Turn back the 
years type of play. Leslie Howard. Heather Angel. Dir. Frank Lloyd, 
— ^ 87 mins. (roadshow time), Rel. Nov. 3. Rev. Sept. 19. 
Carolina. From Paul Green's stage play of last, season. Janet Gaynor, Lionel 
' Barrymore, Robt. .young, Henrietta Crosman. Dir. Henry King. 82 
mins. Rel. Feb. 2. 

Charlie. Cnan's redtest Case. Another adventure of the Chinese sleuth. 
Warner Oland, Heather Ah'e'ei.' Dir; Hamilton MacFadden. Rel. Sept. 15. 
Rev. Oct 10. 

Coming but Party. Origliial. done by the :Lasfcy ijnlt. Framcies Dee, 

Raymond, Alison Skipworth. Dir. John BIysfone. Rel. Mar. 2, 
Devil Tliier. Wild animal yarn made In Asia.. Marlon Biu'nsi Kane Rich- 
mond, Hairry Woods and natives; Dir, Clyde E,~ Elliott 60 mlns; Reh 
Feb, 16, 

Doctor Bull. -FroU thie hovel, .^he Last Adam.- Will Rogers. Louise .Dresser; 

Dir.. John Ford, 76 niihs. Rel. Sept. 22, Rev. Oct. 10. 
Frontier Marshal, The. Fiimillar theme ;0f the unknown cleaner-up. 

Wayne. Dir. Lew. Seller, 66 mins^ Rel. Jan. 19. Rev. Feb. 6. 
Qdod Companion*, The. tBrlttsh made.ji' From the Priestly tiovel ot an JCng- 
llsh concert troupe, Jessie Matthews. Dir, Victor 5avmfc R«. .Sfept«. 
Rev; Oct 17. 

Heir to the Hoorah. From an old stage hit by the late Paul Armstrong.^ 
George O'Brien, Mary Brian. Dir. Geo.. Marshall. 72 mins. Rel. Feb, ?- 
Hold. That Girt Original story. James Dunn, Claire ^Trevor, Hamilton 

MacFadden. 65 mins. Rel, Feb. 16. ' 
Hoopla.- Talker version ot The Barker,' stage play made as .a silent. Clara 
Bow, Preston Foster, Rich'. Cromwell. Dir. Frank Lloyd. 85 mlns. 
Rel. Nov. 30. ReV: Dec. 6, 
I Am Suzanne. Novelty story with puppet sequences. 
Raymond; PlccoH Marionette?, Tale Puppeteers, 
mlns. Rel. peC.,22. Rev. Jan. 23, 
I Believed In -Yom. Original story; Rose'marj- 

Dir. Irving Cummlng.s. Rel. Feb. . 23. 
I Was a Spy. <Britlsh) Based on the story by Martlie MacKorina.. Herbert 
Marsl-all, Madaleine Carroll, Conrad Veldt. . Dir.. VJctor SavlUe. 83 Wins. 
.-.Rel.: .p.6C. • 15.\: :Rev.-;. Jam ■■1 ^ 
Jimmy, and Sallys Jamefe Diihn.;' . .TinJlhg.. 

Rev. Dec. 19 ' , 



Lpmtiard Dad Better 

Port Way nci Feb, 12. 
.Fred ..Petei;^,. fatli,er oit Carole 
Iip'mba:r , has returned to his home 
here following a long period li^ An- 
gola ho.<»pItal recuperating from 
.severe leg -injury sustained last 
summer at northern lake. 

Expects to return for more treatr' 
mont next 'month. 



tast Trail. 'The. Zane' Gray stPry. 
Dir. James Timing. 60 mins. 



Geo.: O'Brien, El rendel. CI Ire Trevor- 
Rel. Aug. 25. ReV. Jj^ii. 23. 
Mad Game. The. Spencer Tracy, Claire Trevor. Dir. Irving eummings. 

mins. Rel. Oct 27:. Rev. Nov, 14. 
Mr. Skltch. From th6 story 'Greeh 'Dice.' Will Rogers, 
Hudson, Harry Green. Eugene Pallette. Ir. Jas. 
Rev. Dec. 27. 

My~tJpi BWay. "Llltffif HSrV€yi3":secoTnl 0;-^ releaser-but -the tlrst- 

Frpm the play, bv John Baldersoh. Lilian Harvey, John Boles. Ml 

de>. Dir; Jbhfi Blystone, 70 .miris. Rel. Nov, 10, Rev- Nov. 7. 
My Weakness. Musical. Lilian Harvey. Lew Ayres. Dir. David Butler. 

mins, Rel. Sept. 29. Rev. Sept 26^ 
Olsen's Night Out. ' El Brendel's first feature. Barbara Weeks, Waller Cat- 

left Dir. MaK St. Clair. 70 mins. Rel. Nov, 17. Rev. Jan. 9. 
Paddy the Next Best Thing. From the stage play. Janet Gaynor, Warner 

Baxter. Dir. Harry Laohmah. 85 mins. Rel. Sept 8. Rey. . Aug. 22. 
Pilgrimage^ Mother ibve from a new single. From the L A. R. Wiley story. 

Henrietta Grossman. Heather Angel, Norman Poater, Marian Nixon. 

Dir. John Ford. 95 mlns, Rel. Aug. 18. Rev. July 18. 
Power and the Glory, The. Jesse Lasky's 'narratage' stPry.^A man's career 

In flashbacks. Spencer Tracy. Colleen Moore.- Dir. Wm. ..K.. Howard.. 

87 mlns. Rel. Oct. 6. 
Shanehal Madness. Magazine story by J?. H. Brennan. iRIver pirates on a 

Chinese stream. Spencer Tracy, Fay Wray, Dlr.J John Blystone. ^M 

mins. Rel. Aug. 4. Rev. Sept 26. 
Sleepers East. From the novel by Fredk, Nebel. ^ynnei Gibson, Preston 

Foster. Dir. Kenneth MacKenna. 69 mins. Rel, Jan. 26. 
Smoky. From the hovel by Will James. Victor Jory. Irene Bentley,. 

Ford. .Dir.' Eugene Porde. 66. mlhs. Rel. Dec. 8, Rev. J[an, 9. 
Wails of Gold. From Kathleen Norrls' hovel. Sally Bilers. Norman Foster. 

Dir. Kenneth MacKenna. Rel. .Oct 13 
Worft Woman in Paris,. The. Lasky production for . Fox. Title is erplana- 

tory. Benlta Hume; Adolphe Menjou, Helen Chandler. Dir. Monta 'BeM. 

75 mins. Rel. Oct. 20. Rev. Nov. 28, 

Freuler Associates °"'",i.5;'V?ri?'W-V, 

Kiss of Araby, Original. Sahara story of rBltish army and Riff, with Jove 
interest. Maria Alba, Walter Byron, Claire Windsor. Dir. Phil Rosen, 
Rel. April 21. 

Love Past Thirty. A woman's struggle against the lure of youth for the.man 
she loved! . Aileen Prlngle. Theodor von Eltz, Gertrude Messinger, Phyl- 
lis Barry. Dir. Vin Moore. 73 . mlns. Rel. .Jan. 27. 

Marriage on Approval. Novel. The conflict between the old generation and 
the new in the realm of love and matrimony. Barbara Kent. Donald 
Dillaway. Dir. Howard Higgin. Rel. Nov. 20. 

War of the Ranoe. Tom Tyler Western. Dir. J- P. McGowan. 
Sept. 22, Rev, Dec. 12. 

When a Man Rides Alone. - (Mona;rch.) Tom Tyler.doesa.modern .Ro.bin Hopd 
— with' ar gold mine;- -Dir. :J—p. McGowan.— 56 mlns.— Rev, 060,-27.— 



Gaumont-Britisho*""' %; 



York. 
(BRITISH MADE) 

Channel Crossing. Drama. Matheson Lang, Constance Cummings. Dir. 

too Rossmer. 68 mlns. Rev. Oct. SI. 
fi'alilng for Vou. Comedy di-ama. Ja&k Hulbert, Cicely Courtneidge. 

Jack Hulbert 71 mlns. Rev. Aug.. 4. 
Ghoul, The. Thriller. Boris Karlol¥, Dir. T. H' Hunter. 73 mi 

Jan. 1. Rev, Jan. 30. 
Orders Is Orders. Comedy of American making film In British army. James 

Gleason, Charlotte Greenwood. Dir. Walter Porde. 70 mlns. Rev. Aug. IB. 



M. Ofnces: RKO BIdg., Radio City, 

IViajeStlC New York City 



Charming Deceiver, The, (British made.) Romantic drama, of Cinderella type, 
- Constance Cummings and Frank" Lawton. Dir. Monty Banks. Rel. 

i: -;- pec.:8V ' • " ■'" " • 

Curtain at Eight. Story of a murder mystery. by Octavus Roy Cplien. C. Au-. 

brey Smith, Dorothy Mackalll. Paul Cavanagh. Dir. E. Mason. Hopper, 

72 mlns. Rel. Oct. 1. 
Divorce Bed. The. Divorce racket exposed. 

Dir. Hobart Henley. Rel. Jan. 15. 
Morning After, The. A merry mix-up of International spy systems. 

Lyon and Sally Eflcrs. Dir. Allan Dwan. Rel. Jan. :1. 
Sing; Sinner, Slnjj. Torch singer marries a millionaire. Paul 

Hyams. Dir. Howard Christy. 74 mins Rel. Aug; 1. 
Sin- of Nora Moran, The,. Woman , la framed !to shield the higher-ups. Zita 

Johann, Alan Dinehart Paul Cavanagh. John Mlljan. Dir. Phil Gold- 

fttone. Rei. Dec; 12. . Rev. Dec. 19. 
Vou Made Me Love YPu. (British made).. Farce comedy of the taming of 

a Bpitflre wife. Thelma Todd and Stanley Luplno, Dir. Monty B^nks. 

Rel. Nov, 24. 

Studios: Culver City, . Mf^H-n "S! 1540 Broadway, 

Calif. ivictro nqvv York. N. V. 

Beauty for . Faith Baldwin's 'Beauty.' tto Kruger, Madge Evans, Una 
Merkel, Alice Brady. Dir. ioh. BoleslaVsky. 85 mlns. Rev. Sept 19, 
Rel. Sept. 1. 

Bombshell. Jean Harlow as a harassed picture star with 'Lee_ Tracy her 

publicity man. Franchot Tone, Frank Morgan, Ted Healy, una Merkel. 

Dir. Victor Fleming/ 98 mlns. ' Rel. Oct. 13. 
Broadway to Hollywood. Three generations In a stage family. Alice Brady, 

Frank Morgan, Madge Evans, Rusi9ell llardie, Eddie Qulllan; Dir. WU- 

lard Mack. 83 mlns. ReV. Sept.. 6. Rel. Sept. 15. 

cat and the Fiddle,-The. From the successful musical play, by Jororhe Kern 

==^-===8 nd -O t to=Jlarbaohr-=Ra mon-Novia rr-o,^ ca nett«kr.-MacDonaldT^Pj-aril£=JV 

gan, Charles Buttefworth, Jean Hersholt, Vivicnne Segal. Dir. Wil- 
liam K, Howard.. Rel. Feb. 9. 

Chief The, iSd Wy»n as iulmpleton of the gay 'nineties. DoroMiy .Mackall. 
William (Stage) Boyd, ISffle Ellsler. C. Henry Gordon; Dir. Cliarjea 
lesner. 68 mins. Rel. Nov. 3, Rev. Dec. 5. 

Dancing tady. James Warner Bellah's iSaturday Evening Post Ptory, .loan 
Crawford, Clark Gable. Franchot Tone, Fred AStaire, Winnie Ll«htrier, 
Ted Hcaly. Dir. Robt. Z. Leonard. 90 mlns. Rel. Nov. 24. Rev, Vcc. 6, 

Day 6t Reckoning,: Based on Morris Lavlne's story, 'Hall of Justice.' Rich- 
ard Dix, Madge Evans, Una Merkel, Conway Tearle, Dir. Charles Brft- 
btn, 70, mlns, Ilel. Oct. 27. Rev. Nov. 7. 

(Continued on page 29) 



VARIETY 



Tuesclay, February 13, 1934 




diddle... diddVe 




Ramon NOVARRO- Jeanette MdcDONALD 

CAT AND THE FIDDLE 

it's M-G'M music for your box-office! 



Tuesday* February 13, 1934 



VARIETY 



29 



CALENDAR OF CURRENT RELEASES 



(Conitlnued from page 27) 

<nn«r at . Eioht; From the stage play. All stair ejist headed by Aiarle 
DtesBler and Jolin Barrymore. Dir. Geo. Cukor; Roadshow length 110 

mlna. Rel. Jan. 12. Rev. Aug. 29. . 

iticlmo. Love and . bate In the Icelands. - Native cast. I>ir. W. 8. Van ipjrke.. 
Roadshow length. 120 mlna. Rel. Jan, 13. Rev. Nov. 21. 
Itive Lovorst Robert Montgomery and Madge Bvahs as the lovers In a 
story most of whose action takes place on si trahscdntinental bus; Nat 
Pendleton, C. Henrjr Gordon, Ruth Selwyn. Dir. U. Boleslavsky, 94 
mlris. Rel. Jan. 6.. J. Rev. Jan. K. 
•oina Hollywood. Marlon Davles chases a radio, crooner to the studio/ 
Marlon Davles, Bing Crosby^ Dir. Raoul Walsh. 76 mlns. Rel. Deo. 22. 
. Rev. Dec. JO,: ' . ^ 

Her Sweetheart Christopher Bean, This Broadway play by Rene Fauchols and 
Sidney Howard. Marie Dressier, tilonel Biarrymore, Helen Mack. Dir. 
Sam Wood. 9D :mlh&. Rel. Nov, 17i Rev. Noy. 28, - 

M Happened 6ne bay. Based oh the novel by Marjorle Bartholomew Paradis. 
Lionel Barrymore, Fay Bainter, Mae Clarke,. Mary Carlisle. Dir. W. K. 
Howard. Rel, Feb. 2. 

Uauflhlng Boy. Ramon Novarro In the title role^ Based oh the Pulitzer Prize 
winning novel by Oliver La Farge. Lupe Yolez. Dir. W. Van Dyke. 
Rel. Feb. 9. (Tent.) 

est the Baron. Jack Pea:rl brlngis his radio characterization to the screen.- 
Jimmy Durante, Zaau Pitts, Edna May Oliver. Ted He^ly and his 
stooges.. Dlr> Walter Lang. 70 mins. Rel. Oct. 20. Rev. Oct. 91. 

eri in White. Plcturizatlbn of the successful Broadway stage play of hos- 
pital life. - Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, Jean Hersholt. Din R. BoleslaVsky. 
Rel. Feb. 16. . , 

Myetery of the Dead Police. . Based on the: Crime Club novel b)r 'Philip Mac-; 
- Donald. Robert Montgomery, Elizabeth Allans Lewis Stone. Dir. Edgar 

Selwyn. Rel. March 2. 

I0ht Fligiit.' Air story of a South Amerl<^an flight from this novel by: 
- Saint -.Exupery. John Barrymore. Helen Hayes, Clark Gable, X4onel 
Barrymore, Robt. Montgomery, Myrna Loy. Dir. DaVld O: Selenlck. IBO 
mlns . Rel.-. Oct. Rev. . Oct. 10. 
Hannibal.. May Robson as a Wall Street , Jean 

: ParUen . Dlr: C. RIe?(ner. ReL . Jarii 26... , ' 

Pentlibiise. Arthur' ' Somers ^ Roche Cosmopolitan serlali ' Warher' Baxter, 
Myrna Loy-: Mae Clark. Dir. .W. S: Van Dylte. twel. Sept- 8. Kov. Sept. 
12." ■ . ■ . ■ 

rlzeflghter and the Lady. Max Baer,: heavy weight contender, . and Myrna 
Loy in the title roiea. Prime Camera, Jack Dempsey, Walter Huston: 
Dir. W. ;S. Van Dyke- 90 mlns. Rel. Nov. 10. Rev. N9V. 14. 
Queen Christina. Greta Garbo as the seventeenth- century queen" who was 
hrotight up. as a boy. Lewis Stone, lati Keith,- Elizabeth Young. Dir. 
— • Reuben : MamouIian.--90t:^inins.- -Not^-yet" releasedr Re^^^ . -. - 

Should Ladies Behave. From the stage play^ 'The Vinegar Tree.' . Lionel 
Barrymore, Alice' Brady. Dir. Harry Beaumont. 89. mins. Rel. :pec. 1. 
Rev. Dec. 19. 

•olitaire Man. Crook . story with plenty of punch. Herbert Marshall, May 
Robson, Elizabeth Allan, Ralph Forbes. Dir. Jack Conway. 62 m'lns. 
Rel. Sept. 22. Rev. Sept. 26. 

dons of the Desert <Hal Roach). Laurel aiid Hardy attend a fraternal con- 
vention. Dlr. Wm. A. Seiter. 65 mlns. Rel. Dec. 29. Rev. Jan. 9. 

Stage Mother. From Bradford Ropes' hovel . bt stage . life; Alice Brady, 
Maureen O'SuUlvan, Francbot ,Tone, PhllllpB Holmes. Dir. Chas: R. 
Brabin. 85 mins. Rel. Sept. 29. Revi Oct. 3^ 

Tugboat Annie. From the Satufday Eve. Post aeries. Marie Dressier, Wal- 
lace Beery. . .Dir. Mervyn LeRoy. 88 mlns. Rel. Aug. 4. Rev. Aug. 16. 

Turn Back the. Clock. Story of a than who relives his past. Lee Tracy, Hae 
Clerk, Peggy Shannon. Dir. Edgar Selwyii. 80 mlns. ReL Aug. 25. 
Rev, Aug. 29, . ' 
Iva Villa. Wallace Beery, as the famous Mexican bandit chief. Fay Wray, 
Stuart- Erwln. Dir. Jack Conway. ReL Feb..23i 

Women In His Life, The. Criminal lawyer, deserted by his wife, sends to the 
chair the man who stole hen Qtto Kruffor, Una Merkel,: Ben Lyons. 
I>lr. Geo. B. Seltz. 74 inin^. Rel. Dec. 3. Rev. Jan, 30. .. '. 

You Can't Buy Everything. Story of a domineering old woman. May Robson, 
Jean Parker, Lewis Stone. Dir. C. H. Reisner. 72 mins. Rel. Jan. 26. 
Rev. Feb. 6. 

IWlAvkAMWBm Office: R. K. O. BulldlnQ» 
monogram Rockefeller center, NiY.C, 

Avenger-, The: .Vengeance in prlsor. Ralph Forbes, Adrlehhe Ames. Dlr, Ed. 
Marin. 72 mtns. Rel. Aug. 25. Rev. Oct. 10. 

Beggars In Brmlne, Lionel Atweli, Betty Furnesis. Dir. Fhll 

Black Beauty. Horse story. Alex Kirldand, Esther Ralston. Dir. Phil 

Rosen. 70 mlns. Rel, Aug. 10. Rev. Aug. 29. 
roken Dreams^ From Olgal Prlntzlau's story, 'Two Little Arms.' Martha 

Sleeper, Randolph Scott, Buster Phelps. Beryl Mercer. Dir. Robert Vig- 

nola. 68 mins. Rel. Nov. 15. Rev. Nov. 28. 
Oevll'a Mate, The. Convicted murderer who dies 'n the electrlo chair ahead 

of the shock. Peggy Shannon,. Preston Foster. Dir. PhU Rosen. 66 

mins Rel. Aug. 15. Rev. ' Sept. 26. 

Ightlng Textin, . Oil country story. Rex Bell, Luana Waltera .• Armand 

Sohaef er^ .-55- mins. Rel.-Aug_5.^^_Jlev.._Augwl. — .. 

Fugitive, The. A $600,000 mair robbery. Western. Rex BelI.^CecilIa Parker. 
Dir. Harry Fraser. 64 mlns. Rel. -Aug. 10. Rev. Sept. 26. 

Qtiiioplna Romeo. Western story. Bob Steele. Dir. A. N. Bradbury. 6f mlns. 

Rel. Sept. 1. Rev. Oct. 31. 
He Couldn't Take It. Story by DorO Scharg. inside story of process serving 

racket. Ray Walker' Virginia Cherrlll,, George B. Stone, Dorothy 

Granger, Paul Forcasl. Dir. . W.l.HIiaih .Nigh. Rev. Dec. 11. 
Myotery Liner. Noah Beery, Astrid AlWyn. Dir. William Nigh, 

Rel. Dec. 19. Rev. Nov. 28. 
Inbow Ranch. Adventures Of the welterweight champ of the Pacific fleet. 

Rex Bell, Cecelia Parker. Dir. Harry Fraser. 69 mlns. Rel. Aug. 25. 
Rangers Code. Texas cattle ranger story. Bobe Steele, Dir. R. N. Bradbury. 

65 mlns. Rel. Sept. 16. Rev. SepL 26. 
Iders of Destiny. Western scrap about water rights. With some big flood 

stuff, John Wayne. Dir. R, N. Bradbury. 58 mlns. Rel. Oct. 10. ReV. 

Dec. 12. 

Sagebrush' Trail,. The. Lpne Star western. John Wayne, Nancy Shubert. 
■ .: Dir. AiTnarid Schaefer. 63. mlns. Rel. 'Dec, 16. Riev.. Jan.'O. • - 

Sensation Hunters. Society high. life. Arllne Judge, Preston Foster. Dlr, 
Clias. yidor, 76 rains. Rel. Sept. 20. Rev. Jan, 9, 
Ixteen Fathoms Deep. Sponge diver's romance. Sally O'Neill, Crelghton 
Chahey,. Russell Simpson, Maurice Black. Dir. Armand Schaefer,. 69 
iijlns. Rel, Jan. 1. Rev. Jan.; 23. 

Skyway. Aviation pilot's ship-to-shore line, Ray Wa:i Kathryn Craw- 
ford. Dir. Lew Collins. 67 mbas, ReL Aug, 22. 

Sweetheart of Sigma Chi. College musical Mary Carlisle, Buster Crahbe. 
Dir. Ed. Marin. 80 mins. ReL Oct. 1. . Rev. Nov.. 14. 

Weef of the Divide. Lone Star western. John Wayne, Virginia Brown Falre. 
Dir. R, N. Bradbury.. 

Wonian's Man. Hollywood inside story. John HallHday, Wallace Ford, Mar- 
guerite de la Motte^ . Dir. Edward Luddy. 



IBCi Breadway, 
Klew York, N. V: 



: 9851 Marathon 8t„ PnrAmAlinf- 

• Hollywood, Calif,, raramoum 

lice in Wonderland. The Carroll story visualized. Charlotte Henry and most 
of the Far, stars. Dir. Norman- McLeod, 76 mlns, Rel, Dec, 22, Rev. 
Deo. 27. 

All of Me. From the stage play, 'Chrysalis.' Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins, 
Geo. Raff* Dir. Jas. Flood. 70 mlns, Rel. Jan, 26. Rev, Feb. 6; 

ig Executive, Story of big business from Alice Ducr Miller's story, klcardo 
Cortez, Rich. Bennett, Elizabeth Young, Sharon Lynn. Dir. Earl C. 
Kenton. 70 mins. Rel. Aug. 18.. Rev: Oct. 3. 

radit Song. Dorothea VVieck's first Hollywood -roductloh. Mothei Jove ol 
nun for a foundling In n. Spanish convent. Evalyn Venablei Sir Guy 
Standing, Loulae Dresser. Dir. Mitchell Lelsen. 78 mlns. Rfel. Nov, 10. 

=^^^-^:^^RCV,^OV;^=4i t^ ' ^ r- 



Deeign for Living; Adapted from Noel Coward's i»laj. Frtdric March, Gary 
Cooper, Miriam Hopkins, Ed. E. Horton. Dir. Knist Lubitsch. 90 Wins. 
Release not set. Rev. Nov, 28. .. . 

Duck Soup. Marx Brothnrs' nonsenslcallty. Raquel Tornia, ..Margaret Du- 
niont. Dlr, Leo.McCarey. 69 mlr.s. Kel. Nov. .27. Rev. Nov. 28. 
Ight Girls In a Boat, Love in a girl's scliool. Douglas .Montgomery Kay 
Johnson, Dlr, Rich,. Wallace, 86 mlns. Rel. Jan. 6, Uev. Jan. 16. 
Four Frightened ^People. Mixed quartet In the Jungle. Claudette. Colbert, Her- 
bert Marshall, Mary': Boland, Wm, Gargrtn. .Dir. Cecil de Ml'le. Rel. 
Jan. IC- Rev. Jan. 30, 
in Without a Room. Americans In Paris. Clia?. FarrcU, uggles. 
Marcur-rltp Churchill, Gregory Ratoff, ^V:.l^-r Vi'oni. Dir nrphy. 
n)in.<i. Rel. Dec. 8. Rev, Dec. Vi. 



Qelden Harvest. Story of the ihlddleweatem farms and Chicago wi^eai i>u 

Rich. Arleh, Chester Morris, Genevieve Tobln, Dir. Ralph Murnliy 7j 1 

mlns. ReL Oct 22. Rev. Nov. 7. 
Hsil and- High Water. Waterfront story with a O. B. Navy daekgrouudihe 

Rich. Arlen, Judith Allen, Chas. Grapewin. Sir Guy Standing. Ulr 

Grovor Jones and Wm, Slavens McNutt. Rel. Oct. 27. .Rev. Dec. 19: 
His Double Life, (DowUng.) Light comedy. LIIlLan Gish, Roland Vfoung 

Dir. Arthur Hopkins. 63 mins. Rel. Jan. 12. Rev. Dec. 19. 
I'm No. Angel. Mae West Original, Mae West In .ttghte a lion tamer 

Cary Grant, Edw. Arnold, Ralf Harolde. Dir. Wiesley Ruggles. 87 mins 

RieL Oct. 13. Rey. Oct. 17. 
Vast Roundup, The. Western with a'. Zane Grey title ahd a ne'vv story. Ran- 
dolph Scott^ Monte Blue, Barbara- Adams, Fred. Kdhler. Dir. enry 

Hathaway. Rel, Jan.. 26. 
Lone Cowboy, The,. Westerri wltlv Jackie Cobper as the hero. From a Will 

James story. Dir. Paul Slbah; 68 mlns. ReL Dee. 1* Rev. Dec. 6. 
Mldnlaht Club, The. London Jewel thieves. Geo, Raft, Cllve Brook, Guy 

Standing. . Alison . fSkipworth. Dir. Geo. Somines and Alex HalL Rel. 

July 28. ReVj. Aug; L- 
MlBS FAnie's Baby Is: Stolen. Farcical pldy. Dorothea Wieck, rndy 

Dir. Alex, HalL 67 mlns.. Rel. Jan. 12. :Reiv. Jan. 23, 
One Sunday. Afikernoon. From tiie stage play, - Loves in a small town. .Gary 

Cooper; Fay. Wray, Niel- Hamilton. Frances Fuller. Dir. Louis D, 

Llgtaton. 68 mlns, Rel. Sept. L;- Rev. Sept & ' 
Silting Pretty. Backstage story smartened: :uP> Jack Oakie, Jack Haley, 

Ginger. Rogers, Thelma Todd, Gregory Ratoff. Dir. Harry Joe Brown; 

SO .mlnS. ReL No'v, 24, Rev. Dec. 6; 

Take a Chahbe< Roland & Brice production of the stage -musical, . Jas. Dunn, 
Cllft. Edwards, June Knight, Lllliian Rothi- .' Dlr; Lawrence,.SChwab.. 80 
mlna, Rel. Oct ,27. Rev. Nov. 28. 

This Day and Age. Revolt of the children against politics aihd gangsters. 
Chas; Blckford, Judith Allen. Dir. Cecil de Mille. 82 mlns. ReL Aug; 
26. Rev. Aug. .29. ■ . .. 

Three Cornered Moon. From the stage, i^lay. Domestic problems 01 ly 
Insane family. Claudette Colbert, Rich; Arlen, :Mary Bolt^nd. - 1- 
llOtt. Nugent. 70 mlns. , Rel. Aug;. 4,. Rev^ Aug. 16.. . . ' . . 

Thundering Herd, The., Upper class western 'with the iisuaV ingredients. 

Randolph Scott, Judith Allen, 'Buster Crabbe, Noah. Beery, Ray Hatton. 

Dir. Henry Hathaway. 67 iriins; Bel, Noy. 24. :. 
Tllllo and Gua.. Keeper of a Chinese resort and her bi-other. an Alaskan bad 

man come back home to clklm . their Inheritance, a battered ferry boat, 

W. C. Fields and Allison Sklpworth handle the comedy with plenty pt 

opportunity. .Dir. Francis Martin. 67. riilns.. . Rel. 0ct. 13. Rev^ Noy.l4. 
Too WuQh Himbhyi" (Jsual bacicstage story.. ^ ;. Jack Oakle; Skeets 

GhUaglier, Harry Green, Ned Sparks. : Dir. Eddie Suther- 

landi 70 mlns. Rel; Sept. U6. . Rev. 
Torch SI ngisr. The. Unwed mother doubles as a cabaret hotcha and a radio 

mother talker. Claudette Colbert, Rlcardb Cortez, David Manners, Lyda 

Robertf. Dir, Alex Hall and Geo. Sbftimers, 70 niirts; ReL S^Pt. 8: Rev. 

Oct, .10.. 

Way to Love, The. Chevalier. Incoghlto; finds romance with a French .car-r 
nival troupe. Ann Dvorak, Ed. Everett Hor ton, Minna Gombell. Dlr, 
Notman Taurog. 83 mins. ReL Oct. 20. Rev. Nov. 14, 
White Woman;--'riropIcai-BtoiT"wlth--B-brutai 
Chas. Laughtbn, Carole Lombard, Chas, 
66 mins, Rel. Nov. 3. Rev. Nov. 21. 



Incorporations 



-iilte-'k-ng'- of an- Island-CQlony. 
Ickford, Dir. Stuart W..i,ker.. 



Principal 



Office: 1270 Sixth Avie.. 

New York, N.V, 

Jaws of Justice, (Principal.) Kazan, the dog. In a melodrama of the North- 
west Mounted Police, with Richard Terry and Ruth Sullivan. 64^mins. 
Rel. Dec. 15. 

Thunder Over Mexico. (Prlpclpal), Elsenstein'a Mexican mad^' Picture over 
' which there has been so much controversy. All native cast. 60 mlns. 
Rel. Nov. 15. Rev, Sept. 26, 



Studios: Hollywood, . 

Calif. 



R.K.O. Radio 



. Office: R.K.Oi Bldg:, 
Radio City, N.Y.C. 



Ace of Aces. ▲ pacifist goes to war and becomes a great aviator with a lust 
for killing. Richard Dix, Elizabeth Allan, Ralph Bellamy. 78 mins. Dlr 
J. Walter Ruben; Rel. Oct. 20> Rev, Nov. 14. 

After Tonight. A beautiful Russian spy falls In love with an Austrian spy 
but they place duty to their countries above .love. Constance Bennett, 
Gilbert Roland. Dir. George Archainbaud. 72 mins. Rel. Nov. 10. . Rev, 
Nov. 7. . ■ 

Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men. A woman reforhas two of the men In. her 
life, hiaklng a gentleman of the rowdy and a. rowdy of the gentleman 
Wynne Gibson, Charles Farrell, William Gargan, Zasu Pitts. Dir. Mark 
Sandrich. 73 mins, Rel. Nov. 3. Rev. Oct* 24. 

Ann Vickers. From the Sinclair Lewis noveL Irene Dunn, Walter Huston, 
Conrad NageL Dir. John CrohttwelL 76 mlns. ReL Oct 13. Rev. Oct 8. 

Bied of Roses, A girl of ' the . streets reforms because of her love for a 
Mississippi boat man; Constance Bennett, Joel McCrea, Pert ..Keltbn, 
. John Halllday." Dir. Gregory LaCava. 67 inins. ReL July 14. Rey. 
July 4. . 

Before Dawn, Taken from Edgar Wallace's last mystery nOvel, Stuart Er- 
wln, Dorothy Wilson, Warner Oland. Dir. Irving Plchel. 61 mins. Rel. 
Aug. 4, Rev. Oct. 24. 

Blind Adventure. Adventures In London during one foggy night. Robert 
Armstrong^ Helen Mack, Roland Young,. Ralph Bellamy. Dir. Ernest B. 
Schoedsack. 63 mins. Released Aug. 18. Rev. Nov, 7.'. 

Chance at Heaviti. The rich city girl whOida^zIes the country boy and mar^ 
ries him only to send him back to his small town sweetheart. Joel 
McCrea, Ginger Rogers, Marlon Nlxortj Dir. WlUlani Seiter. 72 mins. 
Released Oct; 27. Rev^ J>ec. 2V . ■ 

Deluge, The. Odd story of the world' after "a second delugei 'Peggy "Shannpn, 
Lois Wilson. Sidney Blackmer, Malt Moore. Dir. Felix E. Feist, Rel. 
Septi IB. Rev. Oct. 10, 

Double Harness. A girl nrho got ber man. Ann Harding, WllUatn PowieU; 
Dir. Jobh CromwelL, 70 mlns. Rev. July 25.. 

Flaming Gold. Adventures In the oil fields of Tampico. Bill Boyd, Mae^Clark, 
Pat O'Brien. Directed by Ralph Ince. 63 mins. Released Sept. .29. 

Flying Devils. Triahgle In a flying circus, Arllhe Judge, Bruce Ca:bot. Dlr, 
Russell BlrdWelU 60 mbia. Rel. Atig. 14. ReV. Aug, 29, 

Flying Down to Rio. Musical extravaganza which takes place in the air above 
Rio de Janeiro. Dolores Del Rio, Gene Raymond, Ginger Rogers, Fred 
Astaire, Raoul Roullen. Dir. Thornton Freeland. 89 mins. Rel, Dec. 
29, Rev. Dec. 27. 

Goodbye Love. A butler and his master both become involved with gold 
diggers. Charlie Ruggles, Verree Teasdale, Mayo Methot, Sidney Blaek- 
mer, Phyllis Barry; Dir. by H. Bruce Humberstone. 66 mlns. Rel, 
Nov. 10. 

Hi , Hips, Hooray. Musical girl show. Bert tVheeler, Robert .Woplsey, Ruth 
Etting, Dorothy Lee, Thelma Todd, George Meeker, Phyllis Barry. Dir. 
Mark Sandrich; ..ReL. Jan. 19. ■ 

If r Were Free. A modern romance of two people, disappointed in marriage, 
who meet and try to And happiness together In their way, Irene Dunne, 
Cllve Brook, Nils Asther, Henry Stephenson. Dir. Elliott Nugent. 66 
mlns. Rel. Dec, L Rev. Jan. 9. 

Little Womeii, i"alker Version of the Louisa Alcolt story. Katherlne Hep- 
burn, Joan Bennett, Paul Lukaa, Frances Dee. Jean Parker, Edna Mae 
Oliver... Dir., Geo. Cukor. ,H7- m ns, Rel. . Nov. 24, Rev, Nov. 21, 

Lost P*atrol, The. A detachnient of. British soldiers lost oh tiie Mesopbtamlah 
desert are attacked by unseen Arabs with dramatic results. Boris. Karr 
lOfl. Victor McLaglen, Wallace Ford, Reginald Denny, Alan Hale: Dlr, 
John Ford.. ReL Jan. 12, 

Man of Two Worlds. An Eskimo, bis Illusions sbattercd by a glimpse of Lon- 
don civilization, rfeturhs to his Own people and is broUght .back to reality 
by his infant, son. Francis L^derer, Ellssa Landl, Hfehry Stephenson. 
Walter Byron, Steffi Duna,' J. Farrell MacDonald, Sarah Pkdden, Dlr 
J, Walter Ruben, 92 mlns, RcL . Jan. 26, Rev; J^h. 16. 

Midshipman Jack,. Annapolis story. Rruce Cabot, l<Yank Albertson. Arthur' 
Lake, Betty Fiirness. Dir. Christy Cabanne.. 70 mlns.. Rel. Sept, 29r 
Rev,. Nov, 21, 

(Morning Glory. Backstage story of a ^country girl's rise and faih Katherlne 

Hepburn, Doug, Fairbanks, Jr., Adolphe Mepjou, Mary Duncan. Dir. 

Lowell Sherman. 70. mlhs; Rel. Aug. 18, Rev. Aug. 22. 
No Marriage Ties. From an unprddif'ced play. Satire on advertising agencies. 

Richard Dlx, Elizabeth Allen. Dlr .f. Walter Ruben; 7B,mlna: ReL Aug. 

11. Rev, Aug. 8. ' 
One. Mari'B Journey, Country doctor achieves fame, Lionel Barrymore, Alay 

Robson, Jo'el- McCrea, Dir. John Rbbfertson. 72 mins. Rel, Sept, . 8, 
^=^='RcVi=S':pti='!S T^:—:^- — -r—^.- . v— -— — - 

Rafter Romance, A story 01 Greenwich Village, Ginger Uogers, Norman 
Foster, Geo; Sldnby,^ Laura Hope Crews. Robt. Benchley. "Dir.' Wm. 
Seiter, 75 mlnfl. Kel. Sept. 1. Ilev. Jan. 16. 

Right to Romance, The. A famous woman beauty .spoclaijiit decides to go Cfii 
a ppree and becomes Invoiced. In a Hf>rle.<j of f>.xoitlnK adventures, Ann 
Harding, Nils Asther, Sari Marltza*. Irving I'ichel. Dir. Alfred S.intelK 
u C7 niiniS. Rel. Nov. 17. lU^v. Deo. 19. 
Son of Kong. Furthf-r ad^'cn turps of Ca'-l Denliam, the (hit-r-ioi luniiffht 
Kinj: K.onp to c1\llizatlf>n, this time wi.Ui the Son-of Koin,'. l:..1ivrt .\nn- 
strniifj, Helen Mack, lYank Ueiflifr, J(Am\ Mcirjiton. I>li-<i<;""l t)v i:r:.f«ii 
'c-ljo«>fis!»''k. 69 mlr..<j. R<?!. R^v. Jan. 2. 

1) 



liuUesion. 
rino Arts Xhedt^re, Dallas and Taylor; 
cMpitiU stoelt, $2,000; Inoorporatofs: C. 
Kennenier, Jr.; M;- .I*, KrnnkUn; 
;\Bhloi<K. 

Fotelen permit: uslc Corporation of 
Anierlca: capital stock, $20,000 r Texaa 
affcnt, 'Nornmn Steppe, Itallas. 

DKLAHOMA 

Oklahoma City. 
Playgrouuds Boute, Inv.i, Tallhlna, 
Oklii. Capital stock $3,000. Incorpoi-a- 
tors... , H, Crutlils, Newt Sanders, Mc- 
Ale-ster, and P. "W. McGowan, Talihlna. 

ra»(Uiie Cldib, Granite, :Okla. Capltat 
stock, ..$S,^>00;- Incorporators, Joe -W. 
Davis, wayrtette, De-yi'py ]K. - jbhnson and 
Robert .1,. r.edbettr r, , both of Granite.^ . 

Tulsa Archers Club, Tulsa, Okla. Capl> 
tal, none. IncorpCrators,- Dave CrAft, P. 
L. Wilson .and W. Sry on. Olds, all of 
Talsa.' 

NEW YORK 

■Albany.- 

Blonroe Amnaenients, Xnr,'; .pictures, 
play«, etc. ; capital stoek, 10.0 shares, no 
par value; Sam' Dembo.\Vr . Jr., .Benj. 
Fincke and. J. D. . Van- Waeonei", all ,of - 
1601 Broadway, New'Tork. 

Musical Entertainments, Inc. ; employ- 
meht agency fpr actors, etc.'; iCapltal 
stock, $1,600; Ruth Kllgrer, Ma:thllda 
Ko'ssack and Bess Polotnlck, alt of 66X 
Fifth avenue. New York. 

Tiie 4,'ith Street Ticket Offices; Inc., . 
New -York: theatre tickets,- etc. ; capital 
stock, $6,000;. Philip Furs^. 259 West 
45th street. New -Vork; Johii K. Bprke, 
22 iRIast 40th street. New . York, and 
Katlrerihc N. -.^roln, :204ft TOlh street, 
Brooklyn; 

Motion Picture IJ^rUtlnK . nhd .Equip-., 
ment Corp,; flints, machinery, etc.-; capi- 
tal stock, $10(>i000 ; . .Charles Ross, 1420 
Hollywood ' avenue, Bronx; a'nd Hdrfy, D.' 
Clark and - iNlervyri W. Palrhei', ' botli of 
•168 Riverside drive, New York.' 

JerecT Theatres, ' Inc.; pictures, playa, 
etc.-; capital stock,' 410,00.0 ; Cornelius and 
Philip 'Fllashnlck and Herbert Loe'vr, all 
o.f 1441 Broodway, New ;York. 

Ba Ten wood . Amasement Corp,, Roch- 
ester ; public amiisenient' resorts, '.et''., : 
capital stock, $20,000; Charles H, Cole,, 
418 liyell avenue,- Rochester; Burt QiA^t, 
125 Kinlry drive, IrOnrequoU, and. Hoary 
-Mftlone... «MJB»yen wAod.. Jtocheater. : — ^ .. 

Tbe Pure In Heart Corp.; pictures, 
plays; vaudeville, etc. ; . capital stock,- 
$100; Richard S. Aldrich "and Alfred 
DeLlagre, Jr., both of 122. East 42nd 
street, aiid John H; La'WBon', S Bank 
street, all of New Ynik. 

Sonovis Amaoement IMterprises, Inc.; 
picture's, concerts', etc. ; capital stock, 100 
sharesi no par value; Wlllartl Zucker, 
Pauline Levy and Esther B. Kottler, all 
of E21 Fifth avenue. New York. 
. Group Broadcasters, Inc.;. general ad- 
vertising liusiness; capital stock, 200 
shares, lio par value; ,Tohn M. Oreepe 
and Cheater A, Dunham, both of 27 West 
44th street, and Charlotte B. Rains, $ 
East^ S9th street, all of New York. 

Wamer-Clnhnlng; . Productions, .. Ino,, 
Manhattan; pictures, plays,' etc. ; capital 
stock, 200 shares,, no par -value; Walter 
B, Warner and John D.'-' -Gunnlngr; both 
of 165 East E^nd street. New York, and 
Betty Band, 1C17 President .street, 
Brooklyn^ 

Haka Corp.; operate amusement parks^ 
theatres, eto,; capital stock, $20,000; 
Melvln S, Brotman, Arthur W. Llchten- 
ijteln and Emanual 9. Breslow, all of It 
East 41st street. New York. 
: Amerlean Badio Speaker Corp.; gen- 
eral' radio business; capital stock, 100 
shares, no par value: Arthur O. Auten- 
rleth, 238 Beach 118th street, Rockaiway 
Beach; Harry li. Rosen, 1 222 East 17th 
street, New York, and Allan L. I^tt^ 61t 
Vanderbllt avenue, New York, 

TechnIt<Hie Corp,; pictures, plays, etc.; 
capital stock, . 1100,000; Charles Xh .lCahn, 
Isidor Unpfer and Nathan L. llodas^ alt 
of 271 Madison avonne, New York, 

Gale, Inc.; radio broadcasting busi- 
ness; capital, stock, 100 shares,- no .par 
value; Gertrude Gale, 161 West 4eth 
street; Renee Kahn and Augusta Pas- 
koff, 67 West 44th street, all of New 
York, . - 

Photecol<w notnres, Ine,, Trvlngton; 
motion picture camera's, apparatus, etc.; 
capital Btocki $500,000; .Henry T. Brett, 
.11 Seaman avenijo, New York; Edwin Ij. 
liSr^Croese, 224-Chestnut-Btreet, -Westfleld. - 
N. J., aiid Margaret R. Chambers, 1406 
East 3.4 th Street, Brooklyn 

Change of Location 

National Ilorsei ffliow ABsoclntlon of 
Amerlcft; Ltd.; new location, city, county 
and state qf Ne-w York; flled by Samuel 
Wlnakur,. 233 Broadway, New York, 
(Existence extended, to. pernetuaP 
Statement and Designation 

Vnlrfanven Prodnctlons, T.td,, 19-31. 
Dover green, Dover, Del-: still and mo- 
tion pictures of all kinds; 'New. York of- 
flo.0, -6 East 63rd street;. William Alexan- 
der, vice-president;- 300 shares, no par 
value;. 'flletl. by Cltadbo'utne. .Tlunt, ,TaeCr 
kel Jfc Brown, 70 Pine street. New York. 
Cfiani^e of Nanve 

From Mills Artlsls Bureau, Idc New 
York, tfi Mills Artist's, Inc. Filed by 
Samuel J. Buzzell, 295 Madison avenue, 
T?Tew York. 

From Planncrafters Guild, 
to Jnnsscn Plane Co,, Inc, 
not atated. 

CALIFORNIA 
Sacramento 
Do Toil Know' Plctares Corp. C.-ipltal 
stock, 100'. shares. No stork ' j<ubitrrllvprl. 
Alfred Mailing, Philip IPIaytcr. Martin C. 
(7olv)n. 

John . Zanft, JjM. Capital stock, 
Shares. No stock subsrrlbeiJ; Aluh J.' 
ler,. Sherwood' Grnricell, Phyli'ft Coke. 

NEBFtASKA 

l^ineofn 

. General Theatre Corp.y Norfolk. SlO,- 
000; H. sr. Weinberg, Wllm.i. Tjujiilj?rph. 

General Theatre' Corp.. Kname.v. $11),- 
ODO; H; M. Weinberg, Wlliha T.unrtKmn. 



SEilG AHEAD OP 'M.E.' 

Al Sellg left New Tork. Thiii-.sdji^ 
(8): to travel in advance and wlih 
the Moulin Rouge Caravan, orosfj- 
countiy cayalcade of Hollywood 
film , artists In exploitation, of the 
'Mpullh Rotiffe* l)ictiire, Hlttlnpr f'>r 
New Enijland flr.st, 'SeHgtSt.-iy.s .with 
■t:he=motoroade>=tjntll^it--pea(^hee'^the 
Coast, some time n<»xt 
/^larch), - 

Biise.s rffiched Nrw ork 'J'uo.s- 
fl.iy (Cy in "time foi' opoiiliiff oit 
\M,.ri.' at the Klvoli the folio wingr 
ilaj', f.'irrylnt; J.iclc Miilhall, Crelgh- 
t.in ir.tif-, r.cn Ttil'pln,. Rosc'ic Afcj. 
Ahri.-i Q. Nii.>JS"n, Nanoy VVelfonl. 
,\T.•1;•.^ ('.••rHs!".' Antiutu) Mon^no, 
hnci.f Dinli.-' ;(1 .TdJhi HMiM.U^iy, 
iJ!'. .1. 



irionUi 



VARIETY Tuesday, February 13, 1934 




Tuesday, February 13, 1934 



PICTURES 



VARIETY 



31 



CALENDAR OF CURRENT RELEASES 



(Continued from page 29) 

Wild Birds. An orphan girl and young b6y who escaped from a reformatory 
fall in love and try to escape the Inhuman farmer who keeps them 
enslaved on his farm.' Jean Parker, Zasu Pitts, Tom Brown^ Arthur 
Byron. Nydia Westihan, Bculah Bondl, Willlard Robertson, ^nierson 
Treacy. Dir. Elliott Nugent. Rel. Jan; , 1934. 

United Artists ^ut^'y^vMry. 

Advice to the Lovelorn. Romance and adventures of reporter, who edits the 
agony column and eventually exposes the drug racket Dir. Alfred 
Werker. Rel. Dec. 1. Rev. Dec. 19. 

Ittar Sweet. (British made). Koel Coward's operetta. Romance of wealthy 
Engli^b beiauty who elopes to Vienna 'with her tntisic teacher. Anna 
Nea^li^. Fernahd Qraayey. Dir. Herbert WHcox. 93 mtns. Riel. 'Sept. 
22; Rev. Aug 29. 

lood Money. The bail bond racket with a love angle. Geo. Bancroft, Frances 
De.e. Dir. Rowland Brown. 66 mins. Rel; Nov. 17. Rev. Nov. 21. 

Bowarvi The. Story oif the rivalry between Chuck Connors and Steve Brodle^ 
famous Brooklyn Bridge Juniper; . Wallace Beery, George Raft, Jackie 
Cooper, Fay Wray. Dir. Raoul Walsh. Rel: Sept . 29. ReV. Oct. 10... 
roadway Through a Keyhole. Walter WlncheH's story of Broadway. Con- 
stance Cumihings, - Rtiss- Columbo. Paul Kelly. , Dir. Lowell Sherman. 
90 rhlns. Rel. Oct 13. Rev, Nov. 7. 

Emperor' Jones. Eugene O'Neill's (ambus .drama of a Ppllmah porter, who 
becomes rtiler of a Weist Indian l&Iand. Paul Robeson, Dudley Digges. 
Dir. pudley Murphy. 80 m|ns. Rel. Sept. 8. Rev. Sept 26. 

Gallant tady. An unwed mother who pays the price of silence In order to be 
near .her child. DJr. .Gregory, ta Cava. Ann Harding, Cllve Brook. 
Otto Kruger, Tullib Carminati. 82 mlns. Rel. Jan. 6.- Rev.: Jan. 23. 

Henry VIII (British made). Henry und his six wives. Chas. Laughton. Ir. 
Alex. Korda. 93 mins, Rell Oct. 16. Rev. Oct. 17. 

Masquerader, the. Based oh' John/ Hunter Booth's adaptation of Ratherine 
Cecil Th jrston^a novel. Cousins of Identical appearance change places,, 
with Intriguing' polltlcial aihd 'romantic: results. Ronald Golma;n. Glissl 
X^ndh . ;DJr: Richard Wallace. . ;76 mirts. Rel,. Sept 1. Rev. Sept fr. .. 

Mouli n Ro »o ^> A tftiontP«T wtfft proves her ability by a clever impersonation 
ruse. "DlK Sidney Lanfleld.' . Cbnstance Bennett. Jb'rahchot Tone, xuiiio 
'Carmlnatr... 70 .mins. Rel. • Jarii 19..-. ' . ..... 

► Adapted from the Zola novel with Sam Goldwyn's new star, Anna Stehi 
Phllllpis Holmes, Mae Clark, Lionel Atwill, Rich. Bennett. Dir. Dorothy 
Arzner 87 mins. ;Rel,. Mar. 2. Rev. Feb. 6. .. 

Paleoita. The son of a- prizefighter follows in his father's footsteps.. ir. Ben- 
jamin StolofE,. Jimmle Durante, Stuart Erwln,.Lupe Velez. Rel. Jan. 26. 

Rohian Scandals. A town: simpleton transported In a dream back to the 
grandeur that " was Rbme. Dir. .Frank-. Tuttle. - Eddie Candor j- Ruth 
Etting, Gloria! Stuart. 91 mins. Rel. Dec. 29. 



Universal City, 
Calif. 



Uniyersal 



caa: 730 Fifth Ava., 
New York, N. V> 

ir. V. Schertzihger. ReK 



Beloved. Musical. John Boles, 
Jan. 29. Rev. Jan. 30. 

Bombay Mall. Edmund Lowe Production. Dir. Ed. Marin. Rev. 
Jan. 9. 

By Candlelight. Sophisticated comedy-drama. Paul Lukas^ Ellssa, Lahdl, Nlis~ 
Asther, Esther Ralston.' -Dir. James'Wbale.' TO'mins. Rel. Disc. 13.. Rev. 
Jan. 9. 

Counsellor at Law. Drama; John Barrymore,. . Dtr;' Wm. 

Wyler. Rel. Dec. 25. ' Rev. Dec. 12. 
rosa County Cruise. Comedy-drama. Lew Ayres, June Knight, Alice White. 

Dir. Eddie BuzzelL. tS mins. Rel, Jan. 16. Rev. Jan. 23. 
dun Justice. Western. Ken Maynard. Rel. Dee. 1$. 

Her First Mate. Comedy. BummerviUe-Pltta; Dir. Wm. Wyler. Rel. Aug. I. 
, Rev. Sept. 6. 

Horse Play. Comiedy. Summerville-Devlne. Dir. Ed Sedgwick. Rel. Nov. 27. 
I Like It That Way. Musical. Rodger Pryor, Gloria Stuart. Dir. Harry Lach« 
man. Rel. Feb. 12. ' 

ibie Man. Mystery-drama. Claude Raliis, Gloria Stuart Henry Travers, 
Una O'Connor. Dir. James Whale. 70 mins. ReL Nov. 13. Rev. Nov. 21; 
Ing tor a Night. Comedy-drama. Chester Morris, Alice White, Helen 
Twelvetrees: Dir. Kurt Neumann. 78 mlns. Rel. Oct; 30. Rev. Dec. 12. 
ies Must Love. Musical. Broadway story. June Knight, . Nlel Hamilton; 
Sally P'NelU. Dir. E. A. du Pont. 60 mlha. Rel. Sept 26. Rev. Dec. 6., 
Love, Honor and Oh, Baby. Comedy. SUm Summervllle, Zasu Pitts, Lucille; 
Gleason, "Xreree Teasdale, Donald Meek, Dir. Eddie Buzzell.. «3 mlns.. 
Rel. Oct 16. Rev. Oct 31. • . 
Madame Spy. Drama. .iFay Wray, Nils Asther. ir. Karl Freund.. Rel. 
Jan. 8. 

Idnlght. Drama. Sidney Henry Hull, O. P. Heggle.. Chester 

Ersklne. Rel. Jan. 22. 

Myrt and Marge. Musical. Myrtle Vail, Donna Domeril, Eddie Foy, Jr., Ted 
Healy, Grace Hayes, J. Fai-rell MacDonald. Dir. Al Boasberg. 66 mins. 
Rel. Dec, 11; R^v^ Jan. .23. 

Only Yesterday. Dramatic love ^tory. John Boles, Margaret SuUavan, Reg- 
inald Denny, Billie Burke. Dir. John :S.tahl. 106 ndins. Rel, Nov. . 6. 
■Rev. Nov. 14. ■■ — ■-■ — — — ' — . — ■. — 

Saturday's Millions Football story. Robt. Toung, Leila Hyams, Johnny Mack 
Brown. Dir. Edw; Sedgwick. 76 mins. Rel. Oct 9. Rev, Oct 17. 

Secret, ot the Blue Ftoom. Mystery drama. Lionel' Atwill, Paul Liikas, Gloria 
Stuart Dir. Kurt Neumann. 61' mina. Rel.. July 20. Rev. Sept 19 

8.O.S. iceberg. An Arctic expedition is: stranded In Greenland. Rod LaRocque, 
Gilbert Gowland, LfenI Relfenstahl Dir. Tay Gamett 117 mins. (road- 
show); Rev. Sept 26. ' 

Strawberry Roan, The. Story, of a wild horse and his conquest Ken. May 
nard, Ruth Hall. Dir. Alan James. Rel. Oct. 26j Rev. Dec; 12. 

Trail Drive. Ken Maynard western story of a cattle drive. Ir. Alan James. 
69 mins- Rel. Sept. 4. Rev. Jan. 9. 



loi 



Burbank. 

Calif. 



Warner Brothers 



I 321 W. 44th St . 
New York, N. Y, 



Captured! Behind the scene$ Ip- a .Gerhian'. prison. .Leslie Howard, Douglas 
Fairbanks, Jr., Paiil Lukas, Margaret Lindsay. Dir. Roy del Ruth. 
72 mins. Rel. Aufif. 19.' Rey./Augi 22, .': 

College Coach. A football story with a new twist; Dick Powell, Ann Dvorak, 
Pat O'Brien and Lyle • Talbot . - Dir. William A. Wellman. 77 mlns. 
Rel; Nov. 4. Rev. Nov. 14. 

' 

Israeli. Political drama of 'Engl^and; i- 
f red . Green. 88 mliis. ,'Be-'i>61. Dec.'- .• ; 

Easy to Love. A frothy farce.' Adolpho Meiijou,, Genevieve 'Tobin," Mary 
Astor, Guy Klbbee, Edward Everett Horton.; Dir. William Kelghley. 
, 61 mlns. ReL Jan. '20. Rev, ,Ja,h... 16. . ■ ' 

ver In My Heart: wif theme "story, but .without conflict anisie. Gierman- 
Amerloan. husband.- and- aji An)erlcan -.wife. Barbara fata.nwyck. Otto 
Kruger, .Ralph BeTlamy. Dir. Archie Mayo. 70 mlns; Rel. Oct 28. 
Rev. Oct. .17. ; 

Finger Man. A petty gangster ■ finally breaks away from his gang.. Jameft 
Cagney. 'Mae Clark and Leslie FeiitOn. Dir. Roy I>el Ruth; Rel. Dec 9. 

Footllght Parade. Gala musical with backstage locale. , James Caghey, Joan 

lilondell, Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell. Dir. Hoyd . Bacon. 129 mlns. 

Dances by Busby Berkeley. Rel; Oct; 2. Rev. Oct 10. ' ■ . 

From Headquarters. A crime drama with a murder committed right In tiead- 

quarters. George Brent, Margaret Llnd.'Say and Eugene Pallette. Dir. 

William DleterJe. 63 iplhs. Rel. Dec. 2. Rev. Njv. 21. 
Havana Widows. Comedy of two burlesque queens, oh the make In Havana. 

Joan Blondell, Glenda Farrell. Dir. Ray Enrlght 62 mlns* Bel. Nov. 18. 
•.^Nellie. Comedy-drama of a newspaper 'love' columnist Paul Muni, 

Glelicla Farrell, Kathryn Sergava. Dir.. Mervyh Le Koy. .Rel. Jan. 20. 

Rev. Feb. .6. ' . 

House Oh 56th Street. Drama of ft gambling lady. Kay Francis, Ricardo 

Cortez Gene Raymond. Margaret Llnd.say and l?rank McIIugh. Dlr 

Robert j'jorey;_ 68 mlns. R6h ^ec., 23. 3ey'_I^ec. 6. _ ^ ^ .. 

"Kennel Murder Case." A dTrama^^^^ Soluflorror an 

murder. William Powell. Mary Astor, Helen Vinson, Ralph Morgan and 

Eugene -Pallette. Dir. Michael Curtiz T5 mins. Rel. Oct 28; Kev. 

Oct: 31. ' - • - V, • 

Lady Killer. Jlitlrriy CaRneV l^ats 'em aroun -Tigain. Jas. Cagiiey. Mae.Clarkj 

Leslie F.enton. 'Dir. Roy Del Uuth. .67 nilns. Rel. iJcf. 5. Hev. Jan. 2, 
Son of a Sailor. Comedy of a frivolous. ilor. Joe K. Brown. Dlr, Lloyd 

Bacon. Kel, Dec. 23.. 
The Man from Monterey. Western drama;. John Wayne, Rutt Hall. Dlr 

Mack V Wright • 67 mlns. Re). July 22. Rev. Aug. 22. 
Voltaire. Life ol France's celelirat<>d wit .and philosopher. George Arlisa, 

Doris Kcnyon. Margaret Lindsay. Ir. John .Adolfl. 72 mlns. uel 

Aug. . Rev. Aug. 22. 



Miscellaneous Releases 

Before Mornlng» (Greenblatt.) From a stage play. Police ofpcfal cleverly 

traps a murderess.. Leo Carlllcy, Lora Baxter. Dir. Arthur Hoeri. 66 

mlna. Rev. ^ov. 2L 
Big Chance, T>ie. (E^gle.) Prizeflghter-soctallte etory. John Earrow, Mema 

Kennedy. Dir. Al. . Herman. 63 mips. Rev. Sept. 6. 
Carnival Lady. (Goldsmith-Hollywood.) Carnival backgrotind for a triple love 

story. Boots Mallory, Vincent Allen. Dir. Howard Higgin.. 67 mins. 

Rev. Dec. 6. 

Criminal at Large. (Helber.) Edgar Wallace mystery story, British made, 

British cast. 74 mins. Rev. Dec.' .27. . 
Dawn to Dawn (Duworid.) Rural story in .a foreign setting. 35 mlns. Rev. 

Jan. 9. . , ' ' . 

Faithful Heart, The. (Helber.) British niade: Romantic stonr of faithful 

love. British: cast 6B mins. Rev, Aug: 22, 
Film Pahade, The. {State rights.) oid' clips and new materia,! assembled by 

J. Stuart Blackton.. 52 mlns.; . Rev. Dec.: 27. 
Qrgblettes . of Paris. (Equitable.) Gold dlgiger story in Parisian locaie. Madge 

Bellamy, Natalie Mobrhead. Dir. Alpbopse Marteh 69 mins. Rev. 

Oct 17. 

Hell's Holiday. .<Superb.> .Conipliation' of war scenes. 90 mins. Rev.. July 18. 

Her Forgotten Past, (Mayfair.) Society girl marries her chauffeur then weds 
a; lawyer believing her first husband dead. Monte Blue.. Barbara Kent; 
Dlr; Wesley Ford. 55 mlns. Rev. Nov, 7. 

Her Splttndid Folly (Progressive). Studio girl 'Impersonates a star in Holly- 
wood. Lillian Bond, Beryl Mercer, Theo. ' Von Eltz. Dir. Ralph Black. 
60 mins. Rev. Nov. 14. 

important Witness, The. ("Tower.). Story with a. gangster touch, but mostly 
done in a long distance bus, Noel Francis, Donald Dillaway.- Dir. Sam 
Newfeld: 63 mins. Rev, Sept.. 26. 

Laughing at Life. . (Mascot.) Story of a gun-running adventurer. Victor Mc- 
: Laglen, Conchita Montenegro. Ruth Hall, ,Dlr. Ford Beebe. 71 mlns. 
Rev.:. July 18. ' 

Marriage on Approval. (Monarch.) In which ..a glrj gets married In the first 
reel and finds it out ih the la/st. Ba'rbara K^nt, Donald Dilliaway.: Pin 
Howard Higgin. Rev. Jan; 9.. 
Neighbors Wives.- (Syndicate.) Domestic murder problem. Dorothy Mac-' 

kaiil, Tom Moore. Dir. Francis Natteford. 66 mlhs. Rev. Oct. 17. 
Police Call^ (Sliowmeh.) Ring, story with an adventure angle. N|ck Stuart, 
Merita Kennedy. Dir. Phil Whlteman. 63 mins, Rel. Aug. Rev. Aug. 29. 
Public Stenographeir.'^ Title tells th<? story. ' Lola Lane,. Wm. Collier, Jr; 
Dir. Ijcw Cbllih^. .. .Rev.. Jan. 30. ■ 

Secret Sinners. (MayfalcJ Chorus girls ahdi a song writer. Sue Carroll Nick 
— Stuait Dir. We s ley Furd. C8 iiiin a . R ^ l. O ctr-2ftr^i&vr-Pecr-27; — — ^ 

Ship of Wantild Meii. (Showmen.; Crew of refugees fight over a girl rescued 
in' mid-bceait; Leon Waycoft; Gertrude Agtor. Dir. Lew. . Collins; 66 
mins. 'Rev. Nov, 21. . < .. 

White Face.. (Heiberl) British tnade crime story from! an Edgar Wallace 
book. AINBritlsh cast 65 mins. Rev. Dec. 5. ' • 



Foreign Lanipage Films 

Because of the slow movement of foreign .fit 

year of releases.) 
(Moat 91 these available with Bngllsh titles.) 



this list covers >ner 



1 Y. OPS. (306) SCORE 
POINT VS. ALUED 



Bsrllh-AlexanderplatB (Qer) (Capital)'. Strong crime drama. 'Aelnrleh 
George, Maria Bard. Dir. Phil Jutzl. 90 mina Rel. May 1. Rev. May 16. 

Betteistudent^ Der. (General.) (Ger.) Operetta. Dir. Viktor Janson. 80 
mina Rel. Oct 15. 

Cruz Y La Espada, La (iSp) (Fox). Historical romance. Jose MoJIca. Dir. 

^Frank Strayer. 75 mlns. •Rel. Feb. 1. 
D«r Brave Suender (Oer) '• (Buropean). Fast comedy;-- Max Pallehberg. Dlr, 

Frit* Kortner. 90 mlnst-^el. April 1. Rev, April 4. 
Doe Noehea (Hoffberg) (SpanlshT- M usical. - Conchita . K^ontenegro. 

los Borcosque. 61 mina Rel. May 1. 
bbnna d'Una Notts (Portale) atallan). Court adventure. Francesea Bertlni: 

. Dir. Marcel L'Herbler. 85 mins. Rel. March. 1. Rev. March. 14. 
Orel Tags MIttelarrest (Oennan) (Capital). Fast German farce with ailrStar 

cast Dir. Carl Boese. 80 mins. Rel. May 1. Rev. May 23.. 
Etna Llebesnacht (German) (Capital). Farce. Harry Lledke. Dir. Joe May 

82 mlna ReL May 1; Rev. May 23. 
EIrie Naeht In Paradles (Kinematrade) (Ger)< Musical Copiiedy. Anny Ondra 

90 mlna ReL Feb. \. Rev. Feb. 28. 
EIhe Stadt Steht Kopf (Ger) (Capital), Farce._ Dir. Gustay Gruendgers. 70 

mins. Rei. Jan. 16. 

En Glad Gutt (Norwegian) (Scandinavian). ir 

John Brunius.; .80 mins, Rel. Nov. 16. 
Enemies of Prooress (Russ) (Amkino).. Last of the Gzarist. Ir. 

Beresnyefif,. 85 mins.' Rel. Jan; 15. Rev. Jan.. 16. 
Es Wird Schoh WIedier Besser (Ger) (Ufa)i Farce. Dolly Haas, Dir. Kurt 

Gerron. 65 nilns. Rel. Jan. 1. 
Frau Lehman's Tochter (Ger) (General). Melodrama, Hansl Niese. ir. 

Karl Heinz Wolff. 82 mins. Rel. Oct. 15. 
Frau Von Der Man Sprlcht (German) (General).. Mady Christiana . Melo- 
drama. Dir. Viktor Jahsen. 76 mine. Rel. April 1.6. Rev. May 2. 
Fraulelit^Falsch Verbundeh (Ger) (Capital). Musical comedy. Trude Ber- 
liner. Dir. B. W. Emo. 70 mins. Rel. Jan. 15. 
Frechdachs, Der '(Ger) (Ufisi). Romantic conaedy. Willy Fritsch, Camilla 

Horn. Dir. Carl Bpese. 76 mips. Rel. Jan. .1. 
Friederike (Kinematrade) (Ger), Dramatic olperetta based on Goethe's life. 

Mady Christiana 90 . mlns. Rel. March 16. Rev. .Feb. 28, 
Galavorstellung,- - ble-' (Qer)— (General) . Mystery- comedy - .with- music. ■•Max- 

Adalbert, the Fratellinis. Dir. Fredrich Zelnik. 87 mlna Rel. Dec. 1. 
Qefahren Der Llebe . (German) (Madison). &ex drama. Tony Van Byek. 

Dir. Eugen Thiele. 65 nilns, Rel. May 1. Rev. May 2. 
Qrosse .Attraction, Die (Bavaria) (Ger.). rama is show biz. Richard 

Tkuber. Dir. Max Reichman.n. 70 nilns. Rel; Aug. 1. 
Hell on Earth (Ger) ((Jarrison) (dialog. In five languages). Horror? of war. 

Dir. Victor TrlVas. 80 mins. Rel, Jan. .16. Rev. Feb. 6. 
Hellseher, Der (dfer) (General). Farce. Max Adalbert Dir. Eugen Thiele. 

Rel. Sept 1. . . 

Hertha's Erwachen (Protex) (Ger.). Delicate life problem. Dir. Oerhard 

Lamprecht 95 mlna. Rel. March 10: Rev. March 14. 
Heute Nacht Eventuell ((3er.> (General). Musical comedy. Dir. B. W. Bmo. 

.80 mins, Rel. July 1. 
Hochtourlst, Der (Ger) (Ufa).- Romantic comedy In Alps. Otto Wallburg. 

Dir. Alfred Zeisler. 70 mlns. Rel.. Jan. 16. 
Horizon (Russ) (Amk'lno). Jewlsti search for home. Dir. Lev Kuleshov. M 

i j mlna Rel.; May. Wr Rev. May 16., : 

Ich Glaub Nie Mehr an Eine Frau (Bavaria) (CJer.), Life of a sailor. Richard 

Tauber. Dir. H, Reichmapn. 80 mlns. Rel. Oct 1. Rev. Oct 24. 

Island of Doom (Russ) (Amklno). 'Two men and a woman oo a desert tsls, 

Dir. Tlmbnshenko. iiO mine. ReL July 15. Rev. July 18; 
Ivan. (Giarrison) (Russ.). Transformation of peaaanta Dir. Dovzhehko. il8 

mlns. Rel. Fet>; I. Rev. March 7. 
July 14 (Protex) (French). Sentiment to music. lair 

75 mins. Rel. Oct 15. Rev. Oct 24. 
Korvettenkapltaen (CHeir.) (Genbral). Military f^arce. 75 nalna Rel. April X. 
Laehende Erben (Ger,) (Ufa). Farce. Max Adalbert. ir. Max Ophuels 

77 mlna. ReL Nov. 15. . 
Laub^nkolonfe (Get.) (Cieheral). ir. Max Obal. JEteiJ 

May 16. Rev. June 6. 
Lkiighter Through Tears (Yiddish) Worldkino). . From a Sholom Alelchem 

novel. Dir. G. Crltcher, 78 mins-" Rel. Nov. 16. Rey.' Nov. 2i: 
Lockende Ziel, Das (Ger.) (Bavaria). Musical. Richard "rauber. DSt. tUnn 

Relchmann. 85 mins. Rel, June; 15. Rev, June 20. 
Llebling von Wien, Der ((Ser,) (European); Stolz musical, Willy Forst Ir. 

Oeza Von Bolvar>. 75 mlns. Rel. .lune 1 Rev. June 13. 
Luegen auf Ruegen (Ger) (General). Farce. Otto Wallburg. ir. Viktor 

jansen. 80 mins, Rel. Dec. 15. 
tustlgen Musikanten, Die. (General) (Qer.) Musical far<^. Camilla Sptra. 

Dir. Max Obal. 80 mina. Rel. May 30. 
M (Qer) (Foremco). Powerful dramatic study. Peter Lorr«. Dir. Fritz Lang. 

95 mins; Rel. April 1. Rev. April 4 and April 18. 
Marlus (Paramount) (French), Marsollles satire; Dir. lexander Korda. 

103 mlns. Rel. Jan. 1. Rev. April. 26.. . 
"MBlar==Sce"^Harold"A'utem- 



The New York operators (306), 
whose boat has been rocked a little 
by the I.. T. 0« A, and Its alleged 
company union, Allied Ops, has won 

another leg in' its court flffht-.agalnst • 
this n^w adversary^ with Justice 
Collins granting motion for. rear"^" 
gunxerit: on" questions of whether or 
not .Allied is a compainy union alndi 
lias adhered to the code. iNfotion 
was heard and decision remains un- 
changed with trial date so far set 
for Feb, 14; This decision cdmes on 
top of an oMer that 306 operators 
^e returned to 10 .NeMv York . and 
Brooklyn booths from which they 
were ousted by . owners (ITQA 
members) jh favor of Allied men, 

juistlce ." Collins, in his findings, 
suggested that- th* various parties 
concerned do their Uthriost to: ad- 
just the dlsr-utes, . elthei: artohg 
themselves or through the rhachih- 
ery fashioned; by the federal gov- 
ernment ind, -. failing such efforts, 
to proceed with the trial ;at the ear- 
liest time possible. 

This trial, on which reargunient 
is granted 306, is of the. suit- for 
damages brought by .Harry Sher-; 
nian, ' president (rf 306:, against the . 

(Operators. It asks for ?250,600 acr 
tual and $.75,060.. exenii&lary dam-!; 
ages. '■ .' . 

An inniportant point bri .which 
Justice Gpliins ruled was the. ques-: 
tion of whether or not Allied was ^ 
a company union _ setup of 
ITOA. tie said: 

'I am not Impressed by the pi'O- 
test of Allled's president against 
the. holding: that Allied is a^ com- 
pany union. Apart from, the other 
facts, a union, which binds its mem- 
bers to their e.inployers for-, a span 
of 10 years .hot to mer^e or asso- 
ciate itself wKh another union, not 
to afl;illate with the A. F. L., riot to 
dissolve and .pledgies •. to,' . Cx>pa with . 
picketing by Others,,, such a union 
Is not free and Independent and 
autonomous/ 



Milady (Gcnoral) (French). Sequel to Three Mu.vketeers; Dir. Henri Dla- 

mant.-Berger, 120 mins, Rel. Sept, 1. Rev. Sept. .12. 
ISJIrage de Paris. See Harold Autdn. 

Mile, rvf'i'touche (French) (Prot6'x).' C Ing^ love" story. Chais. 

David. 00 mln.^ ReL Nov, 15. 
MoJ Wujaszek z Ame'ryki (PollHh) Ins, 

Rel. Oct, 15. 

Mond Ubei Morpkko (Protex) (Ger). See Clng Gentlemen Maudlt 
Morgenrot (German)' (Protex), Submarine warfare's ' cruelty. Dir. Guatav 
Uolcky. 80 mlns. Rel. May ..16. Rev, May 23. 

(Continuf'd on page 34) 



UL Orph RecVr 



Los AngeleSy Feb. 12. 

Charging the owhefs. of the Or- 
pheum theatre^ building here are In 
deifault ;on an outstanding bond 
issue of |l;5'00,000, the ; Bank ot 
America ap trustee for the , bond- 
holders,' fl.led ' a. complaint in Su- 
perior Court, asking that a receiver 
be named. 

Complaint alleges that roadway 
Properties Corp. recently sold Its 
Interest in the 10-story theatre and 
office building., to .iE. .L. Cordi, inter- 
ested In automobile and aviation., 
construction, after the corporation 

.had Jasued ._and ..sQld.: .bonds . to thoj 

amount of $1,750,666, of. which only 
$260,000 has been'^i-etireil. It is al- 
leged also that tlie interest install- 
ments due lit January and July, 
1933, and in Janua,ry, 1934, have not 
been paid. 

T. R. Cadw£ilader was appointed 
receiver. 



ALL FOR $3,000 

San Fra.nclsoo, Feb, 12. 

Employeess of Charlie CarroU's- 
Joe Blumenf eld's Roxie, Oa.kland, 
had W bad case of -the jitters after 
last week's, miniature crime wave 
which had two of them kidnaped, 
seven bound and gagged by ba.tidlts, 
and the theatre robbed of $3,006,:the 
week-end receipts oh 'Roman Scan-, 
dais.' 

iPalr of. armed 'badmen routed 
Owe Rartman^ asst. mgr., and Ben 
Cuilen, maintenance man, - out of. 
bed at 1:30 a.m., 'forced them ^^to 
their car and drove about the city 
for se'veral hours trying to force 
the safe combination from them.. 

Finally the gunmen took the pair 
to the Roxie, bound, and gagged 
them after .socking Hartman. Karly 
in the morning :Davld Glazer, house 
manager, toam$i . in. He wks struck 
with a gun and also tied .up and 
muffled. So was the hou.se janitor 
and a gas meter reader who ambled 

. Later came .Tay (jiuhk, artist.' and 
CharliCvCarrqll^ part on'rw .^pC tho^ 
liloxTeT^TTf^f was ric'iifly .n«Tn. TKfty'' 
Were glvqn the same trcati ont. ro- 
leascd only ioiig ft'non«li iopon up 
the .^jfife anil -hand out tho tlutii 
fjrand. . * 

Wnally CJlazer worked out. of hl.s 
bonds to veleaAo the others and call 
the cop.s; then he went home to 
recover fr'orir.sr-.tilp and face Ivovinds, 
I'ollco lookinJ? for someone who 
knew all. about the theatre. 




" milt 

DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS, JR 

and 

ELIZABETH B E R G N E R 



^^^lits is tlte cJ^onclon (^^ilm proJuchon, JtrecleJ l>y 





am x^sstrtmr, 



) tclitcli has lis premier al ilie [Alsior 



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Released thru UNITED ARTISTS 



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Tncsday, Febraaiy 13, 1934 



Film Reviews 



%^Ksc\ for Beautjr 

(Cohtlnued from page 14) 

Into some laughable tight; spots, and 
it's these srqueezes,- and -the— dialog 
that goes with thfem, that save, the 
picture. ■ With that asset, plus the 
girls, it strikes a fair entertainment 
rating and should cleCssify likewise 
as to . coin 

idea was to provide a reasonable 
medium for exhibition of the 30 
members of Paramount's United 
States- United Kingdom beiuty 
contest. The beauts; of both sexes, 
are in focus but briefly, but their 
presence is a principal parf of the 
story, 

Topping the contest winners as 
physical specimens : are Buster 
Crabbe and Idia, Lupino. Former, 
while giving .a few flashes of the 
illy white, in a bathing suit and 
later undei* the shower in the locker 
room, wears more clothes than he 
did' in his animal picture. But 
there's a big improvement In his 
facial makeup and appearance. That 
ought to square things for the 
ladies, besides, which Crabbe gives 
a much better performance than in 
his first istart,, indicating he doesn't 
necessarily have to confine himself 
to playing Tar^aq) but can venture 
into broader histrionic fields; 

Miis Lupino, from .Englaiid, ; is 
oa q t in h jer-flr-s^ ^tart . ' The fawrt 



was indirectly brought about, sirice 
Miss Lupino might have looked 
okay in that role if there were no 
other .parts for compiarison. Toby 
Wing is cast as a kid cousin over 
whom Miss LuplriO acts as^moral 
guardian. . It should be the other 
.way., ..since Mlss_ Luplno._ looks the 
iyouhger df'the two, and When play- 
ing- moral pilot she's not believable. 

But It iian't bad enough to make 
her Initial AVnerlcan film appear- 
ance a total loss. She does look 
^ood, despite thQ^ handicap, and her 
English accent isn't thick enough to 
force specializing in Anglo-Saxon 
rdles over here. Facially, Miss Lu- 
pino reminds strikingly of Helen' 
.Twelvetrees. But she's smaller and 



And a blonde, no 
physical culture 



of the flapper 
less. 

It's about a . . 
magazine bankrolled by a couple of 
wise • guys . With muscle bouhd 
brains arid their girl friend, and 
edited by a mixed team of Olympic 
swimming champs. The eon trio 
want to feature gams, but the edi- 
torial kids prefer legitimate physi- 
cal culture literature, so they split 
It winds up on a health farm and 
the kids win out by beating a frame, 
But it can't be done without ringing 
in the preacher who's really a U^ S. 
Dep't of Justice man. 

Story is' just so miich .applesauce, 
but Jimmy Gleason, Bob Armstrong 
and Gertrude Michael have, a few 
hot spots- to gallop through, and 
they make the. most of them; 
' Par contest Winners get an Intro 
ductibn in a olose-up each. They're 
brought into" tr.e. story thrbugh a 
contest sponsored by the magazine. 

One production number, reserved 
for the next-to-Closlng spot, partiqi- 
pated in by a iargis line of bbyd and 
girls who go through a military and 
athletic drill routine. Therie are 
soYne eye-filliner girls Whose shapes 
are not exactly kept under cover, 
as well as some well bUilt boys who 
Would make Sgt. Poulas, the medi- 
cine man of 53rd street, look like 
an Ike Rose midget on the 29th day 
of a hungei* " Strike. 

Miss ". Lupino, to savfe . her .Wd 
tibuisrfii-f ron i . the .clutches Of ■ a' r -oom^ 
ful of eyil-minded stews, does a 



snakehips atop a table, 
learn that in England. 



She didn't 



Kentucky Sundays 



Maybe . all those Kaintuck 
Colonels in the picture busi- 
ness mean something after alh 
Because Kentucky is gradually 
changing its color, 

The legislature iast week 
washed out some of. tl\e blue 
when t)ie lower house voted 
for Sunday, films, something' 
undreamt of a year ago, in the 
long grass region. 



NIGHT OF THE PARTY 

. _ (BRITISH MADE) 

Gauraont-Brltlsh .production. Story by 
Roland Pertwee and John Hastlnga Turner;, 
directed ^yy Michael Powell. In cast: June 
Baxter, .Viola Keats;- Ian Hunter. .Leslie 
Banks, Ernest Thesijerer, Malcolm Keen and 
others. RunhlnK time, 60 mins.; previewed 
Prince Edward theatre, London, Feb, L 



Quite' ah Interesting murder story, 
interspersed with one or two genu- 
ine laughs. Nothing original, but 
good entertainment, with splendid 



CALENDAR OF CURRENT RELEASES 



(Continued front page 31) 



.Dir. J. Warnecki. 



Noe l-lstopadowa (Polish) (Capital). Historical romance: 

95 mins. Rel. May 1. Rev. May ^2. 
Patrlpta. The (Russ) (Amklno). Dir, Bi Barnett. 80 mins. 
Poll da Carotte^ See Harold Auten. 

Potemk1n< (Ruas)r (iCinematrade). Isensteln's eiaaela .70 

mins. Rel. April 4. , 

(iuicK. Koenig der Clowns (Ufa) (Ger). Comedy. Lilian Harvey, Hans Albers. 
Dir. Robert Slodmak. 80 mins. Rei; Dec. 1. 

Return of Nathan Becker (Worldktno) (Russian) (Yiddish). Comedy. Dir. 

Shpfss and Milman. 72 mins. Rel. . April 1. Rev.. April 26. 
Rosier de l\Ame. Husson; See He, First Division. 

Salson In Kairo (German) (Ufa). Musical comedy. Renate Mueller, Willy 
Frltsch. Dir. Reinhold Schuhzel,- 80 mins. ReL Dec. IB. Rev. Dec. .25. 

Sang d'un Poete (Fr) (RiccI); Jean CJocteau's Idea of modern films. 60 mins. 
Rel. Npv.»l. - Rev. Nov. 7, 

Gcampbio ( liiematrade) (Ger.) (Cinderella romance. Dolly Haas. Dir. Hans 
Stelnhoff. 93 mins. Rel. April 1. Rev. April 11. 

icksal der -Rehate L^ngen-:(Ger->'(Gener^l)^Domestic dram Mady-Chrls^ 
tlans, Franz Lederer. ir. Felix Guenther. 70 mins. Rel. Oct. 15. 

Schutzehkcienlg. Der' (Ger.) (Bavaria.) Max Adalbfert^ Gretl Thelraer. Ir. 
Franz Seltz. 90 mins. Rel. April: 16. 'Rev. May 9. 

Shame (Amkino) (Russ). Problems of neW Russia. Vladimir Gairdln. Dlr 
Sergei Yutkevitch. 75 mins. Rel.' March 1. Rev; March 14. 

Sohn .Der Weissen Berge (Capital) (Ger.). Alpine drama. . Luis Trenker, Re- 
nate Mueller. Dir. Mario. Bohnard. 75 mine. Rel. Oct. 15. 

Song of Life (Ger.) (dubbed English) (Embassy); Art and photography pre' 
dominant. Dir. Granowsky. 70 mine. Rel. April 1. 

Soviets on Parade^ (Russ.) (Kinematrade). Historic record of current Rus- 
sia. 65 mins. Rel. Feb. 1.. Rev. March 7. 

Storch Hat, Uns Getraut, Der (Ger.) (General). Lll Dagover. Dir. Herman 
Kosterlitz. 80 minS. Rel. Nov. 15. 

Theodor Koerner (Ger) (General) Historical drama. Dorothea Wlecke 
Dir. Karl Boese. 80 mins. Rel. May 1. Rev. May 16. 

Tod (J ber Shanghai (Ger.) (DuWbrld). Mystery play of Americans in Japan. 
Dir. Roirf . Rai^^^^^ 

fraunri von Schonbrunn . (Ger.) ((3.eneral). Musical. Martha Eiggerth. Ir. 

. Johannes Meyer 85 mlns. Reh May 16. Rev. -June 6. 
Traumende Mund, See Melo, Gaptain Auten. 

"Trolt Mbusquetalres,. Les (Generan (French).^ Duma's classic with songs 
Dir. Henri Dlampnt-Berger.., i28 mlns. ,Rel. May 1, Rev. May 9. 

.. Und es Leiichtet die Puszta (Ger) (Ufa). Musical romance. Wolf Albach- 
Rfetty. Dir. Heiriz Hille. 80 mins. Rel. Jan, 15. 
Victoria Und Ihr Hukear <Klnematrade) (Ger) Viennese operetta. Mlchaei 
Bohnien. Dir. Richard (Xswald. 90 mlns. Rel. April 1. Rev. April 11. 

Volga Volga (Fr.) (dubbed English) (Kinematrade). Adventure of a Cbssack 
Robin Hood, 70 riilns; Rel. pec. 15. Rev. Dec, 26 

Walzorparadies. (Ger.) . .(Capital); ' Musical Comedy. Charlotte Susa. ir 
.Frledrlck Zelhick; Rel. March 1. ReVi March 1. 

Wandering Jew (Jewish. American) (Yiddish); Terror of Hitler regime. Ben 
Ami. Dir. George. Holland; 70 mins. Rel. Oct. 15. Rev. Oct. 24. 

WIe Sag Ichis Me.lhen lyian? (Ger) (Ufa). .Farce. Renate Mueller.' Dir. Rein- 
hold Schucnfeel, 70 inin's. Rel. Jan. 15. 

Wehn Die Hebe Mode Macht (Ufa) (Ger). Comedy with music. Renate 
Mueller. Dir. Frank Wenzler. 80 mins. Rel. Nov. 1. 

.Whither Germany? (Klflematrade) . (German). Dlfflcultl^S' of life. Hertha 
■Thlcle. -Dir. SI T. Dudov. 71 mlns. Rel. Ai>rll 16. Rev. April 26. 
Ishe fochter (Yiddish) ((juallty). Old-fashioned Yiddish drama. Yiddish 
Art and Vllna Troupes. ,7,5 mins. ReV. May 23. 

YI*kor (Yiddish) (Gloria). Revamp ol silent. Maurice Schwartz, Dir.' 8idne> 
Goldin and Georpe Rolland. 80 mlns, Rel. May 15. Rev. June 6. 

Zwei.Gute Kahieraderi (Gor.) (General). Military musical.. Fritz Kamners 
' Dir. Max Obal. 75 niln llel. Nov. 15. » 



cast offering flne characterizations, 
almost swamping Leslie Banks, Who 
is starred, but has little to do. 

A reai"- inurder occurs dU'riiig .-a 
game of that name played In dai'K- 
ness at a dinner party.: The victim 
Is the hdst, a millionaire newspajper 
owner, who Is hated arid feared ,hy 
his guests, all of whom have divers 
reasons for wishing him put of the 
way. 

Commissioner of Pdlice (Leslie 
BariHs) half suspects his daughter, 
who had confided to him during 
the party i she wa» .being black- 
mailed into a llas(>h 'with the der^ 
.ceased because of indiscreet letteris 
In his possession. The yourig Sec- 
retary • is arrestedi They, had been 
heard quarrelling. 

At the trial Interruption comes 
from a .lieurotic novelist, who siiys 
he killed the man, in a rage at the 
treatriient of his books at the; hands 
of tjhfe newspaper syndicate, . . and 
then turns the gun on himself in 
court for a dramatic finale.' • 
It has good avierage interest and 
should prbve an attraction. 

CURTAIN AT EIGHT 

Majestic production ■ and releaste. Fea- 
tures Dorothy Mackalll, Paul Cavanagh. C; 
Aubrer--Sinlth, Sam -Hardy; Marlon Shil- 
ling, Hale Hamilton. , Jack Mulhall. .Di- 
rected by K. Mason Hopper.. Based on 
story by Octavus Roy Otoen; adaptntlon 
by Bdward T. Lowe. At Ijoew's New: York 
Feb. 7-8, bate of double' bill; , Running 
time, 66 mlns.' 

Ijola Cresmer..... Dorothy Mackalll 

Jim Hanvey. C.' Aubrey: Smith 

W^lle Thornton Paul Cavanaugb 
Marty Oallagber. k • • ^ . . ^ . - ^ . • Sam Hardy. 
Anlce . :..;......^.'»«.«.,. Marlon Shilling 

Terry Moohey Russell . Hopton 

Alma Jenkins (Thbmton)..Natalle Moprhead 
Major ' Manning, ..... . . . . . . .Hale Hamilton 

Doris Manning.......... Rutheima Stevens 

Carey Weldon.i.«.........i..Jack Mulhall 

LoeW's booked, this indie for its 
New York subsequent runs and, as 
a. concession to the circuit, in vie-w 
of its own (Metro) 'Dinner at Eight,' 
already played, the title 'was 
changed to 'Backstage Myistery.' 
Elsewhere it will be shown under 
its regular title, 'Curtain at Eight.' 

Picture Is a carelessly riiade mur- 
der .mystery which drags itself 
lamely through a lot of trite plot 
and circumstance to a conclusion 
that is equally unlnteii-estirig. 

Before the picture has- gone far 
every eflort :1s made to impress the 
audience with the possibility that 
the actor murder committed, some- 
thing the action, waits pretty long 
to commit, can :be laid to a friendly 
chimpanzee who runs around back- 
stage at Will. The monk at one 
point is seen playing around with a 
revolver; found in the prop room a.t 
the theatre to which the. primate 
seems to have ac(:ess. 

.OtJCourse,_eyeji:the less accurate, 
film murder solvers among the, fans 
will know the chimp didn't commit 
the murder but that the leading 
lady, with unrequited love as the 
justification, did it, The way all 
this is handled, matches with the 
same amateurish treatment a-nd di- 
rection which tries to-^hlft blame in 
other directions. 

A dumb cop, played by Sam Har- 
dy, and plagued by another; of those 
smart-cracking newspaper men 
from the Hollywood, files of types 
that/never change,' is relied on for 
comedy rielief . ' Hardy can do little 
about it. 

Dorothy Mackalll proves colorless 
in an: assignment that lends ' her 
little, if any, opportunity. For Paul 
Cavanagh. the script offered no 
more. ^Char. 



Theatre Sues .Op. Union 
To Enjoin Picketing 

Rochester, Feb. 12. 

Proprietors of the Plaza have 
started court action to pi*event 
picketing by the operators' union, 
asking a temporary injunction 
pending the ?10,000 permanent ' in- 
Junctioh suit the theatre has pend- 
ing against the union: 

Joseph Schul^r. and "Theodore 
Brown opened the Plaisa, wliich had 
been d.T.rk for about three years, on 
Xmas Eve. Brown, who ik a II- 
censedv ■pi'ojectibnist, applied for 
adniisslon to. the local union that he 
mighi operate the projector in his 
o'vm .theatre. He •was told that 
seniority rights wpUld prevent his 
working at the Plaiza. All union 
labor was .dropped and tlie house 
has been, picketed since Jan. 1. . 

Union claims that Brown, is only 
a dummy partner with Schuler and 
that the partnership' was formed 
inereiy to avoid paying nnion. wages 
and giving the. projectionists oiie 
day oft each' week. 



QUERIES 5,000 EXHIBS 
ON DOUBLE FEATURES 



Hollj'wpod, Feb. 12. 
Elmer Clifton can't get the low- 
down, on the double bill thing in 
Hollywood,, so he's sending a ques- 
tionalre to 5,000 exhlbs, asking the'ir 
sla.nt for advice on future produc- 
tion.. 

producer-director, nOw on thft 
Prudential lot, will >nail the queries 
during Ihe week, :j;plementins 
them by separate requests for com- 
ment .from exchanges. 



Ruggles' 'Voice' 

Ho41ywood, Feb. 12. 
Charles Buggies draws the top 
spot in B. P. SchUlberg's 'Her Mas- 
ter's Voice' at Paramount. Roland 
Young created the original rol 
now on- Broadway. 
' Lahny Ross and Mary Boland al- 
ready in. 





(Continued from paig€> 23) 



MONTREAL 



PALACE 

(2;700; 00) 

High. $18,000 
Low. .■■ 



CAPITOL 

(2.700; 00) 

High. $30,000 
Low.. . 5,6.00 

LOEW'S 

(8,200; 05) 

High. $18,000 
Low.. '5,500 



PRINCESS 

(1,000;: BO) 

HighV $25,000 
Low.. 3,500 



Jan. 11 



Little Women 

$15,000 



Ouck-^Soiip- 
$13,000 



Son of Sailor 

$11,000 
(Vaude) 



Roman 
Scandals 

and 
Master of 
Men 

$13,600 



Jan. 18 



Women 

$11,500 
(2d week) 



-Christopher' 
Bean 

$11,000 



Hoopla 

$10,000 



- Scandals 

and. ' 
Master 

$11,000 
(2d, week) 



Jan. 25 



Love, Honor, 
Oh, Baby 

and 
, Only 
3 Yesterday 
$9,5^0 



Paneingf' Lady 
$11,600 



Ladies 
.Behave 

; $10,000 
(Lita a. 

Chaplin on 
stage) . 



Scandals 

and 
Master 

$7,500 
(3d week) 



Fob. 1 



Invi ibie Mart 
. • aind 
Made Me 
Love Yoii 
$10,000 

— ■ "DesiflW"" ■ 
$12,000 



Skiteh 

$11,000 



Fog 

and 
Lady Is 
Willing 

$8,000 



PROVIDENCE 



. tb"^XddfeiS» 
Amklnb, 723 Seventh Ave. 
Associated Cinema, 154 \V. 55th: 
Bavaria -KUm,- 489 Fifth Ave, 
Capital Film. 630 Ninth Ave. , 
DuWorld Films, 729 Seventh Ave. 
Embassy" Plcts., 729 Seventh Ave, 
European Film, 164 West 66th. 
FlimchblCe, 609 Madl.son AVe. 
Foremco. 1660 Broadway. . 
Garrison Films. 12^ Seventh Ave. 
General Foreign Saleti. K9 7th Ave. 
Olorta Films. 630 Ninth Ave. 



" TT Tforfbej-, 729 Seventh Ave. 
Jewish American, 630 Ninth Ave. 
Kinem&tfade, 723 Seventh Ave. 
Madison Plcts.. Ill West B7th. 
New Era, 660 Ninth Ave. - ^ 
rortale Films, 630 Ninth Ave. 
Protex Trading. 42 E. 68th. 
Edward RIccI, 66 Fifth Ave. 
Quality Plots,. .630 Ninth Ave. 
.Scandinavian Films, 220 W. 42 
Ufa, 729 Seventh. Ave. 
Worldklno. 160I Broadway. 



Ark. Exhlbs Chary 

Riumbllngs of disebntient With the 
present, independent theatre organ- 
ization^ Motion Picture Theatre 



and Tennessee,, come from across 
the river, rliidependents In ' Arkan,- 
sas, dubious about, thie leadership 
Of M. Av Lightman, tri-state MPTG 
pre.sident, have formed the Inde- 
pendent Theatre Owners of Arkan- 
sas. 

These theatre owners are alwa,y.s 
suspicious of the chain houses. The 
fact that Lightman operates several 
oC his Arkansas shows in a pattner- 
•shlp with the PuMlx circuit aroused 
their concern, though thcj'e also 
=acomaito=b(usome=GomplainUl)eGa<Kse« 
the greater buying power of liight- 
ma-n's group works to the disadv. r 
tape of the ono-shoW theatre man. 
. The new oreanlz&tioa Will Jjold its 
first semi-annual meeting Sunday 
and Monday in Little Rock. ,Ofncers 
are T. W. Sharp of. Little Rock, 
pre.sld6nt; Ray Morrow of Malvern, 
V. p., and .T. F, Norman of England, 
sec. and treas. 





Jan. 11 


Jan. 18 


Jan. 25 


Feb. 1 


STATE 

(3.200; 10-26-40) 

High. $29,000 
Lovvr . . 2,500 


Dinner 

$15,400 
(Vaiude) 


.Roman 
Scandals 

$19,300 


Fugitive 
Lovers 

$12,700 


Gallant Lady 

$10,800 


MAJESTIC 

(2,200; 15i25^40) 

High. $17,500 
Low.. 2^00 


Lady Killer 
and 
Made Me 
Love You 

$5,800 


House on 56 
St. and 
Skitch 

$19,100 


Convention. 
. .City and 
Solitaire 
Man 

$7,800 


Suzanne 

and. 
Madame Spy 

$6,500 


PARA. 
MOUNT 

(3,200; 15-2.5-40) 

High. $18,000 
Lovy.. 2.200 


Design 
and 
, Rainbow 
Over B'way 

$8,000 


Rainbow 

and 
Design 

$2,000. 
(2d week, 

.split) 
(4 days) 


White 
Woman 

and 
Without 
Room 

$5,500 
(8 days). 


Fane's Baby 
and 
Couldn't 
Take It 

$4,200 


. - ALBEE^, V 

(2,500; •in-25-40) • 
High. $20;000 
Low . . 2,500 


.Dawn t6_Rid. 
and 
Fog 

$6,900 
(Snllt) 


■ ..:..RLo: ... 

$5,500 
(2d week) 


ICrlminal . at._ 
> Large and 
Horse Play 

$2,000 
(5 days) 


.Ma.n!s.-C'astl«L 

$12,500 
('New Yorkr 
ers' on stage) 


NEW HAVEN 




Jan. 11 


Jan. -18 


-Jan. 25 


Feb. 1 


PARA- 
MOUNT 

(2,348 ;.i^5-50) 

High. $21,000 
Low^. '2,600 


Design 

$8,500 
(? days) 


Girls in Boat 
and 
Double Life 

$6,000 


Fane's Baby 

.and . 
Chief 
$3,100 


All of Me 

$4,000 


POLI'S 

(8,040; 85-50) 

High. $20,000 
Low... 430. 


' - Dinner 

$9,600 


Roman 
Scandals 

$10,000 


Down to Rio 

$11,000 


Gallant Lady 

and ■ ' 
Before 
Midnight 

$8,800 . 


SHERMAN 

(2,200; 35-«» . 
High. $16,000 
Low.. 1.500 


House on 56 

St: and. 
Son of Korng 
$5,800 


Cohv^tibn, 
City, and 
Headquarters 

$6,100 


Massacre 
and 
Meanest Gal 

$3,800 


Candlelight 

and 
i, Nelli 

$6,006 



BIRMINGHAM 





Jan; .11 


Jan. 18 


Jan'. 25 ' 


Feb. 1 


ALABAMA 

(2,800; ■30-36-40) 

High. $29,000 
Lovv .' . 3,500 


Little Women 

$14,000 \ 


' Design 

$8,000 


Dancing Lady 

$io,oo(r 


Sitting Pretty 

$7,800 " 


STRAND 

(800 ; 25) 

High. $5,000 
Low..; 800 


Midshipman 
Jack and. 
Cradle .Song 

$1,6,00- 


Rafter 
Romahce 

$806 


.Jimmy and 
Sally, and 
Double Lif^ 

$1,160 


Baron 

$1,800 


EMPIRE 

(80O; 25) 

HigK. $12,000 
Low ... 800 


Man^s Cattle 

$2,800 


Lady Killer 

$2,660 


Captured 

$1,000 


Arizona to 
B'way 

$1,400 


PORTLAND* ORE. 




Jan. 11 


Jan. 18 


Jan. 25 


1 Feb. 1 


B'WAY 

(2,000; 25-40) : 

=Hlghf--$21,000- 
Low . ; 2,500 


Son of Sailor 

$7,800 


Fugitive 
Lovers ' 

=^=^aird:-=='=^r 
Iceberg 
$4,260 


Havana 
Widows 


MyrJt and. 
Marge . 




$^ovr^~ 

^ * ■ 


UNITED 
ARTISTS 

(t.OOO; 20-40) 

Hi $13^0 
LoVv,. 1,200 


c Roman 
Scandals 

$5,800 . 
(2d week) 


' Dinner 
$9,400 


Dinner 

$'5,206 
(2d week) 


Dinner' 

$2,700 
(3d; week) 


ORIENTAL 

(2..-.00; 2.-J-3,-) 

High. $24,000 
Lovy.. 8^00 


Lady for Day 

$4,600 


Mary Stevens 

$3,400 


Lady Killer 

$3,206 


After Tonight 
and 
Horseplay 
$3,300 



Tuesday* February 13, 1934 



RADIO 



VARIETY 



35 




LOCAL 




WOR, Newark, Only Station In on 







Cost o£ operating the. newis bureliu 

that after March furnishes .the 

neyf9 for broadcastlnir will .be 

shared between NBC aiid Columbia 

until indie station men start fiub-: 

Bcrlbiirier to th<& service. All the 
press associations are obligated to 
do under the hews control palct is 
furiiish the bulletins to the clearing 
house. So far no: indie station ex- 
cept WOR, Newark, hai3 declared it- 
self ^ subscriber to the news .the 
latter source is due to supply the 
radio trade for airing twice a day. 

It is, planned to place the proposU 
tion eventually .on a) .pro- rata basis,. 
Boniethlng along the lines of the 



i^rrangeni^nt prevailihg between the 
Associated Press and newspaper 
members. Meahiirne the funds for 
the clearing house's personnel and 
operations overhead Wili come 'en- 
tirely, from' the networks. News 
letters' will not .be . relayed to the 
■ stations through, the distriict offices 
of the' preag associations but will 
-orlglntai^ directly_by-JWestern_TTnion- 
and Postal f^om the central bureau's 
New York liayout. 

Regional stations are holding 
Aloof for the most part. Agitation 
of some virulence has built a sus- 
jplcious attitude In some .instances. 
Prime argument .of the rebel broad- 
casters has been that the networks 
haye sought to bind all radio sta-. 
tlons to a pact that chiefly benefits 
the webs' and gives little advantage 
.15 the other statiotis. 

Networks iii rebuttal to the 
charges of the anti-press element 
declare thait. while station^ like 
KNX, Los Angeles, are admittedly 
handicapped there are dozens of 
stations that heretofore never had 
apy news bulletins at all and these 
stations are now enabled to obtain 
t^o flve-minute programs daily for 
a nominal fee. 



Apiex of (furiosity 



. p. H. James, who as NBC 
sales promotion mgr., gets 
'fr^equent calls outside for 
talks on broadcasting, has 
found that, regardless of the 
dignity or intellectuality of 
the gathering, there are three 
points of information bound to 
pop up when he invites ques- 
tions. They, want to know: 

'Does Amois really .play the 
part of the Klngflsh?' 

'lis ilary. . Livingstone really 
Mrs.. Jack Beiiny?' • 
'• 'How .ca,h tickets - be' got for 
tiie ■ ■Eddie ' Ga ntoir— breadeaatsy^ 




String of Live Talent ShoWs 
All Produced by Stations 
Is Set by Fels-Naphtha 
Soap Through Young and 
Rubicam 




Befogged 



BORD£N'S, TOO 



Banki'olling the most extensive 
string ot.ioca] live talent programs 
launched in years, is thei. maker Of 
Is^ briand of. soap. Cdmmer- 



NBC Policy on 





Lbs Angeles, Fob. 12. 

Underground reports mention 
KNX, leader of the ^ght against the 
network treaty with the newspapers 
as going ahead with «i news- gather- 
ing orgaJiizatiOn of its own which 
It proposes to sell to other stations. 
Such a news bureau would be radio- 
controlled in contrast to the New 
York burea.u .just set lip with James 
Barrett"^ir-charge " whlT;h~is ~ddmin=: 
ated by the press. 

KNX has had 19 news-broadcast 
sessions' daily and feels that this 
has won the station a wide listen- 
ing public which is in jeopardy be- 
cause of the shut-down. Mean- 
while, until IWiarch the' United 'Press 
Is supplying KNX with flashes. 

KFI (NBC) is reported as allied 
In purpose with KNX likewise: feel- 
ing that news is too important to 
lie sloughed off at the request of tbie 
■etworks. 



CHI STATIONS MEET 
ON RETAEERS' COPY 



Adv. Agencies 



Advertising circles declare them- 
selves as . puzzled by NBC^s two- 
way attitude toward laxative ac- ' 
couhts. While one network .source 
disseminates the info that after 
present contracts haye expired the 
bars tvill go up. on laxative makers, 
another, the sales department,- 
tihues to accept renewals from the 
same! medicinal _categorsr. 

Case in point with regard to the 
latter situation occurred last week 
when the starting date on the 
.George iGershwih series for Peen-a- 
mlnt Was moved Up from Aug. 20 
to Feb. 19. Health Products origr 
Inal Idea had been to let six months 
elapse following the end of the 
'Potash aiid Perlniutter' run. Net- 
work jalso recently gave, the Eno 
Salts • (Crime Clues) the okay on a 
year's extension with the privilege 
of dropping out for- the month of 
August. 



ciai . throiifeh the Young St Rubicam 
agency has lined up 21 stations in 
that number of cities for, 39-week; 
,cointracts With eacii outlet vising 
staff talent of established pbpularity ■ 
in the reijpective communities,: ■ All 
stations. are located within the basic 
territory. Borden, Inc., IS slated to 
undertake a similar project, but with 
-the- -outlets- £pre.ad... through . .the. 
South, 

Statioris already set by Pels are 
WEEI, Boston, WQKO, Albany, 
WGR, Buffalo, WSYR, Syracuse, 
WLW, Cinciiihati, WSPD, Toledo, 
KDKA, Pittsburgh, WTAQ; Eau- 
Cialre, Wis., wnSG, BImirai WLBB, 
Erie, and WJZ, New Tork. Some 
of the cbntracts call for two 15- 
miftiite programs a week while 
other stipulate a single half -hour. 
Tie-up with local stations direct 
and the engagement of talent lo- 
cally popular allows for special 
merchandising methods and hook- 
ups that the soap manufacturers 
has mapped out. 

Borden's spot broadcasting enterr 
prise based on the use of live talent 
exclusively entails a weekly 16- 
minute progfram over a period of 
13 weeks. 



.(Chicago, Feb. 

Radio stations last, week conferred 
with the Chicago . retail code com- 
mittee and the Better Business Bii- 
teau regarding local commercial 
broadcasts. 

No particular policy was. adoiJtcd 
or any set of l-ules. Get-together 
merely left the stations with a 
pledgiei to /flee that several of the 
more blatant icommerdal claims on 
' local shows be .cleaned up. . ParficuV 
larly the stations are Interested, in 
clearing up some of the out-ofr 
bounds; comnierclal copy on clothing 
•nd fur store campaigns. 



Chesterfield Symphony 

.CBS li^ trying to. interest Ches^ 
Mrfleld In a batch -of opera stars 
*»d concert Instrumentalists with 
which to replace the Philadelphia 
•ymphohy ' series slated to eorhe off 
Feb, 24. . 

Idea would be to use three names 
ftpom the concert field on alternate 
tMlghts during the week. 



Hazards oiF Surveys 



Keen . rivalry between the 
two iidtionial webs developed 
an .odd. situation last week- 
when answers to a survey 
CBS is conducting were 
wrongly mailed to NBC ' by 
about .30 persons. CBS is 
seeking information on what 
statibns come in strongest in 
various coinmunlties, 

".NBC before" remailinf 



answers to CBS took a ^eoU. at 
the answers and made the cus- 
tomary ipatriotic wisecracks. 



NRA OIL CODE 






Air Code Subcommittee 
Meets on Equity Claims 

Subcommittee of -the broadcasting, 
code authority sat for three days 
in New Tork. last week taking data 
oil Actors I^uity's claim to union 
supervisory -powers in radio. /Code's 
representation made up of John 
Shepard, 3rd, head of the Yankee 
network; . James, M, Baldwin, and 
M, R, Runyon of CBS, talked about 
talent problems with nestwork reps, 
ad agency men, radio actors ¥i.nd 
Frank Glllmore, Equity prez. 

Considerablie part 6t the quiz re- 
feiTed to charges made, by Equity 
in Its survey on the radio industry, 
with the subcommittee particularly 
Interested . In oheGkihg. up some of 
the actor stories quoted in the 
Equity report. 

Code authority's represchtatioh 
plans to resume the inquiry and 
draw up a. report for the admin-' 
Istratlve board as whole on its 
findings with lii the next two w.eoks. 

Johansen's Flying iTour 

San Francisco, Feb. 
■ Gunnar Johansen is on ^ leave of 
^.bsence from NBCJ- for a brief con- 
cert tour which he Is making. «h- 
tirely by plane. pianLst fiew . to 
TE^eWtfr'°wasinTiFt7jnrr^ 
thtire last week, thence by .plaiie to 
Chicago ifor a date as gue.st artist 

With, the symi)hony. . 

Flylnk back to Seattle for a Feb, 
20 appearance with that city's sym- 
phony, and will return here Feb. 25 
to resume his NBC broadcasts. 
Meanwhile, a pupil; Douglas/Thomp- 
son,, is batting for Im on thp net- 
worlt. 



PRIMA PAYS WBBM 
$40,000 FOR GAMES 



Chicago, Feb. 12, 
Second sponsor has signatured 
for play-by-play broadcasts of the 
liaaeJSaU. -games this .summer. Prima 
beer went on the line last week for 
the series over WBBM. Going in 
oh its sixth year on this station and 
at added coin. Understood rate for 
the 1934 run will be $40,000. 

Walgreen iaet for same programs 
over.WGN. 



Standard Oil o^ New Jiersey, will 
resume the Babe Ruth recorded 
series but without the giveaway 
angle included in the program, ipie- 
finer last week yielded to the pros- 
sure brought by the oil pode au- 
thbrity and put an end to the 
premium thing connected with the 
Ruth shows. Contracts given the 
stations for the series was for 39 
broadcasts, 

■fiuth had done 20 discs up to 
the tlmie ' the oil code administra- 
tion issued its ukase. With the 
baseball star now In Florida train- 
ing quarters the remaining discs 
of the series >yill be made with, 
the Ruth voice ghosted and the 
giveaway features eliminated froni 
the boys club stimt. 



Leading liquot" distributing com- 
bliies iare expected to, let loose with- 
in the next month 'with hugely bud- 
geted iEiIr campaigns to break dow.h 
buyer resistance caused both by 
high , prices oh the publicity over 
whiskey " blending.. Programs, ,as 
seen by the advertisihg trade, will 
be . sti'ictly of the institutional yar 
riety, 

.One of the major combines, Dis- 
tillers and Brewers Of America,' Inc,, 
has- :alr.eady- statted ' to test but 

grartn' . . in. . a.. ; O0 U:Ple-:^ots.^:4n-^he— 
east. If the. show tiaked it will be 
recorded and distributed 
stations in wet areas. 

Several of the liquor combines 
have woi'ked out an arrangement 
whereby the local distrib can afford 
to do his own advertising. Allot- 
ment of advertising coin depends In 
.each ln.stance_.OTL the number of 
cases bought. 

After the furore caused by news- 
print blows over. It Is anticipated 
that: the Federal Radio Commission 
will rescind the rule implied in Its 
warhl.ng to stations about the han- 
dling of hard liquor advertisihg.*J^cr 
cording to the commission's ukase 
no station carryihg hard, liquor ad- 
vertising will be Ranted, a license 
renewal without the . , application 
first being subjected to a public 
hearing. 



McCarthy TO Kn IN 

NBC COAST EXEC SHIFTS 



Cojnlin-Glass Airing 

" " " Holly wood,' Wb. 12. 

James. Conlin and Myrtlo Glass, 
old vaude team, are on KFWB, the 
Warner station, twice a week in a 
song and chatter act. 

Program commerclaled by Farley 
.clothing ..qo. . .I . 



30 to 1 Against Audience 

Chi Radio Ed Asks Readelr-Listeners if They 
Like Applause^They Don't 



Chicago, Feb. 

L/lsleneria are overwhelmingly op- 
posed; to hand-clapping studio audi- 
ences. This is the conclusion reached 
by a survey made through the 'Star 
Dust' program oh KTW by U imor 
Turiier, who doubles as .radio ed for 
the Chicago Herald-Examiner. 

On; ills program Turner f I'ankly 
asked the radio audience what they 
thought about studio personal .ap- 
pearances arid out of some 600 re- 
plies only 21 favored In-pierson 
shows. The otliers were negative; 
with .the replies ranging from peti- 
tions against studio audiences to 
fr^tntlc .poetry. 

Shortest reply read 'No applause 
please.' .Longest ran into a disser- 
tation of radio and thejncw atteny)t_ 
"orifirdTo T<r"?slabTi8ir7"alr""nfeat^^^ 
One letter from Wyoming said: 'Did 
you ever heia.r a . radio audience 
clapping? Weilj .i Tiave^and. many, 
times they clap before you get the 
benefit of the Joke. At other times 
I believe the actor is playing to the 
audience rather than the radio.'. One 
gave this suggestion: 'Audiences in 
the studios might waye their han^l.s 
to Hhow appreciation.* 



Beatrice Fairfax Ghost 
For La Franco Flakes 

. .LaPranco washing flakes will 
debut - Beatrice Fairfax on NBC 
March .10. It. will be a. Saturday 
night affair. 9:30 to 10 ES-i*, with 
the red (WEAF) link the 
Mountain artd Pacific Coast supple-^ 
mcntaries inyolved. Contract is tot 
17 weeks in the spring and a return 
in October for 17- weeks more. 

addition to the lovelorn col- 
umnist's personal appearance there 
will be dramatizations of problems 
which she will relate have been 
posed to her. Agency is Young and 
Rubicam. 

. Voice to impersonate the mythical 
Beatrice is; to be .selected. 



Newland on KNX 

.tos JAhgclcs. Feb.. 12. 

Tiny Newland, former fiarltone 
at Kilj, goes to KNX for a iG-mln- 
ute spot five d.'iys a wo(-lc. 

He eux)pla»it.s tawreuf.. King; 
who haH gone .to San' Francisro a^ 
so]ol.«<t ■ with Jay Whlflfl^ri's on-hoH- 
tra at the f-^t. I'lviTifiH. 



San Frahclsco, Feb. 12. 
Shift In NBC's exec personnel is 
due this week, upon the return from 
New. .York of Don E. Gllman, y.p. 
and western chief. 

C. X,. .McCarthy, assistant to .Oil- 
man, leaves for KFI, L<*fii Angeles, 
where he has been offered a similajp- 
post. under Artliur Kables, gen, mgr. 
for Earle C. Anthony. McCarthy's 
successor not chosen. 

Gil , who arrived in T.ioa An- 
geles- last -week- -(-9-)- with- Mr— H, 
Ayleswortht is due to return here 
about the .15 th, but It's doubtful If 
Aylesworth will get up hel*e. 



News^ (^^^^ 

From CBS; Goes with KNX 

liOS Angeles. Feb. 12, 
, With CBS news service getting 
the air Mar, 1 under the radio p^act 
with newspapers, Les Mawhlnney, 
who has been handling the service 
for the Tyest fi-om Los Ahg^les, tveht 
off the payroll Saturday (10), 

Mawhinney Is now handling the 
news' bulletins for KNX, indepen- 
dent, Which has been leading the 
fight on the coast .against the news' 
ban. He will also head the pub- 
licity departmient. He was in the 
p.a. berth at KiiJ before going to 
CBS. 



NBC Ogles Pontiac 



With the car makerB' current 13r 
week contract with CBS due to ex- 
pire in four Weeks, NBC has started 
auditioning, for Pohtiac, Affair jhat. 
Columbia is originating Saturday 
hights from the coast for the ac- 
count ^yas okayed for five weeks 
only. 

Poritiac has been .a.llled Aylth CBS 

for^thja past two^ ^ Prjjpr.:to.. 

that the GortorS "Motors subsi .Tary 
had' been NBC's cxclusiy(*iy. 

Jeap Goldkctte had moved his of- 
fice Into New York fi'om Detroit be- 
cause of an understanding with 
G. M. execfl that ithe Poritiac pro- 
gram was to be his. At the last 
minute it was decided- to take tiie 
show, that oris had In the meantime 
plp^'d In as a prospect frOm the 
j. wrist toa.ut. 



VARIETY 



ADIO 



Tueadajt Februorj 13, 1934 



92 Minneapolis Listeners Answer 
tuestion, Do Fans Know Sponsors? 



riIinueap,olis is the second, kej 
ictty canvassevl by VARiBrt througrh 
a questionnaire, asklngr radio fans to 
Identify sponsors. .. Results for the 
yikljis: City are based upoii. 92 re- 
Ties. Of -thesie 28 were from house 



the a.dvertlsln? ques- 
Kripw Sppnsors ? 
sterns in the base of Minneapolis 
&S In the tabulation for JEiartforcl, 
Connecticut, printed, last week to 
indicate that those programs which 
bavfe; been consistently on the air 
and well-produced have created a 
sponsor Impression., 

This survey In no way is sup 
.posed to suggest relative merit or 
popularity of the programs listed 
It is simply {in attempt to fliid put 
how the. advertisers stand: with the 
wellT-known' headlihers arid pro- 
I'ams they bankroll. 

Andy, are an obvloiis 
leaderi program was one of 

the first major smashes of radio and 

. ha& continued: ■, popular, year fter 
y^ar.v Edc|ie ' Cantor's, ' as^Qcialtfpn 

-^ ntli : -Ghastf " .and S anbor n' . has. o f- 
^cou.r^e been ot long du ration, and 
the program itself a ipace- setter foi" 
Briiart radio showmanship. Ed 
Wynh's pPmedy. twist in the sales 

.ispiels for Texacp Is natural enough 
to build public familiarity. Plus the 
fact that the 'Texacp cpmpany itselif 
is. aggressively actfve"on merchan- 



keenly show 



dlslng tie-ups and 
manship-minded. 

SjBveral • program^) notably the 
Metropolitan Opera and Casa lLrf>ma 
orchestra . have been, on the air 
comparatjyely .short time* It Is not 
to be expected that the public Would 
recognize their ■ sponsorship ais 
readily in "the cafie.S: of Older 
shPwrs; • . 

Minneapolis with a predomihat 
ingly Swedish racial strain is prob 
ably neither wholly typical nor ex- 
traordinarily unique as an Ameri- 
can city. It has long, tough win 
ter nights and a citizenry not noted 
for being highfbrow. It is pi'esuin 
jabiy a good radio town with strong 
family life ties. ' 

Easy ' Aces who switched from 
LayOris and ftn evening . niche to 
Jad Salts, and an afternoon period 
drew ll: wron identifications by 
listeners not aware of the chaiifff 
of sponsors but the 16 correct aji- 
sv.' were by housewives s6 that 
thin isn't a bad ishovvi 
6utstandi)ig vari . beiweei: 

familiarity with the sponsor ,Pf 
Burns and Alleri, Out of 85 replies 
Hartford correctly -named Burns 
and Allen's advertiser 5S times.. In 
Minneapolis out of 92 replies only 
2? were right. 

Next ..week : , Ala., and 

Charlotte, N. C. 



Program 




r 



Sponsor 
Wrqnglv 
Named 



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76 
75 
65 
64 



MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. 

Tabujated Replies are from the fjolloiving: Housewives, 28; gro- 
cers, 2', di-iiggists, 2; manufacturers, 2; tailor, 1; clergyman, i; en raver, 
1; stenographer, 4; office managers, A', stock ItroJcers, Z; salesmen, 18; 
salesn'omen, t; maid,.t; milkman, 1; architect, 1; lawyer ^ 1; garage me- 
chanic, 1; merchants, 2; presis agents, 2\ clerks, 5; reporters, 2; theatre 
owners, 2; porter, 1; buyers, 5; unidentified, 2.) 

(92 REPLIES) ' 
Sponsor 
Correctly 
Named 

Amos 'n* 80 
Eddie Cantor 
Ed Wynn ..: 
Maxwell. Show Boat 
Myrt & Marbe 

Boake Carter 55 

'March of Time' 
Rudy Vallee 
Jack Behrfy 

Phi t .Osk^r >»•*•'•• ■ 4 » « s » • V I « ■ t ». *. 
Wayhe Kinfl Orch«ttra 
Burns and Allen 
Joe Penner . . . . 
Metropolitan' Opera 
PauI—WhitemaTi- - . 77—.-. rr. , . ; . , . . 
Olsen and Johnson 
Easy Aces . . . 
Jessica Dragonette 
'Rise of.. GoldbergB* 
lara 'Lu A Em . 
Casa Lpma Orchestra 
V\/\\\; Rogers 



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Sponsor 

Not 
Known 
12 

13. 
16 
27 
28 
37 
27 
'42 
51 
61 
^4 
66 
65. 
59.. 
63: ■ 
71 
66 
77 
81 
80 



Aspirin Takes 'Dreams' 
Unspohspred for Week 

OhicaKo, Feb, 12, 
After one w^k Inierltn on sus 
talhlng the 'Palntedl Dreams' daiily 
show on WQN grabs a new sppn 
sor, the. Calr Asperin company, Fof 
mer sponsor, 'Battle Creek Foods 
coihpany, Is hunting for a cheaper 
Show. 

New commercial hook- starts 
on Feb. 16. 



NBC mmm 

BOOKED SOLID 



Auditions schedule for. new talent 
at NBC Is- so .loaded, up '.that a can- 
didate fpr-a trydut can't get a book'- 
ing. before Feb. 25. Erhfest Cutting. 
Who listens to them .for the prograni 
department,, has few hundred 
dated up In the meanwhile.. 

Cutting: devotes si^c hours a ;day 
live days a week to the parade .of 
iilke prospects, giving edch at least 
nilnutes, While butting is berid-r' 
J ear' over, bis loudspeaker 
there's .another . sef .iof htJ'aiHngs; far 
:t^44^ewe<e>m€>r-STHg bliis. ion ^lseMjtet^e—iw: 



the building. JLatter is 
Artists Service affair 
Cpwan doing the liste'riin 
for that depa;rtmerit. 



■NBC. 
ituby 
lionor.s 



Dili Bin to Curb 
Meidca n 

Activities in U. S. 



Washington, Fie b. 12. 
Bill to curb operation of Mexican 
adio stations was offered' in the 
Senate last week by Senator Dill of 
Washington*, co-author of 1927 ria,dio 
law. Measure, prohibits perabns' or 
companies ■■ "froni piping programs 
over, the border of the U. S. to any 
foreign transmitter with stLfllcient 
power or such location that its sig- 
nals will be received in' this coun- 
try. 

Radio Conanilssion could grand 
authority for U. . S.r foreign tie-ups" 
In order nto tp hurt, legitimate net 
works and chains Irbm serving Ca 
nadian' and Mexican clients. 



GARBER GOES ON CBS 
FROM CATAUNA ISLE 



Chicago, 
'Garber orchestra oitens at 
Cataliha Island Casino ori July 
2 for ail eight-Week stay. 

ile there will get. a coast-to- 
. coast hppk-up over the Columbia 
system. Wires wijl be strung 
cross the channel lO- Lbs Angeles. 



MbEE RECOGNITION 

Rochester, Feb. 12. 
.University of Rochester estab- 
lishes first formal radio broadcast- 
ing .course In the city. It's a new 
pffe.rihg of the Extension depart-^ 
m'ent to train In preparation Of' ma- 
, delivery, microphone, tech- 
nique, tone production and enuncia- 
tion. 

Carmen t)gden will conduct, as- 
sisted by broadcastins and .adver- 
fleirig experts. 



LIEBEBT OVEItBOARS 

Dick Leibert, Radio Gfty Music 
.Hall :6rgraftist, who has 18 broad- 
casts a week on NBC, wouldn't add 
two more via WOR. Latter pays 
only scale and Leibert felt he was 
.Overboard on etherizing^ 

Lew White took on the WOR 
chores instead. 



WCAO SPURNS LIQUOR 



Maryland Always Wet but Station 
|s Semi- Dry 



Baltimore, Feb. 12, 
. Tommy Lyons, owner-operator of 
VyCAO, (CBS) has announced his 
st^ation will refuse whiskey and gin. 
Light wines and suds programs 
okay, but even the continuity and 
comriiercial plugs of these, products 
get careful scrutiny. 

Announcement Just formally naade 
public,, till now WCAO- steering 
away from arty declaration of a 
definite yes or no, , but accepting 
grapes and hops products while 
stalling the hard stuff. . 

Rather surprising arid creating 
gusts of comment in State time- 
hoiioredly- wet and the stamping 
grounds of dozens pf distilleries. 
Furthermore, Lyons has never been 
known to be interested in or ialigned 
with dry activities. 

Fedeiral Radio Commission has 
just okayed full 600-wattage on un- 
limited time for WCAO. 



Kmght Cucliobs 1^ 

A.C. Spark Plugs, a. "C'ehera;! 
Motors s.ubsid.. has set AIa:rch 24 
aa the revival 'date jfor the CoPkoos 
with Raymond Knight on NBC. 
Burlesquery will ^ get a half hoilr 
each Saturday night and a coast to 
coast hookup. 

Conti*act all" around i« for a rhini- 
ninm of 20 \vr-<-k«. 



KFWB's New Thriller 

Hollywood, Feb. . 
KFWB is starting a new mystery 
serial 'Infra Ried,' by. Fi-an Striker. 

Parts will be played by staff play- 
ers with, production by Jack Joy. 



LINFOQT DEQ;PPEp 

Vic LlnfoOt Is off the NBC an-., 
npuncer's staff at headquarters here, 
his place, going vacant until a suc- 
cessor can be selected. Remainder 
of the staff meanwhile doubling up 
until the spot Is filled. 

Also off the network payroll are 
Gall Taylor, soprano, and Gertrude. 
Lyne and Grace Frankle, pianO 
team. 



House-to-House Canvass for Petition 
S^ers in 2 Stations' 




' MUST GET BREAKS 

N BC Ordars Path Cl«ar«d foe Fdur 
Acta 



Chicago,. F6b. 12. 
Chicago NBC program department 
has spotted four acts for the big 
build-up and has sent strict orders 
through the offlces that these four 
niust- get thorough cb-operatlon and 
plugging. Acts are Jackld Heiller, 
Irefie Beasley, thd Crusaders and 
VIC and Sade skit. 

This follows the recent shake-up 
in the sustaining division . with 
seven turns shoyed out of the Mer- 
chandiise "Mart . as ' unable to attract^ 
sponsorshi 

NSC also seiarching for hew. tag 
for the Crusaders, male: Quartet. 
May use; public contest . angle for 
hew label. 



Penetro Gm East 



~ — Chicago, Feb; 12. 

lough show khowji as the 'Pene- 
tro Revire' is going intq the New 
York NBC stiidips to keep tip. with 
the shift of the yiriceht Lopez or- 
chestra from the Chez Paree here 
to, the St. Regis in the east on 
Feb. 23.. 

Means that the King's Jeisters and 
Tony Cabooch drop off the show for 
ait least the eight weeks that Lopez 
is. set in New York. Agency tried 
all angles io get the Jesters Intd 
Radio City but other Chicago local 
shows deterred the Jesters quartet 
from making the jump. 

Understood that show will return 
to Chi after eight weeks upon the 
expiration of the .14- week contract 
that stands on the Lopez-Plough 
tie-up. 



° NBC AUTO SHOW TBOITPE 

San Francisco,. Feb. 12i 
Seattle Auto Show, March 8-10, 
Will have an NBC show booked by 
the network's artist bureau and 
Lou Emmel. Tronpfl may «.lan play 
■Vancouver, Victoria and Portland, 
with deals for those cities now oh 
the fire. 

In the show; are Senator Fishface 
(Blmorts Vincent), Nathan Stewart; 
Don Julian and Margie, Verha 
Frechette, Virginia Kelsey, Fortune 
Sisters and the Neapolitan Four. 



MAQUIRE I^TEFS Xsi 

San Francisco, Feb. 12. 
Arnold Mag'ulre steps up to the 
post of production manager- at Don 
Lee's KPiRG this week - (15)", suc- 
ceeding William H. Wright, who re- 
signed to Join Al Pearce's Gang ph 
N^C. Maguire has been ann'ouncer, 
Continuity. Writer and producer at 
the station.. 

Wright will do the Eb and Zeb 
act arid" others with the PearcP 
gang, besides cutting transcriptions 
of those two characters for Mac- 
Gregor-Sollle. 



Columbia, NBC Both Surveymg 

Webs Seek Data on Popularity of Stations 
and Family Habits 



CBS: is making its- second annual 
national survey a;mOng listeners dlr 
rect to find out what st^itions 
they're tuning In. regularly in their 
respective communities. From this 
questionnaire the web ejj-pects to 
chart both llstiener popularity and 
clarity, of reception. Covered, by the 
questionaire mailed otit are 3.072 
county seats." 

'Courtesy report' addressed to set 
owners m these iareas asks that the 
Info filler-inner first make , note of 
what CBS. and NBC stations are 
heard under average Weather; con- 
ditions tri .that_ community, ■ then. 
^fftHSTT-STTflets^geiferairynir!^^^^^ 
and finally 'which station tends to 
be the most popular In your corii^ 
m.unity,' In a l<irlre niiniber of cases 
the queries have been directed to 
the secretaries of local chambers of 
commerce, while in the small town- 
ships the postmaster has been 
asked to jot down his findlngfs. . 

NBC is trying to find out What 
time of day the vavioua s<igm*-nt 



of the a,yerage 
found at home, 
isuirvey national 



family are to be 
Before' giving the. 
scope the web - Is 
testlnig .out the. thing in a few Wide- 
ly spread spots. Personal and tele- 
phone calls are beln^' used to coir 
lect the info. 

In. this instance thei network isn't 
interested in ascci'tairiing what 
hours: of the day the radio, set is 
kept warmed up. It's a line of In- 
quiry that avoids any reference tb 
the most popular listcrii hours or 
favorite program.s. 

What NBC Wants to know , is the 
average tlhfics .af__da y,— that the. 



hou.sewife is to be found at home, 
what hour.s little Bobby and Elsie 
rriake a habit Of tuning in fpr theiv 
fave shocker^} or Unclfr Con's, about 
what time the working members of 
the family get home arid how often 
during the week do the average Mr. 
and Mrs. spend an evening out to- 
gether. Also th^ average nights thp 
former gets off a week for a lodge 
evenl, or whaLftvei' (he I'^AvScm. 



i N. p.. 

Fight between C. -A.. Munrb, owner 
of CB*BO, and Hi P. Roblrisoii, news- 
paper anii public utilities riiagnat^« 
over the starting , of a hew station 
here has reached the public petition 
stage;- 

Both have canvassers making 
house to house calls getting signa- 
tures. .Aiunirb says his siation ful- 
fills the- cbniniunlty'iBr i*b<j(«lrem6nts; 
While Roblhson Is collecting signa- 
tures to show the Canadia,n govern- 
ment that.' the townsmen want an- 
other outlet. 

Signature canvassers ifor the con- 
teistants frequently run Into one an- 
other: on their hellrlnglng assigns 
ments. . 

Munro. has beien. b.ohtendlrig that 
another station w;onldl confiict with 
his wave length, but the radio com -. 
miisslpn disagreeing with him, has 
granted Robinson a: franchise. 
Munrb started his signature collect- 
ing, before he got wind, of the .dbrii- 
misslon's action. It's his Intention 
to cbntlriue -^atherlh^ riatnes and to, 



comimisslPri and dfrect to the Can- 
adian government. 



NO SPONSORED SHOWS 
FROM 1934 CHI EXPO 



Chicago, Feb. 12. 
Ikely that no commercial pro- 
grams will originate In the World's, 
Fair studios this coming; summer. 
At least no. spojisor has as yet 
asked for frorin-the-Falr gro\irids 
broadcasts and none of the sta- 
tions or networks are. pushing the 
idea. 

Follows the rather' poor, results 
gotten last, year from the ^Falr 
grounds due to poor studio facili- 
ties aiid '' general makeshift ar- 
rangement of the broadcasts on the 
grounds. Every, effort will likely 
be made to do all commercial pro- 
grams from the reETuIar network 
and station studios. 



BEER AND BRAVERY 



Harvard Brewery Will Li 
With Heroism 



Boston, Feb. 12. 
■Harvard Brewing Company has 
decided to go. Into radio in. a big. 
way. New series will be known ss 
'Big Nights.' Shows Will pay trib- 
ute to the Army, this Navy, the 
police, department, and other organl- 
zatioiis' 'symbolic of h eroism and 
bravery. 

First program will pay tribute, to 
the Navy. A local radio executive, 
Eddie Ginsbpurne of W^lEI, will he 
the hei^oic "figure which the sketch 
will be built around. The skit will 
dramatize the Incident of Veira Cruz 
during the Mexican trouble In which 
Eddie lost his leg arid received the 
Congressional Medal of Honor. 

In addition to the dramatic sketch 
there will be. two . of the comedy 
type. Andrew Jacobsbn and his or- 
chestra will furnish the musical 
ROrtibn of the series. 

Brew compiany. is currently heard 
each Monday night WRZ at 

9: 30 o'clock. 



KNX'S TEMPORARY HOME 

Hollywood, Feb. 12. 
Moving from: the Paramount lot, 
.KNX will be hbuised temixtrarily in 
a part of the old Paraniount studio 
on Vine street, now Occupied as a 
recordinig building for Otto K. Ole- 
sbn. 

Station goes into , the temporary 
quaflers awaiting finishing, of a 
studio on Sunset boulevard, former- 
ly, uised: as .a .film 'museum. 



KYA's Additiohs 

San Francisco, Feb. 12. 
Cy "Trobbe and an orchestrai of 
eight men taken on by KTA. Trobbe 
was previously on KPO and before 
that at the Palace hotel. Station 
gQeH.. _.under-J-th e, -Hearst, -hariner.^,^ 
Tuesday (toriciorrow). 

Richard Holman, author of the.. 
'Milly and Billy' skit on the same 
station, added' to the piayroll as cbn - 
tinuity scrivener, 

While making changes, broad- 
caster also comes on air; half hour 
earlier in the mornings, and ha.s 
Ernie Smith doing it nightly sport- 
cast ancl most of the local pfi?:© 



Tuesday. Februaty 13, 1934 



RADIO 



VAsmr 37 







Broadcasters, Inc., Launched 
Witli Unoificial FRC Blessing 



Pur poises die the cotei'Ie of indle- 
owned stations whd have- organized 
themselves into a time-selling com- 
Wne known as Group Broadcasters, 
Inc., has received the approval In 
an -unofflclal wiay of the Federal 
Iladio ebmmlsslipn. During the 
meeting of the station operators In- 
volved in; New York last week- at 
which officers were elected and the 

final touches put to the proposition 
a member of the commish was pres- 
ent on Invltjitlori. 

All angles ot the. project were ex- 
lained.to. him.and he was provided 
with k copy of the. c oilectJve con- 
.tract; ilis comment on ""both Vti^ 
dlcated that the ehtferprise would 
meet with the okay of the. Roose- 
velt administration, particularly 
since, it w;Ould serve as an answer 
to those critics who charge . that the 
present administration's policy tends 
to give the concentrated interests 
an edge over the small business 
■proposition. 

Though .22 sta.tionis have already 
iillied themselves \.:Vth Group JBi'osid- 
cristers, tiie stock ownership and 
operating control 6f the organiza- 
tion remains pernxanently in the 
hands of the 10 charter outlets. All 
stations outside of this 10 will take 
the designation of associated meni- 
behs. Under the GB . plan, of selling 
ah advertiser must cohtriaiit for a 
minimum of 10 stations out of the 
group to be eligible for the group 
- rate, Price for each station In the: 
group selected will be the same as 
chq,rged by the national web with 
which the respective outlet Is af- 
filiated. As a. preniiium the Group 
Broadcasters will toss In th.e pro- 
duction and pressing costs of the 
■ Tecord€d--program that • the"-^^ 
tiser elects. 

Busy Shepard 
John Shepard, 3rd, has been el- 
ected head of Group Broadcasters. 
In a.dditipn to being pres. of the 
Tankee network ian.d v.p. of the. 
Natibnai Association of Broadcast- 
*ers, Shepard. Is chairman' of the 
broadcasting code authority. Execu- 
tive committee is: composed of Al- 
fred A. Cormier, gen. mgr., WOR, 
Newark; Harry Hpwlett, WHK, 
Cleveland : I. R. tiOunSberry, v.p^, 
"WtJR and WKBWT Buffalo; Arthur 
B. Church, v.p., KMBC, Kansas City, 
and T. P. Convey, pres., KWK, St. 
Louis. 

Group Broadcaster^ will maintain 
6f. flees in the Byers recording 
studios in New York, former Scott 
Howie Bbwen, Inc, while, the Bowen 
organization will be associated with 
the project In the capacity as time 
booking agent. Bowen'a contract 
with G. B, is for three years and he 
is also one, of the stockholders. 



Cal Kulil West 

lios Angeles, Feb. 12, 
Cal Kuhl of J. Walter Thompson 
Is here to handle the . company's 
tadlo accounts on the Coast. . 

He takes over the Shell Hour, 
Coast CBS, previously handled hy 
Pred Fiddler from San .. Francisco, 
anci the Chase & Sanborn hour , for 
Which .Jimtriy Durante is. slated 
lext month. 



Ran Francisco, Feb. j2. 
. Shell Oil. inaugurates a number 
of change.s in the ^Monday night 
show on the Don Lee network, 
J^hen the show moves from KFRC 
Hera to. the Radio Playhouse, .Los 
.Angeles, where, sponsors ban get a 
studio audience. Gcorgle Stoll. take.s 
,up the l)ii-ion .as' maestro, suceeecling 
Honiro TTeidt, who' TVowa out thi.'« 
^eck (12). Rush Ilugho.s continues 
^« m.e. and Benny .Fields, Udiih 
^^ns nnd Ed\yin Iniliau.s as so.- 

.HiiRho.x, ,who also, is on NDC for 
^"G Thomi)i<on ngei'v. and it.s 
^j-finK^iKloi-f l)akery client, will do 
"is- •Muivflay hftei-noon air colurnn 
rw)in KFI, Los Angelo."?, coiniiletirig 
the b.'iiance o£ the week from KdO 
here. 

Move to Hollywood being made 
'0 grab off picture names inore 
easily. 



High-^LoW . in Music 



•Mario Chamlee, tenor with- 
the Metrppolitah Cperia, gave 
an audition last. Week. 
. Nancie pf prbgram proposed 
fbr the .class singer Is 'The 
Organ Grinder.' 



END BLUE WEB 





Advertismg' Allowed, but 
Wretched Quality of Pro- 
grams and Sijgnal Inter- 
ference Keeps Broadci;ast- 
ing Uniiinportant • — Na- 
tives Prefer to TUne In 
Other. Cotintries 



NO MUSIC 



NBC is looking for an .outlet for 
tiie blue (WJZ) link located be- 
tween. Boston and .New York. Area 
that the web's interested In provid- 
ing coverage for is Connecticut. 
With that state considered under 
quota it Is possible that NBC will 
Induce some Indie station operator 
to apply tp the Federal Ra.dIo Com-, 
mission for a, wavelength franchise 
and for permission to construct a 
station In either Hartford, or New 
HaVen. 

For the red (WEAF) string NBC 
has an afflllate in WTIC, Hartford. 
Otherwise the stati as it 'now stands 
Is tied up by the Yanke j network, a 
.CBS ally. 



Lady Esther Promises 
"Wayne^Kfi^ ft-WeelT 
Unto October, 1935 



Long, exclusive guarantee* cbn- 
tract i)ri radio went through last 
week when thb Lady. Sistlier cos- 
metlc company signatured for ex- 
clusive use. of the Wayne iKIng or- 
chestra until . October, 1935. " 

^Uiider thb .terms In r6turh~~f6r 
the exclusive deal Lady- Esther 
guarantees the King outfit at least 
four network shbws weekly. Or- 
chestra now^ has four sho'Ws week- 
ly froin the : face powder comiJany 
and on March 2 adds a. fifth pro- 
gram on NBC with a sixth undei-- 
stood to be readied by spring. 



'Paris,. Feb. 
— Fri^oe . is. ppgslbl y ^ tlie least: exr. 
ploited of the promising iradlo audi? 
ences In the world. Frenchmen own 
a; surprisingly large number of re- 
ceiving sets for a country In \yhlch 
so' little is done to provide bearable 
prograriis in the native language. 

io business oppor- 
tunity wide open to anybody capa- 
ble, of bringing .organization, effi- 
ciency, and ishowmahship to the 
present situation which la niarked 
by an ailmost corriplete failure to 
apprehend the posslbliitles of the 
media. To make th© business oppor- 
tunity the more challenging,, adver- 
tising is permitted although as ern- 
ployed to date Its quite unlike the 

American systegi. 

Typical day's program schedule 
for Radio Paris, now the leadihg 
local station, with Government 
backing, starts at noon with . a half 
hpur. of Jewish music. Theft- thei'e 
Is a disc concert. Then ah Engli.sh 
lesson, a weather report and the 



On Radio 





Fun in Chicago 



ehlcago, Feb. 

Radio exec surprised his 
cPlleagues last week wlien he 
burst in and announced ju- 
bilantly that Schiltz had taiien 
up its second 13-week option. 

Awe-struck colleagues fi- 
nally Understood when the 
gagger iagllned, 'yeah,' sec- 
ond 13 weeks of auditions.' 





WWSW Unit Tours 



Pittsburgh, Feb. 12; 

With baGkIng of Allegheny county 
American. Legion, Dutch Hald, 
WWSW anriouricer, has organized 
a revue composed entirely of 
WWSW talent for: a six- week tour 
of every Legion post In Western 
Pennsylvania. 

Foil.bwing jaunt around Legion 
circuit, Hald plans to enlarge revue 
for three-day showiTig here at 3,800- 
.seat Syria Mosque." 



KFWB*s Histrionics 

Hollywood, Feb. 12. 

Tom Moore, .I^ric Snowden, Mon- 
tague Shaw and other film players 
go. into a weekly historical play, 
starting Feb, 18 over KVW'B., com- 
merclalled by All)erta Food Co. 

Series linder the title of 'Amerl:- 
can Parade,'- produced by- Forrest 
Barnes was fyrmei'ly a siistainer at 
KMPr, Beverly IlilLs-. 



CBS Takes 'Cath* 

^ OS Angeles, Feb.. 12. 
.VitheiMno ' the' C.Jre:it.' . hi.siorical; 
air .serLal written by kdward Lynn, 
has befen taken by the CBS nfet- 
work as a siistainer, 

Seript ."^how has. been a Kill- fea- 
ture over the Don Lee coast CBS 
chain for .several months. 



stock quotations. Then a lecture 
on GpVernnient Insurancie— a little 
propaganda, this — and. a lecture on 
Gluck and Puccini. Finally, at 8 : *0 
p.m., comes the only somewhat 
bright spot in the day, broadcasting 
of an bperetta from, the Porte S#ht 
Martin Theatre. 

Not a name, not a sketch, not a 
highlight of arty sort. And the other 
stations are nP better. Best they 
eyer do- is to broadcsi,st a syniphony 
concert, or hook up with sbme pub- 
lic ceremony like . the funeral in 
Notre mme, with ofgaw "music, of 
a great generaU 

Advertising 

ISIost primitive kind of advertis- 
ing is mixed ujp in their programs. 
Advertisers here do not sponsor 
programs, but Just ptit. announcers 
on . the air tp boost, their products 
in two or three minute talks. That's 
all. Whenever a fan hears the talk 
coming he just dials In Madrid or 
Moscow fbr a "while, and then comes 
back when he thinks the French 
station has returned to phonograph 
records. 

Public men have not started -to 
use the radio here at ail. Such 
things as President Roosevelt's, 
broadcast speeches are absolutely 
unknpwn, In other wprdSj the 
French .have exactly everything to 
learn, The public Is. radio cbnscibus; 
but no bhe is. taking advantage of 
If; ' 

There nothi the average 
Frenchman hates more than tb lis- 
ten to a foreign lahguaj^e he can't 
understand^ but the natives, driven 
by despair, often tune in. on Eng- 
lish .s.tations such as Daventry, 
especially when there is a good jazz 
concert being broadcast, and even 
tu.rn to continental stations broad - 
'cn^!tiri;g in. German or Spani.sh, 

On the day when Radio Paris vvas 
prodjU'ing the barren program ovitr' 
lined in the foregoing, Daventry had 
no U;.<^s than five good orche.'jtral 
•jesslonfi. Fren<^h v>'hn hfive good 
enoni-'h sets prefer this .sta.tioii to 
a n^^t 1 vi nf^-th clr=o wn^peG.pl<j=i ^u tsax^m 

But these day.s Parisians li/iyo .fi' 
tough time getting through iho 
powerful and nearby lOiffel "Tower 
r>rriad (fa.'Jt, "bn i;445.7 m«rtre, , to 
Daventry bp 1,B00. The tow<?r 
drowns put everything elH*». And 
all it gives Is stock quotations, 
weather talk's, lectm;iJ«--frnc?farmC'rs, 
ne-ws reviews ahd^ccasional disk 
coneerts! 



J. lien Prescott, WINS, New 
York, announcer; obtained* a $2,000 
verdict against Ham Fisher from a 
Jury In the Westchester County 
Supreme. Cpurt last week on . a 
claim .that had to do with the air 
version of the cartoonist's 'Joe Pa- 

looka* character. E'rescott sued to 
collect $2,800 -which he alleged was 
the balance due him as writer pf 
the scripts. 

Brpadcast version of the comic 
strip ran last year on CBS for 
Hei.n z r icefiake s. At the end of 19 
weeks the food"~packer cancelled be- 
cause of his famlly'is objections to 
the program. Complaint made was 
that: It wasn't dignified enough to 
be associated with the Heinz in- 
signia. Before Fisher stopped pay- 
ing, Prescott had collected $1,300 
for . his work. Prescott- was forr 
merly with NBC where the 'Palooka' 
show first made the audition founds 
and though the announcer -was re- 
spbnsible for the first three scripts 
only . It was his contention that his 
W.ork, served as., the basis for the, 
cbntlnultles ' subssequently -turned' 
put.^ 

Fisher obtained a stay of execu-. 
tion for 30 days to allow his counsel 
to take the verdict to the Appellate 
Division. 



Sue Mitzi Green 

Los . Angeles, Feb. 12. 

Suit for $5,000 for services ren- 
dered,, and demanding an account- 
ing of revenues received by Joe 
Keno from electrical transcriptions 
for brpadbasting made by the de- 
fendant's daughter, Mitzi 'Green, 
has been filed in Superior Court 
here by William Melklejohn and 
Arthur Esberg, agents. 

ComtJlalnt charges that in: No- 
vember; 1932, .Iteno enigaged the 
plaintiffs to negotiate for .the mak- 
ing of electrical .tran.scrlptions for 
the World Broadca.sting System, 
using Mitzi Grepn, and agreed tb 
pay them 10% of all receipts from 
Such transcription?. 

Plaintiff.'^ allege on Information 
and belief that receipts from this 
source have been in excess of $40,- 
000,' and want judgment for ^eir 
.share of these receipts, plus . the 
$5,000 for services. 



Qjje phase of ; 
that shows no signs of diminishing 
has to do -with the arrangement be- 
twieen mahufaicturer and local dis<- 
trlbutor in which the two split thei 
station time costs While the former 
furnishes gratis the recorded pro- 
grams. Small-town broacastivig has 
more commercial representations ol 
this , type than /ever before. 

Among the recent niewcomer.s in. 
thls,.field of (Bther hierc'handising is- 
4he-Baiikenr^ho67.^T^.ina4^^^ — : 
Natural rldge^ brand of footweair, 
as well as the bbbtle using the com- 
pany name. For each brand the 
manufacturer has a separate sten- 
ciled series .m;c.'d by Ray Perkins, 
which are. being offered to local 
dealers on . the basis of free uSe of 
the records and a halfway share oh 
the time billing. Another manufac- 
turer with national distribution that 
leans exclusively in this direction 
and on an extensive scale in plug- 
ging its wares is the General 
Household Utilities Co. of Chicago. 
This firm's Grunow Variety series 
has to date been spread oyer 70 sta- 
tions. 

One of the -first manufacturers tb 
adopt the method of splitting 
broadcast cbsts with dealers was 
the Mantle Lamp Corp. of America. 
Concern's recordings are currently 
heard over 60 statipns. Last count, 
had the Nyar drug syndicate re- 
sponsible for half the billings on 
each of 53 outlets. Formflt Co., using 
'Irene Castle's Own Story' aS the 
waxed subject, has also made huge 
-expenditures — along;— these — ^llnesi— 
Another .manufacturer operating 
along similar lines Is Simmons 
Beds with 17 dealers to date in on 
the sharing arrangement.' 

.Stack-Goble agency has a novel 
tieup oh Plymouth Motor's latest 
air campaign. It;s a case of where 
the commercial Isn't called on to put 
up anything,- but its good will and 
wLShes. Agency assumes the ex- 
pense of furnishing the stencilled 
programs and for reimbursement 
looks .to the 15% commission paid 
by the -sta-tipn -on- the -time sold to 
a local Plymouth dealer. 

Proppsitlon entails that the sta- 
tion Itself make the local de-ler ap- 
prpach and sell the car dlstrlb. a 
series of 13 flve-mlnute Spots. When 
the contract is closed Stack Goble 
ships on the recbrdings for use 
-vyithout pay and with the under- 
standing that when the station col- 
lects for the tlnie it will remit 15% 
of the gross to the agency. 

Tp date arpund 120 Plymouth 
dealers have agreed to foot the bill 
for the. series. In; the .New York 
area, WOR has the bankroller. 



Cantor in Florida 

.Piddic' f'untor will employ a' local 
orchestra ' pii-kiips from 

Hollywood, ''la.', for llio next four 

that winl(-r res;oi:t. Jamo,s Walling- 
ton joins the <;<X-.S ether star for 
the ;inn'oun(;<'frK-ntv,. Ifiit .Rublboff's 
band i-eiijiii'ri.s belyind In .New Wrk 
for his HpVT.Ialtiof--, Tlie lor-fil Flor- 
ida bond wiJI af.coiii any Cantor's 
voc-al riurr)iif-r.<». 

.Mrs.. Ca lit or '(Ida), 
the olde.«t dauKhffr. o- 
niedlan soMth. 



JUST IN TIME 



KYW Almost Forgets Hearst Orders 
to Plug WCAE Inaugural 



Chicago, Feb; 
Hoar-st aifillate station , 
KY'VV', almost Inburred. the enmity 
of the Hearst brganlzation last 
week when It forgot to set it.self on 
the network for the inaugural cere- 
mbnies of the Hearst station in 

Pittsburgh, WCAE. 

Orders came through the Hearst 
organi2atIon. several months ago to 
Avatch oiit for the -WCAE opening.. 
When the NBC trainc department 
.set up Its network biitlet hr-ro for 
the ceremonies the tit.' ' omi- 
nated for the .show W.'ts \V^IAQ, 
'Dally , News .station. Show .was (bus 
riia'ri<.ed on the trntric shef-t for < 
=w^ek=or-=H07==T|iBHH=than:^^i+=^^h,c)Unvs;:=iiii-^^ 
fore the .show was set to go KV'W 
di.scovCred what. It was all about 
and ran t-o NBC for the local wife. 
It was too lale, iioweVer; to fi\v.il''h 
the show off WMAQ. -yvUh that .s'ta- 
tion having made plan.*-" for the pro- 
gram. . 

Kesuit was . 

inaugur. 
l.otJi W-MAQ and 



38 



VARIETY 



RADIO REPORTS 



Tuesday, February 13, 1934 



WARD'S FAMILY tHEATRE HMRS, GRASS' NOODLES 
With Cecil Lean, Cleo MiayfieldJ FEI^TIVAL 

James Melton, Judith Anderson, Jack Brooks, Lucille Long, Norma 



Tom Powers 
In Two Parts 
6:45 and 7:30 P. M. 
15 Mine. Each- 
COMMERCIAL 
WABC, New York 

.Instead . one ' continuous 30 
nciinute prosvam the Ward Family ■ _.^<..„ ^j^,.*^ tto^^i^ 
Theatre Is divided into two 'acts' of ^^^^ ^rettinsr 15-mlnute plugs. Harold 
15 minutes each.- A half hour inter- Pac*?. on this show, probably wins 
mlission on the Columbia network I the title fi'om Gibbons for. the fast- 
is bf coui-se not really an-Interrtest-speakins human on the ether, 
mission .i)ut another prograni. 
(Ethel Waters-George Jessel- Jack , . . 
I)enny) / whose contractual , claim M^Plels in just a portion of 15 mln- 
upoh. the . seven p. m. riichei 'ante- utes.. It's a wonder that there's 
dated the ward sponsorship. Thls.Unv time left for the 
otlier program over,' Ward comes 



Sherri Eddie House arid Harold 
Parks. . 
Music and Singing 
COMMERCIAL 
WBBM, Chicggo 

Oh three week-day mornings, 
Mrs. •, Grass' genuine egg noodles 



back for its own seciuel. 



war 

Che music,, cooking IdGas and. the 



HENRY BURBIG 

Arid Four Rhythm Boys 
iS.Mins. 
COMMERCIAL 
WEAF, New York 

Gillette in fostering the greater 
use of Ita blue blades has spread 
from waxed one-minute dramatic 
capsules to 15-mInute personalized 
slices of buffoonery with a quickie 
sales dramatization seeded in tlic 
middle of the clowning. -It ia .fiurcly 
an Improyement oyer the stereo 
typed sales gab to neatly, shellac tho 
message as a- bne-two-three-and 
punch short story, so the program 
is okay on that score, 

Gillette's, thought, and a good one. 
is that mugffs with toush beards 
that .erlver the' wife trouble and sor 
cial annoyance should use the blue, 
isteel as (Calculated to>do less plow 



other '.ducky fun that Grass 4 rig and nfiulUating. of tender, skins 



.Notion of; a (ilVided .nrbgram is 13 delivering, free of charge, to the when frequent shaving is una void 



iio"t original with Ward's but for. morning housewives, 
practical network purposes that ^11 the performers are rejjular 
doesn't affect the advantage pf do- WBlBM talent. . Eddie House as or- 
ing something new and different gja,ni.<jt,. pianist Norm SheiT, and 
Stunt Is. new and different tP-^:the.Uarticularly tonsllllng Jack Brooks 
radio public at. large. Split sch^d- | have become identified with this. 



Vie. therefore, hiay be assumed Tea 
■ sonably surefire so . far as attracting 
attention and\ creating ..table ' talk 
While' probably representing simply 
a smart effort to .make a virtue out 



able.' iJramatizatiori on the 'Rurbig 
ipaugural prdgrani had a motion 
picture .star ha.med Clatk (maybe 
Gable) doing a late afternoon scene 
in ilpllywOpd and fouling the cam- 
era bj" a beard stubble raised since 
the last shot. That dovetails :lnto. 

fear com plex^what will youi'. 
emiploye'r thltik of your unsightly 
beard ? Jobs are ha^d to keep and 
get' these daiys. 

Burbiff is a nUt icomlc. He sounds 
quite, like Benny R.Dbin and pum- 



statLbn thVoiji^h long sessions, of 
|:flll-fn spots. They are all aiiitable 
for Mrs, Gmss' : egg noodle's and 
I the Iibusewiyes who might be listen- 
^ ^ , , I 'nff '.In. Some little doubt, how- 

of a booking jam the arrangement ever, about Lucille. ■ While- the 
is good showmanship. others are free and ea^y> as a per- 

And because anything that former for egg noodles should be, I mels the King's speech In much the 
widens the scope of radio .Or liushes: Mis;j Long takes herself and her same way.' Most of the material Ir- 
the re.strlcted frontiers of the media l jbb too seriously,- She. is singing of the patter rhymed nonsense type.- 
forward is of concern to .everybody [ pop tunes as if; thej' were operatic Some of It veers toward parody 
m radio the trade influence of the arias; An easier and. lifrhter style. Foui- Rhythm Boys are a bacli 
Ward, program may easily, be ror iyoull,- be more Suitable.. ^ I ground, also comic,, for Burbig^, 

found; • . ,: Passing over the . recipe - which 1 Premiere saniple was g;ood. Pro 

Will listeners . return to a deslgr i-eii's tin^ ti^orfit bf hnw anrpi-t pft gi-ani mby e s ra.nldlv and ebes down 
nated lcilocj^cle at a designated time hubby and the: visiting old friend 
to pick Up the balance of a pro- from college with a new twist In 
eraLja'f Probably the Ward pro- jnoodlea, the show comes to a next- 
gram is safe oh that score.. First to-closing stutter w^ith brain-twist- 
because the first paft is apt to be ers; "They belong In the famllv 
pretty, good (judging by sample), album. Such twisters as the woman 
second, because .the succeeding who lost her .flve-dollar' bill that 
American Oil program is also good, was pinned to her coat yet was 

and third because laziness is a able to identify it, and the oneiprtoriMAw icu/ieu DD/^/^DAlui 
marked characteristic of many, per- about , the two workmen, one of t""*:"''.^'* •'.^."'SM PROGRAM 

only whom- got his face dirty and the h^^^^^P^?^ 



easily. It's' not exci^uGlatlhgly funny, 
but the. buoyancy is .commendable 
Therie|3 a certain h6p> skip and jump 
to the program, and needless to re- 
mark, the f orniula is- not one that's 
been frayed by excessive luse. 



haps most, radio listeners who 

tune out .when. the program qjuality I other not. Yet the dirty one didnt 
undergoes a sudden change for the do anything, about it and the ciean 
woirse. face ran to Wash his. And the 

Obviously, however, the division question is Why? 
of programs Into acts or install- It all. passes as entertainment at 
ments . presents dangers if' th^ time | lO ' ajm., and probably Is suitable 



30 Mtiis. 
WFAB, New York 

• Program Is really presented by 
WEVD, but not belngr on the air at 
the proper time' It percolates 
through WPAB. ICS one of the bet- 



lapse is over-long.. But with the for the houise frau who Is wondering h®'^^^^^^?^*^ PJ^o^ will get 

- • ^ ' ■ . - -. • Goid.> I attention. 

Joseph Rumshlnsky Is the only 
name used. - He's the most brilliant 
MARVELOUS. POWDER [ Yiddish Composer, has a very strong 

REVUE following considering his .limited 

Jack Whiting, Jeannie -Larig, Fair- audience, and Is : really Worth while. 
chJH and Lindholm, Jack Denny, His current program' switches every 
Three Rascals week. One week It*s a prominent 

30 M ins. Yiddish operetta brought up to 

COMMERCIAL date, remuslcalUzed by RUmshlnsky, 

WABC, . New York and sung by his <;hbrUs. Next week 

Not much Ingenuity about the it's a chorus of cantors irt Hebrew 
production of. this : one, though it anthems, with some prominent so- 
shapes up as; a fairly entertaining loiSt, also under Rutnshinsky's di- 
-half-houi'-f^r-:^-h^emnie-^lemeht-,--reetibn. — Both— flgui-ed-^to— Intrigue 
Paired with Jeanhle Lang is Jack Jewish ether listeners. 
Whiting, musical comedy juvenile. Week caught Rumshinsky chose 
Not a highly happy merger for mike 'Bar Kochba'; a;n old Goldfadden 
purposes. The two personalities operetta. Goldfadden, with Leon 
dont seem to jell. Whiting carols a Gordon; are the bid standbys bf the 
rf^»*^"t>c duty ^smartly enougl^^^^ theatre, practically its 

it isn t the Whifing of the footlights- foundation playwrights. Ruinshin- 



Miss Lang's .insinuating way with 
a- song has her hblding her own. . 

i)bvetailing into the continuity 
are minute blackouts, with comedy 
intent. Two- sarhples bn the debut 
show " Friday night . (9) Were any- 



" danger the device, carries certain | what to cook for dinner, 
recommendations on a production 
and nierchandizing end. Building 
of suspense otherwise Impossible Is 
one narrative use of the separation. 
Checking of listener apipeal through 
hbok-ups calling for telephonic or 
other response the same night is 
also susceptible of varied eniploy- 
ment 

But beyond the specific uses pos- 
sible to this particular stimt it is 
provocative. Radio Is starting: to 
need innov at ions .and novelties and 
uiit Idv4 ulleh suggests others.. This 
Is perhaps hot the place to general- 
ize yet that constant menace,, pro- 
gram dullness, requires constant 
vigilance and ingenuity; 
. Pirst part of the Ward show on 
Sunday (11) consisted of Cleo May^ 
fteld and Cecil Lean pliis James 
Melton and an orchestra batonedi.by 
Billy Artz. It was diverting variety. 
Melton's line voice, of course, is well 
known in radio. Less well knowrf 
are the Lean-Mayfleld duo who: 
bring to- broadcasting a long- ahd 
varied experience in. musical 
comedy. Both -are Seasoned troup- 
ers and if Ihie term 'trbuper' isn't 
generally used In radio suffice that 
In show business it's a compli- 
mentary salute. 

Miss Mayfleld's comedy delivery 
comes , over splendidly and Lean's 
feeding Is always expert. While 
their opening night material wasn't 
the be.st comedy the air has heard, 
their style might catch the public 
fancy. It's just goofy and amusing 
enough. 

In the final section the elegant 
Judith Anderson and the suave Tom 
Powers acted with much eclat ■ a 
condensed version of 'A Marriage 
Has Been Arranged^' In acting and 
.direction this, pli^ylet. was k geni 
seldom equalled on .t'ne air. 
- Ward's commercial spiels are 
dramatized. First or all grandma 
stays for tea and compliments her 
daughter on her home made bread 
only to be stunned by the aiiiazlng 
intelligence from the glggllnggrattd- 
phlldren that it's not home-made 
bread but Ward's soft bun. Later 
Mrs. Mahoney is ordering her 
groceries and by a .coincidence the 
converHatibn turns to Ward's bread. 
PlugiJ are .pretty lengthy but not 
■unbearable and the claims don't as^ 
sasslriate Common sense,. Land 



CARIBBEAN SERENADERS 

Music- 
30 Mins; 
Sustaining 
WHN,^ New York 

Chief appeal oir the Caribbean 
Serehaders directed by Gerald Clark 
in that they're different. Any num- 
ber of straiiiht dance combos on the 
air but few that specialize in the odd 
br oken rhythh is of Cuba j;and_ the 
'"*^X'ainf^cburi£Fies. ' - f---^- -.^- 

It's .ibO^ rumba-tangorson-fox- 
^ trb-paso doble stuff .with a. nifty 
• assortment, of numbers to ..change; 
the pace. " 

Band belang.s in a class drinking 
restaurant, if hot already thus' en 
gaged- As announced, they did tlielr 
serenading, from, .the .WjFfK .studio 
Sunday afternoon 6-5:30 p. m. RS*!'. 

AbeK 



Sustaining ; ' : 
WMCA, New York 

If anything, th^s resburcefutness 
.evinced here by WMCA's hew. man- 
agernent may be siet down as sa.dly 
misguided; ..it is the first time that 
New York. radlod9m has sbught to 
exploit a personality \yhbse ' only 
clairrt to attention Is the . nbtbrlety 
received from' the newspaper, ac- 
counts of a divorce suit, • 

Billing that goes with her act on. 
WMCA ; describes .Miss; Rich as 'ra- 
dio's mQst glamorous lady brqliestra 
leader.' Also announces the station, 
'Having more or less exhausted the 
man power'pt .the Wox'ld, if her own 
confesslbns mean anything, she now 
turns to radio fbr new fields to con- 
quer.' 

Before her marriage to CBS' 
head. maes^tro..P'r.eddy Rich, she 'w'as 
a dancer. ■. This., makes her first 
blbonilnp as a juggler of the baton. 
If her stlbk was. responsible for the 
.cacaphony that, ^the band produced 
on the debut of -the program Friday 
night. (9) she ought to stick to the 
terpsy art. Same reaction was oc- 
casioned by the lad who tloes the 
Vocal interluding for her, Eddie 
Maxwell, He .was flat and too far 
nah€aTi-T>fi:he-biEriid-TnuStntjf-tlTe''lj 

Odec, 



sky made a very colorful new .score 
for the piece, and . condensed it to 
bring out its highlights^ 

Ruben Goldberg,, aniiouncer for 
the program, iises only English 
and is okay. Doesn't bverdo the 



thing but funny. Verbal Sparring 33.^0 "tu^''^;^ "^^^ 
between Whitinir and Mi<ic, Tjjnf? .^^ "^'^ 



which- -runs t-hrbugh the show; 
lacked sparkle arid wit. Pairchlld 
and Lindholm slipped in for a piano 
duet and did It well, while the Jack 
Denny dansapatibn. had several 
Innings all to itself. 

To read the plug on the cbricern's 
brand, .of . facp powder, Hudriut 
brought in- David ,poss. Copy was 
a straight regimentation of the 
product's vaunted qualities and 
gave Fvcss no opijortunlty for poetic 
Inflexion.. Hudriut started off . the' 
series with a free sample offer. 

Stanza is scheduled opposite the 
Maude Adams show on WEAF. 

Odec. 



DENVER I 
30 M i . 

Sustaining. 
KO A, 'Denver, 

Not a regular weekly program, 
but put on only once to show Den- 
ver that, many of the radio and 
screen stars could be- irnitated by 
local talent. Walter Campbell, an- 
nouncer and director of .publicity, 
Worked UP thei' idea, secured the 
talent,, putting It over in such a 
manner as to niakie 25 call the sta 
tipn with compliments . before the 
half hour, was Up, and large num 
bers Called afterwards. 

Run in the nature bf a contest 
With; no pirizes — rnames of songs or 
stars were' riot arinbunced until the 
end. Charley Scheuermari.'s . skele 
tpnized orchestra furnished, the 
music, and he has the. knack of 
iriaking it .50Und niUch bigger— it's 
only' eight pieces, but on sustaining 
programs hereabouts expenses must 
be kept, down, 

. . Singers on the bill were Kav 
J We.ber,jack-. Dean.-^Joe -Clifford- a.nd. 
Walter Newell. . Hbnors.for top spot 
were divided between Kaye Weber; 
who impersonated Helen Kane 
.'.That's. My Weakness Now/ and 
Walter Newell, who imitated Walter 
Newell, who imitated Walter 
CKeefe in 'The Man on the Flying 
Trapeze.' The entire group got In 

.on the .latter in spots 

A -firobd showmanly special event 
that cIIdiQd all the way.- 



for the niatzoh concern effectively. 

■ -'• '- ■ -^mf.' - 

SATURDAY NIGHT PEP SHOW 
Harold Stern, Aflene Jackson, Bill 

Smith, East and ' Dumke 
Comedy^ Songs, Band 
30Mins: :.. 
COMMERCIAL 
WJr, New York 

Routining given this one helps It 
live, up to the tag. Initial stanza 
(10) Of the. series moved along with 
a snap and smoothness that cn- 
ehanced the showing of each of- the 
entertainment Items. Pure Oil is 
sUpportlrig the program on a. local 
station basis and for the plug is 
stressing the Yporene label. Even 
the selling is plied with a brevity 
and Verve • that, reacts., all to the 
comrtiercial's favor. 

For the bpenlrig evenit Eifst and 
Dumke (Sisters bf the ^kiilet) 
guested, unlliribering. several of 
their nbnsense. takebflfs and • doing 
well by . themselves in the "Way of 
chuckle possibilities. Arlene Jack- 
son appeared to be .in her metier 
here and each of her song bits reg- 
istered. More vocalizing came froth 
a trio and Bill Smith, barytone with 
the Harold Stern organization. 

Stern's end allowed hlhi ample op- 
portunity to run the gamut of syn- 
copated musical genres, and to do 
it In a style that's bound tb please 
a variety bf tastes.' ^dec, 

MARTHA MEARS 

Singer :^ 

15 MinSk 

Sustaining 

WEAF, New York 

Martha Mears is a girl singer 
evidently newly under the wing of 
^'JXa^nd=-u.sed=-as-=an=>=bperi^perlQd= 
stopgap. Few have achieved radio 
fame from staggered or Irregular 
scheduling.. 

.. Her voice is ■ pleasant- and melodi- 
ous and wears well on the ear. 
However. If anybody insists on' 
hearing the lyrics Miss Mears' is not 
an ideal selection. Her diction at 
times Is quite . unintelligible. She 
slouphH syllables In the Interest of 
melody. Land. 



THE BiANJOLEERS 
Music 

COMMERCIAL 
15 Mins. 

WGY, Schenectady 

'Drink Your Way to Health with 
Crazy Water Crystals' is the sl05>an 
of the sponsor, and then It pro 
ccoda, on a l.'irmlnute early-evening 
program, to pour into the" cars pt 
listeners a do.se of advertising which 
to discriminating dialers must be 
little short of nauseating. 

George Roberts, a special ..an 
nbuncer^ dellveris -three messages 
extolling the merits oi:' the mineral 
water and, hicidentaily, making 
strong claims about the diseases 
which it will !cure:' As if this were 
not sufflclent, the Statibn announcer 
takes over the- mike for another 
spiel arid the addendum of a lorig 
list, /of - addresses . of dr.rig stores 
handling .the product. 

Roberts is- a srijooth, salesriian-, hut 
neither he nor any other riian can 
peddle ilie load, bf advertising 
freighted bri this program without 
building up .some llstenerrreslstance. 
For its own sake, as well, as .for 
the prestige of the. General; Electric 
Company,, the W'GY's . naanagenierit 
should. u.ae the blue pencil on .these 
advertising 'scripts. 

Don and Lee Hancox, WGY 
standbys, pick tl\e banjo sti'ings ex- 
pertly and harnionlze pops well, be- 
tween plugs.: Theiir act Svould pack 
more punch. If tlri'ierouts- for adver-. 
tislng were few Jdco, 



PEGGY RICH 
With Eddie Maxwell 
Band^ iSohgs i 
15 Nlin Sf 



CLUB CAR SPECIAL 
Harold Levey 
Sketch, Music 
15 Miris. 
COMMERCIAL 
WOR» NiBwark 

. Hearst feature; Organization, 
through . the recorder of the series, 
American Broadcasting System, is 
distributing these dramatizations 
on a boilerplate, basis, which means 
the stations may use theri:x as fill-. 
ers-irt- arid at no recompense for 
time: • Exceptibh to the latter" no- 
pay arrangement is WOR. Disks 
are On the Newark outlet's Friday 
evening schedule, with the " plug 
connecting the. show with the New 
York American. 

Dramatizations impri on 
these platters are based on comedy 
episodes turned out by O. O. Mc- 
Intyre, Will Rogers, GeOi-ge Ade, 
Bugs Baer, Milt Gross, Daymon 
Runyon and others whose work 
make up the diverslbn section of 
the Hearst March of Events or City 
Life Sunday supplements. Title of 
'Club Car Special' derives from the 
program's musical theriie, batoned 
by Harbld Levey to the laccbmpani - 
inent of- Cacaphony of train 
whistles. . 

First " of the. series, cauglit. (9) 
had. Bugs Baer's 'RufiEtowri'. as its 
backgrbuhd. Thing was capably 
staged and the dialog contained 
good c£^use foi' laughs, ' Odec; 



THE MEISTERSINGER 

rVocal 
15 - Mins. 
Sustaining 
WABC, New York 

Th© Meisterslriicrer Is . oicay for 
.the sound. He's a . romantic" bai; 
ladeer who knows how . to pick /his 
numbers with' the same canny 
change Of pace , which first estab- 
lished Arthur Tracy as . the Street 
Singer. . Obviously, . The .Melster- 
slnger, who cbmeis frorii CI3S' Phila- 
delphia afllliate;;.WCAU. Was pat- 
terned along sdmewhat similar lines. 
With a view towards creating a new 
romantic singing air personality. 

Inateair--Qf Tracy's accordion 
backup. iVn The Mclsterslrigor and 
=h Is: vip,lini=^Stri;aT=he's^hcrizx?a^af=^ 
urday niornlngs, at 9:;30-10 a.m;, 
not a particularly favorable groove, 
but he should fast assert '•himself 1 
as.suming that there's ' any such 
thing as a fan mail audience any 
move these days. 

lie knows how to pick his pops 
and.. sells. 'em with feeling and con- 
vlctipn, yet - not overdoing any.- of 
the amorous tremolos in the leii.st. 

Abel. 



PAUL MASON ORCHESTRA 
30 Mins. 
Sustaining 
WABC, New York 

J^aul Mason's Saturday mornin.. 
rhythms (10-10:30 a, m. EST) com! 
In the groove formerly occupiod hi 
Frank Wlriegar's orchestra, alsh i 
Phllly conibp, and likewise picL^ 
up by CBS: Via WCAU. Phila wi?u 
Wlnegar set for a local cbmmerclni 
Mason . Is getting a builder- unner 
and listen.s just a.<j sprightlv In tKa 
early morning especially aniidst th«V 
assortment of spaghetti, flower an^ 
other dbmestie prpductf exploiteers 

Larry Tait is. accorded solo fea- 
turing • as the vpcal Interpolator 
Both are competent and highly prd, 
fesstonal. worthy of the - chain 
broadcasting, .':"5«'»n 



MARTHA and HAL 
Songs, aihd Talk 
Sustaining 
16 Mins. 

WGY, Schenectady 

Martha- (Lawrence) 
(Bragg), sub-bllied as 
Southern Girl and 



and Hal 
,'The.. Little 
Her .Good- 



Natured .Bby Friend,' are ribw cob 
ing a program over WGY sl:i morn 
ngs a week, plus an bccasloiial 
afternoon shot, after broadcasting 
over, the JJBc red netwbrk for some 
months. It Is likely, that they are 
on the. air here to garner theatre^ 
dates' via WGY's ArlLsts' Bureau: 

Pair chatter arid h rmonize, 
piahb ..iaccbmpairiiment, in 
of . the type. Once familiar to vau 
ville patrons. -and. npw offered . 
several -duos ori network susthinefsi 
Th^r-Q&ra^& y ■.'f.U t^te- TOiidi the slnig-' 
ing is strpneg&r. 

Martha's speaking voice, has not 
the soft, . riiuslcal tone expected of 
a Southern girl; the microphone 
sometimes . makes It sound bit 
harsh. Her' light soprano^ .which' 
she handles skillfully, Is pleasing to 
the ear. . Hal talks .and tenors well; 
More might be riiade of his planb 
playing, ■ 

DUo work with , the poise of pro-- 
fesslonaisr Some of their materi 
Is probably specin 1, A qu let, enter- 
taining act, stronger, perhaps, oh 
the stage, where appearance counts. 

Jaco, 



CIRCLE OF ROMANCE 
With Ohman and Ardeh, 

Jackson^ Edward Nell^ Jr. 
Songs, Pianos, Band ' 
30 Mins. 
COMMERCIAL 
WJ2,^New York 

Pleasant enough iriteriude of Us 
kind. It's strictly stereotyped In. 
both production as a whole and 
the presentation of the Individual 
itenis. F;lug is also of the stereo- 
yped sort. With a dramatized bit 
san dwi ched in b e tween annou ncer 
ecltations. Behind it all is the 
Perfect Circle Co., which. ma'iiu£ac- 
tures. pi.ston rings and istori ex- 
parideirs. . 

Netwo):k listener-, shbiild be well 
acquaintod with at least the Ohriian 
and Arderi act. It's one of radio's 
three staridard jjiano duos. Edward 
Nell, Jr.,, unllmbers a suave and 
riielodibus' baritone, -while ArHne 
Jackson would haVe a better chance 
of showing Off a truly exceptlohal 
mike personality If left to her own 
devices at the piano Instead of hav- 
ing her voice distorted and drowned 
out by. Uie bahd. -,The girl has per-... 
sonality plus hut "to this program 
her endowments mean- not a thing. 

Odec. 



WDRC (3VES MAYOR 
EXPLANATORY \ HOUR 



Hartford, Feb. 12. 
With the inauguration of a new 
mayor, WDRC, Hartford, contributes 
one-half hour weekly, to .the. chief 
executive . of the ciiy who 
the activities bf the admin istrat ion 
fpr the past wbek and what to ex- 
pect.. 

Hour was given to the city in 
hopes bf creating a better under- 
standing of some bf the radical 
policies the government is attempt- 
ing to bring about in. Ibcal legisla* 
tive bodies.. Nb. politics are per- 
mitted for broadcasting. 



Maying Day 

.It was moving day 
publicity arid prpgr 
Saturday (10). 

moved Intact up to the 19th floor 
and the program departrneht united 
.into a single operating layout by 
being brought down to tho 18th. 
^Eq\iojasly==thcJattoii-conthigcintJiad~ 
been spread out . over the building. 
: Also shifted tb the isth floor is 
the arfi.^fc bureati. * 

CBS liew.s" "service lias IVeen a.s^ 
sigried-.to other quarter.s for the two 
more weeks it has to go. Bureau 
folds with the unveiling of the 
broadcast news, office by the prc'.--s 
assorlation.s. as part of the pact 
between radio and the press. 



Tucfiday, February 13, 1934 



4 D I O 



VARIETY 



39 



Air line News 

By Nellie Reyell 



Frank Daia^.leeit and. radio actbr. Is back:4h thp acting ilelcj again after 
a layort of aboiit a yeaP* in A^rhicl? time he was. in the sicrannentfil wine 
business in Rogedale, L». I, Dale went Into this line whien, things got a 
Jittle overly tough on: the: adtlng fronti Repeal spelt the end of •ilquoi* 
i(js:far as he was concerned, so he's 



: Junket , to. Jackson? Mich,' . 
Spartoiti show, With Richard Him band, -The • Se^mips, rahc6.s 
jiangford and Joey Nash returns to the air Peb. 2.5 . f or -ftye we.eks a^ 
then goes into, storage Until October.- Oai lyiareJi. 20 the entire . company 
is going, to Jacksoii, Mlch.i to attend the. .sales cohyentlbn of the Sparks 
"Wlthlngton Co. and where they.: will glvfe a show for the company- sales- 
men. 



Direbting ;M^ude Ad.airi? ; 
An outside director -has bee^ called in 6n Maude' Adams' .show; both 
on thie. iscript and staging. . Le.o .BuIgakovV, producer and director of. '6 no 
fiunday Afterhoon' amongst other legit shows, worki Ta^t week'.s 

, prbductiori. 

G. W. Iways Alert 

Records of . the opcr to be done, each week by the Metropolitan are 
.played every Friday at iNBC, and piped to G. W. Hill, resident of the 
tobacco company, so that the commercial conti ity cah . be. fitted in. 
Sponsors have: requested 'NBG to replace, ivocali folidwingr the opera: 
broadcasts with a biaind. 



. Mtikes Radio and Beds .. 
Robert , of iShreveport, "La;, epiored porter, -the run from 

hiia home to. iGrotlmm each week and wh<?n iii . New ; York . broadcasts .from 



WHN, doing, amongst othei^ thines, .an Amos 'n' . Andy imitation, aan 
Oross, of the Daily NeWs, -discovered hiiVi on a, trip to his home town. 
*ryler also slnierfS aind plays the guitar. 



Dotting the Atdc 

(For. ihib 'way-idck-when on 
present 4ay rady . names, 
Vamett will exhuiniB its Neic 
Acts files oh vaudeville "ibhich 
go back: dvcr a period . of 28 
years.) 



(Jan. 54,1920.) 
GEORGE DAlViiREL AND 

MYRTLE VAIL 
'Healris and Clubs' (Comedy) 
21 Mins.; Foiir (Parlor) 
Fifth Avenue 

.' George Damerel comes laloiig 
- now with a well worn themo . 
in ti eorivienllonal .playlet, that 
of woman suffrage with the 
wife jstump-speeching w.hilft 
the :husbahd must .take . care of 
himself at home itnd of the 
home. - The ma.hner. of playinf^ ■ 
malte a ~t| ri frt?omc dy ' skeluh. a lilL . 
.differentj besides a ■piece, of' 
business in it that is unusual 
for sketches of any kind i 
yaudeviUe, 

The bu.sijiessj consists bf . the 
. 'ife charikihg :her dress before 
the' audience, stripping; ; doWn 
to. a pretty ^looking lot of liii^ . 
gerie,. as rhiach as may be. seen - 
of that and there is .quite it lot 
oh vie W', It is during a tem- 
pestuous scene between hus- 
band and wife,; with ' the hus- 
band declaring/ hjms'eli; The.: 
wife rnakes a stand, as ..weH, 
:-sayihg', she - Is going,, to, leave 



Inside Sluf-Radio 



Columbia's HUKklinlUfrs, who at pro.sont comprise Willkuu . 'I'l^'f J'>. 
Sam raley,..lit<rm;ui l*:ik>y, I. D. .LvW, ti-eon LjeVy an»l Lehman Jiros„ 
bankers,, meet today (.Tut'sday) 'to. iiut ihoir stahiB o£ approval on a 
stock issue for puJ)Ilc ;con.svimpvlon.* :Moye,. whicli has beeii undVr .oon- 
sideration .for si'voral months, will ontail the pooling: pC 25%. of ea.ch 
one's CBS holdings. Shares 'rcpro.s<MUod-liy thl.s..pool after the network's ' 
capitalization, has been, bo.ostpd \y.il,l;be tlie s^toc^k'rcJpasedyto 'outside- iii- 
vestoj-s, ■ ' '. . . , 

CBS boaW' of OiirfOtors' hAB roebmincnSed that the. old gtocli setup be 
revised, which would Increase the prosont allotment, of .75,000 shares of 
Class A stock to 75,000 sharej], .and. the/75,0.00 sliftres pf . Class B stoc 
to' 37o,00d shares. 

On the 150,000 .shares of the .original issiie there is ho par -alue. It 
l.s proposed to .giye both ilje .Oass A and Class. R stocks p.f .th.c cpnvorted 
TBO.OQO unit a par value of .$5. Of the original capitaliization onlii;' 63,2 
Weil of the Class A ' and' Cla.sis B have .be^^^ 

Public was In formed, of CBS's prop'osed. recapitalization Idst week wh^'h. 
the brokei-age house 6f Werthelih & Co. advertised the availabiiity . of the 
.stock, wbon nnii if Issnort. "Rqlanro shpof suppHed tn inquirers by this 



flrhi g^ve .the CBS assets as of Dec. .1,. 1932, as totaling $2,462,134,, and 
liabilities $.S-9,607. Columbia, .-jald the statement, earned In 1032 a; siii:- 
pliis of ' $3, 67 ,535 and. paid $^ a share. Surplus, earnings or 31931: wer 
$3,502,459. ' 'were no flsrures for 1933 ip. the "^'ertheim ..halahCe 

she.et. . 

'V\''erthcinv stutcmoht wiU5- prefaced wltli the ivptation that the firm was 
not making an offering,, but mer<'ly creiatihe. a niarket for tlie CBS stock 
when arid if issued, Statement .also reliitted tha;t thii . stockholders' meet- 
ing today (Tuesday) win ariierid Cplunibla' certiiicate Pf incorporatioh by 
incre£isihg the. present capitaliizafiOh of $2,025,000 to an authoriized capir 
talization . of $.3,750,000, - of which stock, aggregating 13,162,500 in Value; 
w-iU. be. issued, with thi inovoase in capital to bis .effected by a tratisfc^^^ 
froniVthe surplus. . " - 

trridei^ this move.-. ■.. present .stock WM^^^ 



Of • ' tlie n fe w. ■ . — r- 

Knoivllle, .Tenji., newapapci's nave a way of handling ridio and.treat- 
ihg the stations: there >vhich probably is peculiai' to the methods used in 
any other city whether the press be on friendly, or unfriendly tetiris with 
the radio clan. 

In Knbxville the morning : newspaper, the Journal, 'Ibans and forever'- 
nriore forbids the use of the word 'radio' in a news : story, editorial,, or 
any. other way. If the President delivers an imjpbrtant message to thie 
people of the nation, the Jburnial prints the speech and the import 
thereof, but the fact that; the speech was delivered oyer hook-up of 
stations will be deleted froih; the press dispatch. Same rule holds good, 
on local hews. Never is publicity , given either, of tlie. two local outlets 
^WROL and WNOX:. If Mrs. Sb-an.d-So is . elected chairman of the 
radio committee of some ioed,l club, she Is given credit for being. a com- 
mittee chairman but tlie reading public. Will never know .what committee 
It is. 

Only concession made by- the Jpurnal is the (jarrylng a .Ra?llo Clock, 
a ibrief column which hits the high points of the feaitures on the national 
hopkups. The News- Sentinel,: Scripps-Hpward chain, pap.eur, is a bit 
more liberal. It deigns to mention the ^vord 'radio' occasionally,, but car- 
ries only a shoi;t column of radio programs... Atid that column, completely 
omits aU mention of tlie two local .stations. 



Radio .Dominates "Theatre 

Roiy thea-tre is getting to be. a radio house. Jones a.nd. Hare cpmmer- 
clal, now brpadcast from its stage, will be joined " shortly by. the Ohr- 
bach show from WQR and the stage, presentatiphs Are usually supple- 
mcntet^ by radio acts, In addttion it has a new Saturday matinee broad- 
ca,st- weekly arid Fra,nk Luther ha-a btien booked f ( ' a fieiries of programs 
from the theatre studios Via WOR. 



Joe Penner's Bui)d-Up 

Following its extension Of Its contract ' with Joe Penner, J. . 'Walter 
Thpnipsoh . agencys started a build-up f Or . the coriiediah, spotting him 
immediately on the Rudy "Nra-llee sho%y laist -week; making three major 
programs he appeared oh since the week began. Another reason for his 
going on the yeast program was the diffloulty the agency Is haVl in 
getting comedy for this period. 



Second, Hand Inspiration 

"WOR prograhiniers strained and' strained fpr a title for a new show 
^ recently and finally selected 'Music in Mpsaic' aftei: three days. Then 
they learned that NBC has.bne .by that name. They're still straining. 



Flying Hutchinson Family auditioned fOr Thompson's Malted !Miifc at 
NBC la st week.... Thei Ph il Sp italnys ar e vi siti ng Phil's m othe r in 
CleVelarid this week.... Ramona, on a diet,, has lost 12 pounds. .. .'Will 
Donaldson, arranger for the Men About ToWn, has completed a comedy 
Bbng;satirizlng. mystery hovels and the trio will do It sopni Then it will 
be released for general use.... Don Bestor has .signed Chicke Moss as 

vocalist With his band to begin Feb. 23 NBC haiS restored Hillbilly 

Heartthrobs to its sustaining schedule and taken off Submarine GIO. . . . 
Mark "WarnoW, the Colunibia maestro, recently became a father. .WOR 
is shifting, after four years in one spot, the Bamberger Little Symphony 
orchestra, to Thursdays opposite Rudy yallee; . ^ ..Trlni. Michel, nee Mike 
„ Trinl, and Bert Hirsch, are being framed for 0, cla^slca,! radio double.... 
'Irehe Beasley may come. east as the vocalist with the Phil Baker ,shpw. . . 
kNBC has instalied shock absorbers' on . its eley^i^tor buttons to do aWay 
ftvith the "static shock forriierljr received when the button was pressed,' 
Now you don't, get the .shock, until. yOu . get upsta 



Too Cold for Hot News 

Four Hottentots, colored girls hailing from Mobile, Ala., itionecj for 
Ruthrauff a;nd Ryan agency. .. .Sydney Mann opens In Lpew yaude Feb. 
20;... Dolly Madison powder Is auditioned for ah NB(3 commercial . . 
Jack Arth^ir, WOR. baritone, Is appearing at the Radio City /Musical Hall, 
NBC making the pick up for WOR. .. .Floyd Buckley's eyes were se- 
verely burnt last , week from fiddling With a quartz light .... Ray Perkins 
and Fulton Ourslfer, brothers -In -law,- are collaborating on a new series 
of comedy scripts for a network commercial. . . .Oliver Wakefield, the 
English comedian, and Eddie Hunter, colored singer, are ;to be featured 
In a new radio prQg;ra,m Jack Denny discarded his baton on the Amer- 
ican. Oil broadcasts, but in using it again since the shows are at the; 
Hudson theatre. ...Rudy Vallee's new singer, Dolores Rpach, to teplace 
Alice Faye, is. the wife of .-Sammy Coh6n, film comedian .. i . .Scamps open 
In. vaude for RKO Feb. 17 at the Mount ;Vernori,. booking calling for the 
act to open as well as- close the show. . . .Flrist two guest stars on the 
Babbo show starting Feb. . Iff yvith Mary Small and Bill Wirges' baiid 
are Jack Parker a;nd Molasses arid January;., .Angle Cardaman, for- 
merly a coal miner, who studied singing for three months at Paul Whiter, 
min'a expen.'^fi, is now sihging with the orchestra, making six. yocalists, 



Short Sli.ots 

Both Nb'C and. CBS iire working: oh new Pontlac .show' since .the Ray 
Paige engagehieht Is fpr flvfe weeks phly. While CBS has the account, 
NBC has hOpes of acquiring It. . . .Lartdt- Trio and White may take 
Priinic. Lightner,- ■Winnie liiglitner's . bro'tlier, . ihtp .their .vaude jact, . . . 
Buddy Rpgers won't be i:enewed at iiis dance spot. . . .Kenneth Rioberts, 
CBS announcer. Is studying music and Russigin ; » . ;George Givot has been 
resigned, by Herman Bei-nie for ah: additiphal three years ... ..CPlgate's 
Toothpaste has ah NBC commerckil starting sliortly with Francis Lang- 
ford,, the Leaders arid Donald Novis.;; , Howard Phillips starts an NBC 
commercial In March ...; Jack McGarrett sent west for Pontlac. .With 
the new' C?amcl show starting sobii, riiale yocalBi by members Of the CasU 
Lioma. band Will be cut doWn con.sldcrably due: to Connie . BOSWcIl and 
Stoopnagle and Budd being,, pn' . . .Ray jleaLthertph arid Alice Remscn 
.s.tart a new NBC sustaining program this week. V.". Mary .Mc(^oy left the 
Sal- Hepatica program because singers woveri't paid foi* the second broa* - 
. -jL9:St,_althou gh--rnn.sicians Avoi ie,- — — .: ;-.-^ . -^...^^ ^ — ^ 



Post Scri 

jMemb>r> e NBC prc.^s Uqp.'frtmc'nt.s w:irn''d Inst wei;k tjjat 9 a.m. 

la the dcadiirie.. . oxanne' V^^ for two yea'r.s,^ l.s Still' the only 

■womati band director on the air. . ...ilarry Salter sets -^a neW record for 
i'uest appearances. His Campus Choir, heard for the elglith time pn 
Ipana'.s broadcast tomorrow" nipht, is. renewed each week. . . .Socony,. 
witli Socoriyland Sketches on the air. is enlarging Its chain to reach as 
'ar west as Detroit,-;.. Bill Card at his home in ah recovering htn 
"PaHh, expects to return east March l'. 



him, foreyeri and will leave 
the same way she entered the 
home when they Were first 
married, even, to the gi*iay: 
dress she then w^ore. 

Bringing tlxe gray dress from 
a che.stf Miss ValJ' doffs Ker 
nicfdern gown, and With some 
effii^l puts on the gray .dress, a 
tailpr-made. It Is too small 
from the hips to the waist, and 
the waist falls by a large mar- 
gin at the waistline. It - is 
iiumorotis and draws laughs, 
but it Is ah undresslnef bit to- 
tally unexpected, and while 
done with all propriety, still 
reveals a picture , of a Woman . 
In her undergarments. .. . . 

The playlet . . . wobbles 
along especially during 

Miss Vail's single song. Short- 
ly after her. number she dis- 
plays how much better an . ac- 
tress she is by doing - her 
'scrapping' scene extremely 
well. Her song Is entitled 'The 
More 1 See Others, the Better 
I Like' Me.* The number, is en- 
titled to a better delivery than 
Miss Vair can give it. • . . . ' 
Miss Vail is a good looking, 
"womair sird~thm" aidsT ' 



The girl who stripped down 
to a pretty looking lot of lin- 
gerie, at Proctor's Fifth Avenue 
back In 1920 Is now -Myrt' on 
the radio. Her partner 'Marge' 
is really her daughter. Donna 
Damerel.' 



DANNEMORA PRISON 
SHOWS 1 A MONTH 



Saranac, N. T., Feb. 12. 

Dannemora (Clinton) penitentiary 
broadcast a' minstrel show over 
WQDM, St. Albans, "Vermont, With 
such success that the prison will 
broadcast an hour's show once a 
month. Time usually filled by 
Plattsbtirg, N. T., advertisers will 
be donated to convict frolics. 

First off>erIng was a minstrel 
•show, Next entertalnihisht- will be 
of hillbilly genre« Prisoners supply 
all the ta,lent. Wardfen Murphy and 
Father Robert 'Booth, chaplain, tye 
sponsoring the stunt to' arouse 
health y lriterests among the prlsoh- 
ers. 



Biow Station Starts 



Station WNEW, ow:ried,by^ Milton 
BIp:w- of the^ advertising agency pf 
that name, gets going Tuesday (13) 
With special festivities In the Man- 
hattari studios arid at the Waldorf- 
Astoria Hotel, New York; Don 
Clark, program director, will ve 
the man's 'sized Jloh' of keeping the 
station. On the ah', from 7 a. to 
3. a.'.m. 

Station nOininalJy located in 
Newark, N. J,> but the bulk of the 
TJrogramriiing^'Will==be'^from^Newi 
Vork. rganSzatiori Occupies the 
quarters of the defunct Ed Wynn 
Amalgamated wcb» 

■Zo(i\ Parenth'eau fs . "riin'Rlcal 
director for the . studio, orchestra. 
Roxy. La'Roccai vaudeville harpist, 
has the title of mii.slcal fiupcrvlspr, 
and. acta as union corttra^torr 

A .sales staff, .of 10 In now func- 
tioning for" "WNRW. 



Metro and KNX put over a piece of; hokum on the Los Angeles liSf 
ilenei'S when the radio . station announced it had. a scoop, pf a century 
and that, Greta Garbo would talk over the. ether. ' 

.Following night and the evening preceding, the opening of 'Queen 
Christiria' at Grauman's Chinese^ 'the Garbp program opened with hluV 
siG from the piCtn'i-ft hv a lyrotrn ornhfiati^r- ''"Wftnnnf-d-Ag Jfl^^ 
transcription. Then, the aii^hPuncer stated, 'NoW for Garbo.' Listeners 
heard Garbp and John Gilbert In a scene frqni the picture,, which had 
been waxed from the sound track. Nothing was said abOuf 'Trans- 
cription' and it was so put thiat the majority of the listeners bellcVed 
they had been listening to the real stuff/ 



■VVItli 'Chandu' slated to go out . over, a national CBS hookup, eriianat- 
irig from New York ear}y In May, Sol Lesser will cash in on the ether 
exploitation by rushing, production . on a 12-eplsode serial, starring. Gayne 
Whitman, who has headed the; Coa^t ether .cast since Inceptlpri of 
'Chandu' three years ago. 

"Vera Oldham, creator of 'Chandu,' do the screen play, with Basil 
Dike on cpntiriuity* Miss Oldham retained serial rights In selliiig 
'Chandu' to Fex for an -EdmuhdrLowe -starrer-released-last year. --^^^ 
ether script on air thrjee years over Coast statlpns and semi- nationally 
by discs, yarn has gphe through a number of sequences. 

Lessor's deal is for one Sequence with an optlpn pn others. 

Listeners east of Omaha who tuned In on Borden's '45. Minutes in Hol- 
ly wppd' (CBS) Feb, 3 went without three minutes of the show because 
the telephone line mechanic at that ppint forgot to make the switch 
over at the specified time. 

Program had been scheduled to pick up Edmund Lowe from HoUyr 
wood. While tlie New-Yprk end of company tried to wake up the fellow 
at Omaha the stanza's announcer kept breaking into thie Sllehce with 4, 
plea that the fahs hold on. 

Commercial has put in a claim for a rebate, on the time lost along, with 
the toll fees. 

Three-miriute delay ,pn the wire change-over marred Pontlac', 
show from Holly wppd Saturday night .<10). 



lenty tempest in the teaiiot at the Chicago NBC oflices last week over 
the. Phil i3ak'er routine on. the Armpur show for Feb. 9. Concerned a. 
liquor control blackout With the - resultant rumpus dragging, evei^yone 
frpm the. press department to Niles Trammel, Sid Strptz, the agency and 
the .sppn'sor for a; serious conference. 

Strotz, program director of NBC, ■ yelped when' he heard about tiie 
liquor control idea and. squawked that such topics Were, ticklish and con- 
trary to the policy of: the network." After a' conference It Was. discovered 
that only the title wa.s annoying and that the. script Itself Was innocr 
uous, with Strotz backing down on his stimd; ' 



CBS got itself jammed up witli the present- New .Yorlt City admini.s- 
tratlpri Saturday (10) when it; cut Mayor Fiorello La(3u.ardia off the air 
While he was still addrc.s.sing the League on Women Voters at the Astor. 

LaGuardfa paused during the latter part of his speech to ask, whether" 
he -was still on the air. When told no he reriiarked, 'That's all right, 
just vvanted to know/ CBS latei: explained that the maydr had gone, five 
minutes over . hi.s allotted time and that it had. tO; take him off to. bring 
in a scheduled bro.'idca.st from Paris. It .Was, a porfoririancc of Mas- 

B.enet'."j 'Manon,' r-r- 

Phil Baker comes into New York for his Armour .show with, evidcrif 
that the .'life story' ncquoncc: he^ used 'several weeks ago was ^ QHglri;il 
" ~ ' - - " =pilfiuiid=u£tam:i]iUik==J^ 



Appears a- casV' of siinutancous in.spiration on- the p^irt pf both'Bak'er 
and IJpriny. Bn <-r.)i:ur tlip Idea several •ysrcek.s before ho-^frot around fo do- 
ing it, evpn'monlloMifjg it' to so\ofal cOlurimlst.s.^ 'in tlie Interim; Benny 
hlt ydth the ynotion and Whf^iV TJjikcr followed" up he tliOtiW'ht 'tlif'fe wu. 
some copying flng do 



In connection . -itli fight being w^ged natlo 
broadcasts, Ulchfifld f-'as and porvloo stations On thi» 
distributing. nfiJlli.iii-- r.r pi-ot«'.it cards which patrons 

(C^ontlnued on page 47) 



TARIETV 



Tuesdaj, Februarj 13, 1934 



New Business 



LINCOLN 

Beacon Coffeis Shoppe, 'dally, an- 
nouncemients, KFOE 

. IIUJ Hatchery, 10-10: ti .Axa. dally 
except Sunday. Talk given by MrSl 
Hill addressed to- farm wives. 
KPOR. ■ , 

Wendelin Baking Company, AaXly: 
linndujicemehts for one year. KPOR 

-P & G ilarleeta, dally annbuhoe- 
ments, KFOR. 

Cadwailader Fur CompanUr night 
tlrtie announcements. KFOR. 

(Japitol Marheta, da;ily announce- 
ments. . KiPOJl. 

MdBride. Sales Company^ dally an-. 
Bouncenients. KFOK.. 
t Acme. Printing OompanU', daily 
l>articipation in Timea a&d Tunes 
program. KFAB. 
— ~Neu''T1seatrer':fSBYQs3sA4 ' iLimouTice^ 
ments for one year. KFAB. 
- Suzan Products, dallr aanounce- 
iients. KFAB. 

^Tudor Plate BiivenoarB,. N ika- 
abuncementa on KFOR. 

Gillette Rubber Company, threib 
one-mini transcriptlonB, 26 timies. 
KFAB. 

Farnitr'a Seritm Ofympany, daily 
participation in Fann morning pro- 
gram. KFAB. 

, Ford Motor Co^., Thursday :30 
p.m. and Sunday 7:30 p.m. on 
KFOR. ' 



P ES-MOtN ES 

Oapitat Drug Co.; half hour <m 
. new Barn Daiice Frolic from 10:30 
to: 11:30 p.m. each Saturday. Placed 
through Wade Adv. Agendy, Chi- 
cago. Began Feb. 8; expires April 
29. Special talent to :be used oh 
•how. WOG-WHO. 
■ Central Shoe Co., flfteen-mln.' elea 
trans. 6:45-6 p.m. Tuesday and Fri- 
day. Placed through Jimm Daugh- 
mietf, Ino., St. Louis. Begins Febi 
iO; expires April 13. . WOC-WHO. 

Farmer^ Mutual Insurance Co., 
• placed direct. Sundays 6:30-6:46 
p.m. TiLlka by Milo Reno, president, 
National Farmers' Holiday Assoc; 
and general mimager I&urance co; 
Began Jan. 28; expires April 22. 
WOG-WHa 

Hilla Bros, Coffee, placed through 
N. W. Ayer, Philadelphia. Five 6r 
mln. trans, per weelc Began Feb. 
.6; expires March 18. liat^ after- 
' "noon . time. WOC-WHO. 

Royal iO& Oil Ooi. Ft. Dodge, Iowa» 
placed direct. Five l-inin. an- 
> nouncements weekly and 15-min 
studio show Wedesday and Satur- 
day. Began Jan. 21; ' expires June 
9. WOC-WHO. 

Broum Beauty Beans (subsiidiary 
Western Grocer Co., Marshallt own. 
Tdwa), placed tSrbugh Erwirt Wasley, 
Chicago. Renewal of three 6-min 
ET weekly, Wedne9day, Thursday 
and Friday. Began Jan. 31; expires 
March 14. WOC-WHO. 

Armdnd Co., cosmetics, Des 
Sioin*!s, placed through Reincke 
Ellis- Younggreen and Finn, Chicago. 
.16-min. trans, of Charlie Agnew's 
orchestra with short talks by Carl 
Weeks, chemist and president - of 
CO. Begins Feb. 16; expires Mafch 
12. Monday and Friday eve. time. 
WOC-WHO. 

California. Packing Corp., placed 
through McGann-ErlcfcaQn, Chicago. 
Begins March 6; expires May 80 
26 periods 16-mln. duration. Mon- 
day and Wednesday eve. time for 
trans.-studio program. WOC-WHOc 
Waters Genter, Minneapolis, jprlaced 
through Cramer-Krasselt, Milwau 
ke.e. One-min. announcements 



starting Feb. ;19; exflires March 19 
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, WOC- 
WHO. 

Hotel La . SaTle, CMcago, placed 
thi'ough Neisser MeyerhooiC, Chi 
cago. r Annonucements Saturday 
and Sunday eve. time. Starts Feb. 
10; expires April 1.^ WOC-WHO. 

.Northtup, Kinif: A Co.,, plac^ 
through Olmsted. Howitt, Inc.^ Min- 
neapolis. Starts MsLrch 1.2; expires 
April 23. . . Five-mi eleci' trans; 
WOC-WHO. 

walker -Remedy Co., makers; Chick 
Foods, Waterloo, Iowa. .Will spbn- 
.sor market broadcasts 3 .times daily, 
15-min^ broadcasts. Placed by 
Weston. Barnett, Waterloo. WOC 
WHO. 

Chase Iniieatment Co., Des Moines^ 
-plaeed-by-GooHdge— A-dvert-lslng-eo77 
Des Mollies. Series of 3 announce- 
ments iper week for 1 year with 
additional announcements to start 
in April. WOC-WHO. 

' Lawrence Finance 0o.> 66-wOrd ani- 
nouncemeiit daily for .4 weeks. Di- 
rect. KSO. 

Younkers Department Store, Des 
Moines,: ' 52 amio.uncements. Ite- 
newal. KSO. 

City Club Beiperage Co. (Sohmldt'ai 
City Club beer), renewal 8 1-hr. 
prograimia. Once each week 'Satur-^ 
day Niifht Club.' Gives 48 consecii'- 
tive weeks. ' Direct.: KSO. . 
Dodg e Motors Corp., ^1. trana. 



Fort Wayne^ Fetou 18. 
. iMt plaia nuts la the deci- 
sion banded down on a recent 
air aaplittiit who manaeed to 
atom into WOWO biroadcast- 
inff roooi while Marguerite 
Hltxmaiv atafl organist^ was 
. playing her meniory hour. Mu- 
sician made fabe^ at the 
stranger to aiilet down, but she 
kept rli;iit on gabbing. 

lAtar wlien Program Direc- 
tor Dorothy Durbin took over 
situation imipatiently asking if 
the girl had ever taken any 
vocal leaaons, the, flighty one 
replied eonfldehtly no, that 
she never had, and neitiier had 
Al Joloon. So there! 



with flkn naiues. Starting Feb, 88 
for two IS weeks perloda. 



BOSTON 

Bears-Roebuck & Co. announce- 
ments, three timed dally .and. shop- 
ping service, through Chambers & 
WlsweU, Boston. WBZ. 

W. B. jQuinby Company, Series of 
16-minute morning programs. Placed 
by Lavlii & Co., Inc. ' iStarts Feb. 26 
on WBiz; 

Spencet Chain Stores, Inc., series 
of weather announcements through 
Chamberis & Wisw^ll, WBZ, 



menta /iiaed as desired to plug cur- 
rent teat urea; Placed direct. 
WW8W. 



irmm.. announcements to run dur- 
Ing Des Moines Automobile show, 
Feb. 19-24i Placed by Ruthford & 
Ryan agency. KSO. 

flolqniai Baking Co.', Des. Moines, 
62 1-hr. programs, 1 each Sundiiy 
momiiig. 'Uncle Bill Readis the 
Funnies.' Renewal; Placed by 
Fairall Adv. Agency, Des Moines. 
KSO.. 

Des Moines Autoviqbi DeaJertF 
Assoc., 13 16-:min> programs broad- 
cast direct, from Des Moines Auto- 
mobile show, Feb. 18-24.' Featuring 
Morin Sisters, Al Morey a,nd band 
and Al Trlggs as auto show re- 
porter. Placed by Battehifleld & 
BaU agency, Des Molhes. KSO. 

Collins Funeral Home, 13 16-min. 
prograins. One each Sunday for 13 
weeks. Organ. Directs' KSO. . 

Pointer Br cvoing Co.^ 66-word an- 
nouncement daily for 12 weeks. 
Placed by Liossing Adv. agency, Des 
Moinies. KSO. 

Redbiri Hatchery, Des Moines, 66- 
word announcement dally for 12 
weeks. Direct. KSO. 

Farmers' UnUm Service Assoc., 62 
16-min. programs. Friendly Dan 
with rural and hillbilly music, also 
doing the commercial, Direct. 

JKSa __J - 

Sterling Products, 13 30-min. trans. 
•Lavender and Old Lace' for Bayer's 
aspirin. Once weekly. Thursday 
9-9:30 p.m. KSO. 



PITTSBURfSH. 

George K. Btevenaon Co., daily 16p 
minute cooking school talk for 62 
weeks. Placed direct. WWSW. 

Dugueane Baking Co., 16-minute 
program twice weekly for 26 weeks< 
Plt^ced direct. WWSW, 

R. E. Loughney, Inc.i 13 flvermln- 
ute broadcasts-, Placed direct. 
WWSWl. 

Senjamin Moore Co., renewal of 
weekly 16 -minute programs for 13 
weeks. Placed direct. WWSW. 

Lewis Broadcasters, 62 half-hour 
progrrams to be used withi n pe riod 
of 90 days. Placed direct. WWSW 

Pittsburgh Press, spbt 'announce- 



NEWARK 
Themiae Leeming Co. (Behgue), 
13 weelo^ Tuesday and , Thursday, 
X6-nUnutn recorded prograniis with 
Don BosBL Through Scott Howe 
Bowen, WOR. 

Orazif Water Oryatala^ Oe.^ ve- 
mlnuta programs, Tuesday, and 
Thundar noons, week to week basis. 

woa • 



oral otl), six weeks ending March 
17,: Thuradajr and Saturday, flve- 
mlnute dtaea. WOR. 

Gold !>«•# (Silver Dust), 18 iiNieks, 
MondaTf Wednesday. Friday, I6r 
minuta 4lac% 'Kathrlne Titt-Jones,' 
WOR. 



BALTIMORE 

Baver Aspirin Co., 30-mln. ahow, 
Tiavendar and Old Lace,* electricial 
tra'taaerlption, once weekly, 18 tlmies. 
Placed by Blackett-Sample-Hum-i 
mert, Ine. WBAL. 

AritmlamaMo Ooi of "Texas^ two half- 
hour dramatic sketches. . , Pla ced by 
Guenther Bradford Co, WBAIj. 

Kfio* Oo^ of Kansas City, li-mln. 
adventvra . dramatizations. .Once 
weekly. IS times. Placed by Dillon 
& Kirk. WBAU 

PMR^ PackiiHO Co., Cambridge. 
Md., S-mln.. studio announcement, 
four tlmea we ekly, , three months. 
Placed direct. WBAi* 

HfeCow Laboratories, Ine., New 
York City. Recorded announ cem ent, 
6 tlmea weekly, 13 timea. WBAL. 



WATERLOO, IOWA 

. Clatide Gillami . Uve stock ehn.;. 
placed direct. WMT, 

Davidson Furniture Compdriy, 
weather and- tlrtie sponsorshlpH- 
one of each daily — for year;' placed 
direct. WMir. 

Palace Clothiers,, shopping ann., 
on co-opertttive prOgra,m; placed di- 
rect, WMT. 

~'-i^t1tup—K-ing-i3€ed-r0<»npanyT-^i- 
.flve-minute trans.; placed through 
OlmsteadrHewitt, Minneapolis, Minn. 
WMT. 

yVeiffhley Tfansfet Conip<iny,moy- 
Ing dim., on. co-operative program; 
placed direct. WMT. 

Nichols. & Gates Furn^t^re Com- 
pany, shopping ann.; placed direct. 
WMT. 

Scientific Laboratories, 'Reduceold' 
ann,, on cOroperative program; 
placed direct. WMT. . 

Iowa Soap Company, .26 16-mlnute 
programs, twice Weekly ; placed dl- 
riect, WMT. 



Ether Slants 



LOS ANGELES 

.gdiwoort* ro_>occQ,_KF WB. FrL, 
8:30 .to .t pjn. Musical comedy or 
chestratlona by Jack Joy's orc hestra . 
Farley Clothinip Company, KFWB, 



Moou, Mon^ Fitl, 6:16 to 6:80. Jimmy 
and Jane, iaonga and chatt er. 

O'Keefe A Merritt, KFWB. Sun., 
7:30 to 8 pan., discs.; Ted FloRltb's 
ordheatm. 

NatUmcH Bisemrity Life Aesottatioin, 
KNX, Friday 6:45 to 6 pjn. Cardl 
nal male quartot. (Logan dt Steb 
bins.) 

Inswremtie Associates, Wed, Frl., 
.6.45-T pjn. Cbibo De Verde orches- 
tria. WlXX, 

— xkw4««tfd<e»._ZAe.>lXussr-piwducts 
Sun. 11.80-11.46 ajn. Thura., 6.46-7 
p.m. instrumental musio and beauty 
talk. (QlaBser agency), KHJ. 

<7 k a r ia Fowidation Garments, 
OcMtat Don Leo CBS. Wed. 10.16 
10.80 ajn. Raymond Paige Grebes^ 
tra and Louelht Parson's intorview 



• PpRTLANO/ORE. 

Meier and Fi'ank Co., department 
store, five 15-minutes program, 
't>ageant of Beauty,' KiGW. 

Oregon institute of Technology, 
announcements daily. KGW. 

Davidsdn Baking Co., one year, 
sponsorlng^icooklng setvool, daily ecx- 
cept -Sunday. Placed through Bota- 
ford, CoUstantlne & Qardner agency. 
KGW. 

Kett's Restaurant^ If minutes^ 

daily except Sunday^ KGW. 

Ruby Leeds, . six months' an- 
nouncements service on Friendly 
Chat group hour. KGW. 

Oregon Mutuai Savings. Bank, one 
month, announcements, diUly. KOW; 

ATLANTA 
Dr. Lyons Toothpowder,^ half-lMMur 
transcriptions weekly at WSB. 

Horlick*s MaJted Mitk, starting 
Feb. 19, three daily spots ffirlng 
weather news over WSB. 

SheU OH, 66 one-minute apota 
WSB. 

Gillette, WSB for 46 ono-minuto 

spots during February. 

KANSAS GITY, MO. 
— Bayer — Aspirin;- -haif-hour^dlfloa 
weekly, Gustavo Haehsdhea and 
Frank Munn. KMBa 

Marmola, 16-min, dlaos, 
week, KMBC, 



Kraft- Phenix celebrated Al jol« 
son's t-eturn Thursday night (8) 
with an innovation for this pro- 
gram. Almost. 40 of the 60 . minutes 
were devoted to gab. There was lots 
of it at the opening of' the pro« 
grami 22 minutes of it via the en* 
actment of a sketch by Ida M, Tar» 
bell, 'The -Man That Kniew Lincoln,* 
while eight more minutes of dialog 
were given to cueing, in Joisoh'a 
'Ridin* to Heaven on a Mule* from 
'Wonder Bat*,' When Jolson wasn't 
there for ^lip- service the mlkei was 
Deems Taylor's in" the role of m.c. 
i*aul Whitemain niariaged tb sqiueeze 
in with an .ear-ticking rendition of 
'Park Avenue Fantasy.'. 

No doubt about the oocasion's be- 
ing Jblson'Si As a commehmoration 
-o£Jlilncoln!3_birthday-the--'0irindy-dra---- 
matic piece; may have, been fitting, 
but It could have been saved for the 
same agency*s Rudy Vallee-Flelsch- 
mann whirligig- aiid the time dcA'Ot- 
ed to it. on the Kraft program re- 
"served for more of the Jolson stufC 
that really sfells, his warbling. Ped- 
haps the Thonipson agency nils- 
shuffled scrips, and at the last min- 
ute found thatr it had the TiUon 
Cientral Life Insurance Co.'s Civil 
Waif marathon niixed with the 
Kraft show, 

Jolson did well enough by the acti. 
ing of the storekeeper role , in the .- 
Tarbell piece aihd the cueing 

of fantasy conception. Jolson's voic^' 
ing of the lyrlc itsetf , however, was 
not a^ eflEectlve as the rendition 
heard on the disk that Witmarfc 
had dubbed from the "Wonder Bar* 
soundtrack.. 



Nydt Drugs, 16-mln. disc, 
week. KMBC. 



SEATTLE 

Ernst Hardware, one announce- 
ment each Sunday, for 13 Weeks oyer 
KOL; started Feb. 4. 

Blue .Moon Theatre, two ' an- 
nouncements, Feb. 11 and 18.KOMO. 

Western Apparel, addition to for- 
me r co ntract of four announce- 
ments per week over KDMO^ 

Seattle Metal Exchange, 16-mln-. 
ute talk, Feb. 12. KOMO. 

Fahey-Brockman (clothiers), two 
16-mlnute. programs a week for 18 
week^ on KOMO; started Feb.-!. ' 

Raster's (shoe store), three 60 



N BC gives Jan Garber a terrific 
billing on yiei Tastyeast progiam 
Sunday afternoons; Calling any- 
body the 'idol "oit the airwaves' tJ^keS 
In a lot of territory. Garber's mxiisic 
la okay, of course, sounding, not a 
little like the Guy Lombardo school. 



Pnullne Alpert on WOR Sunday 

afternoons reels off a nifty l.G-min- 
uta program: She knoWs how to 
pick heir stuff, culling the best from 
musical shows, past and current. 

Fifteen minutes of straight plan - 
Ology Isn't at all tiresome under the 
Alpett touch.. 



word spots per week; started Feb. 6. 
KOMO. 

Bon Marehe (dept. store), two 
spots, Feb. 14, KOMO. 

Washington Taxpayers' Asso., se- 
ries of political talks and announce- 
ments over. KOMO and KJR, be- 

-tweefl~Teljr-23-27r ■ — — — — 

Btrong Laboratories, 13 announce- 
ments between Feb. 12-26. KJR. 

Van Dyn Chocolate shop, t^o an- 
nouncements, Feb. 11. KJR. 

WINSTON-SALEM, N. C. 

Oualifi/ Batons renewed the Three 
Selles for one month, appearing 
four times each week In half hour 
program. Placed locally. WSJS. 

Davis, Ina, Department Store,, 100- 
word spot announcements daily for 
one month. Placed locally. WSJS, 



CANTON, Oi 

Pittsburgh Sun Telegraph, 16 min- 
utes, Thursday 8:30, Club Car. 
transcription. WHBC. 

Ey Speed 00 Co., 16 minutes, daily 
except Sundav, e:.10, transcription. 
WHBC. 





EXCLUSIVE MANAOEMENT 

of 

ROMM, MEYERS, BESTRY & SCHEUING 

PARAMOUNT BLDG., NEW YOR K -~ -~™ 



... . i.-.^^>« ...i Personal Oireetion ef 

Current Week-FOX, BROOKLYM EDWIN W. SCHEUING 



tWcsday' Ftbriiagy 13, 1934 



A • I 



VARIETY 



41 



Radio Directory 



. « eonvoni«nce for readers unfamiliar with who's who in Radio. 
'Variety prints below » directory for New York, Lbs Angeles, 
8an FranoisoOf and Chicago.)'' ' 



New York City 



(Stati 



NBC 
WJZ-WEAF) 



00 JtockefeUor eenler 
Clrcl« 7r830O- 

M Hv Ayle»worth, President. 
Wihard G. Patterson. J'-: Exe'!iitlve^V,.P. 
» AshbVt V.'P. and <*en. Atty.. 
OWrSe EnslM. V.-P. on Artlrts' Service, 
SSttn F. Royal. V.-P. on Progranle. 
SSiv gT Wltmer; V.-P. on East Dlv. Sales. 
SSnk Masrtn. V.-P. on Public Relations. 
Marft WoodB.J^ea3urgr. 

^fred H. MortbD, Bub. Mtffr., Prograna 

fSovd Thomas. Mgr. Local Sales,. 

W C. Bt)ux, JlKT. Local Sales Promotion. 

h' F. McKeon. Auditor. 

h' F Kelly. AbbU Auditor. 

c' W Horn. Oen. Bnglneor; 

Frahii Mullen. Agrlculttiral. Dir. 

rdeJaS. Almonte. Everting .Operations, 

Bertha Bralnard. Program Mgr. 

O, W. Payne. Operations. 

B. ..I, Telchern. AssC to Treae. 

Department Heads 

Donald <3. Bhfew. Eaatei-n Sales Mgr. 
.'Soa- H. Belvlso. MiJBlc Library. ^ 

W, D. Bloiham,- purchasing Agent, 
. John^R. Carey, Serv ce Supervisor. .-. 

O B: Hattwn. M BTT^Hant-Gperatlop-a^ 

Engineering Dept. . 
Ruth Keeler. Personnel Supervisor. 
Donald WIthycom*. Mgr. Bta. Relations. 
Paul F. Peter, Mgr.. Statistical Dept. 
O. W. Johnstone. Mgr. Press Relations 

"^Harold Kemp. -aorTlca Popular 

li'a' Tuiblll. sales Mgr.. Artists' SienrKie 
Qulnt6n Adaips, Office Mgr. * 

" E. P. H. James, dales Promotion Mgr, 
T O. Sabin. Eastern Service Mgr. 
Mrs. Frances Rockefeller KInr, Mgr. prJ 

tste entertainment. 

CBS 
(Station WABC) 

480 Madlaon Ave! 
VVTickersham 2-2000 

wmiaiin S. Paley, President, 

Edward Klauber, Executive V.-P. 

Bam Plckard, V.iP. „ . 

Hugh Kendall Bolce. V<-P. In Charga at. 
Bales. ^ ■ 

I.awrenca W. tiowmap, V.-P. on Oper* 
Hons and .Secretary. 

M. R. Runyon, Treasurer. 

Karl Knipe, 'Sales Mgr. 
^ Wllllami H. SnslcD, Asst. Sales Mgr.. 

folian Field, Comm. rrogram Plr. 

Jpllus S. Seebaoh. Program Operations. 

S. J. Onde. Publldty. 

JEdwIn K. Cohan, -rectanical Dir. 



ANSON Weeks 

AND His band 

AND ENTERTAINERS 



Paul White,. News BfoSdoQatlng. 
Paul W. Kestcn, Bales Frumotioni 
John J. Karol, Market- Reeearchi , 
W. M. C. Gettlnger. Sales. Devolopment; 
John S. Carlisle, Production Mgr. 
Frederic P. Willis. Educational .Dir. 
Julius Mattfeld.' Music Library. 
Hugh Cowan,' Commercial Engineer. 
Marlon R, Paraonnett, Draitaatlc iHr. . 
Ralph j. Wonders,. Mgr^, Artists' Biireati 
Peter De Lima. Mgr. of Contracts. 
Paul Ross; Mgr; Personal Boofclnga. 

WOP: 

Bambe Broadcastlni; Service, '- 
1410 Broadway 

Pennsylvania (B-8383', 

J. Mc CgBkerr Station— M g r . . - 

'A, A. Cormier, Sales Mgr. 
Walter J. Neff, Asst, Sales >l8r4 
Lewis Reld. Program Mgr. 
George Shackley, Musical Dir. 
Robert i. 'Wilder; Program DIr; 
J. R, Poppele, Chief Engineer.; 

wi 

American Radio News Corp. 
114 £1. Mth St: 
Eldorado 6-OlOd 

-Bradley • Kelly, Station MgR 
A, DIhsdal, Production! Mgr. 
Bernard Levltow, Musical 
Georgfe. Wleda. ..!Pr.es3. 

WMCA 



heXBli 



SECOND WEEK 

LOEWS STATE 

LOS ANGELES 



SYDNEY 
MANN 



mt GIRL WITH THE 
VIOkIN VOICE 

CUNARD HOUR 
WJZ 10 to 10.30 F. M, 
Every Tuesday 



LEO 




AND HIS MUSIC 

Monday-— 6-5:90 P.M.. TUBO 
Satorda^— 5:18-5:30. P.M.r NBC 
.«i 

Playlnjg Nightly 
BENJAMIN FHAJIKLIN HOTKL 
Philadelphia 
• 

MaBogement 
NB€ Artists' Bnrcaa, New ' York 
Personal Hep;— LEW CHI;dD 



PAT KENNEDY 

(The Unmasked Tenor) 

Sponsored by 
.Paris Medicine. Co. 
WCK, Chicago, Daily 
1:30-1:45 P If. CST 



Licensee, Knickerbocker Broadcasting. Gorip 
ixjnaild- Fla'mm, Pr^s.' 
Operated .hy Federal roadcaatlng Cbrp. 
Broadway at p3d St.. 
Columbus S-5WJ0 

John T. Adamis, Pres, 
Talbot Of Freeman, In (diaxge of 

Commercial I>ept. 
Clendennlng J, Ryan. Jr., V,-P. 
Jamed K, .N orris. Treasurer. 
A. J. Adams, tixecutlve Asst to Pree. 
. Harry Caf Isoh. Program Dir. 
Jack Bicker. Production Mgr. 
Robert Hood Bowers, MustcaT Dir. 
Charles Martin. Dramatic Blr.^ 
Harry Pascoc, Continuity Dir. 
Frank Hennigs, Mgr. Artists' Bureau. 
Robert 8, Wood, Dr. PuWIc Relations. 
Fraiix Marx, Chief Engineer. 

Wlwl 

universal Broadcasting Corp. 
415 W. 5Wh St. 
Colambuis 6-703Q 

. H. P. Riley. Dir. 
J. P. Klernan. Business Mgr. 
R. W. Blork. Bales Mgr., 
George O'Brien. Program Dir. 
Rudolph Forst. Musical Dir. 
Joseph Deppe, Chief Engineer 



Chicago 



NBC 

Merchandise . Mart 
Superior 8300 

{Stations WENR— WMAQ) 

NJles Trammel. V.-P. In charge. 
Sen Kaney, Asst. to V.-P. . 
P. G.- Parker. AlBSt. Geh. Mgr. 
Fred Weber. Station Relations U|t; 
John . Whalley. Office Mgr. 
Roy Shield. Cblet Musical Dir. 
C. L 'Menser,' Production Dir. 
Sidney Strota. Program Mgr. 
Alex Robb, Asst. Program Migr. 
Sidney Strotx. Artists Mgr. . 
'Willis Cooper, Continuity Ed. 
JYank-.MuUen. . Dir. :qf AfrlcuttOTf. . .. 
Judith - Waller, BdncatlonaT Dir. 
KenniBth Carpenter, Sales Mgr. 
Bill Hay. Local Bales Mgr. 
I. B. Bhowennan. Sales Service Mcr. 
E, C. Carlson. Bales Promotion Mgr. 
Howard Laugens. Chief Bngineer. 
M. W, Rife. Chief Field Engineer. 
B. a. Dongea, Maintenance Mgr. 

""Beii ' Pratt, Public Relations Couaaal. 
A1 Williamson. Publicity Mgr. 

CBS 

Wrigley BIdg. 
Whiten .0000 

(Station WBBM) 

H. Leslie Atlass. Vlco-Pres, In Charige. 
J, J. King, Asst. 'to-Vlce-Pres, 
Leonard Erlkson, 'Western Sales ^Igr. 
J. Kelly. Smith, WBBM Sales Mgr. . 
Bob Stephenson. WBBM Asst. Sales Mgr< 
Richard Blpers, Sales Research Dir. 
Walter Preston; Program Director. 
DeloB Owen, Program Operations Mgr. 
Holland Engle, . Asst. to. Program Director 
Ray Appleby, Dramatic Prod. .Mgr. 
Don Bemardi Music Prod. Mgr. 
Howard Neumlller, Music Dir. 
Henry Klein, Continuity Editor. 
JTrank Falknor. Chief Engineer. -.• 
, Bob Kaufman. Publicity Mgr. 
Effle Marine Harvey. Educational JHr. 
Ray Black, News Service Mgr. ^ , 
Arthur Wlsner, Community Concert Mgr 
McClura Bfllows, Coluijibla Concert Mgr 

KYW 

Strauss BIdg, 

Wabash 4040 
Homer Hogan, Gen. Mgr. 
Parker Wheatley, Production Mgr.^ 
Harold E. Bean, Asst, Production Mfr- 
Rex Maupin, Musical Director. 
H. E, Ran«ail, Chief Engineer.. 
V "Wer Turner. Publicity Dir. 

WCFL 

li^umlture Mart 
Delaware &000 

John Fllzpatrlck,. President, 
=^Edward=Ni--Nockles,i=GenrfMgr.= 



Chicago Ad Agencies 



Radio Execs (Aeseclated with 
ihe Show or Performanca 
End of Radio). 

Aubrey, Moore & Wallace, Ine. 

410 North Mfchigan Ave, 
J. H. North. 
F. Ibbett. 

N. W. Ayer 

164 W. Jackson Blvd. 
NasoD .McGuiire. 

iBatten, Barton; Durstlne 4 Oa- 
born 

221 N. La SiAlle St. 
George May. 

lackett-SaHfiple-flummart 

221 N. Salle St 
Ectwrard Ale&hlre. 
N. H. Peterson. 

. .__,::_Crltchfi(Bld . 

8 S. Michigan Ave, 
Frank Steele. 

oremus & Com0any 
208 S. La Salle St. 
ji. Henderson. 

in, Wasey A Co. 

330 N. Michigan' Ave. 
William Weddell. 

Fredericks A MitcheW;" ■ 

. Strau.s BIdg. 
Carl BYederick^ 

Charle$ . Daniel Frey 

: 83a:iSL_MichigflA A3 
Larry Triggs. 

Gundlach Advertislhd to. 

400 : N. Michigan Ave. 
Irving Rdsenbloom. 

Henri Hurst & McDonald 

620 K. Michigan AVO, 
A. L. Decker. 

irtland- EnQol 
646 N. Michigaa Ave. 
Kenneth Ring. 

Lurd A Thomas 
*19 N. Michigan Ave: 
Henry Sellinger. 

Matteson, Fogarty, Jordan 

807 N. Michigan Ave. 
H. li. Weiler. 

MeCann-Eri^kabh 
•10 8. Michigan Ave. 
Baymond Atwood. 

Hays McFarlan4 
888 N. Michigan Ave. 
Nate Caldwell, 

McJunkin 
888 N, La Salle St. 

— ^-Gdrdon-^eati. i-^— 



Roche, Williams A, Cunnyng- 
ham. Inc. 

Strauss Bldg. 
William Hbche. 

Ruthrauff 4Sr RyaiT 
860 N. Michigan Ave. 
Frank Steele. 

Stack- Gobie 
8 6. Michigan Ave. 
Ralph Qoble. 

4\ Walter Thompson 

- _ - 410JN. Michigwi__Ave.. 
Thomas Luckeiibill. 

U. 8. Advertisino 
818 N. Michigan Ave. 
Q«(Hrge Enzlnger. 



Franklin liilndqillat, . Bus. MSr." 
Maurice Lynch. Treasurer. 
Howard ICeegan. Production Wr. 
Eddie Hanson, Musical Dir. 
Howard Keegan, Chler Anndun*jr. 
Maynard Marquardt^ Chief l^glneer 

WJJD 

Lake and Wells 

- Btata «40« 
Ralph Atiaw, Gen, Mgr. 
Art lilnick, Commerolal Mgr. 
J« A>Iaboi*h, Chief Announcer. 



WL6 

1280 W. WaahlngtMi 
Hay market 7000 

Burrtdge Butler. President. 
Glenn Snyder, Gehi Mgr. 
George Blggar, Program Mirr. 
D. R. McDonald, Adv. Mgr. 
torn Rowe, Chief Engineer. 
Clementine Legg, Artists Mgr. 
Hal CHalloran, Chief AnnouneM. 
Julian Bentley, Publicity DIr, 

drake Hotel 
superior .0100 

W. >X. Mactarlane, Gra. Mgr. 
Quin Ryanr 8taUon Mgr. 
George Isaac, Commercial Mgr, 
Edward Barry, Production Msr, 
Adolph Dumont, Musical . Plr. 
■^Carl. Myers. Chief Engineer. 
TTank Schrelber. PnbllcHir IMr. 

WGES. 

128 N, Crawford 
Vab Buren 1000 

Gene by»r, BUtlon Mgr. 

bharlsB Lanphear, Production Mgr. 

Joseph Brubaker, Chief Engineer. . 

John Van, Musical Dir. 

Dob Crosnor, . Chief Announcer. 

WI 

201 North Wells. 
' state MOis 

Ualph Atlas", Presldt ,t 
Frances KennedjrjV.-**. ^-^^ 
Frank Morrow. Program Dueetof. 
John Murl. Musical DIrectw. 
-^T.-iMcMuiraTr-XaaleX^Jiaslneeji^^^ 
Art Jpace. Chief Announcer. 

Adyerti ing Agenoi. 

ijord' 4 Thoinas-^Hehry jBelllnger. 
J. Walter Thompson— Tom l«ckenblli 
Erwln-Wasey— 'William Weddell, 
N. W. Ayei— W. O. McOata«. 
Crltchfleld— Frank Steel, 
MoJunkln— Frank Steel. 
BBDAO— Gwrge Mey. 
Blaikett.Sample-M, H. Peterson. 
Uonrl Hurst MoIJonald-Art Decker. 



Lo8 Angeles 

KHJ 

(Columbia iDen Lee Broadcasting ' ). 
10T6 West 7th Street. 
Vandyke 7111 

Don Lee, President. 

C. Ellsworth Wylle, Qen. Mgr. . 

Raymond Paige, Musical and Program 
DIr, . - 

Paul Rlckenbacber, Production Mgr. 

Kenneth Nlles, Assti Prod. MKr. 

Herbert Wltherspoon, Traffic Mgr. . 

Arthur J. Kemp. AmU Adv. Mgr. (KHJ 

Les Welriroft, publicity, '• 

Thomas Lee Artist; Bureau. T.ed Braun. 
mgr. ' 



, (NBC .outlets) 
(Sarle C. Anthony. Inc. 
1000 So. Hop^ Street 
"'Richmond 6111 ■ 

icayie C. Anthony: President. 
• Arthur Kales. V.-P. and Gen: Mgr. 
Glen Dplberg. Program Dir.. 

KFWB 

Warner Bros, Pictures Corp. 

Warner Theatre BIdg. 

- Hollywood 0316 
Gerald King Gen. Mgr. 
Chester Mlttendort. Commercial Mflr. 
Jack Joy. Program Dir. . -■; . 
Johnnie Murray. -Charge Vaude Programs, 
Kay Van Riper, "Charge Dramatic Prog. 
Les Hewett, Chief Engineer. ,^ 
Frank Murphy, Supervising Bn^near, 
George Fischer, Publicity,, ' 



Western Broadcasting :Co. 
Paramount Studios, Hollywood 
Hemps.tead -4101 

Ouy . C. Earl; Jr., ..Pre3iaent_._^ 
Naylor, RoReps, V.-P. and. Gejffn^ 
Car} B.: Nla3en,-Oommorclal.Mgr, 
Kenneth.; C. Ormleton, ; Technical 

I'visor. ■■ - ■ • 

■PTVry lATie., Pr ogram iMgr. 
Wilbur . HatChrMusltal l>ir 
I>ave B.alloUk PuBUclty.. . 

KMPC 

(Beverly Hills) 

MacMillah Petroleum Corp. 
9631 Wllshire Blvd. 
Crestvlew 8101 

Jack Kelfer, gen. mgr. 

Velva Darling. . publicity; 
Chauncey Haines, musical' director. 

■ Forrest ' Barnes., program mgr. . 

John Mcl.atyfo, traffic aiid production 
mgr; 

KMTR 

KMTR Radib C^orp, 
•16 No. Formosa, Hollywood 

. Hillside net 

.Reed E.. Cklllster President 
Gus Mack. Gen, Mgr, 
Van C. .Newkirk, Prod, Mgr. 
SalTa.tare Santaella,. Musical Dir. 

KGFJ 

1417 80. .Flgueroa Street 
Prospect 7780 

Ben 8', McGiashon, owner. 
Duka Hancock. Mgr. 

Flreeide Broadeaatlng Co- 

KRkp 

Mi ' South Sprthg Straat 
Madison 1170 .. 



Frank Doherty. President. 
V. Q. Fretag. Qen. Mgr. 
Del I<yon. Sales Mgr. 

KTM 

Pickwick Broadcasting Cm. 
214 So. Vermont 
Exposition 134. 

Charles Wren. Ifres. 
George Martinson, M.inager. 
..C. B. June tu,' Production Mgr. 

KFAC-rFVD 

Lbs Angeles Bk uadcastinfe ' Co.. 
64S Mariposa Ave, 
Fltiroy 1231 
L. Cord. . President, 
cbrge MoskSVls, Gen,, Mgr. 

Sail. Francisco 

NBC 

(Stations; KGO-KfO^KV A) 

.Western Division 
. lir Sutter St, 
Sutter 1020 
t)on B.. V.^ and Westei 

I Mgr. 

C U, Mc(3arthy, Asst Dlv, Mgr. 

Lew Frost, Prog, Dir. ; 
Harry Anderson, Sales Mgr.. 
A; H. Saxton. .Mgr. of Plant Operatlona 
aiid Engineering; 
Lloyd B, Toder, Press Dl¥. 
H. J.. Maxwell, Office Mgr. 
William Andrews; Chief Announcer. 
Cecil Underwood, Prod. Mgr. ' 
Roy Frothlngham, Sales Promotion Mgr. 
Meredith WlVlson, ..Musical Dir. 

KVA .. 

088 Market. St; 
Prospect 8456 
Edward McCiallum, Station Mgr.. 
Lynn Churqh, Pi>og. Dir. 
Harry. Bechtel, Chief Announcer. 

KFRC 



' — — ^-(Doh-Lee-Golumbla ^)utlet^- 
1000 Van Ness Ave; 
. : Prospect 0100. 
Fred Pabet;. Don: Leo Geh. Mgr. 
^a,pr4sbttJgomjiea. y . St a tion T '— 
William .'Wright, Prog. Dir. 
Arthur Kemp, Sales Mgr; 
Al Cormack, . Technical Dir. 
Claude Sweetehr Musical Dir. 



rtinton & Sons, 

IdSO Bush 8tt 
Ordway 4148 . 

Ralph Brunton; Misr. 

Ralph Smith, . Prog. Dir. . 

KTAB 

116 C'Farrel St. 
Garfleld 4700 

M, E, Roberts, Mgr. 
Frank X. Galvln, Pn>ef- Dir. 



BUTLEB. AT WDAY 

Fargo, N. D., Feb. 12., 
Howard J. Butler, known in east- 
ern show biz and formerly with 
I WMCA, New York, is program di- 
I rector of WDAT, Fa:rgOi 

One oiC Butler's , maiia stunts at 
I WDAT is a 'Little Show Boat' pro- 
I gram, using 60 kids every Saturday; 
morning. 




John Barher't wui- 
nsiial. radio person-,. 
alUy . has endeand 
him io the heart of 
every WLW listener. 
His performances 
aire perfect in every 
details 



jOHBT BARKER 
Baritone 

WLW Siaff Artist 



John Barker made his initial appeorajdce on the New York stage 
thirteen years agoin Ziegficld's "$a^y^^ staging juvenile lead, 
with Marilyn Miller and Leon Eitoi. Next, thb juvenile l^d in 
"Up Sho Go^*'; i86 weeks with the original company in "No, No 

_Nanctte." ' ile has ako appeared in '"CbcoiBdaut^**, "Follow 
'Fhrough*', knd sniig ''Dancing in the Dark", the hit tune of the 
"Band Wagon/' Featured in the operetta "The Love Call." 
ilia last stage appearance was with ''Face the Music.'* He has 

' sung frequently as .a guest artist with the Glevieland Symphony 
Orchestra under the direction of Nikolai . Sokolof f. 

Mr. Biarker is available to advertisers yhose programs originate 
in the homo studios of WLW. 

0 From the MOund ot tootsicpm 

ta a »j^n»phony orehetitrn • « • 




talent and production' faeiUtie» eotet* 
the ffamnt ot radio entertainment • • • 



Tuesday, Februarj 13, 1934 



RADIO SHOWMANSHIP 

(Merchandizing Stunts and Program Tieups) 



OUTSTAHDING STUNT; 



'COBWEBS "AND NUTS' 
Station KGWp Portland, Ore. 



Portland, Ore. 
If a program of; phonogrraph r6o 
pi-ds must" be used a,- little ingenuity 
and . ghoAvmanshlp at" least will go 
a long' way to remove, the stigma bC 
th6 . needle.. Mel .Blanc, over KGW, 
is applying some of. both, 

■filanc. makes a gag of the phono 
graph session, which Is loaded with 
commercial announcements, that 
could hardly be tolerated other ise 
Program Is dubbicd -Cobwebs a,nd 
iNfuts' and Blanc bears the: nom de 
radio of 'The Spider;' All the ad 
vevtlaers ai^e panned with equitable 
unarilinltj-. And they all seem to 
•like .it. ■ f 

Wliat is. more to the point as evi- 
dence is . that the studio is con- 
stantly crowded by Visitors during 
the broadcast of the phonograph 
records. That .ihay set some sort, 
of (no pun) of . a tecord- in itself. 

; Demented sound effects; nutty 
tim<> algnala. and a general >itmos- 



phere of lunacy is created.. '.Any 
thing from the plop of an air-fl.Hed 
.paper bai?; to the sicjuieak Of bag, 
-T^pipesr-pttneiuartes-Hie-oommer^als,— 



THE 
KING'S 
JTESTERS 

Piersonal Management 

PAUL KAPP 

THE ■ 

D0RI1IG SISTERS 

'dreatora of a Mew Trio Style' 

CBS SWIFT REVUE 

as BROOKFIELD DAIRYMAIDS 

Fri.. 10.10:30 P»M. ESI 
WGN, Chicago Tribnne Station 
az 'VfeiUt, Beirlnning Nov. 1 

Bxclnlslve Dir. PACI. KAEB 



IRENE 
TAYLOR 



Personal 

ROCKWELL-O'KEEFE, Inc. 
RKO BIdg., Radio City, New York 




aihd his 

DANCE ORCHESTRA 

at the 

HOTEL ROOSEVELT 

NEW TOBK 
IGHTLY 



il 

New York. 
Gagging, sales . apiels, even build 
ing up to blackouts ipstead of inter 
ludes by a' straight man, coriies as a 
new. order to ihe- ad. .agencies from 
the sppn.sors. Indication is- tHat 
henceforth sales chatter Will bo. at 
least as entertaining as .the act, with 
fresh stuff each time-out 

Up to now the. copy- wi'lters , have 
lulled the spon.s.ors into allowiiig the 
same sales angle to bang -away at; 
the mikes Week in. and >we.elt^ out 
under the dumb idea, that repetition 
never, bores d buyer. That made It 
eaiay for the copy- writer, but if tlie 
entertainer used tlie same gag 'twice 
in a year, his friends say,. heM be 
booed Off the air, 

Fan mail has been showivig that 
many Of , the home bodies dial but as 
soon as a sales talk starts ;and dial 
.back- to their favorite 'as soon as it's 
over, preferring even to listen*t6 a 
s.tofck, report than a dated sales spiel 
that coivtain.s^ rancid ear-bii. 
! Fact . tliat . Jack . Benny's- talks 
haven't hurt Chevrolet's sales charts 
is back of tho new knee action In 
amiably gagging bf sponsor's prod- 
u'ct; Ben Bernle liias been: doing it 
for yc4rS;' stTf king a nitlder Ueery 



note, and Ed Wynn, a harsher for- 
mula, istepplng completely. :out bf 
character as - sOon: as.' the gas tally: 



begins. 

Ghas6. &. Sanborn's rec6iit conver'-; 
slon brought in the last of the old 
{guard. Up to recently Eddie Cantor 
liever was listened' to as a coltee- 
sh.1esmah, beiiig told to. entertain 
the peasants and . the boys .from 
Brazil would take care of. the sales 
talk, selling coffee being their busi- 
ness. But - fani" mail finally is con- 
vincing them.. 



Sal Hepatica and Modesty 

; New York. 

Sal. Heptatica's commercial copy 
for the Fred. Allen network (NBC) 
show is of debatable merit. It's a 
cinch that in any family where 
Victorian modesity still is the key- 
note (artd there are plenty of such 
families), the ' head . dialsman or 
dialswomani w,ill ay old the program; 
It's embarrassing where mixed coin- 
pany is listening. 

Of course, it may be argued that 
the true appreciaters of Fred Al- 
len's comedy aire pretty sniart. to 
start with but that thought gets 
nowhere. Allen is 95 % sanitary in 
all his comedy, and his material, is 
for universal consumption. Ob- 
viously Allen himself wants to 
TPSach'^tW^geHer^il'^Tpabi^ 
sponsor . must certainly favor the 
same goal. '" . 

Yet the sales gab is not only ex- 
plicit and graphic beyond what 
many people consider good taste 
but it Is .also, extremely long- 
winded. Equal Sales iresults and a. 
less , hazardous; policy might be 
made to coincide, Sal Hepatica 
might even be; safe in assuming that 
by now their own competitors .have 
successfully, made, the public purge- 
conscious and that they miight stick, 
to a simple, brief, riecommendation 
of , the brand. 



radio editors asking.-, thein . to listen 
In and wire the .ageripy . night- letter 
collect their reactions ..to the. pr6- 
-grdim^idea-arid-ehtert-ainm enC ' u oirr 
tent.-. 

Agency.^ suggested that . crit- 
icism maHe note of whether in. the 
editor's opinion the two quarter- 
iibur programs seiparated by an- 
other's commercial stanza 'hung to- 
gi&tiier weir and Whether the 'idea 
has merit 'inasmuch as this lias not 
been done before in our opinion.' 
Suavely iadded to this is the' line; 
We believe you are in a best posi- 
tion to . interpret the reactions of 
the radio fans.'. 



LEON 




0 



WABC 

11.30 P.M.— Mon.. 10 
Frl.. IS.SO P.Sl. 

NIGHTL1 
.MOIUT2 HOTEL. N£\\ ^ORE 

Sole UirectloD 1I]BBMAN BERNIB 

=.,^-.|fllfii^-BroadWtty»-New=Sorh«^^=-=== 



Joe Parsons 

Radio's Low Voice 
INCLAtR MINSTREL 
MoDdny. 8 P. M., N.B.f. 
CIIICAtiO 



Toothpaste Showmanship 

Newark. 

Very' bad indeed is the sequence 
on WOiR on "Wednesdays when 
iodent toothpaste follows imme 
diately after t»eb,eco. Both denti 
frlces ma:ke very similar clairns and 
each not only tends to cancel the 
other but tends to cancel all denti 
frice advertising. 

Dr.: Freullch's endorsement of 
Pebeco has , the sort of flavor to 
it that makes .Rex Tugwell seem 
like a long-delayed saviour. Freu- 
llch sticks in a lot of bogus scientl^ 
flc 'proof based ou nothing but his 
own assertion. Adds up flapdoodle 
for morons only. 

With . Pebeco talking about the 
■five other leading dentifrices' iand 
Implying . quite clearly . that the 
others are worthless, InefiEective, and 
dangerous and Iodent following a 
few minutes later with a rap against 
another.'^entifrice that is in the 
form of a powder Ihstead of paste 
the. net reisult to anyone listening 
to both programs is a suspicion 
that a little table salt on a tooth- 
brush must bo .a lot safer. 
. Showmanship that tends to defeat 
itself or breed skepticism has surely 
got a large question-miark tagged 
to Its wrist; 



Lociii Good-Will 

ISaltimore. 

As a gesture ainU'd at the good- 
will to be garnered, 'W'CBM threw a 
martmoth stage show at the Mary 
land theatre last Sunday, night fox^ 
charity, tho maintenance of a fresh 
air farm for undernourished kids. 

For the half-buck tariff cxiu-ted 
at the .^wickot.^J^^C BAt ^mrtrsha lled 
•very ricarly lt> entire por.«<onnel of 
"entertainment di.^'hovs and aniiouu 
cera and welded the matorinl into 
a two-hciur session -pC talent- dis 
|)ln.y. Tlirec orcheslrns on. h nil and 
a . flock of crooners, gal warblers 
and comics, iilus 'Uncle Ccoor ' ntid 
his Kiddie Club, on mi^sme. 

Jeanne TOlmcr, danoc dirortress of 
local terj) koIiooI. was contacted 
and obliged willi prcscMici' Of larse 
sriiind nf .hiT (ooisi.o-t'issiiin priiills. 



Vvho supplied what otherwise, wpuld 
have been ft liack bf fl^sh needed 
to round out show. 

Benefit drew, copious .- plugging 
from all quarters and show sold out, 
while WCBM reaped a harvest of 
good-^will and decided to stage 
duplicate affair next year. 



ing the Genders 

New York. 

P.liillp Morris cigairets preludes its 
WOR cdmmercials ?eall for P. M.' 
slogan as it did when on the major 
league airwaves. Otherwise It's -'a 
boob-catching, bally with a five-car t 
ton checkbr- upper, which Vhiakes' It 
dubious for fomme appeal.' 

All that . inswer-your-romarico 
problems stuff is esisentl^Ily a 
femme gag. Which makes It.incon- 
:sistent for . the product* for Philip 
Morris is a. stronger clggie, chiefly 
for men, and It it's intended- to bol- 
ster the- feiiime patrpnge, i^hich is 
probably the main idea, , it becomes 
basically dublbus. 
• dbviously the Blow agoiicy for the 
account can't - go in for the usual 
smootiler, kinder and all the other 
niellow fol-de-rol, sb it's attacking, 
the' market thrbugh 'the • graphblo- 
gist, Mme. Olyanova. 



Cbmp.limentini|- the Critics ^ 
New' York. 
Day before, debutihg the Ward 
Baking ;00. shbW on CBS (10) 
Fletcher. ^ Ellis, ad agency on the 
aof^miiit, - fHHp.i.tfihftd telftgranrm to 



Something for Nothing 

Dubuque, la. 
adlo stiEttiOn WKBB,. local outlet, 
is successfully using a scheme . to 
spur interest in its, locial plug 
announeements through, offers of 
two theatre tickets to the first per-' 
son calling in tb thejitudlo, follow- 
ing the announcement. Lately, two 
tickets to the Orpheum were given 
during early morning hour' broad- 
casts when bargain sales were fea- 
tured, the brace of licicets offer be- 
ing followed with the admonition 
to phbhe the studio quickly. 

Gives both studio and commer- 
cial a slight idea on listeners. The 
stuht-is— being-^wbrked— dui-ing-:t-he 
early niorhing and has evidently 
brought out tuners-ih who other- 
wise Nyould let the ether wavies go 
by so" early. 



GovH and Radio 



(Continued from page 1) 
made k function of the Commerce' 
Department. 

Likelihood that the existing Ra- 
dio Commiasioii 'will be scrapbed is 
cited as one reason why President 
Roosevelt: has given little thought 
to the matter of filling the forth- 
coming vacancy in the .board which 
will result when tiie term of W, D, 
S tar buck .^expires next . ' rnonth. . 

Problems slated for partitnilur 
study and cohsidcration are.; 

roblems 

.1. Llnrilting. by statute the amount 
of adyertlslrig patter which can be 
Included in a single program and. 
other steps to curtail Sales talks. 

2. Raising the qualltr of Advertls-r 
irg, particularly patent medicine, 
and other matter which has drawn 
a. liarge amount of criticism. 

3. Laws to force stations to. make 
facilities available for educational 
Use. 

4. Roailocation . of .present - ■ 
signinents . to curb number of low^- 
powor local stationia, raise the 
power bf high-class transmitters 
and extend thjB broadcast band. 

fc-Llmits^ h chain programs and ' 
iTistitlitipn bf a regulatory systerh 
which will insure, greater variety ot. 
4in^ertainnien4 



Marathon Spelling Bee 

Fort Wayne. 
A city and county-wide spelling 
bee to run indefinitely with Fort 
Wayne Milk Council behind series 
100. percent on this long-run policy 
starts over WOWO oh Feb. 21. 
Event tsikes in all public and 
parochial schools. R; Nelson" Snider, 
principal of South Side high schobl, 
to direct contest:" " Al "BecEer," "or 
station, in charge of general pro- 
gram. 

Large list of money awards to 
winners, too. First rettirns show 
that extra heavy entrant array is 
lined up. Following the first pro- 
gram, contest will be conducted 
each Wednesday and Saturday 
night at "7:30 o'clock until' finals 
appear. 



BeterminatiOh to pitsii cbnlmuni- 
cation -control legislation, was ex-i 
pres.ged Friday (9) at White House 
talk session wheh President Roose- 
yclt, Senator Dill ^ of Washington, 
chairman pf ^ Senate Commerce 
comJhittee, and Representative 
Ray burn of Texas, chalrnian of 
House Interstate and Foreiign Com-' 
merce committoW, surveyed the en-^ 
tire .situation and chewed over the 
recent report on telephone-tele- 
graph control 

Functions 

Whiic far-reaching regulation is 
in the cards, first phase of iie'W- deal 
rearrangement will flnd new board 
with a narrbw field of jurisdictloh, 
members of Congress ihtlniate. 
Major functions at first will be su- 
pervision of rates, approving con- 
tracts, and supervising general re- 
lations between communications 
system. Report on additional pow- 
ers will, be submitted by. this group 
at 1935 session. 

The ne\y agency will be divided 
i nto three majo r di visions by l aw 
"with two 9ommissioners over each 
major section and the seventh man 
an ex ofiUcio member bf each small- 
er unit. Reappointment bf the pres- 
ent commissioners i.*5 viewed as im- 
probable. 



AFTER REFLECTION 
WEEI NIXES UQUOR 



Boston, Feb. I'j. 
Station WEEI has -made the 
d'eflnlte decision not to accept liqiior 
advertising accounts. In a state* 
ment, Charles, W. Burton, Superin- 
tendent of WEEI, said that in tiie 
opinion of the station offlcliils, the. 
retentioii of. the good will bf ia large 
nurtiber bf listeners i^ of more im- 
portance than : the revenue which, 
would accrue from that source'. 

Decisibn was withheld 
time, of necessity, until It Was. pba- 
sible to study all angles" of . the situ- 
ation thoroughly, particuliirly from 
the view'point of listener opinion, 



ilni Sound on Air 

Los Angeles. 
As an exploitation stunt for 'Lost 
Patrol,' opening at the Hill Street, 
here, Feb. 16, Radio; Pictures will 
broadcast the sound track of th 
film over KNX the preceding nigiit. 

An hour's air show will be built 
out of the film's sound, with- storj' 
thread handled as a narration by 
John Swallow, in cliarge of NBd's 
activities here. 



Garrity, WISN, .Milwaukee 
ybcallst, .batbnlhg his b\yn' unit "at 
the Eagle's Ballroom' iii 'that town. 



Traffic pases On Air 

Indianapolis. 

Station WKBP inaugurates a new 
Program this week with a half hour 
remote pick-up on Tuesday - lilghts, 
from 8:30 till 9i00j from the city 
traffic courts. During the 30 minv 
ute period, violators will be brought 
before the judgb In traffic court and 
a hearing conducted before A mi- 
crophone which will send the entire 
proceedings Into Indianapolis homes 
via the air. 

Police . Chief Mike Mbrrlssey is 
postponing ciasea ordinarily heard in 
the dkytime until the night session 
to insure ai full line-up of talent on 
the program. Judge Meyers and 
Judge Shaffer will preside over the 
radio court on alternate weeks. , 



turns, WFBR a. heightening of sta-, 
tion entertainment emanating from 
local source plus good-will, and the 
Hipp derives, a nice raft of pub- 
licity. 

An -11:30 p.m. spot every Friday 
over WFBR is allotted . Routson, 
-who—brnrgs oVer 't"0^ ■the~stu^lb " a 
sqtiad of his stage talent to .air an 
informal show. It's -a fifty-fifty 
proposition, station donating the 
30 minutes and Routson. supplying 
the mjaterlah. Idea, effective for 
month, . has" grooved nicely into 
listeners' consciousness and evolved 
into sOmethini? quite a si^sabie cote- 
rie of dial-twisters look forward to. 
As result, has hypoed the station 
in estimation of public, and natu- 
rally, the Hipp has garnered re- 
wiai-ds from the plugging interludod 
in the programs.. 

For a locally-emanating program 
some particularly bright radio bon- 
fires have.flarried before the mike, 
notably, Jbie Periiier, Lulu 'McCbn- 
nell, Jeannle Lang, Bert Lahr, 
George ileatty and Johnny Marvin. 



Renierhber the Number 

New York. 
Brand new station, WNEW, is 
ostablishing a studio janiboree for 
8:30 p. m. airing. To pl.ant with 
metropolitan listeners the kilocycle 
number of the station the jamboree 
carries the billing '1250 Club.' Asso- 
ciation of ideas constitutes a natural 
showmanly tierup. 
■ Program, framed by Don Clark, 
will undertDtke to achieve ah infoi'- 
:mar^ si).o.nUinebusi^atri io.«i|iliore-:-and- 
.will be presided over by a staff an- 
nouncer." It is hbpod ha\-i' a 
c-olobrity now and then. 



.Vaudeville "Tie-Up 

IBaltiinoro. 
.ra( U t^teWart, program director of 
U'l'Milt, and Ted Routson, p.a. for 
the Hli)p, burg's strong Indie vaud- 
fUtn lion.<?c, have huddled aiid ef^ 
n-i-it'd a niftick two-way ticrup 
(.liaL's . nolting both sides swpcI rn- 



tuff 

< Boston. 
A new sbrics, called Municipal 
Forum, bringing to the mlcrbphone. 
the heads of local governments in 
the. (-rreater Boston area- for a gen- 
eral discussion of municipal af,^ 
fair.s, wa.-; 3ti.rted over WNAC last 
\yeek (6). Series l.-j planned to pro- 
mote a better understanding of gov- 
ernmental problems by tiie public 
a.s. a whole^ and tb follow for an 
Ihtecchange of ideas of civic prob- 
lems.. 

The layur.s, chairmen, of the 
boards of .selectmen; and depart- 
ment heads of municipalities in 
Greater Boston have beeii invited 
to utilize this period for a discus- 
sion for whatever topics In their 
loc.'il .governments they choos p: 



Hpw;Ao_Ciit_.M,eat. 



Tacoma.. 

^\ .au'at-cutting demonstration 
wa.s given, oyer KVi,and KMO, Ta- 
roma.-'-Clfiimpd to-be first on "record. 
Meat cutters of Carstens Packing 
Co. out and o^■plaineLl as they woiii 
along.. Will probably bo regular 
ieature. 

On this test letter.'? from all 
Nortliwpst a.vklng to continue, 'i'alk 
rims half-hour, with plenty of how 
to and spnsion correctly. 



JACK 
BENNY 

WEAF 
10-10:30 P. M. 
EVERY SUNDAY 

CHEVROLET 

PROGRAM 



THE GREEK AMBASSADOR 
OF GOOD WILL 

GEORGE 
GIYOT 

On tour with condensed 
verqion "New Yorkers" 



Sole— OlrevtloB^ 

HERMAN BERNIE 
isift Broiadwaj 'New Terk 



THE 



SIZZ- 
LERS 

SIzKlln^ for NBC 
Warner. .Shorts 
Victor Becords 
Xheatrecl; Everywherf 

'Far Furthei' informttlen : 
HAROLD KEMP. NBC Artist Bur 
Radio City, New Y«rk City. 
Ptrtan«l Direttion, CHARLES A. 0AYHA 



ABE 

LYMAN 

^^:u Hi&. 
CALIFORNIA ORCHESTRA 

COAST-Td-COAST 
WABC 

SLNOAY. 2:30 p. m.-S vt. 

WEAF 

WED.. 
11:80 p. m. 
O p. m. 



'TODAY'S CHILDREN" 

WHtten by Irna Phillips 

Sponsored by 

Pillsbury Flour Mills Co. 

NBC-^WJZ 10:30 A.M, 
WENR 10:15-AtM. Daily 



Tuesday* February 13, 1934 



A D I O 



VARIETY 



43 



COMMERCIALS 

WEEK OF FEBRUARY 12 

ThlB DepJlTtment lists sponsored programs on both networks, 
arranged alphabetically under the advertiser's namier — '""'^ 

All time is p.. m,' unless otherwise not«d. Where one .advertiser, 
bas two or more' programs they are listed cohseciitively. 

Ah asterisk before name Indicates advertising agency handling 

account. — ^ . 

Abbreviations: Su (Sunday): , M (Monday:); Tu (Tuesday); W 
(Wednesday) : Th; (Thursday) ; F (Friday) ; Sa (Saturday) 



Carl Br}clt.ert 
L«-Jla . Roe'n 
blackett 

GENERAL HOTOB 

(Bulck) 
0:15-M-F'WABO 

Howard Mar eh 
Andre Kostelanea 
Camp-Ewald •■ 
(Chevrolet). 
lO-Sn-WEAJ 



ACME lAAb 
6:30-8iitWABCl. 
Ed McConnell 
iH«nr>. H.Mc 
.AEWUATBD PD'B 

rtouis Philip*) 

i-Ta-^WABC 
.princess Marie- 
•Btackett 
AMKH BOLUNO 
lO-F-WJZ 
The Iron Master* 
»B.. D. & O. 



AMER IOBACCQ 

(Liicky Strike) 

1:56-Sa-WEAF 

Metropolitan ..Operi^ 
'Fauaf 

tAwrencD Tlbbptt^ 
Gladys Swnrthout 
Q Martlnclll 
*L6t-d & Thomas 
AMERICAN Oil' 
. 7-Su-WABC 
Ethel WatprM 
Jack Denny 
•36a, Katz 





(Duncan Sisters) 

* 

Will Be Available For 




FEBRUARY 15th 

Audition Record can be heard at 
WORLD BROADCASTING 
STUDIO 
icago and New York , 

A BOB WHITE 
PRODUCTION 

333 No. Michigan Ave. 
Chicago 



..A« P- 

. 0;80-M-WKAr 

Harry .Horll«k 
Prank Parker 
•Parlp * Peart 
ARMOUR 

0:80-F-WjZ 
Phil Baker 
H MoNauffhton 
Mabel Albertaon 
Roy Shield 
Merrle-Men 
Neir. Slater* 
•N. W; Ayiep . 

BOYUB 

(Floor Wax): 
l:30->Eiu-WABC 
•'liazy .Dan' 
.Irving ICaufman 
•Blackett 

BARBA80L 
;30-M>Tn-Tb-F- 
WABO 




•Brwin Waeiey 
BAYER 
9:30-Sq-WEAV 

Prank" -Munn ■ 
:airgLiiia-ReB 



Ohman & Ardeo 
Bert Hlrsch 
Haenechen Oro 
•BlackPtt 

BEECn-NVI 
8:45-M-W-F.WJZ 

.'Red DaVia' 
Jack Roaelelgb 
CurtlBB Arnall' 
Marlon Barney 
Ellzaiheth Wragge 
Eunice Howard. 
Peffgy AUenby 
Johnny. Kane 
•McC-Erlc 

BISODOL 
2-Sn-WAnO 

Helen Morgan 
Albert Bartlett 
•Blackett 

BOURJOI8 
8-Sa-\VABC 
'Evening In Paris' 
Kath Carjlngton 
MUt ■Wataon 
Claire Majette 
Nat Shllkret 
•Redfleld 

BORDEN 
10;46-Ta-WJZ 
'Magic Momenta' 
X'^ee Lawnhurst 
Muriel Pollock . 
Marcella Sbelldi 
Walter Scanlon 
Jane Ellison ' 

8-Sn-WABO 
*46 Mln. In H'lyw'd' 
Mark Warnow 
^CalJCfiike 



Jones 

Orchestra 



COMMODORE HOTEL, M. X. 
The big show sponsored by 
EX LAX every Monday, »:80- 
^0 F.Mi Sustaining — ^Tnesdays, 
Tharsdays and Fridays, 11:30- 
12 P.M.; Saturdays, 11-11:18 
P^-M.. jSoaSt to^ ^oA»t, WABC_ 

DIreetlon 
Colombia llroddcasting System 



«gi> HBH Mil) <06ll> MSB) ^ 

FRED ALLENS' 



- SAL 



HEPATICA REVUE 

with 

PORTLAND HOFFA 

JACK SMART 
lltWIN DKLMORE. 

MARY McCOY 
SCRAPPY LAMBERT 

.SONGSMIXH$ 

FERDE GROFE'S MUSIC 
Material by FTcd Allen and 
Harry Ttig«»n« • 

•WEAF - 
Wednefidaya. 9:30 p.tM';, E.S.T. 
Management ■ Walter "Batelielor 



1^ 



RUBY 
NORTON 

JACK CURTIS 

CURTIS and ALLEN 
Palace Theatre Bldg, New Yiprk 



VIVIAN JANIS^ 

"ZlEGFELD FOLLIES" 

Sole Direction 
HERMAN BERNI 
lOld Broadway 
New York City 



*Toung & Rublcam 
BRILLO 
12:30-Sa-WABC 

Tito - Gulznr 
•F. Preabrey 

bristol-myers 
0-w-w;baf 

(Ipana) 

Ipana Troubadours 

Edmund Lowe 

Lennle Hay ton 

*Pedlar .Sc.- Ryan 
9:30-W-WEAF 
(Sal Hepatica) 

Fred' Allen 

Paula: Horra 

Jack' Sniart 

Irwin Delmore 

Mary McCoy 
-Ferde Grofe -t^Oro 

*Benton & Elowles 

CALIF. PACKING 

0:30-M-WEAF 
H Barrett Dobbs 
Jjoric & Kn' booker 

Quartets 
M Wilson Ore 
♦Th.ompsoh. 
CAI^ODENT CO. 
12-Tu-W.IZ 
Marley R Shferrli 
•Thompaon . 
CAMPAONA 
ft:30-Su-n'JZ 
•Grand Hotel' 
Ann Seyrhour 
Art Jacobson 
Iio'n Ameche 
Betty Winkler 
Gene Rouse ' 

10-F-tVBAF 
•First NIghter ■ 
June. Meredith 
Don Ameche 
Cnrltori Brickert 
Ollff Soubler 
E Sagenqulat'fl Ore 
•Aubrey Moore 

CARBORUNDUM 
. 0:30-Sn-IVAKC 
Edward d'Anna 
Francle Bowman 

•F. H. Greene . . 

CARLET'N-HOVEY 
(Father John) 
7:ir)-\V-WJZ 
Mtirlil Wilson 
John Herrlck 
H Sahford^jB Ore 
•Ce<*ll Warwick 

CARNATION MILK 
10-M-^WEAF 

Gene Arnold, 
Lullaby Lady " 
M L .Eastman 
Jean Paul King 
•Erwin. Wasey 
CENTAUR 
(Fletcher^s> 
8:30-W-WADC 
Albert Spalding 
•Vounpr * RulMCim 
CHAMBERLAIN 
(Hand I.,otlon) 
■J-Sn-WABO 
Eddie South 

ija'clfc^coo k a^ 

•Jluthrauff-Ryan 
CHAPPEL BROS; 

7:4r)-fin-WABC . 
'RIn Tltf Tin' 
Don .Ameche. 
Bob White 
Virginia Ware 
Jr/hnny Goaa 
Jack Daly 
*nncr«rB &■ Smith 
CITIES .tiERVlCE 

8-F-WEAF 
nrnntland Rice 
Jpnolrrt Iipngf.nettP 
rnvall<?'rs 
<Loid St Thomas 



CLL11 ALINE 
12-Ta-Th-1VEAP 

Harold Stok'ea. 
Gil Page 
King's festers - 
Frank Hazzard 
W. S. Hill 
CUTEX 
9-F-WJZ 
Phil Harris 
Leah Ray 
J. Walt, Thomp. 

REX COLE 
8:45-Tu-Th-WEAF 
Tt Cole M'talnee're 
Maxon 

COLGATE-PALH 

(Super Sude) 
10:lS-dally-WJZ 
Clara Lu tt Em' 
Louise Starkey' 
Innhelte Carotbers 
Helen ' King 
*Lord'& Thomas 
C RAZY CRYS TALS 
Tr-Sn-WEAFTni* 
13 dally 
Gene Arnold 
»MeC;-Erl'c; 

R. lai. DAVIS 
fBa klhg. Poyvd T)^ 
lO-W-F-tPFJkF 
•jlyatery Oheif 
John McP hereon 
0H5-Tu-Tli-WABC 
John 'McPhersoD 
•Mystery Chef 
6-M-Ta-W-Tb- 
WABC 
•Buck Rogers' 
Curtis Arnall 
Adele Rbnsob 
Edgar Stelhl 
Joe Granny 
Walter Tetley 
Allan Devltt 
Georgia Backeu 
Elaine MeJcholr 
Adele Klein 
Bill Shelley 
Henry Gurvey 
Harry. Swan- 
Lionel' Stander 
Kmmet Gowan 
Beatrice Allen' 
*RuthraufI &. R. 

D-L ft W COAI, 
« :4»-'l'»i-in- w AUO 

Little Italy* 
Hiram Brown 
Ruth Ybrke 
Rose ' Keane 
Alfred Corn 
Ned Weaver 
Jas Melghan 
*Ruthrauff-Ryan 

CONT. BAKING 
8-M-W-F-lVABO 

Scrappy Lambert 
Frank Luther 

-V-tvlan— Ruth— r 

•B.. B.. D. & O. 
CORN PRODUCTS 



acK iJ?hny 
Frank. Black 
Mhry Livingstone 
Prank Parker 
CampTB'wald 
(Pontlftc) 
»;30-Sn-WABO 
Rny Paige . . 
Kay Thompson 
Rhythm Kings ... 
Black Rhap'dy. err 
(Cadlllae) 
6-Su-WEAF 
Ephrolm Zlmbalist 
V Goldsolimann 

.•■GULF • 
.0-Su-lVJZ 
Will Rogers 
Revelers 
Emll •Coleman 
Codl Warwick 

HEALTH PROD'TS 

(White Cod) 
2-Sa-n'JZ 
Bar X Ranch' 
Carsch Rohison 
Bu'^karooB;. •'. 
?:80^M-W-F-WiZ 

(Peenamint) 
Pot & Pearl'. 
'Joseph Green wald 
Lou Welch 
•McC.-ErIck, 

HECKER M-O. 
tt:15-M-W-Tli- 
WABC 
H-Bar-O Rnndrers' 



Bohb y B e ns onr 
Nell O'Malley 
Plurence Hallan- 
BlUy Haltop 
John Bartbe 
'ErwlTi-Waaey 



Gilbert Douglas 
Murray Forbes 
•N. W: Ayer 

LORILLARD 

(Old Gold) 
10-W-WABC 

Ted Flo Rita 
Dick Powell 
.*Lennon' & .M. . 

LOUDEN , P'CkiNO 

(DoRgle Dlnn.}r) 
5:45rTh-WABC 

•Stamp Adventures'- 

Reglrtald Knorr 

Carl Eoyer 

*Matteson, F. a< 
MALTEX 
liSO-SU'WEAF 

Dale Curnegle 

HaToId ..Snn.ford'.Orc 

♦SamVCrbot 

MANnATTAN 
SOAP CO. - 
ll:30-Tli-\VJZ 
Harriet Lee ' 
Edward I^enniedy... .- 
•P^ck 
J. Vi. MARROW 
(Oil ShampooV 
l:16-Tu-Th-WABC 
Joan Marrow 
Bob' Nolan. 
Eddie House. 
'Placed direct 
MET. UFE CO. 
6:46-Dnlly-tVE\F 
Arthur."t>a«ley 
DR. .MILES LAB'S 
.<Alka-Selt?.er> 
10:30-Sa-WJZ 
WLS Barn Dance 
Ridge Runners 
Mac & Bob' 
Clarence Wheeler 

♦Wade 

MOLLE CO. 
7:^0-M-W-Th- 
• WE.\F 



'Qttb Car Special' Free Discs oh 
70 Stations Despite NAB Stance 



.Special,' the latest <llsc 
series put out- lor the Hearst fea-. 
ture enterprises, has the American 
Society of Composer's, Authors and 
Publishers stumped on the question 
as to what constitutes a conimercial 
program and Ayhat doesn't. ASCAP 
finds that it can't collect the, 4% on 



fered by magazine, , Tiev\'spaper " and 
book publishers on thist' .basis. 

'Club Car' stencillings .iire l5-mln- 
ute affairs with the plug deVoted 
to th> humorous features in., the 
'City Life* or 'March of Events' sup-, 
pieme'nts ot the Hearst Sundiy pa- 
j pers. Already linefd up to take these 
draniatizatidns. ori; the schedule fill- 



this ■ program becausfit regardless of basis are around 70/ stations, 
the commercial intent of the show service is gi-atis, including the. ship- 
the stations are treating It as boiler- | pi^g costs. 



plate arid carrying it for tjhe Hearst 
organization pn 'a sustaining basis. 

Action against the boilerplate pro- 
gram whose intent Is commercial 



Bailey Topping New Act 

Mildred Bailey and a trio headed 



taken- at the last convention of K^' Ridker, going into 



was 

the National Association of Broad- ] 
casters. Resolution- passed by. the 
NAB at th White Sulphur Springs 
meet declared as an unfair practice 
the broadcasting of any such 
schedule fillers. Speclflcnlly men- 
tioned were d raniaitlzed excerpts bf- 



vaude with a new act. 



Roxonne Wallace 
William .Edmonson 
Shirley Howard 
Guy Bbnh'nm 
Wamp Carlaon': 
Dwlght Latham 



10:4S-M-\V-F< 

WABC 
(Kreniel, Etc.) 
WIH Osborne 
Pedro' de- Cordobs 
0-Sn-WABC 
(Llhlt) 
Jane Fronian 
Erno ' Rapes 
Nino Martini 
Julius Tannen 
•Hellwig 
CREAM WHEAT 
lO-Su-WABO 
AngeKS Patrl 
•J. Walt. Thomp. 

EX -LAX 
— 9:30-;M-WABC — 
•The Big Show' 
Taylor Holmea 
Mady Christians 
Isham Jones 
•Kat!« 

FIRESTONE 
8:30-H-WEAF 
H'. Plfestone, Jr; 
Richard Crooks 
Lawrenee Tibbett 
Wm. Daly Grch. 
•Sweeny-.Tames 
FITCH 
7:45-Su-WEAF 
Wendell Hnll 
♦K. 'W. Ramsey 
FRIGTDAIRE 
10-Tn-^VEAF 
'iSeth Parker* 
Phillips Lord 
•Gpyer 

FORD MOTOR 
»:.W-TIi-WABO 
0!30-8u-WABC . 
Fred Waring 
Ted Pearson. . 
Marlon T.alley 
.*N.. •■*V.' Ayer 
GEN. BAKING 
6:80-Su-WABC 
Julia 'Sanderson 
Frank Crumlt ' .' 
♦B.. B.. D. > O. 
GENERAL TIGAB 

9:30.W-WABC 
Guy J-onibardo 
Burns & Allen 
•J. Walt. Tbomp. 

GENERAL FOODS 
11i4S-Td-WF>AF 

Prances Lee Barton 
•Youhg: & Rublcan 
6:4.9rM-W-F-»VEAlf 

(Jello) 
•Wizard of Oz' 
Nancy. Kelly 
Jack' Smart 
Junius Mathews 
Wininm Benham 
•Toilhir & Ruhlcnm 

0-Th-WEAV 
(Maxwell) 
Chas Wlnnlnger 
Lanny Roaa 
Anette Hanahaw 
Conrad T'hibault 
Murl!>l Wllaon 
■•7<T<")iir«i6*^rr*^;"-J aii'ry: 
GUfl II.-.'i'n.Kfhcn 
♦iJcnton-IUtjvles 

lO-Sii-WABC 
•Byrd Expedition' 
♦Youn'g Sr Rublcan 
GENERAL MILLS 
5:30-l)ftily-WABC . 
'Jit'U Armstrong, 
All American H'>y' 

4-DniIy-\ViIZ 
'Betty & Bob' 
P.etty Churchill 
n<in Ani'-' ii'" 
Hfcl*:-' \\lr.'<l(r 
Art Jti- i.bw-jn 



EDNA HOPPER 
2:15-M^TIwF- 
WABC 

'Hielen Trent' 
Lester Trftmayne 
Virginia Clark 
Karl lleuhe . 
Dolores Glllon 
Jack Doty ■ 
•Blackett 

M. .1. HEINZ €0. 
10-M-W-F-WJZ 

Jt sephlne Gibson 
• MaTon . ' 
^ HOOTER 
4:30-Sn-WEAV 

Edward Da vies 
Chicago: a C^apOlIa 
Joe. Koestner 
♦Brwin-Wasey 

HORLICtf 
SiaO-Ta-Th-WJZ 
Dr H Bundesen 
"Lord & T'homas 
HOUSEHOLD 

8- Ta-WJZ 
Edgar A Guest 
Alice Mock- 

Joa Koeather's Orb 
•C. D, Frey 
HUDSON MOtOBJS 

lO-'Sa-WEAF 
•Sal Night Party'. 
B A Rolfe Oro 
Bob Ripley 
I.,ew White 
*Blackman 

HUMPHKETS 
' (Reme die s) 
TOTIB A."M.5M-'W=F-: 

-12:ia-So-WEAF 
Morning Home C 
Pob Emery 

JEDDO COAL 
7:15-Th-F-S-WJZ 
3 Muaketeers 
John Brewater 
Wllbert Seagram 
Mark Smith 
Allen Devltt 
Loula Hector 
Helen Dumas 
Leigh Lovell 
♦N, W. Ayer 
JERGEN'S. 
9:30-Sn-WJ2 
Walt. WInchcll 
•J. Walt. Thomp. 
■JOHNSON- &^.80M . 

(Floor "Wax) 
U :8U>Mr in- WABC 
Tony Wona 
Keenan & Phillips 
♦Necdham, L, & B. 
HUDNUT 

9- F-WABO 
Jack Whiting 
Jack Deiiny 
Jeannie Lang 
"Three Rascals 
•B. B. D. .& O. 

KELLOGG 
6:30-Daily-WJZ 
"The Sinning Lady 
Irene Wicker 
Allan Grant 
♦N. W: Ayer 
KRAFT-PHENTX 
10-T!i-M'B.AF 
R Whlteman Oro 
Al . 'Jblson ■ 
Deems Taylor 
RamOna- 
Piggy Healy 
J.-iok . Pulton 
•J. Walt, Thomp. 

KOLYNOS 
7 :15-M-Th-F-WABC 
JUst Plain Bill 
Arthur Hughes 
;*Blackett 

LADY E.STHER 
S-Sn-WE.^F 

10- .M-WABC 
8:30-Tu-WEAF 

Wayne Kins'a Ore 
•Stack-Goble 
L.AMONT-CORLISS 
(Pohd'5) 
9:30-F-WEAF. 
Maude Adams 
^Mctor Young Ore 
(Nestles) 
8-F-WJZ 
Ethel Shutta 
Walter O'Keefe 
Don BcHtor Orb 
»J. Wnlt. Thomp. 
LARUS .> 
(Edgeworth) 
10-W-WEAF 
Corn Cob Pipe Club 

of "Vlrglnl 
*BBD&0 

: LKilN ft FTNK 
_ J Hlnd'aJ^ream )=.- = 

10:30-Sii-WEAF 
Of-drirf Gnfshwln 
Jdhn Er.sklne 
Nat Phljkert 
*RuLhrauff & B, 
Lir.GKTT-MYERS 
(frh'-'torneld) 
9-I)aMy-WABC 
I'lillu }«yniT>h 
Ll'XOR 
f Armo'>tr) 
.1:.<lO-Sn-WEAF 
'T.ill-le Pic Time' 
Juno Mf>rp(llth 
.Tfihn Ooldpworthy 
John Stanford 



rStaek-Goble 
BEN.L .MOORE 
11 :SO-W-WEAr 
Betty MooVe ■ 
Lew White 

MUELLER CO. 
10:4.'i..M-W-F- 
WABC 
•Bill & Ginger* 
Virginia Baker 
Lyn Murray 
•Hellwig 

NAT'L SUGAR 
9:S0-M-WJZ 
Melody Singers 
Joseph F'asternack 
•Gbthniii 

OXOL 
10-W-F-WABC 
Dave. Bunny & O 
Bunny Coughlln 
Dave Grant 
Gordon Graham 
•J. L. Prescott 
OXYDOL 
(Proct'r * Gamble) 

8-dally-WEAF 
•Ma Perkins* 
■Virginia DaynO 
Margery Hnnnon 
Karl Hubel 
Wir Fornum 
Cha'a. Eggleston 
•Blackett 
PACiFir BORAX 
9:30-TIi^WJZ 
•Death Vairy Days' 
Tim Prawley 
Joseph ' Bell. 
Edwin W Whitney 
Lonesome Cowboy 
■JoBeTvh-BoTiime.;XJM 
•MoC-Erlck. 

PEP.**ODENT 

7- ^DtilIy-WJZ 
Amos 'n' Andy 
Charles Corirel 
Freeman Goeden 

(•Rise- of Gold') 

8- Dally-W.1Z 
Gertrude Berg 
Jarne!" Waters 

0:30-Tii-Th-Sa- 
W.IZ 
Eddie Duchin . 
•Lord & Thonrias 
PERFECT CIRCLE 

2;80-Su-WEAF 
Ohman and Arden 
Edward . Nell 
Arlene Jackson 
^. ... PHlLCO._^i 
7:46 dally ex. Ba- 

Su-WABC 
Eoake Carter 
•P. W.. Armstrong 
PHILIP MORRIS 

8- ,To-WEAF 
Leo Relsniah's Orb 
Phil Duey 

•Blow 

PILLSBURY 

10- 30-DnHy-W.JZ 
•Today^B Children' 
Irma Phillips 
Walter Wicker 
Besa Johnson- 
Irene Wicker 
Lucy Glllmnn- 
Fred Von Amon- 
Jean McGregor 
•Hutchinson 

11- M-W-F-WABC 
'Cooking rioee Upe' 
•Hutchlnsniv - 

PABST 

9- To-WEAF 
Ben Bernle Ore 
•Matt-FoSrartv 

PI,OrfiH. INC. 
10-W-WJZ 
Vincent Lopez 
King's Jesters 
Adele Starr 
Tony Cabooch' 
•Lake-Splro-C 
RALST'N PI'RINA 
It ^3V- Al r y\ W K A* 

•Adventurer of 

Tom Mix' 
Artells Dixon 
Percy Henius 
Winifred Toomey 
Aii'lrpw .'nonnelly 
. rO:30-TH-'WT^AF 
Mme Svlvlo Of 

.Hollywood 
♦OSrdnei 

REAL SILK 
7-Sn-W.JZ 
Ted Weems Orch 
Charles' Lyon* 
•Erwln-Wasey 
RED STAR YEAST 
ll-Tu-Th-S-WEAF 
Kdna Odell 
Phil Porterncld 
Trma Glen 
Earl i.n-wrence 
=-^RE5nNGTON.=^ 

8:.30-F-WARC 
•Afar'rh of Tlrrie^ 
•B.. B.. D. & O. 
B. 3. REYNOLDS 
Yrnmnlfl) 
lO-Tu-Thu-WABC 
Casa Loma 
Ctinnio T{o.«n\'ell 
K'onny Pargent 
•Wm. Bsty. 

HIESEK (' . 

(Venlta ,«!i,in>r''<o) 

<I:lff-.'<a-\VAlM: 
Tom Mrt.aughlln 
Waldo-Mayo 



5:13-Su-WEAF 
Ted Black 
Vln Qalendb 
• Gumbinrter. ■ 



RITCIUJS 

.(Scott's Emul) 
7:30-F-,S^WEAF 
•Circus D&ys' 
Jack Rosleigh 
Wally Maher 
-KlUabeth. Council 
Bruce Evans 
Frank Wilson 
Ernest . Whlteman 
Edward Reese- 
John MacBryde 
(Eno Salts) 

8-Tn-W-W.JZ 

•Eno Crime Club' 
Spencer Dean 
•N. 'W. Ayer 

SEAL?!D . frtWER 

8- M-WJZ 
Clin Soubler 
Morin - Sisters 
King's Jesters 
Harold ^toke'B Ore 
•Grace & HalUday 

SILVER DUST 
ls30-Tu-Th-Sa- 

WABO 

Phil Cook 

•B. B. D. & O. 

SINCLAIR 

9- M-WJZ 
Oene Arnold 

Bin Chllda, 
Mac McCloud 
Joe Parsons 
Cliff Soubler 
Harry . Kogen 
•Federal 

SMn^r BROS? 
.9:45-Sii-WJZ 

Billy Hillpot ' 
.Sdrappy Lamhert . 
Nat Fhllkrefs Oro 
•Ho-nnnr-Tarchor 

SPRATT'S PAT. 

7:46-Tn-WflZ. 
Don Carney's Dog 
. Stories 
•Paris & Peart 

stand:, brands 

(Chase St Sanborn) 
8-Sn-WEAF 

Eddie Cantor 
Rublnbft 

(Baker's) 
7:30-Sn-WJZ 

-JBS Temrer. 

Harriet IfllHaYd 
OziVAe Nelson Ore 

8-W-WEAF 

(Royal Gel) 
Jack Pearl 
Cliff Hall 
Peter Van Steoden- 
Kathleej) Wells 

8-Tli-WEAF 

(Flelschmann) 
Rudy Vallee and . 

His Conn; Yanks 
Talljllah Bankhead 
Buck & Bubbles 
Tom lioward 
Doris Rqache 
•J. Walt,. Thotnp. 

STD. OIL (N, T.) 
8-M-WEAF 

Sonony 'Slvetches 
Arthur Alien 
Paiker' FenneUy 
Kate McComb ' , 
Isabell'e Wlhlocke 
Jiuth Russell 
Robert StraiiBS - 
•B.. B,, D. & O. 

STERLING PROD. 
S-aO-W-WEAF 
(PhimpB Mag) 

•Waltz Tlrne' 

Abe Lyman'.. 

Frank Munn . 
ft daily ex; Sa-Su 
WABC 

•fiklppy' 

•Blackett 

SUN OIL 
e:4r>-Daily-WJZ 

Lowell 'Thoma'B 
•Roche^Willlams 

SWIFT 

(Bulferfleld) 

10-F-WABO 

Olaen & . Johneoo. 
King's Jcetccs 
Harry flosnlck 
(Vlgoro) 
'Garden 'l-'arl.v'.' 
Mario fhiimlce 
Coe Glade 
kai-1 Schulte 
•J. Wall.' 'Xhomp.. 

=^-"TAfnrYEA"Br=== 

12:15-.Sa-WJZ 
Baby Hose Marie 
•Stack^CJoble- 
TEXAS CO. 
9f30-'^^^-WEAF 
Ed Wynn 
Graham' McNamce 
Don VoorhCPS 
•H,infr-N(;tii;(er 

TIDEWATER 

' (Tylol) 
7:30-M-\VAIJC 
.Tirriiiiy Iv' .'iij^fr 
iluriiti.lngl/.r'lH 



Robert Amhrustei 
•Lennon-Mltph " 

UNDERWOOD 
*:30in>-4VAIIC— 

Wm Lyon Phelps 
Vat Shllkret 
Alexander Grey 
Marchand 

U. S. TOBACCO 

(Dili's Best) 

7-.Sn-WEAF 
Half H'r for Men 
J C Nugent 
Premiere Quartet 
•McC.-Erlcki 

UNION CENTRAL 

. 6-Sa-WABC 
'Roses & Drums' 
ISIIzabeth Love 
George Gaul . 
Robt 1 Haines 
Blaine Cordner 
•J. Walt. Thomp. 

VADSCO SALF^ 
7s30-Th-WJZ 

(Djer Kiss) 
Michael Dartlett 
*L. H< Hartman. 
VINCE 

9:30-W-WJZ 
John "McCormack 
vC'm M Daly 
•Cecil . ..Warwick 

WANDER CO. 

(Ovaltlne) 
: 6:4,VDally-WJZ 
•Little Orphan A' 
Allan Baruck 
Henrietta 1'edro 
Ed Sprague 
Stanley Andrews 
Shirley - Pell , . 
'^BTacRellP 

WARD BAKING 

e:45-Sa-WABC 
7:30-6u-WABC . 

•Family "rheatre^ 

Cecil . Lean 

Cleo Mayfleld 

James Melton 

Billy Artz 

WM. B« WARNER 
9-W-WJZ 

Warden Lawes 
•Cecil, Warwick 

WASEY PROD. 
12-M-W-Th-F- 

WABC 
8.30-Tn-WABC 

Voice of Exp'rience 
■lErwln Waaey 

B. L. WA-riflNS 
9-Su-W.IZ 

Tamara 
Diavls .Percy 
Gene Rodemlch 
Men About .Town 
•Blapkett 

WELCli GRAPE 
:45-W-3:16-Su-WJZ 

Irene Rich 
•Kastor' 

WHEATENA 
7:16-Dally-WEAF 
'Billy Bachelor' 
Ruymbnd Knight 
Alice Davenport 
e;45-S-WABC 
4:4C-.M-Ta-W-Th- 
WABC 
Happy Minstrel 
•McKee-Albrlght 
WrLDROOT 
4:l5-.Su-W£AE 
Veb Lawnh.urst-. 
John Segal 
•B. B., p. & O, 
WOODBURY 
8:30-.n-WABC 
BIng Croaby 
Lennle Hayton 
Mills -Bros ' 
Kay- Thompson. 
"Lennon - & ■ M. 

8:30rW-F-WJSE .. 
'D'ngero'ua P'r'dlse 
ElflS llltz 
Nick' Dawap'h 

WYETH CHEM. 

(Jad S.-ilt8) 
1:30-Tu-W-T|i- 
WABC 
•Easy. Aces' 
Goodman Ace 
Jane Ace 
Mary Hunter- 
•Biackett 

WRIGLEY 
7-M-Th-F-WABC 
'Myrt & Marge' 
Myrte Vail 
ripnna Dnmeral 
Eleanor Bella 
Vl'n.cent-troleinan 
Karl Huebl 
Helena Ray 



A RADIO 
MATtiRAL 



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Leading Tenor 
Roxy's Radi 




THERRIEN 

"The Painter of Songa" 

LILLIAN JAY at the Piano 
This Week (February .9) 
PARADISE, NEW YORK 
■ • • 
DAVID MANLET 
N. E. Rep. 
-• 

JOHNNY HYDE 
William Morris Agency 



Dorothy Day: 
Gene Krctzln^er 
Rf.'glnald Knorr 
Karl Way 
•Frances Hoopar 
- WORCE.STKR 
(Salts Toothjiaste) 

«:l!)-F-WAJiC 
Zhp] l-'nicni'>.iU'<» O 
c'jirl Van Anilior?'? 
•Kiilli;r A. Sinllh ' 

VK^STFOAM 
2:30-Su-W.IZ 
.l;in C'lrl/'.T Orn 
'11,'iys ilol'ui land 



SID 
GARY 

Radio's Versatile Baritone 

CUNARD HOUR 

10-10:30 P.M. Every Tuesday 

WJZ 



— J>lrA«tlQ» , 

FBANk PRESBBEY AGENCY 



CONRAD 
THIBAULT 



Wednesday, 8:30-9 P.M. 
WABC 



Thursday, 9-10 
WEAF 



P.M. 



Dick 




At the Console 
Radio City lyiusic Hall 

BROADCASTING 
8 to 8:30 A. M., WEAF, Daily 
11:15 to 11:30 P. M., Mon., Tues., 

Wed., Thurs., WJZ 
11:30 to 11:45 A. Sun., WJZ 

Managonient 
MILTON STAVtN 



LITTLE JACKIE 

H E L L E H 

"THE MITE OF TIIK MIKE" 
Mon.-W<Ml.-Frl„ 4:ir> P. M. 
.Saturday, 4:30 P. M.. CKT 
Managrmrnt NltC, Chlcugo 
Per. Rep;; IIICBMAN BEKNIE 
Ni'w York <:i(y 



44 VARIETr 



RADIO 



Tuesday, Februpry 13, 1934 



RADIO CHATTER 



New York 



WNEW ia organizingr . . mixed 
chorus of 16 voices which r)on- Clark 
believes is the only one of' its kind 
attached to. a reg^ibnal station ^^vith 
the exqeptlon of WOR.. ■ ' 

May Sprintz, Itnowri:- as leepy 
TimeXady' oh WINS, will do a kid 
prograriv for WNEW. Other talent 
for the new BiOw station... will in 
iclude Bob .Eniery, Howard Phillips, 

ill Farran, . ' 

Two Newark sponsors, MalUs and 
Jbrdon's, have two separate riiprn- 
irier programs over WNEW with the 
saine act, Uncle Pete .*tnd. 

Pete and Louise, sponsored 
once by Jdrdort's, Newiark,' and once 
sustaining have two 15-minute a. m. 
sessions bver WNEW. Hillbilly 
duo sells a fiOrcent book. \ - 

Phil Baker, got in Saturday (10) 
for a six- week stay, 

Victor . Toung comes off the 
' Pond's cream show (NBC ) in two 

-:weeksr-T^ — ^-^-tt^^— r- — '■ .:' ' •' ' 



Dohald- Novls Is set for guesting 
with the Ipana Troubadburia Feb. 

-21. :• ■■■■■ . ■ ■■ ■ ■ ';: " ; 

Carl Laytofi. arid - the. . Croohlng 
■ Pl aryb^iy'sfdoln g a S atu ^fdayHeFtaiin^ 
series over WPAS. Same outlet 
has moved Walter.' Tupper Jones, 
play reviewer, to a Sunday evening 
spotr 

Sydney Mann has wound up a 
13 week, run for the Cunard. Lino 
on WJZ. 

Bert Ambrose,' from" .Lphdpri's 
Mayfair?" hostelry, will gufest con- 
duct the. Paul Whiteman concert at' 
the Biitmore this Sunday (18). 

Ci^S Artists Bureau nas framed 
a dance unit around Miss America,' 
1933 (Marion -Bergeron) to baton. 
The combination unveils March 4 in 
the Haritan ballroom, Perth Amboy^ 

Jeanhie Xiang plays the RKO 
White Plains this- Saturday (17). 

Harry Horliclc has A & P's okay', 
to; audition for other commercials.. 

Jacques Fray and Mario rag- 
giotti recording for "Vlctbr. 

Ijahdt Trio arid^ White .breaking 
in a hew vaude act at Ne'wburgli. 



Chicago 



Al and Pete on a three-a-week 
run ■ for Olson Rug company oh 
WBBM.. 

Gene and Charlie plugging for 
Willard tablet on WBBM. 

■Country WashlDurns are" expectant, 

J. C. Stein sticking close to home 

waiting, the ^nnouhcement of: the 

new arrival at his house. 
June Ray, wife of pianist John 

Brown of -WLS, due back in town 

after a session with the Don Bestor 

orqh. 

Ben.Paley now day prograhn. su- 
Pervisor and Truman Br adley ni ght 
program overseer tor CBS here. 

. Cadets on the Sendol program oh 
WBBM. 

Al and Pete doubling from the 
mike for some B. . & K. vaude dated. 

Hal. Burnett of CBS was ether's 
lone repreisehtative at the press 
agents', meeting. 



Boston 



For the first .time in Several years 
Boston air audiences are having 
.local opera broadcast. Statioh 
■\VNAC Is airing sev.eral; perform- 
ances of the New Boston Opera 
comp.n.hy direct from the stage ot 
opera house; 

Sam Rosa, NBC Artists' Service 
manager in New England for the 
past 19 months;, has, been named 
h6ad of the Associated Boi.oking dl 
vision, a newly created branch bf 
NBC Artiflt at Is^ew York. ^lis ip 
r pplritnient is' effective" . « — ~ 
For the ilrst f line nilcrophones. 
have boon installed in a lecture hall 
o£ Harvard .TTniyersity. WNAC is 
i)roadcasting a series' of lectures by 
members of tlie faculty direct from 
the Cambridge campus, 
■ M;ai::\JcCbrmack, WBZ announcer 
of the Musical Clocic early morning 
program on a single day last week 
received 1,037 letters from listeners. 
It was an all-time Vecord for art 
act on this station. To any station 
stati.stician auoh a response would 
prove something or other. But Mac 
says it simply means 'I have ia lot 
of fellow-sufferers when I fumble 
through th€! darkness of another 
.d.aiVn_to__s,qu ej_ch__a_bl_e:ating^ 



clock/ 

. Born of Persian nobility and a 
former colonel in the Imperial 
Guard of the Russian Czar, Prince 
Irakiy C. Toumanoff, who now 
raises turkeys on his New Hamp, 
shire farm, discus.s6d the subject of 
th6 American table bird in a talk 
over WBZ the other day. 

Don Rogers, local songbird, audi- 
tioned for WNAC's Linus Travers 
the other afternoon with much suc- 
cesa. 



WOKO . Players,, Albany, were 
loudly praised for their presiehtatlon 
of the life-story of "Theodore iRbbse. 
velt with .Harold S.' Cole admirably 
enacting , the title .role; 

Joaii Lee, Albany WOKO blues 
sihge.r; /isn't any relative of . Johnny 
Lee, jaiinbiincer. . ' 

. WESG, Elmlra,. received 10^000 
fan letters in eight, miohths and 
Gladys Emmons, had the- job .;pf 
opening all of them. .: 

Edward li. 'Money' Mohrbe ia 
singing .pvpr WESG, Elmlra,.. on. ia 
new prograni. spohsbi-ed by an op- 
tometrists' ;.ftssoci4tibn. 

Staff members of WESQ, Elmira, 
staged a radio adaptation of 'Gold 
Diggers of 1933,' .with . Norma War- 
ren, Dot Allen, Pat Kllpatrick, Bee 
Scoit» Larue. Tabiir ^and Bernard S. 
Murphy. 

Hirry Springer on WESG* El- 
mlra, with organ music from 
Keeney tht'fitre, , :. ' . ^ 



Wife and twb phildr<ih 6t Harry 
Hults, engineer at WOKO, Albany, 
N; Y,. were rescued .trbm a fire by 
a yotith who .rah IhfQ- their hohiie 
and " aroused ..them.: . Hults was 
working at the time. ^' 

WESG, Einifra, N. Y., won't ac- 
cent liqtior adv. broadcas.ts. Noth- 
ing miysterlous abbiit that. Neither 
do. the : Gannett ne.\Vspapers, •Which 
operate WESG. 

Richard E; Osgood, former' dra- 
matic dlreictor for the Yankee Net- 
work, Boston,, and his wife, former 
Elsie Hitz, are pepping up thingfs- 
at WGLC in Hudson Falls, N, Y. 
Elsie's now known as Nancy Howe. 

Coi; H; Nelson Jackson, owner of 
WCAX, Burlington, Vt, has been 
made a trustee of the Soldiers* 
Home at Benhingtoh. 

Lila Culver Is npW being featured 
by Shorty and His Musical Rubes 
over WDEV, Waterbtiry, Vt. 

Rouise's PoinV N. Y., now has a 
weekly community program- over 
WQDM, St. Albans, Vt. 

Bennington is the first city in 
Vermdnt to have police cars 
equipped with radio. 

Martha Lawrence, ot Martha; and 
Hal^, WGY duo, was a vaudeville- 
partner of Alice joy in the . days 
when, the litter was jknown as 
Frances Holcomb. 

Dutch ancestors of Chet Vedder, 
having settled in a town near Sche- 
n"Sclaay~lI!~tlie-T:6ff0a, it is natural 
for the WGY announcer to be in- 
terested in, and to be something, of 
an authority on, early American 
furniture. 

Edith Cook Smith, who broadcasts 
a weekly music lecture and pianp- 
log over . "WGY, was at one time 
music critic • of the Poughkeepsie 
(N. Y.) 'Eagle' and is now a . con- 
tributor . tp musical magazines. 
'Kenneth Harlan aired over WFER 
Baltimore in playlet broadcast. 
. WGBM, .Baltiniorb, annyally 
brfoadcasts a wedding ceremony on 

St. Valentine's Day. 

John Ademy, light opera basso, 
getting ethe^ break-in over WBAL, 
Balti.mpre. 

: Frances Robinson, sec'y to Gen. 
Hugh Johnson of NRA, making 
mike address oyer WCBM, Balti- 
more. 

Evelyn Behlies, warbler, with spot 
on WCBM, Baltimpre, dinner guest 
of ViceTPres. Garner last week. 
She's an old nabor from Texas; 

WCBM, Baltimore, has shagged 
new hitely feature in Al Seidman 
ensemble, Emerson hptel dinerie 
musickerg. 

Frances Marsalis and Helen 
Richey, hew women's endurance fly-, 
ihg recordhblders, make radio debut 
over WCBM, Baltimore. 

AhtPinette Spitzer, whP resigned 
from -WMCA. is now press repre- 
iseritative for the Musical Art -Man-, 
agement Corp. 

Everybody . calls WGY's, .Irish 
tenor ^Jerry Brannbn' except, when 
h^ commercials as .'l^on Dixph,' .but 
on a recently-obtained marrlag« 
certiflPate'Tiis" hariie "appears Us" "Joy 
sepli Coyle;' Roland Bradley; hoW 
with WEVD, New York,, prepped 
him for radio.. - 

. Marion Brewer, former fadip edi- 
tor for the Albany Times IJnibn, and 
as such, mistress of ceremonies on 
programs broadcast over WGi-Y from 
the Green; Room of RKO's Albany 
l?.'>laGe, is now employ.€!d in a N, Y. 
State .department. 

Johnny Finke; WGY liianisl and 
vocal coach, and Edward A. ice, 
violinist at the .^tatiori since its 
earliest days, bpoked for a recital 
at the opening of the .Middleburg 
(N. Y.) Central school. ' 

Bridgeport public school music 

'a5iTanm?ntr=cn:^tiTcritrr^RTiT?§eii"-^^ 

ptrvising, spotted on WiCC twice 
a month. Plan okayed by Superin 
tendent Worcester W.arren. 

Lowell Thomas came lip to Al 
bany^ N. Y., and told two' civic clubs 
all about his tribulations jsis a radio 
anriouncer and hln war experiences. 
He said nothing brings an anr 
nounc.er quite a.s large a batch of 
ma,ii as the mi.«»prohunoiatlon of a 
word. " . 

With resumption of stage showrt-' 



at Stahley; house expects to resume 
its half-hour taleht broadcasts each 
:Mt>nday night over KDKA, I»itts- 
burgh. It was in these programs 
three, years ago that Dick Ppwell 
got his radip start. 

Patricia McDonald of WGY, 
$chenectadyj went over. to. Pitts - 
fleid, Mass., to entertain a flock of 
news writers and carrier boys. 

Gustave Bisgyer completing fourth 
year a's persPnality . Interviewer over 
WCBM, Baltimore. 

Stewart Kehhard, vet announcer 
.at; .WiTBR, Baltihiore, pulled do-wn 
■top hohors in a raw oyster-eating 
bbrttestf iputtlng .away - eight dozen. 

J. Fred Essary stibbed for .Frank 
Kent last Thursday over WBAU 
Baltimore, -Wheh. lyceum . engage- 
,ment took latter out-of-town. ' 
.. Helen. Dayle, show-jshopper fbi* 
WWSW, Pittsburgh, corralled Bev- 
erly: West for an interview last 
week while Glenn Riggs, KDKA. 
landed.. A.mos 'n' Andy. .. 

Adeiyn Breesklh, curator of 
prints at Art Mus'eum» slated to 
broadcast series of ' lebtures on 
Whistler, the artist, over WBAL, 
Baltimore, comrtienclng Feb. 14. . 

Durihg piast three years Lee Davis 
has spieled piay-by-;play . descrip- 
tions of more than 1,200 varied 
spoirts events over WCBM, Baltl- 
mPre. 



Amos 'n' Andy doing, their dally 
bi^boLdcasts this Week from a robni 
rigged, up .backstage at the Penn, 
Pittsburgh. .. . 
Corley McDarmenti . lieutenant 
h iniaridant oC Rogers J B^I 
Fields, Pittsburgh, • doing a -Weekly 
series of air adventure stories over 
WWSW. Sponsored by 28th Divi- 
sion. , a;e.f. . 

Elder Charles Becki hymn -shout- 
ing colored Evangelist over WWSW, 
Pittsburgh; booked to April 1 for 
extended personal appearancie.s. 

Wedding bells expected to ring 
out' by May 1 for Pat Haley, sing- 
Ine^kester over. KDKA, Pitts- 
burgh. 

Mother of Mae. Questel, visiting 
her. sister in Pittsburgh, had a bag 
containing $150 .worth of. clothes^ 
stolen last week. ''■ 

Mr; and Mrs. Joei Cappo (Frances 
Knight), fiite. club . performers in 
Pittsburgh, made their air debut 
over WWSW last week. 

Harry Savpy and LulU McCoiihell, 
on the vaude bill a t th e Hlpp; 
teamed and aired over WFBR, Bal- 
timore. ■ 

' John Fogarty is the latest radio 
artist to iop the vaude ' bill at the 
Ritz Ih Newljurgh, N. T. 



Sontb 



Mid-West 



KOIL-KFAB Omaha studios add- 
ed another remote for broadcast of 
Military theatre organ oVer KOlLr 
KFOR-KFAB chain. Dailv except 
Sunday with Eddie Butler- a.t . cbn- 
sole. 

Kay Nichols fllls the gap as blues 
singer left by departure of Ann 
Neemaii from WOW* 

Al' Namen arranging Kate' Smith's 
broadcast yia KdlL. .Star's .re vie W, 
holding at Brandeis currently. 

Byron Thorpe, Ken Golden, Eddie 
Butler, Rj^di b Ba con, Evelyn Ploug h, 



Mary jahe Francfe programming for 
a Westminster young people's 
benflt 

Larry Shopen, chief announcer at 
WAAW, Omaha Gi-afh Exchange, 
since departure of Gordon . Berquist 
for KMOX, severed connection with 
the organization to take up a more 
attractive blfer in^town. His work 
for present being shared by Ralph 
Trotter and. Milo Utterback, await- 
ing. :offlcials' decision on revised 
set-.iipi 

WOWO, Fort Wayne, has removed 
all of its request features from 
Breakfast club and Housewife hour, 
and . cbnflned them entirely . to Joe 
Rehllrig's 4: $0 program how On as- 
sociate. atatiPh WGL. 

Wally Nehrling formerly WSBT,' 
South Bend, has joined WOWO in 
Fort Wayne as annpUncer, Reen in 
the. radio biz for past four years. 

Charlie Flagler, who rotates be- 
tween woe- WHO . and KSO, Des 
M'olnes, again in cha'rige . of kid Sat. 
morning' matinees at "the Des Mbihe's 
theatre for KSO. 'Dutch' Schmidt 
CO r operating. . 

'Aunt Josephine' Baurpgartner, 
"WOC-WHO, Des Moines, publishes 
•Round the Town,' radio and theatre 
.mag. 

Jackie iMerkle, kid psychic, lefi 
the. town still gaping for KWGR, 
Cedar Rapids, after a tremendous 
week at KSO, Des Moines. 

WOC-WHO, Des Mtoines, will run 
a special wire from t)avenport for 
the reunion of the original 'four 
horsemen' March 1. Celebration 
honoring Elmer Ijayderi and will bo. 
the second reunion of this quartette 
in. about 10 years. The other three 
ttiffHkitrixrtei'srJira^Ci'oV^isyr 
Stuhldreer and Don. Miller also top- 
notch mentPrs now. 

Morton Downey In. Interview over 
KSO, Des Moines, while at RKO 
Orpheum, said , the- Downeys are ex- 
pecting another visit from Dr. Stork. 

WOC-WHO Sat. nite Barn Dance 
Frolic, starting for 1 hour last fall, 
now running three hours and has 
seven sponsors. Mail count from 
5,000 tp 10,000 letters weekly. Hill- 
billy type. 



Elise Cortese; radio sihger with. 
Pennsylvania, Florida and, .North 
Carolina statipns, was guest sPlbist 
tpr the Carolina Playmakers, at the 
University 'of North Carolina, in the 
recent revival of the Gilbert-Sulli- 
van Ppera/ 'Princess Ida.' She sang 
■ the lead. 

Wax'prPgrams W'ith Irene Castle 
.are being presented over WSOC, 
CharlPtte, N. C-. for Eflrd's depart- 
ment store, 

- -Wayside Brown, WB'T^ Charl'otte,^ 
N. C' claims- the oldest pianist, oh 
radio is. playing . fbf him. She is 
Mrs. A. B. Homesley, 87 years of 
age, • ■ 

GrisLdy Cple's sports review,. WBT,' 
Charlotte, N. C, changed from 6;30 
to, 7.30 o'clock; 

■Ted ■ Doolittle broadcasts ovier 
WBT, Charlotte, N- C, for Atwater 
Kent, ; Under the . local sponsorship 
of Glasgow Allison, southern dlsr 
tribtitOr. iDoblittle came to .iChar- 
lbtte.to get married. He was fbrr 
merly with. Anialgamat^d ih New- 
York. . • * ■ . .. , . . 
, Because, during a; .recent inter-, 
view, WBT's miystery sinere>,' 'Philco 
Phil,' said that he: was. born .in 
Hongkong,. .China, several ;huhdred 
radio lis teners in £!harlbtte have; de-. 
ciaeoi tnat he is a Chlnamain, which 
he. Is hot! 

L6p Everett;, program.' manager 
for' WBT,. drew puffs frpm Chatlbttfe, 
N C, newspaper , critics for his per- 
lon c e -a ia O sh6i?hei^n -iJbUi^niejc^s- 
EJnd* for the Charlotte Little Ther 
atre. .. . " 

Al Garr, WBT soloist, recently 
had a narrow escape while flyihg; a 
plane. After completing about 70 
hours in the air, the ship caught on 
Are. Garr , suPcessfully ' navigated 
the plane Ihtp a held . and . esca'ped 
With, only a slight burn on his wrist. 

King's Men quartet is new over 
KVOO, TUlsa, on Sunday aft^i-r 
noons, spbnspried by Si>auldihg's 
Clothiers. 

Girl of the Morning, sustaining on 
KVOO, Tulsa, suspended after more 
than a year. Will be succeeded by 
the Breakfast Club orchestra, fea- 
turing Dick Teela. 

Zahdra, psychologist, now iappeat- 
Ing over radio statipn KVOO, TUlsa, 
every week day morning at 8:45,. 

Bob Wills and his "Texas playboys 
began engagement with WKY, Ok- 
lahoma City, iFeb. 5. "They'll be 
heard at 7:15 a.ni. and . 1 o'clock in 
the afternoon every Week day ex- 
cept Friday and Saturday. Mem- 
bers of the band are Bob Eils, June 
Whalin, Caz Lansford, Kermit 
Whalln, Dori Ivie, John Lee Wills. 
Tbmmle Duncan and Everatt Sto- 
ver, master of Ceremonies. 
— (iayle — Grubbr~WKY;— ^icia;hDmar 
City manager, will hear his liatest 
Bong CQmposItion, 'YoU Bring the 
Ducks,' over the. air very soon;; 

Phil Hedrlck, operator for WSJS, 
hobbling arPuhd Winston- Salem^ 
N. C, with a . pane due to an ihgrow-^ 
ing toenail. 

Jean GordPh, . hnsky thrPate.d 
singer on WSJS in WiristbnrSalenn, 
N. .Gi, causes plenty of trpuble to 
the control man. Her voice Is sp 
low controls have, to be shifted to 
keep .piano down. 

George Walkeir^ operiaitor, f or WSJS 
in Winstbn-Salem, N. C, Is wres- 
tllng^^an; 



Alvin' Gottschall new salesman 
for WSMB, New Orleans. Ernest 
D'Arcy new on engineering staff. . 

WSMB, . New 'Orleans, arranging 
to feed remote pick-ups on^ Mardi 
Graa to NBC. 

Liou Forbes orchestra percolates 
over WSMB, New Orleans, from 
Suburban Gardens, where Dick 
Mackie Just ended. 

WLAC, l^ashvllle; moVed out of 
old quarters which have given ser- 
vice fbr sevien years, into swell new 
offlces.^ J. T. Ward, as vice presl-: 
dent, is In charge of the executive 
department while Miss Lola Nance 
Is.^ectetary. F. G;. S.Pw.eil, Jr., pror 
ductlon manager, director of pro- 
gram department... A special rbpm 
for announcers and artists Is pre- 
sided over by Herman Grizzard and 
Ted Grizzard; the Commercial de.- 
partment contains desks of Roger 
W, Sweet, Odelle Ward, and Herr 
bert Jordan; the library' Is under 
BdWIn .Glfeaves,~ contiiiuity. writer.. 
Bob Cason and-. Mary • Elizabeth 
Hicks altei:hate: host and hpstess In 
the: reception room. 

Frances Hill tprph singing .for 
WLAC, Nashville, accompanied by 
Mary Elizabeth Hicks at the' piano. 

Leon Cole presentihg a new series 
of organ concerts for WSM daily 
from Loew's theatre, Nashville, 

. Joseph MacPherSon^ for. six. years 
bass 'baritone of the Metropolitan 
Opera, . joins the staff of WSM, 
Nashville. 

Alva *Lowe, teacher and ..singer,, 
will begin a bl-\(reekly series of 
.presenta,tions oyer WWNC. Asho- 
vlile. iiOwe has often been heard 
locally In years past, but has ' not 
app eared reguj arly ^for the last thre e 
years.. Pfp^ramS -Will" l^ture 'one 
of his' pupils In addition to hlhiself. 
New series of prpgrams by Helen 
Roberts, concert pianiste, has .bpen 
arranged by station WWNC, Ashe- 
vlile, and will be heard every Wed- 
nesday evening at . ? : 30 o'clock. 

A four-legged tat last week 
caused a short In .wires at the plant 
of KTAT, Fort Worth, throwing the 
entire station but of commission for 
several hours. 
Mrs. Hugh Bradford, president 'of,^ 



the National Congress ot Parent* 
and' Teachers, . has Ihau^rurated a 
series of 12 weekly talks ovtir 
\yWNC, AshevlUP, N,. C. 

Twenty-flve members of Colleg* 
Park Music Club send individual 
indorsements of Lucky Strike's 
grand opera • broadcasts aB trana- 
mltted by WSB, .Atlanta. 

Delmore Brbthers, Alton ahd 
Rabon, have been recalled by Victor 
for records. 

Because Arturo di FUlipi, concert 
and operatic tenor, spent last sum-i- 
mer at AsheyiJle. N. C. He has a 
wide tollowing in Western North 
Carolina on his NBC network broad- 
casts,, prieserited to. the 'Carolinians 
through WWNC, Aahi6Ville, N. C, 

. A- statistical, survey of the 1933 
programs pver WWNC, Asheville 
N. C.; being completed by G. o! 
Shepherd, statlph director, showi 
that WWNC averaged 41 programs 
a day during the past year, with a 
schedUlie ranging from 16 to 18 
hours, daily. 

Pewey .Long ahd Hiibert 'Hitch at 
WB,T, Charlotte, N. C. 

A program designed especially for' 
the youngstferis; with : growh up ap- 
peal will be presented: by WSM each 
Tuesday and Friday at 6:15 P. M.; 
beglnnihg .February 6". A Bibbiri Hood, 
Kiddie Club will be organized and a 
theatre party will be given after' the 
series: progresses somewhat. 

Charlie . AigneW . orchestra will be 
l>eard eaph Sunday at 3:00 o'clock 
■bieginriing.\February. .4t^ • WSM*. 
■l5i,ashVille.-' - . '.'.' 

^gy^!x^- N e w sai pt i per ' Advfeo t iirei ' s : ' 
vtras renewed by Its sponsors last 
week for; an additional 13-wciak 
period on radio statibn KOMA; 
Oklahoma City. ' 

Lola Brown Shaleen V formerly 
'■vvlth statioh KYW, Chicago, . is In 
Nashville, along With her hUiSband 
George Davis, Recording Artist. 
. La^sses White Minstrel Show on 
the air from WSM, Nashville, each 
Wednesday night at 7:30. 
. . 'The Trial of Viylenhe Ware' mur- 
der mystery presented By WSM, 
Nashville, Playfers under thp direc- 
tion of Madge West, , to be broadcast 
three ...times each week beginning 
Feb; 9. 

WjSM, Naeihyllle, Suriday night 
frplic runs an hour from 1.0:30 :and 
includes Lasses and Hohey, Herald, 
Dean and Curt, the Vagabond's, 
Veima. Dean, Betty Waggoner, Mar- 
Jorle Cooney, Salt and Peanuts, 
Riith and Red. Freddie RoS6, .Fran- 
cis Craig Orchestra, Freddie Rus- 
sell; Tiny Stowe and George D. Hay. 



West 



— rlCM-PC^Ti— Jackr-KiBf6i7^x^nn^=:r 
named in a wagre complaint filed 
with the Cal. Labor Commlsh by 
Chauncey Harris, Jr., -a musician, 
demanding $162;60. 

Fred Lane; former technician and 
announcer at KFRC;. San Frahclsco, 
is now in the same spot at KMTRi 
Holly wood, replacing. Harry Le Rby. 

Ralph Forbes Win do ' 'Julius 
Caesar' on a one-hour program for 
KMTR.. 

New control man,. Al Henderson, 
at kOL, Seattle. 

Five thousand kid members of th9 
KOL; Seattle, Kapta fn Kris ■ cliib, 
vyilTg"f5in5ensrT5?ni3riina bicycles 
In contest put on, by milk company 
apbhsor,. Via air. 

Gail Taylor and the Grace Frank- 
el-Gertrude Lyne. piano team pff the 
Frisco NBC payroll. 

Harold Peary doubling', from the 
Wheatenaville sketch on NBC. Fris- 
co, to KTAB, where he Is doing a 
Hpllywobd chatter Columh. 

KTAB, San Francisco, .opened 
penthouse studloa in Oakland this, 
week, installing. ne-W control room' 
equipment. : 

Headed by SherwpPd runton, 
four of the KJBS staff, San Fran- 
cisco, In Los Angeles to attend the 
annual Willard battery convention.. 

Jessej Off Air; Vacash 

-After his next tWb Tuesday nite 
brbad pasts, on CBS George; Jessel 
knocks off his' eth^r chbre^ f^pr, a.. 
Florida vacashi ' ' '; ■ 

He'll sojourn- south for 
weeks, instead of flying back and 
forth^ as he's been dplng. 



Provident^ PIscs 

PrpVIdifeht Mutual Life Insurance 
goes, disc tor a f pur- week , test Pver 
five statlohs late this mbnth. Idea 
was apld by' ^am Lewis, former in- 
surancie editor of the Hearat news- 
paper chaim 

World Bt-oadcasting will handle 
show and plaqlng of station time. 



Biiick in Reverse 

Buick ' isn't ren.iei'Wlng for its 'tw* 
quarter-hour shows weekly on CBS, 
which means the series winds up 
Thursday (32). Program consists 
of Howard Marsh and a studio In- 
istrumental and choral unit under 
Andre Kostelanez. 

Expiration date will make, it nine 
Weeks for the present Buick soi-iof • 



Tuesday* February i5, 1^)34 



MUSIC 



VARIETY 



io 






Most Played on the Air Last Week 



To fainiUarize the rest of the couhtrv with the tunes viost sung 
and played on the air drourid New Yqrlc> the JoUoieing is the com- 
piJation for. last week. TMs tabulation will continue regularly. 

in dnsu>er to inquiries, these plugs are figured on t* Saturday- 
ihrbugh'^rida:y Aloeek, regularly. 

Tal>%l(iUori in turn is broken doion into ttoo divisions : NunCber 
Of plugs on the niafor networks (WE AF and W J Z of. the If BO chain, 
and WASO, ieey , station of CB8J, along vHth the: total of plugs on 
Tf^w York's tioo full-time independent staUqns—WOJt and WldCA. 
Data O^idined from 'Radio Log' iiompiled . by Accurate Iteporl A 
Servicei 

WEAF 
WJZ 

itift WABC 



WOR 
WMCA 



^ I t t ■ ■ » 



' it M-» • • ». • • • 4 > A • • • • « i- ■ •' 



'Let's. Fall in Love', 

^Cavioca' 
'Temptation' .■ 

•Old Siiinnlhg ..Wheel' . . . , . . . . . . ^ . . . 

lirow^ Another . Log On the Fire':. . . . 

'diir. BJig: Love fS.cen^' . :-:->'y:.:: ., 
'Wi^^ll M ake Hay While Sun, Shiiies. ;. 
'You Have Taken My Heirt'-. .'. '. ..... 

'Everything I Have Is Yoyrs' .... .'. 

'Piggy Went to the ftliarket'i ........ . 

'In a Shelter Fi'ona a Shower' . . . , . , 
^Coffee In the Morning' .... .. ...i. . 

.'Iii the Valley of •Yesterday'. 
'Smoke Gets Into Your Eyes' . , 



28 
.27. 
27- 
12 
15 



Total 

14. 

.-38 



I t • f ■ 1' |. 



.24- 
23 
23 

2a 




Argenii Opens Up New 
Trend fot Co^^dperatiye 
Actidin by All . Publishers 
Get Maximum Per- 
. forming Rights. Abroad 
Through Own Ass'ns 



E 






B. marKS AutoDiopapny 
Colorful History of Pop Music 



HAMBOURG LOSES 



Theatre 



Held Not 

Hand jnjury 



for 



NOW Hit OR MISS 



Continuous Program 
Phonographs Key to 
Revival of Records 



Miisic men see a comeback chance 
tor the phoribgraph record sales in 
the manner whereby the Capehart 
automatic phonographs are selling 
and eclipsing the regular Victor, 
Brunswick and Columbia, .machine 
sales. Capehart phonograph is capa- 
ble of playing a two and onerhalf 
hour disk record- prograrn without 
stopping aftd! without bothering to 
turn over the records which this 
-^machine HkeaOsft does . 

As a result, yictot which pioneer- 
ed the automatic, changing machine 
Is going into It in-tensiveiy and will 
shortly brliig but a phonograph in 
the $150 class. Capehart is in the 
$1,000 class and more, which despite 
the high price, has been enjoying a 
large sales; vogue although Cape- 
hart originally Intended its machines 
for -commercial purposies— ismall au^ 
ditoriuniiS, ice-cream' parlors, Jsmall 
cinemas and the like. 



'.-threatened legal breach 
between Jack Hylton and Irvlngf 
Mills has culmiriiated In a $50,p00 
damage suit injunctibri plea 

filed in' N. Y. Supreme Court. It'p 
over the exclusive foreign repre- 
sentation by Hyltpn of all of Mills- 
Rock well's acts , on a 5% agency 
opmmlsslpn. Julian T. Abeles is 
representing Hyltbri. 

Although Mills and Gab Callo- 
way's orchestra ate slated to, sail 
f or Londo n the end bf thig mo nth, 



Fox East 



V 



fibllywood, Feb. 12. 
Sam Fox, head of Movietone Mu- 
sic CbrpPratlbrt, .Is en route east 
after two months on the coast lin- 
ing up piromotioiial plans for new 
.flong numhers used in thfe tITree Fox 
fllmusicals just completed. 

After getting explbitatlon for 
those numbers set in New York, 
vFox goes to .Europe to purchase 
publishing rights tb a group of 
standard miasical, numbers -Nvhich 
will, be added tp..MpyletOne JiTiisip 
Corporation -oatalogu 



Music Code Up 



first conference on 
the. pop music publishers' cle is 
expected .to be fixed _thls .^Leei^v. 

Jolvn., G. Paine, chairman of the 
Miisic Publishers Protection Assp 
ciatlort boaVd, nVeots with Pny.son 
Irwin, deputy adhilnistrator of. the 
D.UbU.shlng industry,, in. Wnsiihigton 
Wednesday (tomorrow) to rliscnps; 
the ppttl'ng. of a flafe. 



$50,000 DAMAGE SUIT, 
HYLTON-MILLS BREACH 



Mayer Case Feb. 19 

.trial or Max Mayers $1 ,:2,')0,600 
antl- trust suit against the Music 
Dealers Service, Inc.; and, some 20 
publishers, affllialed with ' th.e^'flhcot 
distributing combine has been post- 
poned to Feb. 19. JudgC;Cdffery in 
^4he==Ne-w--Yoult=FederaWcoui't=^^^ 
week granted the dofei'ment- from 
Feb. 13 on inotlbn by Mayer's 
cbun.sel. . 

Irwin A. Edelman, Mayer's chief 
legal adviser who ;prepared. the case, 
'■ecently recovered from a serious 
Illness and the postponement •?v:as 
asked so that he would have, more 
time to go over the evidence and 
arguments with l^avid E'odell, wlioni 
he baa retrained a trial cotrii'!*'). 



the British dance maestro shipped 
his paipers over to Attorney Abeles 
In New York to endeavor enjoining 
their sailing. . 

Hylton is proceeding .not Only 
against Irving Mills, but Mills A.r- 
tist Bureau, inc.; Rockwell -O'Keefe, 
Inc., and Thomas G. Rockwell as 
well. Both., Mills and Tommy 
Rockwell are currently in Hollyr 
■wood, which accounted for an order 
to. shP'w Pause aind .substituted 
service writ okayed, by justice John 
E.- McGe ehan in N. Y.. Saturday (10) . 
It'is returnable today ~(TueMay)T 
It permits Abeles to serve bbth Mills 
and Rockwell and their corporations 
by leaving papers at their pfflces 
and residences. Mills is. due back 
this week, as he planned to sail 
Friday (16) a week ahead of the 
Callowayites, who liiust sail Feb. 
23 to open in time at the Palladium, 
London. 

Hylton's complaint Is principally 
against Mills, with whom he had his 
sole business relations, but Rock- 
well and the hyphenated corpora- 
tions are made co-defendants for 
technical reasons. Mills and Rock- 
well had split, the M-R Attractions,. 
Inc., subseauont to Hylton's pact, 
but Hyltbn claims first call for ex- 
clusive London representation, of 
such artists as Duke Elllingtori,. Cal- 
loway, Ruth Ejtting, Ann Grcenway, 
I^nils Bltie- Rhythm Band and Mills 
F.ros., which at that time were al^ 
'logi^d deilvoi-/' by- Mills lb TTyl.- 
ton. 

SupreJne Court paper.s ;irc veplelc 
with data and evidence of tlie for- 
riier cordial rHatibns rxi.«ting. be- 
tween Mills and Hylton. -Mill.fl sets 
forth that tlvrougb a situation be- 
yond his control the Callo.way Cot- 
ton ciub on-liestr was bbolted 
.with George . ilack and Viil I'arnell 
into the' Palladium, Lomloh, -and 
away from IlylLon. Mills had -w-rit- 
ton and cablt'd Hyltph that he hoprd 
tp amicably adjust everyt.li)n^r wlif>n 
he got to London and. ur^fd that 
.no urifavoraijle. steps be taken. 



i(:ts - John 

£h. ^lhnej;:^.ch.ai!.7nan^_pf^^ 
]>vi. , A'ssoclatibn. 

whon Avlli get 

tosGlhGr and orjganlze central dts- 
tri units in foreign, countries. 

Throiigh these collective enterprises 
the Ahiieric9,ri publishers would not 
oiily do their own. printing and ex- 
plbitins, but they would retain. lOOfp 
of the performing and mechanicals 
right!3 that igp with the ownership 
of a copyright. -Forerunner to this 
international string of An-\erican 
publisher controlled co-operatives is 
ttfe plan that the MPPA has: under 
discussion for Argentina. 

With the new Argentine copyright 
law providing for the first time pro- 
tection for a musical work, It is the 
MPPA's idea to .establish Ameri- 
can publishers in this South Ameri- 
can country on a coroperatlye basis. 
A centralized organization would 
take care of all the printing, all the 
exploiting, all the distributing and 
all collections having "to dp with 
meclinnical and performance rights. 

-^i inia- Out : — 

Before prpceedliig Vlth the prgan- 
ization of the Argentine prbpositipn 
the MPPA proposes tpl retain Ed- 
ward Murphy, of the Vitaphone 
Corp., to study ' the Argentine 
niusic situation on the home, 
grounds . and report back on ho-w .the 
co-operative could be most eco- 
nomically launched. Cost of Mur- 
phy's. -inquiry Is estimated at . $2,000 
while the expense of 'putting the 
project into operation,. It Is figured,' 
AvIU como to. around $lB,o6o. Argen- 
"tfna idea ■ Wijl.^not-'be' tlre-flrst- or^- 
ganlzed oii a co-operative basis by 
members of the MPPA.-Music, Deal- 
ers Service, inc., 'which, functions 
along co-operative was financed , by 
'l2 piibilshers each putting up .$1,000. 

It is. Paine's .belief that the presr 
ent iii^thPd used by the' Amerlbari 
publisher of disposing of foreign 
publication and other rights has 
become obsolete. Under this ar- 
rangement the American publisher 
l.s content to" let his work go at 
Wh.T.lever: advance he can- get and 
depfrKV for the balance of - income 
fri-.iii it^ on the diligence, Ironosty 
arid -.liatnot of his foreign agent. 
/AVlth Ills own co-op.eratJves ostab- 
.llsheil in' the.se countries the Ameri- 
can. jmblisher vould not only be in a 
po.sltioh,tb exploit his p-wm work for 
all tlvatvit Is -worth, biit lay claim 
to-: all ,i,hfi/:mechan'ical .and , peffonn-. 
ano<» riglits.coi 



Toronto, Fo . 
r le ni o til I laj n bPii r g,. n p t od .: plan i si ,. . 
lost hi.s case, fpr $3,000 damage's 
avisijip froin injui'ies to His hands 
wheti tlie'lon.s of a .spotlight fell on 
him during a X'ehoarsal In the Eiiton 
.Auditorium. Court - of Appeals 
found that Hambourg had the right 
to use ;.the tlieatre for rehearsals 
only ..if; lie took the •i-)rcmise!=! as ho 
found ■ 

; ..ReycrifinA; . tiie previous judgment 
of >rr. Jiistice MciEvoy ih favor ' of 
the planl.st, the- court- rulpd th.at the 
trial judge erred in finding that the 
theatre owners ought, to haVe 
known that the lens w^as liable tp 
crack, and that there was a lack Pf 
in.sjpeotlon and negligence in failing 
to provide a slricld that woxild rotch 
falling glass.; 



74% TAXES STOP 
GERMAN TOUR 
FOR BAND 



London, Feb. 3. 

Oh applying for permis^Sion to 
tour Gormany with his band. Jack 
Hylton was immediately given per- 
mission. Then the German Min- 
Tslry ' of '"T'ropaganlla" sent " word 
to Hylton's agent t)>e proposed 
tour carried with . a provl!5lon 
that 25% of the grpss takings 
would have to go to the national, 
fund for u.nerhployed German musi- 
cians. 

There i.s In addition, the usual 
3% luxury .\x; 15% income tax; 
2% poor law tax, and 8% to the 
Society of Authors and Composers, 
hot to mention 2J 7o entertainment 
tax, leavir just 26% of the gross 
for the .baniV'which would have_to 
pay its porsonHelV lialt .roiifT fraveT-" 
Ihg,' etc. Tour off. 

Immediately this was made pub- 
lic the director of. the Paris Opera 
announced ho .proposed to tax Di'. 
Furtwangler, who is. a prominent 
member of the -program, committee, 
which exorcises control over the 
niusic and vaudeville of Germany, 
for the same percentage of the 
gross of his four concerts In Paris, 
the proceeds to gO: to the .French 
unemployed mu.siclans. 



5c Folio Out Feb. 15 



Whiteraan Cincy Syniph 
Guest Gonductor 

Paul Whitemari will gui-. ion- 
duot tlie Cincinnati Symi)ho.ny or- 
che!-tra in .that town the . iglit of: 
Mari;h..'6. His second ihv.ltatioh of.^ 
tliis sort within the past year, 

Last summer Whiteman -as 
guf-st 1)' ' -mist a.t a performdnt-e of 
the. .N"ow York Philharmonic^ in . 1 he 
Lewisolin Stadium. For the .f:inoy 
affair he'll take along, a couple of 
his ii^.-^ini entat floloi.sts. 



SUE MliS. JAN EUBINI 

Los Angeles, ' J'V'ii. 

Diune Hubini, divorced -svlft; of 
•Jan Uubini, violiniat and orchostrfl 
i.'i-indiictoi', i.s ado dofondant in a 
Municipal Covr.'t >'ult for 16T.';7 h;. 
Bank of America. 

Sum souf;ht allegedly hahnvf 
due on a $'lfiO loan obtalni d by ilu 
/l/'f^^nd'an; in I-viu-uiii-n . If:!". 



COL-S FOREIGN DISCS 

Chicago, Fob. 
..Ii viiiu . iff, foreign .salos nian- 
at;''i In the ea.st for Cnhimbia plip- 
n^iUi-;/"'!, in town watt-liipt.:- >oin'- 
■n<\\ > «:<-or(.lings.' 

')'. Hiving out A flot-k of in 



T.!iri';ani.'jr), Polish, Jiaha 
M'--.ii...n. 



; -st nlrkel folio of song, lyilc-s 
will .he issued .Fob. 15 by the pop 
ni^n as represented in the Music 
rubll.shors J'ro'teC-tive Assbr.' 
Folio idoa, ,\vhl..li. .ih trade hn.s 
adoyvtod prUnariiy as a moans of 
i suHpro.t-Flng the bootlog lyric sheet, 
{•■ovil,, will Ijft.: tried put ' ■sev.oral 
! si/ot.s around , the 'country.. First'. 
. -/Liiiofr - vviU bo 20l>. ■ 'ios .ahd if 
ibo thing .('-lii-.K's otiVf-r .folio -Oolloc-' 
lions will .itnnu;dlal(.Oy be prinied, 
and the diKtrilnnion sr)r.oad put qv^oi- 
qvory. state in. the iinioh. 

ThioiiKh the jtfAviis solccte'd for 
tlx; expei'iment the publlKher.s hopo 
to ijnd out; (l> the public reaction 
to the format of fht lyric books, 
(2) tho off cot the folios .have oh th" 
Ijootl.eg trade and 1 3) whether tlio 
folio <an be u.vod to stimulate tho 
.salf of short innxio.. Folios will bo 
T7-Wi:lT^''^T nr vTnri^^^ 
n«'v.-ssfan(ls- wiih t)i Inttor de- 
pondf'd upon to employ such pios'- 
suro as will, oliniifiate the b<;(Olh;; 
pr ddlor as ai (^otn potltor. 

..tTii.'<i<' trade ulso ligurcB that, lln* 
foili) i'ii'(i)i"titi'>n \vill out «I»-oiil'' 
onouwh into bootlog souVi-o 

to ijiako liiat- pr'-dii'-t an uhprn^ii- 



:iriil ' ii'ile pio" of i)U"ri-h!nu)i*JO 



:on'*ern 



^dward B. Mark '■ aulobip.L'raphy, 
'They All Sang' (From Tony Pastor 
to Rudy Vallee), is more than a 
book Of memoirs. It's a cavalcade 
of American show business for 40 
years which is the-occasion for the 
authorship of this 'Volume ivy- tlie 
veteran music publisherv oil Feb. 7, 
1934, Marks saw the 40th annlver-^ 
sary of his career in Tin Pan Alley., 
it'is. sufficiently pre-Var to p, s.sesa 
an historical value to tho average 
student of the t.heatre-^irt or out 011,^ 
the prbfessipn— -and wUh pnovijih of 
a cpntempovanepiis touch to be of 
th'e mpnient. 

Marks 'Un collaboration; with Ab- 
• bott • J.' LIeliUn . his accr^dilod gh.ost- 
\\iio' " iveirt'iiQgnt-thTT":'!^^ 
keyhbte oif the autobibgrapher) has 
wisely steered clear bf any political 
or plugging angles and. made, it a 
.dispassibnate. disinterested and ini- 
personal commentary on songs, 
songsters and the allied pnifos-^ipris. 

AK's and youngsters .alili will 
recall much and learn more frbm. 
Marks' volume (Viking, $3.50).. 
Ihg the now tlme-honorod . 
.sale.smen of yesteryear, the early 
travail.s of the variety busihoi^s be- 
fore It became vaudeville, and down 
tb the present when vadlr>"s on- 
slaught on Tin Pan Alloy is dft- 
tailed. / 
Book is replete with llluslraUohs 
1 of old.handbi.lls, photographs .of old- 
time minstrel men and variety, per- 
formers, title-pages of song, publica- 
tions and the like. There are .sev- 
eral Indexes and there's enough food 
for several books In the indexed 
material alone. Fbr exari-iple a 
glo.ssary of 'iilgh life and low life of 
old New York,' with- the names, ad- 
dresses and. character of each estab- 
lish lent promi.ses much. It frankly 
Ia-bels7-eaeh vbafe— as -a --da-nt'eha-li,— 
saloon, roof garden, divey g:.i-rnl)llni^ 
joint, etc.* 

Standouts bf 40. Years 
Over 1,500 song titles that 'sla 
o\it In my memory' are Indoxod u 
der another classifications recount- 
ing the artists who iielped popu- 
larize 'em, the authors, whon puij- 
lished, etc. 

There's another glos.sary devoted 
to 'famous names In hlstoi'y with 
others less known who should be 
remembered and a fe'W facts about. 
■ tl«im'-is- -another -sketchy- ero-sfv-sec— 
tion which the author deoniod too 
valuable to slight, even though only 
contingent Upon the main literary 
bUrthenT— that of personal momoirg 
of 40 years in t.p.a: 

Marks and his partner .f oseph W. 
Stern Were respectively lyricist and 
composer and authored many fa- 
mous hits including 'The Littlo Lo.st 
Child;' 'December and May.'- 'My 
Mother Was a Lady' (If Jack Wore. 
Only Here), et al., some pf which 
will probably be Immortal In Ameri- 
cana. Both w'cre salesmen orl.cinally 
and Marks details hb^y thoy r-anio to 
ontor the. busihe.ss," especially \vlioh 
learning that all a, hit son.i; writor 
at that time may earn niight bf -SIO, 
$15 or $25 •f<*r a composition, ljut 
the publi.ihcr .somehow always man- 
aged to conic out on top. llenf 
they beoaine- publishers iirsi .an 
wr.i tor.i tli oroa f ter . 

Anecdotes 
Maj-k.s curtsies tP Frank Hardin , 
Bartiey C'ostello, Robert , F. ,l-;.od<'n 
and . Bill McKenna as 'old-iini' rs 
Who hf.'^li'od rriy .mcmoi'y.V T?art .< 'i'.*;- 
tellb still liang.s around t.p.a.. and 
faslilon.-s .•c.'islf) al lyric- lie's 

a veteran of the late, llifh ooiiiiiry- 
varioty evolutlotijiry period \\ho.«e 
name fi.i^uros qiilte iironiiiioji' ' 
throughout the book. , 

There are anecdota galoio-jirid in- 
cidont.s whioh . Will; robtibly ; erv 
as authority for othor sln'illar .liook 
in years to co Marli.s' o.-vpori- 
enoe and votoranshlp. in the busj- 
ness Qualify him hjghly for a bo<"'k 
W'TliTs^rialTrr('~TlT;i-rrrrs"r<v 
a highly Intercst'-d and colorful tale 
l.s. the more to his credit. ' : 

MarK.ii innsic firm has aii aiiange* 
mehr with ViUing the regular book 
publl.shors, to mm'handl.'^o 'Tliey 
All Kang' oxclaslvely to the nuiiric 
;radop. Tliaf.'j a good id'i'a .ty .Marks 
will prol.fibly be enable Iiusly to 
niai') < t his autoblog In spo^s -v\her« 
oiioally \ iliing couldn't p'-noi rate. 



46 Variety. 



MUSIC 



Tufisdaj, February 13, .1934 



SOCK JANUARY 
HEARTENS 
MUSIC 



JANUARY MUSIC SURVEY 

THIS TABLE SHOWS THE LEADING SIX SELLERS IN SHEET MUSIC AND PHONOaRAPH RECORDS GATHERED FROM THE REPORTS 

OP SALES MADE DURING JANUARY BY THE LEADING MUSIC JOBBERS AND DISC DISTRIBUTORS IN THE TERRITORIES 



music 

Uveiiest moiith the 
trade has expei'lehcefa in at least 
four years. Dealers, encouraged by 
the susjtained boom and the popping 
up of one smash hit after tlie other, 
ordered more liberally all the way 
down the list. Upward "surge was 

(also felt pleiity by the disk and 

' player-roll fraternity. 

Mai-king the. month especially 
was the rise of 'The Old Spinhlrig 
Wheel' (Shapiro) toward .the 400i- 
000-copy level,' coining right on the 
heels of another in this selling 
class, "The Liast Round Up,* ' Ihdir 
cations are that 'Wheel' ill exceeid 
the ^ally oh the cowboy lament. 

tlier tune that Januai-y skyrocket- 
ed Inio smash sales wag 'Smoke 
;ets ■ Yoiir Eyes' (T. B, Hairms) 
■frbta th> ..Broaidway^. iiiusiealr.^^^ 
bertai? iTrmly' enscpnsed "In third 
place among the six best was the 
Joe Morris holder-onher, 'Good 
Night Little Girl of My Dreams,' 
which also seems destined for the 
400,000 category. . . 
• Fourth and flifth call went to 
screen sources. 'Everything 1 Have 
Is Yours'* (Bobbins) came up on the 
steady build, while 'Dild You Ever 
See' a Dream . ■W-aMtlng' (DeSylya) 
had been Decetaber's No. 1. Wind- 
up for January found 'Easter Pa- 

' rade* (Berlin) where it was the 
month before. Eunners-up for 
January were 'One Minute td One' 

fH(Feist), 'Make Hay While the Sun 
Shines' (Bobbins), 'Throw Another 
Log on the Fire' and 'Only a Paper 
Moon' (Harms).. 

Among the mechanicals the song, 
demand was scrambled. On the Co-, 
lumbia list Benny Pollack led, off 
with excerpts from the floor show 
at the Casino de Paree, Broadway 
iiitcrie, while the next three band- 
men did their picking from picture 
musicals. An English batonier was 

-responsible for. -..Brunswick^ ace 

selling platter. 



6 Best Sellers in Sheet Mittic 



Reported hy l^dmf Jobbcnrs 




NEW YORK 


CHICAGO 


SONG— No. 1 


'The Old Spinning Whe«r 


'Old Spinning Wheel' 


SONG—No. 2 


'Smoke Gets In Your Eyes' 


'8mol<e Gets in Your Eyes' 


SONG^No. 8 


'Good Night Little Girl of My Dreams' 


.'Everything I .Have Is Yours' 


SONG— No. 4 


'Everything f Have la Yours' 


'Goodnight Little Girl' 


SONG— No. B 


'Did You Ever See a Dream Walking?' 


'Did Ypii Ever See a Dream Walking?' 


SONG— No. a 


'Easier Parade' . 


'Alice in Wonderland' 



LOS ANGELES 



'Old Spinning WheoK 



'Good Night Little Girlf 



'Smoke Gets in Your Eyes' 



'Temptation' 



'Little Grass Shack' 



'Easter Parade' 



3 Leading Phonograph Cpmpaiiies Report 6 Best Sellers 

Side re«pon»ible for the niajor bnlsr are reported. Where it is impoMible to determine the side responsible for the 

sales, both sides are mentioned <. 



BRUNSWICK-rNo; i 


'Without That Certain Thing/ 'Love 
Locked Out' (Ambrose's Eihbassy. 
. Club drch.) . 


'irika Dihka ...Doo'^ (Guy I^ombaLrdo' 
Orch.) ' - 


BRUNiwiCK— Np. t - - 


'Did- You Ever See a Drefam Walking T*, 
'1 Raised My Hat' (Guy liombardo 
. brch.) 1 


'DldvYou Ever See a Dream Walking?' 

. (Bing Crosby) 


BRUNSWICK— No. 1 


'Washington Squabble/ 'Mystic Moan' 

(Claude. Hopkins Orch.) 


'The Old Spinning Wheel' (Victor 
.Touiig Orch.). 


BRUNSWICK— No. 4 


'Carioea/ 'Orchids in the Moonlight' 

(CastlUiah Trdubaddurs) 


'Dixie. Lee' (Casa Lonia Orch.) 


BRUNSWICK— No. • 


'My Little Grass/ 'What's Gopd for 
the Goose' (Ted Flo Rite Orch.) 


'Temptation' (Bihg Crosby) 


BRUNSWICK— No, 0 


'1 Wanna Be Loved/ 'Got thi Jitters' 
(Doii Redihan Orch.) 


'Smoke Gets ih Your Eyes' (Leo Reis- 
man Orch.) 



'Smidtke Gets in Your Eyes' (I^eo Reis« 
man. Orch.) 



'Did You Ever See a Dream Walking?' 

(Giiy Lioniba'rdo Orch.) 



'Little Grass Shack' (Sol Hoppl Orch.) 



'You're Gonna Lone Your Girl' (Cas^ 
Jjoma Orch.) < . 

'Temptation' (Bing Crosby) i 

'Easter Parade' (Freddy Martin Orbh.) 



COLUMBIA— No. 1 



COLUMBIA— No. t 



COLUMBIA— No. S 



COLUMBIA— No. 4 



COLUMBIA— No. S 



COLUMBIA— No. • 



'Got the Jitters/ 'I'm FuM of the Devil' 

(Ben Pollack Orch.) 

'Let's Fall in Love/ 'Love Is Love 

Anywhere^ (Freddie Rich Orch.) 



'Keep on Doin' What You're Doih'/ 
'Riffen the Seoteh' (Benny Gdodman 
Orch.) 

'Song of Surrender/ 'Lovely* .(Emll 
Coleman Orch.) 

'Old Spinning Wheel/ Mn a Monastery 
Garden' (Emll Valazco and Organ 
Melodists) 

'On the Sunny Side of the Street' 

(Chick Webb's Savoy Orch.); 'I 
Never Knew' (Chocolate Dandies) 



'Smoke Gets in/Your Eyes^ Emll Gold- 

man Orch.) , 



'Old Spinning Wheel' (Emil Valalzoo 

Organ) . ^ ^ . 



'Beautiful 
Orch.) 



Girl' (Bernte OUmrtilns 



temptation' (Ferdle Grofe OrchO 



'Let's Fall 

Orch.) 



in l-ove' (Freddy Rich 



'Little Women' (Clyde McCoy Orch.) 



'Ain'tcha 

Orch.) 



Glad' (Benny Goodman 



'The Last Round 

Orch.) 



Up' (Georire plsen 



'You're Gonna Lose Your Gal' (Harry 
Reser Orch.) 



Texas Tea Party' 

Orch.) 



(Benny Goodman 



'Smoke Gets in Your Eyes' (Emll Cole- 
man Orch.) 



'1 Just Couldn't 

Waters) 



Take It' (Ethel 



VICTOR^No. 1 



VICTOR- No. 2 



VICTOR— No. S 



VICTOR— No. 4 



VICTOR— Ko. e 



icago Okay 

Chicago. Feb. 12. 
Music throughout the industry 
continues to climb* Records are. y|Qi*Q||_|^Q, 5 

running ahead of the sheet music 
end "at-^. present with the sheets 
sticking at about the same level es> 
tabllshed during t^e Christmas sea- 
son. Seems that the radio public 
is strictly fan conscious as far as 
bands are concerned and are buy- 
ing the discs almost as niuch. for 
souvenirs as for pure Irhmediate en- 
tertainment. 

Legit and picture production mu- 
aic lead the list of pop iuiies. 

•Smoke Gets in Your Eyes/ run- 
ning at a fast clip, in the two-spot, 

is from 'Roberta' legit show; 

'Everything I Have Is Yours' .from 

'Dancing Lady' flicker -and- 'Did You 

Ever See a Dream Walking* from 

•Sitting Pretty.' 
The 'Alice In Wonderland* on the 

best vseller list Is the Leo Feist 

number. 



Los Angeles Strong 

lips Angeles, Feb.- 12. 

'Spinning- Wheel* continued the 
best seller for platters and sfteet 
rniisic on the coast during January 
Sales .held remarkably strong, fol- 
lowing the holiday period, which 
w&s surpi;;ising to most Jobbers and 
TCtaliers. ■ 
, 'Smoke Gets, in Your Eyes' was a 
close second, both oni records and 
In sheet form; with considerable de- 
msLnd continuing for 'Easter Pa 
rade,' 'Temptation* 'The Last 

Roundup.' 

A' few of the new hit numbers 
from current • picture releases just 
into the . limelight during the latter 
part of January, and helped, build 
up over thei counter sales for con 
sistent biz. 



^Luigi'sy^DietroitplClosed^ 

Detroit, Feb. 12, 
tate Liquor Comipission revoked 
the liquor license of. Luigi's, local 
nlte spiot. Club has failed to close 
as yet, however. 

Spot is the largest and best 
known In town and has been, op 
eratlng as a- club for years. Only 
other police interference with it was 
when the federals raided and pad 
looicod It three year.*: .^^ro. 



'Smoke Gets in Your Eyes/ 'Something 
.Had to Happen' (Paul Whiteman 

... Orch.) L.. 



'Old Spinning Wheel/ 'Hang Out the 
Stars in Indiana' (Ray Noble Orch.) 



'Orchid«:,..iA«< the Moonlight,' 'Flying 
Down to Rio' (Rudy Vallee Orch.) 

'Carioca/ ^Count Your Blessings' 

(Harry. Sosnik Orch.) ^ 

'Everything I Have Is Yours/ 'My 
Dancing Lady' (Rudy Vallee Orch.) 



^Dir You Ever See a Dream Walking?' 

. (Eddy Duchin Orch.) 



'Qld Spinning 
Orch.) 



Wheel' (Ray Noble 



'Smoke Gets in Your 

WHlteman Orch.) 



Eyes' (Paul 



'Orchids in the 

Vallee Orch.) 



Moonlight' (Rudy- 



'Carioca^ (Harry Sosnick Orch.) 



'Boulevard of Broken Dreams' <Paul 

Whiteman Orch:) . ' 

'Love Locked Out' (Ray Nobl^ Orch.) 



'Old Spinning 

Orch.) 



Wheel' (Ray Noble 



'Man on the Flying Trapeze' (Walter 

O'Keefe) [_ 

Moonlight' (Rudy 



'Orchids in ' the 

Vallee Orch.) 



'Waltz You Saved, for 

King Orch.) 



Me' (Wayne 



'Easter Parade' (Leo Relsman Orch.) 
'Turkish Delight' (Ray Noble Orch.) 



Inside Stuff-rMusic 



Sam Bobbins, the Hotel McAlpln orchestra \leader, claims a royalty- 
cut-in on Shapiro -Bernstein's 'Spinning Wheel' song, which started out 
very lukewarm, but which has developed into a big hit. It's by Billy 
Hill,, author of 'L^^st Rdund-Up.' 

Louis Bernstein denies that Elliott Shapiro of the Arm had any author- 
ity to promise any band leader a cut-in on a song,- and so. telegraphed 
Bobbins when the bandman wanted to know If he was a 'forgotten man- 
now that royalty paying days in Dixie are here. 'Besides,' Bernstein's 
wire concluded, 'We understand you had agreed to waive any royalty 
claims,' the reason unofficially being that Robbihs Is understood to have 
stated that since Hill's baby was sick, etc., he didn't want to cut in on 
the song. 



Bert Ambrose, lae^tro. at the snooty Embassy clUb, Loncfon, is now 
in New York on a .holiday, his first U. Si visit in threei years. He in- 
curred a $68 transatlaiitic phone bill and some shipping charges only to 
discover that unlike In. London Sunday night Is an Informal evening In 
New York. Ambrose phoned to have his dress suit placed on the boat 
train Friday night to rea.Ch New York this coming Friday (16). 

bcc.a'^ibn for the urgency Is Ambrose's guest-conducting- of Paul 
Whiteman's orchestra next Sunday (18) at the Hotel Biltmbre and he felt 
he heeded the dress clothes rather than do with the dinner jacket which 
he only brought over. 

Ambrose played In the Broadway cafes before the , although ho is 
a native Britisher.. 



Harry Engel, Inc., Is being eelf-flnanced by Engel, since the publisher 
bought out Joe Kelt's share in Kelt-Engel. RfepCrt of Jack Kapp, Bruns- 
wick Recording g.m., having a flhaincial Interest in the Engel music 
firm arose from Kapp's personal financial loan to Engel of $1,000 on as- 
signments from future royalties and Income from the MDS. This $1,000 
advance was made by Kapp not to Engel personally but to Keit-Engol 
before the combo split nip. Kapp and Engel are personal friends and 
their consistent huddling in.spired thought that Kapp, pei'sonally, or act 
ing in behalf of Brunswick, was financially interested in KAgel's busl 
hoss. The assignments in payment for the loan, maturing Feb. 15. ex- 



"pTjCins^Iha17 



Columbia Phonograph Co., wliich m, going after the electriciil tmn 
acfiption recordings right oft the air, has been experimenting with a new 
process disk for quick 'canning'. The niost populq,r play-back recoi'dinp 
is the familiar thin metal disk, but Col has a new product it will kiurich 
soon. 



Phonograph people feel that if (llskn woron't etherized they'd k-ll iDre 
nf 'cm. Tiul therf'.s no Ifgal - jvay as .yrt to enjoin .-the hinterland and 
.<-nvjlI-rry Jirfi.Tdfusf Pt-Mtions from putting a record on th<» air, TIU' 



ASCAP licensing Inamcdlately gives the broaldcaster full copyrighted 
protection to etherize: th^ selection. 

— £Ehe_dlsk_companles,rhow.evjer,..feel_thaiJiiey-JiaYft..a^gQQd_Angte_^ 
the small stations hook up some local aiito tire company or jewelry re- 
pair shop for a commercial plug with the disk programs. That's a pop- 
ular idea in this disk broadcasting, selling spot announcements to thQ| 
local merchants: In connection with . 15 m|nute3 of phonograph recordingSi. 



Brunswlek cites a,s pi4bllc endorsement of its policy that exclusive ar- 
rangements and distinctive records is a highly commercial policy for the 
firni by indicating It Is now re-releaslng Red Nichols disks made seven 
years ago. At this time the orchestrations were deemed ultra-advanced; 
now the scoring treatment Is In the best contemporaneous sense. 

Slmlliariy, Bing Crosby's best seller for Brunswick has been two oldies, 
'Shine' and 'Dinah.' Jack Kapp, Brunswick's g.m., took these backings 
off two separate disks and" coupled them, because of the distinctivenesfl 
'of the arrangement, with the result that thefle old-time pops sold best. 



"Over' 100 rrieii haVe'joihed thie "payroll of the American Society of Com- 
posers, Authors and Publishers as Checkers. Duties require them to take 
note of the hotels, cafes , and restaurants using music and to check up 
whether these spots have bbtained the necessary license from the per- 
forming rights organization. Areas ' getting concentrated attention cur- 
rently in the checkup campaign are the West and midwest. 

In picking men for the checking assignment ASCAP has given 
attention to writer members of the orgaTii/.ation and song pluggers who 
ar© without employment and In need. 



Famous MUsic Corp. has tied up with the distribs of the Gold Seal 
brand of champagne for an exploitation campaign on the former's release, 
'Champa Waltz'. Bubble .watier .purveyor is contributing 20,000 horn 
novelties mad^ up in papier mache to represent the Gold Seal bottl«. 
Novelties will be pa,ssed out among the hotels and other dining .spots 
which Include the product on the wine list. 



Manner, in which a New Y'ork bandsman walks out of. his place of em- 
ployment at 12 :30 or so, at the height of the" crowds, may be the expla- 
nation to why business at his spot has fallen off so sharply. His seem- 
ing contempt and alpbfhe.ss for his musical chores made music publiish- 
ers long wonder Why and how he got away with It. 



. Franci Mu£P!iy!* orche^tr^ 
'sutiFM^at^hT DeWlf t"ciin^^ 
Albany, N. Y., while Dick Fidler'.s 
crew filled an 'out-ofvtbwni engage- 
ment. Dick also played for Gov- 
ernor Lehman's reception in the ex- 
ecutive man.sion. 



Henry Busse orchestra opens at 
the Chez Paree in Chicago on Feb. 
.23 replacing Vincent Lopez band 
which hops back- to- the St. P»ogis 
on I'Mfth avenue. 



=_jrarJSICIAN IRnS^QDINE ^^^^ 

Albany, Feb. 12. 
^ Despoiulonl bqcause of a thwart- 
ed love affair, Weldon Winters* 19- 
ycar-bld musician, picked out the 
apartment of a bookln.cr agent hove 
to at tempt .suicide. 

Police said they took hlin to Al- 
bany hospital for observation after 
he had .'swallowed a .small quantity 
fif vodinf*. ITis (•ondUion if 
.sorloiis'. 



Tuesday* February 13, 1934 



MUSIC-^NITE CLUBS 



VARIETY 



4t 



Inside Stuff-Radio 



GROFE ATTACHED 



$10,000 Levy by Attorneys on Ar- 
ranger's MCA Money 



IGHT CLOB REVIEWS 



(Continued, from page 39) 
Printed protest labels the rrio-^ to eliminate news etherizing as 'rad- 
ical, un'-Amerlcan', and also places the signer oh record as being 'abso- 
lutely against any interference such aa this against our. -constitutional 
right to free .djpeech over the air/ 

Station attendants in, Lbs Angeles, report thousands of 

the cariis being: signe^d dally, 

Chain stores compapy seeking to get ja line dn^he-rpopularity^ f it s 
various progranis, both [network and spot, shipped to its branches pack- 
ages of questionnaires for dlstributloh aniong the women customors. 
Instead of following orders the, store managers and their assistants fllied. 
In th6 answers.- After the tally was. completed the head of ^ the company 
got wind of what had happened and dlapatched to e^ich of his district 
managers a stinging letter, pf rebu)ve. The questionhaire thing \vas not 
repeated,,. 

•^rmour has Anally secured room in Radio City and . is this: week send- 
ing the Phil Baker show ti> New York for a five;- week stay of broadcast 
personals for the eastern dealers. 

First brbadeast in New Ybr ing to Chicago, for 

broadcast oh March 31 i 

.Peggy Mrs, Freddie) Eioh's 'inspired' , a .psoudo.-squawk from the 
CBS niaestro- against her starting with her own band 'MCA. 

She ribbed the radio eds. to fall for the idea- that her --hufB^^nd ob- 
jected to the Mrs. . Freddie Blch billing on the air,, but on advice of Ju- 
lius :K:endler,;^repriqsentinig Rich, the. latter ignored her ether debut ^yith 
a band combo. ■ 

There was; soinfe . public, mariif^^^ qt displeasure .to ;>Vj,IGA; it the 

idea.;6f a -iirs... Peggy. Rich; brcWsfra';.- ..f ■ . . . ],:, :[ 



TERRACE CLUB 



Hj'man Emerson atid Henry .L. 
Sperling; Times. Sq* attorneys, 

levied a 110.000 attachment on|^ /L^pj Baltimore Hotel) 
Ferde Grofe Paul Whiteman's. ar- Baltimore. Feb. 18 

ranger and himself a radio and rec- Genesis of this snot is irarceablo 
ord maestro. Attachment is return- k^j^.g^^j repeal as the motivator 
able , today (Tuesday) when Grofe Kjehind. the emiera:tibn of nite-riifers 
will ask that some Of. bis moneys from swank speaks. and.,.nUeries 
tied up with the Music , CPrp- Of back to the . hotels. Slncr this, [ropm 

-TtnTCridr-berreleased. — , • was uhWrappW foi.*t"^eht-^-ft'o 

MC A, which books Grofe, had nearly capacity biz " has greeted 1 
some funds due the maestro-orches- Actually, .o.^cupies ^ormer^ locaslv 
. . , . , ^ Z, . •• u«r.+/%T».4T'c. T>i<»tn iiiTiiTifir room, 

trator which Grpfe claims chiefly 



sif)onsor. wanted his comnxercial air si^6^y- built with . 
talking in it. Told that a certain amonnt of conversation .is necos: 
•for the announcements . and al.sb the c^nniiercial plug; he- said, 'Well, 
.my ^Vife is a Jittle deaf .and talking on tlie radio annoys her, so do. the 
best j'Qu can.' 



Ralph Farnum appears to have; corner oh the Coa.st .in supplying 
acts for ra;di<J. programs from pictures. He is. jprocuririg talent for the 
Chase & iSanborn and the Ben Bernle hours. Latter will be switched 
to A.' March 6, >vhert Bernio goes west for pictures. 
■ Farhum is al.s6 secuiting pltture -talent for the Shell Show, Coast CBS, 
which is belriiir. transferred from.' San Fraiicisco , to Los Ang;eles, and is 
nelrotlating with film names to go east for the Hinds program starting 
on NBC April 8; 



M. H; Aylesworth :lef t last Tuesday (6) for .Hollywood "to spend about 
two weeks there on RkO picture matters: . Doii C. Oilman, NBC's v.-p 
in charge of the Pacific division, accompanied him oh the cross-country 
trip. Gilman had been on one of his seasonal s trips to New- York and 
Washington; 



Charlotte, N. C.,- theatre men .protested bitterly when WBT put on 
one-hour radio show in the armory . and attracted 10,000 people with 
free admission. tJnfair competition theatre.? alleged. 





TO m LIQUOR 



Taeoma, 

Town is getting, full of cabarets— 
tipstairs,- downstairs- and in the al- 
leys. Some. with, onie singer, som6 
with. piano players and one with Just 
a m outh or gan. . _. ^ 

With the cTfy~elecTion not far "off"," 
Its great ammunition for candidates 
and hard on police commish. 

Clubs are. being formed for 
liquor and snifter purpose.?, as new 
state law prohibits hard liquor in 
hotels, drug stores or restaurants, 
etc. 



Syracuse,. Feb. 12. 

While Julian S.. Brown is jE>^ti- 
.tiohlng for the. $350,000, half of the 
$700,000 willed him and his brother, 
the nite club and theatre operator 
Isn't exactly broke. 

Brown's attoi'ney, Maurice A. 
Phelpp, Is asking foi.'a speedy ad- 
judication of the- .issi.>es and a re- 
lease of the 350G's On -the erround 
that' his client could U-se the funds 
to meet existing indebtedness and 
-preserve- his-Hjtjffiness-affairsr '■ — 



Gene Austin in Pix 

Feb. 



dy and Coco, 
Clover Club 
rst ; screen 



roak. 

Metro uses the. i : 



ills' lue Rhythm band Is set 
for a six week.s* stai^ at the Kcjx- 
tucky hotel, Louisville, starting ;the 
first week in Aprih Luck:* :MUlin(]er 
ill maestro the ' ' 



Julian Brown Not Broke 



belongs to his. musicians for wages, 
and that he heeds the rest for liviflg 
expenses. 

Emerson and Sperling aver they 
rendered." services to Grofe from 
January, 1932, to November,. 19^3 
including ; advice, management . and 
business direction; Also, that they 
loaned Grofe $1,000 *ith which to 



of the hosteIry.?s hialn, -dining room, 
which bias now been assigned a 
smaller niche. 

Terrace clu enjoys most com- 
manding spot, directly , converging 
on lobbv, yet elevated by a short 
reach of stairs. Decoratively, little 
different . from the .site when . a 
strictly stifC-backed dlnej-Ie. Daxice 
floor has been, added and rostrum 
erected at head of room to better 

The room tS 



made with Jirrtmle Gillespie, latter 
about two years ago representing 
Grofe 



setUe a- pi^or mana^o*iaI; contrapt.l ^t^er 
T.^™.^ o_n,oo^i» nitery unveiled in this bur. . It's a 

naturial architectural conditilbn and 
a happy svtuash. 

Place tastefully appointed and 
decorated, if not oyer-layishly: 
About' 300 can be. seated at table 
and spot, utijjze.s hotel's exGCllent 
cuisine and lengthy wine, list: serv- 
ice "firstrrate. .X)ollar.. miriimum 
double that on .we^k-^ends. aXTd.-gala 





on 







occasions. .. .. 

:New floor" Friday 
ciiange day; 

Talent paraded evening caught 
n;S.h. and rather disappointing. : in 
so swell a setting. Ah .m.c., TThy 
Spera. looses a bag of bewhi.s-kere(1 
gags and : a bellowing voice that 
splintered, eardrums of . , those 
camped at' ringside tables'; he 



broke eventually. Whether or. not 
prlng ban dra>y the studes back re- 
hiains to be seen. ' 
Eritertalnmerit.hlffhllght is -weekly 
Sat) mardi gras, with trick hats, 
evue, etci Dring. uses a bit of ex- 
ploitation that's not bad. During a 
dance, an overhead net. releases 
flock of balloons on ho.ads of danc- 
ers. Three balloons coht fti h num- 
bers \vhich" r{it5~prizes, iflrst prize-, 
beihg a free nite at:'club th.e foltow- 
Ing week, 

Openin > nite revue pretty mild 
but it served to brea^ up the danc'-; 
Ing ; period. I*emme ' aero dancer 
goes through two fair numbers, and 

team of malie hoofers tap put. 
couple of ; routines. Gli'l singer puts 
over two torch songs for best -eriter- 
tainnieht of show. It's all run 
straight through done one 

show only, 

Capacity of spOt. aroun .300, with 
an-^opehing nite crowd of 20O despite: 
drawback; of ; zero, .weather. ' Bptie. 

Empire room 

.(Pal , Chicago) 

Chicago. Feb. 9V . 
During tlie World's .F. ' • in 1893 
the bjd Palhier '.House , ..s'(abl\shed 
itself as the a'ce dine ahd <l;vi>ce spot. 
of the midwest.-- Jiist .40-. ytyirs . later ' 
the new- Palmer House isroKe. a\vay 



Hotel .string under' management rshbiud be tipped to ease the barlt 



of Ralph Hitz has u.iider contempla- 
tion a plan for circuiting a group 
of floorshows produced by Jack 
Partington, of Fahchoh & Marco, of* 
flee. First likely to make the swing 
is the show that's befen exhibiting 



ing. Serving; as act Introducer, he 
intersperses iK-ouple of Virile rehdl 
tions of . pop whooper-;upper songs 
in fair voice. 

Roiss. Sisters, diio,- roiAped thru 
piatlf of chores, an aero hoof routine 
and a Jiotsy s. and d. Get by more 



at the Netherlands Plaza. CincinT .on personality and appearalhce tha^^^ 



•natl. hte past two weeks. Move 
would take this unit Into the Book- 
Cadillac, Detroit, 

When Charlie Davis replaces Abe 
Lyman a,t the ;New Yorker Thurs 
day (16) that hotel's first girl floor- 
show will make Hs bow. Introduc 
tions of a similar combination is 
under consideration, for the L6xing 
ton, N". T., also part of the same 
hotel chain 



on ability. Shdw mainly rests, and 
none too firmly, on shoulders of 
Rolls and Dorothea, mixed, team 
contributhig three bits, a wooden 
soldier parade oh stiUs, -dose of 
tapolbgy and some mild tumbling 
Pair should add their erstwhile so- 
ciety whirt whioh they trouped In 
vaude and consists more nearly the 
type of nltery fare local, patrons are 
inured to and expeet. As, also, ad-. 



dltlon to show ot a tbrthy .warbler 
Units Which . Pal-tlngton has In :would fit Into public's;^ expectations 

hfttPl— circuit woiildJ and lend &hoyr added^^ roundness. 
hotel-^-irGUiv- wquio-j . ^ ^^^^ 



alog 
tions by 
musician. 



MUSIC NOTES 

ins. building iip concert cat- 
wlth four Standard cbmposi- 



Jacques Wolf, concert 



Tom Gerun orchestra holds ovci- 
nn ndditionai four 'week, at the 
Club Forest in New Orleans. 



George arlo has left Famous 
Musip to J.iecome professional mgr. 
for.; 'i^emlck. Gforge piandadogi 
has been doubling into, the latter 
i'olo froni Witmark. 



Duke Ellington's band, in Holly- 
wood Fet) J9, 'Murder at the 
Vanities' at r.ar studio, goes to 1;he 
i?aranTount theu.tre downtown for a 
week on cnmplotiori of pic for four 
(Continucvl oh page 62) 



mind -for the 

consist of a ratuskeller piano-sing- 
ing team, a sister tearh,- dancing duo 
and a line of '^O girls, with the pay- 
roll tallying around the $1,000 mark. 



Rogers' Paradise Stay to 
End As Scheduled; 5 Wks. 



uddy Rogers bows but. of the 
Paradise restaurant, on Broadway, 
a,fte^r--4.-hr«e^moro-^eeks^JIe-. wa^ 
only in for flv,e weeks and will 
probably return to tlie Coast for 
pictures^ or on a band tOur via 
MCA bookings. 

Riidy Vallee's return to the Holly- 
wood restaurant. .c<: -npietitive " spot 
across-from-the-:Paradi.'3e; has been 
a ron.slng. clicker. 



Tune Up *Yiva Villa' 

Hollywood Feb. 

MetroVs 'Viva Villa' will have a 
complete music .score running 
throughout the picture. 

Tunes are Beinc; handled by Her-; 
bert. Stothart. ' 



Herb Taylor* Abe Lyman's ex- 
trumpeteer and arranger, has filed 
claim for two weeks back salary 
against the bahdmah with the New 
York mu.siclan.s' union. . Taylpr. 
claims he was let out vMthou.t the 
roriuired notice. ■ 



.capacity mob which seemed eager to 
clasp . everything bosom ward, except 
mother-in-law's check.; 
• Hal Thompson's orbhestra, . ten 
pieces, boasting CBS antecedents in 
blllihg.' Smooth darice muslcke-s 
for this town and, unlike floor show^. 
steady fixture apparently. 

RAINBOW INN 

New Haven, Feb. -8. 

Perry Dring, former Leviathan 
-.oECh-ieader,-wlio also haadJfid-Pan ;:. 
American bookings through NBC, 
has taken over management of 
Rainbow Inn, suburban nite spot 
here. Operates on a no-cover ba.sis, 
with minimum charge $1.00 -week 
nights ahd $1.25 Saturday.s.- 

Spbt .\vas formerly a Yale studo 
hkrigbut until" former management 
pulled a fast one on the Ell boys. 
With about 300 fraternity lads, en- , 
joying a banquet, prop reputedly i 
locked the doors 'and wouldn't let! 
'em out till everybody paid a $1.5n ; 
cover. Maybe it was a mlsunder- 
standihg and maybe; it's the ah.swer 
to why .the former owner . went 



froni an era of - stiffness to.;, reopen 
Its dine ania dance robnis for the 
Century of Progress hullabaloo, 
Success- of its Empire Room has 
been so pronounced that though the 
Fair Came and went the manaLge-i- 
meht was literally forced to keep 
the room oi>en for regular patron- 
age. 

Today it rates as the: top hotel, 
room in the city, playing to SRO 
nightly. 'A large room with tables 
spaced closely, together, yet on a 
Monday supper show every seat 
was occupied. That tells the whole- 
etbry. Probably traceable to the 
excellent showmahly way; this place 
Is handled, 1th a genuine show^ 
business- press agent,. Al Fuller, hit- 
ting the. dailies via showtype ads 
and shx)wmanship exploitieitlon. 

Entire arrangement Of the room 
is class In capitals; from Fritz, the 
maltre d'hbtel, to the littlest chorus 
girl. Serving a two-dollar dinner 
that takes you right through In top 
fashion. ' 

= Show has spared. no expense on. 
entertainment. No headllners, but 
entertainment in smart fashion. 
Heading, the current show is the 
-dance, ieajn - oLJloaiti. ajid_'.Ram.on, 
announced as here through arr 
fangement with the "Waldorf- Asrr 
torla. New York; It Is the policy 
of the Empire ftobm to head each 
of its. shows - with, ah outstanding, 
dance team. They could get no 
better pair than the current team. 
Two yoeaii.sts split honors, tenor 
(Continued on page 50) 



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Regularly from . 

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-fronr-tVie 



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Of cburac, these dlscrlml- 
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'^EVERYTHING I HAVE 
18 YOURS" 
"TEMPTATION" 
. "OUR BIG LOVE SCENE" 
"WELL MAKE HAY WHILE 
THE SUN SHINES" 
"AFTER SUNDOWN" • 
"CINDERELLA'S FELLA" 
"I JUST COULDN'T TAKE 
IT, BABY" 

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• 

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VARIETr 



\ Am 



D E VI LH E 



Tuesday* Febraarj 13» 1934 




Opening Dp 12 
New Spots for Forldns Unit 
Is Biggest Outside Interstate 



Pfrst importaint sigh of Interest 
In the. units from any chain of the- 
atres, aside from . the. Interstate, 
came last week when t)ie Kincey- 
Wllbey circuit in the South started 
negotiations With Marty Forkliis to 
pley his colored show, /Goln' to 
Town,' on a percentage basis in at 
least 12 spots. Fifty per cent, of 
this chain is . owhed by Par-Publix, 
with Harry Kalcheim, Par's hooker, 
trying to settle the deal on this end. 

Business . being done by: this unit 
o^'the intierstat* tinie the pa^ , few 
y^'eeks was the persuader for the 
klhcey-Wilbey group to open to'whs. 
to Itr that have been closed to stage 
shp'nrls for :years. 

This circuit operates in. practi- 
cally all of the principal towns and 
cities in Garbiiha, Alabama,, /^en- 
iJesiee and In a few Florida sectofs. 
Tin i ien t he d ^l is set, protbably this 



PUatlXfllTAICES MET 



Bi 



dston House Back on Pubtix 
Books Feb; 23 



week, it will mean that such towns 
as Asheville, Charlotte, Ralefgh. 
WlnstonrSaiem and Wilmington, in 
North Carolina; Nashville, and 
Chattanooga; - Tenn.^ Birmingham, 
Alabama, and a. few Florida towns 
will get their first glimpse at the 
new Vogue in popular priced enter- 
tainment,. 

The deal ; With Forkins for the coIt 
ored linlt will be oii a percentage 
basis from the first dollar in each 
hbuse. The unltia will probably 
swing right onto the lUncey-Wllbey 
time when flnishlnff la the Interstaito 
houses nest week; It will play thrde 
iKer four days In each of the southern' 
towns, det>endent upon the amount 
ot population In each spot. 

On the Interstate time *Ooln' to 
Town' got 13,200 weekly on a flat 
guarantee basis. 

If doubling and trebling the 
grosses In the Klncey-WUbeV 
houses, as the uiilts have.. done In 
the Interstate group, the. -colored 
unit may pave the way for the Par- 
Puhllx subsidiary to play every 
__flhQW .coming. ;0.ut-o£.the. houses JM.- 
inff booked by Charles Freemian. 



Metropolitan, Boston, which hay 
been playing Fahchon & Marco 
shows for about a year, reverts to 
E»ubllx for its stage boolclngs Feb. 
23. It will be added to the Publlx 
picture house . i-oute, now cDmprls-; 
ing New York, Brooklyn, Buffalo. 
Detroit and Chicago. 

Paramount, has a partnership Itir 
terekt in the Boston. Met 1th 
Pihahskl & Mullens. When the 
Publlx unit production departraeht' 
was abanidoned discontinued 
bpoklng .the houseij whereupon the 
Met contracted for F&M . shows. 



'When Do I Gd On ^ 



Washington, Feb. 12, 
.Question of precedence came 
up In national conclave of the. 
Penwomen's League here_Jast. 
wieek. an4 vaudeville won over 
.a cabinet member'a wife. 

Secretary Icke's wife was 
second honor guest after Mr^. 
Roosevelt. Toastmaster gave 
her iong and flowery introduc- 
— tion; — ■ Just-^ as she"- rose— to - 
speak, somebody tipped off 
toastmaster that J. Ilarold 
Murray cbulda't sing if he had 
to wait because of itihow at 
Fox. 

Mrs. Ickes had to stifle her 
opening sentence aiid sit down 
while crooner warbled. I>igni- 
fled: ladies, are still in an up- 
roar about it . 



STATE-LAKE HOFS PRICE 
TO GET RELEASE BREAK 



Chicago, Feb. .12. 

The State-Lake goes to a Friday 
opening and a boosted scale Feb. 23. 

After six months of good coin on 
Its present setup, house Is switch- 
-Ing-awa^-fFom-lts- Sunday -openlng- 
beslde's raising the scale 6c. Scale 
Win be a. 40c_night top during the 
week Instead of 36c. 

By raising the price house figures 
to move up from a C pre-release 
spot to B, which means about a 
three-week s>dvance as to playing 
time. Under the B arrangement 
house plays day^and-date with six 
' habes. 



AWAY FROM RKO BOOKS 



Rivoli, Hempstead, L, I., a Skouras 
theatre, has severed its connections 
with RKO because it believes it can 
book better stage shows direct than 
the RKO .office, has been, supplying. 
RKO, under its booking contract 
with Skouras, continues .to collect 
its 6% from the acts, however, de- 
spite the fact it has nothing to do 
with supplying the shows. 

Rlv<rfi, . which i>lays two units 
weekly, has beeii declared the of- 
ficial New York showing house by 
the Unit producers and agents, also 
the bookers. Direct booking Is han- 
dled by the house manager, Matty 
Fox, and the Skouras division maur 
ager for the .L. L district, Jules 
Laurent. 

For the past couple . of months, 
under pressure of digging up a unit 
for both' halveis each week, the 
Rivoli has been the break-in spot 
for the unit shows around New 
York. But since the J>_r0ducers and 
Bookers, Including circuit bookeSr 
haye signified they prefer to see the 
shows there, the units are now. play- 
ing a week or so of break-Ins else- 
where before opening at Hempstead; 
This Is rather than chance a cold 
break- In there with everybody 
present. • 



TEENC] 



FOBAEBON 

Akron, Feb. 12. 

Palace's stage will continue ac- 
tive. New York offices of Chatfleld 
-theatres- reporting-tdi-loeal' nignager 
Holden Swiger that two more shows 
will come to this Kouse. 

Tab version^ of 'Fifty Million 
Frenchmen' is bboiced to follow 
shortly after 'Spices of l.?34', cur 
rent. 



1 mm ACTS 

TO TODR BUT- 



Sia laries fo r acta oh the Southern 
cruises had been steadlljr decreasing 
how they're down to nothing at 
all: Turns talcing the entertainment 
berths how travel, eat and sleep 
free, but get nothing else;, not even 
hotel expenses when In port. 

It's a vacation for this acts and a 
means of spending a layoiEC period 
out of the cold, but expensive at 
that. They're all tourists at Heart 
whe.4 on a cruise and, taken as same 
at all the Btop'-ofEs, which mean« 
they pay for eyerythinfic. If with- 
out dough, they must stick on the 
boat and miss the sights. 

National: Tour^, Inc., the most pro- 
lific charterw of boats for the. short 
and long Jaunts, plaoes entertain- 
ment organizers, which , ineludea cn 
m.c. and assistants, on •Tery boat, 
and. thejr are the only ones drawing 
salaries. The acta: themselyea, 
usually booked by the- m.e., go for 
the trip and that alone. 

The work is a cinch, as for in- 
stance one singer who worked but 
one show going down to South 
Ajmertca and one show coming, back. 
The rest of the time ho took sun 
bkaths. He wais asked to depart 
again on a Mediterraneaa. cruise of 
67 days, but this waa refused be- 
cause he would not have. been. able, 
to afford the stop-offs in the 26 
ports tbat cruise entaila. 

The one thing tho. actors do not 
have to bear is the tipping of stew-, 
ards, Walters, etc, om the boats. 
National Tours takes care of that. 



MicU^aii Starts Drive Against 
Gyp Bookers h and Out of State 



Four 



ULRtC^S $2,750 

Weoks for Loew in Three- 
People Skistch 



Lenpre Ulric, at $2,760, Is going 
to take a four-week flyer in vaude 
through the William Mprris office. 
Doing a three-people sketch with 
music, she opens for Loew, Feb. 16; 
at the Metropolitan, Brooklyn, and 
then plays the State, N. Y., Balti- 
more and Washington In that order. 

After this Miss Ulric has a . legit 
engagement with Fred McCoy for 
show. But if rehearsals don't' 
start immediately after the' Loew 
yaiide bookings she'll continue in 
vaude until they do, RKO having 
the option to follow up Loew. 

This will be. Miss .Ulric's second 
vaude try, her first being about, five 
3- cars ago. 



Saranac Lake 

By Happy Benway 

Who's Who 

Archi Goulet (Prpvpst and 
Goulet), 9. rnonths at the .cure. 

Pauline Price (Ford and Price), 3 
months, incipient case that's doing 
well. 

James ..Marshall, 3 months, musi- 
cal comedy and' light opera artist,' 
pneumo-thdra:^ case. 

Doris Gascoigne, 3 months, of the 
Royal Gascoigne Trpiipe, incipient 
cade. 

Murray Weston, 6 monthi tenor, 
leaving here sobn.. 

Leonard Grotte, 2 thonths, mana- 
ger of Loew's Fairmont theatre, in- 
cipient case. 

Robert Merrick, 6 months, mem- 
^-ber of T.P.U. No. , a bfed patient 

Leo Massimo, 9 months, musician, 
on the verge of final good health, 
okay. 

Hazel Gladstone,- -6. months, bed 
patient, pneumo- thorax.. 

Margaret...Ncwell,_iO.„month3,.._bed 



DIAMOND ADDS UNIT 

Chicago, Feb. 12. 
Bill piamond office, which has 
had the Jay C. Flippen unit on the 
road; added 'Harlem Scandals;'. 
Uvith- Nopman-Thomas Tquintet- and 
Bud Hai-ris, last week. Billy Ber 
naTd is in advance of the 'Harlem 
unit. 



patient 

Armond Monte, 7 months, strictly 
Id bed. 

Robert Fraicy, slit months, pian- 
ist; bed Patient on the mend. 
Dr. Park was a san caller. 



Mrs. A. Heimlich again sends 
books for library, thanks.. ;Every- 
bocly hollered 'Surprise* and James 
Marshall's wife walked in. Was 
that boy glad... Dan Astella has 
tlloked three operations. What a 



Goodinaii-Seaiisi . 

Units tar Far East 

Chicago, Feb. 12. 

Dell Goodman, representative for. 
Fox in the Orient, stopped off here 
on his way back to his Job and Is 
doubling by looklner orer some 
shows for far eastern dates. 

Negotiating for such units as 
Midget Village, Century of Progress 
Revue, Long Tack Sam's 'Shanghai 
Follies,' the Will Harris 'Beauty on 
Parade' and some Fanohon and 
Miarco units, all Tor about 10' weeks 
on the Mangine circuit. 



tOPSYMAB AT $5,000; 
MHERrSM^OOlONGS 



Chicago, Feb. 12. 
B&K Chicago takes the legit 
'Topsy and Eva' with the Duncan 
Sisters at $6,000 week of. March 2. 
Follows six weeks' legit try at the 
Apollo here. 

Set for we^k of March ^3 Is tho 
Carlos Molina band out of the Con-: 
g.ress. hotel. Week of Feb. 23 brings; 
in Shaw and Lee, Three X Sisters 
and A. Robins. , 

In the nabe houises the Ted Lewis 
band unit gets additional B&K 
time.. Also the Benny Davis dis- 
covery unit^ 



Detroit. 

AU out of. town agents and book- 
ers booking In Michigan must get 
llcidnseBr from ^ha-^etttt«,~ ttecprdin^ 
to the Asst Supt. of Priyate Em- 
ployment Agencies, who Is makjlng 
a drlye oh gyp bookers. 

Any booker from another state 
will be arresteu unless haying a 
local license, if making an appear- 
ance in the state. While the agent 
must come inside the stat^ line the 
warrants will be charged and held 
until such time as service can be 
made. 

.Ruling. Is scheduled to start 
rush by tbe out of state bookers to 
obtain state licieihses, which cost 
$20i0; a year, or to book through 
local licensed agencies, of which 
there are about six. 

2 Suits Pendi 

Jphn Marolfv aSs't. supti, who. has 
been. In offlce .abbut .Six rrionths has 
4ileaned-4ip-the-situat4onr-loca^ 
has two suits pending against two 
bookers charged with operating 
without a license. 

State law requires agent to post 
bond, etc;, which out of sta.te book- 
ers have been neglecting:. Last 
week an out of town agent doUected 
for a number Of acts and skipped 
with the money. 



B&K Orienbl Vaude 
Waits for 1934 Fair 



^ Chicago, Feb. 12. 

Now appears that the B&K Ori- 
ental will go stage shows about 
May 1, but not likely before that 
date. 

Idefa of the May start Is to round 
the house into stage attractions for 
the hustle of the new World's Fair 
season. 



B^mie Breaking Jiiinp 
With 2 Vaud Dates 

Chicago, Feb. 12. 

Ben Bernie's orchestra steps out 
of Miami on its way to the Coast 
next . wee k, b reaking the jump_.wlth. 
two midwest vaude dates. 

First stop is a week In Pittsburgh 
Feb. 23, and will follow into Mil- 
waukee, or St. Louis. Then across 
the prairie for the picture date with 
Paramount. 



MARCO'S SURVEY 

Hollywood. Feb. 12. 
Marco hopf>ed out of here Thurs- 
day (8) for a Iwo week survey of 
stage entertiELinment ih the Rocky 
mountain area. 



Will divide his time between Salt 
Lake and Denver. 



man. ..Murray Weston' looking at 
road maps.. .Edith Cohen got the 
go-home okay. 

Stell Barrett, sieging in bed via 
the high-temp route. ..Alma Mbn 
tague and Phyliss Milford are in 
Syracuse. . .Jack Nicoll fighting, a 
mess of eye burns from lamping... 
Danny Murphy ogled by his brother 
Benny of- the Carnem campV. .Jack 
.Crowley, who befriended many 
showf oiks, recently passed away . . . 
Tlie "Barretts, Harry and Charlie, 
are holding up fairly well, 

Toni Temple gets big okay and is 
leaving for the big town . . . Salva- 
dore Ragone left to resume the cure 
at the North woods San. Sal is 
sponsored by the United Artist 
Corp... It is still between 10 and 
36 below zero up her6...AriB you 
- writ ing . to thos e-you . know in^ Sar-, 



ahac and elsewhere who are . sick. 

Five years ago this week BenWay 
came to Saranac with one weak 
lung, now both of them are weaker 
...Professional skaters are lining 
up for the show show at. Lake 
Placid. . .Maurice Langernian; that 
Boston 'great-gun,' shot In three 
suits of clothes to be given to those 
whp need them. ..Bon VioUni and 
Clare DuVal sent in a mess of crime 
story. Jbcioks to Fred Bachman for 
the san's library. 



NVAs Economy Ciits 

Will Follow Refinancing Plan of Committee 
Comprising Thompson, Demliow and Silver 



EAST'S ZERO STRETCH 
CANCELED FEW ACTS 

Extrenie cold snai> late last week 
impeded tbose acta traveling In 
busses and private cars, but ex- 
cept in a couple o.. Instances, did 
not stop theni from showing at the 
theatres. The weather and icy 
roads had aU the bbokers worried, 
however. 

Both instances of where the acta 
failed to aniye. as scheduled hap-^ 
pehed at the Cameo, Hartford, 
Conn., booked by Fally Markus. 
They were Fred and 'Teddy SaJ!>lnl 
and George Morton; Motor of Sa-: 
binrs autj froze, while Morton's 
car, he told Markus, was not amen- 
able to cold weather traveling. The 
booker rushed substitutions by 
trains 

- It was . admitted by some . of the 
Indle bookers that most Of the acts 
they had Set In heafby towns, Which 
ordinarily travel by bus or in their 
own caria, switched to the r.r. But 



the trains, they said, 
running late. 



were also 



Denver, Feb. 12. 
Sally Rand, making her' first ap« 
pearance here, missed the first two 
shows at the Orpheum- opening day, 
Saturday (10), when her plane "was 
forced down In Utah because of a 
blizzard. 



Syracuse, Feb. 12. 
With sub-zero weather tying up 
■ar —truck -. carrying — ther — trbupe"?" 
scenery, Conniie's 'Hot Chocolates of 
1934' opened at Keith's Friday sans 
equipment. Company's own biises 
did not roll Into the city until about 
an hour before first scheduled pier- 
fo^ance. 



First move of the NVA Fund 
committee when the financing prob- 
lem is solved will be one of strict 
economizing. Cuts will be made 
whereyer possible, both In the New 
Tork and Saranac Lake ends, but 
probably mostly in the former. Any 
administrative changes found nec-. 
essary will also be made. 

Committee of three, working on 
present financing with the, near ijx- 
lurb" eco'ndrhl^ iriindr^c^Wists 
of Major Leslie R. Thompson of 
RKO, Sam Dembow, Jr., of Para- 
mount and Moe Silver of Warners. 
They are deyising means , of raising 
funds for maintenance of the NVA 
in alt Its phases and expect to solve 
thie problem in a week or so. 

Search for a tenant for the NVA's 
West 46th street clubhouse in New 
York will be continued. Relfef |ron;t 
this, obligation will greatly aid 
operation,' NVA Fund beUevaa. 



BOBBY CONNOLLrS UNITS 



Clark and McCullough and Lahr 
Chas. Moseoni Assists 



Bobby Connolly, with Charlie 
Moseoni assisting, is planning two 
solo unit productions and will more 
or less book 'em direct with Loew's 
flfsti They are Clark 'and McCul- 
lough in a tab and' Bert.JLahr to ,go 
out In a iSrhrature of 'Ho^^^^^ leg- 
feld show. 

Connolly makes the royalty deals 
.with the Erlanger office. It figures 
$260 a week. For non-Loew time 
Jack Curtis will book. 



JERRT BROWN'S NEW ACT 

Jerry of Jerry and Betty Brown 
is rehearsing a new hct with a new 
partner; Helene Francis. 

Betty has retired. 



Purl Gets Out of Town 
After Two Tough Weeks 

Knoxville, Feb. 

After being stranded here for two 
weeks as the result . 'charity 
midnight series,' illy Purl's show 
moyeci Out of town headed for Mur- 
freesborb and Cblumbla, Tenn.; 
Louisville, Ky,; Indlanapblis, 
possibly Chicago. 

After playing two weeks at . the 
Booth With a unit. Purl got A. . B. 
Marcus ideas and sent for 20 ad- 
ditional people. IJe was guaranteed 
by C. L. Foster, local promoter, 
with-sell-outs^for-tiiree=-fl7lO'-mld-= 
night shows at the Bijou theatre, 
former legit house now showing 
pictures. But business was far from 
good. Purl's properties were then 
tied up by a lawsuit but he finally 
got out of town with all debts paid. 

What with the Marcus show hav- 
ing been here, Knoxville theatre- 
goers, as hungry^ as they are 
for stage entertainment, ' probably 
wouldn't patronize a Guild show^ be- ■ 
cause they wouldn't 'believe the ad- 
vance publicity. 



TueBd»ji ^ehrwry 13, 1934 



VAttBEVIlLE 



VARIETY 



49 



CENTRAL BUREAU UP AGAIN 



Circuits Won t Freeze Out Vaude, 






Agents issji 
xntice 




The future of vaufleviUe or other 
etage policies for the pictiire houBes 
rests with the public and the abil- 
ity to provide live talent on a prbflt- 
aUe basis for itself and for ilie the- 
atres. Vaudeville does not have to 
rely on the persona,! lilies or dis- 
jHces" ^f the circuits, according to 
Sam Dembbw, Jr., of Paramourit, 
•who, nidre* than any other chain 
executive, has devoted his time to 
vaude code mattersj^ 

Speaking informally, Dembbw 
sizes up the immediate future of 
vaud^ as doubtful, but states that 
Paramount will i)lay stage shows 



Counting Noses 

Saxon Sisters were booked 
to open for RKp. in Jersey 
City this week but had to 
caiicel. 

Their agent, Murray Ritter, 
inf ornied the booking office tlxat 
the girls had had their noses 
bobbed, and. that the- noses 
Wouldn't be ready in time. 



Also Probiibility of Circuits* 
Mutual 'Showing' House 
But Individual 'Showing' 
Spots More Likely to Pre- 
vent Salary Compeitish — 
Eliminiation of 'Showing 
Routes' Actors' : Break 



WKerever such a poycy^TiajrlJe uiade 
profitable. He points otit that de- 
Bpite a bankruptcy which still hangs 
over his compapy. Par is actually 
using more live talent today than a 

year ago. - • 

'Paramount wpuld be glad to play 
stage attractions in any of its the- 
atres where the public would accept 
it, but the truth is that iii many 
spots , the public does not want 
viude,' id Dembpw. 

The question of labor unions is 
another problem for the chaiiis., re- 
garding stage shows, Dembow, for 
years chairman of the chains* la- 
bor committee, does not blame the 
unions entirely but they must be 
Considered in weighing overhead 
against the earning possibilities o'f 
vaude... 'It's not so much buying the 
shows at thcr right price,' said the 
Par operating executive. 'Where 
the demand exists, and we can make 
practical deals with the unions, we. 
have and will continue to open our 
theatres' to vaude or other stage pol- 
icies.' Major theatre chains have 
never closed their eyes to any sta^e 
policy in an attitude that may be 
epitomized as cutting off -their nose 
to spite their face, waia another point 
made by Dembow, who Is a bit 
scorched at those vaude protag- 
onists who disregard theatre operat- 
ing problems and have the inipres- 
sion that all big circuits are prej- 
udiced against vaudie or its off- 
shoots. 

Supplementing this Dembow said: 
It our dark theatres can earn more 
than fixed carrying charges we will 
reopen, them.' 

In "additio~n to his Vaude Wde 
work, Denibow is on the N. V. A. 
committee for the circuits. 



Wayn^ Christy Is 
Charged by Unit 
With Deserti( 



FlllffS COME ml 



NO SALARY CHANGES 



A Reason 



Likelihood of thi? subject of a cen- 
tral booking office for all the cir- 




Albany, N. Y.;: Feb. 12. 

'Films come, in cans; .and leave 
that way; vaudeville actors earn 
aiid spend money in your city.' 

That's what Georgie Hunter, m. c. 
.at the Capitol last week, said- in an 
appeal from iJ- e stage for Allianians 
to patronise the stage shows at the 
Capitol. 

'Chain theatres give you what 
they want; this house is run by .an 
independent owner who gives you 
what you want,' Hunter continued. 
'The actors help the city l>ecause- 
they spend money in the restau- 
rants, and in the hotels and for 
other things. If they make a dollar 
they leave it here. But films only 
come in cans.' 



RADIO TREBLES PENNER 
SAURY: $3,750 NOW 

IjOCW 1b paying Joe Penner, radio 
comedian, $3,760 net in Pittsburgh 
March 9. 

Penner was In the" $1,500 class, 
and less, before going radio. 



Trenton, F6b. 1?. 

RKO Broad has discontinued 
its Saturday and Sunday vaude, 
reverting to straight films 
for. the following rejf>orted 
reasottr 

The Broad, ith Its week- 
end stage shows, had been do- 
ing business arid showing a. 
good -profit, but was believed 
to be hurting RKQ's all-week 
vaudifilmer, the Capitol. 




9 W\* • 

S 




-A — tvoupe ^of~- 



-people Jiaa 

straggled back to New York 
throughout thei last ,10 days looking 
for Wayne Christy, ' former RKO 
agent; Christy loft, them ' stranded 
in Baltimore, Md., Jan. 29, at the. 
Brodie theatris (800-seater), accord- 
ing to complaint filed with the NVA. 

Half the unit, titled 'Frivolities of 
1934,' walked out after learning 
Christy had deserted them, but the 
remainder stayed at , the Brodie for 
another thrte days on a co-op baisis 
to get sufficient money to return to 
New York. The 13 people who re- 
hialneid received less than, $10 each 
at the payoff. 

The acts which started with 
Christy wfye Ted Lenore and band 
^10 pieces), Glenn, Ridge and Neil, 
Emersiori and Baldwin, B.}-'' Del- 
gardia. Charles Tolvettc. Leo Hill, 
Pttilc Corday and iMarie Remington; 

First d.-vte for the troupe, the only 
one prior to iJaltimore, was three 
days at the Arcade, Salisbury, Md,, 
where the acts received only two- 

..thlrds. ^ of„ -their s^^^^ ^ ChL^'.gty- 

"promlsTng the rest. Two days latef 
Christy wired, Lenore, from Phila- 
delphia, that he could,- see, no future 
bookings in sight and that Lenore 
should di.sband the unit. 

All scenery of the actia was at- 
tached at the Brodie 'On a claim for 
comml.«!Rion!> by Friank WolfT, Phila- 
delphia, booker, who set the troupers 
two dateo. 



Evelyn Brent, Harry Fox 
^^ed Ovof 2-Daf Date 

Barre, Vt., Feb. 12, 
Evelyn Brent and Harry Fox were 
sued for $500 damages while pla,ying 
the Paramount here last week by 
LeRpy Kenneth, manager of the 
Barre Opera House, who alleges 
contract violation. According to the 
complaint Miss Brent and Fox were 
contracted for the Barre O. H. Dec, 
27-28, 1933, but failed to appear. 
Tlie case' is seireduled toy be— hetrrd 
in the Barre municipal court Feb 
26;^ 

Miss Brent and Fbx have just re- 
turned to the U. S. after playing 
Montreal.. 



Blacks Win Suit 

San Francisco, Feb. 12. 

Ben and Zizz Black won the 
verdict in a $BQ.000 daniage suit 
brought against them and their 
summer resort at >iearby Lake Ala; 
riieda by Fred Russ, who was para- 
lyzed for life in a swimming pool, 
accident there, last summer. 
. Russ fractured a vetebra In his 
neck when diving into the pool, but 
a jury accepted testimony that he 
had. been drinking. 

Ben Black is currently producing 
at the i)ehver Orpheum, while Zizz 
is doing an orchestral prpgrjim for 
NBC here. 



jaBii:rjL£Mck!^ola 



Hairy Piiik is now doing hl.s \uiit, 
"The Last Roundup,' by himself, 
fie was first associated with Jack 
Curtis and then switched to P'rank 
Orth. 

Cast includes the Pat Rooney.s, 
Janpt Reade, Harry J. Conley and 
12 girl.s. it opeps Feb. 23 at the Riv- 
oH, Hempstead. 



cults and principal ittdependents- 
again being preissied, looms through 
the Vaudevlllei Code discussions now 
going on. Thus far, along those 
lines, the code committee members 
have reached the stage where a mu- 
tually booked and operated 'show- 
ing* theatre in New Y'ork for all 
acts Is under consideration. 

The joint booking office proposal 
has been made ifotir or five times in 
the last few years, but always 
balked at the last moment by dis- 
agreement over the opposition angle. 

As regards a. 'showing* house in 
New York, the circuit heads concur 
that something of that sort is 
needed, but according to their ad 
missions as ret>orted made at last 
week's code committee meeting, 
I there are doubts if one would be 
possible. Mostly in the way of this 
is the problem of lease and opera 
tion, and how the circuits could mu- 
tually share In that end as well as 
the booking of such a house. 

Probability now is that the cir 
cults may decide to establish one 
■'showing' house apiece. Their .atti 
tude, it is understood, is that if the 
actors, OR a group of actors, desire 
to open a non-afflUated. 'showing' 
apot, that will be okay with them, 
and they will parflcTpare rnsofar 
and having their bookers see the 
act there. 

If through the code the individual 
'showing' theatres are established in 
J^ew York, each circuit will have its 
owii, along with the first option on 
acts playing them. This would elim- 
inate the highly competitive bidding 
that-might-be-forced-by ^ jingle and 
mutual 'showing* spot. 

Only One 'Show»-Date 
But the reservation to be made is 
that each- circuit can; require-, .an 
unknown act to play its single 
'showing' theatre at showing salary, 
and that date only, with the act If 
[booked further to be paid full sal- 
ary thereafter. At present, and for 
several yiears past, circuit and other 
bookers have been buying acts below 
par salary for most of their neigh- 
bor h ood-and-emall-eut-of 4own-time,- 
under pretense that the acts were 
'showlngi'. 

There will be no more hearings 
on the Vaudeviile Code; The Code 
Authority and committee have beieri 
gathering suggestions .privately for 
the past two weeks, since the open 
hearing at the Astor and by now are 
iu'epared to author an aidequate .set 
of fair competition rules for the 
vaudeville business. 

First draft probably will be sub- 
mitted to. the Code Authority the 
latter part of this week, and if that 
is found acceptable the completed 
revised code may .be ready for the 
President's signature before the 
month is over. 

Provisions in the preserit Vaude 
ville Code that probably will stand 
without changes are tho«e concern 
ing the minimum limits of $7.50 per 
day for principals and $35 per week 
for chorus girls: on regular engage 
ments, although! there may be sonie 
changes in the minimum for break 
Jn..datesiand=.during. layjifift 



A rule requiring artists' reps t<b 
serve an apprenticeship of four 
years before becoriiing eligible to be 
classed as bona fide Agents on their 
own, is being Incorporated; in the 
'code of ethics* of the National As- 
sociation of Theatrical. Artists' Rep- 
resentatives. 

If going ihi-ough, along with the 
iest 6f the 'code,' th^ apprentice rule 
will function similarly to those of 
the tr^ides li ions, by ' which; youiig 
applicant.s must serve for certain 
periods before qualifying. The 
agents! asisociatlon wants, a four- 
year limit for. all prospective 
10 %ers, regardless of aig'e: 

Rule provides that a new agent 
aliall. serve aa a.ii. emplf>ye in iah ea- 




iBA Gets Charter 



Actor.* Betterment Association 
will get its American Federaltiori of 
Labor charter (White Rats), as a 
result of dismissal of Attorney liw- 
ing Schneider's charges at a hear- 
ing Friday (9) befoi'e the Associ- 
ated Actors and Artists or America. 

According to . Frank GUlmbre of 
Equity, the Four A's refused to rec 
ognize the Schneider charges on the 
gi'ounds they involve 'organizationa;i 
matters,' with Which the Four A's 
is riot concerned. Ralph Whitehead, 
against whom the Schneider 
charges were chiefly directed, had 
been compiling evidence purporting 
to refute them for two week.s before 
the hearing.. 

Actual - presentation of _the A.F.I< 
charter to the ABA .has been held 
up to the end of this week, pending 
some changes in the ABA's, by-laws, 
but, according to both sides, there 
Iff no longer any doubt that it. will 
be granted. The changes, described 
as 'legal technicalities,* are being 
made by William Rapp, attorney for 
the ABA, arid lawyers representing 
the Four A's. 



It is also likely the agents may be 
mentioneiJ in the code, for the first 
time, through ,the so-called 'code of 
ethics' they will submit to the COd*" 
Authoi'ity this Vveek. In the pres- 
ont code the agents are not mfn- 
tioned. They were not repre.sentcd 
at the Washington codp hearings 
last fall. 



FEM TRAPEZIST HURT 
iFAliTOllBStAiai 



BoBtpn, Feb. 12. 

Geraldine Jari, one of fem trapeze 
threesome at Boston; theatre, is re- 
covering .at City hospital after a 
17-foo.t fall to .stage during yester- 
day's performance. Rope broke, 
causing ml.shap. Luckily, no bones 
were broken. Her partners gamely 
continued the turn as a twosome. 
— Some-ti me ago-Miss. JarPs. . fl^rice, 
Arthur Hamlin; also acrobat, fell 
similarly, to a. New York stage, 
fatally hurt: "They had planned to 
marry next June, . 

It will be Weeks before Miss Jar| 
can retum to work,, doctors stated. 



tablished agents' office. At the end 
of four yeai*8 he can apply to the 
NATAR for rirst-class a^erit statue, 
and upon receiving it can open his 
own agericy. A further provision 
is thiat tlie new agent, when branch*, 
ing out after the four years* appren- 
ticeship, canriot take any of his for- 
mer employersf acts, but must start- 
with his own list of clients. 

First draft of the 'code of ethics,' 
containing the apprenticeship pro- 
vision and the other clailses pre- 
viously revealed, was -submitted to 
the NATAR board of governors ait a 
meeting Saturday (10), when it was 
found some changes were necessa,ry. 
These are beirig- made currently, 
with likelihood a completed 'code* 
may be submitted to the booking 
offices and actor organizations . for 
an opinion by the end of this week. 

orris Office Declines 

At a night riieetirig of thie board 
last week, with a representative, of 
the William Morris office Invitied to 
iattend, Johnny Hyde of that agenc7 
put In an app^rance and. .was ;tn- 
fornied of the association's pur- 
poses. Understood Hyd6 reiterated 
his office's previous, declination to 
join. . 

Alorigr with, the 'code of ethics,' a 
set of by-laws is also in the writing, 
by the association's counsel, Julius 
Kendle.r. 

Kendler and the NATAR presi- 
dent, Arthur S- Lyons, were among 
a group- of vaudeville people that 
called on State Senaitor Wald at his, 
offices in. New York during "the 
Aveek. Ralp.h. .Whitehead pljthe^AEA- 
aiso attended. - . The agents were re- 
ported assured by the senator, -who 
introduced the disputed licensing 
bill In Albany, that the bill will be 
set aside, with another one, prob- 
ably, covering booking offices only, 
to be -written and Introduced later 
In the present state legislature. 



Irv YateV House 

Reading, Pa., Feb. 

With Irving Ydtes as president, 
Mlcliael iMindlin as secretary, and 
Wiliiam 6. Heckman as house man--: 
ager, the Newpenn Amus. Co. has 
been organized here to operate the 
big Rajah, corhblnation hotise. 

For the iflrst time in Its history 
this house, erected 11 years ago, will 
run Sunday night shows. The Sun- 
day night programs, pictures only, 
will be benefits for the Tall Cedars 
of I^banpn, Maponlc organization, 
all prof^eeds to go to the Cedar.s' 
fund for Reading arid nearby or- 
phanages. 



Musikers Cancel Mix 

El i'a.so, Feb. 12. 
.Topi .Mix. .'5fh<'duiod ff>r the Plaza 
here, had to go on to Hollywood 
without playing hf-rJ', because the 
rhanagemf-nt and the musicians' 
union couldn't agr^^e on the number 
of m<>n in th** or<hestra\plt. 



Western Film, Cowboy 
Air Acts aniShorts. as 
N'west Roadshow Idea 



• i,Q8 Angeles, Feb. 12. 
Building a road show prograrn for 
the slicks out of a western picture* 
shorts and a radio cowboy warbling 
act is something new for coast small 
town pictur.e theatre patronage. 

Idea Is E. M. Crayblirs, theatre 
operator, of Eugene, Ore., who has 
tied up the Ken Mayriard picture, 
'Strawberry. R6a,n,' for exclusive 
small town showing in Northent 
California, Oregon and Washlngtbti. 

Plus the picture and apprppriate 
shorts, he uses Loyal Underwood 
and his Arizona Wranglers froni 
KNX, here, as the stage show. 

Crayblll hai3. the comblnod film- 
radio show booked solid for three' 
months on a 00-40 basis. 



^Tassingr Show/ 

Lyons & Lyons^Curtis & AT^ 
](> ' 'Passing Show* unit opent 
March 9 for RKO 1ft Providence at 
$5,000 and percentage. Bu.s(er Weist 
set, and probably Orare Harry and^ 
Frpd - Lighi:-> r filKp gulng in. 

Jjfklj has the Morton Downey" unit 
(.^'t with .Lfi(.w in .Pltlslmtgh March 
2? at $6,000 net and jierc^-ntagei 



so 



VARIETY 



> All D E VI L L E 



Tuesday, February 13, 1934 



THERE 
IS WORK 
IN ENGLAND 



UNIT REVIEWS 



Mar. 27— Leicester Square (Lon- 
don) 

Apr. 2---PaH 

. Apri 10-^Kilburn' iro (Lon- 
don), 

Apr.; 17— Princes Cafe (London) 
Apr. 23— Bristol Cafe (Londph) 
May 1— Tivoii; Hull 
May Sr^Liixotj Twickenham' 
May 1&— Queens, . (Lon- 

don) ■ 

May 22— Meirbpql.itan (London) 

May . 2SM-Qrandp 

June 5— Royal, 

June '12— Hi 
ierv 



Juhft ia 



BEVERLY West 

(PITTi PITTSBURGH) 

/ Pittsburgh, Feb. 

'^ae Weat'3 sister,' every 
line of iiUns for BeVerly W^st. 
That immediately puts the s&l. on 
a spot froni which neither she nor 
her. all-glrl revue ever extricate 

themselves. Too tjnuch expected and 
too i(ttle deliv ered; with , the sho^v 
aiiaprnf'" up as" dnly^'i5tJ^^d~ enler- ' 
talnnieht,. The West tap' may get 
"em in. but once in it's tough g6irig;. 

This is . second , successive alN. 
femme unit, here and third time in 
four weeks : that a girl's band his 
been featured. 

Outside of lending her name to 
marquee, Beverly West; lends, little 
else. She's on for only a monf^'eht 
in the middle,: dolled up lii 'Pla 
mohd Lil'' gladrags for art:- :imita^ 
tlph of 'her sister. It's phe of the 
poorest . of ■ the West imitatio'nst^, 
which have- been, .turning up at the 
rate of one a week of late, but it 
makes a difference in this. caLse- 
Appearance of show's star is ex- 
pected to be hlgh-rspot of bill. In- 
stead, it's anything but that. 

Fortunately;.; team . of : Stratford, 
and . Jij^ayberry follows her on ' to 
register only real click of layout. 
Gals, one. a stately blonde and .other' 
a . . raucous hoyden,:; haVe. been 
plin.ted earlier in- some double im.c. 



2 Houses and 10c 



Loew'a Valencia, Jamaica, 
£i. I.,, feeling the competition 
from the units at the Rivoli; 
Heirupstead, has cut Its admis- 
sion scale. The Valencia plays 
Ave acts oh a full weelc, 

Disregarding this, the Rlyoll 
advanced its weekend, price as 
much as the ' Vale ncia sliced, 
.:10 cents" per seat' 



iNEW ACTS 



^titles s t?rey:*r6 a..ieift5trT5ire'6Tin 
der wiay. Comedienne of pair a 
roughneck on the prdei* of Patsy 
Kelly and ha,d 'em ' eating put of her 
hand all along. 

Full stage, with Helen Compton's 
band in backgrpund, .employed 
throughout. . Only departure a; white 
drop to produce a shadow effect: in 
a trapeze routine participated irt by 
five of seven chorus girls. Compton. 

ew has some neat arrangements 
but musical faults conimon.to. most 
femme. orchestras are noticeable 
here.,,' too. Best of their offerings Is 
Last Bound-' Up,' which would be 
even more effective witho.ut the 
vocalizing, sincO^the voices are poor. 

Babs Laval injects a bit of cbm-r 
edy wltlt -some aniuslng acrobatic 
dancing while Flo Miayo, veteran 
aerlalist, does her stuff in the .air 
to good results. There's a sister 
team pn twice for some ; ordinary 
singing and dancing and . a rply-. 
poly little lady, Dolly Kramer, "with. 

baby voice who gives a bad im- 
itation of Helen Kane. Chorus on 
twice in Couple of poorly- staged 
numbers. 

Whole thing has the air of a hur- 
rledly-assenibled vaudeville show 
and lacks, all of thia production 
values they've been accustomed to 
seeing at Pitt. . 

Show yasn't helped at the show 
caught when, after coming in late, 
management decided tp put unit on 
before film and then discovered 
stage couldn't be set for half hour. 
As a result, pit rcrew kept up 30 
minutes of straight music, con- 
tinued IB minutes more with Jpe 
Falvo, orchestra leader, turning to 
audiencie every few minutes and tell-" 
ing 'em that they'd have to wait-only 
a short time.' Customers became 
plenty impatient, with catcalls 
-and— othier- distupbihg -factor-s,— until- 
flnatly management, In desperation, 
put the picture on. First stage 
.show, usually around 1:15, as a re- 
sult, didn't get going i^ntll 3, con- 
ditions which would have made it 
plenty tough for even a good Unit 
to get over. CoTien. 



for.-. it and it does more harm than 
good. 

Bellett and Lamb, the uhlj's 
other standard team,, are. resppnsl- 
ble f or most, of its bulk and punch. 
In addition to theii? owii specialty, 
the man of the team singles through 
the show, landing both ways, with 
his pint' sized partner holding, up 
her end also; /Unites ..other girl 
specialist , is .Edna. Sedgwick, a 
pretty and versatile young la.dy 
who doesn't talk so well.in an office 
blackout, but. miakes up. for that 
with her' two dancing number's. 
She's adept both on >er toes and 
at .buck dancLinET. 

; Two .sepamte lines cpiisist of - 12 
girls '^Arid . -six boys, respectively. 
Boys' one big chance, a rhythm ilnd 
challenge routine, >nraa marred be- 
cause, when supposedly T^orklng. in 



unison, tney still seemed to be chair 
lenglhg .. eachr other.' Girls are 
better in their precHsion work and 
participate in a novelty number 
'whicih tpps anything s^n in thci 
chcriis staging line' in long while. A 
fan. dance under the. diniihers, with 
some blacked-out assistants in the 
rear taking the fans ^way front the 
girls for trick fantastic formation 
effects, y 

The Rohias, arcrobatlc team,' do 
their lifts Undierneath gilt paint on 
a table, with the girls in gold goWns 
for atniosphere. Ronuns would do 
better to cut their, stay. . As pre- 
sented, the / tricks are apt jto. grow 
tiresOnie.. 

For the liempstead date two sets 
that the unit, will have later were 
said io be missing. That prpbably 
accounted for the. drab black cloth 
traveler in the office scene. Mount-, 
ings and costumes in Hempstead 
not spectaculair, but clean looking 
and satisfactory. Bige. 



PERFIY PARKER and BILLY 

WYNN <3) 
Comedy 
10 M ins.; Two 
Orpheu'mi N. Y* 
' Neither pf the billed teani are 
meiitiPhed in the flies, making the 
hunch stronger that they, are newly 
out of burlesque.. The type' and. ftge 
of thfelr comedy is almost conclusive 
evidence that in the hear past they 
have been doing their routined by 
number in some stri pper emporium. 

No way of teliing which is Parker 
and which is Wynn, but the blond 
femme with them ia entirely un-r 
billed.. She's on . mainly , as a foil, 
weakly attempting a; $ong once. The 
burden of getting laughs actually 
rests pn the shpulders of the dumb, 
tramp-driessed stooge, whosia com- 
edy at times is patterned after 
Harpo Marj? arid Chdrles Chaplin. 
His partner looks like a poor study 
of Ken Murray, iJddie Bruce, etc., 
with a bit of trombone playing In- 
ters|persing. . 

■i-he stooge got' laughs at this 
catching from the gallery, where 
most of his comedy was pointed. 
This was especially true in his ec^ 
centric dance; apd every; tlrtie he 
aimed .a goose at hjs partner, and it 
wasn't a bird. Could fit as well as 
It did here In the remainder of the 
poorer nabes, but certainly is not 
the type of act for the classier spots; 



MARIANNE OSWALD 

Sih^ine . 
Gaite, Pari 

Paris, Feb. 3. 
Marianne Oswald, a German im- 
port; is belnig widely discussed In 
Paris with part of the audience en- 
thusiastic arid- the -balance booing. 
Just a beginner in vaude, but worth 
importing to the U. S., where she is 
not anxious tp go until she has 
galned-more .experience. Only played 
here the Alcazar for .-ia fortnight; 
and now is at the Galte, but mur- 
dered Paris on sight with her origi- 
nality. 

She. sings, ih a cublstic mood, in 
plain black dress, in front of a cur- 
tain, with .accompaniment of a 
piano. Her songs are of the. most 
depressing type, culminating in 
Beggar's Opera' march. She is the 
exponent . of: misery without any 
poetry wrapped around it. A sallow 
and sullen face under a xeA mop,. 

She is not young nor pretty; She 
ha;s a .German accent and barely un- 
derstands . English, but can sing in 
English. She looks tpugh. But she 
has perspnality; she fllls- the stage, 
and, by moving in a way peculiar to 
herself, obtains the same amount of 
attention ais Raquel Meller in her 
better days did by remaining miOr 
tionless. Stern. 



ROLLING DOWN TO Rl 
Dance Flash 
26 Mihs.; Full (Special) 
G. 0. H., N. Y. 

If .the act cut certain numbers 
the turn might satisfy as an onenv 
ing flash for whatever's left of 
yaude. For unit >tuff okay, with 
trimming befitting the particular 
unit needs. The quintet of dancers^ 
two men jand three lyomen are 
capable but attempt too much that 
has too-little variation, — 

It Js . obvious that the act seeks to 
capitaltee from the RKO film, 
Ing Down to Rloj^ Brings the 
thought that the turn Isn't new! al" 
though the. title may be. 

AH the dances against rather 
common drop settings, to vary little 
one from the other. The 'Carioca' 
as done herein if it weren't 
nounced would size as little more 
than the usual combo, Spanish- Har- 
lemanlcai terpislchore. But the cos- 
tumes iafe interesting land attractive 
tespeclally that one worn by one of 
the ma,le solo performers, who de- 
picts some unexplained nuniber that 
looks like one of those aboriginal 
dances. 

The dance'. Is mostly In the sway 
which the performer giveig to the 
huge peacock . feather fan hat he 
wears, and that's something to sect 

Shan. 



tEON^ItAVA-RA^ ^ — - 

Pianologue' 
12 Mihs.; One 
Orphium^ N; Y. 

This personable young pianist has 
been . around • for sOme time, espe- 
cially in the picture theatres, but 
this is the first time he's beeii 
caught for the 'new act' files. He's 
on alone ahd, despite the fact that 
his patter couldn't be heard from 
the rear of the lower floor, sells 
himself nicely to all within earshot. 
Best suggestion for him lis that he 
should jise the p.a. system in all 
houses iequipped with it, as is the 
Orpheum; 

In a nabe like this, Navara was 
especially suitable when he waged 
a • minor contest on classical and 
jazz music, then, plaiylng both, get- 
ting .the house to sing and whistle 
with him. Previous tp this he plays 
'Gigplette,' a composition which he 
claims authorship. It's a strong 
tune.. 

Base of his comedy rests on hia 
piano lessons, when a kid: ..He il- 
lustrates what happened to him 
after four-years study by playing 
with .one .hand. Then, after another 
four years, he could play with two^ 
A good niany of the kids in the au-' 
dience evidently were novice ivory- 
ticklers ahd they loved It. 



. June 26-<^Empire, ingston 

July 3-^Royal, Dublin 

Ju\x lOr-rHolborn E.nripire (L.on- 
..don) 

July 17-^Empire, Hackney (Lon- 
don) 

July 24^Shepherds Eliish (Lon« 
don) 

July 31-^Rbyal, inburgh 
Aug; 7— Piiyili , Glasgow 
Aug. 14— Tivoii, 

Aug. 21 — Shakespeare, , iverpool 

- Aug. 28 — IVietribpole, Manchester ' 

Sept'. 4 — Hipppdreirne, Preston 

Sept. 11— Hotborh Empire (Lon- 
I don-^Return) 

Sepjk. IS-rPalladium (London) 

Sept. 2&— Palladium (London) 

Oct. 2— Empire, Sheffield 

.Oct. 9^Empire, Leeds 

Oct. 16 — ^^Hip'podrome, irming- 
ham 

Oct. 23-^Empire, , lasgow 
Oct. 30 — Empire, Sunderland 
Nov, 6— Empfre,. Newcastle 
Nov. IS-T^EmpireK Nottingham 
Nov. .20r-~H ipp.edrbme^ Brighton ^ 
Nov. 27— ^Empire, New Cross 
(London) 

Dec. A — Empire, Finsbury (Lon- 
don) 

Dec. 11 — Empirei, Stratford (Lon- 
don) 

Dec. 18-rVacant 

Dec. 25— Blue Hall, Islington 
.. (London) 

Dec. 28 — Canterbury (London) 
1934 
Dates 

Jan. 1— Hippodrome, Ports- 

- — — — hiouth'^ ^ 



Janr 8 — ^Trocadero (London) 

Jan. 15— Shepherds Bush (Lon- 
don) ~< 

Jan. 22 — Pavilion, Liverpool 

Jan. 29T-P'alladium (London-^ 
^ Return) 

Feb. 5— Hackney Empire (Lon- 
don—Return) 

Feb. 12— Holborh Empire (Lon- 
doh-T^Return) 

Feb. 19— Granada Picture Thea- 
tre (London) 

Feb. 26 — Lujtor Picture Theatre 
(London). 

Mar. S^Troxy Picture Theatre 

(London) 
Mar. 12— Gaumpnt British 
Mar. 19— Gaumont ritish 
Mar. 26 — Gaumont British 
Apr. 2---Gaumpnt British 
Apr. 9-^G'auni0nt British. 
Apr. 16T-Empire, inburgh 
Apr. .23-^Hippoc|rome» Birming- 

ha.m." 

Apr. SO-^Hblborn Ehnprre (Lon- 
•don— Return) 

And More to Follow 




and 




The King's Scandals 

(RIVOLI, HEMRSTEAD) 

Hempstead,. L«. I.,. Feb. 9. 

Too maiiy lapses between thie 
meaty portions of this unit as it 
played M. the Hempstiead brgakHln. 
But. enough m^at to. -indicate that 
a; couple of weeks . -Vrork will turn, 
the , trlQk. Two standard comedy 
teams are the foundation. 
., H^rry Gouriain produced it, with 
Fjanchon & Marcp s.ald to have 'an 
interest. .It's described as F & M's 
ihltiai venture with ■ this, type of 
unit, built for independeht booking 
in the circuit theatres. 

A. stab NVas niade' at .a slight, stpry 
to run thrpugh the hour of shpw, and 
It Is there that thfe fixing seems 
mostly needed; It has to do with 
a king trying put a cdiiple of court 
jesters (Val End Ernie .Stanton), but 
the king doesn't, apiiear until the 
finale, when he's buried In the back- 
gi-ouhd, sitting oh a. throne without 
moving, and Ipoking like either a 
dummy or a stage hand doubling. 
In the same pose oh another throne 
is the queen, probably the unit's 
wardrobe misti'ess. 

The StELntpns, in order to keep; up 
the" pretense as appllodnts for the 
jester Job. must frequently cue their 
gags , toward tiie situation, so that 
the theme mny not be lost; It 
breaks ' xipi the^ J??iLtijiuity_ of _Jthe 
SSnlSh's matcnST, Jbr^they must 
depart from their. own routine often 
for a joke, that mentions the king 
but has' no, bearing on the gag or 
gags up aheiid. As a result' the boys 
are hopping frorii phe .."iiubjoct to the 
other arid stepping on their own 
laughs. 

Perhap.^ it would be just a.«? well 
to dispense with that 'story' alto- 
^gether, for there la no real necessity 



Cummings' Unit 

lios Angeles, Feb. 12. 
Cast' . 'Hollywood Premiere,' 

Coast unit being produced by Eivert 
Cummings, will include J'udy and 
Cheron, Marion Drael, Joseph ■ Grif- 
fith, John Guistln, Janis bazeltbn, 
Moore Twins, Johnson Brothers, 
Betty Pederlck, Jean Ames and 
June Blair. It features Gehe Mor- 
gan. 

Cummings is handling the ad- 
"vance with Dick Pritchard one week 
ahead for tieups. Earl Keats w^H 
be company manfiger. 



EMPIRE ROOM 

(Continued from page 47)' 

Stanley Morner and a femme .war- 
bler. Gale Page,, the latter coming 
up locally through radio build-up 
on ' sustaining and commercial pro- 
grams.. 

Duffln and Draper are on for two 
numbers. They fit in. -with the 
tempo of the show. The other 
dance %rlo is Liowe, Burhoff and 
Wensleyi'OUt of vaude and causing 
a srhall riot, here with their bur- 
lesque ~ adagla.' .Those - falls - and 
tumbles are 100% more effective 'in 
the intimacy of a, room thin a thea- 
tre, ;.For a club that ciah't go for 
talking comedy there's nothing bet- 
ter: for laughs than. a'tdaipstick turn 
of this type. Had this, staid and 
•donservatlve mob of customers roll- 
ing off the seats. 

Show runs 45 minutes and full -of 
entiertalnnient all the way through. 
Richard Cole orchestra has devel- 
oped Into . ejccellent proportions of 
late with that fiasco with the Musi- 
cians' union helping to consolidate 
the band. 

• Between, the tyiro hiain shows at 
8 and 12 o'clock there's, a short in- 
terlude of entertainment about 10 
o'clock with several girls out of the 
chorus on for specialties. Duffln 
and Draper are on for a tap rou-, 
tine and. Morner returns for some 
warblirig. 

Big punch Of the short interlude, 
when caught, was an Idea. Four 
cliorus. glrla come on for a Men>v 
^yUtow routine. This Idea has beeii 
almost an institution here. Shows 
jnftJL=cimi.a=.jmd= go, Jbut^jth^^ 
Widow waltz routine remains. After 
the graceful number each" of thr 
four girls, buttonholes, any o.k. rtt 
the ringside and the couples whirl 
on the floor while the . rest of tho 
customers set up a spontaneous roll 
of applause and laughter. It's one 
of the ideas that has helped make 
the Empire Room the class diho 
and dance room of the midwest. 

. Gold. 



Marcus Loew 



General Executive Offices 

LOEW BUILDING 

AN N E X 

WO WBSX 46^ ST' 

BRyant ?-780a NEW YORK CITY 



mm H. SCHENCK 

BOhQKIMO ' HAMAOibf 




"Buccaneers iare applause getters** — sa^s, Variety 

THE SIX 
ROYAL BUCCANEERS 



LOEWS STATE, NEW YORK, LAST WEEK (FEB. 2) 

Rcprlnled from VARIETY. Feb. 6 

Six lloyal 'Buccaneers, five men and ft elrl. pive. 
the show. Its Impetus with silapplly .delivered- 
tumbling and teeterboard stunts. . Their two and 
tliree-hlgh catches oft the sprlnerboard on shoulders: 
and Ih a rochcr are applause-getters. ' - 

POST OFI^ICE BOX 84, LYNFIELD, MASS. 



Tuesday, February 13, 1934 



VARIETY 



51 



3^ 



Variety Bills 

NEXT WEEK (Feb. 16) 
THIS WEEK (Feb. 9) 

^i^um<ei'als in Qohniecti ith bills below i ic^te opi^ni 
show, wheihei' full or $plit week 



Ooraon ft Ryan 



Ward, Pinkie & T srimmle BurrouEtiB 




NEW YORK cia?y 

• Music JlnU (») 
Jaclt Arthur 
Buck & Bubbles 
Olrie de Qulncy ft Ij 
Jerry roe &^Barry 
Pnlace (9) 

Chilton & Thomne 
TPred I^elghtnei' 
. Qua Van ■ . ^ 
WHUe West & McG 
Aoademy- 
ist half (16-19X 
PJcKens' SJg 
3 SnUors 

Dontalla Bros Co 
(Two to flU) . ■. 

2(1. half •( 20-22)- 
jack Popper 
, (Four, to All) 

2d half (13-15) 
Harris 2 & liOrettn 
Ikimbertl 

Creole J^oll'^s 
Audubon 
lat half (16-10) 
Ollvlda Perez 
vlt^ir— Wall 



Rysslon BoyelS'. 
Barry & Whltledge 
f^lnBln'' fiain 
Barto & Mann 
Willie Mauss 
(9) 

dent of Prog Bev 

, Kelth'M (10) 
ArtlstB & Models 
l>AVISNPORT 
-Kpitli'n 
. 1st: half (16-19) 
Morton' .Po'wney.- v 

PETBOIT 
. Downtown (10) 
Benny Davis Co 

Abbott Olrls , 
Doris Kenyon 
Georere Beat.iy 
Roy . Dietrich 
Old Hcldelburcr 8 
liKMPSTEAD 
Klvoll 
:.■ 2d half. (20-22)' 
Creole t'^olUes 
- Isti- half : (9-l'2)..:. 

Qxft^ — Li 



ROXY, NEW YORK 

iSIiMEH.CI..EVE . 
Wn^IjOCK AND CARBON 
FOX'S BROOKLYN 
MILTON DOUGLAS 
MACK BROS. AND B0BB¥ 

ALL PLACED 

By LEDDY & SMITH 



t,arry Rich. Co 
Marsalls & Richey 
Davey Johes Co . 

1st half (9-12) 
Creole Follies 
BROOKLYN 

Albee <10) 
Ruiz .& Bonlta 
Staii Kavannugh. 
Ktbh Boys Co 
Joe Penner 
Willie .West & McG 

. (9) 
Royal Uy.eno Japs 
l«\vla,.-& Moore 
Conrad Thlbault 
Jack Pepper 
Gvacclla & llieo 
Mndiaon 
Ist half (17-18) 
Harriet Hutchlna 
Angus & Searle 
Marry Zoup Welch 
Pat-adlse Rer 
(One to . nil) 
: Iflt half (10-il) 
H^rl-y Small Co 
Joe- Wong 
Radio Haymakera 
Bert Walton 
Man^ean Intern-ls 

1st half (5 6-19) 
Hollywood ■ Freaks 
(Four to All) 

1st half . (9-12) 
Pasciuall. Bros 
Reynolds & White 

4 Blondes 

Norde & Jeanne.^ 
Pleasure-. Cruise 
Tllyou 
1st half (17-18) 
L«^w Caltea Co • 

-"(Three-to-fllH — 

let half (10-11) 
t 'Mormans 
Doyle & Donnelly 
Radio Aces 
Fran It, Gaby 
Vlto & Perl 
BO^^TON 
Keith's (Ifl) . 
. Conhle'a Inn Rev 
(9} 

5 Bmeralua 
Betty J Cooper Co 
J Fred Coots 
OUvo PIbley 
William Gaxton 
Victor Moore 

.CEDAR RAPIDS 
Keith's 
2d half (20-22^) 



2d half (13-16) 
Meyer Davis Ore 
KANSAS CITY 
Malnstroet <ia) 
Olaen & Johnson 
MINNEAPOLIS 
Orplieum (16), 
Morton Dowiicy Ry 
MT. VERNON 

Keith's 
lat:ha:)f (17-18) 
3 Scam pa 

NEWARK 
Proctor's <1«) 
Buddy Rogera Ore 
(9) 

'Now Yorkers' 
N'W BRUNSWICK 

Keith's (10-11) 
Stewart & Violet 
Gregory & Raym'nd 
Wm. & Joe Mairdel 
Radium Rev . 
NEW ROCHELLE 
Keith's . 
1st hnlf (17rl8) 
3 Jestors 

OMAHA 
Keith's . 
1st half (16-18) 
Olaen & vTohitaon 
1st half (9-12) 
Kate Smith Rev 
PATERSON 
Keith's 
let half (16-19) 
Balabano Rev 
Millard & Marlln 
IjuIu McConnell 
Cookie Bowers 
Natatsha Natova. Co 

2d half (20-22) 
Bobbins Sis . 
prt'aah &;Perlm'ter 
-Buclc— & Bubbles- 
Arthur ifetley Co 
(One to fill) 

2d half (13-16) 
6 Western Stars 
Clyde Hager 
Keller Sis & Lynch 
Larry Rich Co 
Paul 'risen Orch 
PROVIDENCE 
Keitli's (16) 
Shuffle Alone Rev 
ROCHESTEH ' 
Keith's (16) 
New Yorkers 
(9>. 

Midway Nights 
SYRACUSE 
Keith's (9) 

Connie's Hot Choco 



PurndtHe (1(1) 

Duke WoHale Co. 
Mary Hajujes — — 
Joe Phim^s Co 
Sid (Jary Oo ' 
MIcfjon Bros 

State (16) 
James £lvans 
Andres Marsh 
Arnaut Bros 
Radio ' Boguies 
Wills & Davis 
Valalda Snow 
Uerry Bros Orch 
BROOKLYN 
Bay Ridge 
^. let half (16-19) 
ylnceht O'Dbnnell '. 
Young, Worth ft W 
Herman Hyde '■ •. 
Marcus Slaters Coi .- 

2d half (20'-22) 
Bud Carlell & B 
Kay Hamilton 
MiElrld & Ann Clark 
Fields & Georgle 
Vernon Bathl)'n 06 
Gateis Ave, 
lat half (16-10) 
Marie. Mang.Co 
Kay Hamilton 
M. & A Clark 
3' Swifts ' 
Vernon.?Bathb'n Co, 
_ 2d. :ha lf (20-22)" . 
Bernardo DeP'XJp 
Jean BoydcU ' 
Billy Farrell Co 
ICnxIl Boreo 
Vito & Perl Rev 
MetrppoUtan (16) 
Maximo 

Step Broa 
Harry Savoy 
Lenore Ulrlc . 
Carl Fredd Orch 

Valencia (16) . 
Ching Ling Foo, Jr 
Gordon; Beed & K 
Chaa CarlUe 
Stuart & Lash 
Louise Gay Go 
AKRON 
T:;oew's 
let half 016-19) 
Century of Progi-eaB 
BALTIMORE 
Century (16) 
Hon-feyFam, 



OFFICIAL DENTIST TO "rHB? N. V. A, 

DR. JULIAN SiEGEL 

TM« Week; Jamea WalllniloR,. John Hotbroeli 



\Mortoh Downey" Rv 

cnicAoo 
Palace (16) 

Irene. Vermillion 
Reynolds & White 
Bylvia Froba 
Jack Haley 
B.enny Bubln 

Parker & Sandino 
Arren & Broderiek 
Gregory Ratoflt Co 
Beii^ Baker 
Willie .'MalusB 

biNClNNATt 
Albee (16) 
Ingln' Sam 
cnny Davis Co 
CLEVELAND 
Palace (16) 
Rbbbiha 8 
Freidie Craig Jr 



TRENTON 
Keith's . 

2d half (20-22) 
Boy Scouts Bd 
(T-hree to fill) 

1st. half (9-12) 
4"R6nard' GIHs 
Petllt & Douglas 
Eddie White 
Hackett.& CartHay 

2d. half (13-10) 
Chr.iatensens 
Greg'ry & RayJn'nd 
MlUU'ed Bailey. 
Wm *c Joe Mandel 
WHITE PLAINS 

Keith's 
:Jst half (17-18) 
Jea;nnle Lang Co 
YONKKRS 
Proctor's 
1st half (17-18) 
Rex Cole Mtneers 



Loew 



^NEW^OKIt^CiTX^Vawythrr^ftcmonfrl' 



Capitol (10) 
Harrison & Fisher 
Ramon Navarro 
Jack Little Orch 
Geo>-eB Campo 
Boulevard 
Iflt hotlf (lO^lft) 
Bud Carlett & R 
Jean Boydell 
Obogan & Casey 
Bmll Boreo 
DIllon-PArker Rev 

2d hnlf f20-2;) 
Mnrle Mang Co 
.Tom Porfin 
Ri-y .Huglrep & V»m 



W«lman;s Sax'ettos 
Orpheujn 
let half (16-19) 

Harris Twirifl- & L 
Lillian Morton 
Roth, Murray- & K 
Joe Frisco ' 
Betty Jane Cooper 
Lathrop Broa 

2d half 020-22^ 
Marcus Sla & f'P 
Irving Edwards 
Sydney Mann 
3 Swifts . 
WhlleslHe A B-Hev 



Jerome Mann 
(Two to nil) 

DETROIT 

State (d) 

Frank Richardson 
Lew Parker Co - 
,Gosa & Barrows 
Hatt .& Herhian 
Eddie Loughtoh 
Helen McParland 
3, CrackerJ.acks- 

HOLLYWOOD 
Puntages (8) 

S'loro Santaelltt Or 
Ctody & Rathburn 
C's Sonia I.eit'^fl 



May Robson 

3 Rltz.firos 

Adair • & -Rtcrhar ds : I 

(One to nil) : 
. ItOSTON 
Loew's (16) 

Arthur LeFleujr Ci 

Open ■'. ■ 

Jackadn & Gardner 
3 Fonzolloe . 
May' & Uarroll 
Bnrlca & Ni)vello R 
CANTON 

2d half (20-22) 
Century of Prog 
COLUMBUS . 
Ohio (16) 
Bievei-ly West Rev 
JERSEY CITY 
Loew's (16) 
MarUii & Martin 
Jba Pope Jones 
Lewis &- Ames 
:Lambcrtl' 
■Ann.Prltohard Co 
MONTREAL 
~ LocWs (16) 
Zara.. Lee 
Gilbert. Bros 
Nord. & Jeannte 
Bobby Janvs Co 
I'hos Mack Co ' 
NEWARK 
, State (16) 

t Ceo. .T btrt -arraki— 

Johnhy Bryant 
Benny Marka Co 
Frank. & Pete Trade 
Kitchen Pirates 
PITTSBI'RGH 
Penn ()6) 
Cab Calloway Orch 
PROVIDENCE 
l/oew's (16) 
Stanley Bros & A 
Deri ■ Gailvln 
Barry, . Breen ft' W. 
Block & Sully 
Vogues of 1934 

ROCHESTER 
. . I^W'S (16) 
Lionel Barrymore 
SYRACUSE 
Loew's (16) 
Midway Nights 
WASHINGTON 
Loew's (16) 
Greenwich V Follies 



faramouiit 



NEW YORK CITY 

Paramount (16) 
Wm Gaxton 
Victor .Moore 
Leah Ray 
(Two to All) 

BROOKLYN 
A Paramount (16) ' 
Will Mahoney 
Poet Prince 
Lucille F-aige 
(Two to fill) 

AUSTIN ^ 
Paramount (16) 
Sweet and Low D'n 
CHICAGO 
Chicago (10) 
Doris Kenyon 
Eddie Gurr 
I^ewls & Van 

Chicago (9) 
Mlri*m Hb^klns 
Mary Small 
Slatd Bros 
Wagner & Parrlsh 
Evans "Girls ' ' ' 

Marhro . (9) 
Al and. Pete 
Joe ' Parsens 
4 IjCGS 

Large--^ ft^^Morgner— 
3 Nell Sla 

Outlyine; (16) 
Slate Broa 



Imper'l - Guardsmen 



Judith Randall 
JiOS ANGELES 
Orplieum (6) 

Goodrich & Shaffer 

3 Gum Sla 
Milt Franklin 
Rhythm King 
Doakea & Koakea. 
Murry. & Sane . 
Machedbn. Broa 
Million Dollar (8) 
Gee Gee Alvarado 
Edna Scotleld 
Dolor«a- 'I:>opez 
Shafer & Keya 
Wynn. ft Ilurwyh 

4 K.ltclit?.n3 



Week of Feb. 12 



AstorlH D. H. 

Concha & Concha 
Canterbury' M, H. 

1st half (12-14) 
Cloqd Lester, & Pt 
3 Acrordlon Kings 

2d half. (1-3-17) 
Marcelle & SlUs 
Haven . ■&' Lee . 

' l>omlnlon 

Roy Fox Bd- . 
New Victoria 

Goriiido .Bd •. 

' Phlliulium 

Ethel Barrymore 
Allecn Stanley 
Geo D.obnan 
Bob Murphy- 
Michel & Nan, 
Co as bookied 

Trocndero 

G S Melvln 
Frakson . . 
Gi'esham- Singers 
Murray- & Mooiiey 
Eliza beth 



Regal (16) 

Mills Show 

Southtown (9) 
Will Mahoney 
Mark Fisher Orch 

Uptown (9) 
, 'Student Prince' Co, 
Geolrge. HasseU 
Gertrude Lang' 
DALLAS 
Paramount. (16) 
liOt's Go Places 
DETROIT 
Michigan (16) 
Ralph Klrbery : 
Bayes & Spdok 
Nell Kelly 

Bay . Saxc 

FORT WORTH 
Worth (16) 
Melody Mad Par'de 
HOUSTON—^ 
Paramount (IB) 
Bae Samuels! Bev 
SAN ANTONIO 
■Pttfain<)«ttt'(16) 
Sweet and . Low D'n 
TORONTO 
Imperial (16) 
Chaney ft . Fox 
Buster— Shaver- Co- - 
WACO 
Waco (16) 
Goln' to Town 



Maurice 

CLAPTON 
Rhih ■ 
Freddie Phyllis ft'A 
Victor Moreton 
Tarano .& H'dwicke 
KAUT: HAM 
. Premier 
Morris & Cowley 
4: White Flashes 

3 Boyces ^ 
EDGEWARlB RD. 

Grand. 
Dudley's Midgets 
M Thomas 
Delfont & Toko 
HASIMERSMITH 
. PolOce 
Geo Baker 
Olive Groves 
Peggy Cochrane 
ILEORD 
Super 
Morris ft Cowley 

4 White Flashes 
3 Boyces 

ISLINGTON, 
Blue Hall 
1st half (12-14) 
Marcelle ft Sill 
Haven . & t«e 

2d half (15-17) 
Cl'aud^ Lester Co 
3 Accordion Kings 



KILBCRN 
Grange 

Dudley^s Midgets-. 
M Thomas 
Belfont «r 
LEWIS 
Prt'ac 
Selma A - 

LEVTOK 
Savoy 
3 -Accbrdjibn Kings 
Rusty Rhine 
MARLBROUG 
. Iltkllowny 
S t M Harr!abn 
Hu'Srh Ormond 
NEW. CROSS 
'Empire '■ 
nuteh '-. 
Max Ml lifer 
Lloyd Fam 
Ef)os: Fraze're' ' 
Stanford ft Th,yl6r~ 
Co as booked -■ 

Kihemn, 
Mayer 'ft Kltabh 
Videau. A Iflrbv: 



Geo Kurd 

PECKHAM 
'P»InoiB 
Mayer, & Klfson 
VIdean ft Klrby 
Geb • Hurd .- 

Tower . 
3 Greene Bros 
3". AberdonlAna 
Halg ft .Esc'oe 
SH'PHERDS' BrSH 

Pavilion 
Geo Balcer— -■ 
Olive Grov.ea 
Peggy Cochrane 
STAMFORD HILL 
S: & Harrison 
SUtATFORD 
Broadway 
8 Accordion Kings 
Rusty Shine ^ 
STREATHAM 
Palace 
3 . Gretne Bros 
3 Aberdonlnns 
Rustv ft Plilne 
TOTTENHAM 
Pnlnce 
Fred Phyllis & A 
Victor Moreton ^ ^ 
Tarano ft H'dwicke 
WI>*BLETON 
Pnlace 
Concha & Concha 



Ua*Ha Club . 

Danny Healy 
Jack White 
Jerry Bergan 
Lillian Fitzgerald 
Roth -Andrews Orel 

U'lyw'd Refltauront 

Rudy Vnllee Orch 
Eddie Peabody 
Ann Loater 
Eleanor 'X-ennIa 
RanilHlla ft Capler 

Hotel pixie 

Art Kfthn Ore 

Hotel Gothnni 
Ilfenrl Bush Ore 

^iitel l^exihgton 
lack Little Ore 

— Hotel Madiron -. 
Jolly Coburn Ore 
otel ' MoAlpin 

Sarri Bobbiha -Ore 

Ikdtei ' Moiitciair, ' 

\Vm Sfotti Ore 
Mario ft FlorJa 

Hotel New Yorlvn 
Abe Lyman Ore 

Hbtei Pennsylvania 

Geo. Oisen Orch 
Ethel Shutta 
Bob. Rice . 
Joe .Mbrrison 

Hotel Hnosevelt' 
Rublnoff . and. Orjch 
Kelly's 

HlgB<>ns & Yarnell 
Chl<iult& 
Rita Hpnaud. 
Sterling Slaters- 
Jeanne McCauley 
De Lopez -Trib 
Mario 

Osgood Sisters 
■Joe Capella. ft Ori- 

Rings Temic<r 
Al 'SShayne 



Warner 



Provincial 



Week of Feb. 12 



Ruddy Rogers 
Feliola Sorel . ^. 
'Ann Lee Patterson 
Needa Klnkiild 
Bruno & Manon 
arl, JnoK & B 
ol\nny Hnle 
va; Stewart .- 

Park Central Hotel 

Ozzle Nelson :Orc 
Harriett Hilllnrd 
AJalr & Ulchard.e 

Place Plqb'aie 

H Rosenthal Ore -- 
D ft D FItzglbbonsf 
liyena -Strenge 

PlarJa Hotel 

Granville wiilike.r Or 
R estau rant La Rue 
Arthur Warren's Q. 
, Snmotar - 

Eli iSplvack 
Nina Mlrnevo 
Paul Zam Ore 
Johnny Russell 

Sdvoy'-PlaBa 

Freddie Martin Ore 

Slniplon Club 
Irene Bordlni 
King's Jesters 
Wm Farmer Ore 

Sherry's 
Harry Tush Ore 
Marlp, ft Flarlo'; 
St/ Morlti Hotel 

Leon Beiaaco Orch- 
Marenrlte 'ft Lerov 
Alex Bptkln Orclv 
Nicolina ', 
George Verona 

si. Re R Hot'ei 

Phil Harris - Orch 
Minor ft Root 

Suit Cinb 

Jack y.ers Ore - 
Charlotte Miirrle 
Tufi GrUi 



ELIZABETH 

RitK 

lat half (3-6) 
H'y Harrlaonrsf C's 
Tom Mack Co 
Gibson ft Gale 
Allen & White 
Marcus Sis & C Br 

2nd half (7^9) 
Autit Jemima 
L Murray ft S'r T's 
(Three; to come)- 
PHTLADELPHIA 
V Earle (16) 
Mildred Bailey 
Ben Blue 
Edmund JyoWiB 



(2) 

Ray ft. Sunshine 
Maxeilos 
lidUian Roth 
Ken Murray 
WASHINGTON 
Earle (16) 
4 Franks 
Jean Sargent 
Keri. Murray 
Maxeilos 

.. (2) 

King, King ft King 
Ching. Ling Foo' 
Ltilu McConnell 
Radio Rubea. 
Donald Novis 



Fanchon & Mareo 



NEW YORK CITY 
Roxy (16) 

Stone ft Leo 
(Others to nU) 
BOSTON 
Melroifolltan. (16) 
'The. Little Show' 
Ray and Sunshine 
DENVER, COLO. 

Orphenni (10) 
Pansy, the Horse 
Plcohianl Tr 
Marie I.^FIohlo 
(One to flll) 
(8) 

Plcchlanl Tr 

Vliice ,Sllk 

f?ally , Rand 

1X)S ANGELES 
Puriimount (16) 

An.<!on Weeks 



Virginia Verrill 

' (8) , 
Jones ft Hull , 
Hal "Grayson Orbh 
Leo Carrlllo 
ST. LOUIS 
St. XiOniN (16) 
Ames ft- Arno 
I.onias ft Co 
Holler & Riley 
SAN FRANCISCO 

Warfleld (10) 
Vel-di & I'helma 
Tito Coral 
Tom, Dick & H'y 
(8) 

<ione .''heldon 
Louie ZIngoni 
Locke & Nivna 
Vocal 8 



Independent 



BALTIMORE 
Hippodrpine (0) 

Joe I'Phner- 
Johnnie "Woods 
4 Franks 

Cooper ,V. Ploki>rt R 
ni'KFALO 
Buffalo (0) 
Buster VV<;flt 
Lucille Page 
Bupter Shaver • 
Park ft nifford ■ 



. Hipi^oArome (9) . 

Tount Hornlvlcl 
Harriet Cruise- • 
U'by Tke' Hepsh'w 
Mary ft Bobby 
Hordlne ft CaiToll 
Mile Caroline 
Paul Sutton 

cincACO 

state Mke (0) 
Bobbe Arnst 
H*r»'y I^urne 



CARDIFF 
Empire 

8 Pltfno Synpl 
EDINBURd 
Empire 

Layt'n & Johnstone 
Andes Frim 
Max Hoffman 
Embert Sis 
Dennis 2 

Bradley -ft Gibbons 
Cotrlllos 
Tony Capaldl 
Auatel ft Arthur 
■New Victoria 
2 Manteraingera 

Rutland 
Earle! ft. Ascot 
Elsie Joicey * 
Bert Symes 

HULL 
Palace 

E & D Waters .. 
T Handley Co 
Helen Raymond Co 
Clapham ft Dwyer 
Fayre 4 



Ben Said, 
Co M booked 

LEYTONSTONE 
Rlalto 
Val Rlsliig 

PRESTON 

.New Victoria 
M ft H i^cablti 
Bate da Costa.. 
Keith Wilbur 
Mario Lor.enzl 
Bmelie Hook 

SUNDERLAND 
Empire 
Lew Lake'a Show 
Wilkie Sard 
Fred Barnes 
Flo Sm'lthson 
■Hairr y - Champ Ion 
Bego 2 
Kasraca 
De Suter Bros 
Deaniond. Girls 
2 Arartoa 
Dines ft DInea 
SWANSEA 
Bknplro 
2d Crazy Show 



Gladys: Bentley 
B'b'rl'gs' Wllliamt 
Ted . Brown Orcb 

Mnlebn Royale 

Ahtobal . Cubans 

Marlborough House 

.Gain- Gal 11 
V-lvlan Vance. 
Michael. Za'rln Ore 

Mayfalr Yacht Club 

Walker > O'Neill Ore 
p wight Flake 
Siontniartre Club 

Davld-H'da Murray 
Teddy Lynch 
Babul'a - Ore -; 

Mori's Rest 

Eddie Davis Ore 
Moulin Rouge, B'kn 
Larry McMahon 
Connie- Lang 
ELeanore -Gardner 
Frank Motey 
Martin Trln I Orch 

Murray's 

Johnny' Howard 
Bobby Brinn' 
Edith Lowe 
Mitzy RouBS 
Hammer ft Sledge 
F.tbel Agld 
Leah Lazarus' . 
Jim Josephs Orisb ^ 

Palais Royal 

Ethel Waters 
Oliver Wakeneld. 
Loomla Sis - - 
Nltza Vernelle 
Donajd Stewart 
Capertoh & Bjddlc 
Sydney M«';in 
Dolores Farrls 
Gary ft Dlxbn 
Emll Coleman Ore 
Val -Olman 'pre - 

Paradi 
NTG Rev 



Bernice Stone 
'X'0Tn~Gcntry Orch 
Jose RIvas Orch ' 
Pierce ft Harris 

Palmed Honae' 

Dufrtn ft Draper 
Uosita ft. Ramon 
Lowe Burnoff-ft W 
Gale :Page 
Californiano 
anley Morner 
Abbott Girls 
Richard Cole rch 

:'. Paraniuunt 

Jkck Waldro'n 
Julia Garrlty 
Mlsa Harriet 
Nellie Nelson 

Playjgronhd 

Dot CuVber'taon— -, 
Pesgy P'al' 
Joe Llttlt 

Adele' Gould. 
Pon ...Elklns 
Jimmy Frances , 
Mllortd llbliri*- 
Lou Snatel Ore 
Ralnbo Oardena 

Bill Aronabn 
Shannon Sisters 
lAfayette. ftL'Verne 




Geo Hall Orcb 
Tavern. D'hlyn 

Eddl<6 Jackaop 
-Jack Murray Ore 

Tic Toe Club 

Gc'rti-ude NIesen 
Gypsy' Nina- 
Billy Castle 
Genev Tie 

Vanderbiit otel 

Joe Moea.'Oirch 
Ward ft Hopkins 
Vlilnge Bam 

Scherr .Bros . 
Paul TVenialne Bd 
Rddie Prltchard 
Josh Medders- 
Lulii Batea 
Fieri a Veatoff 
Ted Fletcher 
Ronald Brookea 
Lee Twina 
Florence ft Ellzab'th 
3-Gay Blades 
Vlllnge Nut Cluli 

Cllft- Clifton Rev 
Nutay Fagan 
Milt Spleiman Ore 

Waldorf-Astoria 

be . Marcua ■ 

E. Madrlguera Ore 

X. Cygat Ore, 

Margb 

Carmen 

Pbema-Zlto Ore 
Jaffry Ore 

Wasii Sq. Club 
Frank Fdrrell Orch 

Weylin .Hotel 
Michael Covert Ore 
Wivel Cofe 

Aniy At'kinsan 
Jack Wick ' 
Lillian Lorraine - 
Ami Pavb 
Maldie Du Frebne 
La Salle Orch 



Countess E v Loses 
Keller ft Field 
Gaylene Slstera 
Dorothy Thomas 
Jules Stein Oro 

Santovar 

Carmen Dl Glavln 
Muriel Love 
Tommy Lyman O* 

Terrace Gard^nt 

Romo Vincent 
Alhsley Lambert 
Clyde Lucas Ore 

Via M>c<D 
Crane Buasel) Orcli 
ZIta ft Marcelle 
JaCk Houab 
Wanda Kay 
Al Handler Bd 

^ ~iooTx;m~ 

Edna Rush 
Virginia Hevy 
BUiy Gray 
.My.ra-,, Langford 

336 Club 
B.B.B. 

Henry Berman 
Marie , ft Elliot 
Ruby Abbott 
Madeline. Thomaa 
Don Fernando. Ore 



Behind the K/ ya 



(Continued froin .page 21). 
pinch hitting .for Manager J. Knox 
Strachan at War--rs' .Alhambra 
hete, hsts rettirn«d to his post -as 
manager of: the Plaza: in San- 
dusky, O,. . \ . ... ■ 

Dr. V. Hart will manage th« 
reopenied trand at Bradford, Pa.;: 
assuming charge ' imniedlatelyj 
yhe-iE>p cra h ouge-^ttrJefffir-so nvillfl — 



has been fee peiied under' the man- 
agement of George, Cipmbs. 

ChanceHor Brothers ha.ve. re- 
opened the Ritz theatre, at Arcadia, 
Ohio, with straight picture policy. 
■— Iicwln Weiss named manatger o£ 
the^^afris .at Dpnofa, Pa„ suc- 
ceeding BiU CeckeV, shifted ^ to 
Johnstown, Pa., to be city manager 
for Warners. 

Thie remodeled and redecorated 
Qable theatre at Sharon, Pa., has, 
been reopened. John. Muller, for- 
mer operator is again ' In charge. 

Forney L. Bower?, manager of the 
Union, New Philadelphia, and' the 
Bexley in Dover, O., has been 
shifted to Zattesyllle, Where he will 
manage Shea's -Weiler. 
. Bin Relse Is planning to reopen 
the Ohio. 

Syracuse, N. Y. 
Joseph Fltzer, Syracuse exhibitor,^" 
filed a bankruptcy petition with 11- 
abilltlea of .fl4,352 ^nd no assets. 

Bronx, N. T. 
Joseph W. kllgef out after a brief 
term as manager of the Boston 
Road theatre. Successor- Is Sol 
Dashkin. 



CHICAGO 



NEW YOEK CITY 



Algonquin Hotel 

Cookie F'rohlld Ore 
.Roger Stearna 

Ambassador Hotel 

Pancho'a Orch 

Bal-MuBctte 

Leon Bedou 
George Marchal 
Pierrotte 
Millard ft Anita 
Georgette 
4 Apoches 
Sacha Orch 

Beaux Arts 
kathryn Paraono 
Lucien La Riviere 
Thomara Dbriya 
Slltan ft Marl 
M&uclee, Shaw Orch 
Lopez'a HawlUna 
Blltmore Hotel 
Paul ,Wb1tcman Or 
Jack Fulton 
Robt. Lawrence. 
Roy Bargy. 
PcKgy Healy, 
Floria Armstropg. 
Rarnona . 
Rhythm Boys 

Casino de. Paree 

Chan Drury 
Hindu Wdsaau 
Holland ^ Juno 
Gertrude NIesen 
Eleano r-Poweii: 



Canllnl 
Hal S.hernian 
Don' ReaiTian Ore 
Ben PoUaf^k Ore 
Caveau . Basque 
■Van Blarkston* 
Harrl.Mon ft Flshor 
Sol ; Mlaholoff's Orv 
Ceniral Pic Casino 
Eddy Dufthin Ore 
Maurice .ft Cordoba 
PVanc-f.s M.Tlilux 

ChapcaQ Rouge 
feppx de Albr.ew 



De Marcos. 
Marian Smith 
Godoy'a Tango Bd 
Dick. Gasparre'e Or 

Club Rlchntan 

Jack Mason Rev 
LldQ Girls Ore 

Comniodorf Hotel 

ishami Juneiy Ore 
Isabel Brown 

Gottdo Clab 

C. C. Rev : . 
'Jimmy Luntsfprd O 

Croydon. 
Gharles Ecitels .iOrc 
Del'monico'A 

Al B White . 
Boatsy Dbhner' 
Janis Williams 
Val Veatoff 
Naomi Morton ft B 
Modernistic Revels ' 
Lynn Dore 
Joe -VenutI Oro 

I Chifo 

Tan CO 4- Lo rca 
Las AJedas 
Adcilna Diiran 
Orlando RIcarde 
A. B.C. 3 
Pilar Areas 

El Morocco 
_G_eorg«a Meta-xi 
"Jba. <5I ^mftlipOFcTi' 
Men^ndfz <')rc . 

Essex Houfie 
Glenn Gray Ore 

Gal|nghcr> 

Chester Doherty 
Bo.salle Roy 
Muriel Ellis 
Gerty. Dwyer 
Bert Goodman 
Medlsco ft Michael 
Al Fields Orch; 
Gov. Clinton Hotel 
AnQi'h' Light Orr- 



Bismarck Hotel 
(WOlnot Room) 

Dick Cunlirte 
Parker GIbbs 
Elrnb Tonrier' 
Red Ingle 
Ted Weema . Orcb 

BbulcTard Room 
(Hotel Stevens) 

Irving Gagnon 
Rutb Brougbton 
Chaa Agnew Orcp 

lackhawb 

Earl RIckard 
Ueane Janls' 
Hal Kemp Orch 
'Skinnny' Ennis 

Cafe deAlex 

Wade Dooth 
Imi>erlal 3 
Lenore Lynn 
.Marian Garner.-. . 
Earl Hoffman Qrch 

Chex ' Farce - 

Gomez & Winona 
Dorothy Crooker 
Taoht Club Boys 
Sally Gay 
Jimmy. Hadreaa 
Vincent 'Lopez Ore 

Clufi Leinirc 

Luclb Garcia 
Billy ' Meagher 
Joe Mannl'a Orcb 
Betty Chiase 
Jaclt Sexton. Jr 
'Sugar' Harolds Or 

Ciob La Masque 

J ft 13 . LaM.arr 
Edna Leonard 
Eddie Morton 
Era he) as rill man 
,AI Garbell 
Earl WlillB Ore 

Club Royale 

Patay - Ogden 
.Shayne & Arnistong 
Jodn. Andrews ' 
Geraldlne Ross 
Fritz Miller Oro^ 

Coileg* Inn 

Zolda Santley 
Edith Griffin 

-Dorlfl---Hurtlg=^--==i 
Frankle MMttre Or 

Congress.' Hotel 
(Jo9 Urban R4)ohl) 
Art K'anh'el 
I-lobert Uoyre 
Cher.le ft TomsiFl''* 
Carlos Mgllna 

Coloslmo's 

Jill la Lyons 
Dorothy Ilnnry . 
iJeronOa A ' liarry 
Enrloo D'-Mhn 
Bd,'1le Ir'-^rlnq 



Countess Borlska 
Signer Barson'l 
Art Buckley 
Bob Tinalcy Ore. 

Club Alabara 

Fhyliss Herry 
Patay McNair 
Gloria Starr 
Eddie Roth Ore 

Drake Hotel 

Ruth Lee 
The CrusadcrB 
Lucille Johnson 
Earl Burtnett Ore 

Edgewater . Beacb 

Eather Todd 
DeRonda ft Barry 
Art Carroll 
Bob Sylveater Ore 

Welly ft Ver Dyn. 
Joe '-Allen 
Ginger Pearson 
RulhahTa ft Malc'iii 
Evelyn 'Hoffman ^ 

(Hotel La Salie) 

Art kahn Orb 

Hl-Bat Club 

Riek. ft Snyder 
Billy Meagher 
Irene Duval 
Dotty Myera 
Effie Biirtoh 
Jerry Gfiar 
George Pctronne Or 

K,-9 Club 

Billy Branhon 
Half-Pint Jaxon 
Bd Coney 'Ore 
Leoii La Verde 
■Earl ':■ P,-irtello 
Gcoriye Oliver 

Uarohi'e 

Rolando ft .Verdltta 
GWert' Gordon 
Neecec Shannon 
Marge ft Marie 
Virginia Buchanan 
Bob VVyalt . , 
Maurle Moret Orch 

Club : ill innet 

Marvf l Burke 
Cookie Sledel , 
J}etty-=WllllarhB= 



Chicago. 

Clyde Eckhardt of Fox here again 
takes up the double reins of ex- 
change manager and division su- 
pervlso;:. Necessitated by the re- 
turn of Mcie Levy, exchange man- 
ager, to his original spot in the 
Minneapolis office. Jack Lorenz, 
present Minneapolis exchange . man- 
ager, moves, to Milwaukee. 

Cleveland, 
liocal front and backstage boys 
are organizing two theatrlcj.l clubs, 
Jerry Goodman^ electrician , at RKO 
Palace, pronioting a' new Che.es* 
club for stagehands, musicians, act- 
ors, managers and newspapermen. 
Louis Swee, manager of Knicker- 
bocker, la backer if Showman's 
Club of Ohio. Restricted to theatro 
managers only, 

Pittsburgh. 
WB closing Davis,, downtown 
nrst-run house, indefinitely Thurs- 
day night (8). House, operating at 
a loss all season, was shuttered two 
weeks before Xmas at -which time 
it was . Intended to, keep it dark 
pet-manently but slight pickup in 
business shortly after reversed de- 
cision. Shortage of good product 
has 'also added to house's troubles 
recently. 



Oklahoma City. 
H4rold Pickett, former manager 
of the local Paramount exchange, 
Oklahoma City, has ,been trans- 
ferred to Dallas.v Sid Simpson who 
has worked as sd^lesman out of 
the Dallas exchange has been ap- 
pointed manager' of the Oklahoma 
exchange^ 



Annette Kruger 
'llrudy Davidson 
'Sugar' Kennedy 
l-'ra.nli Hhernian ' 
MorrJe Sfant'in Of 
Mural Room 
(Brevoort lIpteH 
Jaros Sla 
Paul Fay 
Gale Glpp 
Fay Pptere 
Bob P.'rry'p Or'-h 

"Opera riob" 
I.' .i-ncf' . .'^'.f l^T nr. 



T«ingiiay East 

rrbllywood, X2. 

Eva . Tangua.y leaves hore . this 
week for Chicago, and. .then Ne 
York, where She expects to resl 
permanently. 

Ml.<js Tangiiay's. stay in Chicago 
will be., for the. purpose of an op- ■ 
eratlon to remove a rataraot jfromj 
her eye. 



YOUNGSTOWN'S HALt WK. 

Youngstowii, O., Feb. 1?. 
"When vaudfllm pollcyr given two 
weoks' trial failed to draw, Park 
inauf?urat<?d double featuces at 20c 
top. 

"With vaude out at the Park, town 
etUl has half' week live ehowH at the^ 
Palace and burlesque at the Prin-^ 
oesn,. both , reported, doing wpJL 



52 



VARIETY 



Tuesday, Februarj 13, 1934 




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riiimiHUe<t weekly by V^^BIGTX Ine, 

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164 VPesc 46tti Street NeW York City 



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No. 9 




Variett atuf. cKp^er 

Wi S. Ha,rt retired from the forrifi 
Ing United, Artists^ GaiVe as his 
. reason-, his impending retirement. 



bivisfori.of Fihns of the Bureau of 
Public Information was being 
vwrapped . utJ. Had .served Its pur 
•pose, 



. Dupont a erave authferiticitv to the 



report that they" were to engage in 
the raw. fllm business. Rumor de- 
clared, thefnlxi on every big picture 
move from, the Capitol, theatre to 
United Artists. 



Fanjpus Players, aiscontinuied its 
trade showing to paper- reviewersi 
contending that pre-release sliow- 
ings in N. . Y. gave theni all the. lee- 
way they needed. 



miisic business was away 



Army officers at Camp Dix 
planned a . hotel In N., T^ Along the 
lines of the ' Players inn at camp. 
For women professionals only. 



Orpheuiii ofhce lii N; T. issued an 
order that all men must , reimove 
' liheir hats on entering. Martin .Beck 
thought offices looked too rowdjr. 

Propiosed merging of Barnum and 
Rlngling shows Into one outfit maLk- 
Ing plenty of trouble In winter 
quartersr Duplication of personnel 
made for many scraps. 



New revenue bill slapped a 10% 
soak on cut-rate tickets based on 
the established and not the selling 
price. 



Inside Stuff-Pictures 



Inside Stuff-Vaude 



Bea . Kuhahe, five minutes before nominations yrere to be mac<e art 
the . annual election of the Association .of Motion Picture Producers, 
asked thiit his naitie be withdrawn as a t»resldehtlal candidate, which 
resulted in the body re-electing Jjouls B. Mayer to the helm of the Goa^t 
rbo.dy for the fourth consecutive 'yfeaf. .Mayer had bieen trying, to abdl-^ 
cate from the post, and Kahano. had. been In line six tnoiiths for the job, 
yirhen . the. . sudden reslgn^tibn of Merian O. Cooptiar .it Radio chahged 
^the status of affairs there, which caused Kahanei .to ask that he be re 
HeWd- -from-his-promlse to^jake the post. Position of executive. Vi-P 
held by Fred Beetsph was 'eliminated at the meetfng;- wriIi"B^6tsOh''b^ln 
reflected 'sec. rtrieas, of the body. Jack K Warner and W. R. Sheehnn 
were also re-elected to the posts Of first and second :V;.-p.* , 

Only change in. the board of directors was' the election of R. ' J. Ob 
ringer .of First National, fiUlhgf the vacancy made when Darrj'l 2ianucW 
I'esigned on going to 20th Century. Rest of board, comprises Harrj' Cohn, 
B, H. Allsn, Sheehan, Hal E. Roach, W. R. Frazer,. Mayerj Enianut^^^ 
Cohen, Kahane, Carl Laemmte, Jr.,: a^ 

It was Voted to change the Central Casting Bureau, from Ihdivi iiaJ 
producer ownership to .collective owners in the name of the Producers 
asaoctiEition. 



icurreht name issue; over \Yho shall: aJid 'shall not sit.;on zohiivg and 
ffrievance . boards' will never be jiermanently closed.. This w^i.s re vealtd 
Monday (12) 'by code .experts who declared that , the GJode Auxliority at 
its will, and any time in the future, has .the right to yank as many, m^n 
as it pleases from the NBA police fol-ce arid '-replace them with oth 

the same, time sXich officials expressed the belief that boards, if 
and when naiiried, niay,.he housed in exhibitor quarters throughout , th^ 
courtti'y or in exeh?ing*s until such time as the O. Ai decides upon a 
plaffi ,of ihdukry assessment. 
A jjui'ther . issue, whether pictures can go to the state courts in regard 
oi>rHiiY\ triuii\ (MiuL^wja-harv^^^6--settV^-4xv-j:aurtB the mselves; it: is- 



Burlesque managers frowning on 
•fforts of' the Broadway producers 
to sign - up. thel# best comedians. 
Too' many going over. 



50 YEARS AGO 

(From Clipper) 



CJlipper tut-tutteid the growing 
habit of doing pansy impersona- 
tions. But not as preyalent then as 
now. 



Ida Slddons, first to approximate 
the modern burlesque . show, was 
doing so well she put out a No. 2 
company. 



Tale Glee Club, which had been |n 
a railroad smash out west, got 
$1,266. One sUiger was paid |1,000 
for a broken nose and two, others 
drew 1100' apilece. Smash, broke tip 
, the tour. 



'Only a Farmer's daughter.' which 
had been a. mint on this side, was 
slated for: a British tour. Three 
actors, taken over for the leads. 
The others' to be picked up ovieir 
there. 



Mary. Anderson, playing in Lon- 
don, offered W. S. Gilbert $10,000 
for 'Comedy and Tragedy.' She 
didn't get it.; IJong a favorite' one^ 
acter with emotional actresses. 



Madison Sq. theatre, the Frohman 
house, seemed to have lost its grip. 
-Couldn't bring In another y6ar or 
two runner^ 



Henry Clair complained' to the 
r ollce that ticket specs, in front of 
~r?^ibl5'S^"Garden=wereHinnoying-=hi8. 
guOstis and hurting the hotel, so the 
police started pinchirig. Theatre 
was part of the hoteL Mrs. Lang* 
■try was the cause of the ticket men 
getting so for downtown. 



Lyttoii Sotherh was touring as 
Iiord Dundreary In 'Our American 
Cousin,' He was a hit only in his 
imitation of his father and gave 
r^a.y to his brothet 'E. 'tt. Sothern, 
who rapldlr oomlng along, 



the opinion of industry lawyers, however,, that since plctures are .^sserir 
tially bas^d on interstate ..conimerce it must .need' recoijrse. only .the 
Federal courts. 



Home ofrice publicity offices in New York; continue .to snul> the Hol- 
lywood departments wher^ th .puffs and blurbs are. turned out, \viiile 
the Coast continues to turn its back on the east* Reciahtly a couple of 
the Newr York publicity heads complained about the situation; but noth- 
ing is ever done about' it! — 

New Tork hollers over thje reams, of press copy the Coast distributes 
which the east wouldn't think of sendlhg out, and also the release on the 
Coast of stories, V which ax'e not sent to New York 'until two days- later. 
The complaint here Is that the eastern papers k'ck when stuff is re- 
leased ahead in CJalifornia. Some of ttie chatter writers in the .east are 
flatly refusing to use anything the home Office publicity vendors .offer 
if the- coast studios has released. it out tfiei'e. Some Of the New York' 
publicity departments, as a;' result, are keeping down the Coast: ress 
stuff, while othei-8, such as RKO and. 'Warner Bros,, are setidin out 
plenty of it. 



Sacha Guitry's attempt to highhat an American fllitt company which 
wanttsd to look at a script of his operetta, ^Florestdn V, v^ent west. AmCr^ 
leans, who just wanted to take a few ideas vfroin piece, which Is nig, as is. 
asked sacha to show it to them. He nixed them, unless they'd give him 
a down payment in advance. So .cotbpany contacted Guitry's agent, Bert 
Howell, j^ho jumped at the Idea and> unknown to Sacha, shipped the 
script to 'New York, where it "now is. 

Operetta ia taken frOm real life, according to Sacha's own Statement, 
so the American firm could have lifted ideas without credit, but It. wanted 
to , be ethical about it. . 
•ipiorestan' is playing at the Varieties in Paris currently. 



tfowhtowii Los Angeles currently has three vaudtllm houses with ohly 
one using tiie presentation type of stage . shows, bi'pheum (Principal) 
gets first call on talent with the Million Dollar (Lazarus and VlnnikofC) 
playing these actis later on. Third house is the Hippodrome^ where actife 
try out on split-week bookin Presentation house is the Paramount 
(F&M). 



Eddie Cantor's statement last week in. the Ne,v/ Tork ;dalli , in which.: 
ihe .ejyjressed , streiiuous 'disapproval of any proposed Changes, in the 
chorus -girl provisibris. of the~cbiae.~was a bxirntip-foir-thO vaude- produc- . 
ers. Latter, .through their United Producers' & btagerst* Ass'ni, wanted 
to answer, buv.were restrained from doing sO by the origanlzatiou's atr 
lomeys, O^rieh, Driscoll A RafCerty. liavy .firm advised against 'ileht - 
ihg it out in the hewspapers.-'- 

Cantor, jointly interviewed with, Dorothy ryant, was quoted as say.<^ 
ing that he wbuld resign from the Motion Picture Code Authority if th* 
chorus girls' mjnlmutn wage wer.^ reduced; . . Nothing had been sa^d about , 
the minimum salary, the producers' plaint being against the $3 a day 
layoff salary ■for the girls. 



Lyons & Lyons agency nearly lost its Loew franchise, last week bie- 
cause it couldii't answer a question put to it by the Loew booking office. 

Question related to a statement madfe^^ by Arthur; Lyons at the recent 
open hearing on the VaudevlUe Code. Lyonis had recited an Incident: 
whereby Act that was wiling to accept $1,000 foi- a ciroUit booking 
wouiid up , getting 12,000; just, because of competitive bidding apiorig th* 
agents^ Loew, office , requested the name' of the act referre,d tb by Lyons, 
and when the agency declined to arisw,er ,I^' was advised that it would be 
barred f ropi- the Loew booking flbor. But , the ; barring rdeV waa re- 
abinded a day or twc)' later. ;' ' ■ *' 



,San>e coia Wave~wtTrinr-tlBd,--apHMoultiHftO«* 
delayed arrival of t(ib version, of, ; 'Vanities'' five .hOurs at Loof's Fo'i,' 
Washirigtoh; ij.nit was ..scheduiied to arrive f or rehearSai; at 9. a.m. Fii- 
daj' (9). ' rains frbze up. between the capital .and Baltimore and were 
three hours behind schedule. ' 

Flrsi Stage siaow set for. 12:15 didn't get on till 2:30. House orchestra 
maestro explained situation and booth used up more than two hours of 
shorts. Trouble ,9ame when big stage doors Were opened to,, let i 
sceniery. Cold crept in and orchestra plus first six rows , of patrbns 
donned overcoats. Less than $10 in refunds; however. 
First show; \i\fas staged minus sets an costumes. 



on what's handed out. ThfejLwant spot news. Of course, but frequently 
dig dee;per iptb something coming along frofh press agents In the hope 
of more .detail... When stunts ai?e'.;good the services go' for them. out. of. 
New. York ,even if suspecting a gag in the .torih of ah. explbitatioh inan. 



V.' 



William .Dieterle is. the last of the meggers to retain, the , old" time 
directors' habits. He liever says 'Turn 'em over' for, a foot of film, with- 
out wearing? immaculate white gloves. ,Wheh film is finished he has the 
gloves laundered and placed away, until the rvext session, Maintaina 
the- gloves are tiot superstUibn. 
Von Strbheim also wore gloves for every picture. 



'ThO Unsinkable Mrs, ,' a story to .be .published , as a novel by either 
Morrow or Macauley & Co., both of whbm are negotiating, Is In the 
hands of: one of the major studios concurrent with: an Item in a New 
York chatter coliimn that the chapter in Gene Fowler's 'Timber Liiae,' 
dealing with Mrs. Brown of eiarly Colorado, mining days, may become. a 
picture. 

'The Unsinkable Mrs. Jay,' oh which Lou Goldberg and Ed OlmStead 
have ■ been workliiig for ii, long- time, is lection built around the same 
character. It was begun -by Goldberg at the time hla 'Great I Am' was 
published, ahead, of ; 'Timber Line.' 



Grbup of 10 ^ctiire executives in New York from the Coast were 
lunching at a rniovtcwn cafe when A. E. Thomas, the 60 -year-old play- 
wrighTwho did a comeback with 'No More Ladies' entered. 

One of the picture men, a former, legit showman^.w^ht over to chat 
.with ThOmas, an old friend. Upon rejoining' thife Coast crowd they in- 
qiilred as to' the stranger; 'That,* answered the, shownian, 'is Al Thomas, 
the fellow who wOs the reason for 'Once in. a Lifetimb.- He sat around 
the Metro lot for six months trying ,to see Thalberg.* 



Moral, weather bureau of the Industry In Its current forecasts, de- 
signed especially for producers of shorts, is emphasizing ^ warning 
against allowing anything to slip into the fllm which might burlesque 
or accidentally disparage any department of Government. Particularly 
is the advice^ aimed jigainst caricaturing Congressmen. It. polnts put that 
the business "hOff "fe'w 'eWjugh" fHends^ in the new HousO-wLthout,. doings 
anything to antagonize these. It cautions against using any part Of 
W;ashlngton f Or a Comedy locale. 



Suggesting a script idea for a major star a well known character player 
got nowhere. Some time later he found himself cost, with the some star 
with a;iO weeks' assignment on a. fat check. So ^e didn't beeif when dlfl- 
coyerlng . that the 'script was much albng .the lln^s be, hjad suggested,. 

But when a plagiarism suit "was slapped on the studlo< the character 
actor was asked if he would testify that he had submitted the original 
yam long ijefore the; time ihentioned by , the plaintiff. 



A scene for Paraihpunt's 'Catherine the Great', called for -SO Cossacks 
to ride into a Cathedral bn horseback. Aniong the extroa were several 
Russians who Informed Von . Sternberg tbat the scene wouldn't be true 
because Rusj9ians of that day wouldn't enter a church without first re^ 
moving their hats and certainly not on horseback. 

"This plctiire is for Ani6rica not Russia', the megger replied and'scene 
was shot as Written. 



A national news weekly wanted to pull a istunt with the nudist colony 
at Lake Elsinore, Cal. Nudiists turned down the idea. 

Then the news men went after other nudie colonies but all proposals 
were nixed. So the manager of the service gbt the idea to promote a 
^-cal JbMujdeak.^troujp.e .1 g^olly wood studio. Burly 

bunch fell and, although receiving no screen" cre"dltr>'»TirBb"'lTiroi^ 
motions of doing bear skirt tricks on the back lot.. 



The Minneapolis and Si. Paul Orpheums have an arrangement whereby 
they exchange screen advertising courtesies. Any attraction of the 
Minneapolis Orpheum (Singer) which does not play the St, Paul Orpii 
(RKO) is advertised by a trailer oh the latter's screen. The Mfnn. Orph 
last week ran a trailer for the St. Paul Orpheiun advertising 'Counaellbr 
at Law,' which had played the former house several weeks ago, 

- Though R-ptfLnff everything that's sent-q.iit in the. reguljfir prw? man- 
ner,, the New York news .servloe wii*e men .are b'ecomlnff luUch. ohooslev 



Capitol (Loew) on Broadway is going in for a series of pbrsonal ap- 
pearances' by stars with their pictures.. Deslrie is . tO simulate the him 
Whicli Robert Montgomery did at the; Cap last fall in 'person and in his 
own pic, 'Another Language^'- May ROb'son'iast week, Lionel Borrjrmore 
this week and .Itemon Novai^-o. next week,,' with "'Cat and the Fiddle' 
the bboklngs. 

The Robson date was among thi 
$14,000. 



Fox has Geprisre White's- 'Sca,ndals' scheduled for release in April with 
almost a record number of screen crediCs. Harry Lachman is gettihff 
credit for directing the m'nslc, Thornton Freeland for directing the story. 
Finally, after. Robert Kane gets a flash as executive producer, .GreOrge 
White comes in for this li 'Conceived, created and directed by George 
White.' 



Myrna Loy seems set for. nice girl .parts al though fans wrote protest! 
the change. 

A year ago Miss Loy notified the studios she was through playing 
the almond-eyed baddies and Wanted to go straight. 'Despite fan appeal 
for her to stay Oriental she decided to take a chance, although It might 
mean a loss of parts. Metro saw her point and has since kept her sweet. 



Anna Sten will be billed in all newspaper and 24 -sheet advertising 
as the 'First Soviet Star,' Sam Goldwyn wants to kill any idea that the 
Russian girl, who worked in German films,, is a German star. 

Producer also wants, to open the way to selling 'Nana' in Russia, an 
will visit Moscow for this purpose before ♦•e.turning to Hollywood. 

The biggest nian in the Hays office today is the newest member, 
TOnl Mtito, whose girth requires 69 inches of leather belting before both 
onds meet. This Is aln^ost three times the Hayslan body (perisonal) cir- 
cumference, it's a lot thicker than the Dave Parfryman'tliiek^^ 
held the record until Muto came along. 



Illinois, the only staite in the union with censorshi neWsreels, may 
shortly relax its shears. The industry is nOw busy along these lines. 
U is ready to point out that it is hot so much the approximate $9,000 
yearly which the reels pay f Or the cjensoring but the fact that screen 
nb^s in , and arourtd Chicago is delayed 'a dajr.as the result of the official 
viewing, 

Triad pf the puit of the Paramount tr against a group of 12 banks 

to set aside an alleged creditor preference, gets further and further into 
the distance. Application; to the courts for an extension of time in which, 
tho trustees may take depositions In connection with the action, sete It 
off another 90 days. 



Wdriiers "Fashions of 1934' has been changed in several spots to 'Fash- 
ton Follies of ; 1934* believing playing up the fashion angle too heavily in 
the title. might detract. An Order was aisb sent out to 'stay away from 
all fashion tie-ups no matter how inviting they may look'. 

The Globe, Times Square, an indie operation reviving past click films, 
has made It 100% on billing. A. couple of weeks ago the house displayed 
Geprge Raft over Muni and then followed by Spotting Jimmy Durante 

above"eohan-0n=the---next^piftMinftr=^..^i....^.:4^--^ -^ ^.^i , - 



Som roadway theatre* are squawking aboiit use of the NRA eagle 
on the- managerial courtesr passes which one of the deluxe film spots 
has issued andiwhlch allow for admissions on payment of 15c. Reported 
that one competitor wa.s, sufficiently 'aroused to make complaint to Wash- 
inigton. 



The bad biz one big New York house has been doing iij ascribed by 
showmen to be due to aome extent to the superlative trailerizing th«» 
tjieatre>ng engflgM In. Th^v, opnt*»Tid that th<» hmiPf hnn flimniv ont- 
troUered itself. ' 



Tuesday, February 13, 1934 



LEGITIMATE 



VARIETY 



53 





MIDWEST 




[uity Sponsors Coast Legit; 

Tour Seen Available 



Hollywood, Feb; 12. 
Equity rsponsored legit productions 
m the hope of reviving the road, 
Insofair as the Pacific slope Is «onw 
cerned, with a minimum of 12 \^ekE; 
of consecutive playdates, is the plan 
of Charles Iililler, local deputy for 
th* actors' organization. 
' Aside from being intended as an 
»ld to coast producers; movement 
-would, It is expected, provide, more 
frequent jand lucrative ehgagemerits 
for the .300.. to 400 Equity . meinb6rs 
pow here. 

Decision to actively lend its aid 
In coast production • was brought 
about as. the result .of a. recently 
*<Sompleted survey by Miller, which 
f^v^n ^ fA a. fjurprie i ng . demand from 
the hinterland for worthwhile legit 
. attractions, and aissuranc^es of the 
'opening up of houses In sufficient 
number ; to- insure the liniinum 
three months' playing tim^|. 

As indicative of thie awiakening of 
l^git interest In some of the smailer 
•towns, attention is directed to the 
whole-hearted co-operation and offer 
/of pliy dates for such road attfac- 
' tionis visiting the coast this season 
as Katharine Cornell, Walter Hamp- 
den and Eva LieGalllennel 

Miller's survey, covering a period 
vof several months, brought a; sur- 
prising number of favorable teplies, 
buit with' virtually every manaiger 
with whom he corresponded insist- 
ing that only productions of top- 
notch calibre would be -considered. 
Advisory Puties 
Miller's idea ia to assist a new 
producing combine" about to be or-, 
ganlzed, by sitting In, in an ad- 
visory capacity, while continuing to. 
liold his Equity post. Initial pro- 
duction would be a musical, using 
< Bcreen names with a b- . draw for 
the steilar parts: 

Aisld'e from the comparatively few 
remaining full weeks on the coast, 
productions would b^ routed for one 
or two night stands, .ujO and dlown 
the coast and aa far eastward as 
Salt Lake City and Denver. 

Equity sponsorship would call for 
Olily meritorious productions Of 
established New York successies, 
With a ban on slip-shod and hastily 
thrown together plays, of which 
V there have been numerous instances 
on the coast, in recent years. 

Moses Brings Modernistic 
Opera to B'way at $6.60 

"Four iSalnts In • Three Acts' by 
Gertrude Stein and Virgil Thomp 
eon, which drew mo.<3t of New 
York's music critics to Hartford last 
week, has been taken over by Harry 
Mosefj and will open .on Broadway 
at the 4^th Street next week at 
$6.60 top. Regulaf scale will be 
$3.30.. 

Dfescribed as itn opera^'f rOm Verdi 
to Jazz.' Ga.st is entirely colored, 
but the orchestra Is white. It was 
presented ^by the 'Friends and Ene- 
mies of Moder MUsic,' a groiip of 
wealthy Hartfordonians. 



She Signs 



Chicago^ Feb. 12. 

When the cast of 'Hold Your 
Horses' at the Grand was asked 
to take a . 10^: nick last weiek 
arid; handed; PS-pers to .sign, 
Dorothy Dare loudly pro- 
.clainied her readiness ito slsna- 
ture, niuch to . the surprise and 
pleasure of J- Garrity' and 
Abe Cohen, -who thought they 
miiffht have., soine trouble get- 
ting; the okays started.. 

Miss Dare grabbed the paper, 
swjihg, her pen neatly and 
handed it back. On the signa- 
ture line was. scrawledi a nice 

sbow. 



Ready 'Napoleon, Jf/ 



E||iiity Sununons Muir 
For HbldiniS Curtain; 
Must Return Money 

Under the impression that Wee 
and Leventhal were pulling a fast 
one on the road company of 'Dan- 
gerous Corner,' Gavin Muir of the 
cast, held tip the curtain 6f the flnal 
performance in wishlhgton, D; C, 
until 9:30, at which time his de- 
mand for a week's salary' in lieu of 
notice was acceded to by the man - 
agefnent. Latter thereupon filed 
charges against Muir with Equity 
and he appeared before Council last 
Tuesday (iS). 

•Corner' Openied in Philadelphia 
the following Monday, Wee and 
Leventhal statincr It. was a rotary 
stock from Jack$on Heights, with 
Newark th'3 thirC spoke in rotatloni 
Council session is reported hav- 
ing discussed some peculiarities 
with the stock system of Wee and 
Eieventhal.' Equity body, however, 
did riot act on that, phase of the 
case, but concentrated on Muir's 
action In holding up the curta,in. He 
was ordered to pay back $200 Which 
he demanded for the 'notice week.' 
This money will be held by Equity 
until claims by the actor are ad- 
justed. 

Equity's position is that members 
must file claims With the associa- 
tion and not take action by them- 
selvies, especially when it might im- 
pair a performance. Managers as- 
serted that about $75 was refunded 
because of the late curtain. Muir 
claims he wis not paid for Sunday 
performances in the mid^west and 
that he Was to have ' receiyed five 
percent of the gross on all weeks 
where the takings exceeded $5,000, 
but that he never received a proper 
accounting, nor any 'cash from the 
percentage. 

Stock activities o^ Wee and Lev 
enthal who started the throwaway 
pass system: wliicTi "was ruled out aS 
an unfair practice under the legit 
code, were questioned. Firm con 
tended its Jackson Heights enter 
prise wia,S stock, but could not ex- 
plain, the status cif 'The Devil of 
Pei-Lingi' a new show tried out 
there :arid t?iken off,, although 
booked for BrOadway. 



Hollywood, Feb. 12, 
On cbmpletiori of the. editing of 
'Bottoms Up', FOX musical-. Buddy 
De. SylVa, HnroUl Adamson arid 
Burton Lane will return to New 
Vork to work on De .Sylva's pro- 
Posed stage tuner, 'Napoleon, Jr.'. 

Sid Silvers previou.sly witli the 
trio on the s^nmo picture is already 
in New York and will join them 
the now play .venture, 



Writing Her Qyrn 



Jano Cowl "is bi'jirinninir to rO(u\y 
* nf'W i)ijiy which ^ho hflr«'<l wrllf 
^nd in whicli sho will .star. I'lay i.s 
'Kwcot .Rfll.s Janplcd' .and Ava.s cfr- 
■'•ilion by tln^ ac.trc.vs .with Kofri- 
''■alil TjaAvrciii'i'. ^ 

SoldPh r.f-nnftt m<l fJhppimrd 
Traiiho will .)r(.iducc, with r<>hf'ar.<- 
als to start by the end nf tho. cni'- 
'"ent woo 




CWA Money Aid Gives 
Managers Idea— Chicago; 
.Indianapoiis, Detroit and 
St. Lows Getting Fresh 
Stock ' Play —-Percentage 
and Guarantee Deals for 
Performers 



Code Authority Sifts Report 
Radio Paid Harris to Caiicel 
13 Wk. Road Tour of The 



GET CURRENT PLAYS 



Sudden boo m In s tocks is in the' 




Keating to London 

Fred Ideating is, set to sail next 
week for London, where he will play 
one Of the leads in 'The Spell,' mu- 
sical version of a Ilugarian dTfama 
by T.«ily Hatva.ny. Cole Porter mu- 
sicrtliTiing the play for Gilbert Miller 
and Ray Goetz production. 

Keating will doul)le into the Mon- 
Hoigneur club when In London. 



No Mote Candleli 

.Vlt'>.is Mart hf u.sod to. hp 

nhW ..to writo lii.'* -plav.s by candU^T 
liclit iji all bedroom but no\v lie 
hnii^t j'alnv Sprinf,'. CaK, rir 

La.. Qiiintri. a nearby desert re.soi-t. 
to work witii r,eor.u:o S. Kaiif an 
(in. ilieir nr xt play for Sam tlarris> 

iiarris i.s ouVrently on the Coast. 



making throughout the midwest. 
Due to two Influencies: , the worst 
.season thO^ road h,as seen in mid-.: 
west history and dreams of. Civil. 
Works Administration cOin. 

Chicago and other midwest burgs 
have never had so few road attrac- 
tions, and the ordinstiry legit de- 
mand will take^ care of more shows 
than the two or three that have ■ 
heen rambling through this terri- 
tory. To make, up this deflctency 
stock operators are gOing intcT the 
empty houses. In Chicago alone 
Harry Minturn, Luther Green, Hor- 
ace SIstare.and Charlie Tannhauser 
are, or have been, operating stocke. 
And morie are . coming. 

In the other, major towns of: the 
central west other stocks are ready- 
ing., Robert Henderson Is preparing 
for a try at the I*abk in Milwaukee. 
H^ goes in replacing the Oscar 
O'Shea stock with O'Shea under- 
stood considering another midwest 
town for stock.- 

Key Spots Ready 
Joe Etlackstone reported organiz- 
injg: for a season In Detroit and 
George Ben Phllllpa for Indianapolis.; 
A. M. Oberfelder, who is gettinsr ex;- 
cellent results with his. .stock Iii 
Kansas City and Is still on the looTt- 
out for posisible branching Into large 
midwest cities for his rotating stock 
policy^ 

Everybody lis going along with 
these stock efforts, from the union 
to the performers. In inosf Instances 
the perforfners are going. In on a 
hew pay setup, tried Out success- 
fully in stocks this .year. Going in 
for a. small guaraintee of salary up. 
to a certain figure, usually around 
$2,Q00* with a percentage of the 
gross beyond that flgum This sys- 
teiri has been found to work suc- 
cessfully In situa-tlons where the 
old commonwealth plan dled.- 
Rights Available 
Of great importance in the suc- 
cess of new stock ventures is the 
fact that the stock companies are 
today able to get plays right off; 
Broadwa.y. Formerly the stocks had 
tb play ancient pieces or sho^ys that 
never gathered a New York reputa- 
.tion because the- managers wlthlield 
rights in order to. br/ng their .own 
road companies into: town-. But with 
the managers stieking to New York 
alone they are farming out the 
stock rights almost Immediately the 
show gets going in the east. 

This has proven a great boon to 
the stocks; which, in this manner, 
have been aijle to beat picture? to 
the. punch. 

That CWA coin has raised high 
hofjes with managers, too. They 
have been brgariizlng during the 
past few weeks with the idea of 
going to the government for a piece 
of the CWA funds for the profes- 
.sion. It follows the announcement 
of the start . of the CWA -backed 
stock.-? in the.^at. So far no money 
has come into the midwe.st but the 
1 entire IcKit profcs,sion. In this .terrl- 
jtory is waiting eagerly and expect- 
ing plenty. 

-==FTitzH5clieff-in-Stocfc— 

Bridgeport, Feb. 12. 
Frltzi .*^eheff i8 8t<arring in 'To-^ 
.iiifjlit or Never," offered the la.st 
iialf of thl.s week by the Alanhattari 
> Players, lt)-4(ic stock company hero. 

.\ri.M.s Sobeff makes her Conn''Cti' 
cut "radio debut today (12) on 
WK.'C. 



Troducer' 



Those in the know are bet- 
ting that a heretofore unknown 
•prbdacer' ill not. be able 
to shoestring his. play to an 
opening^ Fellow has been 
calling at a stage relief spot 
almost d.-xily and eating on. the 
house. ..One afteipnoon he ab- 
sorbed nine sandwiches and 
four cups of tea.. 

Cast waived the. salary guar- 
antee requirement, but a num- 
— 1)er'iof-players-ha,ve disa-vowed — 
ibeing with the btjtfit, although 
so; reported. 



Mpk News Honnds 
Still Burning From 
Le Gallieiine Talk 



Minneapolis, Feb. 12; * 
Folks here, continue to be burned 
up over the. panning, that Eva Le 
Galllerine handed them whien they 
refused to bid strongly enough to 
suit her on the cake which she auc- 
tioned off at the local President's 
ball. 

Newspiapers have been piiblish- 
ing protest and indignation let- 
ters from numerous subscribers .Who 
waxed wrathy at the actreSs' deslgW 
nation of . Mihheapolitans as 'lousy 
Americans/ 



SAffl (SHUBERT) GERSQN 
ADDS TWO CHI HOUSES 



Chicago,. Feb. 
Sam Gerson has signatured leases 
for . .the two twin legit houses, Sel- 
wyn and Harris, on a two-year 
terni. 

' Understood, however, that. this, is 
really a Shubert deal. Gerson was 
the Shubei't press and sidekick rep- 
resentative- In town for yearSi 

Hampden's Cut Rate 

Lo^ Angeles, Feb. 12. 
Reduced ticket prices will be in 
efriect for patrons whOi,purchase the 
same seat at the same time for two 
oir more performances by Walter 
Hampden during his nine-day en- 
gagement at the Biltmore, starting 
16. Price of $2.75 ducats will be cut 
to $2.10 under this plan, and similar 

reductions foi^otheV priced. seats. 

TSampden'is ' reiiertory here will 
consist Of 'Macbeth,' 'Hamlet,' 
'Servant in the House' and 'Riche- 
lieu.' 

Heavy mair orders are coming in, 
with most purchasers going for the 
two or more perforniances thing. 



Report that tlie road tour Of 'The 
Lake* was 'bought otif by /picture 
interests, was the principal jnatter 
of consideration by -the legit Code 
Authority last wieek. Charges, if 
substantiated, would/ mean that 
there had been yiolation of both th© 
iegljt and picture codes. Nattir'e of . 
the. reports brought to the session a 
National Recovery representative, 
which Is part of the NRA head- 
quarter? In New York; but as it ap- 
peared improbable that the charges 
could . be proven, the case was 
shelved.. 

'The : JjaKe,' sxarrmg the ftl 
legit toplinef, Katherine .Hepburn, 
was withdrawn fronl the - Martiii 
Beck theatre, N. Y,, ^Saturday (10), 
after seven weeks, a brief Broad- 
way -engagement for such a set-up 
and for the most heavily ballyhdod 
show in years^ While it is known 
the show made .money, it iCas. slated 
foi" the road and bookings ,iiad been 
made for 13 weeks. Tour was sud- 
denly cancelled. 

Broadway reports were to the ef- 
fect that Radio Pictures had paid 
Jed Harris, the show's producer, a 
large sum tO: induce the cancellation. 
Miss Hepburn is. under contract to 
the picture flrnri: and. one of the 
greatest film . box of flee attractions. 
It was concedied. that- the star was 
at a disadvantage Iii 'The Lake' and, 
according to the statements made 
before the Code Authority, RKO fig- 
ured her value as a draw might he 
Impaired If the . show , was -sent to 
other key cities. 

Therefore RKO was reported to 
have paid Harris about $50,000 to 
drop the topi*. other estimates plac- 
ing the figure at $15,000. Legit code, 
at the Instance of Equity, contains 
a clause whereby plctiire producers 
must' hot buy off stag© actors' con- 
tracts. Since sUOh practice in the 
paist led to unemployment of others 
In the cast. A, reciprocal clause Is 
present In the picture code. 

Question of how to prove the re- 
ports could not b© Solved. It was 
known that Harris Intended to make 
a categorical denial. 

It Is known that contracts for the 
'Lake' dates were issued, but not • 
signed, -by Harris. That was inter- 
preted to mean^ that the manager 
held off, waiting a bargaining price 
with RliO" Known also that Harris 
called in a publicity man, sent in 
advance of the show. 

Harris and the 'Lake' came in for 
further consideration by the CA, 
when testimony was Introduced, in 
reigards to allegations that there 
were violations of the new ticket 
rules. It was charged that Harris 
entered into a. 'buy' with Unlicensed 
agencies and collected certain 
gratuities. Understood a transcript- 
of the whole tesilmony will be subr 
mitted to the Department 'Of Justice, 
latter to decide whether or not tp 
l)rosecute. 

Uhder thc.law, NRA violator.s are 
subject , to fine Or Imprisonment or 
both. 



Musical Apron Strings 

Harold Orlbb has completed the 
book atid lyrics on a musical . coin- 
edy: .version of 'AprOri Strings,' 
which Dwight Pere Wiman is to 
product!. The Comedy, which had a 
38rwcek run in 1930, will carry an- 
other title in its new form. 

Wiman will shoot it into rehear- 
sal as soon as- the music is set. 
He's fiiguring on Jack Ilaloy, now on 
the coast> for the lead. 



Helen Morgan Straight 

,11 e)en „M oj;eii . .,.\vi.lJ _.at)Pi '.? Lr-,l. ^-g^ 
straijrbt' j/lay calied •Mt-inory' W 
jl.Vron FaKan, .«b(nv io .start rehear- 
sal.s v,-lien .she eomi^Jet.o.s the fllfn, 
Trunkie ami Jolmnie.' b''l»« made 
in Um V.voux by Ciu/Hter iOrskIn 
for All-J^iar Filins. 

.Show will have one .song number, 
eonipo'-'ed by Fred P'is-her. Mi.«R 
Morgan selected the song. 



They Know It 



civic ThCiXtre held a search 
doubles of screen celebrities 
their play, ' 'rtcc In ,a; Lifetime', 

There were plenty of. the lads and 
lasses who knew they, were just like 
certain star.^. 



.KOETNER SAYS NO 

'uUe Guild has been cabling 
Fritz KoviubV, CJerinun at'tor eur- 
.re[ny.iL jn_X-'^>jljj>n' to'. (;fm<j:j) yi;i' fo^ 
a^)i'ay,~but niTgo. K(>Hner"l?;i>>^Hr 
like.H. The London wealbei', 
■ Guild want. M him' for the I<-ad in 
•Raee.s,' antl-IIitlor play \m iIh n by 
Ferdinand Uruckner (lerman. reiit- 
gee. Bruekner is in New York, io 
lielp' stage the ?)iee<. and .s.;iirir".'>ted 
Kortner. Hlmilarly in pc-r.son 

non grata in hi.s hom..eiand. 



54 



VARIETY 



L EG I T I M A¥ E 



Tuesday, February 13, 1934 



Plays on Broadway 



SING AND WHISTLE 

Farce comedy In three acts, . presented 
at the Fu'.ton Feb. 10 by .Cropper and 
Truex; written by Milton Herbert;, staged 
by Ernest Truex, who Is starred. 
Sylvia Jillson . v i ..... . Sylvia Field 

FranJi Jillsonl .......... .v. . . . .Ernest Truex 

Carole Dickens Dorothy Mathevya 

HiiKO Diclcens ..Donald Macdonold 

A fbur-persdn, one-setter flgures 
to be Ideal as a.cleaner-upper, la in 
fact the Ideal sbr^of set-up thalt 
riiaSie mbre ttiaii one.Broaclway for- 
tuhe. But the -Vital element the 
play and in this. Instance 'Sing aiid. 
Whistle' (also known as 'When 
Ghosts Meet') isn't good, enough. 

It i^ aii author-actor combination. 
Milton . Hferbert Gropper did the 
plajfwrlghflng, Ernest Tr.iiex tops the 
cast and' staged the showi Therefore, 
a click would mean plenty, of sugar to 
both. They are right about the ad;- 
miss>on at $2.75, but main support 
will probably come from cut rates. 
They'd have been rlghter by rtaking 
the top. two 'bucks even. 

gtory idea is i hardly novel; Au- 
thor throws twd young, married 
couples together, not with the sex 
triangle in mind. It seemed there 
was too much, bickering between the 
wives and husban48 result iiii 
pleasant diversion. • 

Sylvia and Prank . Jillson are 
roused on Sunday' mprnlhg to greet 
Carole, and Hugo Dlckieris, .who .Just 
arrived from Chicago. Carole and 



plete with these quiint Pensy 
Dutch garbllngs of the English lan- 
guage; and most of them not with- 
out appeal. The saltitatlons are 
something like this: *I gife a good 
efening'; arid when the doorbell 
doesn't work/ Otto Strumpkopf im- 
provises a sign, 'The bell don't 
knock, please, bump'). , 

The pow-wower's two children, 
the blind son aind the . college edu- 
cated daughter, iHie more, enllglit^. 
ened but tolerate their devout par- 
ent's foolishness so long as^ it 
works little harm out of respect for 
the obvious ; sincerity of his efforts, 
for Emii believes himself an emis- 
isary of the Deity in his healing pow- 
ers among his tribesmen. 

Victor Kilian is tiptop , histrioli- 
icaily in a homely characterization, 
and jane Seympur is. likewise very 
fetching with her frlehdly rielghborr 
linesa arid trusting belief in the 
faith-healer, fPr hadn't Emil Hot- 
nagel shown her how to snare as 
her second husband the man of her 
choice? (That Emil iriixed his 
healing abracadabra With not a lit- 
tle common sense. Circumstantial 
co-operation never entered the 
thoughts of these simple, trusting 
Pennsy Dutch folk.) ' 

These are other conslsftently good' 
performances by almost every memr 
ber. of the cast, notably Margaret 
.Mullen as the vllliage siren .and By-.. 

rnn- fTnrirflt>i VflB thft hHnrt flon. 



time as the boy wbo Ukea his likker 
but Ukea his bride eviah more, Bar- 
bara Bobbins has no easy ajsslgn- 
ment as Noel, but, too, gives an ex- 
cellent performance. Brian Donleyy 
tiaii had better jobs, but as Pat's 
suitor he scored. Scene with, the 
dizzy maid was apparently written 
to strengthen Donlevy's part, but 
the bit was not so hot. Charles 
tiawrence and Dorothy Vernon in 
smaller parts shared .In the comedy 
lines when Miss Bylngtoh, was in 
the exits. 

Reviewers seenied in doajbt iabout 
the play's chances, but several 
thought P. Dodd Ackerjnan did a 
corking Job in designing the; set- 
tings-— — . -T- ~ f beer . - 



PLAYS OUT OF TOWN 



DODSWORTH 

Philadelphia, Feb. 12. 
Max Gordon,, who figures' Phila- 
delphia as his 'lucky -rhunch' town, 
appears to ^have rung' . the . bell of 
success .again with this, draitiktiza- 
tidri by Sidney Howard of." Sinclair 
Lewis' best seller, 'Dodsworth.' -.In 
fa<Jt, it looks ."as If Gbrdoh had 
achieved hot' only" one of his most 
artistic biit also one of his most 
potentially . remunerative hits with 
the new piece. Even Philly, which 
has. said.- 'thumbs-aown' to any 
number of worthwhile plays :this 
season, has been, worked up into 
something closely akin to a lather 
>y this vehicle for Walter Huston, 
list Tfitu^ nfitl frnrri thp tBr^tH. of H61- 



TEMPS DIFFICILES 

(•Hard Times*) 

Paris, Jan. 29. 
Play in four .aots by Bdouaird Bourdet. 
At the Mlchodlere, Paris, 

Marcel. . . ........ . .Victor Boucher 

Jerome. . . ...... ... . .. . • * • . .Jacques Baumer 

I)db Lia.roohe. '•>•••• •..«.<.. .-. .Dallo 

Maxlnie i ■ r .Bergeron 

Armaiid i .'. . . .BonVaUet 

Jean-Pierre ;> .Christian . Gerard 

Melanle Laroche. . .... . . . .Marguerite Deval 

Stfzy.. . . . , ............ .Jeanne Provost 

~7ntn«rMai>le-. . ; ; r.-.-.^v.-.-Heleiw Perdrieres- 

Antonln-Faure, ......... . .' Jeanne . I^lon 

Lbulou i . . U ..... . ; ... Maria Promet 

Charlotte , . .> . . . . i ■ 4 . • . . ... .... .Engel 

Julie. . . . . . . . ... ....... ... . , ... .Katle Varley 



Bourdet never wrote a better play. 
Of his dramas sd far this; ' is the 
most likely to last, because, it is hot 
as dependent' on current events for 
success, tt is Just an exposure of 
the reasons why the Prericli .high 
bourgeoisie, pr upper middle., class, 
is 'rotting. Has timely value; also, 
because of cui*resnt finanpe scandals. 

For America a .natural after the 
last actr . with a rather revolting 
scene, has been amended. Fof the 
screen, ditto. In ; fact,, it Is some- 
what a reminder of 'Di.nitier at Eight,' 
with : identical casting possibilities 
both for screen and stage, bu.t 'with 
more terseness and less cpm<edy..<: 

Victor Boucher heads a igreat cast; 
and his acting is such that it will be 
hard to find an. American equivalent, 
so well has he assimilated his char- 



Plays Abroad 



acter. production is very good,; . a;s 
is. customary at the Micliodlere. 

Story shows a wealthy French 
fainily of industrialists where love 
means nothing and money is God; 
hence in-breeding to keep the dou^h 
in the family. However, one of the 
sons has turned out to be an a;rtlst, 
h&s married and lives away froni 
the family with his own wife and. 
children. But the stlfEnecks rriake 
up with him when they want his 
share of the family fortunes to help; 
thctn get control of a rival concern, 
When he is invltfed to the family 
stronghold; It Is thought a: great idea 
to marry his sweet young daughter 
to a degenerate son and heir of : a 
wealthy widow, so as to annex her 
money. 

Last act, terrific biit too strong 
for America, takes place in the 
bride's bedroom when, she tries to 
escape from hfer husband. Finally 
help comes and she leaves him. 

It is practibaily a merciless ex- 
posure, with very few' of the best 
French families unable, to deny all 
counts of the Indictment.^. 

Metro has an option on it. Stent. 



the Cheka cellars, In an old church 
;ur.ned Into revolutionary head- 
quarterst Here the different types 
of enemies of ■, the . revolution^the 
high-born and beautiful woman 
spy, the priest, the bearded, sancti- 
monious Jewish speculatbr, the Sb- 
clal' RevPlutlonaries with prple- 
tarlan conscience and those with- 
out, low-down .frontier- runners and 
prostitutes^are thrown together in 
a hodge-ppdge. The horror arid th© 
1 tumor of their -sltuatlorft: are" shown 
lu brilliant flashes. 

Perhaps, the outstanding iridl- 
vidUal piece: of work ia Zuskin's, as 
an aging physician who had been 
a revolutionist In his youth but had, 
In his own phrase, 'dlvPrced .. the 
revolution.' He ' wants.' to reni&in 
an onlpoker, an outsider.. But in 
this he does not succeed: The revo- 
lutlpn. can. brook, no apathy: . it 
draws in everyone r and obliges 
isverypne to go on one side of the 
barricade or . the other. The fear 
and. anxiety unxler which he lives, 
his pathetic; and sometimes ludi- 
crous efforts , to steer clear; of the 
realitiPs, Zusicin registers with isreat 
skill. ^ : 

The theme and Its embodiment 
are too spficifically Russian -jewish, 
too intimately of 1919. and its. locale, 
-.6 mean liiuch to a foreign audience. 
Only the Jewish theatre itself, could 
do it justice. There, has beeij sbrrie 
talk of bringing this theatre to 



America. '(OttP Kahn ;ls.TmentlOned ■ 
over here iiis having been interested 
in the idifai) If; It gets to New. 
York and .other centers .of Jewish 
population it will be assure^ of an- 
interested piiblic. And prppevly 
hahdleci it should draw upon a wide 
non- Jewish public as well. 

MikhoelS, leading actor In the 
Jewish troupe since its orgeinization, 
is now ita director as well. His rise 
to .directorship fpllpwed the .failure 
of ' Grpnbvsky, now in Paris direct- 
ing pictures^ to return to Russia. 
The thinigs Staged by Grprtovskj'— 
among the'rii masterpieces. like 'Ben- 
jamin the Third,' 'Two. Hundred 
Million,' 'Sorceress,* etc., are still in 
the repertory. Lj/ons. 

L'HOMME 

CTHE MAN') 

Paris, Jan. 23. 
Thriee-act comedy by Denys Amlel. Pre- 
sented at the Saint Georges by Benolt* 
Leon .Deut3ch, 

Jacques Jean Debucourt 

Claude Valentine .Tessler 

Madeleine i . Henee DevlUers 

Antoinette i • • . . Solange Slcard 

Janlnc. ..i. Janle dairjana 
Luclenne.. ...Nina Duplessy 



Prank had 'gone together*- several 
years before; but she upped and 
married Hugo. a. Chicago novelist. 
They gPt along well enough, exciept 
that Carole so frequently mentioned 
Frank that ;Hugo decided to meet 
this host that once attracted his 
wife. 

Friarik is a fellow with a Job and 
Is upset when Sylvia suggests that 
the other .couple, stay on for a visit. 
Prpbieha of wherP they are to sleep 
Is partly .solved, but there la a Jam 
and',, for .no special reason, Hugo 
and the Pther. man's wife Sylvia, de- 
cide to make the rounds of the night 
spots. ... 

"That leaves (jarole and Frank on 
their own and they promptly get. 
stewed. , That ..second, act Interlude 
ts t-prPbably Intended to be the 
'how's, comedy highlight, but some- 
how It was disappointing. Curtain 
has the assorted' couple In bed, , with 
Garble' 'playfully pouring, briandy 
over Frank's face.. . 

Morning 'comes with the absent 
pair still absent. Frank and Carol 
are possessed of hangovei's. When 
the good-timers return, there are 
flurries of recrimination, but noth- 
ing really ha.ppens. The visitors 
take! the air and the indications are 
that neither marriage was a mis- 
take, 

Ernest Truex Is a farceur .;who has 
handed Broadway many k laugh 
heretofore, but not so much this 
time. . Donald MacDonald Is the 
other fellow. Sylvia Field and Dor- 
othy Matthews are thp wives, with 
thp latter having the heavier as- 
signment. 

'Sing and Whistle' has Its mb- 
ment,s but -not enough of them. 

Ibee. 



Despite the favorable- histrionic 
attributes the appeal of 'Broom- 
sticks, Amen!' is decidedly limited 
and its Broadwiy b. o. longevity 
likewise. AJbeh- 



NO QUESTIONS ASKED 

Cbmedy, 'drama In three acts. Presented 
at the Masque Feb. .0 by John Golden. 
Written by /.nne Morrison Chapln. Staged 
by the producer.' 



Evelyn.. . 

Noel Parker. 

Richard Goi-hnm 
Soifepy Raebum. 

Pet Walsh 

Mary. .'. ; . . 
Willie Parker. . . 
Ernie Dulaney. 
Harriet Wells... 
Miss Kubec. . 

Dr. King... 

Mrs. Gorham.', . 



BROOMSTICKS, AMEN! 

Thomae KUpalrlck presents this play In 
three acts (one set) by Elmer Qreensfelder. 
*<taged by Arthur J. BeCkhardt; setting 
ieelgned by. .Tom Adrian Cracraft. Opened 
Feb. 0 at the Little. N. T.. $2. 7.5 top." 

Herman Hofnngel Byrori McOrath 

Crista Hbfnagel. ......Helen Huberth 

Frieda Sulzbach . . . . , Jane Seymour 

Mlrina HofnaKcl, Jean Adair 

T3mll Hofnaeel WlUlam F. Schoeller 

Otto Strumpkopf Victor Kilian 

Rika XJffeimnn...... ......Margaret Mullen 

Vincent LambTt K. Elmo Lowe 

Adolph Oansdllll ^ ..Jules Epallly 

.Ifarry Dobnon. .......... .'.George Carleton 



Those Who saw Elmer Greene- 
felder'S' play last summer during its 
Westchester. stoPk' break-iii aver 
that tiew Fields'' clld very weli in the 
Pennsylvania ' Dutch pow-wowerte 
role which WIUiarirt F. SPhPeH.er so 
convincingly personates now. Re- 
gardless of comparispns, this cast 
probably comparPs as fa;vorably 
with , any previous showing— Jahe 
Seymour and "Victor Kilian ai-e hold 
>>vers from the summer stock try- 
but somehow the play isn't there. 

It falls into the"robacco Rpad' 
"ycle of picturing, a cross-sectiPri of 
Vmerlcan strata, this time .the 
"^ennsy Dutch territory, where two 
::iative .faith healers are bitterly 
ioaloiia of each other, and both de 
cidedly hateful of doctors and law 
yers, particularly accredited medi- 
cos. The only difference is that 
Emil Hofnaigel (Schoeller) accepts 
no money from his patients^ whereas 
the competitive hex-expert who like 
wise chases out the witches, sans 
benefit of the most plementary sani 
tation, admits that when he is very 
sick he sneikks off to a doctor for 
some really expert medical attenr- 
tioh. > With' him it's a: racket. 
^^t^lrtHir^pfflltetitive^^he^-profes-i 
sor, Adolph GansdIlliger (.Tules 
Epailly) who proves the legal un- 
' doing' of Ehiil Hpfnagel When the 
latter attempts to cure hls grand- 
Phlld with pow-wowery, and with 
fatal results. . 

To complicate the drama, Hof- 
nagel's only daughter marries a 
.loctor, althPugh he Is accepted 
'hiefly through stringency of clr- 
umstance which revolves about a, 
:tfo .soon baby.' '(The play iif? re- 



. .Emnta. Bunting 
. .Barbara Robblrts 
. ... ..MUo Boulton 

. . . Ross A lexander 
. .Spring, ^ylngton 
. , .Barna. Ostertag- 
.Char'.es Lawrence 
. . . .Brian Dontevy 

..Margery Garrett 
,; . Dorothy Vernon 
......Joseph King 

....Kate McCortib 



Announced as 'A Broken Doll,' 
John Golden opened his latest try 
under the changed title, certainly an 
Improvement. 'No . QuestiPns' Is 
better than most of the winter t>ro- 
duction crop, but hardly, an out- 
stander. Limited .. engagehient in- 
dicated. 

Writing is mixed and at points 
over- written. Plot Is along riielo- 
dramatic lines, but thetp is a com- 
edy vein thait really counts. 'Girl 
who Is In a delicate condition quar- 
rels with her lover and marries ain- 
other youth after a night of ' wet 
spots. Hier situation is airly brushed 
aside, so that matter of plausibility 
or credibility Is a question of audi 
ehce viewpoint. 

In favor of Anne Morrison . Cha- 
pln's standard of morality is the 
fact that her leads are not a sordid 
lot. Noel, the girl, is. a cloak model. 
Sonny Raeburn, the young architect 
whom' she weds, is likeable, stewed 
or sober. So. is. his mother, Pet 
Walsh, who has survived two mar- 
riages and Is a gay widow. Having 
inherited wealth from her last hus 
band, Who had a chain of grocery 
stPres, they have a home at Sands 
Point, but most of the . story unfplds 
In their terraced duplex apartment 
in New York. She la for enjoying 
herself, and believies she earned all 
that was bequeathed; her 'after sleep- 
ing in the same bed with Jim Walsh 
for .18. years.' 

Prolog scene is aboard a StatPn 
Island ferry, about, to leave the slip 
at St. George for Manhattan. Sonny 
Is so.stinko that he thinks he's on a 
liner going to Bermuda, but not too 
blpttp to save iSioel from trying to 
leap into the drink aftPr the split 
With the boy friend. Seems the lat 
ter did want to marry her, but his 
stern, missionary mother was in the 
way. 

Then the offstage uniPn with 
Sonny, whose bride, is welcomed by 
an Idyllic mother-in-law. Pat. Three 
months elapse, with Noel the sun- 
shine of the apartment. . . She has 
straightened' out thpi youth, who .Is 
on the wagon and doing;, good work 
at hjs profession. He nor his mother 
care nothing of .Nopl's past. -They 
only cai'e. that she is a great girl 
Every time she tries to exi>lain 
things to him he refuses to listen. 

But one night when Noel flares up 
at an innocent remark from Pat, 
Sonny goes to the bottle. Noel Is 
handling him okay until 'a parade 
from Stateri Island' comes to spill 
the beans. They are group of. me 
diocrities, who, however, have no 
difficulty crashing Into the suppps 
cdly class apartment house,. Spnny 
half nuts from booze, gets all the 
dlPt-and=pulis=a=ro(Jr=shootlng.-him 
self through the arm. Finish has 
him wanting Noel whether she is 
'eating for two' or not. So every 
bPdy's happy except the folks whP 
live dPwn in Nick Holde's borough 
-Dialog is frequently fuhriy, and 
Spring Bylngtoit as Sonny's mother 
has .most of the comedy- to handle 
Also, she Is supposed tP be serious, 
though seeing nothing tragic in her 
new daughter- ln-law'.s condition 
Ross Alexander again scores, this 



wood. 

'Dodsworth* is the jexceptlPri that 
proves the rule about book-playr^ 
also atiib.ut episodic plays. Not only 
the content but the st>irlt 'of the 
Lewis npvel have been splendidly 
caught and reproduced by Howar<} 
as^the adapter. What's ; even more 
surprising IS that the diffuse nar- 
rative, told In seventeen;, scenes 
and jumping from, the American 
middle-west to ' mid-ocean and 
thence to London, Paris, Berlin and 
Naples, . gives the effect of being a 
compact, taut, and Intensely dra- 
matic tale 'lacking all semblance of 
that staccato mptlon generally 
found In heavily produced pieces; of 
this kind. 

That's- partly due. to. the splendid 
mechanical staging of the play. JP 
Mielziner's capital Settings (a;ll of- 
them exceptionally fine in them- 
selves) are amazingly well handled- 
by a revolving-stage process whldh 
cuts waits down to a minimum and' 
keeps the flow of action smooth 
and natural. RPbert Sinclair has 
done a corking piece of work in the 
direction and is certainly going^ to 
be heatid from soon and often. ' 

Howeverr with all due and titting 
credit to Messrs. Gordon,.; Howard, 
Mielziner and Sinclair (to say nothr 
ing of the intrinsically Interesting 
and comuelllng story that Lewis 
wrote about a middle-aged Ameri- 
can trving to enjoy a long-delayed 
and much anticipated holiday) it 
must be admitted thiat all their ef- 
forts might have counted for little 
if It had not been for Huston's por 
trayal of the title role. Gordon de 
serves a couple of extra laurel 
Wreaths for insisting on the return 
to the stage for this part of this 
conscientious and trpmendously 
human character actor who hftsn't 
been - seen on Broadway since 1929 
and not In Phllly since 1926. 

Huston's performartpe of Dods 
worth Impresses as one of the 
stage's best accomplishments -of 
the last deca,de. By under-playing 
and by the use of a repression that 
does not mean slurring or inaudi- 
bility, Huston creates an every- day 
human being recognizable to every 
body in the audience. He. gains his 
effects, not by any pyrotechnlcal 
histrionics and not by any one highly 
emotional scene, but by steady and 
measured character-building. There 
isn't a false note in his depiction 
of this pathetic American I ' siness 
man, and the audience reception of 
his last se6ne"»is; a sincere tribute 
to his efforts. 

The applause that greets his 
final scene every night, here in 
Philly, is a swell tribute to HustPn's 
persPnallty and performance, and, of 
course, to Sidney Howard's faithful 
tra-nscriptlon of the Sinclair Lewl? 
character. They .iit on the edge of 
(Continued on pagp 56) 



MIDAS HADIN 

Moscow, Jian. 20i 
Four-act play In Yiddish, - by David Ber- 
gelson. Produced by .-the State Jewish 
theatre of Moscow; directed by S. Mikhoels; 
music, Leo Pulver; assistant directors, V; 
Ztiskln, I. Sbidlo, M, Shtelnan; 



Complete Rebufldiiig 

For Pittsburgh Alyiri 

ittsburgh, Feb. 12. 

Entire interior of the Alvin the- 
atre, fprmer Shubert legit house, 
will be remodeled, E. U, Snaman, 
rental agent for Harvard college, 
owner of the property, has Just an- 
nounced, Alvin was leased some- 
time ago for a long term to Harris 
Amu.scment Company and was sup- 
.posed to get started, as a flrst-run 
plcture ^sjte. by the ja st P f Novcm- 
"ber. ' , 

Pepeated delays, encountered in 
cbhstruictiPn problems, brought de- 
cision 10 d the house over entirely.' 
putting 400 extra seats downstairs. 
Th'at will give the Alvin a seating 
capacity of around 2,500. 

New plans will prevent theatre's 
opening for at least another three 
months, with possibility that it may 
not be in operation until next fall. 



That the Jewish Theatre of Mos 
cow deserves more attention than it 
is getting, both Inside and outside 
the Soviet frontiers, was proved 
again In the first rate performance 
of . David Bergelsoh's -Midas Hadin' 
('Measure of Justice').. Bergelson is 
now almost a tradition among Yid 
dish writers. His new piece, dealing 
Squarely with the ' revolutlbhary 
milieu, attests 'that his powers are 
still high. 

ThS half-obscurity thrown over 
the play by it's prodnction in a mi- 
nority language has saved it from 
becoming a political sensation; one 
that perhaps = might have, proved 
embarrassing if put on, let us say, 
at the Moscow Art Theatre. With 
a candor rare on the Soviet stage, 
it takes the audience into Cheka 
cellars crowded with prisonprs of 
the revolution; ' to extemporized 
revolutionary trials where . death 
aentences are distributed without -a 
flicker of the eye. "The ruthlessness 
aiid terror,' as enacted In a Jewish 
frontier town in 1919, are. conveyed 
in no uncertain terms. 

The plot, If any, , is the civil war 
on the Soviet-Polish front,, with the 
local population of the Jewish town 
as characters. The capitalists, large 
and. petty, are trying to turn a dis 
honest :pehny by speculating in fake 
passports, gold, ' leather, dPllars; 
counter-revolutionary cabmen, Jew 
ish and iiussian, cPnduct. would-be 
emigres and . contrabandists and 
spie.s across the border; the local 
branch Pf. the: Social Revolutionary 
party (deadly enemy pf the feolsher 
viks) plots its plots with- a. WPmiiri 
as leader; the typical over-ideal 
Ized Communist, Comi-ade Fillpov 
though sick and worn, rallies the 
poor peasants and poor Jews 
against their common enemies and 
restrains hot-heads in his own 
ranks and parcels but justice like a 
Soviet Solomon; 

The: thing, in other words, is epi 
sodal rather than .connected' nariiir 
jt.LVjp.. N.evert.hple.s.s_ the pmptiohal 



Possible Broadway material after 
it has been rewrittpn. . As is, a 
lame : duck, but a sure European 
picture bet. For the other side, too 
high in flavor for Yanlvce film audi* 
ences aS It stands. Outstanding 
feature of performance Is the play 
ing oiE the two women, Valentine 
Tessler aa\d Renee DevlUers. 

The play is tpo long and appears 
to have been padded to fit - stage 
performance duratlpni First act is 
anything hut indispensable and the 
second half of the second iact would 
be better out. 

Play opens- showing the happy- 
menage of a young and successful 
picture director and his wife; also 
a delightful ypung woman who is 
a friend pf both without any cloud 
on. that friendship, Despite this 
the wife notices that her husband 
and the girl are mutually attracted. 
So she explains to her husband , that 
he must make the girl his mistress, 
and no hard feelings on her side. 

The husband goes through with 
It, but feels like a fool, the mistress 
thinks that taking another woman's 
husband with her consent is like 
near beer, and thP wife that she has 
made herself a sap in: their eyes.' 
.She and the girl have a scrap while 
the husband is easing put his tem- 
per In Some Riviera bordello, 
whence he returns to find his wife, 
alone and the girl- gone. 

In Paris all thieatvegoer.s will 
probably want to see It,, but if it is 
ever done by .second- rate actors the 
play is gpne. . Metro ha.s an option 
on it for plctiiries. 

MR. WHITtlNGTON 

; London. Feb. 2. 
Musical In two tirt.<!, by , CUftofd Grey, 
G'rentorpx Nc-writan. Bpuijlas Furbcrv rnu.- 
3 16 by .Tohn • W. . (3ro°ii, Jfiseph TunbrMKe. 
Jack Waller; .dnncc.i mid eti-^PiiiUI'.-f- W- 
J'apk •Ponohu(» nnd Jtick" rtuflio-nan: 'Pro- 
duction staged by Jack Uurhnnan at the 
Hippodrome. Fob* 1. fast Inoludlntt Wil- 
liam Kendall, John Mortimer. Elsie Ttfin- 
dolph, M.-xrk Stone. Jn^k Buc^'anivn, Is'nth- 
leen Glb.90ri. Alfrt-d Druyton. It'ieil Enuiey, 
.Cameron TT.-iII, Trcno Vcre. Uobnt TAr\e, 
noma Beaumont, Kdwiird Oordon. Law- 
rence Nalsmllh, Tim Konier. lUchnrd 
Harris. 



>tcnsion maintainod" throughout— at 
any rate after a weak first act—, 
gives 'the play a dynamic continuity 
The sets and acting are consider 
ably stylized, like most of this, the 
atve's work, but more organized and 
comprehensible than its early pro 
ducllons. The acting Is uniformly 
good and turns some poorly written 
sceiies to advantage. 

The most effective passages, as 
is' almost inevitable, are those in 



Despite a meagre plot, tins n<'W 
Jack:*r.Uchanan show gpts by, Jne 

star. It l.s machine -nirtO-O, but a 
fairly good job was turned by a 
quartet of libretto and lyric wiiU-rs 
and a trio of c<>mpo«er. l*ro- 
.cxariimed a,s a niu-siciil slii> ', .it i.** 
more of a nni.sical .burlo.s(|ue and 
criticism is more, pr less di.sarmed 
by making the central portion of it 
a delirium. 
This pcrniit.s TUichi>.n;iii to become' 
(Continued on page 56) 



Tuesday, February 13, 1934 



LEGITIMATE 



VARIETY 



55 



Free Plays by CWA Stop; Spent 

on Salaries m 34 Days 




Government's first gtaee i-oject; 

in aiding 1 BO needy 
ivH Works Admin- 
istratlon^ comes tb ain end Saturday 
(17) unless further money ia approT. 
prlated' for " thi^— purpose.: - -Bquity: 
bffliclttls fttid Qtliers have sought for 
, additloiial . money, that free? shows 
iriay be continued in New York 
BChooi auditoriurns for the balance 
of vlhe winter. There was no favor- 
able reaction frorii the CWA head- 
quarters, although those Intbtested 
still await final word. 

In all* some $28,500 was expended 
for thie . purpose, the entire amount 
devoted, to salaries which .ranged 
from $25 to $30 weekly over a period 
t)f 34 days. There, weris two wieeks 
of paid i-eiiearsals and two weeks 
and four days .of performances, lat- 
{or days being paid for ptb rata. 

First week , of '.performances, re- 
sulted in more than 300 letters of 
commendation from students a.nd 
teachers, most- of the responses aisk- 
Ing that morie shdws be given. Daily 
•'^~tK^6~ havti beeii m o re pr ofessional 
seeking engagements In the .CWA 
'stock' companies, despite the mod- 
.est emoluments. 

Most favorable: result of the CWA 
experiment was the change In 
morale, of the players. Instead of 
woe-begone expressions the actoi^ 
and aetress(5S are more free of 
wxjrry. Some of -, them had not 
worked for two 6r three yeiats, and 
tiiie fact th^y were back in grea,so 
paint a,ppears to have done more 
than the actual pay rie'ceived. That 
is one reason why it Is hop^. the 
fi-ee performalices under govern-, 
ment sponsorship . will be continuo.d 
but of . the. 160 persohS' benefiting, 
25 secured , other and - better .;^ai4 
engagements, in radio, stock and 
other amusements. The jpercentage 
going into other work is regarded as 
exceptionally high for so short a 
period. Those who stepped out 
were immediately repld.ced. 



Storekeepers Help 

Put Over Stock Co. 

trorighurst, Ilk, Feb. 12.. . 
wen-Ray jblayers, stocki 
■:have been hitting regularly this 
season through'-efEDrts uf""nrerchanits': 
•Who stand the rwM on productions, 
once a . week, with duciats obtain- 
able • through merchahdise pur- 
chases,, or as a sales promotion, 
stunt by retail ttssociatlonst 

Gives playeys an opportunity , tp 
do one. show for wieek. Or better, 
depending on the- number of dates 
booked by merchants. 



Stage Too SmciU 



Syracuse, N. T-r Feb. 12. 

Smallness of the istage of the 
Civic theatre will prevent Katharine 
Cornell from including Syracuse In 
her itinerary, It is ahnd'unced. 

Star wanted to do 'The Barretts 
of Wimpole Street' here. 



Shows in Rehearsal 



'AlIBr REPLACES 'LAKE' 
AT SIXON ASi ATS PLAY 



ittsbufgh, .Feb. 12. 
Last-Tniniite bookings brings 'Tpii 
Minute Alibi' to thie Nlxoh this week 
as a subgftitute for 'The Lake,' 
pulled out when Miss Hepburn de- 
cided to a;bandon the roStd tour. 
Alibi' wasn't pencilled TffTlTTtll late 
last week, with management dc-: 
cidlng to bring it in under ATS 
subscription auspices, to; give it an 
opening compensating .for lack of 
isuflflcient advance notice. 

It'll he the sixth and last of the 
subscription plays, with 'Double 
Poor,' .oiriglnally scheduled for that 
series, coming in just. thei same Feb. 
26, but without ATS heii>- . 

'Alibi' relights the house after a 
dark week, with si-iiother dark week 
interyenlng. bie^or© following 
show. After VDoor,? there's nothing 
in sight at all, with every indication 
of Nixon calling it ia, season for th^ 
earliest closing date on record here 



25c Stocic 

Rochester, Feb. 

Lyceum stock aiiihs to compete 
with movies by .setting.' lowest 
prices eVer. tried for .stock in the 
city. Matinees are 40 cents top and 
evening prices 26 cents to $1.10. 

Players include Lynn Kendall, 
Richard Hale, Florence Shirley. 
Jonathan Jones, Richard Bond, 
Ethel Morrison,' rank Wilcox and 
William Whitehead. Eric North is 
director arid Luclen Self stage man- 
ager and assistant director^ 

First offering is 'The Party's 
Over.* 



^Teresa' (Shuberts), Shubert. 
... 'Hot Heir' (Keith.. Gillette), 
Forrest. 

They Shall Not (The- 
atre Q^iild), Guild. 

♦Fresh Faces' (C. B. 
ham-Elsie Janis), Pultpn^ 

'Yellow Jack' ((Suthi'ie Mc- 
Cliritic), Beck. 

'Gentlewb ma n' (C? roup ; The- 
atre), Brpadhurst, 

'Yellow Jacket' (revival). 
. (Ciharle&-C!o.bijrn), P ort; ^ 

'When in Rome' (Geo. Sniith- 
field)^ Union' Church. 



TWO SUNDAY BENEFITS; 
BOTH HIT I1I6H B.O.'S 



ig benefit^ .Sunday (11) 
niglit. .wer^ Eddie Cantor's Boys 
Camp annual show, and the Tr^as-' 
ui-ers' Club frolic. Cantor at a $10 
top grossed some $7,000 for his Cold. 
Spring - - the r Hudson summer 
camp for ^kids'^and the 

box-oilllce meh; realized $8,0.00, of 
which 50j% Was from seat sales, the 
rest via a- souvenir progriim. 
Cantor-s .keynpte at .his benefit 



Treasury Rules on 'Ducat' Levied; 
Taxable in Full, Same as Cut Rates 



Musical Farce to Start 
Gillette's; Legit Career 

Keith .Clillette,, know in concert 
oii'clesi' has turned producer Sand 
with reputed Park, avenue backing 
Will preseht--Hoir-J^eir,i^ fare with; 
nivisic by Don Joielle. and Alvin 
Kerr, Company will include' a 
chorus of 12 . girls: .and ,; .boys. 
Show will have a Um" luda back- 
ground. 

'Heir' is due roadwa master 
Monday. ;ln cast are • Llpyd 

Hughes, E. Casanova; Maida Reader, 
Don Toihpkins, Cledge ^Roberts,. 
Fred Rollahd, Harry :.Tyler, .jran.s- 
ford. Wilson, 



faiside Stuff-legit 



Theatre Guild, through its percentage system, has attracted nxore; nain-e 
players to its listtj. this season than in several years. Helen Hayes, In 
'Mary of Scotland', has a guarantee of $2,000- weekly against. 16% of the 
gross. Play is averaging over $24*000 weekly. . 

Philip Merlvale, in the same show, has a salary of $1,250 as against 
.10% of the gross, George M. Cohan, appearing in 'Ah Wilderness, is 
also playing on a guarantee and percentage. ' ^ i,^ x . 

Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontahne who played for the Guild steadily 
untit last season, get $2,500 Jointly plus 50% of the profits on any Guild 
Bhow in which they appear. Couple are In London currently m Reunion 
In Vienna, 

Bill Gaxtbn's explosion in Philadelphia upon the closing of 'Let^'Em 
Eat Cake', when he stepped down tb the footlights at the finish of the 
final performance, was not against the New York critics, as reported, 
but was aimed at the P^iilly reviewers. Qrie paper over there, w^ par- 
, tlcularly r guglt ' l u -tts - treatment of the show. '"-7--^ ^ ^ ^ , 
Show was fepbried d closing vireek and refunded in 

the neighborhood of a $10,000 advance sale. Musical quit because it was 
hooked up so heavily that , only strong grosses could keep it going, and 
the blast from the Philly papers seemed something the management was 
unwilling to try and overcome; 

Clifton Webb went but of 'As Thbuaands Cheer', ;Muisi^ 
after . Thursday's : (8 ) matinee, down with grippe. Although, there were 
some refutids, tickets w«re promptly resold at the boxbfflce and the limit 
of 59 standees were present at; ^atui-day's matinee. of . theOafet 

took over Webb's assignments, Jerry Cowan in the sketches, HariT 
Stock well the songs, and Paul Pierce the dances. . . 

Marilyn Miller was out for .one performance . also but has fully recpvr 
ered, Webb rejoined the show Mondiaiy (12). 

'The Pure in Heart,' to beipresented by Richard Aldrlch' and Alfred de 
igare, was to have been presented by the Theatre Guild. Latter tried 
out the play last season, a rarity for the Guild, which deemed rewriting 

was necessary. -u >^ m 

John Howard Lawsdn, the. play's author, made revision but the Guuu 
production schedule for this season was so he.'.vy It relinquished its 
rights. Dorothy Hall will appear in the lead under the new sponsors 



evidenced why It. was SRO, arid 
sever'al .deep stand-ups at. the . New . 
Amsterdam, indicating that' he'$ 
made his annual benefit somewhat 
Of through iepeat 

tr This, he, explained, can only 
be realized by glyirig good value, 
if .they're to cpriie .bacli:; he doesn't 
like to inveigle his patrons in, he 
said, and then hit 'n' r\xn or bore 
'em. As a result It was one of the 
.fastest shows of its type eVer, can- 
nlly arid showmanly inaced for best 
audience. ' eilect. 

Ditto the Treasurers' frOlic at the 
Imperial. Both had ti»e cream . of 
the stellar talent now around 
Broadway running betwfeen the two 
houses; The acts were cUlled from 
legit, the varielles and the 

screen. 

. Treasurers show drew standee 
business, the actual gross being $3, 
200 r scal6 $2.50 top. Program 
grossfed . $3,000. ' The net of .around 
$6,000' tops any of the cluh's pre 
vioUs benefit perf onriancesi 

The 60- piece Wen Talbot band 
frorii Maidison Square Garden tireri^t 
Into the show, when the colored mu-. 
sicians -^ere shunted out of the 
Garderii Demand for tickets for the 
hockey game between the Ameri- 
cans and Rangers was. so heavy 
that the band was dispensed and its 
seats used for paying customers. 
Agencies got $6 per ticket for any 
location. 



'MAJOR' WARD JAILED 
FOR FUND COLLECTING 



•Major' i th Ward was sent tp 
the workhouse for 90 days by Mag- 
istrate H. Stanley Reriaud last Frl- 
day (9) upon complaint of; t he. De- 
partment of Public Welfare fKatTBtro 
solicited funds without a license. 
Miss Ward, formerly in. vaudeville 
as Marie Clark, girl with the 
auburn hair,' was riariied as the liead 
of the 'Actors' Memorial Poynda- 
tioui' which aroused coriiplaints 
from the Actors Fiipd ancL Equity 
for several years. 

Miss • Ward was similarly sen 
tenced last summer and fined $1500, 
but the sentence' was suspiehded, 
Fine was paid under protfest and the 
case is on appeal. Court refuised to 
hold off pending the appeal because 
the offense had been repeated and 
the accused had .vlola,ted her parole 
Case was revived when a cdllec 
tor foir. :MiM Ward's organiaatlon 
tried tp get a donation from An 
toinette perry,, in private life Mrp 
Frank Wi.; t'rueaUff ; The collector, 
Herrrian Rappaportj claimed over 
the telephone thiat he was Bert Ly- 
tell. R:appaport was tried, but the 
case dismissed when he turned 
state's evidence. Miss Ward has 
started proceedings, against Miss 
Perry and Is suing a .publication for 
libel. 



I'easury .Departnio has 
rijU'd lisn free admissions 'ta'xos-,' re-i 
garding . such eollcctions the same 
as Out i-ates. That . Means that .• 
pa!=;se^ on which there Is any riioney 
collected C(ill f or ii tax :tb . be paid 
t he .gbvenimorit_c>n .thej?asis. of the 
full vaiuerpf Uie ti heVofore 
when 40 cents! is collected on a pass, 
30 centSj .which is 10% on , the box 
office price tisf a- :$3- ticket; must be 
paid governlfrierit. Law d:oes. not re- 
quire tax .'.on passes, but . certai 
shpwrhen ' /ire collecting it .aS » 
service' charg6 or 'employees, .bene- 
flciai' fund! gag. 

Ruling Avas jhe/resiilt pi a,igltatlpn 
over the pass" tiix anil thrpwav^ay 
abuse, discussions iti. the legit Code 
Authority sessions. Altlipugh the 
ruling was received by the "Theatre 
League a.'rid the CA, inquiry at the 
offlce' .of .th<i tax collector for the 
Times Square di.striGt indicated that 
the order had hpt fceen olflelally' rcr. 
ceived . frorii Washington yet. . 

Question of pass tax: money has 
fconie up frequently iri the code 
meetings. When it was charged 
that such practice yyas an evasion 



Lo.<? Angeles Biltniore will wind up its shortest, legit seasori on record 
■■---Wlth.n.-.:tiirvgt_nnti.-vVr"""<--~Ai'^-^""g^-dark-the- -b.e^ 

house garnei-Qd .around $8,000 profit on a two' weeks' engagertiertt of 
Katharine CorrioU and figures to nearly duplicate this .sum With Walter 
Hampden, in for nine days. thi.s month, and a Avcek with .Eva LaGalUennf 
early in March. 



M;>x (Jordori oomniulod bctwot;-n Philadcliihia and ^Toronto last week 
looking over, his brace of new shows— 'Dodsworth', and 'The Shining 
ilouf.', a IJrlti.sh import. Shy of the air so ho trav.elod hy train, 

'Dodsworth' is holdinf? over sooond wofk In PhiJlv. 'Hour' b<i ' in 
I tlie Booth tonight. (13). 



Ghi 'Horses' M0% Gut 

Chicago, Feb. 12. 
Cast 'Hold Ypur Horses' at 
the Grand took a 10% salary 
slice. Several performers, how- 
ever, stiepped out rather than 
take the nick; 

Show has been running above 
$17,000 weekly of late. 



Only Amateur Groups Can Save Legit 
From Extinction, Says Plrof. Eaton 



of the throwaway ban there was 
spme manageHal ppposltion. 

One method of getting coin , from 
free admissions,' is the selling of 
passes fpr it dollar, per pair, usually 
by telephone,. customers. asking for 
tickets under the. nariies supi)lied. 

In, order .to ay pid; a; split in tlie 
CA vote -on the pass tax thing^ it 
was decided to put thC; question up 
to the Treasury. Letter had ruled 
that all tickets sold at cut rates 
must carry the same tax as though 
sold at the full price. There is 
some question as to the intent^ of 
the law and the lesvy is being p'ro- 
teisted. Meantime, however, tax on 
the established or orlglnial box of- 
fice price Is being collected by cut 
ra^te sellers, . overage to be refunded 
If the ruling is upset. 

Chistriges to be asked when the 
open code . hearings sta;rt in Wash- 
ington ^late this month will coyer 
ianother cut-rate angle in other 
cities. Clauses pertaining' to out 
of town are not as clear as the reg- 
ulation covering thrbwaways, which 
the code rul^s out in New York. 
Stock Company Interests apparently 
slipped in the obscure clauses and 
are charged with throwaway abuses. 

William P. Farnsworth,- recently 
appointed deputy administrator of 
th« amusements codes, succeeding 
Sol A. Rosenblatt, dlvlifiipnal ad- 
ministrator, will no longer "attend 
the legit Code Authority sessions Iri 
New.Torlc. He withdrew as one of 
the public's representatives on the 
CA tp devote all his tihie to cod(6 
Work in. Washington. General Hugh 
S. Johnson, NRA head, has ordered 
a,ll deputy admilrilstrators to " simi- 
larly withdraw frbni Code Author- 
ities and remain in the capital. 

Robert k.. Straus, 28-year old 
son of Percy" Straus, has succeeded 
Fariisworth pii the legit CA. Straus 
Is with the NRA compliance hody, 
headquartered In New York. 



Unfair Practice Charge 
Against IMurder' Drpppe^ 



Charges unfair practice 

agiainst the rtianagenient of a drama 
called "Legal. Murder,' which was 
carded . for the little President, 
N. Y., last week, were dropped by 
the NRA arm In New York when 
those opposing the show's presen- 
tation stated they had withdrawn, 
after little evidence was furnished 
to uphold the clairiis. Case was 
iieard hy Robert K. traus, who has 
succeeded William Farnswbrth on 
the legit code Authority, latter de- 
voting his time *o Washington. 

It \Was reported the show had 
been :eanc'lled. Newcomer shov 
men failed to post required salary 
guarantee and Equity pulled out 
the cait then rehearsing. Show 
sponsors had offered tb bbtaln a 
letter guaranteeing salaries from an 
orgarilzatlbn. sgild to have backed 
the defenisc of negroes accused of 
attacking white girls at .Scott.s- 



case;. 

Wiien^Equity ordered the cast out 
the managers 'deftlar.ied they would 
hire non-E'iiiity people, saying they 
had secured amateur actors, .also 
that non-union stage hands would 
be used. Equity then complained 
to the NRA. Last , information on 
the 'Murder* case downtown was 
thai It was 'postponed indeflnli.fly.' 



P'rovldence, Feb, 12. 

The spoken drama faces :extlnc- 
tion If amateur groups do not re- 
place- the dying- prof essIOnal- -aetor& 
away from /. Broadway. Walter 
Pritchard . Eaton, draniatlc critic* 
and iguccesspi: tO' Baker .as 

head of the "Tale Drama School, de- 
clared here last week. 

With, only about six road compa- 
nies touring .the country 
now, Eaton declared that 'Thc llvr 
Irig drariia will be replaced ;:entir.ely 
by :the motion, picture* unless ama- 
teurs adapt th.elr productions, or 
persons interested, in the spoken 
drama . secu re • for 
their cities. 

'The professlbii Is 

organized i.s riot going to send you 
dramas any longer,' .Eaton warned, 
adding that without a good 'little 
theatre' movement, interest in the 
theatre will suffer. 

Eaton spoke before The Playf-rs, 
the oldest little theatre organization 



in~th?se part's, ~ '~ 

Since the stair't^ of th*? scfi^ion 
ProvHlfn(%. has lUut. only two Is^p^^*- 
York shows, compared .with ^ the 
.sc'or6 Or iporc that came 'hfre'laMt 
.w;inter. IJc.sid«H ProvI(lo.n<:e- .alscf 
boasted a stock rompany last year 
It floppod last fall aflrir 20 w<'fkf«, 
manapf^mcint olniming l.n'f-k of pJ-'S"^ 
made It unwifsf to ((ruiin.u*', 



Syracuse Stock Co. 

To Players on Perc. 

Syracuse,. N. Y,» Feb. 12; 
• -'With; Only, two ~profi.table weeks 
put of sevcsn, the .Civic Repertory 
Theatre, Inc., terminated Its'- spon- 
sorship of the civic stock" Saturday 
night, turning, the house over to the 
executive director, Brac6 Conning, 
arid thie players jCoi- continuance on- 
a co-operative .basis; •Company is 
repeating 'Men in White' for a sec t 
pnd week. 

Withdrawal of the corporation, 
which will nialntalri: . its corporate 
existence with a view to resuriiptlori 
Of: activities latfer, followed ia series 
of factional differences find for 
time legal action appeared llkeiy. 

During Its flhort life th6 group ha.S' 
had four presidents. The last, Har- 
old. H. McBride, Was ele.cted lapt 
week. 



Akron's Test 



Akron, O., Fob,. 12. 
First leg] t for Akron in more than 
-Tl"year-Is"due-at^lhiy=Colp7rin^^ 
iowri March r> 6, when 'r;r<'*'n. 
Pastur«?s' will be presontod for" 
three performances.' 

Manager Frank Ing said this 
week that ■ the attractibri will srrve 
nn a Lest whfHhcr the pubHc here, 
wants rOad sb'»w.'<, and if siifcess- 
fi)l .ntlifr atfnii'tioris will bo.hfid od 
j Di'i'ovigh Ui(; .<<prlii 



K/i •TABISTT'S' LONDON OFnCB, 

< St. MartlnV Place. Trafalgar Sqaare 

168 Berlin Openings in 4 Months, 



FOREIGN SHOW NEWS 



*iM« Addnwi TABIBTf . lANDOlfl 
Telephone Temple B» 5»41-M«« 



MEX NATIONAL THEATRE 




WO 




BeTlln, Fob; 
, . undpr the lead - 

■ eirsliip m vnaffement of the Propa - 
ganda niinistiT. a theatre chambei' 
arid: state theatre commissioners, 

Jiave undergo ne: a c o'mi>lete. st ruc- 
tural. clVanigre which is" reflected, py 
a cpmpu tati.on ot legit premieries: I" 
Germany during the .first .fouv 
riiqnthS; (S.ept.-i)ec.) of . tKe.seasoh 
During this period 16g new pla;ys 
were i-eleased in the 230. theatres of 

■ the Reich, . , This ' total: ihcljUdfes , 15' 
operas, 23' operettas,- ftantomimef' 
and 23 fairy tales, knd ianipunts to 
about tw.rce laist year's openings. 

■ At 'first sight, it soeriis sui'prisinR 
that the thoroughly centralized or^ 
ganizutlbn has led to . ait absolute 
dfecentralizatioh of production; Pe- 
culiar structure 6f this organization 
answers the question. A German 
theatre superintendent Is appointed 

wltli the <!onBerit of- the auperr 
ropaganda ministry.;' pribe 
inslalled hp Is the plenipotentiary 
'leader'' of tiie' theatre a^ respon-^ 
;Vt'.e directly to .the ministry. 



fpr Increased activity, 
200 Theatres" 
200 cities shared these 168 
openings, some 'plays haying been 
siitiultaneo.usly rele^sisd in several 
lioiisc's. 

In sharp contrast to this, image of 
highest activity stand the statistics 
of success. Only two plays are rcr 
corded \yhlch Vealiy hit the mark. 
'The Return of Matthias Bruck' by 
Signluhd Graff; and 'AH Against: 
One, One for .All,* by Forster. The 
rest pf tiie fenormous prpductlori ac- 
tivity faded in tiie secluslorj of pro- 
vincial houses. 

Berlin by no nieans. played a pre- 
dominant part;' , only . 13 releases 
took placp in the capital, including 
eight operettas and npt a single 
opera. 

Present GPrman theatre organiza- 
tion is regarded as a. break for play- 
wrights, whose chances to get their 
stufl; staged somewhere have risen 
by many notches. 

How'-the- b. p. side of the ledger 
is going to sustain this reconstruc- 
tion is aripthec question. However, 
less houses are darlc tpday than 
three months ago. 



REINHARDT REPERTORY 
DOING SELL-OUT BIZ 



-The Hague, Feb. 3. 

Tour of the Max Relnliardt comi- 
pany, managed by impresario Dt. 
Krauss, a sell-put. Not 'only al: the 
Hague but also in Amsterdam extra 
performances had to be squeezed in. 
As Reinhardt Is npt persona grata 
with the new regime In Germany he 
Is planning further tours In.Eurppe, 

New tour fo.r Holland is pl anned 
in April and May with the reper- 
fory .including 'Das gi'osse Welt- 
theatei'' by Calderon, recast by 
Hugo von PToffnianhstahl, and 
'llaviii Sluart' by Schiller, with 
Helen li'lmig (Mrs. Reinhardt) in 
th(» role of Queen Bess. 



THE BUYERS ARE IN 



Thrift in Budapest 



Budapest, Feb. 

Klite tijeatr ^ small, nabej lias 
enlarged its cloak roPih- .to 
-abpuit threes -t4ni4>s.-Tite'- hpr.ma:! ■ 
pr.opprtions. 

Rea.spn is that the , Vlg.szlh- 
has, across the street,, is the 
'city' mpst expensive legit 
iiouse. Ciistpmei'rj: at the legit 
hifc'e to pay a lot more for de- 
positing their apparel . so they 
tote (hem across the street to 
the IJIlte and leaA'e them thex*e. 
It's .oke with the' iaiite. 



Took 28 Years to .Complete, but 
Heuse Now Read/ to Open 



Mexico City, Fet). 9. 

National theatre, retltled Palace 
of Fine Arts, whlt^h has been tinder 
construction for 2S years, scheduled 
to be completed Feb. 28, 

It win be dellyered to its Pfllclal 
custodian^ .mlrtistry pt publip educa- 
tion, which Is arranging a grand in- 
auguratlph, featuring an opera, by 
an ail -Mexican cast, late in Mrii'ch. 



DODSWORtH 

(iContinued from page 54) 

their chairs Put-front ' waiting: and 
hoping , foi: Sam to get his 'dander 
up- sufflclehtly to give ..friend wifei 
the gate and -their : applause is as 
spontaneous as.' that of. ."kids at a 
western filin Avhen the hero rides 
up. in the nick of time to save thf 
heroine froin the villain; 



^eda worth' i s , a <i--4mawft8ely--sat— ; iBlglg-^Raitap lph, . wlio knuws al i-hte 



Ifjfying and' always understandable 
play .:\^i(bh ihould. appeal to both 
blghbroWs and hol^poilbi. Fay 
Bainter Is capital as the wife .(an 
unusual. part for mer) arid Nan Sun- 
derland .(; Crs. Huston) is first-rate 
as the other woman. In fact the 
cast is excellent all the., way 
through. 

All the credit :in tlie world is due 
Max Gprclpri. for- thlig first-rate pro- 
duction whIPh deserves a long and 
healthy career. Watevs.^ 

THE SHINING HOUR 

Tox'onto, Feb. 8. 
rawV in tliree ads presented by Max 
Gordon. Written by Keith . Winter. 
Staged and directed by Raymond Mas- 
ses.. -:Set by .- .Aubrey Hammond. . At. the 
Rolay Alexandra, Toronto, $2.60 top. 

Judy Linden Adrlanne Allen 

Hannah Linden , .MaCJoi-ie Fielding 

. .Cyril Rayrhond 
. . .Derek Wlllljims 
...Gladys Cooper 
Raymond Massey 



Henry Linden 
'Mickey Linden....' 
Marlella Linden 
David Lfnden' . . 



MR. WHlTtlNGTON 

(Continue from page 64): 
(in the . delirium) the Lord .Mayor 
Pf liplndon; to win the . Derby; 
knock out his prospective father-Iri- 
law; beat, the native billiard chariT- 
pion, and so on. ' 

Very funny in spots, but a trific 
too spotty at liresPrit, This will 
prPbably be quickly remedied and 
the. Show enjoy a successful ; run. . 

Thex'e is so much in - if that Is 
^ood that the strengthening , of tl^e 
weak patches sliould .be ' .more a 
iriatter of routing an quickening 
thari anything else. 

Next to . the. star, who is always 
sure-fire ' as . an e"ntcrtainer, ..prob- 
ably the biggest hit was scored by 
Fred Eriiney as a silly Jord, Emney 
la the soh' of -the man who played 
in vaudeville. 
Star's chief support, as usiial. Is 



dancing steps as . \<reU as Buchanan 
does hiriiself, sple)idld 
tearii Work. 

A fine production, adequate cast, 
pretty chPriis and attractive scenery 
contribute to the general effect. 
'Nothing outstanding in the way of 
a song, hit/ though. . JolQ. 



ris Wakes Up a Bit With Heayy. 
Cloak iand' Suit Influx 



.hore 



Pirls, Feb.; ?. . 
infiux pf ' cloak a,nd suiters, 
to see advance summer istyles. 
Is inomcntarily :,making: Paris look 
onietliin^ .'like Its old Ameirlcan 
self. Big dressriiakers say the buy- 
ers are twice 'as. ntimeroii^ as last 
•. and giving Itefty orders. 
This gives new life tp Ipcai niter- 
whoae doormeji pan spot a buyer, 
at 100. meters arid rush tP tip off 
entire .htaff from the head waiter on 
liu'ii Hint a sucker's coriiiiig. 



Fischer 111 



CJHTord C. Flfc.hoi-, PiM'is i»fi(>iit, 
had to cancel his. sailing hack home 
on tlie S. S. Ghaxtiplain last Sat- 

.-Ui:(i.ay.,_(-l0X -.and-., probably wtil-Jbo^ 



unable to .P.iil thi.<3 week-end, like- 
wise- booked; owlng'to ari attack of 
kidney trouble with- intestinal com- 
plicatlbns. Fischer came over , to get 
talent for Paris and theMiivIera fe- 
sorts and was all set to go home.; 
when stricken. 

FiBjCher will export frpm Paris a 
iriccoy French revue for thp Palais 
Royal. iSrondw.ay niter y. hen he 
gets back to Fi'anre. 



Qpening cPld" here after long re- 
hearsals in Loridori and Toronto, 
arid marking the first, appearance of. 
Gladys Cooper' on tills continent, as 
.well as the first occasion on which 
Raymond, Maissey and his yfite, 
Adrlanne. Allen, have appeared . on 
stage together .in this counti-y. Play 
should enjoy a fair Broadway run. 

Well acted and well produced, it 
is . doii.btful whether the play will 
ever be required reading Irt uriiyer:- 
fity drama courses. Writing Is in-' 
trpspe.ctlve, and, because of the 
youthfulness of the author, Is at 
times shot thrpugh with lack of 
kn'pWliedge of . the workings of . the. 
feriiinlne- riiind. Censure must not 
be tPo severe, however, when it is 
reriicmbered that the playwright's 
'Jtats of Norway' • was a successful 
venture ori the London stage , last 
season and that the present Ppua 
carries the endorsement of Mr. Max 
Gordon and. the Cooper- Massey - 
Allen trio. GordPn and the author 
are botli here for the tightening-up 
pr ocess prior to the Broadway 
opening. - ' ^ ""^ ' ~~ - - . 

Despite an5'. diamaturg.ical weak- 
ness, and there is some,- tiie arduous 
work of the players quite trans- 
cends, riot has to do with an emo- 
tional storm which sweeps a York- 
shire farm-estate when Pnp of the 
brothers of tiic Linden household 
returns, with a bride from South 
Africa unacquainted with tradltlonis 
of English squirearchy. The mar-^ 
ried brother (Massey) falls iri love 
with the newcomer, as does his fat- 
uous younger bi'other . (William) 
Point is tha.t Marlella (Gladys 
Gboper); thrown into the role of ah 
Innocent home -wrecker,' Is not a 
ruthless type of cold seducer but a 
sensitive, albeit . Intf pspective,. worn 
ari .unable to cPpe with a drastio sit 
nation in which three niainly brotb 
ers are iri love Vf ith her. 
. Lack .Pf logic on th© part pf the 
juvenile author, perhaps, Is the In 
stant determlria,tIoh Pf David's .wlfe 
(Adrianrie Allen) to efface, herself 
from the. scene, when . she realizes 
she. ha.s lost her husbind's love, 
although th!t> point has already been 
made that both women's marriages 
were loveless. 

. Entire background is Ultra-coun 
try family, with most of the chat- 
ter in the first act dealing with 
fox-hunting, beagle drags and 
crosSTCOuritry races, plus the. occa 
sional excitement erigendered by the 
birth of a foal or trouble in the 
'amiTr=FiiT3t=?frt:"^iv?w^=^tH^^ffctt^=»f^ 
a: comedy session that is too wordy 
for enjoyment, Device la to reveal 
tiie happiness and content of the 
household before the, advent pf the 
Stranger, Marlella, but cutting 
should be heavy here. .Second act 
becomes a pathological study, Pll 
ma^ced by the melodramatic suicide 
of David's wife, who dashes Into a 
burning, barn just as the roof fulls 
In. Third act is a gloomy and splno- 
rhilllng interlude leading up to the 



GIUDITTA 

Vienna, ii an. 2 a. 
iluaicai comedy by Frunz l-iehar. libretto 
liy I'atil Knepler and Fritz Loehner. Stars 
Jarmlla Novotna and Richard Tauber. Pro- 
duced by Hubert Marlschka; thoreography 
Margarete 'Wallmann. I'reinlere Jah. S-D at 
the State's Opera House, Vlehnin 

In spite of the coiosiiui advance 
publicity Lelmr has maniaged to 
hold his Pwn with his newest oper- 
etta. The composer has added new 
laurels for It is generally regarded 
as the highest honpr to have an 
operetta at the State's Ojpiera and 
to perrriit a 'despised operetta com- 
poser' to conduct. 

Text is sentiriiental and tinged 
with trashy turns of plot , arid dialog 
and the characterizations are very 
bad. But Lehar swore, and still 
swears, that It Is a moisterplece.. 
And his belief has sufficed to Inspire 
him.to write a really fine score .T.yith 
three or four numbers that are like- 
ly to go around the world. 
. Gludltta Is a sort pf Carriien, less 
dramatic arid active, biit she 
tumbles from the. aiyms pf one man 
to another, and the Ipng ai'm Pf co- 
incidence helps riaatters along so 
that she Is diping witli lover No. 4 
when No. 2- shows up. 

Tauber sings better than he loolcs, 
and Novotna sings just, as well, as 
she looks, which is plenty. Cos- 
tumes are brilliant though the pro- 
duction, is too .vaude-like at times. 

Talcings for the first two per- 
formances amounted to $16,000. A 
record these times in Vienna. 

Glass. 



FIRST EPISODE 



— ^ ^"Luiiduii, Jan. 29. . 

Comedy In three acts by Terence Rnttl- 
■gan and Philip Heimann, presented by the 
Panlel Mayer Company at the Comedy the- 
atre, Jan. 20; . 

Albert Arnold....,..,.'. .Max Adrian 

Phillip Kahii ..Angus L. MacLeod 

Joan Taylor.... i' ..Merlel Forbee 

Tony 'Wodehouse'. "Wllllain Fox 

David Lister..' ...Patrick AVadiUneton 

Margot Gresham Barbara Hofto 

James ■ ..... 7 ."VMncent IClng 



, A.rriot uninteresting, story' of an 
iriciderit tljat occurred at Oxford: 
University some years ago, and can. 
probably be called London's 'She 
Loves Me Not' as to script; Some 
actresses went there to play parts 
irt - the university's amateur the- 
. atrtcals. On that / memorable "o^ paV" 
sion, accoirdlng to legend, one or 
more of 'the ladles got . into a hud- 
dle with the students. 
. Diialog Is wittily ariiusing; tiie 
plot is progressive, cumulative and 
inevitable; ' but the ■ whole thing 
gives Indication of the. work, of 
yputh rather than matured mentali- 
ty. Throughout one seems to de- 
tect an overweening desire to ut- 
ter a wisecrack, rather than a well- 
thought put Pbservation. 

•Very competently acted an ouglit 
to be a success. Xo7o. 

• « ■ 

Inevitable solution in which th*' 
neurotic David and the logical Ma- 
rlella must surrender their love for 
each other, even though this has 
"wm?icMnxTO^mttmsg?gr===^==^-==^^ 

The pitiful soul-.4earing travail of 
the hero and the teu.se feeling of 
fru.stration make for a dvama that 
should create much talk and keep 
intei-pst alive. 

Cast does a splen id job by the 
author and production merits are 
high. Morbidity should not keep the 
customers away during the Broad- 
way run. Plari is to present the 
play in London in the lE^utunin. 

MrfHai/. 



Lucien Sammett, Ltd., Bankrupt; 




Codiran Explains 



London, Feb. . 8. 

.Charles- B, Cochran and a 
buriph. of newspapermen met at 
~a cocktail paTty."and ther aui)-' 
ject bi( .show business arose. . 
Among other pbservations 
made; wks that the 'CIriderella' 
plot was still the most profit- 
able In show business, mean- 
ing that cleap plays stood a- 
better chance than others. 

Cochran did not take violent 
issue, but offered In evidence 
his most recerit. prdd.uctlJfns. 

A clean s.how; 'Muislc In /.tlie 
Air/ he said, 'ran for the .bet- 
ter part of tlie yea,r, was an 
enormous success with the 
press and public, and closed 
withotit showlrig a profit. . 
Ell&labeth . Bergncr in 'Escape. 
Me Nevei'," and '^Nyriiph' Er- 
rant' with Gertrude Lawrerice, 
were the direct antitheses 61! 
'Music In the Air,' and are do- 
Ing ca p acity business, yielding 



weekly profits, 



NO COIN, PARIS 
EXPOanON OIT 



Parls^ Feb, 3, 
The big exposition plariried for 
Paris in 1937 is off. No dough. 

Budget Minister, Commerce Min- 
ister and other big shots riiet and 
decided that the big show wpuld be 
swell ballyhoo for the tpwn, but 
they couldn't figure out hpw to fi- 
nance It. 

Usual method of getting money 
for expositions here Is the issuance 
Pif lottery borids — the lucky number, 
gets a prlzp, . as well as Interest 
-^blit this had to be dropped be- 
cause pif corifiict with the new 
French Natlona;! lottery. 

People in shPw business who had 
been counting on the 193.7 expo are 
setting up a hoUei*. Cpmoedia, the- 
atrical organ, charged dropping of 
exposition plans' was due to activ- 
ities of private Interests, and said: 
■Poorer people, than we are succeed 
In financing expositions. re vre a 
nation of paralytics?' 



OPEN^AlR FESTIVALS 
ON HISTORICAL SITES 



Berlin, Feb. 3. 
The sacred gatherliig places of 
the early Gerrrianic tribes will be 
recalled to life according to a state- 
ment of the president of the Ger 
■ man tl ieafre-ehambe r. Otto Laubln 



ger. iBlg activity wiP be developed 
this summer to support festival 
open-air plays in all part.s. of the 
Reich. 

The ' ing-places' are to play an 
important part In this program; 
they will serve the double purpose 
of supplying the required settlrig 
for tiie festivals as well as worthy 
surroundings for mass- meetings of 
all kinds. 

Sixty such thing -places are to be 
erected by this sunimer, most of 
them on sites of historical, tradi- 
tion;, the ultimate- aim is 400 thinp- 
places. 



NOBODY WANTS THEATRE 



Auction on Famous Pari 
But No Bidders; 



House, 



Paris, 

NPbody wants the famous old 
Theatre Antoine, dncp the pride of 
French drama ^.nd how in bank- 
ruptcy. The lease tp the house on 
tlie boulevard de Strasbourg was 
put on sale at auction, but although 
50 persons atterided the, sale, there 
were no bids. 

The_ u pset .jirl.ce, had ■been _:fl xed. 

at $31,500. the auctioneer. Me. 
Videcbq, lowered this fey - steps of 
$3,150 until It was cut in half, but 
there were still ho offers, and he 
called the sale off. The lease runs 
until 1940, and the company oper- 
a'ing the theatre, which is capital- 
ized at $19,000, went into bank- 
ruptcy January 9. 

- Rene Rocher was the thentre's 
last manager. 



.London,' Feb. 8, 
.Inside istory oh Ambrose's New 
York ttlp Is that he sailed after 
recelvlnjg a. cable frpm LPu Irwin 
for a .IJ. S, engagement; Nlteiy 
wants t he B mbasay cl ub leade r vfop:. 
'a~8easpri. Ofter understood to b«i 
$6,000 per week, with Ambrpse to 
brine over about; three or four Eng* 
llsh boys, the rest pf baind td be re- 
cruited in .Ameirica. 

Ambrpse Is still under contract 
with the Embassy, but would riot 
havp. any difficulty Iri getting a re- 
leaspi with club figuring him an 
even better prpppsltlpn after his 
American engagement/ on iccoUnt 
pf his,. Interriatlonal prestige. Jo» 
Branellyi one of Ambrpse's boys, la 
In charge of band during his ah- 
sencei- 



8ammett-B' Through 

Lucien . .Sammett, L.td.> formed' 
with capital of $1>260, to take over 
the; Hlppbdrome, Balham, suburbtin 
house, werit . into forced liquidation. 
Morris Wheeler, the backer, .lost' 



TtBrOOtnifi me; venture, wnicn only 
lasted four weeks. Debts outstand- 
ing, aniount to -over $10,000. 

Final week show operated, entire 
bill of lb acts only received 25% of 
It's salaries. Progtam was headed 
by Russell, Marconi and Jerry. 

House has. been a white elephant 
for, years and was once part of th» 
Loii Jacitson circuit , of cinemas, 
which lost oyer $.126,000. 



Actor- Producers 

Two young men of the show 
world,, impressed by the importanc* 
of their successes, got together and 
decided to do business on. their 
owii.. One was Emlyn Williams, ac- 
tor arid' ; dramatist, . and the other 
JPhn Grielgud, actoi". Wllllanis wrote 
'Spring' 1600' apd Gielgud produced 
It at the Shaftesbury;' Jan. 31, go- 
ing into managenient on his own. 

It is a costume play, revcalinflr 
siiPh characters as Shakespeare, 
Burbage and so on, A young girl, to 
escape an uriwelcome marriage, 
runs away, disguising, herself as a 
bpy, and ajpplles 'fpr a Job In the 
theatre as performer of female 
parts. This at a tlrrie when there 
were no actresses and female roles 
were impersonated by boys. She 
f alls . In .iPve with Brirbage, is dls- 
llliisloned, . and returns to the ma- 
ternal hbme. Not very , much of a 
play. 



Racing Barometer 

The receipts from greyhound rac- 
ing are regarded here ag a barom- 
eter of the show business. The bal- 
ance sheets for 1l933 of the Grey- 
hound Racing Association are now 
out, showing a profit of $135,000 
for the year. This is just about one- 
fifth of what It was fpf 1932. And 
dog- racing, had eyerythlnig in Its 
favor with the splendid simimer Inst 



year. 



Publisher Loses Suit 

Chappell & * Co., music; ' publish- 
ers,, ksked for an Injunction against 
the publishers of a Dimdee news- 
paper. The complaint was that de- 
fendants had adopted the nanie; of 
plaintiff's song, 'Her Name Is Mary,' 
applying it to a serial stPry, which, 
it was claimed, was. Pbviouslj' writ- 
ten around the Bong. 

Application, was dismissed, 



COWARD STEPS INTO HIS 
NEW PLAY; R. BRENT OUT 



London, Feb. .10, 
Noel .Coward will, appear in hi» 

new operetta 'Conver'satlori iece/ 

replacing Romiiey Brents 

Show Is" In rehearsal /foi- C. B. 

Cochran and was ready tp open tiiis 

■week, but will holdover a couple 

weeks now,. . 



Dutch Nitery Singrei* 
Earned $70,000 a Year 



JCheJHague,JtSleli>^ 



Kees Pruis, popular Dutch cab- 
aret singer Was sentenced to threo 
months in jail for defi"audlng the 
Income tax- inspector^ Though his 
Income in one year was over $70,000 
he declared only $22,000. 

Attorney General asked for a fln» 
pf 11,600 and deferred Jail sentence 
for three mpnths,.. but the Judges 
found the offence so serious that he 
got a Jail term without fine-option. 



Tutaduf, Febwi«ry 18, i9j>4 



LEGIT I M 4 T E 



87 



Dodsworth' Sets Pace in PhiUy 
With SliMO; 'School' Sight, 




Philadelphia, Feb. 12. 
iJiiwecedented cold -weather 
Wayed havoc Avith several grosses 
■that might haVe reached very re- 
spectable dlmehBlons In legit houses 
■hp re last 'Week. ^ 
~^Evin witli the betow-Tsero tern - 
weratures, however, Max Gdrdoh's 
iSodSWorth* had a flrst-rate week 
at the Garrlck. For once no paper- 
' ine was done and two-thirds to 
♦hree-fourths housies were thie cus- 
tom with a $2.50 top. Show opened 
Saturday night and plays all this 
week and half of another week, giv- 
Tne It three performances (two 
nlehts and a matinee) short of a 
Slice weeks' stay. .. Sale Is fine and 
Tverybody is tolklng about the 
fihow, which received glowing no- 
tices all around. Paced at excellent 

•$14,000. ' , ^„ J s 

Week's other opening (Monday) 
was (Sulld's 'School for Husba.nds,': 
which also received corking notices, 
but didn't get much trade outside of 
'Subscription. It stays the custom- 
ary two "weeks at the Chestnut and 
will he lucky to get $18;000 pn the 

'^Pauline Frederick's 'tier Majestly, 
Queen" holds aV the Broad for 



a siecond week. With a ?2i top, 
plenty of papering was used, with 
about $4,000 reported a$ grossed— 
not bad under the circumstances. . 

Out at the Eflanger where the 
'pit* iplah — ^unreserved seats sold 'an 
hour before show time all over ..the 
house — 'Dangerous Corner' holds for 
a third weiek. Management (Ihdle) 
claims a pace of better than $5,000 
which soujjds high* but there's no 
question about . the success, so far. 
Of the new plan. . 



Foture PIa;s 



Cornelia Skinner $7,500 
Okay; C(mk Stock^^^^ 

::Baltim"Ore, F€b. 12. 

Session: of Cornelia Otis Skinner's 
solodramas approximated $7,500 at 
■Ford's last wiek at. $2.20 : top. 
Marked the first full week stand 
made here by the actresi^ and en- 
g'dgement's gross very materially 
hypoied by unqualified raves Of crit- 
ical- eJen try. ' 

Charles Emerson ~<3bok Players a i 
Auditorium: stock slid under $4,000 
with 'Ten-Minute Alibi,' Kenneth 
Harland guest . istarring. . Lowest 
figufe resident company has taken 
since pre- Christmas week. Cur- 
rently, Effle Shannon tops 'Philip 
Steps Forth,' George Kelly play 
which stood a . tryout date here Just 
thr^e years ago. Harry Ellerbe of 
original / company "is ies'gaying . bid 
role. \ 

Ford's is shrouded and nothing 
definitely iskeded beyond, but Guild's 
'Sciiool for Husbands' and Joe Cook 
in 'Hold Your Horses' appear cer- 
:taln-fw— Marlch^spottings,— -. — . . 



Seattle Likes Eva; 

$7,000 in Four Times 

Seattle, Fob. 12. 

.^RO greeted Eve Le Gallienne 
roportory opening night at Metro- 
p<.illtan theatrPi witlx 'He.dda Gabler' 
being presented. 

Le. Gallienne , a'ap • pi^sented • 'A 
Doll's iloxise,' another Ibsen play.. 
Four performances, . at . $2 .top, 
grossed, a great big $7,000. 



Weather Still Worries Broadway; 
Seven Plays Fade, 






} by Jacques Deval, wIU 
be produced by Milton /Stelf el and 
Frank Lewis. ReheaJrsalB start -to- 
morrow (Wed.). 



HARRIETTE 




VERNON 




APPEARING 



"AFTER SUCH 
PLEASURES" 

BIJOU THEATRE 

NEW YORK 

Dancing Nightly 





NEW YORK 




Cnrrent Road Shows 

Week of Feb. 12 



ila- 



'Autumn Crocus', 
phla. 

'Autumn Crocus' (coast) El Capi- 
tan, Hollywood. . ' 

Cornelia Oil inner, National, 
Washington. 

'Curtain Rises', Gort, Chicago. 
''Double boor', Plymouth, Boston. 

'Elizabeth Sleepa Out', Stude^- 
baker, Chicago. 

Eva Le Gallienne Repertory, Er- 
langer-Columbia, San EranciscO. 

'Green Pastures,' Palace,, Flint, 
Mich., Feb. 12rl3; Temple, Saginaw, 
Mich., Feb. 14-15; Gladnier, Lan- 
sing, Mich., Feb. 16-17. . . „ 

'Hold Your Horses*,, rand O. H., 

Chicago. . 

Katherine Cornell Repertory, 

Lincoln, Cheyenne, Wyoming, Feb 
12; Auditorium, Denver, Feb: 13-14- 
16; Auditorium, Colorado Springs, 
Feb. 16; City Auditorium, Amarlllo, 
Tex., Feb. 17. 

San Carlo Opera, Shubert, New- 

'Sailor BiBware', Mayan, — Los 

'Schdol For Husbands'^ Chestnut 
St., Philadelphia. 

'Ten iiiute Ali Nixon, itts- 
burgh. « . 

Walter Hampden Repertory, 
Plaza, El Paso, Tex., Feb. . 12; Rialto, 
Tucson, Ariz.* Feb. .13; Orpheum, 
Phoenix, Ariz., Feb. 14; Biltmore, 
Lbs Angeles, Feb. 16-17. 



cm STAttlNG 
(»0K $17,000 
AND OUT 



Loop is qiiitning down again after, 
a short hustle; Several shows set 
to close 'and little . In the pflflng. 
S«(iaen closing down of the road 
tour for 'The:. Lalce,* yanking tlie 
local booking out of the Erlanger. 
caused some yelps around: 'Ten 
Minute Alibi' set to replace. 

'Hold Yo\ir Horses! departs from 
the Grand on Feb. 24 after a nice, 
five-week stay.. Moves on to St. 
LOTiiB;^Ca^H^ok'-a-iO-%--alice last 

Duncan Sisters' revival of 'Topsy 
and Eva' folded at tlie ApoUi? On 
Saturday after three-weeks on the 
second try. Shaw goes tab for pic- 
ture honse dates. 

Estimates for Last. We.ek 

'Elizabeth Sleeps Out,' Stude- 
baker (C- 1,250; $1.50) (4th week). 
Going along on low scale and over- 
head with signs of perking. Talk- 
ing of an eight or nine-week run, 
which wold take it up to Easter. 
Running at .$3,000 . pace. 

'Hold Your Horses,' Grand (M- 
i,207! $2.75) (5th week). Running 
lower now and . getting too close 
to the breaking figure for comfort, 
Out on Feb. 24 and off to St. Louis- 
Had been some talk of tabbing for 
midwest dates but understood sala- 
ries of the feature players killed 
that Idea for the: Shuberts. Now 
around $17,000 and slipping. 

*The Curtain Rises,' Cort (C-1,100; 
$2.20) (5th A.-eek). Excellent busi- 
ness' with much help due to party 
sales. On a cut-rate system that 
is clicking and delivering dividends 
to owners and cast, , at a pace of 
over $4,600. House has been the 
best In town for low- nut long-run 
shows. „ 

'•Topsy and Eva,* ApoUo (M-1,B00;- 
$2.20) (4th week).. Closed Saturday 
(10) and went into tab for picture 
houses. Set into the B&K Chicago 
week of March 2 for $5,000. 
Other Attract! 

Cornelia Otis Skinner, Selwyn. 
Opens for one week, on Feb. 26. 



MGM STUDIOS 
CULVER CITY. CALIF. 



L. A. Legits Static 

Crocus $6,000 and 'Sailor' $5,000, Botl^ 
Hold Over for Extra Stanzas 



S. F. Ready f or Eva 

San Francisco, Feb. 12. 
Eva LaGalliene opens tonight 
(12) at the Columbia for two weeks 
of Ibsen, Including 'Hedda Gabler,' 
A Doll's House' and 'Master 
Builder.' 

Advance sale okay, being only 
show In town. 

Francis Lederer in 'Autumn Cro- 
cus' ia in at the. Curi-an on Feb. 26, 
with advance sales exceptionally 
heavy. 

ENGAGEMENTS 

Douglas Montgomery. 'Gentle- 
women.' 

John Miltern, Robert Keith; Wil- 
ford Kane, 'Yellow Jack/ 

Clem Wllenchick for Victor Kil- 
lian, 'Peace ph Earth.' KlUian Into 
•Broomsticks Amen.' 

Katherine Wilson, -'yellow Jack,' 

Chas. McClelland for Dean Jag- 
ger, 'Tobacco Road.* Dean Jagger 
into 'Races' for. the Guild. ., 

Frank Otto,. 'Queer People. 

Frank Wil.'Jon, 'They .Shall ^ol 

Die.' .t , 

.Virginia Stevens Marjorlo 

D Ulo, 'H ojel Aiimony.'.. _ ^ 

Lew Eckfts" fpr""^arh>s Tl?nTil6r 
viftu-der at the Vanities.' 

Mai-y Servcss, Suzanne Tsiiubaire, 
Romalne Callcndar, Alfred Corn, 
France Bcndscn, 'Efionnp.' 

Eidouardo Ciannclli, Millard Mit-: 
chell, Arvid Paulson; Robt; Shayiie, 
Lloyd Gough.. Jack Carr, Clyde "Wal- 
ters, Chas. Gerrard, Bernard Jukes, 
Michael Spencer, 'Yellow Jack-' 

Kfnneth Daigneau, Alney Alba for 
•Robi. GlccKler. Lenore FSorhby. 
TS'hen in iflome'.* 



Los Angeles, Feb." 12. 
Holdover legits continued to at- 
tract a big play over the past week, 
with 'Autumn Crocus* leading the 
town at El C.apltan with close to 
$6,000 on the week. Downtown, at 
the Mayan, ': 'Sailor Beware' took 
another upward spurt In its sixth 
week, and passed the $5,000. .mark. 
Botli hold for another "week. 

Only opening was 'M'Lord, the 
I)uke,' at Hollywood Playhouse. 
'Big Bird' continues to hang on at 
the Musart, purely for show pur- 
poses. 

Biitmore is dark until "Walter 
Hampden movies in Friday (16) for 
nine performances. 

. Estimates for. Last Week 

'Autumn Crocus,' El Capltan (6th 
week) (C-l,571'$1.65). Frances 
Lerlcrer continues .a draw in this 
Hollywood house and Is good for 
another stanza at least. Fifth. week 
garnered around $6,000, which; is 
unusually good; 

' ' Lord, the Duke,' Hollywood 
Playhouse (1st week) (C- 1,152- 
$1.65). Latest George K. Arthur 
production, featuring and directed 
by E. E, Clive, may get two or three 
weeks tlirough aid of the .service 
pass admi.s.slims. Initial, atartz.t 
llgurod for around $2,000, which 
givf .s the actors a few dollars. 

'Sailor, Beware,' Mayan (6th wopk) 
(C-l,402-$l.fir)), Annbunc*»ment that 
ljTffW(^'non=woTaid^ pfTSlt 
wopk holped trad? during r(aHt ,sf>von 
rtay.s! Much of tlie -trade is at regu- 
lar-priced a<lm!ssion.s, with .service 
f'harge pa.«.sr..s still beintf judiciously 
used. TakP laHt week little over 
$5.(i<"i0. 

'The Big Bir Musaxt Ordwoek) 
((;i>-3J54-'<3c.)'. House doesn't figure 
to' make n.n> thing out of Its initial 
.lo\\nifwn \<'nture. Proiifihly gar- 
'.v-Vi'A ter.O past we»-k, whlt h w)1) 
>av*>- pt^'nty of red. 



No guo.ssing about -what hurt 
;>u.sinGSS last .week. Old Man Zero 
Weather froze, up mariy box ofUces. 
and- wlicn the t\vo-\vcok cold, \va\-e 
moclerated Saturday, seven shows 
had dropped off Broadway's legit 
lisit. Most of tlie withdrawals AVere; 
new productions and their inah- 
agers never will know whether they 
oould have landed \\lt\\ a better 
weather break. ■ . , 

With the mercury dropped as low 
as minus 14, early part of lust week 
was also" hurt by a taxi strike. 

Broadway had 3i shows playing, 
which bettered last .season's, winter 
average, not inchiding the, ch^ap 
ticket . revivals Which have since 
been outlawed. Currently the list 
totals 30 attractions in all, , 

There has bieen a steady liicrease 
lit the number of shows, but the 
quality Of presentations .since New 
Year's has been disappointing. 
Last week's card of three ' pre- 
mieres iare all-in doubt. The best is 
'No Questipns; A^ked' (announced 
as 'A Broken Doll.*), which drew 
divided opinions at the Masque, the 
polar weather further, mitigating 
its' chancesi. 'Broomsticks Amen,' 
Little, was i^ated having a .little 
Chance, while 'Sing and Wliistle,' 
a Saturday (i'O) pisenlng at the Ful- 
ton, looked doubtful too. 

'A\l the King's Horses,' from the 
previous w'cek's card, got jabout 
$10,000 and niay make the grade. 
'By Your Leave' should also climb, 
though foi-ced to change theatres 
(MorbSco to Barry more). 

Some attractions held their own 
because of outstanding popularity 
and heavy advance "money. In that 
small group are 'A& Thousands 
Cheer,' 'Roberta,' the new comedy 
hit 'No More Ladies' and 'Tobacco 
Road.' 'Follies' was affected but 
easily tops the Hat in point of gross 
The closings: 'A Hat, A Coat, a 
Glove,' Selwyn; 'Mackerel Skies, 
Playhouise; 'The Joyous Season, 
Belasco; 'Come of Age,' Elliott; 
'The First Apple/ Barrymore;' Ho 
t61 Alimony,' Royale, and 'Theodoi-a 
the Quean,' Forrest. 

Due. in nfext week are 'Dbdsworth, 
-which Is 'Slated for the Shubert 
with 'King's Horses' probably mov 
ing to the Imperiail; "Four Saints 
and Three Acts,' 44th Street; 
'Ragged Army' at either the Sel- 
wyn or Times Square.. 

Estimates for Last Week 
'Ah, 'Wiiarmess,' Guild (20th 
week) (CDr914r$3.30). Polar weath-. 
er lasting thro.ugh second week 
froze up many box offices; Cohan 
piece somewhat affected but plenty 
okay at around $13,000. 

*AII the King's Horses', Shubert 
(3rd week). (M-l;387-$3.30). Drew 
bad weathef break but split even 
first full week at about $10,000; 
may move to Imperial next week 
when 'Dodswprth' comes . in. 

'As Thousands Cheer', . Music 
Box (20th week) (R-l,000-$4.40) 
Advance sale and steady box office 
lines protected revue smash which 
had more standees than usual and 
went close to $27.000.. 

'Big Hearted Herbert', iltmore 
(7th week) (C^991-$2.75). Should 
make run; not big but. profitable 
trade for laugh show; lately around 
$7,000 and should climb. ^ 

'Broomsticks, Amen', Ittle (2nd 
week)- (D-534-$2;7B).' "An. idea but 
little Chance Indicated after weak 
start; notices -unfavorable. 

^By Youp Leave', Barrymore (4th 
week) (C-l,096-$3.30). Moved here 
from MoroscQ Monday; belter 
weather should Improve gross; es- 
timated around $5,000 or bit over. 

fCome of Age', Elliot., . With- 
drawn Saturday; played four weeks 
and two days. 

'Days Without End', Miller .(6th 
week) (D-994-$3.30). Not sure 
after this week; average arpnnd 
$7,000 during subscription period: 
little direct at box: oflflce^ 

'Follies,' Winter . Garden (7th 
week) ( -],493.-$4,40). FinLshed 
strongly ; somewhat ■ affected .by. 
frigid weather but estimated bet- 
tering $30,000, 

'Green Bay free,* Cort (18th 
.week) (CD-l,024-$3.30). Moderately 
paced; was oh upgrade until weath- 
er went sub-zero; about $6,000 last 
week. 

'Hat, Coat, Glove,' Selwyn. Taken 
off Saturday; week and half for im- 
ported mystery piece; 'Ragged 
Army' may be next attraction. 

'Her Master's Voice,' Plymoutb i 
(17th week) (C-],042-$3.30). Eased 
Off like most others, but rated around 
$9,000, which Is profitable for run 

comedy. _ 
---*Hotel=--A^imony>?-=Ro.^=Kle-.=^'t'ake)l^v 

off Saturday; played two wf<<'ks. 

' ackerel Skies,' Playhouse. 
Clo.s<'d Hatnr ;iy; pl.'iycd two an«I 
h.'ilf wof'ks. : 

'Mary of Scotland,' ' Alvin (12th 
week) (I)-l,35>7-$3.:JO;. Average has 
iK-f-n $24,000 n\hrh ' subscription.-.! I 
wc-r*' usf'fj 111); i<'">'m<' r'nclion to | 
friKid .ff"iii-T If-'*'' ^^'-''k: fvtiin.'itfd ;it 
$!i(i.()0(i. 

'Men l!i iiji.ir.nii >t (wl.sl 



statndout ieased off with field, but 
plenty profitable at around $12,000. 

♦Murder at. the Vaniti ,' Majestic 
(23rd week) . (R-1,77643.36). Op- 
erating nut cut; James Ronnie but 
and Lew Eckles- in; expectant of 
sticking though March; about 
$10,000. • 

'No More Ladies,' Morosco (4th 
week) (.C-961-$3;30); Moved here 
from Booth Monday; regarded one 
of Broadway's best thing.s; 
weather held pace down; 
$9,000. 

No Questions Asked,' MaaqUe 
(2nd week) (CD^789-$3.30). Notices 
divided; business light after ..pre-- 
miere; weather hiirting all new 
shows; better line this week. , 

'Pursuit of Happiness,' Avon (i 9th 
week) (C-830-$2.15).. Slipped too, 
but should recover profitable pace; 
dipped under $5,000 for first time. 

.'Queer People,' National (1st 
.week.) (C^l,164-$3.30). Presented by 
Galen Bbgue; adapted from book 
of same title by John Floyd; opens 
Thur.sday (15), 

'Roberta,' New Amsterdam a3th 
week) (M-l,717-$3.30). Exception 
to mle last week ., with gross 
stronger;.- capacity last half; quoted 
over .$27,500. . 

'^Riohafd-of-Bordeaux? -Empii=e-(4 St 
week) (D-l,075-$3.30). Presented 



by Dennis King and Henry Molli 
son; written by Gordon. Daviot; 
English costnme drama; opens Wed- 
nesday (14). • 

'Sailor Beware,' Lyceum (21st 
week) (C-969-$3.30). Almisd to span 
season; hooked up moderately arid 
away out in front; claimed over 
$11,000. 

'She Loves i^e Not,' 46th St. (2l6t 
week) (C-1.413-$3.30). Under $20,- 
000 last two weeks with about . $17.- 
000 Indicated average; weather 
mostly to blame and comedy loader 
should recover, 

'Sing "and Whistle,' Fulton (1st 
week) (D-913-$2.75). Opened Sat- 
urday (10); regarded as mild com- 
edy; better line on chances this 

'The First Apple,-' - Barrymoi-e. 
Withdrawn Saturday; played about 
seven weeks to. light money. 

'The Joyous Season,' Belasco. 
Withdrawn Saturday; played two 

'The Shinning Hour,' Booth (1st 
week) (C-708r$3.30). Presented by 
Max Gordon; cast and production 
Imported from London; written by 
Keith Winter; opens tonight. 

'The Wind and the Ram,' RItz 
(3rd week) (D-918-$3.30). Another 
British Iniport and also drew bad 
weather break; first full week the 
indicated gross around $4,000. 

^Theodora, the Quean,' Forrest. 
Suddenly dropped out after three 
days; stopped Feb. 3. 

'Tobacco Road,' 48th St. (Uth 
week) (D-969-$3.30). Another ex- 
ception; more than held Its miich 
improved pace and making money; 
with cut rate support up to $7,000. 

'Wednesday's Child,' Longacre 
(5th week) (CD-l,019-$2.75). Mod- 
erate coin but needs better grosses 
to break even; weather hurt last- 
week after business climbed around 
$7,000. 

Other Attraotions 
'After Such Pleasures,' Bijou; bill 
of Dorothy Parker sketches opened 
last mid-week. a;rid may catch on. 

Biog ria phyF- -Anibassador \. — laat. 

season success back for repeat; 2nd 

'Peace on Earth,' Civic Repertory 
theatre (14th Street); propaganda 
play still doing well. 

Russian operatic troupe, Casino; 
very well regarded and. trade strong. 



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Tuesday, Fobrunry 13, .1934 



Getting News In Paris 

RififMie around Paris 1& particu- 
larly roug^ on newspapermen 
Some days after a French reporter 
named Vertex, from Leon Bailby'f 
new morning paper, Le Jour, had 
an eye virtually ripped out in a 
police, charjpe, .Jack lames; of the 
Paris Heral local stafC, was 
knocked down, punched, kicked .and 
•walked" on by furious bliiecoats 
-when trying to cover, the .milling 
Around the Opera. 

lames was standing nfear tho Ber- 
litz School oTT the JJouievard qes 



CapuGlnes, in a momentiarily (luiet 
spot, when hie heard the cry 'Mur- 
derers' rinis' but from th^ nearest 
side street. This was the signal for 
a police rush, and ^ mob of fleeing 
rioters b.orie down, on the reporter, 
carrying him with them. 

Police were behind the mob and 
also got. in tront bf them, to cut 
.them oft. lames wag: caught be- 
tween the two groupfi of cops. He 
pulled out l^is^ police card, stood .still 
"and i prayed. 

A b?uocoat ft'om the group behind, 
him' s<?cked him in the neck \yith 
his fist. lames w6nt to his knees, 
ana was batteried by the police Who 
- arrivod from the oppoiSite directibn. 
As he tried to get- up. he was 
kicked ill the rear and knocked flat. 

lames able 16 phone in. his 
.nwn stow, whii ch-t he. Herald put on 
page one, Svithout comment, merely 
(Juoting him ort wlia,t had happened 
to him. Hi4 only lasting rt'iic of the 
beating was a black eye. .He is a 
newcomer on . the Herald staff. Al- 
though an American, he comes to 
them from the Dally Mail in London. 

This is the only beating an Amei'- 
tcan has had in these riots so far. 
A French cameraman Working for 
the Hearst service, however, had his 
box smashed. 

After days of being ridden, the 
police have grown irritable, and 
seem to take particular delight In 
expressing their contempt for re- 
porters* police cards. One French 
paper printed a cartoon of a re- 
porter saying to another: 'The cops 
are chargingl Hide your reporter's 
card or they'U get yoii ! ' 



Now it's Bonfils' Tax 

Colorado will attempt to collect 
more inheritdhce taxes from the 
estate of Frederick. G-. Bonflls, late 
Denver. Post publisher, tinder terms 
of the will, %4M^'fiSZA4-Jh&9 been 
left to the Frederick G. Bonfils 
Foundation; to be spent by 'the 
trustees for such public, educational, 
charltiable and benevolent projects 
for the promotion of the general 
well being- or mankind, George 
Hethrihgton, state inheritance tax 
commissioner, contends this covers 
tob much territory to be exempt 
from inheritanGe taxes. So far 
$624,915,07 has been paid an In- 
heritance taxes. If the state . ca,n 
collect on the balance, $800,000 more 
will be paid, The totaL estate, .A&i 
cording'^ to the estimate filed, is 
$12,464,256.46. 

Two provisions in the. will have 
been broken.. Mrs. Belle Bonflls, 
widow, willed $50,0.00 annually, de- 
manded Bind received her half, of the 
eRtn.te- Mrs. Clydiu Berr^rman. -W illed. , 
$12,000 annually as long as.ahe re- 
mained the wife of Clyde Berry- 
man- or $26,060^ If she became his 
widow or divorced him, was given 
the $25,000 annuity by the. court. 
Mrs. Bcrryman contended the pro- 
vision was contrary to public 
morals. 



Best SeUers 



p as reportetii by tHs 



, 'Work of Art' ($2.50X. - .......... . .By Sinclair L.ew;is 

'AnUiony Adverse' ($3.00) • ... i . • ....... . .By Hervey .Allen 

'Modern 'Tragedy' ($2.50) .> * . ... ......... .By Phyllis Bentley 

'State Vs.. Elinor Nortbn' ($2.00) Mary Roberta Rinehart 

'\\':ithin This present' ($2.5P) .. . * . . < . . . . . ; . ; . . . .By - Miargaret Bariies 
'Sea Level' ($2.50) . . . . . . ... ^ . . > . . . .'» f . .By Anne Parrish 

'Ulysses' ($3.60) . , . i. . .. ... ..^...By .Tames Joyce 

'The Native's Return' ($2.76) .By lx>uis Adamic 

•Brazilian Adventure' ($2.75) . . i . i i . . ..>...,...... .By, Peter Pleniing 

'Life Begins at Forty' . ($1.60) . . .... . . . ..... ... .By Waiter PltKlii 

'100,000,000 Guinea Pigs' ($2.00) .By Arthur Kallet & F. J. SchUnk 
"Timber Line' ($3,00) . i ........... i i , ...... .j . ... .By Gene Fowjer 



Pub,' in Authors 

Publishers' confessions, tjiat. 
vertlsing in dallied dbesn't.. seU 
books, biit is used to. appease au- 
thors and attract new ones, haVe 
the word 'racketeers' split wider 
than a b'ad infinitive;' /New credo is 
that no book will, sell with adver- 
tising .that won't sell without it, 
and that paying $1-25 a line In a 
paper which has 750.000 readers 
and maybe ohly a couple of thoi^- 
sand: book-bnyers^ is. th^ dizziest 
.sort of budgeting. 

If a seller of toothpaste adyeiv. 
Uses there, that's oke, as there i'a^ie 
750,000 users of toothpaste, biit it's 
deemed n.g. for books, except tp 
keep the name of the publliiher be^ 
fore authors. , 

One who has ropped the priac- 
tice points to the number of pub- 
lishers who have gone broke try- 
ing to beat , the system. He tells 
the trade what he has to say,- and 
If the book begins to .-ihe then 
gets behind It with advertlslnig; 
But he's not. leaping put ahead wlW 
the old three rousing, cheers, iid 
he's keeping out of the red f6r his 
eticence. So he says. 
Another death-trap, publishers 
confide, is large advances, Or any;; 
for that matter. One makes, ail 
contracts now. so that .the author'' 
gets whatever the book has .earned 
on advance ' sales an publication 
day. That might bo a bupk or. a 
grand. Horace Liverlght's career 
is given as an example of what 
happens when you. lay out a lot on 
as yet unwritten books. 

Advertising, though, * the 
vanity, of authors. 



■'Timb«rl|ne' Binned 

Gene Fowler's 'Timberllne,' about 
Frederick Q. Bonfils and Harry. 
Tammen, former publishers of . th<B 
Denver Post, is. being kept out of 
the library of the Colpra.do Agri- 
cultural college. The requisition 
was made, but stopped by State 
Purchasing Agent Ira Ri Taylor. 

Taylor based his. right to a,ct as 
censor for the state college on the 
groun4 that it's his job to save the 
state money. He can see no reason 
why a, book should be purchased for 
an educational institution unless tbe 
book has educational value. 



irror Snares Gimbel 

imultaneous with its inStltUr 
tional advertising that tbe Sunday 
Mirror now tops a million circula- 
tion— actually l,013,878^the N. f • 
tab landed the Glmbel .Bro$. adverr 
Using. ■ In the same, issue (Feb. 4) 
thait the Sunday Mirror recapitu- 
lated its circniation strides from 
Jain. , 1932, When, it .started its 
Sunday edition with. 569,684 circula 
tipn, the tab. also donated ai free ad 
to. welcome the Glmbel . account. 

The copy merely mentioned that 
Gimbel advertising ^always tolls the 
truth.: Tliat's the slogan ^hich 
Kenneth E. ColUns, ei-advertislng 
manager for R. H. Macy's, created 
When he shifted over to' the cbih 
petitive. Gimbel store as chief aidf 
to Bernard Gimbel. 



Gannett's Prairie Sheet 

Purchaser of the Danville - (III.) 
CommercIal^Ne-ws by Frank E.' 
Gannett marks the first, excursion 
of the Canadian-born publisher 
Into the Mid-West new«paper field. 
Heretofore, he has confined his op- 
erations to. a cluster of up.state New 
York communities, ahd to .one city 
each in Connecticut and New Jer- 
sey; .-Rochester is the hub of- his 
newspaper wheel, Gannett. him8.elf 
being in the dtiyer's. on tiie 

Rochester .Times-Unloii. 

The Commercial-News, now in 
Its 68th year. Is the seventeehth 
link in the Gannett chdini; It Was 
purchased trom the estates of John 
H. Harrison and William J. Par- 
rett, tiie chief legatee of: whlcb is 
De. Pauw University.. 



i*y £ra Biography 

Afn:ik--Uellinger..-l3-writing_o_stofy 

of the prohibition era in short -story 
form as his next book, Farr.ar and 
Rinehart will publish the yet iin 
titled book. 
Will consist of a <;e)llection o 

.-typical Helllnger yarns. Some will 
come from his regular Mlrrox: col- 
umn and others will be originals 
never before printed. All will have 
to do with .affairs in New York, on 
or ,near Broadway, during -the 



Gertie Stelfi Is Hot 

Suddenly a lot of Gertrude .Stein 
activity around. Her autoblogfaphy 
having sold well feave the New York 
publl.<]hers added .courage, seem- 
ingly, 

Harcoiirt'-Brace brouight out hei- 
novel, 'Making . of Anierlcans,' last 
week and now Random House is 
rushing through . a printing of her 
opera, 'Four Saints in Thr^e Acta.' 
Virgil Thompson wrbto the music 
for this opera, which W'ill have its 
American- -pro mlero-wilhi-an- ^ all- 
Negro ca*<t, in .Hartford tomorrow 
(VS'ediicsday). Carl Van Vechten 
■will wi'Ite an Introduction for U. 



Maggs Bigger, Dearer 

Mags which had been cut; since 
the depression se|t in. are going back 
to thieir former price levels, coinci- 
dent .With an Increase In content. 

The Curtis monthly, the Country 
Gentlemiin; will be increased .from 
five to ten cents with the March 
nunlber. Another . mag upped in 
price is College Humor, which is 
again two bits. Had gone down to 
16. .cents when New York Interests 
acaiiired ,it from its former Chi- 
cago . owner. This mag also taikes 
on a lot more matter. 

Top Notch, of the Street & Smith 
group, has also become a blggeiv 
mag and has accordingly upped Its 
price a nickeU tb . lB cents. Will, 
serve . as an indicator as to . whether 
tiie other S, & S. dime .mags go to 
16 cents, 

. Sales price increases also being 
inulled • o-yer by other publishing 
houses, but these are first iticreas- 
Ing the content Of their publlcationf? 
before j^cklnlr .up prices. 

Sumner i Again 

;. John S. Sun^ner, the vice cru-. 
isader,. who is, no stranger at the 
pflflceB of the Dbneinf eld ma-gs, . paid 
a.nothe^ ciail at. that establishm.ent 
Itist ■Week. Not exactly a isocial one, 
tor the regulator of i>ublic mbralis 
picked up a couple of ad-vance 
copied' of some, of the sexy mags 
published by Donenfelid and. also 
took some . mdinuscripts but of the 
sa:fe. He handed i>onenfeld a sum- 
mons to appear in court late, this 
month to answer charges of ob- 
scenity. 

Dbnenfeld offices have been visit- 
ed by Sumner on two Or three oc- 
casions in the past with the same 
procedure. Publisher proved, in 
those Instances, that his mags are 
fit even for Sunday .school reading. . 

StearHs Comes to Life 

Harold Stearns has written a new 
book entitled 'Rediscovering .Amer*- 
ica,' W'.hlch Llyeright will publish. 

Stearins Is almost a living myth. 
About fifteen years ago he wrote si 
couple of essay, bobks which aroused 
considerable- attention. One of them, 
'Civilization in the United States,* 
was particularly brilliant and 
! wrought him a lot of attention. In 
the midst of this^ interest, however, 
S'tearris^paickecl up"'"and "went "to" 
Paris. There he got a job- on-, the 
Chicago Tribune, Par.is Edition, as 
a racing tipster under the pigeudonym 
Of ..Peter, Plbkem and held that job 
for a few years, tie was a regular 
Latin Quarter personage, al-ways tp 
bo found at the select Bar. Every-, 
one, knew him, he knew everyone, 
-but he did, as nearly as could be 
found out,, no creative work until he 
left Paris a year ago. 

Briggs' Postal 

Henry B. R. .Briggs, erstwhile 
editor 'of the Lps Angeieis 'Record, 
and . previously connected -with the 
Olevclaiid Press; and newajpapers in 
St, Paul, penver,' Detroit and . Chi 
cago> has .been named- acting post 
niaster in L: A. by Postmaster- Gen 
oral- James A, Farley, 



Sempich Ogles Fix 

Frederick f^ompich is on tlif coa.st 
on as.slgnmo.nt from the National 
Geographic magazine. 

He's gettitig iiiaU''i'ial for an 
article based on the hiflurnrp that 
Hollywood prod.iic'od pirturcs hnyo 
on fnrHgn nntUms. 



lri -26 Versions. 

Sylvanb Balbonl; husi>and of the 
latb June .Milthis, Hollywood sce- 
nario writer, is on the coast writing 
a film encyclopedia to bo t>rIntedin 
26 languages My the International 
Review of liducational Cinematog- 
raphy, der the auspices bc. the 
League M Nations. 



Costly Giveaway 

Most pretentious giveaway ever is 
^tlie=^ew^uvenileljnionthly^.;<jMicIcc 
Mouse Magazine, which hundreds Of 
milk dealers will hand out ovex' the 
country. Starts off with 500.000 
copies' a month, and in view- of the 
fact that ..no advertising 't\' 1 11 be ac- 
coptod, stands its spbnHbr iilonty 6t 
dough, 

Mag is published by a national 
organization of milk dealers. Mijk 
propaganda runs through, the thing, 
but for the most part it eomprises 
(Continued on page 63) 



Chatter 

Lewis (jraccis Qibl^on li^ really 
J. Leslie Mitchell. 

^xith Berse la now the owner of 
New York Amusementis. 

The Anvil, the miag published by 
Jack Conroy, the hovellsti has taken 
on swank,. Now alipearing on 'smooth 
■paper. 

S. Raibe Kan off the Bermuda 
Press and with tbe Jewish Daily 
Bulletin, INcw Ytrk, Kan over- 
stayed his : Bermuda sojourn as a 
non- nativ e. . .resIdent--worker and 
couldn'.t continue ^Jburhalisticall?" 
any longer; • 

N. Y. 'Newspaper Women's club 
has opened an employment bureau 
and is hunting jobs . for its idle 
members, Charlotte Payne direct-- 
irig, ; 

Helen Worden, ncAvspapor woiuan, 
manages to.; put in book form the 
collections of ' her varied pieces, 
LiEitest is, her walking tovirs, . \vhich 
Bol':.. .Merrill Will publish as 'Rpund 
Manhattan's Ttim.' 

Margaret .Wilson, woii a 

Hai;per prize, for her novel,; 'The 
Able ^McLauglilins', nxany years aifo, 
has Ju^t. com pieted her second.- 

-Magnus Brede.hbek also written, a 
book on how to mix drinks; 

Before going to the coast to ■vi'rite. 
for. pictures, Roland Pertwee de- 
posited a new novel with, Houglitpn 
MIft'lin. , 

Barnaliy Rois and EUery QUeen 
still tiraveliiig around the cbutitrjvon 
joint, lecture tpur. 

Jpseph Hergesheimer to the West 
Indies for imatierial for a new novel. 

.ISarlc Balch gave a luncheon for 
Bruce Lbckiiart upon hig arrlvial 
here. 

Samuel Hopkins Adams in. town. 

Jonathan Gape, the London pub^ 
li.oho^r, here again. But rtbt to Start 
a ■ .ibllshlng branch on this side, 

Carleton Beals has written a novel 
between books on woi*ld events.' 

Advance sales -of the legal 
'Ulj'iifles' netted James Joyce $6i000. 

William Lengel, Liberty's associ- 
ate editor, has a new ribyei cpmihg, 
'More Money,' under his favorite per 
name of Charles Grant. 

James Cannon Is off the N. Y, 
World^Telegram, having; Joined the 
Universiil News staiff. He will write 
feature stories in- outside pf 

New York. 

Alfred King has. taken 'The Last 
Pioneers', first novel .by Melvin P, 
Levy *ln four years, 

.Bennett Cerf's Randbm ilouse 
and Modern Library bfllces are used 
for illustrative purposes in current 
'Arts ard Decoratibns'.. 

Julian Green;, the Ainerican novel- 
ist who writes in French, back to 
Paree. 

P. Hals Sims oft on a ree 
moiiths lecture tour. 

Ybu ban get Wlllem Hendrik Van 
Loon's Geography in EngHsli, Ital- 
ian,' Hurigarian, Spanish, German, 
Swedish, Polish, and Portuguese. 

George P. rett Jr., president of 
MacMillans, took a week-end "ex- 
cursion to Bermuda. 

Ford Frick, Journal sports writer, 
blew himself tb a seventeen- day 
Carribean cruise. 

Booth^^arkin gton doing a preface 
for the book publication of .George 
C. "tyler's memoirs, 'Whatever Goes 
Up,' which appeared in the Sateye- 
post. 

Diplomat, listed as the author of 
'Slow Death at Geneva,' i's really 
John Carter. Rpger d'Este Burford 
is the real name of Roger East, who 
authored 'MUrdcr jRehearsal.' 

Favorite book title for. the spring 
appears- to be ^Kaleidoscppe.' 'Three 
already announceiii with that name. 

Padraic Colum going to Miami. . 

Preserved Smith is the name of a 
hew scribbler. 

Lu.dWlg ■Lewisohn is' set for the 
season. Will have 'three bbokfi pttb^ 
ilshied ' in as many niohths. 

Struthers . Burt in tpwwi *b.Ut 
turns soon to his Wyoming ra.nch. . 

Ruby M. Ayres, whose 'Always 
Tomorrow' is -Just, out; has delivered 
a new book to her publisher already. 

News WeeKr competitor tb .Time, 
doing so Well the mag has enlarged 
Its quarters. 

Achmed Abdullnh back fi-om the 
Coast. 

Francis J. Shdcd, book publisher, 
returned from London. 

Ep.stcln brotho-rs now in competi 
tlon with each other, Sam Epstein 
getting put a ,dail3' racing .sheet. 
Dally Spot Plays, agalnut Teddy 
-Jj:r.>!:(.cin: s-Ij;til v.-Rticing -Tab 

.Newest of the Coast book pUb- 
Ui;hcrs Is. Jake Zeltlln, who will 
Is.siio a llinited grnup of volumot-' 
und<»r the Imprint, of. the Faun 
i're.ss.- 

Ahsrnf*'. an oppo.sittoii ticket 
resuittd. in the re-eloction of. the 
oincers of the Authors' Chi . They 
are: ICUi.q Parker Butler, president; 
Lucuan P. Kirpland, vice-president; 
Daniel ITender.^on, seoret.iry, and 
Xorberl T^, Lfdoj'er, tveasurfr. 



Book Reviews 



•U, T. C 1933 

Appletbii-Centiiry have "bi-onglit 
out A. E; Thomas'', dramatic version 
of 'Uncle Tom's Cabin,' ..used by the 
ftayerp ch?b in its I'eylv.al of the old 
clasaiQ last Spring. It seUs for one. 
dollar. 

While aiuiounced merely ais a re- 
vision of the script of George L. 
Aiken, there is the custbhiary copy'- 
rl^ht warning against uniieonsod 
-perf bnitiatieer 



In his preface, Mr, Thomas very 
i:rankly admll.s- that his work oil 
this . has been that of editor - rather - 
than emcndator, claiming, credit 
only for. an Interpolated bit. in the 
slave market scene Avhei*eiri; Ophelia , 
buys Tbpsy. His. chief clalm'to con-i 
slderation is. not the creation of new 
dramatic material, but the exqisloa 
of ha,ckneycd and stilted lines and 
the rhodbrrtlzlng, Within reason, bf. 
the script which has served as the 
model; for aiiorp^, poi'lLapR hundreds.! 
of adaptatibns. . 

In the days , when the prescnta- 
tioh of 'Tbni' was a .specialized 
branch of the business, with, players 
who rarely, if ever,, essayed- roles In 
other plays, each company had its 
own script, based on the Aiken put- 
line, but adapted .to suit its pwn 
ideas. Some gave mbro promiiienoe 
tp tiie comedy of Marks while others 
stressed Topsj', er gave precedence 
to those two as above Tpm and Eva, 
But few fpllo-wcd completely the 
priginal, w'liich, Accordihg to legend, 
was. written not for its propaganda 
value but simply becau.se the author 
sought a play if or a child actress. 

One vcrsibrt, Tvi:th a. preponder- 
ance, of Lcgree and Casay, met with 
prompt failure .ais.a departure frorti 
the ancient landmarks. The enly 
other departure ,wa.*j , the picture ver- 
sion of several yeai'S ago (Univer- 
sal), with Harris a hanger on with 
the Unipn Army, meptlng Eliza, who 
somehow got on the Legree planta- 
tion. That flofipcd, too. 

This 1.5 a thoroughly orthodox 
version, with Eliza crossing the ice 
in proper fOrni arid with Legrce be- 
ing stabbed by Cassy, instead of 
shot by Marks, as occurs fn some of 

thft versions. .. 

Mr. Thoma^S' achievement , lies in 
the fact. that he has made modern 
drama Without departing from the 
ancient classic. As a standard an 
authentic version of the old drama, 
It is something worth while adding 
to all libraries-. 



No Scandals 

Admitting the impossil^illty of 
compressing the public and private 
lives of Sarah Bernhardt into 150 
pages, Maurlbe Baring elects to deal 
only with the stage career of th« 
tragedienne in his biography (Ap- 
pleton-Century,,$1.50.> And he finds 
himself cramped for space even for 
the one-sided picture. He sketches 
briefiy the highlights "of her Career 
in order to firid space for an analy- 
sis of her acting, which is; of great- 
er interest. 

There have, been better and mor 
ami>le" hlstbrles, liut it is the pur- 
pose of this series to .present the 
subject matter briefly, and in this 
vein the autlior has done a qredlt- 
able, It not Inspiring chore. 
■ Most important phase is the au- 
thor's comment oh her acting. He 
speaks with authority and sym- 
pathy, and it is. this which rarrien 
the real, appeal. 



Boss' Poetry Collecti 

David Ross, radip announcer, 
responsible for aih uriusual poetry: 
anthology Irt 'Poet's Gold' (Ma- 
cauley; $2;00). It's a big volume, 
consisting of poems that , are espe- 
cially adaptable ; for reading. 

Idea seems to be that most people 
these days pick up a book pf poetry 
anyway only - when there's someone, 
around , tb read. It to. From that 
standpoint, Ross has done a re^ 
markably fine job; .although as 
general collection of poetry it's 
so-so. Going way back to the. song 
of 'Solomon,' Ross traverses the 
ages and eyen manages tp inolude 
spme B. E. Gu imings and Uirhar 
Aldlngtoii, 



Paris Lovydown 

(.Jurront situation ih Paris x'oiiidn'f 
have beeti. known to IIIllol Rornr 

.stoin whe n_J_he,_ J b egan_ ,.:Pio ttjn£ 

'L'Affairc Jpijes' (Stokes; ' $2.50), 
and yet It's apropos. It's a very 
funny tnke-oft he's written pri .af- 
fairs in France and one which will, 
attract a; lot of attention. Otto 
SorIoay's' cartoons help. 

Cockeyed yarn' that Kernstoir 
tells, but with sufllclent anglf.« ahti 
timeliness to hold all around, l! 
might make ah interesting lilni. 
though it would h.Tve to b<» hnndl-v) 
f^arefuUy. 



Tneedny, February 13, 1934 



TIMES SQUARE ^SPORTS 



VARIETY 



S9 



Among the Women 

By The Skirt 



The Best Dressed Woman of the Week: 
COlSIStANCe BENNETT 

(•Moulin Roufje'— irilm) . 



Connie's Clothes Spree^ 

Clot b'*" pUY ^fi^Por^"* TP^^^ the new Cphstarice Bennett picture, 
%oUlln RoueeV at th6 liiyoli, Miss Bennett is scejfi : first In at bi'unett' 
, and an ugier one giie couldn't have found. It is soon discarded, 
bowever. and from then on Misa Bennett is a blonde, again, . what 
wonders she does ■vvith the long bobs. 

Must be inn doing a picture requiring ctea;tlons as shown in 'Moulin 
•Bouge*. Silver fox Is on all the tailored suits and coats, and worn Once 
as a, "wrap over a black velvet evening gbw:i. A .trimming of solid dia- 
jnonds was us^d skillfully on a stage costume. Miss Bennett, to do sr 
ballroom "waltz, wore exquisite; black costume made , with the -fuH 
sitlrt of dstrlch plumes. In fact most of thi? dresses worn were black, 
•evidently' ihls star's favorite and undoubtedly her. most becoming color. 
Twd negliges ivere the ;!a.st word. One a iaiiie coat worn over a. satin 
slip and the other a- coat pf real rahcoim lace. A white satin blouse, was 
worn with - black trousers and a s.et of metallic pajamas had the very 
slilny satin top. .A white satin go-vVn was^ made with the high neck iand 
no back. Loifig .ends coming from tiie shoulders formed a-. sash. Miss 
Bennett was .more £drtuna,t6 in. her goyrns than hats. There was one 
Velvet peeked: cap from which hung :.£!, long. at. the back that was 
Ihe only really .becortiing headgear. The eyes were so. . daszied by the 
glitter of the many gowns worn It was -a relief when Miss Bennett 
.donned a simple, full-skirted organdie fpr her first stage number. 

Not to' be. outdone by, other niusicals; this film shows two striking 
numbers. In a Ctabaii item the girls are in • black , lace skirts and little 
else, and- a stair routine had .thein in spangled .tunics with high head- 
dresses of feathers. 

• John Hundley, ■wfith his splendid voice, acted as m.c. for the traveling 
caravan which is. publicizing this picture. He sang several numbers and 
Introduced Nancy. Welford who wore a black velvet, dress with fa row of 
tiny brilliant .buttons down the back; Dorothy Dunbar was. in flaming 
red and Anna Q. Neilsen wore a pale blue shirtwaist with a long- black 
i'sklrt; Mary Carlisie. chose a tailored suit of tan with- brown stock tie. and 
hat. 



., Lbs Angeles, 
.The auto shoW managed to. get 
ouf of the red this year .with a 
claimed 7«% . pickup, over 1933 fbr 
the liine days ending; ^unday (ll). 
Gar dea.lers' committee, very mys- 
;Trt~tci^pnK~abotft-^^gi-oss and nuL..bul: un-- 
stpbd jiround; 130,600 paid gapers. 
ppls!5ed through th€> turnstiles at a 
40c. top, with income around 30 g's! 
leveling things, off oh the right side. 

iokup attributed to public inter- 
est in: radically new style trends^ 
Si,iow also got a heavy radio plug, 
with KHG, KFI and KPAC shopping 
Out art average of eight broadcasts 
dally fOF their coihblhetl~a.ut6. ac^ 
founts from an improyised. theatre. 

.Ortly other attjemipt at rshpwm'an- 
shlp was bandstand music: diehed 
out' by a Patrick" and Marsh .coinbo 
and Gordbn Henderson's band. 



Paramount's Display 

The. picture, 'Search for Beauty', at the Paramountj has the thinnest of 
stories biit it brings together Robert Armstrong and James Gleasbn for 
which you should be duly thankful. .Stoi-y deals with world-wide ath- 
letics and shots bf the last Olympic Games, are. familiar, but there, is one 
number, the setting-up exercises of the entire group of boys and girls, 
which is really stirring. ■and. done to the strains of a Sousa march.. 

A new face in the cast,; Ida Luplho. The Liuplno name is famous In 
England. but Miss liUplno Is far from Impressive here. For looks there 
are far prettier girls around, heir acting is mediocre and the one rumba 
she offers does not Indicate she's a real dancer. Her clothes are all of 
the simple type, made In the one piece fashion, with differences in the 
neck trimming. There was ah evening dress but only a flash and it 
couldn|t be defined.. Satin pants were 'worn under a tailored robe. One 
suit lyas trimmed with silver fox and one with mink. Gertrude Michael, 
a Qlce looking: girl, plays an Important, part and wears, several tailored 
Irpcks:' 

The Stage show at this theatre is featuring Lew Xeslie's 'Blackbirds'. 

ighteen medlumis do tap In short white satin dresses with puffed sleeves 
and brilliant yokes. They soon change to ^sbprt yellow dancing frocks 
having as trimming, w-ido green suede beltsl.. On the heads a^'e perched, 
yellow sailor hats with green boy/va at the back. Very' striking was a 
toumber done with the girls in grey frock coats .'wlth. no trousers, socks; 
held up with garters. High top hats were the order. Half of the girls 
were In long ruffled pantlets with wired skirts. Orange satin short pants 
tvere worn ■with red and white striped shirtwaists. A torch singer 'was 
In a long black velvet gown with white top and carrying a huge red 
chiffon kerchief. Bill Robinson worked With the girls who were In black 
dresses trimmed with green. 

Fanny Brice, in the news weekly wearing her sequin gown from the 
7011168', photographed .80 'well she should taite anpther fling at pictures. 



Parents Should See It 

Potter and Haight present the play, 'Wednesday's Child*, by Leopold 
Atlas, and these three gentlemen should be In young Frank Thomas, Jr.'s 
prayers every night. As a rule phlldren on the .stage ^are-pests. hwt this 
Thomas child. Is unusual. It Is a play of divorce, and modern parents 
should see It.' . "\ " 

The. clothes are most commonplace. Katherlne "Warren dresses for 
the most part In sports style, but one dinner dress was pf a dark brown 
cloth, made In the prevailing fashion of high front and low neck. A 
green cloth Skirt had a knitted top and'there was a tan and brown en- 
semble and a henna colored silk, also a red ensemble. Cele McLaughin, 
in for one scene, 'wore a blue outfit. 



. Long Deljupe 

'Wind and the RainV.at: the' Ritz, isn't ; doing 'so welt ^ 
small attendance last Thursday night. Zero weather and the taxis may 
havie been a factor. 

Management has seen .fit to feature Frank .La'wton but it is Alexander 
Archdale who. gives the play -nrhat Uttle ehtertainment it holds. Rose 
Hobart seems a bit too old- opposite Mr. . Lawton, Play covers, a jperiod 
of .five .. y(?ars . and according' tb; the authors it rained for the "entire five 
years,. So Miss Hoijart comes; on in' a blue ^ W 
years later Mr,. La'wton has pn the same, trousers but Miss Hpbart. is all 
done 'up..4h. black .velvet. The gown is;made vefjr plain with. the Vheck- 
Hne edgeii with a narrow ruching. Her cloak y/aa .of velvet, cut military, 
She showed a. tweed ensemble and. a grey cloth dress-'wlth 'White organdie 
vest.. 

June Blossom is seen. fti'st in a yellow dress witl» coat and hat match- 
ing and in another act wears an abominable . green lace evening, frock 
.with a very smart ermine jacket. 



haK,^n 



Palace's Qui Sunday 
The Palace usherettes weren't so busy Sunday afternoon.. Very few 
drifted In to see Gus "Van, The Five Elgins, Chilton and Thomas, Llght- 
ner and Rosella and "Willie West and McGinty, Plctxire was ^As Hus- 
bands Go' with Warner iBaxter. 

Roscella, with Lightner, wore a chartreuse green crepe 'with but a 
buckle at the belt as trimming. Vaudeville needs a few "more Llghtners.. 
^"TTiie~t\v6^rJr1^^^ 

tan bandanas, arourid their heads. The girls of Chilton , and Thomas, are 
dressing the same as •when at the Paramount. 



State's Stage 

'Roman Scandals' is Pn the screen at tho State, this week but Bob Rlpa 
starts' the vaudeville. Duke :McIIale, a likeable youngster before going 
ii.lo his d.inco, introdui os,. two girLs. arid a man in a dance threesome. 
Till- j;irls arc in long white lace dresses with, black bolero Jackets. They 
(1) nil Indian, number with some sort of radium costumes and effective. 
They ilnish with white chiffnri full skirts having black bodices. Two 
f.iTifT pirl.s do high kicks in apple green chlffrin drcs-ses having a.s trim- 
inmg narrow brilliant bands. Thoy looked very nice in long black trou- 



LA. Auto Show Tops 
'33 with 30 Grand, 
Revertiiig to Black 



SOBEL TO MARDI GRAS 



Sdbbw Jjiri^ 

(Gpntinued from pa^e 3) 
.^I meant to say you would: bowl' 
'em o'ver; 

!Yeh, but how do you go, aboiit it, 
What^s the routine?' 

'"Well,' said sobble, 'if It's a 4:emale 
star, the flrst thing , you, do Is" take 
off "your .iiat.: If it'.s a male star, 
use your own judgment abput the 
hat. But, by, all means act :lil<e a 
ge^ntleman, even .if you have to re- 
hearse the part all oyer again. Now, 
abbiit the ■ approacli — * 
. 'Use yer mashie riibliek. Ha ha.: 
Was ithat a swiftie?; yelled the 
mugg, busting In. 

'You. are nearly as funny as the 
suicide scene in 'Romeo and Juliet,' 
sneered sobbie. 'Now, getting .back 
to the interview, you naturally de- 
vote your allotted time to asking 
questions. Ask them their opinion 
of HoUy wood, how they like acting 
In- plcturies, what?SA.thei.r favorite 
hobbyj do thjey thihk^icture stars 
should marrV, 'what sort of food 
they prefer^ if .they like their tea 
in a cup . or In a saiicer,. -where and 
when 'were' they born,' 
Strictly 

'I. know that one,' said , the mugg. 
'It- goes like .this: straight man asks, 
'Born?.' and , you answer, 'Yes.' 
Where? In the hospital. What 'was 
the matter, -were you Sick? No, I 
just wanted ,to be near my mother. 
What did the—' 

'Wait a minute/ piped the spbble/ 
burning. ^ 'I see my efforts to help 
yoii In. your work are .not appre- 
ciated. I am firmly' convinced that 
It would- be futile to discuss the 
matter further with you. Ypiir 
hebetude Is aistpunding, yo\ir puerll" ■ 
Ity amazing, your nagaclty a marvel 
of the world, your blatant assinlnlty 
overwhelming.' 

'6h, so yer. gettln' ritzy. Pullin' 
French' on me, hey' beefed the 
mugg. 'Talk English, or I quit/ 

■What I meant to say is. that you 
are strictly an addler-pated, mutton^ 
headed, slug nutty silly billy/ said 
the sobber; 'Arid as for English, I 
iam Considerably surprised , that l 
still remember the language after 
associating with., the likes of you. 
However, all tulle and sequins 
aside, I am off to Nassau on the 
morrow. That i suppose is the best 
solution. 'In a day or , so I shall be 
Viewing old Nas-sau's beaehi' 

'JJh, -uh,' said the mugg, whose ex- 
perlehce with the' ciaSjg watering 
places of the east cbast' Is; limited 
to the 50-'fOpt ocean frontage "at 
Ginsberg's Baths in. Coney .Islind. 
'Them south sea beaches sure are 
eyeful, especially the Ones. lH.Oie^ 
grass skirts/ 
' ,!I said beach— ^bathing beach/ de- 
clared Bobble; 'And remember, :wh«^n, 
I Joined .thls,.sheet I \vas a lady/ 



Motoring with Pals; Will do CQlumn. 
Enroiite to Festival 



Louis Sobel, N. Y. Eve Journal's 
Broadway columnist; Dr, Leo Mi,-„ 
ehel. Times Sq, medico, and ... Nate 
Kramer,, owner ot the Edison hotel, 
are motoring to New Orleans for 
the Mardi Gras , and then to" ^he 
soiithern resorts. . 

Spbel, will : do his, Broadway stuff 
enroute, mainta.ining a dally \yirt 
service; — ^ 



RAZZOO BOYS IN ACTION 
OVER LEVINSm WIN 



By JACK PUL.ASKI 

Lots of :gijiys Who watch fights 
see 'eni ■.dlfCerently than the ma- 
jority of, muggs in the house. Re- 
sult is a . disagreement wit^ the, de- 
cisions, as expi'essed by razzing the 
judges' arid the referee, also ' the 
fighter they think Is favored. It 
happens often arid again at the 
Garden, the boys upstairs thought 
Charley Massera had the better ef 
Klngfi'sh Levinsky, -who has short- 
ened his monicker to a-^modest king 
m d.efei"ence to Huey Long.. He 
copped and that was . about right. 

At ringside the checker-uppers' 
for the papiers, gave six rounds to 
iECingle," with the Pennsylvania coal 
miner getting four. 1 laybe there 
yi-as ah even rouiid -or. two, but the 
way— Levinsky came along., in the 
latter third of the battle (entitled 
hlrii to' the win. One judge called 
It for Massera; That put It up to 
Gunboat Smith,, who refereed. 

Objeotlons ca,xne from the gallery, 
as usual. Freddy Goldsmithi who 
wanted to bet on Charley, up to the 
sixth round, s'wrltched and called the 
turn by nominating the Chicago ex- 
fish peddler before the Gunner called 
the turn; During the seml-flna.1 
which went on last, some guy yelled 
.'How much did ybu get, Gunboat?' 
and that gave ,.the ringslders a 
laugh. 

Match was regarded as important 
for the Garden because it is seeking 
a contender for Camera next sum 
mer Iri the open, that Is If Primo 
eliminates Tommy Loughrah at 
Mlanil on the 22d. Garden an- 
nounced,, that Sbhmellng and Baer 
have eliminated tberiiselyes by re,- 
fuslng to fight for the Garden, or 
rather to fight at the Garden's 
terms. 

Levinsky himself thinks he Is one 
of the main guys In the" title hunt 
because, he fought Baer several 
times, and in, 30 rounds', of milling; 
did pretty well and earned at least 
one decision. Magserp. is compara- 
tively new to . the ring, not having 
drawn on a glove until mature. He 
Is plenty tough and. can take It. 
At- a.--xecent . cori.sensus of__oplnion 
among 100 fight commentators 
Charley was rated number seven 
man In the heavyweight raifks. 
: No scraps at the Garden this 
week. Next, show Feb. 23, 



WANTS $50,000 

ReadiniBi Girl Sues Theatre Family's 
Scion for B. of. P. 



Reading, Pa., Feb. 12. 

Damages of $50,000 Is asked by 
Margaret Saasaman, Reading so- 
ciety girl, of Paul Prince of POtts- 
town, niember 'of a family known 
for its , theatrical interests, for al- 
leged breach of promise. 

Miss Sassaman in a second suit 
asks that Prince be required to re- 
turn $1,306 In Jewelry and other ef- 
*fects; The bride-tp'-be had secured 
her trousseau and made all ,plans 
for her wedding, it Is stated. Prince 
will 'contest the suit. 



siers with white nless Jackets. Sid Page has two girl stooges. After their 
comical inakeupS' the tall blonde does ti dance In a blue velvet dress cut 
very short, the bodice being of brilliants,. The other, girls go in for acro- 
batics In a irreen ruff led dress, short skirt 'With the brassiere oddly fash- 
ioned with shoulder caps. 



Capitol and Barrymore 

Lionel Barrymore on the screen and in person at the Capitol this week. 
Valerie Bergere "was in a Small. spe,aklng part in the sketch and looked 
■vvell In a black taffeta dress of Glvll War days; Fay Balnter is the lead- 
ing 'Woifnah In the picture; 'This Side, of Heaven', but playing a mother 
vX>fLthge.P.JgTPwnu p child re ^^ iyi>6 for a young woman. It Is 

surprising .that she accep^ted the part. "IRnsi'^alnter^ore^^ 
clothes; There was a cloth suit trimmed with fur and a black Velvet 
dress with a lace collar and cuffs. Mae Clarke, also in the film,' was 
attractive. In a cloth suit and a black dress with a lace yoke. Mary 
Carlyle waS the best dressed of thOi 'vy-omeni. ' One dress of a light colored 
material had plt-atlng down the back. 

Stage Show started off with a real old fashioned ballet, the 24 girls be- 
ing in ankie length ballet dresses of 'white mollne and .satin. Nina Whitney 
did a solo ballet In a fluffy white dress and Huth Ilarri.son was lovely 
in a pale blue satin made long with a- train. The dro.s.s was embroidered 
in silver and a small hat was ot white bond.s. A l)u.sh finish had the 
girls in pale pink tunics with red sequin polnt-s .s(;t in,^t.hf .skirts. 



Verdict Against 
IMirror'^WincheD 
Holds; To Appeal 

The $30,000 damage, award against 
tlie N. Y. Dally Mlrrpr and -Walter 
Wincivell, and , suppltjmentary 
$2,500 damages against Winehell^ ln 
fa'V'or of Fleetwood Foundation, 
Inc., was not set aside • Justice 
Carew in N. .^ Suprejiie Court. 
Latter had reserved, decision 
the' concluSlori of ; the trial. 

Tabloid and the coluhlnist both 
mo'ved to set aside the verdict but 

Justice Carew has merely granted 
a, 20 days' stay .Of execution and 90 - 
days.t'o-make a! case, the latter al- 
lowahce being an unusually liberal 
period to permit both ' tab end 
the ;columniist to prepare an appeal, 
if desired. They , will appeal. 

This is the suit whlc^ arises. from 
the all- Jewish beach club on Lbhis 
Island of Which Wlnchell had been 
one of the original board , of gov- 
ernors until later dropped -fbllowing 
objections by Eddie Cantor, ' et, al. 
■Whereupon, it wkk aileg<^d by- 
Fleetwood, Wlnchell vented , spleen . 
In his column. 

A Jury before Justice . Carew . de-f 
elded in favor , of the promo te'ris of 
the beach clob,. which stated it re- 
funded $7,500 m membtirship .fees 
and had incurred some actual , |30,- 
000 damages in,.grodnd\ lea^e, etc.. 
originally the siim sued for was 
$250,000. Mackey, Vatner, BerrUch 
& Breen repreisented Fleetwood. 



Uidiceiised Joiiits top 
MinneapoSs Legal Spots 



Minneapolis,. Feb. 12. 
On-saie liquor estaiblishnienta. In- 
cluding night clubs and hotels, 
which are paying the city $1,200 a- 
year license fee, hav6 been catering 
to mediocre numbers In abiding -by 
the midnight closing regulation thus 
far. 

On the other hand, several Qf the 
night clubs that are operating with- 
out a license, and keeping open un- 
til all ' hours, continue to prosper. 
These places are outside the; limits 
In which the city cotincll lilf lil issue 
licenses. 'At least two of them ria^ 
as the pity's most popular night 
spots, with their bars as crowded 
every evening as they were before 
the city went 'wet.' .I»rlces are at 
the same level as formerly. 

All of which isn't Improving the 
temper of the licensed dealers: 



PAR OBJECTS 

Avers- Endorsements 
Author! 



Without 



Legal steps are- threatened by 
Paramount to stop ' pop-priced 
femme ' apparel- shop- in vNew-Tork- 
frpm, advertising Par stars with- 
out authorization. 

Retail store,' In breaking, with dls- 
i)lay ads, used Par stars in the copy. 
No permission from Par is alleged 
and the Par legal department Is 
going Into the matter. 



MARRIACES 

Mary Turner pqyinine to Capt. 
Maurice J. Shannon., Bride Ja a 
freelance writer, while the groom Is 
a pic stunt man; 

Rhoda Shepard Will wied AHhur 
Gfrevlile Collins at Yuma, Ariz., f eb. 
16. She Is a stage and, pic aetress, • 
he a director at Warners.; 

Kaarin Doiiggard to £>ail Twrney 
at Glendalo, Calif.i Feb. 10. Bride Is 
secretary tb; "Mrs, "rbim Mi^ and 
groom actis In the same capacity to; 
the actor., 

Wlnfred tracke and Agatha 
Lewis were married in Qhlcago Feb. 
7. Groom is basso with, the Cadets, 
radio quartet oh WBBM-CBSj brld© 
a. radio and church singer,. 

Ruth Ann Robinson to iDavid. S. 
Garber, Tia Juana, Feb. .11. Bride 
is from Buffalo^ N. Y, Groom is 
art director of the Chas, R. Rogers 
^El!£djJction3^^oin^_the coa.st and a 
brother of Jan Garber- ~=^^ 

,. ZaSu Pitts- to Edw, , "Wbodall, 
Mlndcn, NeV,, Oct. 8. ust revealed. 



BIRTHS 

Xfr. and Mrs. John J. P<ayettie, 
son, Feb. 8 In Wa.shington. Father 
Is zone manager for WBi .ilother 
tho daugbtf-r of Ilarry Crandall* 
former theatre magnate. 



«0 



VARIETY 



Y I M E S SQUARE 



TvMUmjf M»ru«ry lit, 1934 



Broadway 



Vic Oliver to Britain on a vaiide 
tour. 

Prances Halliday reducing strenu- 
ously. 

Mack Millar, and fai-nlly to Miami 
tot winter vacash. 
. Broadway has moved to Florida 
for real this, winter. 

Mike Connolly moved up to v-p of 
the .Jenie Jacobs agency, 

John Fogarty to play Providence 
on percentage for Ed Fay. 

Mrsi - Mabel Thomas, sister , of 
Roland Young, off: to Europe. 
\ l22y lierk has. hicfchamed his cold 
*JL,eech'— it's hung, on . so long. 

Sonie traihis leaving' for Florida 
equipped with bands and bars. 

Cliff. Fisher back to London after 
icking Up talent in New York. , 

It's now Arden Youiig instead of 
Marion, .is^umerologist's 'influence. 
= Phil Kosen to England to direct 

pic f n- Joe Rock's new company. 

Al Miller, mahaget of the War- 

ick, ihi-ew a birthday party again, 
he liasker Feigs have been en-~ 
tertainihg two sets of . relatives from 
Arkansas. 

. Ed Olmstead with his family, in 
the. East, on a visit, from Sunny 
California. 

Teresa. .(Terry) . Hogan; formerly. 
Bin Rpwlaind's sec,> now with Ches- 
ter Erskinsl" •'' 
: Theatres, spent more than usual, 
.keeping, auditoriums warm during 
theVzer.o spelli 

William :Haines to England with 
ills interior decorating biz partner, 
■Jame$ Shields. . ' 

No smoking permitted in- ..the 
F;&M. booking ofllce. The fumes 
irk Jesse; Kaye. 

, Ed Lenihan has recovered from 
that bad attack of grippe and is 
looking himself again. 

Childs' apparently hasn't wised 
up to the fact that dHnk^rs are shy-- 
Ing clear, of blended whiskies. 

Publix. Enterprises attorneys have 
moved out of the Paramount quar- 
tets occupied for .m0re than a year. 
. Mrs. Les. Kaiifmani has come on 
from St. Louis to settle down In 
New York with the. newly arrived 
baby.^ 

Dave Vine and Milton Berle had 
quite a tiff , over alleged material 
copping at the Level Club benefit 

- Mosis Hart tossed, going to Holly- 
wood party at his apartment Satur- 
. day night for 'As Thousands Cheer' 
company, 

Julltis "Tannen complains he's a 
wow at the luncheon tables, and 
every place else where you don't get 
paid for it. : . 

' In case you didn't know, but care, 
Mrs. Louis Sobel (N, Y. Journal col- 
umnlst'.i3 frau) and' Al Jolson are 
' first cousins. . 

Mrs. Cecelia (Milton) Ager 
.(VARiBTT).and Mrs. Ira Gershwin to 
Hamilton, Bermuda Saturday (10) 
tot winter vacash. 

Benjamin Sohnenberg states that 
going to Florida for the winter Is 
traditional with him— this is the 
second year he's, done it. 

Tlijit saucy French sign at Jia.net 
of Fi'an.ce'9 W., 52nd street eatery 
has 'em -talking, which is all the 
former vaude actress wants. 

Barbara Rydell in Florida Just to 
— got a w ay . f-Fomi— Lou'le and those 
single oolumji ciits. After a fort- 




London 



Mills refusing Hollywood 



the. Bergner 
down Avith ' leg 



night at Palm Beach to.JIavana. 

Charles Coleman is becoming one 
of the best tested leading men in 
town.. Fox, the fourth company to 
-do- sof -gave -hlha- tha-t- -w.ki- biz last- 
week. 

Richard'^". Madkey, Broadway al-, 
torney, In Palm Beach on a case for 
Mrs. Richard J. Croker. Means an 
annie-oakley winter vacash with a 
fee besides. 

That the we-boys are low* on 
funds is top forcibly lirought home 
to the B'way barbs, whose best toUr 
torial customers were the casy- 
mbriev lads. . 

Right after the. .Kddle . Cantor 
Boys' Camp benefit Sunday night 
(11) at the Xe\V Amsterdam, Can- 
tor sorainmed to. H611y\yopdj Flia., 
for a month. 

. On that 14 . below day last week 
Freddy Goldsmith .asking peopile if 
they'd seen any mpsquitos. 'Also 
Max Hart, doing ' juvenile-T-coat col- 
lar .riot turned up. 

-Lilian Fox, p.a. for imes Square 
hotol,: thought up g'iig of having a 
Witio .CcVifir l.Jureaii installed. 
Visitors «an Ui-Pp In or phohe.:down 
.and find out about the right, wine 
for the ri(?1vt tinve, 

.Marjol-io Cantor has shown >,such 
an aptiliidp for hu.fihess. that liddle 
took hor out of seliool and sho's now 
working for the old. rriani Marj Is 
hi.s severest critic, .and;.;-arely ad 
mits .that the. comedian's funny. " ' 
El -.Cota, xyl6ph.onlstv and his 
.partnOr Beatrice .Byrne, danoor 
spent last week with Cota's family 
In Mbi'prantown, W . Va. While there 
booked a one-day engagonveivt at 
local theatre, . 
:^^n^xtiieme;..ccdd^:Q?fi;=thc.i.to:jLJ^^ 
of paint oft the Little, arid Erlanger 
theatres' ;isignboards, disclosing 
Madge Kennedy .and George M 
.Cohan's nameis In legit titles of two 
or three :seasoris back, 

Sardi's anrile oakleys a flne chani 
pagrie to the Th^]rs. lunchoonors at 
the corner tables because the bpy.s 
"are faithful to the establishment 
and don't patronize the AMPAS that 
day. That's in retaliation for the 
AMPAS moving their Thurs, lunch- 
eons out of Sardi's and into another 
■pot. 



Johrt 
offer. 

Princess Mary 
show; — — 

Mat. AicKeigue 
trouble. 

Leslie Sarony [ empanelled . on. Old, 
Bailey Jur-y.. 

John Southern interviewing Han- 
nen Swaffer. ^ . 

The Jimmy Walkers here troin 
Paris by air. 

. Lily I)amita throwing a niatlve. 
teriiperament.- 

Lord Lee alone In his disliking of 
'The Bowery.:' , 

Mrs, Tudc*r-Owen, in the country 
to recuperate.. ;:' 
. Anthony Bushell in pf 
'Magnolia. Street.' 

Soil born, to Albert' Burdon, Lan- 
cashire comedian. 

•F.eiix Ferry's opinion pf Val 
neli Is -wPrthwhlle- 

- Frances Day looking very 'doggy' 
at the Savoy hotel.. , ,. 

X>eighf oh K. Brill the Don Juan 
of the 'Honey Dew.' 

George Ayre back Warner 
Bros.' publicity desk. 

Edvvard Laurillard writing cheery 
letters from New York. ., 

Mickey Balcon postponing his 
Americarl .trip to March. 

Ba.ron and Blair out of Palladium 
bill. Indisposition claifned. ' 

Constance Collier; down with gias- 
tric flu at her London hortie. 

Lee Ep'hraim waking the fireman- 
on late call at the Palace. 

Esmond negotiating Hollywood 
engagement with Warners. 

Joe ■ Seidelman lunching with 
Arthur Dent at Savoy hotel. 

Juvenile' Jpe Coyne escortlnjg the 
Tom Meiglians around town. 

Vernon Whitson in Charing Cross 
hospitai for Internal trpuble. 

Howard Deighton stage directing 
the Dorchester hotel floor show. 

Mae Wynn' Foursome doubling for 
Gaumont- British At the Kit-Gat. 

Barbara Newberry loath to leave 
London for Monte Carlo opening. 

Agents here from Paris and Hol- 
land, all after American talent. 
. John Lbder robbed of $1,000 when 
his apartment was broken into. 

James Whale lunching with Nor-, 
man Lowdon, chief of Sound City. 

Zelma O'Neal doubling at Chez 
Rex EVans; London's newest nitery. 

British & Dominion Films have 
John Tilley under contract for. fllmi 
sir Francis Tpwle personally 
complimenting the Diamond Broth- 
ers 

Harry Itoy got Tils contract with 
Mayfair hotel extended for another 
year. 

Fred Astalre^.more worried about 
no horse ja'cirig than the Jockey 
Clubr 

Paramount's 'Design for Living' 
breaking: two years' record at the 
Plaza. 

Barney Gerard trying to. land his 
'Follies' over liere, headed by Bozo 
Snyder. 

- 'Gay Divorce*, celebrated hun- 
dredth performance, at thePalace 
Jan. 26. 

Youngest West-End ba«d leader 
Is Harry Green at Prince of Wales, 
aged 2^2. 

Tom Drew showing, the Ameri- 
cans where to get good coffee In 
London. 

Joe Sachs buying furniture for 
hew offlces, preparing to produce 
pictures. 

A. J. Clark getting Lee Ephraim. 
interested in 'Trick for Trick' for 
West-End. 

Gertie Lawrence likely to play her 
origiriai role in Fox's 'Nyniph Er.r- 
rant' flicker. 

Catherine Vannstrom slated for 
primia donna role in 'Bali at. the 
Savoy' tour. 

Latest catch phrase in local Tin- 
Pan" Alley is: 'Who walks in when 
1 walk out?' 

Ambrose, band leader at Em- 
bassy Club, sailed for America , to 
take a Ibokseie. 

■ Charlie Raymond, Metro's Empire 
.manager, writing for The Quill in 
bis spare time. 

Erich 'All Quiet- Remarque due 
here to confer with publishers, of 
his latest book. 

Nikita iBalieff. is said to have lost 
a half million, francs on hlis Paris 
theatre* ventUr . 

. Frank Tilley and wife celebrating 
eighth wedding , anniversary. They 
•ire .stiil speakihiEr. 

Georgie Wood HI,, but arixidus tp 
tackle the Wilfred Derricks role in 
'Magnolia .iStreet.' 

,•' Charles Gulliver and fariijly moV 
ing to Cumberland, he haying sold, 
^his^coiintry^ho.me r-- -^H^^-' -.^^^'^:^^ — i-i- 
Roland Pertwee, aotdr- dramatist, 
heading for Hollywood to join Co:- 
lumbia's Writing staff. 

Ann Greenwayi currently at St 
Moritz, due back in London at the 
Berkeley hotel FeJ). 26. 
• British Broadca.sting COrpoi-atlon 
to make film of their activltie-s, with 
John Grlerson to direct 

Howard Japob.s, Amorioan, again 
in the band racket. . This time to 
lead at the Cafe Anglais. 

FngHsh c.en.«or sugr<'sting sev- 
eral sla.shlngs in Brlti.sb Interna 



tional picture, 'Scotliand Yard Mysr 
tery,' . before .passing: It, 

Ralph . Lynia to be istarred in 
'Goodbye Again,* whiph Harry Fos- 
ter produces next April.; . 

Dudley Leslie, former Sunday 
Dispatch film scribe, anxiptis to do 
a: Jack Hyiton biography,: ■-■ • - 

Foiir Yacht Club bbys "ducat 
Monselgneur Restaurant March 8 
for a month, plus options.. . . 

Harry Tennant trylhg hard to 16- 
.pate Ann Greenway, who is nwded 
for new Drury Lane .show. 

Allen (Anderson and Allen) fool- 
ing, the pros with his "realistic, fall 
In the pit at the Pailadluni. 

Fired Dupres^ getting a month at 
the Prince of Wales' theatre. Will 
compare and do sketches; ' 

Irwiri Dash scheduled for New 
York in April, with big business 
propoisitlon. .Brit won't talk. - 

Auditions at Drury Lane in 
earnest now that Oscar Hammerr 
stein and Jerry Kern are here.. 
. Louis Armstrong watching George 
Swift,. Jack. Hylton's. riev^ freak 
trunipet player at the- Palladium. 

'Fresh Fielids,' at Criterion, arid 
'Richard of Bordeaux' : at the New, 
in second year; both straight plays. 

Charlotte Greenwood applauded, 
by galleryites on entering. Hippo- 
drome at Jack Buchanan plrenilere. 

Teddy Ehrenthal tellirig Aniei-i- 
cans how cheap it is to live oh the 
cbntiherit; .: just more agent's .hooey. 

Ailei^n Marson succeeded Jessica 
Tandy in 'Teh Minute - Alibi,' Jan. 
30,. making fifth heroine since open- 
ing. 

Three Swifts sailing for New York 
Feb. 9 to play Loew tiriae and a- 
montli at the. Palmer Kousei; Chi- 
cago. 

Saul Borhstein here offering Irving 
Berlin and Santley brothers, cata- 
logs. Asking too much; with no 
offers. 

Talent-hunting shows, weekly fea:- 
ture at Garrick, abandoned. Audi* 
ence became too noisy,, and threw 
things. 

E. Ellas, head of Odhams, has 
$40,000 invested in 'Sporting Liove,' 
new Stanley Luplno-Laddle Cliff 
musical. 

Esmond Knight signed up by 
Warner Bros, to appear in 'British 
Agent,' leaving for Hollywood in the 
summer. 

John Maxwell and Sol Newman 
wearing the only genuine smiles in 
Wardour Mreet. Due to 'Little 
Won>en.' 

Mcqueen-Pope, booster of other 
stars, plugging his own daughter, 
Moya Mbqueen-Pppe, a,s prpspectlve 
film star. 

Jlrinmy Canipibell cruising around 
the West Indies and meeting Reg 
Connelly, his partner. In New York 
in March. 

John TiUey signed up to make 
a picture for British & Dominions 
before leaving for radio work in 
New York. 

Margaret Bannerrina.n . staging 
come-back in 'Over the Garden 
Wall,' British International Pic- 
tures' latest. 

Valerie Hobson, former chorine in 
'Ball at the Savoy,' grabbing nice 
part in' 'Conversation Piece,' new 
N661. Coward play. . 

Winifred Carter latest author to 
go tTudor— Tfer" latest, ;: 'The—Queen 
Who. Kept Her Head,' opens at 
Kingsway, Feb. 19. 

Hansel and Gretel' closed Jan, 27 
after a month at the Cambridge, 
and 'On the Rocks' at the Winter 
Garden after two months 

Victor Marlowe, former Lou Holtz 
English stooge, staging dances for 
'The One Girl' tour, which is the re 
named Zlegfeld 'Smiles.' 
. Louis Sterling, head of Electrical 
& Mu.<!ical Instruments, Ltd., com 
prising Columbia, H. M. V. & Par 
lophone, sailed Olympic Jan. 31. 

Lord Rbtherriiere has suddenly 
ceaised the Nazi plugs in his sheets 
Claimed pressure has been brought 
upon hirin frorri outside sources. 
. Busby Berkeley coming over to 
stage dances for. British & Domin 
ion's 'iSons b' Guns,' filriri. to star 
Jack Buchanan and Lily Damita, 

Pbyllis Dare and Derek. Oldham 
to Play in tour of 'Music in the Air 
Femme role Offered, to Natalie Hall 
at $500, but she wanted twice that 
Cab* Calloway booked for concert 
at Kit-Ca;t, March 8, $2,000. Nitery 



Budapest 

By Pi Jacb^i 



Gustav FYoehilch haying his- ton-, 
ssls ojit. 

^^IfixandetJCorda^conilng home to ; 
Budapest to rest after 'Catherine' 
labors. 

Josephine Baker, here on tour re- 
cently, brought with her an entire 
menagerie. 

Paul Abrahani here, . working oh 
mtisic for a . new operetta adapted 
from an Alfred Savoir play. 

Ben Blumenthai here looking 
after his theatre, Vigszlnhaz. says 
theatrical ciieis In United States is 

over.. ' ■■•J.-r-,:^. ' 

Count Francis Esterhazy, com-.' 
poser and: conductor, to take over 
temporary. lease of Varosi theatre, 
to prpduee his own opera. 

Despite high prices : of admission, 
0,000 people were offended' because 
they got no irivltatlpns .to the Opera 
Ball, first after -20. years. For .tech- 
nical ' reasons, vlsltbrs' nilmbieir is 
limited to 2,500. 

.Universalis 'Kiss . Before a Mir- ' 
ror;' originally, performed herie : as a 
play by local author, Laszlo Fodor,- 
only perriiitted by Minister, of In- 
terior after considerable cutting, 
and with no youngsters admitted. - 
Cbiintess Cerufti, wife of Italian 
ambassador in Berlin, who was 
Erzisi Pauiay,' Hungarian actress; 
before her marriage, here writing a 
play in collaboration with Zsiplt, 
H.Tirsanyi, as a vehicle, for Sari Fe- 
dak. 

Marcel. Vertes, local draughtsman 
aind stage designer, suffered a heavy 
loss as result of the StavlSky 
swindle in Paris. . He designed scenr 
ery arid costurines for StavlSky's the- 
n:t;ri(i?il prodUPtioris and never got a 
c(^nt. ' 

Margit Dayka suing Alex Winter, 
producer Of 'Rakoczr March.' Wants 
payment for days spent at .stu<3Io 
waiting, to wbrk. Engagement was 
for days, not weeks, she says. Win- 
ter doesn't want to pay for days on 
which Margit didn't wrork. 

So much trouble recently \yith 
producers going broke and not pay- 
ing actors' salaries that local equiv- 
alent for Eciuity decreed it would 
riot permit its members to rehearse 
in any theatre unless producer first 
deposited five days' salary at Ac- 
tors' Association. 

Glzi Szekely,,. chorine; suing the- 
atrical agent Revesz for damages 
because he engaged her for Italian 
tour, to participate in which Glzl 
had to gain four pounds — no girl 
uridei- a certain weight being ad- 
mitted—and to dye her hair, after 
which tour came to naught. 



Paris 

By Bob Stem 

Jack Kennedy to London. 
liUd Oluakln to New York. 
Mervyn lid Roy on the Riylerft. 
Max Beinhardt on Italian Rivler^ 
Harry L«iasliih of RKO In Itaw ori 

biz., s * wn 

liuclenne Radisse slated for AmMo 
icah tour. 

Harold, Sinith, Hays rep, guest aA 
honor at Eclalr's lunch. 

. Beatrlce-Waiwer gtvirie dance 
cital and reception at her honie 
. Swank Giro's closed for dlnnfl* 
fl,nd supper. They're darkenlnc taat 
now. & 

Madison Corey telling history of 
show biz to American Library audi- 

611 Co* 

Marie Leconte, veteran Gbmedl* 
Francalse player, getting Legion ot 
Honor. 

, Organizers of Little White Beds 
ball, big charity gala, looking for 
American talent, 

Gaby Morlay, ill, replaced by Ca- 
mllle Ppurnler:. in Bernstein's 'Mes- 
senger' at Gymnase. 

Actors specializing in dubblne 
getting out a monthly paper, 'La 
Synchro,' to boost their trade; 

.French press bellyaching - tliat 
Sam Gold wyh's version of Zola'i 
'Nana', is ari Insult to French' art. 

Rosa MbiJtbva' replacing. ijott# 
Schoene in. female lead of Rein- 
hardt's 'Flederniaus' at the Pigallei» 

Mareelle Chantai out of - 'Prah- 
ziiii' .at Arinibassadeurs to work lai 
films, , and replaced by Christiana' 
Rlbes. . > 

, Daring foreign company said to 
be considering filming- 'The TV^bman 
Who was in Him,' Maurice Ros- 
tand's ;bbbk. 

: Joe . Schenck showed interest ia 
Count vpn 'Rintelen's 'Black In- 
vaders', book for spy pic to be mado 
In HoUywood or London. 

Eclair Journal boosting America 
in newsreiel review, 'From W'ilson to 
Roosevelt,' with comment by Under 
Secretary for Foreign Affairs. Fran- . 
eois Tessan. 

Bill Shlrer, ousted more than a 
year as Chicago Tribune Vienn^ 
correspondent, has landed a report- 
ing job on Paris Herald., S.hirer 
was dropped when Sam Insuli fled 
to^Athens, on Shirer's beat, and Bill 
wasn't' there to get the story. 



Madrid 



Hilda Moreno sprained ari ankle. 
Ruli Alsonso, film actor, headed 
for New York. ■. 

Betty Lee Cooper in from, and 
back to, Paris. 

Glta Page set for Antonio POr^ 
tago's next fllrii.. 

Catallna Barcena revealing Holly- 
wood secrets to the mags. 
— Flbrlan -Rey- and— Imperio -Argen- 
tina cooing. Wedding soon. 

Gregorio Martinez Sierra return- 
ing to Hollywood Iri May or June. 

A. D. Wilson, EAQ staff an- 
nouncer, back from London vacash. 
. Chitrib's Jay Allen transferred to 
London wherefrom he jumped to 
Seattle due to stepmother's dieath. 

'Oanado Bravo' ('BraVe Cattle') 
second full-length talker being made 
in Portugal. H. da Costa, directing. 

Paulino Uzcudun upsetting tho 
ladies In the night clubs with his 
cloth-topped: high yellpw button 
shoes. 

Manuel Lopez Lagar, local: riiqivie 
actor who tried to conrimlt suicide 
because wife, is diA'orcing 'Min, re 
covering. . : . ' 

Harry D'Ari-^iLSt , tickled by "Na 
tipnal Board of Review's selection 
of 'Topaze' as best American- made 
picture pf 1933. 

Fprtunlp; BonanPva back at 
Paima^ , Mallorca; from Hollywood 
to see his family after 15 yeafs' ab 
sence. Staying a monthi 

William Morgan in from Barce 



charging $5 per. Expect to gr<5§s^^"Trar-tcr-prepai'e~Bala premiere for 
i, with $5,000 tickets already 'Henry Vm.' Govt, officials, dlplb- 



$10,000 
sold, 

Godfrey T;earie, Equity's resi- 
dent, critlpl.y.ed for employing real 
.soldiers for 'Henry V production 
Claim unemployed actors tansutt- 
able. 

British International: Pictures 
threaten to sue Warners for u.sih 
'Dubarry' title. B.I.p. claims it «as 
=pEloiUt>t=;-nlffhtSp=ihaving^i=aGquiucd= 
world's rlg'hts to the continental 
musical. 

As forecasted in VAniETy, Getieral 
Theatres and British Broadcasting 
Company Have 'got together' and 
artists will no longer be black- 
li:ted by the Palladium for • doing 
I'xidio work. 

'On with the Show,' .Lawrence 
Wright's first WTest End attempt, 
closing/ Feb- 3 after six weeks at 
Princei'. Understood Wright 
dropped $75,000 In venture, includ- 
ing cost of theatre's reconstruction. 



Mexico City 

By O. L. GrahamiB 



Dip . gang that victimized cinema 
patrori^ jailed. 

Carnlva.ls in, full swing in- largo 
and small towns. 

John Barrymoi'e and family 
Ited Guaymas, Sonora sta;tS;. 

Oliver Hardy sariipied half a' keff 
of Mexican beer at Mexican. 

Kidnap scare about bairltope c61- 
lapsed when his absence was ex-, 
plained by a police announcement 
tiiat he had beeh Jailed for speed- 
ing. 

Earthquake, first this year, scared, 
local folk but did no material dam- 
age. Acapuico, historic west coast 
port riisort. Was hard hit by the 
temblor, which damaged 200 build- 
ings, among' them some theatres 
and cinemas. 

Government will regulate tourist 
agencies In Mexico to assure visltori 
a square deal, and demand that ofB- 
dal-^gu fdes-know what -they're talk- 
irig about, so that sti'arigers wiii be 
wised up to' all. places of interest 
■they double-o. 

Vaude union urging government 
to enforce law demaridlng that all 
Cabarets use, professional variety 
artists, and allege that many enter- 
tainment spots only hire profession- 
als when they knpw that their 
establishments are due for inspec- 
tion. 



Toronto 



mats, and society In full regalia fot 
the season' ef first gala. . . 

Press, picked Up Eleanor Board- 
man's criticism of. intermission .at. 
pic houses to start campaign 
.'igaln.st the rest periods. House 
owners thumbing their, hoses at the 
critics. 

Lpreto Prado "and Enrjque Chl-^. 
=JaateT— legitL-.aatpra=no.\\E=:=^playlng=in- 
'Ml Abuelita La Pobre' ('My Poor 
Grandmother') are going to have a 
street nariied after them. To be 
called Loreto-Chicote' street. 

Gity of Madrid chipped In 10;000 
pesetas for a monument to be 
erected to Serafln' and Joaquin Al- 
varez Quintero in Retiro park. The 
Alvarez QulQtero brothers are amipng 
Spain's most successful playwrights 
and are currently w.atching their 
'Cinco Lobltos' ('Five Little Wolves') 
roll in the shekels at the Corifilco 
theatre. 



Clemence Dane In town. 
Ariios'h' Andy coming to Shea's. 
L'Jp:s'tra.nge Millman off to Holly- 
wood. 

Al Plunkett. on the road with his; 
'Merrymakers' Revue.' 

Rockwell ICent still talking abpUt 
that Oreenlarid ci-ulse.. . 
. Jiriimy KinJoch, late of Toronto 
Star, to Beavprbrook's Loridori 10 
press. 

Redferne' Holllnfehead up from the 
Big Town to sing at .limmie. Man- 
son's funeral. 

After a flood of appeals. Censor 
Board has lifted the ban on 'Con-, 
veritioh City' (FN). 

Madeliene Carroll ('I Wa.s a Spy') 
in town en routfe to Hollywood and 
has her hubby along. 

Lou Robinsoti and Joe Mc- 
Dougall have the dummy prepared 

The Barker. 

Mary Stuart replaces ranres 
Shelley as the .femme warbler witlv 
the Billy Bissett .tu.nesters after 
that salary i-ow.. 

Tag of 'The Prizefighter and .the 
Lady' (MGM) changed to 'The C-on- 
quering Sex' here and will be called 
'Everywomari's Man' in England. 

Maurice Sclnvarlz tunifd diiwn 
the Royal's $4,400-a-wock rental 
and will put 'Yoiihe Kalbe' in Vid- 
dlsh into the Standard on a TO-30 
basi 



Tii.eeday, February 13, 1934 



TIMES SQUARE 



VARIETY 



61 




Berfin 

By Hans Bermann 

Hans Albers to pl^y Xlllbm' SJ. 
Copenhagen. 

Dr Goebbel$ allotted RM1,006,000 
to the German radio Cor program 
lihprbvemenf. 

Toni Attenbei-ger la sending a 
fllm expedition to Africa under 
pefei* MIchaeL 

Willy Frltech attended release of 
Tho Young Dessauer's. First tove' 
4t Stockholm. Splendid reception 
repo rted . . — ^ ,...->.-. .... 

•Private Life of Henry vni' re^ 
eeived the note 'artistically valu- 
able' frony, the German censor. Dlsr 
trlbuted liere by Uniyiersal. 

Doily Haas* Albert liieven and 
Leopoldine Konstantln in 'There s 
eomethihg on at Midnight/ T.K,- 
fllm, German Fox production. 

Arnold Raether, in ohargfe^f the ^ , , 

fllm deoartment b£ the Propaganda vise execution of rules of Govern - 
Ministry, has been appointed deputy ment Radio, now five years old. 
chairrtian of the Reichs Filni^ Cham- Robert Casadesus, Fi-erich pianist. 
I,er. . Signed with Diitch ini resaTlo de 

Film Chamber had decided on two] Kods for a tpur in the United States 
nnzea of RMl.CWO and: R.»150^^ 
the best amateur reels of this year's Emil Cooper from Opera Russe at 
winter sport comjpetltlons. in Ger- pairis came. here to conduct Russian 

Opera -Evening . at .Gonciertgebouw, 
Amsterdam 



C H 4 T T E 




ue 

W. Etty Leal 



Warner Bros.' 'a 
panic, here. 

Reinhardt company left after suc- 
cessful tour -here, r- — -~ 

Francesco Frederlbi; '- 60, bass of 
Italian. Opera In Holland, died. 

Henri le Dent, of Dutch-. vaude' 
ville-fame, has a silver stage' jubilee. 

Frencii' cabaret evening at Hague 
with Damia, Gilleis and Julion froiiv 
Paris. 

Radio board; which has to super 



couyer, Wi^sh,, where, he visited his 
mother, and then to Portland. 

Luclcy WMlber up from L.A. .for 
Harms, .inc., dontacting the trade., 
raldio and bands. His ifirst time 
here; 

War Department tiieatre 'at Fort 
Eewls at :reg monthly- show, used 
prej-enration unit, from ivelshley & 
Roscoe, 

Vic Meyers resign;^ in mayoralty 
race, ..saying it costs too much and 
h hasn't the time' 'for campaign. 
Aityhow yic has a better job, being 
li^ut. go ot the state. 



many, , ... 

After Feb, 1 shows wul be, con- 
trolled as regards inenibership of 
the exhib in the prof essional organ- ] 
Ifsation, Non-registration mean.s 
closing doWn.^^ . . , 

Harry Piel.in 'The World. Without 
a Mask.' Film deals with television 



Dutch actress Magda Janssens 
signed: with Flemish rproduoer .Jean 
vian. der Heydeh .for ifit<at Flemish 
film, to. be shot, in Flanders^ 
Two . coinmembrations liere . Of 



?; ^^r^*„S^ a BrS tX; fl^^ Pavlova, one by Joos Bai- 
m^esJir^^^^^^ other by Kirsanbva and ballet 

KgrdSoSatK'^N^^^^^^ -^'^ '^'^ 

.^r'%SSor^?% h^ oInS A^iiterdam Xo get. a new Crystal 

?^ W^?tv^m^You' S the S^^^ I'ttlaGfe oh spot Of the old one of the 

Feb. 1., *A waltz f^^^ ,;f.['J® V^^^^ gay 'SOs, which burnt down in 1929; 

Of . his liext plc, cast ^m^^^^^ to hold . combined cinema, yatide- 

iSrii rallna vilWoricert halls and restaurant. 
Lipgen M*rla Galina. _ broadcaster has a novelty, 

After ZemUnsky 9 opera^^ Der jj^jj^^^^ in.Radio Journal. This 



lice /ollowlng "^„P^*^"^^^ happened during hours when broad- 

tin, the Berhn^State Ope^^o^^J^jyi ca.stinc is impossible. AVRO has a 

13 are in tu 
Propaganda 



ith a P-^-r3^^isiS5*W?i sped\^ JJcSS^^'^^hich discs can 
^^^^^^f^^^"?*^^^^; used '^O times ^formerly for «ueh 



cr 

ture subject to the 
Ministry's o.k. in order to ensure 
uniform treatment. 

On the first anniversary of the 
Third Reich, the film trade, through 
the president of the film chamber 
X)T. Scheuermann, presented Dr 
doebbels with the base stock, for a 
Reich Film Archive comprising aev 
eral thousand reels of all types 
Features, educatlonals, propaganda. 
Both tillent and .sound 



Saff Francisco 

By Harold Bock 



purposes only once) . 



HoDywood 



Cohen 



New Haven 

By Harold M. Bphe 

I^otfw's Jack Markle in. and but.- 
\ryra Hess paid her.ainiual yi^5it 
last week. 

Eclciie Weaver making a rep at 
pingpong. 

. Natfe Rubin back to .' the .hon'i^ 
svamping grounds. 

Mrs.' rof. Jack Cvaw s 
to sit in the Italcbny. 
. Oene Rbdney way frorii 

Poli oflSce for F'la. 

Film Row gave Harry - • Ishan 
farewell feed— goes to Pitt. 

Harry Bermah. whipping nsort 
Lilt le V S y m phony into sh ape. 
':■ Local amateur groups brushing up 
for. annual Tale drama tournament 

Local ad club gave Walter Lloyd 
of Par ohe'of thbse. testinlbniai din- 
ners. ■ .'. 

tale Chamber or.ch., new unit 0* 
Yale Music School, in first concert 
Feb. 6; 

Roger Sherman theiatre boys tobk 
a: licking in last week' bowling 
leagnl 



Minneapolis 

By Ues Rees. 

G. Bainbridge. showman mayor, 
in Eitel hospital again. 

Gilbert - Nathanson x>t Monogram 
back froin Canadian trip. 

By Candlelight' In third week at 
World and still going strong. 

Morton Downey unit at Orpheurn 
first stage show here. In a m.onth. 

Mabc Rbth, district manager, here 
to ad.dress Columbia sales meeting. 
Miadoline Dunn, Fox boolckeejpei', 



Chester Chastek down from Seat- 

" Bni^Ga8eT"now producing those | recovered from illness and back on 
burley shows at the Liberty, 



job. 



auditor from 
to local ex- 



Golden Gate. ov,. v., rt a 

Cliff Work and Jack Moss m the M. V; Shields, U.A. 
middle of a diet duel at $5 a Pound. ^ew York, on visit 

week, to be gone until June, | ^^^^^^^l - running 



Boston 

By L«n Libbey 



Brian .McDonald , . ^ynshe.d up with 
Tent Club, to New. York. , 

Johnny Harris and his family: 
pulling.'bUt'fbrlrioxMda'^O^ vfe^, 

Morris irikel - off . . tinday by 
motor > for a few weeks }n' Mian»i. 

Kay ain '-.er, *Mlss .Pittisbnrgh'. In 
1929,. cigaret gal at .Lew Joseph's 
club. 

Pitt Cap and Uowti Club doing a 
revue this j'ear instead pC customary 
book ^how.' 

Sylvia Manners, formerly in . Pitt 
fitock, signed for Broadway, role ; in 
'.Queer People.' 

Show u>^inosai .■ ing 
up. Joe Feld.nia.h ..a new 

.suit laist week. 

Wilma Horner, bawk; at Variety, 
took a big cut in Chicago. Opera' 
tion successful. 

Joe Cappo,^ tit PUvzci, . ir.ost popular 
nife .chib -m.p. to hit this. town since 
Sammy Walsh. 

. Warner office presented. Frank 
I^amis with hahdspme I'oiktail isct 
as- gbing-away gift. : .-. 

,' Herbert . i^^ song- writer, 

on from New York for .a couple: of 
days with his family... 

Harvey Gaul; 'PbiSt- Gazette' 
critic, had his car stolen^ while 
covering a symphony concert. 

Dorothy , Bushey-. (Mrs. B^tnie 
Armstrong) to the . Ambassador, St. 
LOuis, to work with jack lialey. . 

Eddie Peyton, making a r^al va- 
cation of it. He's pulled o\it :for 
Hollywood after, a month in Florida. 

Warners screened Mayor McNair'a 
single tax' reel other day, with His 
■Honor impressed witlv hi.? histrionic 
.ability. 

Marty. Forkins and. young son on 
to Pittsburgh to bid wife and 
mother, Rae Samuels, goodbye he- 
fore start of her Intcr-state tbuif. 



Grace Frankel JBashing an en- i „ g.T), hereto 

gagement sparkler on the correct house at Sioux Falls, S. D., nere to 

finger, a presentation of Tom QUirk. visit "1 mother. ra,r»>,.,^ 

Lester Sachrist and Ruth Vernon . Jay C. Fllppen ^J^s /World s 

of the Marcus troupe will be mar- Fair* unit plaj'ing Publix smallei 

ried aboard ship -eh. route to • the houses In territory. 

Orient. John Branton, Publix booker, 

Tom Coakley back at his Palace celebrating another birthday,: denies 

hotel dance job after being spliced .he-.jias reached 30 mark, 

to Katherlne Tourney by his priest- 'Mickey' Coen, veteran T^G sales- 
brother.. I man, broke his own fialea record on 



Publix 



Ann Welcome on a leave, of ab 
senoe from her CallrBulletin. home 
economics desk to -Walt, for an ad 
ditibn to the family. 



Des Moines 

By R. .W. Moorehead 



Vre.ixtling" ihato 
good draw. 

Kell Bilz, with Adolf :Bblm ballet. 
Visiting her home here. 

Za C!a Zig Shrine temple to hold 
Ihdpor circus soniotii April 
Plans' indefinite. 

Mrs. Harry Weinberg to Omaha, 
her ttr.st. ti me aw ay from thie. five 
months old .^on... 

Des Moines Auto show, Feb. 19- 
24, with Morin Si.sters and Al. Mo 
riey'a orchestra set 

Even the town's funny sandwich 
man^has gone on. the air-r-Dr. Char 
He Oaln^with commentsl 

Abe JSiank. back from New York; 
says he hasn't heard, a thing about 
those Kansas City hbuses. 
Des Moines on unfair ll.st of musl 
^=r^ians' -OTijm=T:mTraghr^ 

Jecil and Sally show at Paramount. 
George Gershwin's 'Let *em Eat 



Ia.gt southern Minnesota trip, 

Cress Smith,- BKO Western sale.s 
managerj congratulated wbi'k Of 
local branch on brief visit here. 

Bandit : holding .up cashier of 
Chateau, nabe hou.9e, took $63 in 
currency^ but spurned $50 in silver. 

R. W. Heazlitt and Horace Evans 
donating servlc<!s to run Glen Lake 
Tuberculosis Sanitarium stage 

eeit'»8i.show. ■ ^ ' 1 ; 

TT. ot M. f rat boy assigned to get 
autography of all Gayety- chorus, 
gals on two c'ggs uldn't crash 
bkck stage; ... . 

Out-of-town ex' bitoj-. visiting 
Film Row: I'ed Melzcr, .i^'ew Ulm, 
Minn.; Fred Schnee. J./itohfield. 
Minn.; \ P. Nels^qn, Waseca.. Minn.; 
Art Johnson, Galcsvllle. AVis.; Harry 
Nelson, St. James, Minn.; H. V. 
Smoots, Little Fall.s, Minn.; B: K. 
Killer, Croukston, Minn.; A. M. Uhr, 
Preston, Minn.; Bonny Benhold, 
Mbrri.«. .^.^nri. 



Sam Stratton In to ballyhoo 'Dou- 
ble Door.' 

Howard Merrick making the 
rounds to 'auf wiederisehen' the 

boys. 

George Moffett. Mslstant manager 
at Met, in similar post now at the 
Fenway. 

Evelyn Brent, Dorothy Herzog 
and Harry Fox to for fisre days of 
slghteseeing. 

Harry Brown, Jr.i long distancing 
greetings to his Dad, vet mianager 
of the Nixon In Pittsburgh. 

Henry "Taylor planning a . big 
birthday week at Paramount for 
the theatre'* aecond anniversary, 
Feb, 26. 

Vie Moore and' Bill. Gaxton shar- 
ing the hospitality laurels. Vic get- 
ting a glad hand from his' Old aide 
partner, Brandlee Martin. 

Hub pals, noting MGM's exploi- 
tation of Peter Smith and hi* shorts, 
send a round robin of; congrats to 
Louie. Mayer, also former Boston- 
ian. X. ' 



Paris Riots 



Seattle 

.;By JLavfl JCf.rp.r= 



Ja.<:k Krost In the town ahoad .for 



cake' show at the Shrine too low Chlxj; Sale, current^ at the ^^^^^^^ 
^r high brow, and too high for low ^5>£." J,«rih?e%'\SlS' at^'^ar^^^^ 

^^^^^^^^;i^»rSS "M«Sl revu. to Belllngham 



performer 

wei-e a.ssisted by local Jewish char 
itles to get back to Chicago after 
the mother, Anna Schwartz Merkle, 
wa.q killed in a trapez;*? foil. Jackie 
.'tr*'fkl<> r«'t iii nt'd '«s hi-y psyhic a» 
KSO. 



for a one-night stand at the Mount 
Baker the.itre. 

Martha Cooper and Ponny Daw- 
son hit at Winter Gardr-n with Bev- 
Pi ly Fiill t'.illioR. 

H. C, lobertflo \'an- 



n tinned from page 1). 
things quitted down aiid tried to 
brave things out. Mladelelne theatre, 
operated by Metro, Just off the rue 
de Rivoll, a hotbed of turmoil, oper-r 
ated throughout with the exception 
of Wednesday (7), when police 
asked them to clofse down! Takings 
; have d I'opped. about 70 % . 

Cinemas Affected 

Marivaux and Aubert .theatrea 
down. the block from the Paramount 
trl4d to bray© through all the flght- 
Ing but found themselves for a 
couple of hours without a single 
custonier; Jio one ise«mlngly dared 
crash thVol&'gh the seething mob to 
go to see shows.: 

Good ex.ample of tiie. eiffect of the 
situation, is the Gd^on, on the Left 
I^ank. House Is a sure-seater and 
always had .40% bf Its seats sold 
by 4 p. ni; Past twO- weeks no ad 
vahce booklngsi or sales at all, be- 
cause no one seems to be : sure 
Whether or not he will be able to 
go into the sti-eets at night. 

Legit,, of course, was equally, af- 
fected. Biggest opening of the sea- 
son was the new Bourdet show at 
the Michodiere Jan. 29. Always a 
highly social affair because Bourdet 
has a big rep here among the smart 
crowd===Thlft-tIme,-howeverr^ no-one 
showed up in evening clothes and 
hot a jewel visible because of the 
high commiinlstic fever. 

Night clubs have not been too 
badly, affected, although they, are 
doing considerable crying from an 
advtrse angle. Biggest mob of buy- 
ers in years is In towtLand they had 
figured on some ifood picking. In 
.vii.-a<) « r V hich they'r* doing only 

(•ViJ 



Omaha 

By John Qui nn 

Weather, unusually pleasant 
Joe Marlon, playing, his revue 

nightly at Chambers Gardens, dancfe 

spot. 

Bill inger fl&urlhg to . stretch 
small randeis to~lBclude 160 mOre 
seats. 

Tech High klee club kids gave 
twO-night stand of 'Chimes of Nor- 
mandy/ 

Paul. Ives dealing with parbnts 
and school principals In ^effort to 
stem tide of kid crashers.. ' 

Wade Kimpp baclc at. his ticket 
tearing post after a fleeing crasher^'s 
collision sent him to the doctor.—^ 
Night life picking up with floor 
shows at Peony Park; Cloverleaf 
Club, Cabette ahd Midlght Frolic. 

Ralph Goldbierg, Art Abelson, Joe 
Rbsenfleld conferring with Blank 
execs, Branton and KJn.sky, on. 
spring pblicies. 

Folio iPlayers offering 'Hamlet' 
and 'Macbeth' successive nights in 
Central High auditorium. Company 
offering. $5 prize for best reviews 
by high school cricks. 



New Orleans 

By O. M. Samuel 



..Mardi ras Feb. 13. 

Mort Singer in and out. 

Police watching 'blue' pics, 

Lionel Keene here for Mardl. 

Tropics cabling fOr. fan dancers. 

Robseveit Blue Room getting play. 

Newest downtowner is Nut Club. 

Cornell, maybe, for two perform- 
ances. 

Maurice Barr lost, hi 
cently. 

3all playerg around.. Means spring 
is here. 

Phil Dunning down, for the fes- 
tivities; . 

Al Simon putting ever Suburban 
Gairden.s. 

tbvejoy of Paso den; dtrfctor 
at Little. 

Germai back from 

Hollywood. 

iSddie Carrier ith 
Metro: truck. 

Mfll Washbumr Mtem-Trib critic, 
booking .shows. 

Department stores selling boozO. 
Th<;y cliarge it, 

E.^^ v. . liicharda has . out of town 
Saengers upplng. 

Bon Hanley, dramatic director, 
king of 'Marloh.ette.Vs' 

HotC'l.s getting big play ftpm 
thirsty rrf^nriighbTTriTTi^^Tl^p^^ 

New York booklfifi . panning Fair 
Ground.s for 'cancoillhg' them after 
five .days. 

Huey Long continuin^' his politi- 
cal v,cv:kly, notwlth.-jtanding next 
electi.on two. years off. 

St. Charles, Liberty and Lyceum 
scrapping for biz. First, two ad- 
join. Lyceum across street. 

Vicu Carre re.staurant shJlling 
with 'bandannaed' 



Artie Stebbina in from N. 
Lloyd. i?rtcon broke a fingv^r poloa 
inp! 

LOu Di nibnd. and Irving Mills M 
town. 

Bernle Hyniari bought a *eir 
Deusenberg. 
" Albert Shoenberg and • his da ligfe- 

t'er in Frisco. . 

John Lodge heading for New Yor 
via .thC; canal. 

. IFox. changed-Fceya-Lelgh!s-na.ia#-:^- 
tb. Drue Leyton. 

J, . Jl Franklin and. wife drovb ia 
from New York. 

Arthur iZellner, ahead of 'Fashlonii 
bf 1934,' in ^Frisco. 

Mary Burton, tibweli Sherman** 
dancing niece, ogling pix. " 

Jlrene Lee asisistant story editov 
under Sol W^urtzel at Fox, 

Beauvais Fox reaches California 
ahead of. Eva Le Galllenne. 

Eddie .ransett^r celebrating hta 
firstvanniversiary- at SardUs. 

Giibe ^orke is hiring Robeit 
Burkhardt and Bill. Speyers. ; 
. Buddy.de iSylva heckling George 
White over preview of 'Scandals.' 

Lew Ay res has. a namesakes . to. 
..Brawiey; Calif. He's a, fruit. WbrkOr. 

V ince Barhett. accused of ' gblng 
nudist. He dropped his moustachck 
: Fe;g Murray / being . : playf uliy- 
slammed a.r-ound by Joe E. Brown, 
Aiiltbii . Mi Goldman, attoi-ney, 
moves to Kollsrwobd .firom down*. 
tbwn. 

Picture that Rbwland Brown win- 
make for ritish Gaumont Is 'jav4' 

Head; 

Sylvia back ahead oi 

schedule. ' 'ThirtSr Day 

Princess.* 

Sam, Ornitz, talking at the Com- 
monwealth house on "What's Wrong 
with the Moyies?' 

Jean Harlow wearing a Pasadena 
POlibe badge after persohallng at 
the cbpis' relief ball. 

Kitty Carlisle, N. T. stage ac- 
tress, fed up bh bbing yclept a hot- 
cha; Says she's not, 

' W. C. Fields has bought a home- 
bn-wheels traUjer to use as a drese^ 
ihg room, on locatlbn. 

Lupe VcVcz and Eleanot* Holm 
rihg.slders at the fights, with Johiia 
ny ..Weism.u.ller absents 

Carinelita Geraghty ' ahd^ Carey ~ 
Wllsbn ■ have itnnounced ihtentlona. 
to wed In . Lbs; Angeles, 

I>ean Hyskill replaced W. J. Mur- 
phy,, resigned, as aisslstant to. Oscar 
Kantner, F-WC explblteer. . 
^ Sen/ Jeia.se Metcalf, of : Connecti- 
cut, given a Mexican feed at 
son, Ariz., ' by Tom Sorlero;. 

Boris Karloit and Reginald Denny 
to 'Frisco for piersOnals, In conjunc- 
tion with 'Lbst Patrol' at the Gblden 
Gate. 

Tony Romano, singer with Al 
Pearce and Gang, named In suit for 
$X12 In rent arrears filed In Muni- 
cipal Court. 

: Oeorge Brtirth wick, auditor In N.T, 
offices of f»roducers ahd Distrlb- 
titors ass'n, en route home after • 
week on ..the coast. 

Second week at the Paramount. 
Los Angeles, for Guy LOmbardb and 
band, following an initial week es^rly 
this, year,: has been set to start 
Mar. 22. 

Ellalee Ruby has been here'^ eight 
Weeks. During that time her auto 
burned, her .apartment was. robbeil 
twice, and she lost her pay checki^ 
each time. 

Gebrge Raft admiring a hand- 
carved memento from Pepe Ortiz, 
the Mexico • City matador, who 
showed Raft how to plant a bander- 
illo for a; beef baiting pic. 

Foreclosure suit to recover on a 
$5,500 loan has been instituted in 
Superior Court, by Security First 
National bank against Walter C. 
Durst, bankruptcy trustee fOr Mack 
Sennett, Inc. 

Maxwell' Shayne nbw aflnilated 
■with .Dave Hi 11 man in opferatlbn of 
advertlslngrpubllclty agency hor 
David BloWer of Detroit heads art 
deipt.- Shayne continuing to handle 
Fahchon. Marco account. 



resses on sidewalk. Too msny. 



Balttimore 

Ibert Schar'per 

Cold enough to. button «oaf.«j! ; 
Lee Heoht lia.^, shrouded hi.s Pal- 
ace;' 

Inoq^ypfi noTjfixd visiting -Bill Sax- 
ton. 

Joe Cambria, baseball mogul, 
turned agent: 

Joe Pehn^r' convulsed 'em at Ad 
Club banquet. ' 

Don Bestor's ork through on- tour ' 
of one-niters. 

Helen Klngan stuck up bV. yeggs 
and relieved of thirty bucks. 

Helen Patterson, warbler,, "slated 
to Join Auditorium stock outfit. 
, Primo Carnera stopped off for a 
gander at the town, ehroute to N; Y> 
■^Jw;k=eurtl8-ln*for=an afternooh^to= 
o.o, his 'Greenwich Village Follies' 
tab. 

With his nitery running fuH blast. 
Baron Von Stackelberg. has pow- 
dered to Florida. 

Mil Chrl.stopher aiid Vln Carey, 
hopped to Phflly to address . coB- 
vcntlon of Penna Magicians, piub. . 

Don Kirkley. Sun crick, upped U 
Manhattan for opening of 'Broom- 
<'olored wait- j. sticks, Amen.' Elmer Oreensf elder. 



I »he author, a pal. of bis.. 



62 



VARIETY 



¥IMES SQUARE 



Tuesday, Feliruary 13, 1934 



East 



'Pilatt>'.s Dauffhter,' liroolvlyn I'iif^- 
^pion Play, to be revived nftor t'lght 
years. 

Robert I^on.'aiho'js tt'.nii)()rary visa 
ran out this \vceH- Ho planed to 
Montreal, obtaiheij a pcrihanonl 
visa at the I J. S. Gonsiilale there 
and Svas back without hayliiR 
missed, a ijerformahce. rjp made 
Monday (5>. ^ 

Otto H. Kahn, interviewed in 
Miami, says that In. theory governr 
men t . suppbrted opera would be the 
Idieal for developlrijcr talent., Ijessj as-., 
sured. on' the practlpal.. angles. 

Licehse • Commissioner Moss tells 
"thfr Cheese Gliib at its luncheon 
Tuesday (6) he's going to clean up 
theniieatfe, but without censorship 
or a fanfare of trumpets. 

Mrs. Arthur Tracy, wife Of^ the. 

ti-eet Singer, awarded $1Q0 weekly. 
allnfiOny pending .outcome of her 
suit for separation. H^sarihg. Tues-. 
•day f6)..' - 

N.. Y. liquor stores! can stay open 
until 10 p.m. instead Of closing, at 8;: 
Saturdays until il, 

Philadelphia Music Cluti out of 
lUck. agHin. This tinfie it .wad F&n- 
line I'redei'ick'' who overslept . and 
failed to keep a date for a luncheon 
Tuesday (6). But- ah&^ seixt an 
apology. 

Phyllis Emerson, showgirl ac- 
cused of the possession of narcotics; 
found - guilty. To receive, sentence 
tomoirrow 

Cannon Chase meets another Wa- 
terloo. . yermont Supi-eme Court 
tossed ., out ;his challeng'e on the le- 
giality .of the ' Vermont vote for. rie- 
peal; .. 

Niear. riot *t the' Wialdorf Tuesday 
(6) when parlor socialists -sotight to. 
harangrue the diners about the 
waiters' : strike. Peeved Alexander 
Woollcott, who objected to the la:h- 
guaige the detectives used in bounc- 
ing the orators. 

Douglas Montgomery gets an as- 
signment in the ; Group's 'Gentle- 
women,' . Avhich will remove Doug- 
las Kent from the screen for a 
tlnie: Same man. 

Kay Francis' divorce suit against 
' Kenneth McKenna reveals the fs^!ct 
she HAd been the wife of William 
Gaston of a: wealthy Boston family. 

Lady Douglas resunied her citi- 
zenship in : Brooklyn Tuesday (6). 
American born and, known to the 
stag'e as.jSlaji' Y.ohe.^ \ 

Mrs. Helen Cox Williams, former 
show girl, held for extradition on 
request of. Connecticut police, re- 
leased' Wednesday (7) when Gov. 
Lehman refused, to sign papers. 

Geraldine Perry, trapeze artist, 
critically Injured In Boston Wednes- 
day <7) when a rope of her rigging 
broke.- Known on the stage as Jarl. 
Her husband was. killed In a similar 
accident about three months ago. 
Will probably recover. 

Minskys celebrating that they've 
been able to stlck .lt out at the Re- 
public for three years. 

Standard Oil of N.J. advises Sec. 
Ick^a it will drop the Babe Ruth 
^hib ^bver the radio. . FRC .suit Is 
dropped. 

White Plains court Wednesday 
(7) a^-arded $225 to Carl Heinrich> 
carnival proprietor, in hjs 'suit 
against Western Union. Last year 
he. sent a wire to anotlier carney 
prop, asking for a large top for his 
show. One word was omitted, the 
message then Indicating he had his 
own canvas.. No tent on hand and 
a loss sustained on a July 4 date. 

Prlmb Camera .In his bankruptcy 
hearing last week (7) tells the 
referee, that he knows little about 
^nances and Cares less. He does 
the boxing. Up again March 12. 
Flew to New York from Miami. 

Shuberts pick 'The Family Album' 
as title .for the Ray Bolgcr revue. 

Ow^en. Davis announces he's off 



MMaiHIIHIIHIilHlnMrHIIW 

IHllin<41tim((Ul»'/: 



News From the Dailies 

this departrnm contains remitien theatrical nem items as published durin$ the tveek in the 
dalt\} papers oj Nev> York, Chicago, San Francisco, Hollymod and, London. Variety takes no 
credii for these nem items; each has beien reMrrilten from a daily paper. 



■ ^tn.;ui- 



the Days of the Turblnfij' March 
6-8. Only femme pla:yer. Play inay 
btf brought to Broadw.ay by Max 
Llel>ni8uj.^nd ChaJdes Friedman. ■ 

N. Y. . City establishes a , daily 
broadcast on the foo.d market over 
WOK. Idea is to tip housewives as 
tv supplies' which' are chescpest. at 
the moment. 
City hires a poet to write a play* 



playwriting. season; Next 

year he plans a serious. <irama and 
a.faVoe. 

20th Century (flims) arihounoes it 
will mak^ drama presentations in 
N. Y. a.^ a l)ulld-up for sonie'of its 
pi'oductlOn's, Not decided whether 
it will act direct Oi*. back producers;. 

Metro has the picture rights to 
•Mild Oats,', nifi^i of adolescent 



Colin Clements 

Monday (5) \some . 4,000 xvniOn 
musicians, members of . Local 802, 
started - . revolt, against Prez. Joe 
Weber and threatened to secede. ■ 
- Vernon Duke gets a commission; 
to write : a .ballet for the Monte 
Carlo dancers. His real nam Is 
Dukelsy. ; Rui-aliin, , 

Muli'oohey sinnounces he has 
licensed -4,^28 places.' in N.Y.. to . sell 
liciuor, with an .additional 399 -wine, 
liconsos* ■ 

Rockefeller interests file a. igeneral 
denial in answer to August. Heck- 
scher's charges that Radio City of- 
fice space is. being filled by unfair 
means. 

Frank Wilson, the Porgy of the 



mum of essential words. For nite 
-ool classes and simllav projects. 
J. Aivln Klgelmass Is the author,, 
[th Andy Kay and Sidney J. liehr-: 
|an tinkerinjef the music"! 
(Louis Brbmfleld has a new. play, 
•itten in collaboration with John 
saron. Called 1)e Luxe' and d.eals 
JitH !the horrors of the very rich,' 
Derived from an eatrlier' play called 
'Fuh,^ but not the same. 

Eugene O'Neill working, on "The 
Life of Bessie Bowen' for the Guild 
I for next season^'.^^ ' . 

John vain Dfuten vriir adapt 'The- 
Dark Tower' for England. 

L; Lawrence Weber, tells that his 
ofilce read IMO plays last season 



Giild production of that title,' gets Of these 18 were produced by other 

a pak in 'They .Shall Not Die," the managements °^ 

Scottsboro case playv flipped.. . , ^ . ^ , 

S. Jay Kaufman has taken over I Everyone taxied for .two ^thirds 
'Legal Murder.', and will make an- fare yesterday <Mon.)., First of the 
other try to get it started. First three bargam Mondays to give pub- 
nixed by Equity, lie part of the .taxi tax. 

Knopf will publish 'They Shall 'Before Pleasul-eVnewe^t film rib 

Not Die' shortly after the Giilld bing play.. By Frank ;Rocder and 

&Gtibn. . F'i?"^^ ^^'^ ^""^K- u . 

Bud Fisher loses his 1925 income Rpxy theatre resumes radio broad 
tax appeal. Board h61d that the casts Sundays. Dropped for more 
partnership with his parents "Was | than a yean 



phoney and that If he lost on a 
racing stable It came under the 
l;ea.d of amuse.ments. . He'll have to 
write a check for $a7,93l.. 

Joan LoweH in with an adopted 
son and a resolution hot to cuSs, in 
or out of books. Says she'll never 



New union of theatre employees 
(ushers, etc.) threatens a strike Of 
unttaihed men. "Assert 20,000 will 
walK if chains slice . pay. 

New producing firm is Maurice 
Marks & Alfred Cerf, Inc, Former 
is co-ja-uthot of 'Hold Your Horses';' 



do another book under her o-wh. Cerf Was' technician for Krimsky & 

Cochran. Don't say what they're 
going to produce. . ' 

Jeanne Aubert being sued, in N.Y. 



name. 

Evelyn Laye back in tb\yh, but 1 
only for a brief vacation. Recuper^ 
ating frorti an accident while maKr 
ing. a pietui-e in England. 



for value of two pearls -which she 
bought in Paris while still Mrs. Nel 



Provlncetown: PJayers going, into -son-Morrls-and-had -charged- to him. 
action. 'Wrong Number' in prepa- | She claims he paid. 



ration. 

Robert K. Strauss succeeds Wil- 
liam P. Fai-nsworth on the Theatri- 
cal Code Authority, Appointment 
made Friday (9). 

Professional dancers iappeared a^ 
the Waldorf Sunday (11) for the- 
benefit of the Uhemployed. in their 
profession. Bill Robinson was the 
big. feature 



K. Nadel talking aboiit a revue. 
■W.-H. Walker, jr., n^ph^w.of the 
former mayor, acquitted on the as- 
sault charge madie. by. Rose. Rosen- 
berg, hite club hostess. 

Fund to ensure continuance of 
N- Y. Phllharirnonic is grOwihg. 
Asking for 1600,000. 

Petition of ,150 members Of the 
Lambs. asks Equity support for the 



Mrs. Emma Swift Hiammersteih, Dlckstein bill barring alien playeris 
widow of the late Oscar Hanmier- Forihal complaint lodged against 
stein," In court Friday for permission Jed Harris for violation of Theatre 
to sue her stepson, Arthur Hammer- Code, in abandoning road toUr of 
stein, under the poof relations act. I 'The Lake.' Held that evidence is 
Claims a contract to support her [ not sufllcient to- warrant action as 
for life hasj^ been breached. the fading of the tour arose from 

Dlrne^avlngs Bank Of Brooklyn ciircumstancea 'other than his own 
bought . at foreclosure the^ :L. A. volition.' Dropped. 
Thompson . scenic railway at Coney Max Fleischer and Fleischer Stu 
Island. Had loaned $73,000. Bought dlos given Injunction to restrain un 
it in for; $2,000. Original roller authorized toy concern from mak 
coaster on the Island and his.toric. ing Betty Boop dolls. Cannot Use. 
Wants to sell, if it can get the prln- |the name or make a doll resembling 



iNew York Theatres 



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MMinnimruiniiiumiiiimimaitiaiiuiiuuwi^^ 



cipal back. 

Eddie Dowling says he's inclined 
to withdraw from the Radio Code 
Authority if it doer not 4o some- 
thing to head off the f fee radio the- 
atres which are hUrting show busi- 
ness. 

George, White will bring in his 
next. 'Scandals' early in June. 

Reported that George M. Cohan is 
hot again, over 'The Little Feller,' 
on which he hais been working for 
a. couple of years.. Comedy with a 
6-8 girl chbrus. 

John Golden hast a new play, 
•Blame the Stars,' kidding the show 
business. 



Betty. 

Cecil Clovelly has joined the ^^te 
Jacobs office as casting director, 



Coast 




LIONEU BARRYMORE 
In Peraon and on Scre«n 
in "This Side of Heaven" 
iBWMr. StagO, Buddy Rogers 

and Revue 
iVaM 1^ Next Fri.. RAMON 

In PWMQ & 

on Seretn 




m 



LOtll'i^>v,^Y,. 



1. 




EDDIE 
CANTOR 

'Boman Scandals,' Rath XStttntr 
Stage— Sid <Jary, Catl TteHd. 

Orch:. othera ^ , ^ . . 
Friday, Ann Harding, 'Gallant Udy* 



Lloyd Hamilton's ex-wlfe went to 
court and had partnership with 
hubby in a cafe voided. 

Phyllis Bentley, English author of 
■A Modern Tragedy,' ling the 
Coast. 

Beverly Granfirtir, 27, pic 'actress, 
Kay Chandler stated as will be given a preliminary hearing 
author, but Golden is said to have Feb. 16 on;a charge of assault,; -with 
helped. I intent to murder, growing out of 

Lucieri Arthuf Jones, son of the the shooting of her friend, Earl G 
late dramatist, has his brother- in- | Courtola. 



law, Percy G. Melville, in N. Y. Sur 
preme court on a slander charge in 
wl'ich he asks $100,000 damages. 



Billy LaRayrie Roth, 2i; dariber 
alleged . to havO' torn ,up a. traffic 
ticket and kicked police officer wheij 



Rosetta Duncan and their father, 
S. H. Dunban. 

Homer C. Johnson, 22, shot when 
j.A. police caught him robbing the 
Forum b.o.', died Teh. 4. 

Apiplication for dancehall licenses 
total about 150 a month in L.A., 
mostly for spbts in unlncorporiated 
teff itory. 

Rbscoe Atics earns $40,000 a year 
according .to claim of Mrisi Clara 
Ates. She is suing for a divorce 
and $1,561 monthly . maintenance. 

W. S. Stokes, film double, bias 
sued the P&M Mahufacturihg Co., 
and Bert St Martin for $10,000 as 
a:reault of an auto accident. 

.Ann Dvorak has .announced a 
n«t*iort-wlde press apjpeal had re- 
sulted in locating her father, Ed- 
Ward Mckim, Of Philadelphia,- :whom 
she has not seen since infancy. 

L.A. pblice are search ing. for- Dor- 
othy Meyef, 20, & dancer. Mrs. 
Rose Meyer, hef mother, died Feb. 4 
in L.A. frqrni grief caused by her 
daughter's . msappeara.nce. .v Dancer 
played Santa Barbafa'eafly In De- 
cember and no. wofd has been re- 
ceived from her since. 

Judgment of $5i900 has been re- 
turned against Aimce Sem'ple Mc- 
Pherson H.uttoh for. her failure to 
proceed with production Of a plc-^ 
ture in L; A. Suit instituted by the 
Securities Research Associated, Inc., 
to whom, the . claim of the late J, 
Roy Stewart^ director and producer, 
w&s assigned by his est&te. 

Will of the late Charles Mack 
(Moran and. Mack) has been pro- 
bated in L.'A. Estate ^ilvided-among 
his mother; Mrs, Bertha Young, his 
widoWi a daughter by a former 
marriage, his sister, and a, brother! 
Lbyd Wright, L. A. attorney, was 
appointed guardian for Mary Jane 
Mack, the daughter. . 
Maniya Bellows has filed suit in 
, A. seeking divorce from Henry 
Bellows of Fox scenario department 
Divorce obtained by Mrs. Louise 
, Bradbury from Bob Steele, pic 
cowboy, . In Los Angeles. 

Edward Eisner, dram coach at 
Fox,, organizing little theatre group 
in Hollywood. _ . _ - 

Dorothy. Stbckmaf, model for den- 
triflce ads« on the coast. 

Mrs. Harry RUby won a divorce 
iii L. A. from the songwriter. Known 
Oh. the stage as Cleo Rubenstein ajid 
Chloe Carter. 

Verdict returned, against Bud 
Boyes, oh the radio as Joe Twlrp, 
iil his 1156,000 damage suit agaiilst 
the L;; A- Railway for thfe loss of 
an eye. 

Lj . A. superior court has over- 
ruled a demurrer of Johii P. Mc- 
Carthy to. the cross-complaint filed 
by William A. Prole wherein the 
latter sought $360,000 damages over 
a dispute involving -Who Is the 'f ath 
6r of radio.' 

Alta Lessert, pic. actress, will go 
on trial in L. A. Feb. 26 on charges 
of murdering Tom Bay, cowboy 
actor. 

Alton Thomas Tully, 22, son of 
Jim Tuliy, convicted in. L. A. Of at- 
tempting to attack a woman. 

Stephin Fetchit hailed In L. A 
court in regard to judgment of $2,- 
4b6 for back rent. 

A new motion picture lens, do: 
clared to obviate, /he necessity of 
focusing and iwftlch will bring 
everything outsideVof a three- foot 
range of the camera into uniformly 
shafp focus, announced In L. A. by 
L. M. Dietrich. 

Helen Vinson, pic actress, . di 
vorced In Los Angeles from Nellson 
Vlckerman of Philadelphia. 

Charles Mayon. dance, director, ill 
for several Sveeks; Is fecovering ani 
has left the hospital. 

California appellate court has af 
firmed $6,000 judgment awarded to 
Douglas McLean Productions by 
L. A. superior court in a suit 
against WB. McLean company al 
leged WB failed to catry out a con- 
tract to pay fof the -play 'Never Say 
Die.' 



Claims Melville told his employer af rested on a drunk driving charge, 

jones was a swindlef and sought to must serve 90 ~ days In the L.A 

prevent his fe -entry into the coun- county jail, 

try. A maniacal killer,.. Clarence Wal 

Frank Passar, accused of. ac- ters, 43, of Santa Aha,. Cal., stabbed 

cepting $26 from Rosa Riva to make and fatally wounded Edwin WoOl 

her a radio star, discharged in West verton, 20, of Grand Junction, Colo 

Side court Saturday . (10) because | a bystahder in air station.KHJ, Feb; 
of insufficient evidence. But he's 
held for hearing Fflday (16) on a 
charge of having struck the girl's 
aunt -when , she sought the return. bf;| 
the fee. 



N. Y; cops forbidden to pose, for 
ne-wspapers. Commissioner believes 
they receive too much adulation fof 
routine Work.' 



5. Wounded two. other men before; 
he was ^shackled. Walters broke 
into an office, demanded a job, and 
then pulled the knife.. 

Kay Francis has filed suit for 
divorce from Kenneth McKennaj di 
rector, in Los Angeles, 
. Toby Wing rescued Mafy Tom 
Blackburn, of Alexandria, La., an 



3^ppeITa£% coUff~in N77YT. aTflf ihs | extfav'frOm^^ wHile maKinef 



judgment of $S96 against Frances 
Alda for a fur coat 

Chafles Prlchason In Jefferson 
Market court Saturday (10) on a 
forgery charge. Alleged he ob 
talned $10 and $20 payments on the 
representation he was solicitor for 
the Paullst Fathers' station, WLWL, 
and would give spot, mention of the 
stores on. the air. Charge applies 
to his faked credentials, 
Blanche Yurka to play with the 



a film last weekt Richard Arlen 
aided Miss Wing. 

Westwood Theatre Guild has been 
started in Westwood, Cal„ by Zeppo 
Marx and Dickson Morgan , . 

Paul M. tCain, ork lead.eri has won 
a court order in L.A. setting . aside 
a divorce tind alimony reward re- 
ceived, by Ruth Kain.-. ^ 

Sidney Fox sued for a $160 doctor 
•bill in LoS'^Artgeies.' 

Judgment of $1,802 given a tiro 



week on way. to New York. He 
was met by Barney Balaban. 

Chtirles F. McGrew, first husband 
of Jean Harlow [ and member of 
wealthy family of. former Chicago-, 
ans, is being sued for . divorce by 
Mrs. Marian Dblzell Webb McGrew, 
his. second wife. 

Sylvia Sidney, filnri actress, passed 
through Chicago last week on her 
way back tb Hollywood aftef a two 
weeks' rest in. New >York. Bert 
Wheeler and M. H. > Ayles worth 
were also on the train; 

Alice. Joy, 'radio dream girl', last 
week asked for divorce from Capt- 
-Eldon A. Burnrwar ace of the Brit- 
ish Flying Corps. The. charge is 
desertion. 

Oeneral Motors Corpi; last week 
sighed conti'acts for exhibits at the 
'World's ;F.ilr'. 'Wings Of a Cen- 
tury' also sighed. 

The Unltied States Navy has com- 
pleted plan^.ior A camp of 200 blue- 
ackets at the 'Fair', 

Colleen . Moore passed through 
Chicago last -v^^eek on her way to 
New. York where she ^ will,. visit her 
husband, a New Yofk'- broker; 

MrSr Rita Gentry Bishop, who 
was charged with obtaining money 
lindef false pretenses • from S. S, 
Millafd, owner of the 'Old Mexico' 
cafe, was discharged last week 
when .Millard declined to prosecute 
the case. 
Italy hais made arrangements fof 
bigger exhibit it the 'World's 
Pair' this year. Th^eir building will 
be one of the largest at the Fair. 

Wine and Ijtquor stock of '22 
club',, part of the estate, of the fOf-i 
mer owner, Fldgar .B. Lebehsberger, 
will be isold at auction. 

Mrs. Liia Fein last week won 
suit against Chicago: theatre for 
$13,000 for. Injuries received -when 
she fell in the theatre. 



MUSIC NOTES 

(Continued from page 47) 

grand and split. After the .stager, 
conibo goes into the Cotton Club 
for four weeks. Deals set by Irv- 
ing Mills. 



Phil Harris may move from th© 
St. Regis to the Palais Royal the 
first week in March, 



ijlage Cut-upSf hillbilly tur , 
has joined the Village Bai*h' floor- 
show. 



Sam CoSlow and Arthur Johnston 

are on three Par pic 'You're Telling 
Me,' 'It Ain't No Sin', and 'Mufdei' 
at the Vanities'. 



After a brief tour of college 
towns, Dick Fiddler's Orchestra is 
back at the DeWItt Clinton hotel, 
Albany, and WGY, Schenectady. 



Jack Mills has bought the Ameri- 
can rights to 'No ' More Heart- 
aches, No More Tears' ffom- Camp- 
bell'Cpnnelly, London firm. In a 
separate deal the C-C outfit took 
over from Mills Music, Inc. 'Oh^ 
Mother, Mother, Please Speak to 
Willie,' authored by Charlie Ful- 
cher-.and Mitchell Parrish. 



letcher Henderson is being 
primed to replace' Don Redmond at 
the Cafe de. Paree, 



George Olseri leaves the Pennsyl- 
vania In two weeks. Replacing band 
hot set. 



Jonie Taps, band department 
mgr. for Shapiro-Bernstein, left 
Saturday (10) with Abe Lyman for 
a cruise to Bermuda. 



•" Ghaflie Davis 'moves into the 
New Yorker this Thur.sday (15). 



LETTERS 



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Mar Siinde, Chicago burlesque 
qUeen, named co-respondent in 
suit filed in Chicago last week by 
Mrs. Ann S. Sunde against Gerhard 
Sunde, promoter of fashion revues. 

Mrs. Barbara. C. Murphy, mem- 
ber of the chorus of. 'Hold Your 
Horses', feceived a ' divorce in Chii^ 
cago last' week from John H. Mur- 
phy, New York broker. She charged 
desertion^ 

Concerts by^v famous syihphohy 
=oj3;heatEas..ar.e=.tD^be^naw=ff!ature^of, 
1034 'World's Fair'. . • 

Adolph Zukdr, pioneer film mag- 
nate, passed, through Chicago last 



Alcott Edward 

Cahlll Roy. 
ChaliKs Julia 
Corey Cecil 

.D'elmore Qeori^e 
Bmersoti ' Bddle 



Kay Eddy 

r<an(?' John 
Tiove ^izabeth 

b'.lMb.t}r. Ethel. 

Seed Horfjr 



DOROTHEA ANTEI. 

tie W. 72d St.. Nei«R- Soric Ctti, 
New Assortment of GREE'TINO 
CARDS Is Now Ready. 81 beHiilflral 
CARDS nnd FOLDERS. Boxed. Fost- 

.iraId.=f.Qii^^ 



One Dollar 



Yalp Dram.Tlic Assn. in. Bulgakov's I company in LiA. against Vivian and 



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t N T K R N A T I d N A T. « 



Sffoes for the S^^g^ <^/r^^/ 



5H0 WFOLK'S SHOSSBOP ~ 1 S5t BROADWAY vJI 



Tuesday, February 13, 1934 



e UT DOORS -^BURLESQUE 



VARIETY 



63 




JOHN C* MULLALV 

jphri C. MuUaly, 87, band and or- 
chestra player, died at Ashmont, 
Mass., Feb; 8; He Joined GUmore's 
b^nd ; then a Ideal, organization In 
Salem, at the . age of 16. L.ater he 
•went t6 the Boston Symphon y and 
was conductor of the' ffrst per^ 
formance 6?''Plrateg of Penzalnce' In 
this countryi He Played in a num- 
ber of theatre ofchestras "and wa& 
^ith- the Boston Symphony for 
more than 20 years. 

Survived by his widow. 

rtAWOLD k. ROSEN BERRY 

arplcj K. jRoS^enbtrryi 46, vice-, 
president arid treasurer of Meyers. 
Lake park. Canton, O.,- died Tues; 
days. Feb. 6, in Mercy- Hospital, 
Canton, fpUowlng ah llllness of two 
hours from convul.'^lpns. Hie had 
been Id&htined with the Mmrs 
Lake Park Co., pperatlnfr Meyers^ 
Lake Park here since Its jndeption 
several years ago. Besides hie 
wMdow, Mrs. Jane . Rosenberry, a 
dau:?hter and a sister survive, hlrii. 

Burlel was made in Maple GroVe 
Gemietery, iOover, 

WILLlAlVI S. HARVEY 

William^ .S» Hai'vey, geherailiy 
illed as The Great Harvey, died in 
a't'iiVoro Jan. 31. Long, familiar 



eight months, ago. A husband ber 
isldes her daughter survive. 



LOUIS MANN 



CLARA LIPMAN MANN 



In vaudeville with his 'stroiit man 
specialty In which he balanced most 
of the f urnlshirigs of a room oh his 
chin. He also heaclied his own mlh 
strel show at' one time. 

He was struck by an automobile 
Janv 3 and both legs broken, in addi- 
tion to bruises. He niade a game 
flght,_but-was, unable to. coinfi. b.9sik^ 

Survived by his Wife, Madge. 



ICK SUTHERLAND 

Ick Sutherland, 52i pic character 
actor, died In Hollywood Feb. 3. He 
was a stage actor for 30 years be 
fore taking up film work. He was 
born In Kenton, Ky., arid had lived 
in Califdrnla since 1921. He leaves 
a widpw, Mrs. Verba Sutherland; 
three sons, a sister and two half- 
brothers. 

Funeral in Hpilywobd; 



RAYMOND JOHN SAUNDERS 

Raymond Johri. Saunders, 54, pro- 
fessionally known as*^ Ramond,' died 
at Kearney, Neb.. . ' 

Vyeil "k"no^n for ~ his' "costuriie 
plates and goVvn desigrilrig, 



partiire, he eaJd, lie would promise 
that should the paper's circulation 
go down; he would pay advertisers 
back on ia pro-rata basis for whatif 
ever they expend In the Post this 
year; 



. ,. IVI> pailie» 2e 
Hearst morning sheet In Chicago, 
the Herald & Examiner, is taking 
the tight to Its rival, the Tribune, 
This week cuts to two. cents, the 
same, price as the Tribune, after 
ha.vlng . held to a three-cent rate. 

Thls'-marks - a return to the low or 
price after, a ..long try at. triple 
penriy, 



SARAH E. SHELDON 

Mr Sarah E. Sheldbn, 74, died 
in San Francisco, ^ "VVife of .Fred 
Sheldon, doorman the bid 

brpheum and. late at the Auras. 
Sh«i was widely, known to profesr 
sionals as 'Ma' Sheldon.. 



INGA NELSON: BROVVN 

Mrs. Inga Nelspn Brown, lariiste, 
f orrtierly 'connected with the faculty 
of ^ the Chicago College; of Music, 
died In Lo.s Arigeles Feb. 8. 



Father, 53, of. Bu.ster Shavei* of 
vaude died Jan. 29 at Ogderisburg. 
N. Y; He was formerly sheriff of 
St. L!a\vrence County jind. a captain, 
in. the .army during the war. 



Literati 



(Continued from page 58) 
juvenile reading matter with Mickey 
Mouse figuring in all of ' it. J 
Finneran is directly in chat-ge of 
the mag. 



ime's Free Supplement' 

Time is now printing, a fpur-page 
'Letters Supplement,' . cpntalning 
communications for which space is 
not available In the regylar issues 
Type, photos and coriiments by the 
editor are the same style as In the 
weekly... I. Van Meter, editorial sec 
retiary, is handling the supplement 
. It is mailed free of ' chJir^e to 
readers who request It. 



Nev^ Dance Mag 

Another ..new ma.g devoted to the 
danise'ls" about: to materialize, -siion 
sored by a flock of dance enthusi 
asts. Is to be knoWn .as The Darice 
Observer and will appear monthly 
'Some of those who will rielp get out 
the mag are Louis Horst, iPaul 
Love, Ralph Taylor^ I^ehman Erigel, 
G. A<jolph Glassgold and Samuel 
Loveman. 



Radically Different Fair in 1934; 
Add Villages as Ace 




L. 



GiRLESQUES WITHER 

Turks Fly By 
Land 



to 



Burly FoPows Fire 

In Albany Bandboi 



Albany, Feb. 12. 
.Town got its second stage show 
Saturday (10) when thfe State, 
downtown bandbox, opened with 
stock burleqquc.' House has been 
closed since a . fire several w^eeks 
ago. Burlesque . sponsored by Jack 
Frederick arid Johriny Gopdman. 

Cast includes Yvonne Mllford; 
Jean Yltale,*. Dorothy Jordan, June 
Rhodes, Margie De Rita,. Frank 
Harcpurt, Lou' \Pbwer.s, George 
Paig6' arid Harry l)elmonte:. Also 
liupe, featured daricei",. and chorus 
of . 14. No fihris, but three shows' a 
day. 

The city's other stage show house 
.Is the Capitol, Vaude-filrii. 



Los Arigeles. Feb. 12. 
Burlesque Is now cbriflned to 
three houses in" the downtown sec- 
tor, all on Main street. Houses 
operating with the policy are the 
Burbank, which has an all-colored 
show; the Follies, which continues 
to advertise 80 people, a slogan 
adopted several years ago; and the 
Grand, located alhiost in the .sha- 
dow of City Hall; 

Av.erage- admish is 1.5c, with the 
Follies having a, top of two bits. 

ArTew- months ago there were half 
a dozen fly-by-rilkht. Burley tuTkR 
scattered over to^yn.. 



Grand; Akroii, Razed 

Akron,.. Feb. 10. 

Reports that thie .(Srand. wP.uld be 
reopened, with burlesque were at 
an - end this week, when workmen 
started razing thie pioneer down 
town house for a parking lot site 
The Grand for years was the home 
of legit hete arid later housed stock 
companies. 

In recent years It-ha(cl b^en used 
for burlesque. 

Two years ago It was recondi- 
tioned, sound installed and riiusical 
c'pmedy, vaudeville and se<|ond-run 
film policies tried, but flopped, 
has-beeni.daEk several moaths^. 



HURST SETS BURLY-PICS 
IN THIRD PHILLY SPOT 



Philadelphia, February . 
Izzy Hurst, pperatpr of the Bijou 
and rocaderol" local burlesque 
houses, extends operations within 
a few weeks .to Include the Walnut 
Street- theata*e, wiiere he will in 
augurate.a series of 'Parisian Fan 
tasies.'" Productions will not be 
out-arid-out biirly, although shiaped 
in that direction, arid will be com 
blned with first-run iridic pictures 
and shprtS. 

Walnut was operated as' an Inde 
perident legit house uritil December 
20 by Theatregoers and Producers 
Plerity of r,ed ink was used.. 



Chicago, Fe.b>. 12. 
There will be ari entirely new set- 
up on the physical a.ppearanoe of 
the Chi Fair this summer. Idea Is 
to make the; show; differ.erit so that .; 
even til ose who visited the grounds, 
last year will have td return for a 
new eyeful. " 

Outstianding difference will be the 
reriio.yai of ; th'e. midway from its: 
former position In, the center of the 
grounds to_ the out-of-the-way is- 
land. In its place Will go a number 
of • villages, idea is- to make- the 
fair really World-wide In 1934 with 
every' coyntry represented by faith- 
fully . reproduced vllljaLges. TherO 
a couple of .villages in 1933 and all 
made plenty- of ririazuma! 

There Will, be additions in the 
form of a. Swiss villdge, which , is. 
slated ior the. ig spread. ' Will ha-ve 
Alps' With synthetic show and re- ■ 
productions of the city of Berrife.. 

There will be an Old Engl Vil- 
lage with reproduction of famous 
buildings'; a. Bliack Forest of Ger- 
rtiariy which will be d.lrec.tly across' 
from the .present old Fort Dearborri. 
Others : will be a Spanish village 
which will take the place now oo- 
cupled by the oriental village on 
the riiidway; a Tunisian village and 
a Norwegian village. 

Admission . prices will renialh the 
same, 60c for adults -and ' 25c for 
children. . 

Following the squawks last surii- 
mer, alt toilets will be tree. 



It 



ivIARSHALL BREEDEN 

Marshall Breeden, 4&, fiction 
writer, died at Tujiinga, Calif., 
Feb. 7. He -edited a weekly news- 
paper as a supplement to hiS mag 
writings. He was born in New 
Mexico, and lived in So. Cal. 20 
year. . 

Surviving are the widow, Mrs.' 
Daisy Breeden, and one son, David. 



JACK lyicGUIRE 

Jack McGxilre, 28, song writer^ 
called a newspaper ' editor in Los 
Angeles, Feb. 7, on the telephone 
and announced he was going to 
shoot himself. Police were sent to 
his home, but he had fired a shot 
into his head. 

•Mrs, - McGuire and a daugjhter 
Burvive. 



Print Lewis Deletion 

Saturday Review of Literature- 
pulled a neat literary scoop Satur- 
day (iO') by printing an entire chap- 
ter deleted by Sinclair Lewis from 
hi newest noyel.'Work Of Art.' 

. Book is about a hotel -keeper 'and' 
his tirother, a writer. . Lewis, realiz- 
ing he was spending too m.iich time 
with the brother, pencilled .one 
Whole chapter. Henry Se.id el Canby 
knew about and asked for the right 
to use it. 



ILS LARSEN 

Nils Larsen, 35, for 12 years 
leader of the Hotel' Bbssert orcheSr 
tra, died in. Brooklyn Feb; 1, 

He was at orie. time a rivember of 
the Capitol thea,tre. or.chesti^a,. and 
had played with the MiTiineapolis 
.SympUpriy. 

Survlv(»d' by two 
alster. 



ELIZABETH VON StAMWiTZ 

Baronoas Elizabeth vori Stamwitz, 
78, who had played with Bernhardt 
In Paris and for Daniel Frohman 
and David Belaiscp in this country, 
died in Norwalk, Conn., Feb, 8, as 
. the ritti^lt of a fall, - 

She retired frorii the Stagifr about 
30 years ago arid opened a dramatic 
school in New York. 



--=ALEXVSNDRA="BET;LWOOD== 
Alexandra Bellwood, 74, for many 
years wardrobfe mistress and d6- 
Higner for^ Loa i^ngeles theatres and 
pic studios, died in L, A. Feb. 6. 
She appeared on stage under 
David "i^elaBco. 



, BLANCHE PHILBIN 

Mr. I'.lanche Philbin, 59, mother 
of Mai'y, screen actress, died Febru- 
ary 10 in Lo'.s. Angeles frorii the ef- 
fects of a pui-alytic stroke suffered 



Pollock's Book Delayed 

Farrar 4k Rinehart will hold back 
publication of the new Channlng 
.pollock ripvel, 'Synthetic - Gentle- 
man,' until October. It's currently 
being serialized in the Ariierican' 
Magazine. 

Unusual angle Is that novjel will 
become a play before It's pubii.shed. 
Pollock is dramatizing the boolc 
himself and has it set tor July de- 
buts on both London, and New York 
stages. 



Rev.'s bptter Owns ^Gazette' 

M6rle w; Hersey, >lethodlst min- 



and owner of tlie' Police Gazette, 
pink sheet Was revived by Harry 
.ijonenfieldi with " MisS Hersey; as 
editor.. /Nq;w.- he's out and .she has 
full oW'ricrship., 
' Miss . Hersey will , cut the size a 
trifle and go after suhscriptions. 
iFor some reason Donenfield 
spurned subs, though >most of the 
circulation of the original Gazette 
was mail order. 



ire Guarantee 

Highly unusual an d .-caiisirig con- 
siderable comment round is the 
newest moVe Qf David J. Stern, 
publisher of the New York . Post. 
Stern sent out: a personal letter, to 
-all=pastffpresent-and-prospective=ad-= 
verlisers guaranteeing Post circula- 
tion, -v 

Stcrri told the ad prospects that 
he wa.s certain Post, circulation 
would stand up, in spite of seeming 
shakrness. He personally would 
guarantee, he told them, that the 
Post circulation would not drop be- 
low the figure of last Septombor. 
ju.st iK'forp he In-ga-ri ncgfAlatio s 
for taking the paper over. 

L'.«ing that figure as a line of de 



Burlesque Placements 



Chicago, Feb. 12. 
Milt Schuster handled the follow- 
Ing burlesqlie contracts last week, 
sending the Atlanta down in At- 
lanta the cast, of Maurice Bair and 
frau,' Joe B. Stanley, Bob Sandberg 
and wife,- June Kriight, Madeleine 
Hart, Helene Davis, Charlie Greinev 
and better half, Billy Joy and 
Lo.uise, Ollie Hodges and; wife. 

Palace In Buffalo drew Sam 
Mitchell; the Empire in Toledo got 
Jkllckief Dennis, and the Empress: in 
Cincy garnered Billy Scratch Wal-r 
lace. Joe Kilch, Cecil VOn Dell and 
Georfe CorWin to the Gayetey in 
Milwaukee. Roberto and Mar-ha, 
Louise Graritleigh and' Babe . May 
went to the Gayety in Minneapolis, 
Variety in Pittsburgh grabbed Ell- 
nore Johnson, Adele Stepp and Col- 
lette. 



Capitol Changes Color 

San Francisco, Feh. -12. 
arit for a week, the Capitol was 
reopened by Johnny Goldsmith this 
week (11) with a colored troupe, 
'Blackbirds, of 1934,' which Gold 
smith plcked'up iri Losr AngelBB., 

Hoplaces the hurley 'show that's 
been iri for two years?, on and; off, 
but fell off lately when Liberty, 
Kearney, and Green Street went for 
the-se oprys. 

A-notlier colored show, 'Charige 
Your Luck,' smashed the Capitol's 
boxofflce record,? for four weeks 
last year, hence the repeat. 



Wi$.^Fair Meeting 



:Miivv:aukee, Feb. 12. 
6^orge Fiedler, of Seymour* 'Was 
elected to succeed Ora Taylor of 
£:ikh6rn eis president of the Wis- 
consin Association of Fairs at the 
closing session, of the annual con- 
yentlbn held. here , last weeit; 
"^'A, "V\rr iKalbus, ■ Madisori, was 
chosen .vice-president, and J. F. 
Malone, Beaver iOam, fsecretary- 
treasurerl 



Miss Carolyn Pinched 

Milwaukee, Feb. 12. 

Annette Yaldv, 20, billed as Miss 
Carolyn, was a big hit with the 
audience at the Gayety, but found, 
threei • representatives of the local 
police department waiting for iier 
after the show. 

Bail of $250 was furnished with 
the charge tliat of giving an In- 
decent performafneei- Case was con- 
tinued to Feb. 16. 



10 Actors. Mgr. Pinched in Irving 
Place Raid: Moss There in Person 



TENN. EXEGTS OFFICER 

Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 12. 
Ai V. McCartney of iicbanon, 
Terin., was elected president of the 
Association of Tennessee Fairs at 
the twelfth annual meeting of that 
body held at thte Hermitage hotel 
Tuesday (6). 

Other officers elected were: A. D, 
Massa, Cookevllle,. secretary; .Rob 
Roy, Alexandria, vice-president for 
Middle Tennessee; A. A: Oliver, 
Paris, vice-president for West Ten- 
nessee, and iKerr LaPoHlet, -vice- 
president for East Tennessee. 

Tennessee fairs will giet $17,000 in 
state aid during the 1934 season. 



Raiders accompanied by License 
Commissipner Paul Moss pounced 
upon Irying Place, New York, Sun- 
day (11) and arrested 10 actors and 
the house manager. Abe Potal, '];hey 



ister's: dayghterr-4»:4iO¥^r^«.-edI^ •w^reiheM'in '-IIOO bkil* each when ar 



raigried In Night Court. ■ 

Cast members arrested were Junfe 
St. Clair, Ruth Tieper... Ruth Rose, 
Margie ; Hart, Naricy Bohn, Mickey 
Markwdod, Martin Bohn, Johri 
Cook. Floyd HaHcey, 'Jtert Marlon, 
all. principal^. Chief Magistrate 
MacDonald, with CpmrnlsSioner 
Moss sitting beside him on the 
Night Court bench,, denied the plea 
of the actors' ■ counsel that they be 
dismissed under the New York state 
law, Which absolves actors In Indc-: 
cent show pinches; 

Commissioner Moss, brother of B. 
S. Moss and himself a former- the- 
dtre own,er and legit producer, did 
onot^c.oMuct „th6 jaid,_. bu t_sajd Jie 



wa,s invited ' to go along- by. Hecpnd 
Deputy Police Commi-ssloner Ilai'old 
Allen. Latter said he had been 
a.<j.signlng detectives to the Irvinfe 
Place sho ws to riiake notes, and that 
warrants had. been obtained. tWo 
days before the raid. 

Audience Didn't Know 
Raiders waited until, the end of 
Sunday night's performanfc and 
then morched through the stagr- door 
ortto the stage. Curtain was al- 



ready down, so the outgoing audi- 
ence did not see , the raid. The ar- 
rested players were placed under 
custody and permitted to dress, be-- 
fore being taken to court; 

Commenting on the performance, 
Coriiml.ssioner Moss described the 
show as 'ra\y.* .Adding, 'and I'Ve 
seen quite a few shows and I should 
know.' 

Irving. Place Is ' the home hou.se 
of the Wilner AVheel and operated 
by Mux R. AVilner. I. H. Ilerk has 
an Interest in", the hoii property 
and theatre is Understood to be 
leased to Wilner by the estate of 
Thomas C. T. Cralh's father. Crairi 
was the last New York district at- 
torney. 

Irving Place raid wa? the. first 
conducted on. a theatre fllncc Comr 
ml.ssloner Mos.s took Office last 
month. He declared upon hl.s ap- 
pointment by Mayor LaOuardia that 
Tfe"^'i^arari'tTi<lami"Tf7F^^ 
on the stagf'. 



BANS BEER 

Indcijendenc;^', Ia., T^eb. 12. 
Directors of tho'lj anan county 
fair hoard havr> lurtwd down propd- 
sitions for bf-r .'••jil'- f.-dii'-f-sifinf-' 



FAm EQUIPMENT iSOLI) 

Nashville, Tern., Feb, 12. 
The holdings, of the Cumberland 
Park Amusement Company at" the 
State Fair* Grotind, Including a 
merry-go-round, airplane ewing, 
rOller-coaBter, big dipper, and vari- 
ous stands, were sold at public auc- 
tion at the courthouse door, Jan. 31, 
fOP $l,0iOO, t« satisfy a jridgmerit of 
$9,219. 

J.; W. Russwurm, in whose favor 
the judigment vvais reridpred, was the 
successful bidder. 



GOES TO €ANTON 

Jaritori,. O., Feb. 12. 
Don ,L; Mckibben, for the. p 
four years in charge of Conneaut 
Lake P-ark, at Corineaut, Pcnn, has. 
been :nan\ed' buslrieJis manager bf. 
.Meyers Lake Park here, assuming 
his; new duties Feb. 1. He will have 
charge of the park's e,xcurHf6n de- 
partment, and picnic bpokinga. 



OTTAWA BOOKS CAENEY 

Ottawa, Feb. 12. 
The directoi-s of the Ottawa Fair,, 
dated for next August, "have booked 
Max Llndcrman's, Idway for the 
Canadian Capital's ex posl t ion ^fbr 
The secoridTsuw^asivF^ycar.- " 



Hope for Jasper 

Ni-wton. la., Feb, 12. 
A $15,000 pla.ster on grouiids and 
oqiiijimcnt of the. Jasper county fair 
Is not. .stopping inv-mbM s. of th'' fftlr 
Imard irrtrri di^'l:Mls.>^int^ tlM» 1934 
i'-vnt. riaris arc. being ni(i(l(.' for a 



naTiK-s of (^li.i ri'-f- ami oMi'-r 'im- . ^ 
tionfjiblf; pi-oniolioirp. l>aif-«: ! poti'ilar siil)Sf rir)li"n to r;il.s<: the 

^'fi-3'l. ■ iiiortL'air^. 



64 



VARIETY 



Tuenky, Febmarjr 13, 1934 







p s - ^, 





FIGURES SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS 

CHICAGO THEATRE, Chicago $74,000 
' PARAMOUNT THEATRE, New York . $52,000 

EARL THEATRE, PhHadelphia - $20,000 



INDIANA THEATRE, 
Indianapolis 

WARFIELD THEATRE, 
San Francisco 

PARAMOUNT THEATRE, 
Los Angeles 



$19,000 

$23,000 

$21 .000 




ON TOUR 

ORPHEUM THEATRE, 6ENVER, WeeEf Feb. 9 



STAGE 




Pnbllahed Weekly at 164 Weat 48th St., New Tork. N. T., by Variety, Inc. Annual' BabBcr{pttoii.. fs. 
Bntered as eecond-class matter Decentber 22, 190&, at the Poat Office at New' -York, N> T.> uiid^r the 

COPVBIOHT» 1»84, BT VABIETSi iNC; ATX BIGHTS RESifikViBD. : 



inrle eoptea, IB eehta. 
act «f Mareb I, 1171. 



Vol 113. No. 10 



NEW YORK, TUESDAY, flSBRlJ^)^ 2^^ 1934 



56 PAGES 








Simshine Seekers Face $40 Take 
And No Reservations as Fla. 



Ill 1 1 



AS 



Miami, Feb. 19. 

Florida Is havlngr the greatest 
twaaon since 1924-26, the year of the 
big boom, and from its present pace 
tnay pass that eventful season. 
Rooms have shot up again to |40 
And more per day, with reserva- 
^iona practically Impossible to se- 
•nre. 

Notices have been sent to all out- 
•f-town agencies and railroads to 

811 their customers to make certain 
By have accommodations in Miami 
'itt .other cities before talcingr the 
trip. Otherwise, visitors will likely 
find themselves parking out on the 
iidewalk. 

Miami district !s fllleol to capacity 
and hotels are refusing to consider 
reservations, in many cases prefer- 
rlnar to take care of applicants as 
rooms are vacated. Situation is ad- 
mitted all along the line as serious, 
the fear growing that overcrowding 
inay act as a boomerang and kill 
off future business for the territory 
both this year and next. 

It Is expected that the present 
overcrowded condition will exist for 
another 30 days at least. 



B'WAY NEWSREELER'S 
FIVE-STAR NEWS IDEA 



Under Its Pathe policy the Em- 
bassy is shaping: up as the first 
newsreel theatre in the world with 
a flve-.star edition. By changing 
Ihto a dally the Emb now is in a 
position to win out over its reel- 
glutted competitor, the Translux. 

Where the Luxer changes weekly 
the Emb under the policy Instituted 
by Harold Wondsell, Pathe editor, 
la following the news on the screen 
the same as dailies do in their edi- 
tions. Instead of waiting until the 
end of the week, as is customary In 
newsreel houses to date, Pathe is 
slipping news into the Emb as rap- 
Idly as !t breaks. This requires a 
constant changlnfT of ballyhoo ma- 
terial outside. Pathe's plan is to 
Bet up a special electric sign over 
the marquee and use this as a front 
pa^e for current headliners. 
- The daily policy threatens to 
complicate things between Pathe 
and the Lux. The opposition house 
has a full contract for all Pathe 
news material. Whether or not the 
Lux will attempt to follow the Emb 
on the swingover from a weekly to 
a dally remains to be seen. In news 
Circles this Is doubted because the 
l^iazer haa no such direct hook-up 
Mth any of the reels as has the 
Ihxtb and its Pathe supervlsloji. 



Fame 

A middle-aged woman made 
the rounds of the Broadway 
vaudeville agencies, seeking 
dates on the ground that she 
bears a close resemblance to 
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt. 

'Especially,' she said, 'when 
she smiles.' 



FKENCH CHARY 
OF NEWSREEL 
PROPAGANDA 



Naming a Nite Club 

Paris, Feb^ 19. 
K ew cafe In bright light district 



Bear boulevards named 'Aux G-ang 
sters' (pronounced 'Oh Gangstaire'). 

Place Is 30 yards from a police 
station, and around the comer from 
Faubourg Montmartre. 



Washington, Feb. 19. 

Meeting of newsreel representa- 
tives was called In Washington at 
the French Embassy Thursday (IB) 
In an attempt to keep them from 
showing clips of the rioting and 
revolutionary activities in Paris 
during the past few weeks. Reels 
afreed to play ball. 

Embassy was quite candid and 
told the men the French govern- 
ment was upset by report of clips 
en route showing shooting and 
police brutality In the streets. It 
was actual action shots only that 
they wanted censored, although 
satisfied to let general items be 
shown. 

Newsreel men figure they'd bet- 
(Continued on page 64) 



COHAN AND HARRIS 
LEGIT PARDS AGAIN 



Jewish Theatrical Guild will hold 
Its annual dinner at the Waldorf 
Astoria, N. T., In April, with George 
M. Cohan and Sam H. Harris the 
honor guests. 

Understood the affair is a signal 
indicating the former managerial 
partners will rejoin to present one 
or more shows next season. 



Symphonic Pickup 



Jazz as an economic bolsterer to 
symphonic music is the idea which 



as a regular thing with the large 
symphony orchestras of jtlFfe country. 
He starts March 6 with i the Cincin- 
nati Symph as guest conductor, 
- It's-no ^ccr£t.lhat almost^allll 
civic symphs wind up with a deficit, 



It's deemed good showmanship to 
mate a jazz maestro with the sun- 
dry municipality sjTnphs and per- 
haps enable them to get off tbe 
nut 




Radio Theatre Biggest Bane 
to Established BbxpliitieB 
—Films Lin« Up with Le- 
git to Combat IUdio*s 
Gratis Shows 



FEAR NO LIMIt 



Anticipating an annual loss of 
possibly .over 60,000,000 ticket pur- 
chasers In 1936, for film theatres 
alone based on statistics'. gathered 

in 28 leading cities throughout the 
U. S., the picture business Is pre- 
paring to defend Itself against radio.. 
Picture men want the ether out of 
the theatre business. 

The film industry, by the action 
of its NRA rulers, is now allleti 
with the legitimate theatre In - a 
showdown scheduled to be . fought 
out with .radio heads in Washlngrton 
early in'- March. 

At the same time the Government 
will find Itself on the -defensive ^n 
other directions; — Through- the ac 
tlvities of the CWA the prbfessionaV 
(Continued on page 96) 




1P» 



Paris, Feb. 10. 

American $6Tgold pie<Qes re-, 
placing- chips at; M<>nte Caiflor 
roulette tables. This is, a, nioye 
to attract trade f^om Frepcb 
resorts,' \^bere roulette Is jnpv 
permitted.^ fpr. the .first time in 
mahy^yi^arsr' 

Teiri*JAc .rudh tp .me metal la 
predicted, for this makei Honte 
the 'only town Ih Eurbpe where. 
old-faBhioned . gold sliiipledns 
of jciny nationality are invclrcu-* - 
.latipii. v^iiiners keep theih; 



KOUt^TIHERS 
IiM-A.K. 
STARPK 



He Drunkard' and 10 
Nights' as Shows in 
Beer Garden Cabaret 



One time Swedish church on 66th 
street east of Lexington avenue, N. 
Y., is to be turned into a beer gsir- 
den cabaret by a group of actors. 
Melodrania will be played as a floor 
show, 'The ~ Drunkard' and 'Ten 

Nights in a Barroonl' being consid- 
ered. 'Drunkard' is being done oh 
the Coast along similar lines. 

Plan is to charge $1.06 admission, 
with beer and sandwiches included. 

Show will not come under Equity 
rules because it Is not a regular 
theatre. 



See Hitler Letup on 



Non-Aiyan Talent 



Prague, 

That the German gbyeriiment is 
making definite backward moves . In 



JEauOEbitfiman_jiiay_cajci3UJbiroj*giL, ^ts obJections<.^o— JewJsiw.-talent. 



seems to be Indicated by the new 
contract given Irene Eislnger lie^e. 

Miss Eisinger leaves imthedjately 
for Be rlin to appear in 'lioc kendo 
Flammen' at the Theatres des Wes- 



tens. 

Miss Eisinger Was formerly, a big 
draw In Berlin; but upon entry of 
the Naai regime she .was sifted out 
and- had to comfe. here for worfe 



Holly wood/ Feb . 

Radio wUi roiind up 10 old tlmie 
star and featured players for' the 
principal parts in 'False Dreams 
Farewell.'- 

Exploltatlpii win b6 4^ong the line 
of 'come '. and see your old time 
favorites, ail in one pleturte/ 

'Farewell,* legit, . closed the 
Little, NeW; York, recently. 



Hpllywopd, 

Dodge cpmt>any win hire film 
stunt-men tqi drive its cars through 
spectacular testa -which, ai'^ to be 
mptipn a,ndv still phptpgraphed for 
an extensive advertislhg campaign. 

R. H. Pklenske, of .the Ruthrauff- 
Ryan ad agency^ has taken offices 
at a sltudlo here. One stuifit he Is 
particularly anxious to haVe per- 
fprmed is the. driving of. a car 
through a' brick wjali. 

Scheme Is to also Use extra girlS 
to. poke with the car In various 
backgrpUnds made familiar by the 
picture -companies^. 



College Boys Get FifSt 
Road Ghaiice at O'Neill 

JDulw (iue;:-Ia..^Feb.:-ll».L 



Columbia QolIeg:e players have 
been picked for the ytresterh pre- 
miere 6f 'Days Without End,' by 
Eugeixe O'lJeiU. Players are e*ten- 
SiPn studes and- regulars in . 



school .departrneht .of dramatic art. 



Students have- , a rep and .were 
named by thci New York Theatre 
Guild; for the first whirl at the pro- 
ductlph the Migs>5S!?lppl valley 
spot. 



Chicago, Feb. 
; lieglalatlve oicay. on the .World's 
Fair for/ 1934 should be passed .this. 
W0ek, Sibnat^ down in Sprlitgfleld 
shipped the bill through with no 
tro.tible except a tiny rumpus about 
the: ritce '^uestign -jas far as .negroes 
were ^ooncernedi aud- the. House Is 
ready to give itjthe ^nal stamp with 
sImiUir speed. Only, trouble here 
may. be 'the new proiMsed smaend- 
ihent to .the bill whloh niay take the 
J^Iahetarl'um put of tha Fair. Not 
likely that amendment will ba 
adopted; . , 

' Fending .tha filial ..passage of the 
bin there is in reality no isuch thing 
Sjb the 1914 World!» Fair and all 
cphti^ts t^lng taken for space this 
summer iu'e thus not ..contracts at 
all biit ip^rely. binders and options 
oh; Space.': 

World's Fair pfflclals have had 
some sleepless nights over the 
House ' of DiEblegat^s voting oil the 
bill due tp ths occaslphai eKiuawks 
about the Fair from the downstate 
delegates. Many downstaters have 
put up a howl against the Fialr 6n 
the yelp 'that while It helped Chl- 
cagp . the Fait didn't dp the rest of 
the state any good, in fact,, that . 
Chicago regularly drew. all the peo- 
ple and ipbsecPln away from the 
downstate - stores and enterprises. 
Particularly y/.M this exodus fro;ih 
tile small towns' felt pn tbe -week- 
ends wjth whple f anillles crowding 
into thc^ aytp to spend a couple of 
day;B in the Ipop.- 

However, not believed that thcsa 
squawks, WhUe annoying ehough;, 
will binder the final passage of thSi 
World's Fair bin. 

Work 1$ ready to start on the new 
Midway setup. Midway wni be on 
the Isla nd .j hlS .sunimer a:nd since 
tiSriiis"igTiither Art 
sitatei f urther^man-made land bn the 
site of the present, beach which will 
be built but a, number - of leeti 



'CLARK GABLE SPEdAL' 
GtrSl^'IUlBIZ 



■ . Baltlmpre, . Feb; 
irst ]. instance, hereabouts 
railroad'.s . uhspltclted merger witli 
show i>iz; AQgie was the B, .& O.'a 
'Clark ;Gable Special' excursion* 
which tPted i.OOO fans irom Wash* 
Ingtoh. yesterday . (IS) to view tha 
Metro player'a iburrent p. a. at 
Loew's Century, 

Ihdicates. more trigger-minded 
thinking .Ih r.r. circles than of oI<^ 
as Gable, engagement wasn't pen*. 
cniert.Jn. untn six dlays-in-advante^ 



but >ds. appearing in Washington 
dailies fdllowing day hawked the 
round-trip i jauntv- • 
For^the $2 fee, transportation to 
' " 1^ thAfttr e f n'?^'"^<'d 

with tViP hn'nap wilmlflh, as a gftnd« 



will gesture a. tea-and refreshment 
set^U) at the Lord Baltimore hotel 
alHO^hriiwiy^in. Rftilrond's arrange- 
ment with C<>ntury held to regulai^ 
40c ad Ish por prrson. 



VAKIETY 



PICT 



E S 



Tuesday, February 20, 1934 



Fox s 3-Mondi Contracts to 25 Girls 
And 10 Juves; Hope to Bijld Stars 



Hollywood, Feb. 19. 

In a move to build up a juvenile 
contract, list from which prospec- 
tive star aiid featured talent can 
Pox- hias handed 
three-niohth -contracts to - 25 giris 
and, 10 young nien who have been 
appearihg in musical lines and in 
extra pairts oh the lot. 

Youngsters' will be given small 
parts wherever possible as a means 
of testing their ability. ^They will 
be piald nominal salaries under, the 
three months' agreements^ which 
call fo^ .comparatively higher pay 
if they can show they have isome- 
thing. 

Those who garnered these try- 
put contracts are: Shirley Adron- 
Lynn Barl, Eiorothy Dearing, 
Haskins, Jlilie Cabahne, Iris 
Anita Thompson, Ardell 
linger, Marlon* Weldon, Nadlrie 
bore, iFlorine bixon, Jean Alien,. 
Anne Nagle, Jean Chadburn, Pa- 
tricia Lee, Philippa Hilber, Marbeth 
Wright, . Esther Brodelet, • Patricia 
Farr, Geneva SawyeiPj Elsiie . Lai'son, 
Irene Col6man, Mary Blaekwood, 
Virgin!; Hills, Lucille. Miller, 
Jimmy Grant,' Tex Broadus, Fr^d 
Waliia.ce, William Stelling, Pat Gun- 
ning, George Ford, Paul M<;Vey, 
'Glen Gallagher, Paul Parry and 
Carlie Taylor; 

.I'pr .the most part the novitiates 
are under 20. 



Novelty 



■J- riollywobd, Feb. 19. 
Sam Wood is tripping to Eu- 
rope for his first vacash in 
eight years. 

..'He's the only Hollywood di- 
rector whP has .not had an 
offer to meg fbr a British com- 
pany, and . that's why he's go- 
ing across. 



Kalinar-Ruby'$No.2W&W 



Hollywood, Feb. 19. 

Harry Ruby and .Bert Kalmar 
have been signed by Radio to write 
an original story, as. well as the 
lyrics and music for 'Frat Heads,' 
next Wheeler anid Woolsey.. 

Scrlvening pair also wrote music 
and lyrics for the current TVheeler 
and Woolsey, 'Hips, Hips, Hooray.' 



Grace Bradley Spotted 

Hollywood, Fei>. 19. 
Harold Lloyd's long search for 
the second .femme lead for 'Cat's 
Paw/ currently in work, has ended 
with spotting of Grace Bradley, his 
original choice, on loan from Para- 
mount. 

Miss Bradley was unavailable 
three weeks ago when Lloyd's gan 
dering began. Since then seven, or 
eight players iiave been tested for 
the role. She started Saturday (17) 
Una Merkel has the top femme spot. 

Dance numbers under direction of 
Larry Cebellos. get under way to 
day (Mon.) 



H0NT60UEBY BACK TO FIX 

His stage plans for the present 
out, Douglass Montgomery shoved 
ofC last week for Holljrwood and 
♦Little Man, What Now?' for Uiji 
versal. 

Montgomery had rehearsed 10 
days with the Group Theatre's pro- 
duction, 'Gentlewoman," when the 
call from U arrived. 



"WorM Oors' Supplants 
Fox loye Song' Tide 

Holly woodi Febi 19. 

'The World is Ours' will be re- 
lease of 'Manhattan Love Spng/ 
Which Fox produces from Sateve- 
post ser^l by Kathleen Norris. Pic- 
ture wlH. co-star Janet Gaynor and 
Charles Farrell, with Jimmle Dunn 
and Sally Filers featured. 

Fox is.bowing to request of Mono- 
grs.m that' it select another release, 
title pn- the picture, as Monbjgrahi 
had purchased a published story .of 
sarnie moniker more tikn ia.: year ago, 
and had already sold that title on 
its program for this season^" Mono- 
grani . is now .marking its 'Manhattan 
Love Song' for release in April. 



Thalberg Seeks McGoire 



Hollywood, . 19. 
Deal is on between Irving Thal- 
berg and William Anthony McGuire, 
Universal writer-producer, for the 
latter, to switch to Metro in same 
capacity. 
If I t goes through, playwright will 




WILL MAHONEY 

Week Feb. 16, Paramount, B'klyn 

The Detroit Free Press, said: 
"This coniedtan is. so widely known 
and established, as' ah entertainer 
par exciellence that he needs no new 
enconiums. His songs, agile legs, 
and his remarkable ability to play 
the 'xylophone with his feet never 
weary ian audience." ' 

All Commuhicatibns Direct to 

WILL MAHONEY 
460 80th Street 
Brooklyn, .New York 



GOLDWYN SPLURGES 

Refurbishes Coast Product! 
Quarter* 



Hollywood. Feb. 19. . 
. Flectrlc stoves, Ice boxes- and 
plenty other gadgets and ap-: 
purtenanceS are provided fop the 
comfort of players in the liew suites 
for . supporting cast in. . the re- 
furbished and re-arranged Samuel 
Goldwyn production quarters at 
United Artists lot, 

Hooks on doors and demountable 
name plates will facilitate quick 
changes In designating pla,yers' 
suites. Grand staircase has jbieen. 
built giving ehtre from tbe lot to 
corridors. a 

Goldwyn gets an ample private 
projection room as part of the imr 
prpvements. 



MS SETS THREE WEEKS' 
FOR GLORIA, THALBERG 



Hollywood, Feb. 19. - 
Metro will remake lihor Glyn's 

'Three Weeks' with Gloria SWanson 

in the femme pash part, 
it's first for Miss Swanson under 

her new contract. Irving' Thalberg 

will produce it. 



Two O'Gradys' Bdoglit 
By U for Stuart-Ayres 



Hollywood, Feb. 19, 
Pictijre rights to 'The Two 
O'Gfadys,' by Beckehs Thorpe', have 
been acquired by Universal. 

Yarn wei.s purchased with idea 
of co-starrins Gloria Stuart and 
Lew Ayres li'- the picture. Paul 
Sloane, who directs 'Down the 
Last Yacht' at Radio, lis in line to 
direct 'The Two O'Gradys' for Uni- 
versal, which goes out on the 
1934-35 prpgra,m.. 



Gable and MacDonald's 
'Dnchess of Delmonico' 



be in the Thalberg \init. 



Craven Acting Only 

* »■ 

Hollywood, Feb. 19. 
Frank Craven says he is. through 
directing and writing and with his 
third successive assignment feels 
he win stick to the grease, paint 
permanently. He has Just been 
spotted by Charles .R. Rogers for a, 
featured part in 'Canal Boy.' 
William Morris office arranged. 



Lahny Ross Back East 
^For Maxwell 'Boat' Hour 

Hollywood, Feb. 19. 

Oh completion of 'Melody in 
Spring' at Paramount, Lanny Ross 
will return to New York for: three 
weeks to continue his Maxwell 
House 'Show Boat' hour from there. 

On his return he goes' Into . B. 
P. Schulberg's 'Her Master's Voice.' 



INDEX 



Sills -••,« • 

ButlesQiie « • aV* • • 4 • • * • • • • 

OhCLltdT ff« •'• 

Editorial 

Exploitation. .... •><•••> • • 

Film Reviews ... . : . ,.....» 

Foreign Film .News. .... .12- 

Fpreign Show Ndws...... 

House Reviews, ,*. , 

Inside — ^Leglt 
IhsIde^Music . ... ... '^t.i . . 

Inside — Pictures .... . t . . . 

Inside— Radio 
Inside-^Vaude. . . . . .. . . . . . . 

Legitimate .............. .45- 

Letter- List. • • • • • . ;i 

liiterati 

Music ; . . . .' 

New Acts. «.... 

.News.. from .the Dailies. . > ^ „ 

Nite 6lubs 

Obituary ............ ^ 

Outdoors ......•».• 

Pictures 2- 

Radio ..>•..........••>. .2t)- 

]Ra(iiip~Rep6rt's . < r^T".~Vr.~!i'T'~"'" 

• Talking Shorts v . . . . 

Times Square. 

Unit Reviews. 

Vaudeville .....k..;, 39- 

Women » . 



43 
64 
63 
•44 
21 
14 
13 
48 
18 
44 
44- 
44 
36 
42 
■19 
55 
60 
38 
40 
52 
38 
64 
55 
-28 
37 

■3r~ 

•14 
63 
40 
42 
51 



'Barretis' for Shearer 

Hollywood, Feb. 19. 

'Barretts of Wimpole . Street' goes 
ahead of 'Marie Antoinette,' as 
Norma Shearer's next at Metro. 

'Street' Is nearer to being ready 
for the cameras than ' 'Antoinette,' 
previously slated as the next. 



Par Sluffs Thayer 

Hollywood, Feb. 19. 

Tiffany •Thayer Is off the, Para- 
mount .writing payroll. 

He had bieen colliabing with How- 
ard J. Green on .'The Whipping.' Al 
Lewis .production. Green continues 
solo." 



'Dressing' at Sea 

Hollywood, Feb.; 19. 

Paramount's 'We're Not Dress- 
ing' company is at Catalina Island 
on location for sea stuff. 

Unit comprises 80 people includ- 
ing Bing Crosbyj Burns and Allen 
Carole Lombard and Leon Errol. 



Jean Arthur's Four 

Hollywood, Feb. 19. 
Jeaii Arthur will do four pictures 
a -year, f or „Columbia-,under a. .ne w 



tt-rm deal. 

Ralph Farnum set the contr. 



MISS MACDONALD ON AIR 

— — -JHollywgod^.JE.eb,..-JL9- 

Jeanottc MaoDonald left for New 
York last week, going east for two 
radio broadcasts and returning to 
Hollywood the first week in March 
to prepare for start of Metro's 
-Morry Widow.' 



Robert Montgomery Set 
In Tbalberg's 'Bachelor' 



Hollywood, Feb. 19. . 
Robert Montgomery's- . .Vacation 
trip east. Is off for several weeks. 

Finishing 'Rip Tide' he goes Into 
Biography of a Bachelor,' with Ann 
Harding. It's an Irving Thalberg 
; >roduction. 



Hollywood, Feb. 19. 
Clark Gable will liave the lead 
with Jeanette MacDonald In Metro's 
Duchess of. Delmonico/ now being 
scripted by Harvey Gates for Harry 
Beaumont's direction. 

Miss MacDoniald will sing four 
songs,, written by Nacio Herb 
Brown and. Arthur Freed. 

Tarn Is of Broadway, Delmiohlco's 
and Saratoga of the '90s. 



Hire Show's Full Cast 
For Fields' Next Film 

Lbs Angeles, Feb., 19. 
Entire cast of 'The Drunkard/ 
legit farce which. has been playing 
for many months «,t the' Theatre 
Mart, has been spotted by Para- 
mount to support W. C. Fields . In 
his next comedy, 'Grease Paint,' 
starting, latter part of March. 

Lanny Ross and Barbara Fritchle 
draw juve leads. 



Wood's 'Forsbtten Gtrl' 

Hollywood, Feb. 19. 
Sam Wood assigned to dircsct 
'Forgotten Girl/ ias his next for 
Metro. Lining up the cast this 
week. 

Script Is being prepared by Sam 
MIntz, production under the super 
vision of HarxyJB^pi. 



SAILINGS^ 

March . 7 (San Francisco to Syd- 
ney) Arthur Kelly (Mariposa). 

Feb. 28 (New York to London) 
Adler, Kelly. Kern and Mann (Yacht 
Club Boys) (Manhattan). 

Feb. . 24 (New York to London) 
Mr. and Mrs. Irving Mills, Cab Cal 
loway band (Majestic). 

Feb, 24 (San Francisco to Shang 
hai) Del Goodman (Pau Mara). 

Feb. 2i (New York to Paris) Rob- 
ert Wyler (Pres. Harding). 

Feb. 17 (South American, tbur) 
T. S. StrlbHng, Octavus Roy Cphen 
Frederick C. Kendall (Lafayette) 

Feb. 17 (New York to Berlin) 
Max Schmeling, Maria Mueller 
(Europa). 

Feb. 17 (New York to Paris), C. F. 
Crandaill, George Boris, Mr. and 
Mrs., Clifford C. Fischer (Paris). 
=--Peb;-17K^New-^Yo.rk"toHBermuda) 
Mr. .and Mrs. Mark Helllngdr (Em 
press of Bermuda). 

Feb. 16 (three week cruise) Wil- 
fred J. Funk (Reliance). 
,„_Ffib^.-lB_ jCLondon. ±o. j5lfi.w.JYcu:k) 
Tom Drew (Manhattan); 

•Feb. 15 (New York to Paris), Fritz 
Keller (Bex'engaria). 

Feb. 16 (New York to London) 
Irene Blller, Harry J. Qell, Edward 
Hunter (Washington). 



FOyiUUISTEST 
CASE OVER 

NUDIEPK 



Tom Reed MaDs WB Pact 



Hbllywood, Feb. 19. 
Warners is negotiating a flve-year 
contract with Tom Reed, long-time 
writer-producer atpjUnlversal.- 

Reed currently preparing .a treat- 
ment on 'Dark Towers' at WB. 



Al Green's Next 

Hollywood, Feb. 19. 

*Happy Family,' Is Al Green's first 
pic under his new directorial ticket 
with Warners, set for today (Mon.) 
with Aline MacMahon' in the star- 
ring' spot. . 

Guy Kibbee, Allen Jenkins, Joan 
Wheeler and Hugh . Herbert also 
spotted prominently.. Being scripted 
by Gene Mark.ey\ and . Kathryn 
Scola from- an orig by the former. 



Lps Angeles, Feb: 

Ruling that his court ha^ no ju- 
risdiction, to act oh Brynn Fpy'.s api 
plication for a permanent restrain- 
ing order to prevent .police inter- 
ference with, the local showing of - 
the , nudist pic, ?Elysia,' Supferipr 
Judge Thomas P. White, in: sua? 
taining a demurrer brought by CJt 
Attorney Ray Chesbrow's offlcd, 
autoniatically dissolved the tempo- 
rary injunction granted 10 days agOb 

Attorney Charles. Wi, Cradiok, . pn 
behalf of the Foy studios, an- 
nounced after the. hearing, that he 
is preparing to take the 'Elysia' 
case up to both the Cajifornia Su- 
prenje— Court and. into the U. S. 
high court to establish a principle 
of legal procedure .a&alnst chal-. 
lenged pictures . which would be ^6f 
Importance to the entire industry. 

Judge White's denial of jurisdic- 
tion, leaves open the entire matter 
of whether 'lElysia' or any nudist 
picture is of Itself obscene uncieP 
the present state and city statutes;, 
It also leaves this' type of picture, 
at the complete mercy of .poticet, 
acting under corriplaint, accord i 
to Atty. Cradlck. 

Foy'is Contention 

Foy contended, that Judges White's 
court did have jurisdiction becaiise 
legal property r'ightis were h^volved, 
and . that for this reason tlie court 
could determine on merit .whether 
the property was lawful oy nbt, un- 
der the. statute, and coiild restrain 
interference with it if found to be 
lawful. This would have . involved!, 
a, court, definition of what is ' 
scene' under the statei and locat 
acts. 

Judge White took the positl<m 
that this would hafe determined ttoi 
guilt or innocence of the 'ElySlaJl 
producers bef-pre and without an'ar- 
rest, and iibat this was not tM* 
province of an equity tribunal. 

Terming .the application of 
vague and widely interpretative 
obscenity law a dangerous • Instru- 
ment Of suppression and censorship^ 
Atty. Cradlck declared he wouia 
carry the 'Eiysia' case to U. 8. 
courts on the ground that police In- 
terference- violated the constitu- 
tional guarantees of property, and 
Into the state courts'on the ground 
that the state law establishes the 
crime after commission, of.the^act 
whose " 'obscenity' cannot be pre- 
determined. " 



Richard Arlen 111 

Hollywood, Feb. 19. 

'CTpme oh Marines' at Paramount 
was held up for three days through. 
Illness of Richard Arlen. 

Player, suffering from pleurisy, 
ran a high fever and was jerked 
from the picture by his physician, 
who feared a collapse if the actor 
kept on working. 



Nan Blair at Fox 

Holly Wood, Feb. 19. 
Nan Blair, ..former authors' agent 
here, is on the Fox scenario pay- 
roll. 

She is on ai spiecial assignment 
looking for material from the novel 
and original fields. 



RujB^gles in 'Mrs. Sweeney' 

Hollywood, Feb. 19. 

Charles Ruggles, borrowed from 
Paramount, will have th^ topper in 
Warners' 'Friends of Mrs. Sweeney.' 

Yarn, based on the novel by El- 
mer Davis, Is being scripted by F; 
Hugh Herbert and iBrwln Gc^lsey. 

Dot Lee Optioned 

_,.,^.^.,4....^^ ^^^^^ 

RKO exercised its option .on 
Dorothy Lee for one more pic. 

It probably will be the next 
Wheeler and. Woolsey Qpus. 



JOE MOABISON'S 1ST 

Hollywood, Feb. 19. 
Joe Morrison's first spotting by 
Paramount is 'Ready for Love', 
starring Dick Arlen and Ida Lupino, 



Xrime Doctor' Weaves 
Under Wire, IIG Saved 

Hollwpod, Feb. 19. 
Despite three days' retakes necea-. 
sitated by replacement of Corinne 
Griffith with Karen Morley's Radio'* 
'Crime Doctor,' under David Lewis^ 
production wing, came In two day* 
and $11,000 Under schedule. 

Lewis now supeing 'Dover Road* 
and 'Stingaree.' 



LEDERER'S PEACE 



Actor A^roup Sponsors Sobi 
Coast 



Hpliywpod, .19, 
.:.Francis Lederer, who has ap- 
pointed • himself an.dpostle of world 
peace; 'Is heading a natlonat organ- 
ization to oppose war for which 
Incorporatlpn ' papers have 
filed at Sacramento.. Society Ip 
tabbed the World Peace Federatioii, 
Inc. 

Lederer and others plan to lec- 
ture before clubs and on the radio 
against war. 

Carrillo Mulls Tour 

.Hollywood, Feb. '19- 
Leo Carrillo is toying with thO 
idea of taking a cohdcn.ccd vec-. 
sion of 'The Bad Mart' on tour of 
easternplc^ spots.;:. 



Currently at the Warflcld in 
Frisco for F&ir 



SETS CHAS. LEDERER 



* Hollywood, F';<. 10. 

Irving Thalberg has added cIud Ios 
Lederer to his writin.c; stiiff at. 
Metro. 

Lederer gets' a.s.'siirnmont to 
velop an original story. 



Tucsdajr, February 20, 1934 



PICTVRES 



VARIETY 



Hearst Slows Dp 
Davies % 13,' 
Supe Waiter Out ! 



Hollywood, 
10 daiys ppoductlQii 
Metro's 'Operator 13,' star Ma- 
rlon iDavies was stopped on orders 
from W. R. Hearst, following sun- 
dry kicks on the story. 
Film was Jerked from Walter 
anger's, supervision handed 
back to Liucien Huhhard, who Was 
ol-iginally . set ' Aim- 

iUioul: Walsh Wfis a,lso replaced as 
irector hy Richard Boleslavsky. 



reli While It Lasted 



X dance team rented an 
apartment atop a theatre. It's 
the flat formerly used by the 
theatre's maestroi and has a 
private elevator and a private 
boxi leadiiig from the apart- 
ment, from which the producer 
could overlook, his shows. 

So the d^nce teajrn and their 
friends, without asking anyone, 
would sit and view, the present 
shows (pictures). But the. 
hoiisQ management finally . got 
wise, and how the flickers 
don't; go in with the lease any 
morie. 



MAX FLEISCHER WINS 
BETTY BOOP DOLL CASE 



Fleischer Studios, Inc., headed by 
, Max Fleischer, producer of cal-toons 
New treatment is being writtei^ for Pja,ram6u'nt release, will be en- 
by Haryey Thew, whose former l^^jj^g^j^y ^^^^ $100,000, it is esti-i 
script was thrown out for the one k^^^tg^^ a,s a result bit the decision 
which brought displeasure, and just handed down by Judge Wool- 
brought about the halt, siey; holdlpg that a doll manufao- 
Metro isets Daves off to a new turer had infringed Fleischer's 
start in 'Operator 13' to day .(19), hggtty Boop cartoon character, 
after niajor script rewrite had been The estimiate ,of over :$l6o,000 is 
rushed through in record tinoe based on dajriailres of $10 per doll, 
Thew .with Eve Greene and . Zeldft amOunf that is ifixed by Fed- 
Sears, eral. statute; Suit agaiiist Ralph A. 

Miss/DaVies wants Ring Crosby U,reuiidlich, wlio is alleged to have 
•for co-starrlhg part in her next jnj^niifactured B^ Boop dolls 
picture to follow 'Operator 13/ ^y(^ithout Ucense, has; been pending 
Metro is negotiating with Par for j^^j. yg^j. 

Crosby, so that player will be aivall- j^gtice Woolsey allowed attorney 
able iWhen the next Dayies pic starts fggg separately toXouis Nlzer, who 



in July. 



represents "Fleischer. In Nlzer's 
opinion, the! decision of im 
portance since for the first time it 
hblds. that a three-dimensional ob 
ject such as a doll can be an in 
frln^ement of a two-dimensional 
object such as. a drawing, 

The -judge's decision wai3 worded 
in unique language at one. point, 
. _ .thus: 'The character which was 
no place tor i-iow | depleted ce^bined in appearahce 



Hohz Couldn't Wait 
That Loi^, Back East 



'Hollywood, Feb. 19. 



Hollywood is 

Holtz. .After receiving offers for I the childish' with the sophisticated 
jtwip different parts in major studio U-a round baby face with big eyes 
tftfoduct, Holtz last week hopped a and a nose like a button and 
'plane and flew to New York. I framed in a soniewhat careful 

c.'iHoltz made a couple of shorts for colfuree, with a body of which per 
(•jjEZplumbia and then figured that, hapa the most noticeable char- 
some studio would come along and acterlstic ls the most self-confident 
ibuy . hlm oh his individuality and I little bust imaginable.' 
Btar him along the lines of Cantor 
and Jolson. However, instead parts | 
in '30 Day Princess! and /Canai Boy' 
'.ckme'up at Paramount and he was I 
not so keeh. There was no $6,000 pr 
$.6,000 a week in sight, so back : to | 



4,852 Extras Cfick 



Bollywood, Feb. It. 

Eitra mob more , active last w6ek 
with a Jump to 4,852 placements 
from S,784 the preceding weelCi 

Monday accounted for the pickup 
with 1.102 mobites grabbing checks, 
principally through big sets at Fox 
and Paramount. 



New RKO-RaAo Setup Indicates 
Eastern Pressure to Reinstate 
Cooper; McDonough Over AD 





UPSTAGE ON 
MORAL CODE 



With the indie producers remain- 
ing adamant to the Hays advertis- 
ing and production moral codes, 
majors contend thiat until another 
code Is devised theirs can be the 
only one which the NRA has as a 
basis for rulings in the event of 
trouble. 

The majors are offering indies all 
sorts of inducements, Including pro^ 
tection in the event of trouble with 
CC^nsors, but the. Ipdies continue 
standrofflsh!. 



Getting Even 



Lilncoini, Feb. 19. 

Foster May, ICFQR news- 
caster^ handed Marj^aret Sulla- 
van a panning oveir the air 
after an attempt to interview 
her when her plane stopped at 
the municipal airport. 

May told listeners he found 
screen actress rude, ^older than 
repbrted, and otherwise' not 
pleasant to meet. 



Sergner's IL& Pic in FaD 

United Artists plans to make one 
Broadway he hopped, with his | picture here with Elizabeth Berg- 
.chauffeur following overland with ng^ jj^plight to notice iii America 

by LibTidbn Films' 'Catherine, the 
Great.' 

Miss Bergner, now appearing in 
'Escape Me. Never,' Cpchrian's play 
In Enigland, is due to come over in 
the fall with this piece iEind later go 



is car. 



Perlberg's New Berth 

Hollywood, Feb. 19. 



COLUMBIA SETTLES JIM 
THORPFS $150,000 SUIT 

Columbia Pictures last wfe«fck set- 
tled out of Court a $150,000 suit for 
breach, of contract brought by Jim 
Thorpe, athletic coach. Thorpe 
claimed that the producing com- 
pany signatured him about ii year 
ago to do a picture, 'White Eagle,' 
but. after keeping him around for 
several mbnths it decided to drop 
the venture. 

Isadore Stroll handled the legal 
phase for Thorpe. 

Laugliton Sandwiching 
In 1 for Shearer-Metro 

Charles Laugh ton is set with 
Metro for one picture. He will be 
King Louis XVI opposite! Norma 
Shearer's -Marie Antoinette.' 

Thalberg production and gOes 
into work early In May. Laughton 
is now in England .and where he 
has two more to' ma)k:e!. for Jjnited 
Artists,> but will, jump to Holly 
wood for the picture between his 
two T7A assignments. 



Metro Mast HoM Back 
'Men in White' Fibn, 
Play StiD Cnrrent 



Metro can't bring in its 'Men in 
White' before July,, according -t.p 
terms of ' the agreement made with 
producers of the legit play when 
Metro , purchased it for films. Play 
Is still iat the Broadhurst, N. T., 
dbing business and is figured to 
stick through to that time, possibly 
longer as opposition to the picture. 

Film is already Completed, Clark 
Gable a$ the. star. 



Wm. Perlberg has given up his ^^^^ for 20th Century 

William. Morris agency association 
become casting director at 



REALISTIC HAYMAKER 



Gets IVlcGoy 
jn Kisser 



Socko 



to 

Colunibia. He topk over the post 
occupied by Pan Kelly today. 

Perlberg joined the Morris office | O'Brien 
eight years ago and later Went into 
business for himself, returning to 

the Morris, fold two years ago; i Hollywoodi Feb. 19. 

With the acquisition of Perlberg j.^^^ O'Brien will be eating mush 
there will be numerous changes In ^ngtead of steaks for the next few 
the Columbia casting division. \^s,yB and spilling his lines in 'One 

Man Woman* from the? side of his 
• \\n 1 D 1 i mouth as the result of a toQjj-.fig.lls- 

JameS Wnaie ISaCK Ulc fight scene staged^ in iEhe 
James Whale, in frojx. Europe! Warners pic Saturday. O'Brien 
Thursday (15) aftiar two months In; was'^on . the receiving end of a right 
liohdoh, left Sunday (18) for Solly- cross, from Marvin Schechter, hefty 
wood. ' middleweight,- which had the .actor 

'He la due oh tht Universai Ibt kissing the cahvaiss and listening to 



VeiDer's Hoor' 



Feb. 23. No assignment set. 



STiBN NOT FOR <BABBAEY' 



the coOcops for a few;, minutes, 

•W.ell, he was supposed, to go 
do wh< wasn't he?', Vejoihed the pug 
when director Alan Crpsland pror 
testedv Seems O'Brien forgot to 



Hollywood, Feb. 19. 

■ Samuel Goldwyn has decided not roll, with the punch to the button 

io use- Anna Sten for 'Barbary 
/boast' as intended. Production had; 
'l>een set to get under way in Jtune^,! 
with William Wellman directing.' 
Winard Mack is jnow working over | 
the script. 

Qaxy Cooper will head a caiat that 

III Include other star named. 



Wni4 Farnum Repeats 

Holly wood, Feb. 19, 
Recently flnlshing 'Good Dame' at 
Paramount, W'illlam Farhuih is back 
for another. 

He has 
Rogers' 'Canal 



ALflXANS^ AND M.a 

Metro has a contract drawn for 
'•Rbss Alexander. The legit player 
Will make up his mind . early this 
'=Week 



aABBETT SHIFTS TO PAR 

Hollywood, Feb. 29. 
Oliver "H. P. Garrett has com- 



_Alexander cl osed in 'No.Questlons gg^ ^ hls^wrttlng cont ract with 
Asked' Now York play, last Satur- I 
day. If MG gets him it will be his 
fltst screen stint. 



Slated to start tomorrow (20) at 
Paramount, adapting for Ben 
Schulberg unit. 



WB'^ ^HOUSEWIFE' NEXT 

Hollywood, Feb. 19. 
Warners is readying 'Housewife', 
orig by Robert Lord and Lily . Hay- 
ward. Manuel SeflE and Miss Hay- 
\var«l cfillablng on script. 



SWANSONS DIVORCING 

Hollyv:ood, Feb. 19. 
. Reported on authoritative .source 
that Gloria Swanson Will file this 
week a divorce action again.st Mi- 
chael. -Farmpr, who Is abroad. 



Hollsrwood, Feb. 19. 

Bayard Veiller has been spotted 
by. Paramount to produce 'The 
witching Hour,' Augustus Thomas 
play which was a rage In N. T. 26 
years ago. 

Anthony Veiller, son of the pro 
ducer. Is preparing the script John 
Halliday only name cast. 



Ruby's Quick Trek 

Hollywood, Feb. 19. 

Ruby Keclor planed from ^ere 
Sundity morning, to arrive at NeW' 
ark this (Mon.) morning to Joih. Al 
Jplson for premiere of Warners' 
'Wonder Bar", at the Strand, New 
York, on Wednes^day (21). She was 
accompanied by her sister Helen. 

Mlsfs Keeler will leave New York 
Thursday (22) to get back herd on 
Friday in time to start In Damies,' 
y^hlch Busby Berkeley directs. 



'Mahdalay,* doing well at the 
Broadway Strand, holds over a aepT 
ond week. 'Wonder Bar' doesn't 
bow In until next week, Wednes- 
day (28). 



Rato£Ps GB Pic 

Gregory RatofC has been signed 
by Gaumont British for a picture 
to „be made abroad. 

RatofC plans to sail for London 

Man?h^Or t5°-tttkF-Tr»=-Kl»- TJlCtOT 
asslghnient. 



HAIXAM COOLEY, AGT. 

Hollywood, Feb. 19 
Hallam Cooley, former screen ac'^ 
tor, after getting year of experi 
ence in the Harry Weber office, 
started, today (19) on his own as an 
agent in B|vorly Hills. 



Cohan WOl Not Do 

'Wildeniess' as Fib 



With George Cohan adamant 
against ever going to Hollywood 
again for a picture, Metro will 
probably spot Lionel Barrymore In 
the iPohan role of 'Ah Wilderness.' 
Metro owns the play's film rights 
purchased for $76,000. 

Metro Is reported to have queried 
Cohan On. the subject but he wasn't 
Interested. 



What Price Cohnmist? 



Hollywood, Feb. 19. 
Walter WInchell wants $50,000 to 
play the columnist part in Par- 
amount's 'Great Magoo.' Plus this 
la a demand thieit' the studio take 
care of the line charges from this 
eiid for two: weekly broadcasts. >^ 
Paramount can't see WInchell a£ 
that price and currently is- trylhg 
to get Paul Yawltz, also of the,N. 
Y, Mirror. " 



ACAD COPISTS 



14 Megoers for. Authority, Agency 
Group 



Hollywood, Feb. 19. 
Academy directors are voting by 
mail for the choosing of six meg- 
gers' names to be submitted to Di- 
visional Administrator Rosenblatt, 
for a berth each on the Code Au 
thorlty aiid on- the proposed agency 

committee. , , _ _ , , ^ 

The 14 in nomination are. Llbyd 
Bacon, Clarence. Brown, David 
Butler, Frank Capra, John Crom 
well, Cecil B. DeMille, Alfred Green, 
E, H. Cfrlffith, William HL. Howard, 
Hehry King, Robert Z. Leonard, 
Frank Lloyd, W. S. Van Dykei and 
King Vldor. 



Miary Morris to Par 

Hpiiywood, Feb. 19. 
Mary Morris^ reports' to Para- 
mount Feb. 28 for the part she cre- 
ated' on the stage In 'Double Door*. 
Studio held up product . until she 
completed her New York engager 
ment. 

Charles Vldor directs. 



METRO'S LEO CARROLL 

Metro has taken Leo Carroll from 
legit and ordered hlni to report to 
tK6 "coast^prbnfo^^^ 

Carroll's last New York engage- 
ment was In 'Green Bay Tree.' 



■ Hollywood, 
New at BKO -Radio, 

lowing a f bur-day conference 6% 
executives, brings J. R. McDonough 
Into the prpductip^end as president 
of RKO-Radio;, returns Merlan C 
Cooper, who had resigned, to v. 
in charge of prpductiori; 
Pandro Berman to executive pro- 
ducer, and continues B, B. Kahane 
as president Of RKO Studios, Inc., 
and to be the studio operating head 
to whom all except McDonough will 
be responsible. Nied E. Depinet. is 
elevated to the presidency of RKO 
Distributing Corp. 

New line UP is cbntinigent. pn the 
approval by the board of directors 
of RKO in New York. 

Switch causes McDonough tp. ab- 
dicate the post of general manager 
of RKO, which he took oyer several 
months ago, and he will spend one 
of every three months In .Hollywpod 
observing production and function- 
ing In cbnjunctlbh with Kahane. 

Agreement was reached if or 
Cooper and Berman to get cbntracts 
for two -years oh a .salary .and per-- 
centage of the profits .basis, FprmieF 
will report for. work at the studio 
after a three months' vacation in 
Honolulu. 

Retiirn of Cooper to the organlssa- 
tion was a surprise and- not 
counted upon until' M. H. Ayle^'^' 
worth arrived here .from New York 
tp straighten out the. studio situa- 
tion. . . / .M-. — 
Pressuhs Indicated. 

It is understood that pressure had' 
been brought to bear on the RKO 
executives In the east for his return 
by banking and directorial aifnilates 
Ion the line that the association of 
Cooper with the organization would 
mean prestt£fe. The task of brins- 
ihg Cooper babk was delegated to 
Aylesworth. 

Under the arrangement Cooper 
will function as v. p. In charge of 
production, wltli ,hb Individual pro- 
duction ohligations outside pf three 
special pictures he will make for 
next year. He will co-brdinatp In 
workings with Pandro Berman, who 
will be executive producer on the 
lot and takes over production 
charge Immediately; .Latter, will 
negotiate all business deals and the 
employment of whatever executive 
and production aid Is needed, with 
the approval of Kahane. 

Kahane, who steps out of. the 
pre3idency of RKO -Radio pictures: 
Corp., and several other subsidiary 
companies Including the Distributr 
Ing and -Export corporations, will 
devote his entire time to the affairs 
and op^ration'^of the studio. 

He will surround himself with 
personal production aides and pass 
on an studio, deals and appoint- 
ments. It is understobd Kahane 
will gdV a several, year contract with 
an increase in his annual earnlngd. 

McDonough will handle all studio 
matters with the New York board. 
His post as general manager pf 
RKO. will prbbably be taken over 
by Aylesworth, who Is president of 
JEtKQ and chairman of the board, 
of diriectors. ' 

Aylesworth left here Thursday 
(16) for New York. McDonodgh 
and Depinet- remain here until the 
contractual iiiatters between Coppr 
er, Berman a^nd Kahane have been 
ironed out and sighed^ They then 
take the docuniehtai east for ap- 
proval of the board. Both are slated 
to depart for New York the end^of 
this week. 

Radio Picture schedule for the 
coming season will comprise 44 'fear 
turea. 

Copper left Satur<^y night ^J) 
for Honolulu and while there yriM 
work on a script. Under the New 
Deal his acttvltles will be . strictly 
confined to his bwh productions and 
as consultant tP Berman, w;ho will 
be thP physical operator of th 
studio. 



RAT GRIFFITH'S VACASH 



Raymond" (frTf flth , associate pro"-" 
ducer at 20th Centtary, arrived in 
New York Sunday (18). , 

In a week or so he'll sail for Eng- 
land on vacation. 



^-MACDONALD^ETS^WlDOWi.^ 

Metro has finally straightened 
out the 'Merry Widow' tangle, 
Jeai^etto MacDonald . getting the asr 
signment opposite Maurice Cheval- 
ier and under Ernst Lubltch direc- 
tion, "' ~~ 

Internal faction difficulties had 
held Up the casting for some tinie 
with s<'verul named for the rolo dur- 
ing the paMt fpw w^fk.o. 



VARIETf 



P I C ¥ H R E i 



Tncfidayi February 20, 1934 



Tm Takes In Plenty of Territory 
On Par fiond Appeal Argument 



TifCpi ts to fli blame upon Para- 
mount dl.rectoris, hankers and others 
in corinectloli with alleged fraudu- 
lent ti-arigfer of assets o£ the com- 
pany prior to baiikruptGy, are being 
projected by bbhdholders on an ap- 
peal to the Appellate. Division of 
the N. Y. Supreme Court, This 
branch of the State courts was bom- 
.barded during the past week by 
lengthy argument which centered 
largely around involved questions of 
law. 

Pamuel Zirn, arguing the case; for 
Robert S. Levy, a Paramount bond- 
holder, 'on behalf of hlniself and 
all othier persons similarly situated,' 
names as defendants Paramount 
Publix Corp , Filin Production Corp,, 
a subsidiary of Par; 23 directors, of 
Paramount; the group of eight Wall, 
street banks involved in the $13,- 
000,000 film-hypothecating deal; the. 
Columbia Broadcasting System; Sir 
William Wiseman and Gilbert W. 
Kahn of Kuhn, Loeb & Co.; Jules 
E. Brulatour, Par dh-ector; Adolph 
Zukorj president of Par; Ralph A. 
Kohni. Par v. p.; Austiii , Keough, 
Par legal head; Eugene J. Ziikor. 
foreign department execaitive.' and 
Sidney R. Kent, forimer y. p.. now 
president of Fox. 

When, the case was first argued 
in the lower courts, E.. E. Shauer, 
Par foreign head, was named as a. 
defendant. He since died. 

The .appeal frOm .Justice Hartx- 
ler's decision in the lower court, 
involving five causes oC action, par- 
ticularly asks for • relief iji a suit 
against, directors, of Paramount by 
a bondholder creditor, plus reversal 
of the. right of a bondholder creditor 
to sue without demand of 25% of 
the holders upon the trustee under 
the bond indenture. 

It was on grounds t^at Levy and 
other bondholders were not judg- 
ment creditors having right to. a 
.cause df action against corporation 
directors and vmder the '25-% re- 
strictive clause, he did not have 
l(?gal capacity to sue, that resulted 
In the Ju&tlce ' Hammer's adverse 
decLslon. 

On the appeal the brief of the 
' respondfents cites that 'no question 
was raised as to the sulBciency, in 
general, of the causes of action al- 
leged.' t— 
A lengthy brief prepared by Zirn 
calls the action 'both represehta 
tive. in • the interest- of the bond 
holders as a class, and deriva,tive 
in behalf of the corporation an4 all 
its creditors.' ' 

It commenced with service of- a 
summons and complaint on Jan. 3, 
1933, upon ParaiTlount, Film Produc 
tlons Corp. and Chase National 
Bank, alleging frauctiilent transfer 
of assets to accomplish an illegal 
and preferential pledge to a group 
of banks. Result of this was grant 
ing of a receivership on Jan. 30 by 
Jusstjce Lydon,. who later changed 
this to an Injunction with several 
unusual proylslohs conditionally 
bringing in four non-resident banks 
as additional defendiants. 

Respondents on the apped-l to the 
Appellate Division rnaintain that 
Judge Lydons' decision upheld - a 
good, cause of action arid thiaLt 
Plaintiff had legal capacity to sue 
despite' the festrictive provisions ;pt 
the trust indenture. 

Relief Wanted 
Citing fnaiiy cases to uphold' his. 
arguments of law under the cred- 
itor and debtor and corjporation : 
Btiatutes, Zirn in-behalf o£.l^vy and 
otlier bondholders asks for the fol^ 
lowing relief: 

1. That the trustee (Chase Na- 
tional) be removed and the court 
administer the trust. 
' 2. "That tbe losses? caused by : the 
wrongjEui acts of the trustee be as-, 
certained and brought into, court 
and that it be restrained from, tak- 
ing any further action with respect 
•.to the trust indenture or the bonds, 
the orgai)izatl6n of a bondhold- 
er."} protective coninilttee, arid from 
ilemariding or receiving, any further 
cpriipensation, 

:3v That the directors (Par) .be 
compelled to accburit for their, mis 
^_ ...n6nduc t.,,or^ neglec.t.. and^ th e losses 
suffered thereby, and make restitu- 
tion to the corporation <Par) and 
its creditors. 

4, That the aBfreement between 
.Paramount, Film Productiori and 
flip hanlf group arid thp. transfer of 



On BVay an** 



Clark Gable^'B in tiersdri for 
Loew a,t the Cajpitol, N. T., 
Feb. 23, will be , in opposition 
to his picture at the Radio City 
Music Hall, 'It Happened One 
Night.'. 

Columbia tried to influence 
Loew agalrist the Gable per- 
sonal, thfet studio haviniB bor- 
rowed hirii from Metro, but no 
dice. 



4 OF CURRENT 





TO RADIO 



• Radio Pictures Jn a buying spree 
aqqiiired the rights to four Broad 
way shows within a two-week' pe 
riod. All plays are among the win 
ter productiori crop. They are 
'False Dreams, Farewell,' 'Wednes 
day's Child),' 'A Hiat, a Coat, a Glove' 
and 'By Your Leave.' 

'Child,' for which $25,000 was 
paid, Win nicely have Frank M 
Thornas, Jr., in the title part, iifd 
actor is appearing in the show, cur- 
ent at the Longacre, N. T. 

Price paid for 'Hat' is quoted at 
;26,0D0 and picture figured for John 
Barrymore. Show r slightly 
more than one week but does not 
come under the Dramatist Guild 
rul^s, because of foreign origin and 
the producer (Crosby <3alge) there- 
fore participates in the proceeds. 

Rights to 'Leave' were quoted at 
!125,000 with .$15;000 the price for 
Dreams.' 



MG Shffs 'Oupa Seas' 

^ Hollywood, Feb, H. 

'Metro appears to ha.ve given up 
China Seas' as a liad Job. Picture 
has been in the on and off fitage 
for "the past tyro years, 

Wilbur Daniels Steele, latest to 
try to work %he idea Intp a practi- 
cal treatment, went off the payroll 
Saturday (17). ;■ . 

Exptet Decision Sooa 
Oil ?2X RecOTership 
Salari^ and Expenses 

Decision on allpwaric© of salaries 
and experiaes . pt the Paramount 
equity receivership, which- prtecBded 
bankruptcy, is expected within a 
week, justice Wbolsey, of the U. S 
District court, received all brieifs 
during the past Week, including ob- 
jections filed allowance of 
amounts requested and rebuttals of 
the Par group. 

Difllculties arose oyer the appli 
(iatioii for receiver and attorney fees 
to cover the: brief .period Par y(b.8 
in equity receiverahlp about two 
months ago when $295,000 was 
asked. . Referee Heriry K, Davis 
chopped this to. $208,000. recom- 
mending ttiat agate ba approved by 
the courts. When up for hearing 
before Judge Bondy, of . original ju- 
rlsdidtlon In the Par recelyership, at- 
ly)rneys Insisted on arlfumenf being 
heard by a senior Federal judge,; 
whereupon Justice Woolspy -was des- 
ignate. A lengthy heaiing was 
held before the latter two weeks 
ago. 

Attorneys for the Par receivers 
under the equity bill (Adolph Zu- 
kor and Chiarles D. Hiiles), are ask^ 
ing that Hilles be granted a larger 
amount than Zukbr and that theiir 
own firm (Root, Clark & Buckner) 
be permitted $125,000, originally 
asked for, instead of the $100,000 to 
which reduced by the referee. 



Product, Too 



Los Angeles, !Feb. 1^ 
Taking fh6 position that exr 

^hlbitors are not alone to blame 
for t^e prevalence Q;f double 
feature progranls, the. head -of 
an affiliated southern Cali- 
fornia circuit says that the- 
major . producers share the re- 
sponsibility by turriiiigr out 
product that will not stand up 

- alone at th^ b. . 

' Circuit head declares that 
While a coiiislderable percent- 
afire of features, are worthy of 
single . showing, when .exhibs 
are coinpelied to .play mediocre 
product along with- the .-gopd. 
that also explains continuance 
of the duals. 

Another angle advanced is 
that the public ia ripw. de- . 
mariding doubles, his^ state- 

; riient being ba,sed on' the nu- 
merous 'phone cailis received 
at nabe arid suburban houses 
from patrons, wanting to know, 
•What's the other feature,'^ 



KOPSCHTS 





Hollywood, Feb. 19. 
Radio Pictures has purchased 
screen rights to 'Wednesday's 
Child,' now currerit In New. York; 

Frank M; Thomas, Jr., Child play 
er in the New York version, wiM 
be bi'ought here to play the part on 
the screen. 



U TO MATCH FOREIGN 
TOTAL WITH HirOODPlX 



marcoinn.y:forawk 
to huddle over roxy 



Maroo, head of Farichon &- Mar 
CO, arrived in New York yesterday 
(19) to stay for about a week con 
tabbing with his associates locally, 
Harry Arthur and Jack Parting- 
ton. While here Marco will prob 
ably endeavor to talk thirigs over 
with Par relative, to the Paramount 
theatre in L. A., which F. .& M 
operates for Par. 

Also, more than likely that during 
Marco's visit, the Roxy theatre sit- 
uation wUl get a once oyer. House 
is under F. & M. operating super 
■yisiori with Harry Arthur, in. charge 
under Receiver H<Jward Cullmari. 
P; & M. are Iri the swim to refklri 
the spot under its operation with 
the rejuvenation of the spot from 
a loser into a profitable undertak- 
ing having been maide by F. & M. 

TT — I — ■ ~ 

Gore Bros. Retire 



Los Angeles, Feb. 19, 
Gore Bros;, pioneer. Los .Arigeles 
picture house exhibitors, have iaold 
their iseven subsequent run houses 
In the dowritown district to Harry 
Popkin, and after 20 years of opera- 
tion are retiring frorii. the- Main and 
Spring street sectors. Popkin, indie 
nabe chain operator, took qyer the 
Gore houses Saturday (17). 

Houses included In the deal iare 
the Burbank (presently burlesque), 
Regent, ^OptlcArt,^ Lycmvm, Moon 
and Lark, all plx. Total capaelty 



CJarl Laeriimle left for Hollywood 
Thursday (16) with. Max Frledland, 
head of his Europeari coriipariles. 
Junior Laemmle- remains in New 
York for another week or two. 

Frledland on the coast will go 
over all. Universal prospective 
scripts for . the coming season and 
make up his mind which of them 
may or riiay not sell abroad." He 
will then go back to Paris and put 
into production in Paris and Berlin 
enough pictures to replace the pro- 
grani for the numbier of films he 
decides of the Hollywood batch afe 
unsuitable, so that his distribution 
program abroad, will be of the sariie 
number as In . the U. S, 

Fritz Keller, U's German rep, left 
Thursday for Europe to prepare 
things for iFrledlarid's returri, I'-ied 
land expects to stick in Hollywood 
abbvit two or three weeks. Mrs 
Frledland' is with him. 



CJhlcago, -iPiBb. 19. 
niew censorship setup for 
films in Cook. Courity will be a po- 
lice lieutenant and two other mem 
hers of the police force. This Is re 
portend as satlsiEactory to all fae 
tlons, including tKe city councU; 
women's clubs and the picture bUsi 
ness. All agree . that It shapes ias a 
faii'^r censorship organization than 
the, present band of seyeri riien arid 
woriien. . 

Particularly favorable, for the 
change is the enormous saving that 
the snialler, board would, allow. It 
is figured that the present censor 
ship setup costs the taxpayers of 
Cook County more than $30,000 an 
nually. With the trio Of police 
viewers this can; be reduced to a 
negligible sum since thie reviewers 
\vill be on the regular police pay 
roll. Only expense will be the two 
machine operators. 

Use of the police censors will also 
remove a great deal of the red tape 
that now interferes with early 
showings- of important releases, arid 
which ties up disputed films for 
weeksi Since the police board lo- 
cally lias the final say on the issuing: 
of permits it. is figured best that 
both the permit and censorship du 
ties be concentrated in one depart 
ment. 



LA. TAX SLOWS 

INDIE prod:. 

mm TOO 



Hollywood, Feb, 
. in4ependent productiori has nose- 
dlTed into the doldmnis, Witb the 
smallies waiting until after the first 
lionday in March, the date on which 
the county of Iios Angeles counta 
its tax on all film In prbduqtion at 
that tiriie. 

Tax cailti for 26% of the book 
.value: of the film, then canned arid 
within the borders of . the state; 
. The tax is also having some 
feet on major production, although 
the tax is rinaterially reduced frorini 
the fornaer tab Which then hatted 
production on some lo.ts for two 
moinths; 

Most of the . independent .lot.<; .are 
dark, with what little activity go- 
ing on marked up to preparation. 

At Educational and Metropolitan 
Only Ttem, Carr and Monogram. are 
In production with one; Prudential 
has nothing in work. Same for 
Ralph Like at International, Larry ; 
Dartribur and. Mayfair at Darriiour 
Studios. At Talisman studios. Ken 
(3oIdsmith and J. Q, Bachman are 
curreritly idle. Mascot is also with- 
out production.. Senniett has ' one 
rerit corijpany; Inylnclble, working 
while the indies who flit from studio 
to studio are all 'between ptotii.rps;' 

LA. Print Shortage 
ses Bicycling; 
WB Fast Pedaiers 



L. A. Ruling on Indecent 
Plays Goe$ for Pix Too 



Loa Angeles, Feb. 19; 

A court ruling has "been handed 
down that the city ordinance pro- 
hibiting . the showing of Indecent 
plays also covers, similar presenta- 
tiorts in pix. The dcscislon, writteri 
by Judge Hartley ShaW of the ap- 
pellate division of the supierior 
court, afllrriied . the , conviction of 
Harry Miller, convicted in connec 
tiort with shiowing^ 'Red -Headed 
Baby,' at the Star. 

Miller, in his appeal, held that 
the terms 'drama* and 'play,' as used 
In the ordinance precluded inclu- 
sion of pic, but the court ruled that 
the: city law Was broad enough to 
include all presentations of Inde- 
ceiiit performances. 



COL. JOY DROPS CENSOR 
DUTIES; BACK TO FOX 



Hollywood, Feb. 19, 
Col. Jason Joy is back on the 
Fox lot, assuming the post of sce- 
nario editor which Phillip Klein va- 
cated several weeks ago. 

With the Hays organization for 
several years, Joy took an executive 
Job at Fox in 1932, When producers 
attenipted to launch central book- 
ing office last springy Joy was glyen 
a lieave of absence f rorii Fox to take 
charge of tha setup arid reniahied 
to assist with script censorship urir 
til last week. 

Joy, in addition to dutieS of Fox 
scenario ed, will act as official con 
tact for that company on all mat 
ters atffecting ihe productiori. Code 
with the Hays office. Joy will check 
all stories for possible, objection 
able material arid ; .will get ofliciial 
Hays office okay on these yarns be 
fore they are put. Into treatment 
and Srript forri). - 



. Tvos Angeles, Feb. 19. 
Acute shortage of prints has de- 
veloped with seyerial of the local 
major distrbuting companies, 
cessitating considerable tagging.' 
bicycling of features to take 
of bookings. ' 

Warner exchange, with 12 prints 
of 'Convention City' on hand, silip- 
plied 18 houses ovier the week-end, 
with it being necessary to tag the 
prints in six houses. 

Lelniert, Carlton and Rivoll en- 
gaged in a three-day bicyclirig ar- 
rarigeriient over Saturday- Sunday* 
with the Lelmert and Riv oil shar- 
ing 1 Am. Suzanne' as part of their 
double feature programs, and the 
Carlton and Lelmert doublihg on 
•Convention City,' 

Exchaniges here are being sup- 
plied with their usual quota of 
pririts^ but the widespread preval- 
ence of double feature bills has re- 
sulted in some of the distributing 
outfits running ahead on play dates, 
necessitating considerable doubJing 
or tagging of pix. 

Bicyclirig with the acquiescense of 
the exchanges is cortiparatively new 
in this territoryr. although under- 
cover doubling Is deflhitely frowned 
or by the distribs, with few .ooni- 
plaints along this line in rpcent 
years. 



property thei*eunder be declared 
void; that the notes made by Film 
Pi'oductlon be declared void and the 
transferred property be re-dcUvcred 
t'l r;'f"r- " 'It or to Its creditors. 

(Continued on page 6) 



of houses Involved is around 5,100. 

Popkin plans to spend between 
$20,000 and $25*000 on immediate 
repairs arid alterations that will iri- 
4iludfi..re3v. sound equi rnont In sev 



eral of the houses, re-.seating, new 
furnishings, etc. Gore Bros.— Abe 
and Mik(i — will continue operation 
pf thHr Savoy, on South (Central 
.avenue. They are also inffrMted 
in the F3mbax.'»y. 



STEVENSON'S BEBTH 

Hollywood, Feb. 19^ 
Job Stevenson, former Pathe 
studio comptroller,, moved Into the 
s|Lnie. spot at Columbia thla week, 
replacing Arthur D. Murphyi 

Another change at the studio l.s 
John B. Wallace, who has bepn John 
Barrymorc's riiakeup man for seven 
yfAVH, taking over ihe mnkenp de- 
pflrtment. 



Rembusch Trial On 



Fox Adds 4 



Hollywood, Feb. 19. 

Fox sodded four rieW story buys to 
its 1934-35 slate. 

Quartet are 'Work pf Art,' the 
ne^ Sinclair Lewis book; 'Imper^ 
sonationfc. of a Lady,' anonymous 
yarn now running in Ladleis' Home 
Jolf¥Wair^'6yiTsy^Melody^-novel=-by 
Melchior Lengycl and an unpro- 
duCed play, 'Dice Woman,' by Wil- 
son and Arizonette'ColIison. 



Gonspiracy suit by F. J. Kem- 
bus.ch Briferpiises agairist the Mo- 
tion Picture Producers & Distribu- 
tors Association has been i pr - 
ress before Justice Coxe in the U. 
District Court of N. T. since 'i'ueis- 
day (13). Rembusch company asks 
for $i,441,0d0 from the Hays or^- 
ganlzation, 

Max D, ;Steuer and Gabriel Hess 
are chief- counsel for the Hay sites. 
J, . T. Weed, A. B. Graham and C. E. 
Henderson represent the plaintiffs. 

Among Witnesses so far testify- 
ing have been J. R. Grainger, Felix 
Jerikins, Sidney;^ Samuelson, Ivan 
Abramson, et al. " 



AtWItl TO PLUG ACAD. 

Hollywood, Feb, 19, 
oademy Award.s banquet will be 
plugged over the CBS network from 
here Fob. 22. 
Lionel twill will do the .•tplellng. 



Austih Parker Completes 
Script Chore, Flies East 

Hollywood, Feb. 19. 

Austin Parker has coriipleted the 
script of 'Honor ferlght'^ for Par, 
arid is leaving Moriday night by 
plane=ff oi'(=NewM5rork.-== 

Pic scheduled to go into produc- 
tion middle of this week, Tsiy Gar- 
riett megglng. 



GANZONEBI FOR FIX 

, Tony . Canzoneri, llghtweight^ w)i« 
leaves Friday (23) to fight at t 
Olympic Rtadlxim, T,.A.. hn^• vf-r 
picture offers. 

Both WB 
terested. 



Tacedar, Febrnny 20, 1934 



PICTURES 



VARIETY 



S 




Supe^Amusemelit Cod^ Looks 

Cold; Each 
Radio, Etc-Too Much Unrelated 





CHIlSE-ROCKTl'fl 
MiEIIEfl 




Washlnerton; Feb. 19. 
iim code authority must present 
.reports on effects of the NRA plc- 
.ture code on - operiEitions and em- 
ploy and produce other deitalled in- 
formation for ffujidahce of the Fed- 
eral Government In revising codes. 

This was made plain last Sy^ek by 
Cen. Hugh S. Johnson in invdation 
to 7,000 members of authorities and 
trade association committees who 
Will attend a general cpde-discus- 
Bion conference March 5. 

Accurate information, is desired 
about general price trends and ef- 
' fectlyenesS.. of codes in: curbing un-. 
ethical trade practices and improv- 
ing competitive conditions. 

Establishment of a 36rhour week 
throughout all major Industries is 
expected to result, insiders having 
revealed thaf whlle Johnson is talk- 
ing .-about a 32-hour week this is 
only a trading' argument. The Gen, 
will be satisfied if the present 40- 
hpur average is shaved to 35 or 36, 
associates explain; 

Causes iFor Confabs 
roup conferences' have' been 
called on following subjects: 

1. Possibility of increasing em- 
ployment, curbing hours, raising 
wage figures; comparative situation 
.of capital goods and consumer 
goods industries. 

2. Trade practiceSj costs and 
prices,, protection against destruc- 
tive competition, excessive prices 
and monopQllslIc tendencies. 

3. Control of production, limita:- 
tion of machine hours, restriction 
of expansion of f abilities; ethical 
practices. 

4. Code Authority organlziaitlon 
and administration, code co-ordiha 
tlon and financing; and, 

■ 5. Operation of codes on small 
entierprlses, and position of minori- 
ties. 

Members of legit and radio code 
authorities will be expected to at- 
tend while other aniusemehts which 
have not received approved codes 
will be invited to send observers. 
Members of Outdoor Showmen's 
. Association will. keep an. eye on pro 
ceedings for the circus,. carniy?il and. 
parks-pools-beaches groups. 

'Decisions reached at sessions ap 
parently will have no bearing on 
amusement , codes, since only legit, 
radio, and film Industries are oper- 
ating under particular pacts and no 
general revisions are planned in 
these cases. 

Possibility that a super^amuse- 
ment c_pde. will be result of NRA 
campaign; to improve general situa 
tlon is considered slight.. Olllcials 
point out that the various branches 
in the field have many peculiar and 
few common problems and that 
little, would be gained by merging 
existing pacts at .this time, Con- 
solidation of the amusement , agrfee- 
ments several months from now is 
admittedly possible but from the 
present standpoint not. particularly 
probable. _t 

Radio code . authority will meet 
Marcli 2. to pr-escnt report oil tech- 
nicians and actors arid Stay over for 
•big code confab. Group has prom- 
ised to make available any facilities 
re.quired. 



4HAY^PJ^.'S 

How It's Split Up— McCarthy Over 
All 



Who's who among >the publicity 
directors In the Hays Office? ^ There 
are four of them; before the NRA 
there was only one, They are J. J^ 
McCarthy, Roy Knorr, Toni Mutto. 
and Walter Trumbell. 

McCarthy doesn't adrtilt anything 
to do with press agentry. He . holds 
himself strlbtly as head of the ad- 
vertising council. 

Roy KnOrr seems to be contacting 
some of ..the. daily papers. Miitto 
and Trumbell are regarded ias stu- 
dent members* although: Mutto is a 
veteran of ' the Washi c^pde 
war. 



Dejpends Only op RKO Re- 
ceivership Clearance and 
Fox-WC Bkptcy^ Dis- 
charge —r Would 5olve 
Stiidio Headache 



Talk of an Outsider to Assume 
Active Directiou of Reorg. Par; 
See Zukor as Chainnan of the I 



UP FOR SOME TIME 




'S 



FINALE IN N.Y. 
IS SEEN 



The end ■ of censorship iii New 
York State, largest grosser in the 
country, is seen by picture leaders 
as contained in a piece of legisla- 
tion now on the Albany . books. 
Where interest was only small when 
the bill was first announced; on the 
assumption that the censorial du- 
ties were simply to be transferred 
from the Department of Education 
to the Comptroller's pflice, a new 
light is now being ished upon the 
document. 

Under the proposed law there Is 
no provisioil for censoring such as 
is .prescribed in the present statute. 
It provides,' according to those fa- 
miliar with its contents, only for 
the payment of a license fee. 

PAR TRUSTEE MATTER 
GOING TO U.S. SUP. Ct. 



ROTHAFEL'S OFFERS 

Stiil Mulling Roxy Return— Other 
Bidifr— Par Toup Out 



Goldwyn at Harvard 

Sam Goldwyn goes to Cambridge 
=tpmorrow-=-(=Wedne3day)'=to-=meet-^the= 
faculty o£ Harvard .Graduate Busi- 
ness. College. 

He is going as the luncheon guest 
of Prof. George F. Dariot, financial 
advi.sor.to Kuhn-Ijoeb, and head of 
the ilaVvard Institution. 

Npt taking that trip to Europe, 
Sam Goldtt-yn plans to be back in 
Hollyw oort by March 7. 

II'. r- nu't.s to .start 'Re.^rrec- 
tion, Arm;i .Stou's second, by then. 



The Paramount bankruptcy, which 
Was preceded arid followed by close 
to 40 different legal actions against 
Par, its. trustees or others, is going 
to the U. S. Supreme Court. 

A new attack, will be spread on 
the records for what will be .the 
final decision on the actiori involved 
— whethef of fiiot^ the three present 
Par trustees .qualify to act, as iguch 
and were iniproperly elected. 

The IJ. S. Supreme Court will be 
asked to rule that Charles P. Hllles, 
Eugene W. Leake and Charles E. 
Richardson, the Par trustee trib, be 
removed on these grounds. 

Samuel Zlrn, Who went after 
Paramount on its film-hocking deal 
prior to the company's plunge Into 
receivership and has persisted since 
then in legal ^ittacks, is taking the 
case to Washington. He has . al- 
ready bfen admitted spfecially to 
the U. ,S. Supreme Court bar, some- 
thing that is necessary when going 
before it to practice. With that 
technlcallt/ out of the way, the 
bondholder attorney is prepaHng his 
appeal papers and expects to file, 
them within 10 days or so.', 

Two lower Federal courts, the 
U. S. District and the Circuit Court 
Of Anpcals ■haye.^denieA. Zirn's^ n^^ 
tion to oust the trustees, leaving 
■only 'the' U. S- Supreme for possible 
relief. 



Fox and RKO are ready to merge. 
Only the assenting; nod, from, the 
Chase-TRockefeller interests awaits 
the determination of the two com- 
panies to talk final terms. This 
assent from thfe powers that con- 
trol OB^ox, and which , are second bnly^ 
to RdA in control of the RKO des- 
tinies; will come as soon as RKO 
Washes up its receivership state 
and Fox gets Fox- West Coast out 
of bankruptcy. 

. Recent events, both personal and 
otherwise, which have, occurred 
among the interested parties, are 
hastening fhf • combination of the 
two firms. 

From th6 lipckefeller end it's a 
desire to get ail of the film inter- 
ests, directly or indirectly, controlled 
by them, into shape, before the pos- 
sible passing of the elder Rocke- 
feller. Cleanirig up of their film 
Interests > would leave -the ^Rdcl^e- 
feller people in a position to con 
centrate on their vastly greater and 
comparatively more important hold 
ings when these holdings must be 
reset and reorganized after the 
elder Rockefeller's passing. 

Held to Be • Natural 
The RKO people have long 
looked upon combination with 
Fox as a natural since almost the 
the building of Radio City and the 
Rockefellers' acauisitiori of a sub- 
stantial stock Interest in RKO. At 
that time It was figured a com- 
bination of the two would result, 
with RKO the direct top of the 
two. Conditions, however^ are such 
presently that any comblriation of 
the two outfits must be accom- 
plished with Pox laying down the 
terniis of operation.. To this RKO 
apparently no longer seems averse. 

The Rockefellers look upon their 
Radio City development favorably 
and are satisfied with conditions so 
far achieved from a; renting angle 
and construction phase. They are 
anxious, however, to- clean up the 
situation surrounding the Music 
all, not that the Hall is all-im- 
portanlj to them, but for reasons 
stated above and the fact that they 
consider the M. H. the central point 
in the Radio City development. As 
such, the M. H., according to Rocke- 
feller thought, must be cleared up. 

It is nQ_ longer a Mcr^t tii^t 
Fox company has been ' approached 
relative to taking over the Music 
Hall and Fox can have it. It so sig 



S. still eyeing a 

two-way chance for a return to the 
Roxy theatre, Broadway. One 
of these chances is by direct con- 
nection With Loew'Sr one of the ad- 
mitted bidders for the place; the 
other via lierbert Lubln. 

Other propositions -under his wing 
of consideriition include the possi- 
bility of going to London; Another 
Is in connection with the Chicago 
World's Falf. . Still another is a 
possibility that Roxy may hook up 
with southiern finaricial interests for 
& gigantic Florida: land promotion 
and development along showman 
lines. 

It looks a|bout definite that Roxy 
will not accept,- Pairamourit's offer 
for a tour of personal appearances. 

ADMISH TAXES 
STAY TILL '35 
ANYWAY 



nifyirig. That's from an operating 
standpoint but Fox so far has 
shown no inclination to step into 
RKO's shoes on operation, prefer- 
[rlng to sell Radio City Fox picturcis 
instead. 

This Is all mentioned because. Ra 
dio City and its two theatres fig-, 
ure prominently in discussions on 
the merger between the companies. 
RKO operates under a fee basis 
presently. 

It was the Radio City 

connection the Rockefellers 

made their stock entry into RKO. 
Peculiarly* the RKO chieftains are 
niuUirig over Radio City matters 
(Coritinued on page 42) 

WB's RKO Pix for '35 



•VV^aShingtori, Feb. 19. 



Continued, Increase in theatre at- 
tendance is anticipated by the Fed- 
eral Governmerit, but there is no 
chance that the admissions tax will 
be lifted before July, 1935. 

This became apparent last week 
when the new revenue bill — hoisting 
income surtaxes and boosting cor- 
poration penaltles-^was presented 
to the House by the Ways and 
Means Committee. Product of four 
months of painstaking study, the 
legislation received approval in the 
lower branch almost without fuss 
but probably will (encounter hard 
sledding in the Senate. 

Making no recommendations re- 
garding the miscellaneous nuisance 
levies adopted in 1932, the commit- 
tee' predicted 1934 receipts from ad- 
missions will be $15,500,000, an in- 
crease of about |l;T)00,000 over the 
yield during - the past fiscal year, 
and for the pertod ending July 1, 
1935, will njount to $17,200,000. 

Plea for abolition of , all excise 
taxes and adoption of a 2% % general 
sales tax was made by Representa- 
tive Crowther of N.Y., but Side- 
tracked, when jthe committee named 
a subcommittee to 'study' the plan. 
Giag rules prevented Crowther from 
offering the salps tax • amendment 
on the floor .of the House. The out- 
jlook in the Sfenatie. Is no iJetter, since 
Jthe i majority of .the Dempcratic 
leadeifshlp, plus progressive Repub- 
licans; are violently -oppoieed to the 
blanket levy. 



.outsider may, cdme into Pa:ra- 
mount. as its head when the com- 
pany reorganises Itself but of bank- 
ruptcy and starts out anew undeir 
another corporate .namfe. This, is 
expected, ithin six . riionths at the 
outside. 

Moot question coincident With re- 
organization "aiid a possible new di- 
recting personality presently re- 
volves around the matter of power 
Of dicfQtibn when the. time comes to 
set up .a new cbi^poratibn to take' the 
place of Parambunt-Publix. It is 
understood in inner couriells that a 
distinct surprise might be "spirurig 
by .big finaricial Interests who are 
ready to back a reorganized Piar but. 
at the saipe tlrhe would impose cer- 
tain conditions. 

Such financial interests would 
exercise power of choice as to direc- 
tion 6t Par, according to the underr^ 
standtrig, and in connection with its 
selection may insist that certain 
changes be made in the present per- 
sonnel. 

Zukor Once Favored ; I dea 
Just how Adolph Zukor ' .will fig- 
ure in a reorganization of the com- 
pany, if outside private financing,. 
Of investment , houses , is to be ac- 
cepted by the trustees in bank- 
ruptcy, and creditors, is of monu- 
mental Interest. Veiled reports 
spring up to indicate -that a banker 
appointee may pick up the reins. 
One thought In connection with this 
Is that .Zukor would then become 
chairman of the board, a post he 
suggested, for himself at one time 
when wanting to make S. R. Kent 
president. 

Whether or not anyone comes in 
from the outside to govern Par, It 
Is regarded as: quite possible that 
Zukor may step! to tM board chair- 
man's seat and turn the presidency 
over to ahotber executive. Rumors 
aside from heavy financing, which 
would, carry with it personnel dic- 
tatorship, , have mentioned this pos- 
sibility with some deflnlteness. 
Trustees .themselves are to bCi.. con- 
sidered ini this light. 

Zukor, meanwhile, has been tak- 
ing a very active interest in Para- 
mount affairs, inclnding both home 
office and production on* the Coast. 
He is giving orders to all depa;t-; 
ments, holding irieetings and con- 
ferring at length on viatters which 
prior to bankruptcy he ' bothered 
little about. 



STANDARD AGT. 
PAa BEFOGGED 



SeHHJiEIl-TO-KLA. 



Col. , Ed Schiller leaves today 
(Tuesday) for Florida. 

Tlie Lioew theatre head has. been 
ordered away for a long rest by his 
physician. 



Away in -advance of the selling 
season, RKO has sold Warner Bros, 
its product tor 1934-36, Including 
I features, shorts and Pathe News. 

-les -a— blanket- buy -by Warners, 
I negotiated by Joseph Bernhard, 
general manager of WB theatres, 
and Clayton Bond, head of film buy- 
ing, with Jules Levy, general sales 
I chief of RKO. 



SCHENCK ON COAST 
TO IRON OUT M-G 



Hollywood, Feb, 29. 
Nick Schenck, coming from New 
.York via the canal, stopi)ed off to 
week-end at Callente, arriving here 
last (Sunday) night. He brought 
with hlni a- large party as his 
guests. 

Due " to the critical Illness of his 
mbtKer^'iri^lawrX6ais"="BrMa^ 
not go to Caliente to meet him. 
However, Harry Rapf, Eddie Man- 
nlx, Hunt Stromber^ and iFellx 
Feist formed a committee of wel- 
come 



TJnderstood that the fir.st thing ho 
will do today (Mort.) will be to call 
a conference of cxcc-utivea, and en- 
deavor to .stralKhtf n' but matters 
among them. 



Hollywood, Feb, 19. 

State labor commlssiori is still 
trying to get started on standard 
contract for agents and rules and 
regulations to curb the lO%ers. 
Chief Deputy Commissioner Tom 
Barker and Attorney Charles F. 
Lowy* for the State, body got to- 
gether Friday (16), but still are 
fogged Up. / 

Offlcialls can't .jriake up their 
minds as to what is wanted or pro- 
cedure for getting it worked out. 
From present indication they may 
abandon the idea of a standard, con- 
tract form and. compromise on min- 
imum provisions to go in all con- 
tracts, aimeC at insuring ethical 
practice. 

State reps have a half-dozen 
ideas . for procedure on getting 
agents together to work out pro- 
posed new ?et-up before April 1, 

=bu t -=8til l^are-:.undeclded-.^-^-.- ji,^.^.^. 



UA's Aslor for 8 Wks. 

United Arti-sts* siiblet on the As- 
-top,-N^., from Mt-trn \H fon.eight- 
woeks. 

'Cutherlne the Grea-f- Is sched- 
ulfd for four weeks, after which 
'lloii.so of ItothsfihlUl' (Arli.ss-2Pth, 
f 'ou'iry) comes in for a month. 



VARJETY 



PICT 



E S 



Tuesday, February 20, 1934 



Zirn Telh Plenty 



(Continued from page 4) 



I chases were being made a.nd funds 
procured therefor, Par owed the 
and a receiver pendente lite over K^^^j^^ ^^^^ $10,000^000 (unsecured) 
Buch property be appointed. and. yrhen bank creditors demanded] 

6. That Columbia Broadcasting gg^j^^ij^y .^^n elaborate and fraudu- 
Co. and William S, Paley restore to j^^^^. device was concocted.' (This 
Paramount its Columbia stocik, or Lefers to the fllni-hocklng transac- 
If Impbsslble, accoiint fpr its viftlue. ^^^yy^ 

6; That the. court a;ccelerate the 21/^^ xvas given an hour to argue 
bonds and declare- them, ah unp^^ points bfefore the Appellate Dl- 

past indebtedness of Para- yj^gion, counsel for the defendant 20 

™ount. minutes. 

7. That plaInU#8 . hsj^e varlo.us . rpj^Q cocky bondholder lawyer 
remedial relief. Including .a: genera,l rj^ig^ ^ hearty laugh when one of 
receivership of all of Pjarampunt's kj^^ Justices asked If it made any 
iassets. difference that he (the Jurist) was 

Zlrh's lengthy btlef reveals many Chase Bank (apparently as 

interesting allegations in «onnec- U depositor). ^im answered in the 
tlon with the Par S%% bonds,, in- Lj^gg^^j.^^^ pointing out that many 
eluding that fraudulent actis com- othe,. |,^„l58 were involved and that 
mehced with their Very issuance, j^^^^g j^jg^y aeposltori I" all of 
It is charged that in the prospectua^^ 'TbuTe flattering/ humor 

the balance Bheet Is false In that a L^^gj remarked the court. 
iio.OOp.OOO Ibss sustained by Para- ' 

mount is nowhere revealed; 

Also alleged Is that the prospec- 
tus states Par had an option to pur- 
ehase more than 200,000 shares pf 
Its own stock at prices averaging 
180 a share, when in fact the op- 
tion was against it and it (Par) 
was under a fixed obligation to 
purchase such shares at these 

prices-r^vastly irt excess 'of the t^w"™ ! international Alliance of theat- 

market, book or intrinsic value] . . i . t-. 

thereof. 

The. i>rospectus was issued* . - 
.Clares the brief, with the knowl- 
edge and acquiescence of .the trus- 
tee (Chase National), which, 
tlirough ' a securities afQliate, par- 



Ist ^uns on Broadway 

(Subject to Change) 

Paramdunt^Death Takes a 
HoUday* (Par). 

Ci»pitoI— 'Mystery of Mr. X' 
(Metro). 

Strand— 'Mandalay* (WB) 
(2d week). 

Rialto— fDark Hazard* (WB) 
(21). 

Roxy— Tlips, Hlps, Hooray' 
(RKO) (22). 

Musio Hail— 'It ' tlappened. 
One Night' (Col) (22). 

Riveli— 'Btoulln Rouge' (UA) 
(8d week). 



[UTSE, IBEWTO BATTLE 
THEIR CAUSE ON CO 

Holiywodd, Feb. 
Juriisdictional contrdyersy between 



rical, Stage Emplbyees an>i the In- 
ternational Brotherhood of Electri- 
cal Wotkers, in riespect to studio 
working agreements will be con-- 
tinned here, despite the reported 
action of lATiSE fictions in the east 



Week March 1 
Paramount-^'Slz pf ia Kind' 
(Par). 

Capitol — 'Queen Christina' 
(Metro). 
Strand-^'Wonder Bar' ( WB) 

(28). . •■; 

Rialto 'Heat Lightning' 
(WB> (28). ' ' 
Music Hall— 'Spitflre' (RKO). 
Rivoii^'Palooka' (UA) (27), 



$2 Picture 
'Catherine the GreaV <UA) 
(Astor) (2d .week). 





GETTH 




ticipated In the underwriting projatij of demending a showdown at the 



June convention over the dissatis- 
faction that has arisen In some 
Quarters over' tlie handling, of the 
Strike situation heris last summer. 

Hearing oiii the appeal of lATSE 
local 37, in its controversial flght 
with IBEW local No. 40 oyer alleged 



but did nothing then or since to 
disclose the true situation to pros- 
pective bond purchasers. 

Papers also, charge that th^ pros- 
pectus and the trustee (Chase Na- 
tional) also failed to disclose that 

the indenture contains numerous lujaw locai «v. -u^e-... 

clauses purporting to exonerate the I yioiatlon of Jurisdictional agriee- 
trustiee from any. liability for its rments, will be opened Feb, 28 before 
failure or refusal to act for tl^e superior Court Judge Xeon B. 
bondholders' protection, and td Yankwich. Motion to be argued Is 
Ueve It of any duty to act, unless f^j, ^ ^ew trial, in the plaintiff's 
by written demand of 26% of ^e L.Q„tg„tion that the IBEW violated 
bonds, and the furnishing pf suph j^ggfl studio agreement by replac- 
Indemnity' as it .sees flit to demand ing members of local 37 during the 
— ^conditions , practically impossible atrike. 

of performance. Iomj firm of Bufk^, Hickson, 

Subsequent to the Issue of the g^^^j^^ ^ Marshall, attorneys for the 
bonds. Paramount (by Its directors) j^rpSE local, are prepared to carry 
embarked upon a long series the flght through the California 
Vrrongdoing, It Is alleged. Cited by K^^g ^ necessary, in their en- 



the brief,: they are: 



deavpr to . secure -a favorable d«- 



1. That from January. 1931. • on, ^^^gj^ - ^^^^j^g ,jgl^tg of jatSE w 
Paramount had no assets, And that » 



Paramount had no assets. And thatl g^g as studio electricians and lamp 
Its balance «heet, purportlrtg . to j ^orjterg, 

IBEW win be tepresented at the 



show a surplus, was iSctitloUB in 
that' the item of land was carried 
at a 



— — — V" . |Peb. 26 hearing by Dempster & 

^ so-called 'reappraisal value jjg„, g^ .^i^lj gi^es prepared 
whereby, approximately $25,000^000 ' ■ - 



, ''""y", for a bitter tangle oyer the ques- 
was added to the cost or actual ^ involved, 
value of such lahd; that ^ptock pur- 
chase liabilities aggregating ap- 
proximately $12,000,000 and losses 
of nearly $12,000,000 more were not 
reflected ,at all.: Further losses 
approximately 125,000,000 were 
capltalllzed as so-called 'premiums 
paid foe capital atock of con- 
solidated subsidiaries,' represent^- 
ing no; value whatsoever, etc. 



Portlaiid Censor Shakeup 



Portland, Ore., Feb. 19. 

Mayor Carson has proposed a 

j censor shakeup, the outcome of 

.'^''.J^^^T '^^'^^^o^r'i:,,^*!^!!; several pictures having been ap 
Despite the. absence of any surplus ^ " 

and the prohibition of Section 664 pealed to the city council after they 
of the Penal Law, Paramount re- were condemned by the board. In 
purchased 154,000 shares Of, Its a communication to the censor 
stock between or shortly prior to board the mayor recommended two 
September. 1931, and March, 1932, of his choice for the vacancies on 
for about $12,250,000 cash. the board, suggesUng the aboard 

2. That when the last two stock ^ight be under the influence pf the 
repurchases wei^e made, Paraiinount I theatres. 

was allegedly Insolvent In that tiie The naa,yor discovered the the- 
fair, realizable value of Its assets atres select two members,' J. J 
was less than would be required to Parker being^ chosen by the first 
pay its liabilities as they became run houses and William Cutts by 
absolute and matured. These trans- 1 the subsequent run houses. The 
actions are called a violation of the council names the third member. 
New York Stock Corporation Iaw These three recommend the two ad- 
and Of the Debtor* and Creditor dltlonal members and the mayor 
La^/ suggested , that with the raajorlty 

8i That in order to make the the theatres have they would be 
January, ld32, stock repurchases | able to control the selection 
Parahiount, with ho available funds 
and allegedly insolvent, paid $500,- 
000 cash of tiie total price of $2i- 
650,000 and Undertook to pay the 
rest by saddling the liability :-oh a 
controlled subsidiary, Balaban. & 
Katz, via a transfer of certain of 
Par's, property to B&-K, which, is- 
sued a series of notes maturing 
over^lS months, turned over to. 
ve^^rs of the stock. This, it IS 
elided, directly violated Fara- 
ylfiount's covenant that neither it 
/ Bor ■ Its - subsldlariea - I would- ts reate 
any indebtedness inaturing in more 
than 12 nionths. 

4. That In Ma.rch, 1932, when Par 
voB .called Upon to repurchase stock 
Issued for acquisitioji of S0% Jnter 



N. Y. td L. A. 

^na Munson. 

Janet Beecher. 

D. A. Doran. 

Cari.Ijaemmle. 

Max Frledland. ' ~ 

James Whale. 

Mr. and Mrs. Dick Wallace. 

Jean Fontaine. 

M. H. Aylesworth. 
Milt Ralson. 
Jack Harvey. 



Ugg lOr acqui HUiuji ua uuyo i-ci . ~ ■ \ Lo U Holtz. ^ 

rT'fe^pl umbla B roadoaBt lng , in~~TrB"ymffnVr GV^lfflth . aM'^Hg- \ 



had no available means for doing 
so, but ostensibly sold its 60*/o in- 
terest, with Par officers sacriflclng 
this interest for a wholly Inadequate 
price in order to repurchase Its own 
stock at $85 ( share. 
^'5. That while these stock repur- 



Dixlc Dunbar. 
Edith Fitzgerald. 
Austin Parker. 
Ruby Keeler. 
Helen Keeler. 
B. B. Kahane. 
J. R. McDonough. 



tips Angeles, Feb. 19. 
■Three Fox -West Cosist trustees in 
bankruptcy were allowed $14,529.90 
ea,ch by ileferee in Bankruptcy 
Samuel W. McNabb, to apply 
against their final remuneration, 
when, liquidation has been com- 
pleted, but vjrero denied a weekly 
drawing account to apply against 
final settlement. 

At the same time Referee Mc- 
Nabb allowed the law firm 6f O'Mel- 
veny, Tuller 4fc * Myers and Reuben 
(J. Hunt, representing the trustees 
a lump sum of $43,000, to be divided 

among themselves as they See At. 

An additional allowance of $1,000. 
to complete Its claim of ^2,500, was 
made to O'Melveny, Tuller & Myers, 
Samuel T. Bush and Bertram H.. 
Ross, attorneys for the San Fran- 
cisco ancillary receivers. 

Hearing before Referee McNabb 
oh the remuneration requests was 
heW Tuesday (13) with tlie referee 
holding his decisions in abeya,nce 
until Thursday. At the. hearing 
Alfred W. Wrlght,_of counsel for 
Fox Films, Wesco and Chase bank, 
the three major dreds with claims 
totaling around $17,000,000, advised 
the court that his clients had no 
oljjection to a payment to trustees 
and attorneys^t this time. An ob- 
jection by T. Li. Talley was regis- 
tered by his attorney, ' Edgar K. 
BrPWn, who also entered, an. objec- 
tion to a preliminary report of the 
three appraisers designed to es^ 
tabllsh the present value of the 
estate. Appraisers had previously 
testified that a tentative appraisal 
had been fixed at $13,063,616,71, as 
of Dec. 30. Brcwn tpok the poisl- 
tlon that the .appraisal was not 
valid aj^ It was based only on a,n 
examination of the bankrupt's books 
and earnings, and not on a com- 
plete Physical examination of all 
properties involved. 

Referee McNabb. contended that 
the stock yalue and earnlnigs of the 
deifunct circuit would have ah ina- 
portant bearing on any appraisal, 
and overruled, the. objection^ 

Principal witness at the . hearing 
was Fred I* Metzler, F-WC treaa- 
uper, who testified as .to, receipts 
and disbursen^nts for the entire 
bankruptcy pwipd up to and In- 
cluding week ending Jan. 13, ehow- 
ing' a jump - In revenue of nearly 
$2,000,000 In gross revenue for the 
period- from Dec. 2 to . Jan. 18, for 
total receipts of $11,069,242.11 since 
the bankruptcy proceedings were 
started. Metzler tola the court that 
cash in bank, as of Feb. 8 last, was 
$686,808.. 

= Slnco"=week=^ndIng^Deci="=^l6=7lastv 
circuit cash profit amounted to 
$1»247,312.92, with a net of $911,- 
312.92, Metzler testified. Only in 
one of the. seven weeks was there 
•an- pperttti ng-defleK^-thie-beihg- th 
week }U8C~ preceding TJMrlsfmffS, 
when the circuit dropped $16,808.97; 
Profit weeks showed: Week ending 
Dec 16, $3,086.26 i Dec. 80, $51,- 
107.12; Jan. 6, $99,066.48: Jan. 13. 
$61,486.42; Jan. 20, $4*7,840.11; Jan. 
27, $63,691.66. 



Minor Blaze at B'way Cap. 

Something of. a scare resultQd 
baokstage at the Capitol, N. T., yes- 
terday noon (Monday) when fire 
broke out and an alarm was put In, 
lire engines coming around, to go 
to. work.. 

Blaze resulted frpih a Short cir- 
cuit ' and caused minor damage^ 
mostly from water, to kangings and 
other stage properties. 

ROCHESTER, N.Y.. 100% 
COMERFORD, PAR OUT 

Rochester, Feb, 19. 
Publlx passed from the Rochester, 
field when the Century and Regent 
went under the Comerford banner. 
Manager William H. Gadoret of the 
Capitol becomes mianaging director 
of the three houses. Faramouht, 
FoXi, Warners and First National" 
pictureis go to these houses and the 
Century, ace house of the .trio,, 
starts with Warners' 'Fashion iPol- 
lles.' M. E. Comerford and George 
Walsh for Publlx, were in town to 
arrange details. 

iPubllx took over the Eastman, 
Century and Regent five years ago 
oh a 10 -year lease, but turned back 
the Eastman to the University of 
Rochester after two years when it 
went badly into the red. ^ Later rent 
concessions were obtained on the 
Century aihd Regent, but still un- 
able to put them In the black. 

Manager Harry Royster of the 
Century^, who pbtalned the rent cuts. 
Is expected to continue under ' the 
Comerford banner, as is John J. 
O'Neill of the Regent, former man- 
ager of the. Eastman. 



Stock Tab and F3ins 
To Fight Twin Sais 

Chlcagpk Feb. 19. 
Eskel Gifford has opened a stock 
tab company at the Majestic in 
Springfield. 

Operates in conjunction with fea- 
ture films, house utilizing the extra 
fiesh drama as part of a double fea- 
ture t^ttractioh to complete with the 
double feature films at .otlier thea-r 
tres. 



Phoney Ustings 
Hit Small Calif . 
Theatre Owners 



Los Angeles, i^eb. 
Picture house operators Jn at 
number ot the smaller communities 
adjacent to Los Angeles, are beingr 
nicked fpr various sums, ranging 
from $20 to $30, through falling for 
an Advance Fee Listing racket that. 
Is being heavily worked In this ter- 
ritory by an -organised gang: 

"HeportS: received by the Better 
Business BUreau here are that plo 
houses which have long been look-* 
ing for an out are among numerous 
other businesses that hove fa.llen for 
the prospect of selling , th^eir busi- 
ness, and paying a nominal amount 
of cash to cover cost of .appra,iaail, 
listing, etc. 

Plan is for one or two members 
of the racket to approach an exhlb, 
saying they represent a client who 
is anxious to Invest. "Theatre man^ 
If Interested In a sale after several 
years of low grosses, puts up a. 
small deposit, wh|[ch, a . contract 
reads, he Is. to be reinibursed if no 
inquiry for. a purchase is received 
within 30 days. Some 10 days or 
two Sve'eks later, an Inquiry comes 
from some' out .of. town source, usu- 
ally a fictitious address, but when 
an a^kiing price is quoted, the offer 
is rejected;. 

Exhlb then finds that he has no 
recourse, as agreement expressly 
covers such a querisr. B. B. B. Is 
sending out warnings; to business 
houses to avoid deals with these 
racketeer 



Klein With Zanft 



Arthur Klein ha^ joined the John 
Zanft agency as an associate. 
. Former Shubert vaude booker 
was In charge of- Lyons & Lyons 
office here, several years agp. 

M6 OaUNa ARCBDALE 

Metro has taken a test of and Is 
talking figures with Alexander 
Archdaie, British cobitc. Archdale 
is currently appearing In 'The Wind 
and the Rain,' on Broadway, his flrst 
IT. S. assignment. 

Sanford Greenburgher is handling 
the negotiations. 



SCHENCK SUES FARASH 
FOR SWITCHING DATES 

Albany. Feb. 19. 
Joseph M. Schehek ProductlonSi 
Inci. has brought ah actlpn In U. S. 
District Court here against the 
Farash Theatre Corp. of Schenec* 
tady. charging violation of copy* 
rights. The film company alleges 
that pictures contracted hy Farash 
for exhibition in specified theatres 
were shown in otiier houses. 

Farash operates the four leading 
downtown theatres in Schenectady 
under a pooling arrangement with 
RKO. 



SEOUBASES' 0.0. F-WC 

Hollywood, Feb. 19. 
Spyros Skburas getting his first 
peek at F-WC layout In the norths 
ern California territory In a year. 
Left Monday (19)^ accompanied by 
his brother Charles. 



San Frandlsco, Feb. IB. 
Skouras Brothers In with Arch 
Bowles to look over* the town la 
first visit to Spyros In months. 



High. 

e% 

27% 
5% 
17% 
93% 
.17% 

84% 
91% 
4% 

25 

.6%. 

a% 

18% 

. 4% 

88 

1 24% 
47% 



29 
11% 
3% 



Amusement Stocks 



Sumitiary foi^ Week Ending Feb. 
dTOCK EXCHANGE 



Low. Sales. lesue ana rate. 

8%. 3,200 American Seat......... ... 

23 1,800 Columbia P. 

2% e, TOO Consol; Film . . . • ^ ...... . 

10% 17.200 Consol. Film, pfd. (80c.). . ... . . 

79 4,800 Eaetman Kodak (8).. . * >>• • • • • 

12% 17,000 Fox, Clnea A.......... 

18% 79,400 Qeii, Elec. (40c.) 

20 200 Keith pfd, (7).... 

26% 108,100 Lioew (])............. 

72 600 Do pref ^ (6%) . ............... 

2% 900 MadlBon Sq. Garden... 

21 1,800 Met-G-M pref. (1.89) 

19i 1S4,710 Par-Fubllx ctfe. ............ ^. 

1% 39.700 Pattae Exchange...., 

10% 20,700 Pathe,' Clato A. 

6% 110,200 Radio Corp ...w.i 

2% 100,200 AKO, 

10% 230 Universal pref.......... 

'4% 71,700 Warner Bnos.'i. i.... 

18% 100 Do' pf d • 

3S% 80,200 Westinghouse (1)..;... 



igh. 


Low. 


0% 


5% 


26% 


25 


3% 


.4% 


17% 


10% 


93% 


68 


17% 


16% 


28% 


22 


24% 


24% 


34% 


31% 


01% 


86%. 


4% 


2^ 


25 




6% 


4% 


8% 


2% 


18% 


17% 


8%. 
■4% 




38 


27 




6% 


20%, 


M% 


44%' 





11% 

.66 

02% 

60 
, 60% 

6ai£. 



Bid. 



106 Columbia FlctB.. 29 

8,000 Technicolor 10% 

. 6,800 Trans Lux (10c.) 2% 

BONDS 

3^^^648.000 ~Genr *hear Eq.^O ....... .7. .. . 11% " 

51. 18.000 Keith O's, '46 61% 

86 34,<X>0 Loew «'8. !41 06V^ 

86 16,000 Pathe 7'B. '87... 92% 

28% 201,000 Par-Fam-I>asky O's, ' ........ 60 

29% 270,000 Par-Pub 6%'8, '60.. 60% 

18% 8,000 RKO O's, '41.......... 38 

ITHa — ^^127itM:"mf=nW~Br^1S.''6'Br^8»rtr.V.~Tr-80-''- 

OVER^THE COUNTER. N. Y. 

Roxy, Class A (3.60) 

Unit do.. 

PRODUCE EXCHANGE, N. Y. 

^ 26,600 Par-Publlx 6% 



20 



Last. 

6% 
26% 

6% 
16% 
93% 
16% 

?a% 

24% 
83% 
91% 

8% 
24% 

6%' 

18 
8% 
4% 

S2 - 
7% 

20% 

48% 



29 
10 
3% 



N«« 

cbg. 
+ % 

+ % 

+4Ti 

+1% 

xt 

+ % 

+1% 



8 
60 
OS 
00 
42 
42% 
84 

---64-' — ^ 



11% 
61% 
96% 
02 
46% 
40% 
38 
•-68%- 



a" 

+7% 

+6- 



•% 



TuMdajr, FebnMr^ 10, 1934 



P|C¥aBES 



H'WOOD LABOR MEDl 




Blam Ikeatens P<»reinpt(Hry House 
Qosings If 10% Tax Through; 
Miss. Reinstates 2-Yr.-0ld Tax Law 



irmlngham, Feb; 
All of a sudden the south seems 
to have become tdz-mlnded. Mis- 
sissippi last week passed a bill re- 
Inatatinff tlie state's :L0% amuse- 
ment tax passed two yearS aso as 
an emergency measure and the city 
—of Birmingham Is expected to leyy 
a 1Q%. tax oh .theatres, dance halls, 
nite cluba, circuses, etc. 

The theatres are fighting back 
and notice has been served that if 
the tax is passed it will cause , at 
least a half dozen liouses in the 
downtown district to close. The day 
the tax negotiations got under w^'Ti 
the Wllby interests ran an ad In 
one of the papers saying the day 
the city passed the tax the Oalax 
Would close, 

The commish .has already levied 
a 10% on athletic, events such as 
baseball, football, etc. The 10% 
oii circuses will mean that few, if 
any sawdust outfits Will play the 
city, one of the best spots in the 
south, because o^ the tax. This 
has been the case in .'Mississippi 
where the 10% has been in effect. 
Last year not a large circus played 
the state and the Ringllng show 
jumped all the way from New Or- 
I leans through Mississippi to Birm- 
(iVlngham. — - 

The 10% tax. reenacted by the 
Mississippi legislature was passed 
two years ago to meet the state's 
I- falling income. The bill ikassed by 
<=' the Senate and House is merely 
providing for the. continuation of. 
this tax. Gov. Connor has hot signed 
it yet but will probably .do so upon 
its presentation. 

Frank Merritt, head of the Birm- 
ingham Amus. Co. appeared before 
the city commission saying that the 
smaller houses of Birmingham could 
not continue In operation with a 
10% tax and that it would not be 
practical to pass the tax oh to eus-< 
tomers. 

40c Admiah No Luxury. 
He ^aid that the smaller theatres 
Watered to a class of people unable to 
pay this tax and that amusements 
of less than 40c did not come under 
the classification of luxuries but 
should be called a' necessity to the 
mental uplift of citizens. 

If the tax goes into effect the 
houses that may close are the Capi- 
tol, Oalax, Trianon, Royal, Rialtp, 
iiyric, Jefferson and numerous 
neighborhood houses. 

In the group that called on the 
city commission every branch of the 
amusement Industry was repre- 
sented. Even the. stagehands and 
musicians descended upon the city 
hall. 

Dick Kennedy, division manager 
.pf the. JWilby houses, said business 
was just beginning to pick up at 
the theatres and the added tax 
would mean a relapse. He said the 
Wllby houses here had losses 
amounting to $583,000 since 1929 

Tlieatrical men were quick to 
v score the work of a citizen's com 
mittee that suggested the tax. They 
claim that this method of taxation 
'I: was suggested to avoid a general 
' sales tax which would aftect mer 
chants and others represented on 
the committee. This committee of 
citizens was appointed to study the 
city financial condition and make 
suggestions. 

The Mississippi tax was hard 
fought although not so hotly as the 
Birmingham plan. Last summer, 
under the direction of Ed Kuyken 
dull, a meeting, of state exhibitors 
was held at Jackson for the pur- 
pose of protesting the 10% tax when 
othff merchants were, paying only 
2%. 



Man ASC Kicks 



Hollywood, Feb. It. 

initial meeting of oommltteea rep- 
resenting producers and the Ameri- 
can Society of CInematographers to 
set tip machinery to bandla-epm-^ 
plaints and grievances under the 
ASC standiard contract wltlt the 
signatory producers will be held 
this week. 

J. J. dain, William Koenlg . and 
C. D. White are the producer repre- 
sentatives, while John Arnold, Fred 
Jackman and Victor Mllner have 
been appointed to act for the oam- 
eiamen's assoclatlph. 



STAR ^ CHAMBER 





BOOMERANG 





Atwell to Head AMPA 



iP.iMi Atwell will" proJJabi'y succeed 
John C. Flinn as president of the 
A.M.P.A. at a special election to be 
held in April. 

A;\,fll jK a voteran lefjU and ptc 



The self 'imposed Secrecy of the 
Code Authority is now admitted by 
many codists boomeranging in such 
directions as to he embarrassing to 
many of its members. Those who 
doh't talk outside are sometimes put 
on the spot by those who do. Aside 
from this there are many .other as- 
pects, such as exhibitors .6^ in the 
fleid. becoming 'more ancf^wc' mys- 
tified by the obvious inability of the 
NRA to set up Its boards which are 
the very life of the code. 

The star- chambering is admit- 
tedly becoming more and more cum- 
bersome for the codists. The policy 
that had. been doped out at the 
start— letting one man do all of the 
talking for publication — is admit- 
tedly falling. 



4 KEYS ALL SET 
WITH 14 m 



The four cities, in which the zon- 
ing and grievance boards are com- 
plete, including, the impartial ob- 
server, and their set-ups are: 

Charlotte: Frank Bryan, H. H 
Everett, H. F. Kincey, Charles 
Picquet, with Paul Rpsseau, /secre 
t&ry of the Merchants' Ass'n, aS the 
pbserver, on grievance. Ira Furman, 
R. J. Ingram, Montgomery Hill, Al- 
bert Sotille, J. M. Gregg, W. H, 
ilendricks on zoning. C. O. Kues- 
ter, of tile local Chamber of Com- 
merce, is observer. -.. 

Detroit: Fred North, Sam Seplo 
win, Ed Beatty, Ed Kirshner on the 
grievance, with Kenneth C. Weber, 
a lawyer, observer. For zoning 
Nat Levy, Carl Shallt, Georjge W. 
Trendle, James Minter, James C. 
Ritter, Allan Johnson. H. A. Har- 
rington, o£ the Arbitration Commit- 
tee, Detroit Bos,rd of Commerce, Is 
observer. 

New Orleans: Grievance, Guy 
Brown, Houston Duvall, Norman 
Cartel', Bert Klern, with Herbert J. 
Schwartz, president of Malsbh 
Blanche, as observer. Zoning: Luke 
S. Connor, Paul Tessier, Rodney 
Toups, Harry McCleod, Joseph Al- 
sina— Joseph BarcelQn a_.a nd .W.„H 
Alexander,^ president of L. Bieble- 
man Co., as observer. 

Oklahoma City: Grievance, Otto 
Rode, Sol Pavis, R. M. Clark, Fred 
P^ckrel, with Judge Albert C. Hum 
as "6f>sei^er"'""26nfng~"Fr?X."ing^^ 
L. F.. Stocker, Pat McGee, Ralph 
Talbot. M. Lowenstein, W. P. Mor 
gan. with F. C. Morey. v.^p. of the 
Ti:a'lfsm(ni 'atlo .'il Bank, as ob 



Malcontents Hope Judge 
Lindsey't Appointment 
WUl Settlo Studio-Em- 
ployee Relatkms — NRA 
Officials' Confabs in Los 
Angeles 

WASH. TO GUIDE HIM 



Los Angeles, Feb. 1*. 
Studio laborltes and Sztras, most 
dissatisfied of all piix codists, see 
better times ahead with appoint- 
ment of Judge Beii B. Lindsey to 
Southern California NBA beadquarr 
ters as investigator and meditator of 
all employee-employer code dis- 
putes for the territory. 

Wails, directed against alleged 
failure to get action from code 
committees on labor and extra situ- : 
ation a,pppinted . over two months 
ago by Deputy Administrator Sol A. 
Rosenblatt, have been piling up 
heavily in local NBA offices since 
Rosenblatt's Hollywood trip, during 
which immediate action was prom- 
ised at meetings the two commit- 
tees had with the administrator. 

George Creel, California iNRA 
chief, planned to be in town early 
this week tb huddle witit Charles 
H. Cunningham, local NRA head, 
and Lindsey on the latter's official 
setup and procedure. lilndsey will 
be assigned a staff of Investigators 
as soon as finances are set for the 
new arm of Cunningham's 'office. 

Llndsey's appointment Is inter 
preted as a link in the new plan for 
NBA, which will hare administra- 
tion sponsored officials sitting on 
the sidelines for all code activity to 
blow- the whistle and Inflict penal- 
ties if and when the going gets- too 
rough. Lindsey and similar officers 
in other territories will stlak to em- 
ployee disputes. ^ Trade piactice 
kicks will be handled by. 8epa,rate 
departments. 

Brass knuckles la the NBA fist, 
which hangs -over persistent chisel 
ers; is Rosenblatt's Hollywood inti- 
mation that 'nobody wants to face 
a Federal indictment,' and the $500 
fine for proved violators, plus re 
moval of the Blue Bagle from worst 
offenders. 

Cunningham Aettve 
Confidential administration data 
on NBA's progress in spreading em- 
ployment and ..adding to pay envel- 
ope stuffings, provoked the tighten- 
ing of the NRA machine, with an 
Inside reorganization In which Cun- 
ningham and other administration 
officials drew new asslgnmente on 
24 hours' notice last month. 

Since his arrival, Cunningham has 
been delving deeply Into aU phases 
(Continued on page 48) 



Little to Report lo Washington— 
On March 5; Code Can't Be Split 



SCREEN ACTORS' GiED 
NOMINATES COMMIITEES 



Holly wppd, Feb. 19. 
With 700 proxies pa band, the 

Screen Actors Guild ntllroaded 
through its entire slate of sug- 
gested hominees.for the Agents and 
Actors -producer committees tb be 
set up under the code at a meeting 
which lasted until midnight Sunday 
(18) in the Hbliywood Women's 
Club. Nominations wlU be sent 
Bosenblatt for confirmation and ap- 
pointment If. he chooses any of 
those submitted. 

For 5-5 alctor-producer committee 
were Chosen Robert Mbntgomery, 
Ralph Morgan, Jcupes Cagney, Ken- 
netlu _5'liojn80ii,^ Wphiurd Tu cker, 
Chester Morris, Claude king, Mary 
Astor, Pat CBrien, Ann Harding 
and Paul Muni. Latter was added 
by a nomination from the floOr. 

Adolph Menjou, Spenoer Tracy 
aW'^enoirCh'Wchlll^-were'choseir 
for the single spot that Is open on 
the agent committee. Superior 
Court Judges iisaae Ps,cht and 
Minor Moore supervised ballotting 
and certified the nominations. 



The film code may be re^opened 
when Washington begins 'its cpn- 
yentlon ..of code authorities on 
March 5 but it cdn never be split 
into two parts like in other indus- 
tries. CbMlsts mside this statement 
Monday (19) after being .apprised 
oC reports within certain' indie 
ranks that attempts are being made 
to precipate the spUt through 
Congress. 

They revealed that the 40 hours 
during the past week, swirling 
through more than a 1,000 Indus^ 
try. names definitely proves., film- 
dbm, so far aa wholesaler .and 
retailer are concerned, to be 
literally Indivisible. In other words 
the survey for eliglbles for Zotiing 
and Grievance Boards dispels indus- 
try theory that independents con- 
stitute the majority of theatre 
owners. One codist now ventures 
the estimate that at least S0% of 
all the theatres in the U. S. directly 
and indirectly are hooked up With 
producers and distributors. This is 
70% oyer the official estimate which 
figures that not oyer 1,900 houses 
are in an affiliated, or near-affiliated 
class; 

Although dizzy from the strain 
which h£is sent more than one mem 
ber to a sickbed, and with company 
work piled up on their desks for 
another week since they now have 
the job of .completing the last and 
toughest NRA police forces in 10 
cities, filmdom has managed to 
fterure.out an answer to President 
Rooseyelt on Code Judgment. Day, 
Figuratively, It is to the effect. 

We. have nothing to report on 
the code. As yet it has not a 
chance to function. So, for the 
Film . Code Authority at least, this 
convention in Washington is pre- 
mature. Give us another few 
months. 

There is a wide diversity of opin- 
ion right now as to when the code 
will get into operation. Only four 
Cities a.re- 100% set in meuibership 
while some 16 others are minus 
Government appointees, plus the 
'toughest 10' with which the C. A, 
is scheduled tb wrestle all this week, 

Some of the codists predict March 
1 as the date. Others lean toward 
April 10. At any event it has heen 
officially announced that nothing 
more will be said about the debut of 
the NRA police until after the C 
A.'s general session next Monday 
(20). 

Who Pays Bills, and How 

The matter of who's going to pay 
the bills— and how — has to be 
settled before the bureau can go 
to work,' Codists over the weekend 
calculated that if the NRA can sub- 
sist bn |4BO,000 yearly it will be 
cheap. ^There's ~~inr' item of ^75,000 
for secretaries who have yet to be 
appointed. And, while thb NRA 
coppers are worlcing for glory, the 
industry must heeds inSet their 
traveling expenses and what-nots 
while attending to duties. A lot of 
them, It is conceded, will have to 
stay at hotels— in f act soine already 
are. So, when some 400 men In the 
business have access to expense ac- 
counts the bills have got tb be paid, 
somehow* 

For a. time it lopked as though a 
seat tax would ta,ke care of the the- 
atre end of :the assessment. Now 
there seems tb be an upset In that 
direction with tlie latest theory that 
a fiat tax on every theatre, regard- 
less .bf size and location. Is the way 
outi On this basis the thing won't 
be the headache, that It would first 
appear. A fee of |3 i>er month by 
every theatre, plus the contributions 
of ^^woduceriff laid diBtrtiratpwrr 
easily take care of any situation 
this side of 11,000,009, It is observed 
by code specialists. 

The finance committee, named at 
the-first-.-meetlng of-the-G.-A:. -Is-l:e 
ported to have met only once siniiie 
the first of the year. C. A. officials 
reported Monday it may meet some 
time during this week. 

There is alno the matter of in 



strdctihg the field boards as to their 
duties., in addition to everything 
else. The C. A, at its Friday ses- 
sion, lasting until early Saturday, 
formally ruled that matters might 
be expedited by letting zoning lines 
of '3.3-'34 prevail as the target tor 
squawks and that the |iew sales 
ihap be drawn with these in mind. 

Very likely when legal matters 
are before the C. A., company presi- 
dents will send their lawyers; while 
sales managers will take csre pf 
exhib-distrlh squabbles. The heads 
themselves will possibly only put 
in - appearances when, matters of 
general policy are before the C. A. 

buring the Friday session, when 
Nick Schenck sent his fourth al- 
ternate, Charles Moskowitz, for the 
night end of the meeting, the 10% 
cancellation iretrbactivlty matter 
bobbed up again. The Government 
remained, adamant, codists report, 
and the majority of the Authority 
-^largely the major representative 
vote — recorded a piroteat .against 
this stand, 

The matter who voted and 
how still remains a. clashing pointl^ 
So. fari. according to codists, names 
of indlvldua:ls are being kept off the 
record, the vote simply being con- 
fined to majority and minority. This 
matter of house rules is. amohg 
others which the C. A. to date is 
reported tb have slighted. 

Codists while denying that the 
matter had been given any formal 
consideration by the C. A. were of 
the knowledge bver the weekend 
that Allied Exhibitors' suit against 
the NRA may never get to trial. 
There are reports In some direc- 
tions that it has been settled but 
the most persistent are that Allied 
has been convinced the action Is 
useless. The case, postponed sev- 
eral times already. Is now down fo? 
March 1 before Federal Judge 
Bohdy. Formal disposition bf It is 
expected to be announced then. 

Allled's man on the Authority, 
Nate Tamins, is reported to have 
filed charges to the effect that he 
was bluing discriminated against In 
the matter of field boards at the 
Friday meeting. 



NRA NOT VEXED 
WITH CA-ROSY 



Washington, Feb, 19. 
Reports ..that JNBA is chafing at 
slowness on the part of film Code 

Authority were bashed in the head 
Saturday (17) by Deputy Adminis- 
trator Sol Bosenblatt. 

'There isn't anything to this yarn 
that we are Impatient abbut the 
Code Authority,' Bosenblatt said. 
'The Job Of setting up clearance and 
zonliig and grievance boards has 
been very strenuous and the Code 
Authority has been painstakinglr 
working at It, The Authority iS 
co-operating very nicely.' 



Sennett-Par Again 



Hollywood, Feb. II. 

Mack SAinett is negotiating with' 
Paramount to do a series of shorts 
for next year's program. He re* 
leased through that organlzatlos 
for, 't|. sea son.- ^ - , 

Sennett wants Paramount to pro* 
vide 99% of the financing. 



Hornblow'* Ist at Par 

' Hollywood, Feb. If, 

Mitchell Lelsen will direct Para* 

mount's 'Pursuit of Happiness.' 
Picture is Arthur Hornblow's first 

production on that lot. 



VARIETY 



PICTURES 



Tuesday, February 20, 1934, 



Zim Tells Plenty 



(Continued from page 4), 



and a receiver pendente lite oyer 
Biich property be appointed. 

. That Columbia Broadcasting 
Go, and William S. Paley restore to 
Paramount Its Columbia stock, or. 
if . Impossible, a:ccount for Its yaiiie. 

. That the court; accelerate the' 
bonds and declare theni , ah unpaid/ 
past due Indebtedness of Parar 
mount. 

7. that, plalhtltts have various 
Vemedlal rejlef, including, a feeneral 
receivershljp 6t all of Paramount's 
assets. 

Zirn's lengthy brief reveals inany 
interesting allegations In connec- 
tion with the Par 5^% bonds. In- 
cluding that fraudulent acts cpmr 
niehced with, their Very issuance, 
tt Is charged that in the prospectus 
the balance sheet' Is. false in tha,t ta 
$10,000,600 loss sustained; by Para- 
mount Is nowhere *revealed. 

Also alleged Is that the prospec- 
tus states Par had an option to jpurr 
chase more than 200,000 shares of 
Its own stock at prices averiaging 
$80 a share, when in fact the opr 
tion was against it &nd it (Par) 
Was under a fixed pbllgatlon to 
purchase such .^shares .at; these 
pricesr— vaistly in exceisi; of ,the then 
market, book or intrinsic value 
thereof. 

The ■ prospectus was issued, de- 
clares the brief, with the knowl- 
edge and acquiescence of the trusr- 
tee (Chase National), which, 
through a "securities afflUate^ , par- 
ticipated in the iiiiderwrlting profits 
but did hOthiner then or since to 
disclose the true situation to pros- 
pective bond purchaseris. 

Papers also charge that the proS" 
pectus and the trustee (Chase Na- 
tional) also failed to .dftclose that 
the Indenture contains numerouls 
clauses purporting to exonerate the 
trustee from any. liability for its 
failure /or refusal to act for the 
bondholder^' protection, and to re- 
lieve it of any duty to act; unless 
by written demand of 25^ ot the 
bonds and the furnishing of such 
tndenmlty' as- it sees , fit to demand 
^^onditions practioally impossible 
of perfonhahce. 

Subsequent' to the idsue of .the 
bonds, Paraiiaount (by its directors) 
embarked upon a long series of 
wrbngdolhg. It is a.lleged. Cited by 
the brief,- they are: 

li That from January, 1931, on-,, 
paramount had no. assets, and thai' 
its balance sheet, purporting tr. 
show a surplus* was fictitious' in 
that the item of land was carried 
at a so-called 'reappraisal value' 
whereby approximately $25,000,000 
was added to the cost or actual 
value of such land-r that stock pur- 
chase liabilities aggregating ap- 
proximately $12,000,000 and losses 
of nearly $12,000,000 more were not 
reflected ,at all. Further losses 
of approximately $25,000,000 wpre 
capltaillzed: as so- called *premilums 
paid fov - capital stock of con- 
solidated subsidiaries,* represent- 
ing ho value whatsoever, etc. 
Despite the absence of any surplus 
and the prohibition of Section 664 
of the Penal Law, Paramount re- 
purchased 154,000 shares of, its 
stock between or shortly prior to 
September,. 1931, and March, 1932, 
tpr about ..$1.2,:^60,000 cash. 

2. That when the last two stock 
repurchases were made, paramount 
was .allegedly insolvent in that the 
fair, realizable value of its assets 
was less than would be .required to 
pay Its liabilities as they became 
absolute and niatured. These trans- 
actions, are called a violatioA of the 
New York Stock Corporation Law 
and of the Debtor aiid Creditor 
Law. 

3. That In order tp make the 
January, 1932, stock repurchases 
Paramount, with no available funds 
and allegedly insolvent, paid $600;- 
tlOO cash of the total price of $2,- 
fi50,0Q0 and undertook to pay the 
rest by saddling the liability on a 
controlled subsidiary, Balaban & 
Katz, via a transfer of certain .of 
Par's property to B&K, which is 
sued a series of .notes maturing 
over 18 months, turned over to 
vendors of the stock. This, it is 
Claimed, directly violated Para- 
mount's covenant that neither it 

-nor— its^ subsidiaries, -,w,ould.. create 



chases were being made and funds 
procured therefor. Par owed the 
brinks about $10,000,000 (Unsecured) 
and when bahk creditors demanded 
security 'an eliaborate arid fraudu-; 
lent device was cpricpcted,' (This 
refers to the fllm-hocking transac- 
tioh), 

Zlrri.was given an hour to argue 
his points before the Appellate Dl^ 
Vision, counsel fOr the def endaht 20. 
miriutes. 

The cocky- bondholder lawyer 
drtsw a hearty laugh when One of 
the. Justices asked if It niade any 
diftereilce that he (the Jurist) was 
n the Chase iBank (apparently as 
a depositor). iZii^ answered in the 
negative, pointing out that many 
other banks were involved and that 
;udges may be deposltori. 1- all of 
them. 'You're flattering,' humor- 
ously remarked the court. 



IATSE,IBEW TO BATTLE 
THEIR CAUSE ON C0AS1 



Hollywood, Feb. 19. 
Jurisdictional corttrorersy beitiyeen 
the international Alliance of Theat- 
rical :Sta|re Employees ari»i the in- 
ternational Brotherhood of Electri- 
cal Workers, in respect to studio 
working agreements will be con- 
tinued here, despite the reported 
action of lATSE factions in the east 
of . demending a showdown at the 
June convention over the... dissatis- 
faction that has arisen In some 
quarters over the handling of the 
strike situation here last sutnmer. 

Hearing on the appeal Of lATSE 
local 37, in Its controversial fight 
with IBElW local NOi 40 over alleged 
violation of Jurisdictional agree 
'ments, will be opened Feb. 26 before 
Superior Court Judge Leon H 
Yahkwlch. Motion to be argUed is 
for a new trial, in the plaintiffs 
contention that the IBEW violated 
the 1926 studio agreement by replac 
ing members of loeal 37 during the 
strike. 

Law Arm: of Burke, Hlckson, 
BUrke & Marshall, attorneys for the 
L^TSE Ideal, are prepared to carrj- 
the flght through the California 
courts if necessary, in their en 
deavor .to secure a favorable de- 
cision on the rights of .lATSE work 
ers as studio electricians and lamp 
porkers. - . , 

IBEW will be represented at the 
Feb. 26 hearing by Dempster & 
Dempster, with both sides prepared 
for a. bitter tangle over the ques- 
tions of law involved. 



1st Runs on Broadway 

(Subject to Change) 

Paramountr^'Death Takes a 
Holiday' (Par). 

Capitol—Mystery of Mr. X' 
(Metro) » 

Strand — 'Mandalay' (WB) 
(2d week), 

Rialto— "Dark Hazard' (WB) 
(21), , ■• 

Roxy— 'Hips, . Hips, Hooriay ' 
(RKQ)(22). 

Music Hall— It Happened 
One Night' (Col) (22). 

RIvoli— 'Moulin Rouge' (UA) 
(3d :week). 

Week March 1 

Paramount— 'Six <^t a Kind' 
(Par). 

Capitol — 'Queen 
(Metro). 

Strand— ^'Wonder .Bar' (WB) 
(28). 

Rialto r- 'Heat Lightning' 
(WB) (28). ^ 
Music Hall-^'Spitflre' (RKO). 
Rivcli— 'Palooka' (UA) (27). 



^ Picture 
'Catherine the Great' (UA) 
(Astor) (2d week). 





PorUand Censor Shakevp 

Portland, Ore., 
■ Mayor Carson has proposed a 
censor shakeup, the outcome of 
several pictures having been ap- 
pealed to the city council after they 
were condemned by the board. In 
a communicatioQ to the censor 
board the mayor recommended two 
of - his choice for. the vacancies on 
the board, suggesting the .board 
might be under the influence of the 
theatres. 

" The ^aayof discovered the' the- 
atres select, two members, J.. J. 
Parker being chosen by the first 
riin houses a,nd William Cutits by 
the subseqxient run houses. The 
council- names the . third member 
These three recommend the two ad- 
ditional members iand . the mayor 
suggested, that with. Jhe majority 
the theiEi.trtes have tiiey Would be 
able to control the selection. 



'any indebtedness maturing in more 
than* 12 -months. 

'4. That iri March, 1932, when . Par 
was called upon to repurchase stock 
issued for acquisition of 50% inter 
est in Columbia Broadcasting, it 
had no available means for doing 
so, but ostensibly sold its 60% in 
terest, with Par officers sacrificing 
this interest for a wholly Inadequate 
price In order to repurchase Its own 
stock at $85 : share. 
6. That while these stock repur- 



N. y, to L. A. 

Lona MuTi'son. 
Janet Beecher. 
D. A. Doran. 
Carl Laemmie.. 
Max Friedland. ' 
James Whale. 

Mr. and Mrs. Dick Wallace. 

Jean. Fontaine. 



— lirAi^to^*^*^ 

M. Ti. Aylesworth. 
.Milt Ralson. 
Jack Harvey. 
Lou Holtz. 

Raymond Griffith and wife. 

Dixie Dunbar. 

Edith Fitzgerald. 

Austin Parker. 

Ruby Keeler. 

Helen Keeler. 

B. B. kahane. 

J. R. McDonough, 



Los Angeles, Feb. 19, 
Three Fox -West Coast trustees in 
bankruipitcy were allowed $14,629.90 
each by Referee »n Bankruptcy 
Samuel W, MCNabb, to apply 
against their final remuneration 
when liquidation has been com- 
pleted, l5ut were denied a weekly 
drawing account to apply figalnst 
final settlement. 

At the sanie time /Referee Mc- 
Kabb allowed the law 'firm of p*MeT- 
yehy, Tuller, &' Myers, and Reuben 
Q. Hunt, xejpireaentlng the trustees 
a lump sum of $48,000, to be divided 

among themselves as they see fit 

An additional allowance of $1,000 
to complete Its Claim of $2.6*0, was 
made to O'Melveny, Tuller & Myers, 
Samuel T. Bush and* Bertram H 
Boss, attorneys fOT the San Fran 
Cisco ancillary receivers.__^ ^ 
. .Hearing before Referee' McNabb 
on. ithe remuneration requests was 
held Tuesday (13) with the referee 
holding his decisions in abeyance 
until Thursday. At the hearing 
Alfred W. fright, of counsel for 
Fox Films, Wesco and Chase bank, 
the three majpr creds with claims 
totaling around $17,obO,0«^, advised 
the court thai his clients had no 
oljjection. to a. payment to trustees 
and attorneys at this time. An ob- 
jection by T. L. Talley was regis- 
tered by his attorney, Edgar K 
Brown, who also entered an objec 
tion to a preliminary Veport of . the 
three appraisers designed to es^ 
tabllsh the present value of the 
estate. Appraisers had previously 
testified that a tentative appraisal 
had been fixed at $13,063,616.71, as 
of Dec. 30. Brown took the posi- 
tion that the appraisal was not 
valid as It was based only on an 
examination of the bankrupt's books 
and earnings, and not, on - a .com- 
plete physical examination of : all 
properties invblVed. 

Referee McNabb contended that 
the stock, value and earnings of the 
defunct circuit would have an im 
portaiit . bearing On any a,ppralsal. 
and overruled the objection; ; 

Principal witness at the hearing 
was Fred L. Metzler, F-WC treas 
uren who testified as to receipts 
and disbursements for the entire 
bankruptcy period up to and in- 
cluding week ending Jan. 13, showr 
ing a Jump in revenue of nearly 
$2,000,000 in gross revenue fOr the 
period fi^om Dec. 2 to Jan. 18, for 
total receipts of $11,069,242.11 since 
the bankruptcy proceedings were 
started. Metzler told the qourt that 
cash in bank, ae of Feb. 8 .last, was 
$'686,808. . 

='"'Sinee'-^eek""ending— Decr^l6-=lastv 
circuit cash profit amounted to 
$1,247,312.92, with a net of $911, 
312.92, Metzler testified. Only in 
one qt the seven weeks was there 
an operating^ deficit, this being the 
week 'Just preceding Christmas, 
when the circuit dropped $16,308.97. 
Profit weeks showed: Week ending 
Dec 16, $3,088.26; Deo. 80, $61, 
197.12; Jan. .6, $99,066.48; Jan. 13, 
$61,485.42; Jan. 20, $47,840.11; Jan. 
27, $«8,691.66. 



Minor Blaze at B'way Cap. 

Something of a scare resulted- 
backstage at the Capitol, N. T., yes- 
terday noon (Monday) when fire 
broke out and an alarm, was put In, 
Are engines coming around to go 
to work. 

.Blaze resulted from a short cir- 
cuit and caused minor damage^ 
mostly frbnl water, to hangings and 
other stage properties. 

ROCHESTER, NX, 100^ 
COMERFORD, PAR OUT 



Rochester,, Feb. 19. 
iPublix passed from the- Rochester 
fi(Bld when the Century and Regent 
went under the COmerford banner. 
Manager William H, Cadoret Of the 
Capitol becomes managing director 
of the three houses. Paramount* 
Fox, Warners and First National 
pictures go to these houses and the 
Century, ace house of the trio, 
startis with Warners' 'Fashion Fol- 
lies.' M. E. COmerford iand <3eorse- 
Walsh foir PubliXi were in town to 
arrange details, 

PUblix toolc over the Eastman,: 
Century and Regent five years ago 
oh a 10 -year lease, but turned back 
the Eastman to the University of 
Rochester after two years when It 
went badly into the red. .. Later rent 
cohcessions were obtained on the 
Century arid Regent, but still un- 
able to put theria In the black. 
' Manager Harry Royster of the 
Century, who obtained the rent cuts, 
Is expected to continue under .the 
Comerfor'd banneri as is John. .J. 
O'Neill of the Regent, former man- 
ager of the Eastman. 



Phoney listii^s 
Hit SmaD Calif. 





Stock Tab and Fibs 
To FigU Twin Bills 



Los Angeles, Feb. 19. 
picture hoiise operators In li 
nuniber of the smaller communities 
adjacent to Los Angeles, are belns 
nicked for various sums, ranging 
from $20 to $30, through falling for 
an AdVanctI Fee Listing racket that 
is being heavily worked in this teri- 
rltory by an organized gang. 

/Reports received by the Better 
Business BUreau here are that pic. 
housos which have long teen look- 
ing for an out are among numerous 
other businesses that, have fallen for 
the prospect of selllnig their busi- 
ness, and paying, a nominal amount 
oil cash to . cover cost of appraisal, 
listing, etc. 

Plan Is for; orie Or two. m.embers 
of the rackiet to approach an exhib* 
saying they represent a client whq 
is anxious .to Invest. Theatre nian^ 
if Interested in a isale after several 
years of low grosses, puts up a 
sriiall deposit, which, a contract 
ireads, he le to be reimbursed If no 
inquiry for a purchase is received 
within 30 days. Some 10 days or 
two weeks later an Iriqulry. comes 
from some out, of town source, usu- 
ally a fictitious address, but when 
an asking price is quoted the ottet 
is rejected. 

Exhib then finds that he has no 
recourse, as agreement expressly 
Covers such a query. B. B. B. is 
sending out warnings to business 
houses, to avoid deals wltlv theifL 
racketeers. 



Chicago, Feb. 19. 
Eskel Gifford has opened a stock 
■lab company at the Majestic In 
Springfield. 

Operates in conjunction with fea- 
ture films, house utilizing the extra 
fiesh drama as part of a double fea- 
ture attraction to compete with the 
double feature films at other thea- 
tres. ; 



Klein With Zanft 



Arthur Klein has Joined the John 
Zanft agency, as an associate? 

Former Shubert vaUde booker 
was In Charge of Lyons & "Lyons 
office here several years ago. 

M6 OaUNG AKCBBALE 

Metro, has taken a test of and Is 
talking figures with Alexander 
ArChdale, British Cotaio. Archdale 
is currently appearing In 'The Wind 
and the Rain,' on Broadway, his first 
U. S. assignment. 

Sanford .Greenburgher Is handling 
the negotiations. 



SCHENCK SUES FARASH 
FOR SWITCHING DATES 



Albany, Feb. 19. 
Joseph Mi Schenck Productions, 
Inc., has brought an action In U» S. 
District Court here against the 
Farash Theatre Corp. of Schenec* 
tady, charging violation of copy-* 
rights. The film company alleges 
that pictures contracted by Farash 
for exhibition in specified theatres 
were shown In other houses. 
' Farash operates the four leadinff 
downtown theatres in Schenectady 
uiider a pooling arrajigement with 
RK-O. 



SEOTTBASES' 0.0. t-WC 

Hollywood, Feb. 19. 
Spyros SkPuras getting his first 
peek at F-WC layout in the north-i 
em California territory in a year. 
Left Monday (19), accompanied by 
his brother Charles, 



San Francisco, Feb. 19. 
Skouras Brothers in with Arch 
Bowles to look oyer the town la 
first visit to Spyros in months. 



Amusement Stocks 



8u m1*i«yy f Or Week End i ng Feb. 
STOCK EXCHANGE 



High. 

e% 

27%. 

.6% 

1T% 

25% 
24% 
84%. 

91%; 

4% 

2S 
5% 

18% 

»% 

4% 

sa 

8% 
24% 
47% 



20 
11% 

8% 



Low. 

8% 
23 - 

2% 
10% 
7« 
12% 
18% 
20 

269^. 

TO 
2% 

21 
1% 
1% 

10% 
6% 
2% 

1«% 
4% 

18% 

38%. 



1194 

66 

06% 

92% 

60 

60% 

88 

69% 



Bid. 



3% 
61 
86 

86. 

28V6 

20% 

18% 

40% 



Sales. 
8,200 
1,800 
6i700 
17,200 
4,800 
17,000 
79,400 
200 
108,100 
600 
900 
1,300 
154,710 
89,700 
20,700 
110,200 
100,200 
2f» 
71,700 
100 
80.200 



100 
8,000 
6,800 



1546,000 
18,000 
84,000 
16,000 
204,000 
270.000 
8,000 
127,000 



% 



Issue ana rate. .High. 
American Seat..i...k........v... 6% 

Columbia . P. 26% 

Consol. Film 5% 

Cohsol. Film, pfd. (60c.)....... . 17% 

Eastman Kodak (8)............ 98% 

Fox; Clat)3 A...;.V. '.V..... 17%. 

Gen, Elec. (40c.). 28% 

Kelth.pfd. (7).... ...... 24% 

Tjoew (3 ).....*....'. .\ ...•'«...'.* ^ . 84% 

D6 -pref. ' (6%) ..........•*...... 91% 

Madison Sq. Qardeti.... ....... . 4% 

Met-G-M pref, (1.89).....;;....... 26 

Par-Fubllx cif e 6% 

Pathe Exchange..' 8% 

Pathe, Claeo A. ..'.....'.'...•'..>> 18% 

Badlo qorp. 8% 

RKO, •■••••••'* •■•••••4* 4^ 

XTnlversnl pref ^1 • .»••*»•«••••••. 33 

'Whrner Bcoe. • • . • • • '1% 

Do pfd •••• « • • •'#••••••••••«••• • ^OtB' 

Westlnghouse {1},....,,..^..... 44% 

CURB 

Columbia Plots 29 

Technicolor ; 10% 

Trana X>ux (10c.) ..^«;;..(. 2%" 

BONDS 

Gen. Thea. &<i. '40..... 11% 

Keith 6'b, '46 ; 61% 

lioeyt 6'e, '41 V. 96% 

Pathe 7'8, '87...., 92% 

Par-Fam-Ijasky 6'b, ' ........ 60 

Par-Pub 6%'fl, '60..... 60% 

RKO 6's, '41......... 88. 

Warner Bros. 6'8, '80 ... 60 

QVER;rHE COUNTER, N. Y. 

Koxy, Ciaas A (8.60) 

Unit do ; 

PRODUCE EXCHANGE. N. Y, 

Par-Publix 



Low. 
5% 
26 
4% 
16% 

'88 

.18%. 
22 
24% 
31% 
80% 

^ 
4% 
2% 

17% 
7% 

a 

27 
6% 
90% 
41% 



29 



60 

05 

90 

42 

42% 

84 

64 



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6% 
26% 

6% 
10% 
98% 
16% 
28% 
24% 
88% 
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24% 

% 

18 
8% 
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S2 

20% 
48% 



29 
10 
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61% 

90% 

82 

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+1 
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Tueadajv Febriiwry SO, 19M 



PICTHBES 



VARIETY 



H'WOOD LABOR MEDIATOR 




ouse 






Qosings If 10% 
Mi$$. Reinstates 2-Yr.-0ld Tax Law 



irmtnehcun,; 

All of a sudden the south seems 
to have become tax-minded. Mis- 
sissippi last week passed a bill re- 
instating tlie state's 10% amuse-^ 
ment tax passed two years ago as 
an emergency measure and the dty 
of . Birmingham Is expected to lery 
a 10% tax on theatres, dance haiis, 
ite clubs, circuses, etb. 

The theatres are fighting back, 
and notice has heen served that if 
the tax is passed. It will cause at 
least a half dozen houses. In the 
downtown district to clo'Sd;' The day 
the tax negotiations got uiider way, - 
the Wllby Interests ran ah ad In 
one of the papers saying the day 
the city passed the tax the Oalax 
Would dose.. 

The commlsh has already levied 
a 10% on athletic . events such as 
baseball, football, etc. The 10% 
on circuses will mean that few. If 
any sawdust outfits Will , play the 
city, one of the best spots In the 
iscuth, because of the tax. This 
has been the case in Mississippi 
where the 10% has been in effect. 
Last year' not a large circus played 
the state and the Ringling show 
jumped all thei way from New Or- 
I . leans through Mississippi to Birm- 
(^'.^ingham. 

The 10% tax reenacted by the 
Mississippi legislature was passed 
two years ago to meet the state's 
falling income. The bill passed by 
the Senate and House Is merely 
providing for the continuation of 
this tax. Qov; Connor has not signed 
it yet but will probably do so upon 
its presentation. 

Frank Merrltt, head of the Birm- 
ingham Amus. Co. appeared before 
the city commission saying that the 
smaller houses of Birmingham could 
not continue in operatioin with a 
10% tax and that it would- not he 
practical to pass the tax on to cus- 
tomers. 

40c Adrnish. No Luxury 

He said that the smaller theatres 
ieatered to a class of people unable to 
pay this, tax and that amusements 
of less than 40c did not come under 
the classification of luxuries but 
shpiild be called a necessity, to the 
mental uplift of citizens. 
' If the tax goes Into effect the 
houises that may close are the Capl 
tol, Galax, Trianon. Royal, Rialto, 
Lyrtc, Jefferson and numerous 
neighborhood houses. 

In the group that called on the 
city commission every branch of the 
amusement Industry was repre- 
sented. Bven the stagehands and 
musicians descended upon the city 
'hall. 

Dick Kennledy, division manager 
of -the ^^ilby houses, said business 
was jiist beginning to pick up at 
the theatres and the added tax 
would mean a relapse. He sa,id the 
Wilby houses here had losses 
amounting to $583,000 since 1929. 

Theatrical men were quick to 
score the work of a citizen's com- 
mittee that suggested th6 tax. They 
clainri that this method of taxation 
was suggested to avoid a general 
sales tax which .would affect mer- 
chants and others" 'represented on 
the committee. This committee oif 
citizens was appointed to study the 
city financial condition and make 
suggestions. 

The Mississippi tax^^^was hard 
fought, although not so hotly as the 
Birmingham plan. Last summer, 
under the direction of Ed Kuyken- 
dall, a meeting of state exhibitors 
was held at Jackson for the pur- 
pose of prptestirig the 10% tax when 
other merchants were paying only 
2%. 



Man ASC Kicks 



Hollywood, F<»b. 1*. 
Initial'tneetlng of committieeii rep- 
resenting producers and th» Ameri- 
can Society of Clnematographsrs to 
set up machinery to handla oom- 
plalnts and grievances under the 
ASC standard pontraot with the 
signatory producers w-Ul be held 
this week. 

J. J. Gain, William Koenlg and 
C. p. Whit«> are the producer repra- 
sentativeS, while John Arnold. Fred 
jackman and Victor Mllnier have 
been appointed to .act for the oani- 
erameii's association. 



STAR-CHAMBER 
CODE MEETS 
BOOMERANG 



The .self-imposed secrecy 0£ the 
Code Authority Is now admitted by 
many codlsts boomeranging; in such 
directions as to be embarrassing to 
many of its members. Those who 
don't talk outside are sometimes put 
on the spot by those who do. Aside- 
from this there are many other aS- 
peicts, such as exhibitors out In the 
field becoming more and more mys- 
tified by the obvious inability of the 
NRA to set up Itis boards which are 
the very life of the code. 

.The star- chambering Is admit 
tedly becoming more and more cum 
bersome for the cbdists. The policy 
that had been' doped out at the 
start— ^letting one man do all of the 
talking for publication — is admit 
tedly failing. 



4 KEYS ALL SET 
WITH Z.-G. BDS. 




Atwell to Head AMPA 



r.iu Atwell will probably succeed 
John C Flinn as president of the 
A.M.P.A. at a special election to be 
held in April. 

Aiv.cil is a VrtePt 
tiiiv pie.tcs .Tgfiit. 



M alodfitents Hope Judge 
L i n id 8 e y ' • Appointment 
Will Settio Studio-Em. 
ployee RelatioiM -r- NRA 
Officials* Coiafab* Los 
Angeles 

WASH, TO GUIDE HIM 



lioa Angeles, Feb. 
tudio labbrltes and eytras, most 
dissatisfied of all plx codists, see 
better times ahead with appoint- 
meht of Judge Ben Llnds^By to 
SQUthern California NRA headquar- 
ters as investigator, and mediator of 
all employee-employer code di - 
putes for the territory. 

Widls, directed against alleged 
failure to get. action from code 
committees on Jabor and extra situ- 
ation appointed over two months 
ago by Deputy Administrator Sol A. 
Rosenblatt, have been piling up 
heavily in local NRA offices in<;e 
Rosenblatt's Hollywood trip, during 
which Immediate aotlon was prom- 
ised at meetings the two commit- 
tees had with . the administrator. 

George. Creel, California NRA 
chief; planned to be In town early 
this week to huddle. With Chai-les 
H. Cunningham, local NRA head, 
and' liindsey on the latter's official 
setup and procedure. Xdndsey will 
be .assigned a . staff of Investigators 
as soon, as finances ajre set for the 
new arm ot Cuhriingham's office. 

liindsey's appointment Is inter- 
preted as a link In the new plan for 
NRA, which wlU haya administra- 
tion sponsored officials sitting on 
the sidelines for all code activity to 
blow the whistle and Inflict penal- 
ties if and when the going gets too 
rough. Llndsey and similar officers 
In other territories will stlok to em- 
ployee disputes. Trade practice 
kicks, will be handled by separate 
departments- 
Brass .-knuckles la the NRA fist, 
which hangs -over peirslstent chlsel-r 
ers, Is Rosenblatt's HoUywood inti- 
mation that iiiobodjr wants to face 
a Federal Indictment,' and the $500 
fine for proved vloUitors, plus re- 
moval of the Blue Eagle from worst 
offenders. 

Cunningham Aetive 
Confidential administration data 
on NRA's progress in spreading em- 
ployment and adding to pay envel- 
ope stuffings, provoked the tighten- 
ing of the NRA machine, with an 
inside reorganization in which Cuh-. 
ningham and other administration 
officials drew new as.slgnmenta . on- 
24 hours' notice last month. ~ 

Since his arrival, Cunningham has 
been delving deeply tato aU phases 
(Continued on page 48) 



Film Code Authoriiy Wm Have 
to Report to Wasiiiiigton 
On March 5; Code Can't BeMt 




L. F, Stocker. Pat McGee,- Ralph 
Talbot, M. LiOWenstein, "W. P. Mor- 
gan, with F. C. Morey. v.-p. of the 
'("fa '.If sirmii 



Xiition.'rl TJiink. as ob- 



The four citieS) in which the zon- 
ing and grievance boards are com- 
plete, including the impartial ob- 
server, and their set-ups are: 

Charlotte: Frank Bryan, H. H. 
Everett, H. Fi Kincey, Charle.s 
Picquet, with Paul Rosseau, secre-. 
tary of the Merchants' Aes'n, as the 
observer, on grievance. Ira Furman, 
Rl J. Ingram, Montgomery Hill, Al- 
bert Sotille, j. M. Gregg, W. H, 
Hendricks on zoning. C. O. Kues- 
ter, of the local Chamber of Comr 
.merce, is observer. 

Detroit: Fred North, .Sam Seplo- 
win, Ed Beatty, Ed Kirshrter on the 
grievance, with Kenneth C' "Weber, 
a lawyer, observer. For zoning: 
Nat Levy, Carl Shalit, George. W. 
Trendle, James' Minter, James C. 
Ritter, Allan Johnson. H. A. Har- 
rlngten, of the Arbitration Commit- 
tee, Detroit Board of Commerce, 'is 
Observer^ 

New Orleans: Grievance, Guy 
Brown, Houston DuA'all, Normsin 
Garter, Bert Kiern, with Herbert J. 
Schwartz, president of Malson 
Blanche, as observer. Zoning: Luke 
S. Connor, Paul TeSdier, Rodney 
Toiips, Harry McCleod, Joseph Al- 
sina. J ose p h iB arcelona, and ,W. H, 
Alexander, president of L. Biebie- 
maii Co.. as observer. 

Oklahoma City: Grievance, Otto 
Rode, Sol Davis, R. M. Clark, Fred 
Pickrel, with Judge Albert C. Hunt _ . 

as bT)s6rver. Zoning: F. A, Hlgdon,-HBi«d Berton "Churchill were dhcfs^ 



SCREEN ACTORS' GUILD 
NOMINATES COMMinEES 



Hollywopd^ Feb. Id. 

With 700 proxies on hand, the 
Screen Actors . OuUd rallifoaded 
through its entire slate of sug- 
gested nominees for the Agents and 
Actors-producer committees to be 
set up under the epde at a meeting 
which lasted until midnight Sunday 
(18) in the Hollywood Women's 
Club. Nominations will be sent 
Rosenblatt for conflnha,tlon and ap- 
pointment If he chooses any -of 
those submitted. 

For 6-6 actor-producer committee 
were chosen Robert Montgomery, 
Ralph Morgan, James Cagney, Ken- 
n eth . _ Th omso n,, , Bichard. Jucker, 



Chester Morris, Claude King, Mary 
Astor, Pat O'Brien, Ann Harding 
and Paul Muni. Latter was added 
by a nomination from the floor. 
Adolph Menjou, Spencer Tracy 



for the single spot that is open on 
the agent committee. Superior 
Court Judges Isaac . Pacht and 
Minor Moore supervised ballotting 
and certified the nominations. 



The film code may be re-opened 
when iVashington begins Its con- 
vention of code authorities, on' 
March S but it can never be split 
into two parts like in otiier indus- 
tries. . Codists made this statement 
Monday (19) after being apprised 
at reports within certain, indie 
ranks that attempts are. being made 
to' precipate the split through 
Congress. 

They r<)vealed that the 40 hours 
during the paat week, swirling 
through more than a. 1,000 indus- 
try names definitely proves film- 
dom, so far as wholesaler and 
retailer are concerned, to be 
literally Indivisible.^ In other words 
the survey f Or ellgibles for Zoning 
and Grievance Boards dispels Indus- 
try theory that l^ndependents con- 
stitute the majority of theatre 
owners. One codist now ventur)6s 
the estimate that at least 80%/ of 
all the theatres in the JJ. S. directly 
and indirectly arei hooked up /with 
producers and distributors. This Is 
70% over the official estimate/which 
figures that not over 1,900- houses 
are in an affiliated or near-affiliated 
class. 

Although' dizzy' from the strain 
which has sent more than one mem- 
ber to a -sickbed, and with company 
work piled up on their desks for 
another .week since they now have 
the job of completing the last and 
toughest NRA police forces in 10 
cities/ filmdom has managed. t:o 
figure out an answer to President 
Roosevelt on Code Judgment Day. 
Figuratively, it Is to the effect. 

We have hpthihg to report on 
the code. As yet it has not a 
chance to function, So, for the 
Film Code Autiiority at least, this 
convention in Washington Is pre- 
mature. Give us another few 
months. 

There is a wide diversity of opin- 
ion right now as to when the code 
will get into operation. Only four 
cities are 100% set in nxembership 
while some 1.6 others are minus 
Government appointees, plus ~ the 
Roughest 10' with which the C. A. 
is scheduled to wrestle all this week. 

Some of the codists predict MarOh 
1 as the date. Others lean toward 
April 10. At any event it has been 
officially announced that nothing 
more will be said about the debut of 
the NRA .police until after the C. 
A.'s general session next Monday 

(26).^; .; 

Who Pays Bills, and How 

The matter of wha's going to i;>ay 
the bills — and how — has to be 
settled before the bureau can go 
to work. Codists over the weelcend 
calpulated that if the NRA can sub- 
sist oh $4.60,000 yearly il will he 
cheap. There's an item of 175,000 
for secretaries who have yet to be 
appointed. And, while the NRA 
coppers are working for glory, the 
industry must needs meet their 
traveling expenses and what-nots 
While, attending to duties. A lot of 
them, it is conceded, will have to 
stay at hotels.— in fact some already 
are; So, when some 400 men in the 
business have access to expense ao-. 
<;ounts the bills have got to be paid, 
somehow. 

For a time it looked ar though a 
seat tax would take care ot the the- 
atre end of the assessment. Now 
there seems, to be an upset in that 
direction with the latest theory that 
a fiat tax on every, theatre, regard- 
less of size and locatloji, is the way 
out. On this basis the thing won't 
be the headache that It would first 
appear. A fee of $3 per month by 
every theatre, plus the oontrlbutions 
1Jf ^prSdUcef s "and "distrlbu 
easily take care of any situation 
this Side of 11,000,000, It is observed 
by code specialists. 

The finance committee, named at 
^iie first meeting of the-G.- AHs-re 
ported to have met only once since 
the first of the year. C> A. officials 
reported Monday It may meet some 
time during this week. 

There Is aino the matter of in 



strtlcting the field boardii as to. their 
duties, in addition Xof everything 
else. The. C. A. at, its Friday seis- 
slon, lasting until early Saturday, 
formally ruled, that yoiatters might, 
be expedited by letting zoning lines 
of '33-'34 prevail as the target for 
squawks and thai; the new .sales 
map be drawn with these In mind. 

Very likely when legal matters 
are beijore the C/A., company presi- 
dents Tvill seniLtiieir lawyers; while 
sales managi^s .will take care of 
exhib'-distriy saiiabbles. The heads 
themselves /will poisslbly only put 
in appearances when matters of 
general policy are' before the C. A. 

During the Friday session, 'When 
Nick Schenck sent his' fourth al- 
ternate, Charles Mbskowltz, for the 
night end of the meeting, the 10% 
oancellatlon retroactivity matter 
bobbed up again. The Government 
remained adamant,' codists report, 
and the majority of the Authority 
—largely the major representative 
vote— recorded a protest against 
this stand. 

The matter of who voted and, 
how still remains a clashing point. 
So far, according to bodists, names 
of individuals are being kept off the 
record, the vote simply being con- 
fined to majority and minority^ This 
matter of house rules is among 
others which the C. A. to date is 
reported to have slighted. 

Codists while denying that the 
matter had been given any formal 
consideration by the C. A. were of 
the knowledge over'-the weekend 
that Allied Exhibitors' suit against 
the. NRA may never get to trial. 
There are reports. In some direc- 
tions that ir has been settled biit 
the most persistent are that Allied 
lias been convinced the action is 
useless. The case, postponed sev- 
eral times already, is now down for 
March: 1 before Federal Judge 
Bondy. Formal disposition of It is 
expected to be announced then. 

AUied's man on the Authority, 
Nate Y'amins, is reported to have 
filed cbarges to the effect that he 
was being discriminated against in 
the matter of. field boards at the 
Friday meeting. 



NRA NOT VEXED 
WITH CA-ROSY 



Washington, Feb. 19. 
Reports that NJRA ia c^i^^hg at 
slowness on the part of film Code 

Authority were bashed in the head 
Saturday (17) by Deputy Adininls- 
trator Sol Rosenblatt. ^• 

'There isn't anything to thls-)yara 
that we are impatient about the 
Code Authority,' Rosenblatt said. 
'The Job of setting up clearance and 
zoning and grievance boards has 
been very strenuous and the Code 
Authority has been painstakingly 
working at it. The Authority is 
co-operating very nicely.' 



Sennett-Par Again 



Hollywood, Feb. II. 
Mack iSennett is negotiating witbi 
Paramount to do a series of shorta 
for next year's program. He re<* 
leased through that organization 



Sennett wants Paramount to pr<Ki 
vide €0% of the financing. 



Hornblow'a Ist At_.P6r__ 

Hollywood, Feb. 19. 

Mitchell Leisen will direct Para< 
mount's 'Pursuit of Happiness,' 

Picture is Arthur Hornblow'a first 
production on lhat lot. 



P I C ¥ 



E GROSSES 



Tuesday, February 20, 1934 



'Good Dame with Anson Weeks 
Band Takes 17G in LA.: 




TJiCOMA GROSSES 



llGs, 'Rouge/ 'Christina flick 



JJos Ailgeles, 19. 
.Seems a one-way ■thoroughfare 
for trade in the downtown sirea this 
- W^ck to the Paraxnount whiich ha.& 
b6eh doing eapacity niatihee trade 

and fair night patronage with 'Good 
Dame,' the Sidney-March feature 
on the screen arid the Anton Weelts 
band on. the st^ge. Biggest disap- 
pointment of the week , was the out 
and' out bust' on 'Coming;. Out' Party' 
at the State, which opened to around 
$C00 and comes off . tonight (Mon- 
day.) after a five-day sessiojj to the. 
tune of around 14,000 .to mike' way 
for va nine-day- -sojourn of 'David 
liaruiri,' 

Ghiriese at the new scale started 
off at a fairly gobd .clip oh Its sec- 
ond week with 'Queen Christina' and 
looks . as though the attraction will 
linger, here for at least five stanzas. 
'Lost Patrol' with big ballyhoo cam- 
paign preceding the opening at the 
RKO started off at a gqod clip Fri- 
day and looks asithougl'i it will hit 
around $11,000, best in a year, 

'Moulin Roiige' got off. to a good 
§tart on Friday (16) at the United, 
Artists and looks good for at least 
two weeks; 

. 'I've Got .Toup. Jiumbeiv' at the 
Holly^vobd and Downtown, held to 
the same gait the Hollywood house 
had the previouiS week, with the 
Dowjrt town forging a- bit ahead oh 
trade. 'Eskitno' in fourth week iat 
the Foiir Star still, keeps the house 
in the black column, Pantagea with 
double ijill policy headed by John 
Barrymore in 'Long. Lost Father' 
and a stage- show stairted off at bet- 
ter pace then, it went on the single 
feature routine. 

'Estimates for This We6k 
Chiriesd (Grauman)' (2,028; 55- 
11.10)— 'Queen Christina' (MG.) and 
stage show (2d week). New scale 
here sieems to intrigue the enter- 
tainment buyers, with trade very 
brisk . this week. Last week, first 
stansia, with an opening . of close to 
^5,000 at $5 premiere 'finished up 
with $18;200, -which is plenty okay 
at scale. 

Downtown (WB) (1,800; 25-35r40- 
55)— 'I've Got Totir Number' (WB). 
With phone iE>eoi)le n^xt door neigh- 
bors and" plenty ballyhoo' looks like 
only $6,000. .Last .week, 'Hi,' 
Nellie* (WB) fair but not eiclting 
to tune of $5,600. 

Four .Star (Fox) (900; 60-75)— 
'Eskimo' (MG) (4th week). Hold- 
ing- up Burprisirigly 'well; will hit 
around $2,t600, which • Is' profit for 
house. .Last .week-, 'third stanza, 
plenty oke: at $3,200. 

Hollywood (WB) (2,756; 25-35-40- 
65)— 'I've Got Xour Number' (WB). 
Tradfe' not as neavy for this one as 
previous attraction;, will- do fair at 
$6,800. Last week, 'Hi, Nellie' (WB), 
Muni name helped plenty to $6,300 
count. 

PantagesC Pan) (2,700; 26-35-40) 
-'Long Lost Father' (RKO), and 
'Hold That Girl' (Fox), split,, and 
stage show . At new policy started 
off nicely with three-hour'show and 
should get to around the $4,000 
mark, which still keeps house in the 
red. Last week, 1 Take It That 
Way' (U) had most stormy passage 
to .final count of $2,700, '/plenty 
tough. 

Paramount (Partmar) (3,696; 26 
40) — 'Good Dame' (Par), and stage 
show. Corking pace and will hit 
around the $17,000 mark with the 
AnsOn Weeks aggregation plenty of 
help. . Last week, 'Six of a Kind' 
(Par) practically on its own this 
picture showed plenty prbfit all 
around at $16,800^ 

RKO (2,950; 25-40)^'Lost Patrol' 
(RKO); With loads Of exploitation 
back of it started otit at Stnart pace 
getting $6,600 oh. first three days 
and set for an easy $11,000 on the 
week. Won't hold, however. Vaude 
goes oiit this week, house return- 
ing to straight pictures Friday (23) 
Last week, 'Man of Twa worlds' 
(RKO), second week, not bad at 
$3,500.. 

^ State (Loew^Fox) (2,024; 26-40) 
I 'Coming Out iParty* (Fox). Folks 
W here Just would not go for this opus 
r which comes off after five days to 
night to around $4,000 take, which Is 
plenty of red. for house. Last week, 
'Carolina' (Fox) brought home nice 
profit •with take of . close to $13,000 
United Artists ((^tauman) (2400; 
25 -36 -40- 55)— 'Moulin RoUge' (UA) 
Started off iat neat clip; will hit 
arotiiid $10,P.O0. Last week, 'Advice 
to Lovelorn' (UA), had a ihighty 
hard struggle to get $4,800, which 
Is- nothing to ring the chimes about 



B'bm yBoQining a Bit, 
^Irch Beaii^' $6;000 



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Irminghamr'Feb. 19. 
Spring weather which may not 
last is sending a; teyv folks, down to 
tlie theatres but business could 'oe 
.better. 

The city commission is trying to 
place a 10% tax : oh admissions;, 
they think the theatres are grossing 
gobs. Tax to be decided tpday (19). 
Estimates for This Week 
Alabama (2,80ft; ,30-36-40) 'Seardh 
for Beauty' (Par). Local gal win- 
ner and circus stunts pulling them 
in for a fair $6,000.. Last week '.^11 
of Me' (Par) and . TPugitive Lovers' 
(MG) split $5,500, - 

Ritz (Wllby> (1,600; 30-35-40) 'As 
Husbands .Go' (Fox) and stage show 
tied in .with' local paper, $3,000. Last 
week 'Son of Kong* (RKO) $2,000. 

Strand (Wilby) (800;. 25) 'Blood 
Money' (U A). .„ Bancroft used to 
rate the ace Wilby / house, good or 
bad, $1,000. Last wisek 'Conquer^ 
ing Sex' -(Par) retitled for Wilby for 
circuit from 'Prizefighter and Lady'; 
felt that original title had: no pull 
for femine trade,, ditto. 

Empire (BTAC) (l,2C!rO;. 25) "Let's 
Fall In Love' (Col). Ai^eragC $1,800, 
Last week 'The World Changes' 
(FN) $1,900. 



'Gallant Lady/ «2;60a— 'Goino Holly- 
wood, $3,300 

Tacomat Feb. 19. 

Lent and Biimmerllke. weather 
ombined to take a wallop "fit the bpx' 
offices ., this week andi last. Ev<en 
.'Eskimo' didn't bring 'em out In 
masses, although there are- many 
northern people living in the burg. 
Ex- Alaskans naturally . went to se^ 
this One. Boxy Is waking 'eria up a 
little this week with 'iQoing Holly- 
wood," however. Music Box Is fightf . 
ing off the enemy with, five days of 
Ga,liant Lady.* , 

. Estimates for This Week 

Musio Box (Hamrick) (1,400; 25- 
35)-:-.;Gallant , Lady. (UA) p. aV 
shooting both barrels for Ann Hard- 
ing, in for five days, expected $2,600, 
okay. Last week 'Convention City' 
(FN) and 'Dark Hazard' (FN), spHt, 
fair, $2,900.. 

Roxy ( J- vH) ' (1,300; 16-25)-^'G}or 
ing ...-Holly Wood' (MiG) Bolstering 
for. anticipated $3,300.. Last weeic 
Eskimo' (MG) got $3,500. 

Blue Mouse (HamrIck) (660; 16- 
25)— 'I'm No Angel' (MG) and 
Blood Money* (UA) SPHt. 'Angel' 
being holdover, and going nicely; 
Hovering afbUhd $l,8O0 
•Female' (FN) and 'I'm No Angel' 
(MG), split, nice at $2,100. Big.: 



Oliver, Cleasbn Again 

Hollywood, Feb. 19. 
Edna May Oliver and. James Glea 
-^8»n^age-lpa.il'iPia fl.gain_Jn,._gt.uar.t 
Palmer's 'MiirdeV on the Black 
board,' sequel tc 'Penguin Murder 
Case,' being readied at RKO hy 
Willis Goldbeck for George Air 
chalnbaud's direction and Kenneth 
&facGowan's supervision. 
.Prpdurtion set for Mnrch 1. 



Tskimo ' Sexed Up f or 
Lmcoh, Tashions' 
Going Okay, $3,500 

Lincoln, Feb. 19. 
Biggest single gob of news along 
cinema row this week is the llfe- 
sa-ving release of some, of Joe 
Cooper's second, rate LTC film to the 
State theatre. George Monfoe, raan-i 
ager of the State, has been operat- 
ing the house the current month 
with his back to the wall. Having 
nothing up to now but dud Colum- 
bia action pics, new blood was In- 
;6cted -with *Mlss Fane's Baby/' 
Four Frightened People,' a'n'd 
Berkeley Square,' the latter in this 
week. 

'Eskimo;' . at the Lincoln, has a 
sexed-up. entry and ©ay fool for a 
couple of days, with 'Fashion Fol- 
lies' at the Stuart hoped . to have 
the stea;dy and best fare. Bob Llv- 
Ington wUficked the Capitol price to 
16c. top and. is offering a pipe or- 
ganist to cohibat ,the whirlwind 
trade at the Rialto '^ith dual fea- 
tures, split week at a dime. Some 
fans are waiting for Cantor's 'Scan- 
dals.' which is due (26). Biz rather 
marking' time . now. 

Estimates for This Week 
Capitol (Livingston) -(850; 10-16) 
T^eldved' (U), with Wilbur Cheho- 
wethi local fay,, at the pipe organ. 
Expected to be nice tie-up In dough 
way at b. p. $1,700,. oke at sliced 
prices. Last week, "White Woman' 
(Par), iand 'Bedside* (WB), dualed; 
bad $900. 

Colonial (LTC) (750; 10-16)-^ 
•Blood Money (UA). Should do all 
right, $1,000. Last week, 'Women 
In His Life': (MG), and 'Frontier 
Marshall'. (Fox), split, blah $800. 

Lincoln (LTC) (1.600; 10-16-26)— 
'Eskimo' (MG). Sexed.up \vltli hot 
ads; win probably go strong at first 
Expect about $2,600 at final count 
Last week< 'I Am Suzanne' (Fox), 
a- real brodle In spite of good chat 
ter; $i;9W. 

Orpheum (LTC) (1,200; 10-16-26) 
-^'Morning Glory' (RKO). Hepburn 
n.s.h. here. In. for half week prob- 
ably, then out and new pic to share 
with: vaude. Wpek will probably do 
$2,200, strictly last half strength. 
Last -week, 'Dark Hazard' (WB), 
arid 'Advice to the Lovelorn' (UA), 
with .vaude, split, nice at $2,100. 

Rialto (Bard) (1,000; 10)— 'Broken 
Dreams' (Mono), and '16 Fathoms 
Deep' (Mono), first half, and 'Fugl 
tive,' with 'Dance, Girl, Dance' 
(both Mono)» last. Should gather in 
at this dlme'trade good $1,300. -Last 
week, 'I Have Lived' (Ches), and 
'Lightning Range.' (Indie); first, and 
■Constant Woman* (WW), and 'Gal 
Jopl.ng^^Romeo^ (Mono), last, aV. 
duals, for 



State (Monroe) Tf 00; 10-15-26)— 
'Berkeley .Square' (Fox). Should 
get enough class trade for nice $900 
Last week, 'Speed Wings* (Col), and 
'Song You Gave Me' (Col), miser 
able $450. 

Stuart (LTC) (1,900; 10-26-40)— 
'Fashion Follies of 1934' (WB). Ex 
p6cted to be best, since this, house 
trade In favor of musicals; $3,600 
okay. Last week, 'Gfallant Lady' 
(UA) found the going rough an< 
ppotty. A jUsSt fair $2,B00 finish. 





Strong in Mpis 






tardlina^ Best at $34,000 as 
p Cools; Roosevelt Winning 
On Freak Shows; 'Nellie' 





'Christina' $8,p, 
Tashions' 5G, Fort 



lilinneapolis, Feb. 19. 

All. offerings possess merit but 
pulling, power, isn't potent. FOr . a 
change the Minnesota boasts what 
is' probably, the' best of the bunch, 
Carolina,' 'which should get some 
attention from the women and kids, 
particularly. Jan^t Gaynoir still 
means something to. the -box-office 
;;ocaiiy. 

After a tremendous week with 
that socko attraction, the . Morton 
Downey stage show, the Orpheum 
is experiencing a considerable let- 
down, although, as pictures go. 
Fashion Follies of 1934' sizes up 
plenty good. But they're appar- 
fently . tired of tha musicals here- 
abouts. ' 

Celeiiratlng. Its birthday, the 
State has ballyhoped 'Going Holly- 
woo.d' and a strong supporting bill : 
of shorts, but .it's another musical 
and, besides, Marlon Davles is any- 
thing but a bbx-offlce name here. 
Advertising matter is playing up 
Bing Crosby over Miss Davles. . 

The sensational performer, 'By 
(Candlelight,' In Its fourth week at 
the sure-seater WOrld, is carrying 
on at a swift pace. 

Estimates for This Week 
Minnesota (Publlx) (4,200 26-36^ 
40) — 'Carolina' (Fox). Pretty fair 
magnet for' woineii and kiddles. 
Gaynor still a card, picture well 
liked by. customers, but cooly re- 
ceived by critics. Should reach 
: 18,000, best in past three weeks and 
moderately fair. Last, week 'AH of 
Me* (Par), $6,600. bad. 

Orpheum (Publlx) (2,890; 25-36- 
40)— 'Fashion Follies of 1934' (WB). 
suffering from handicap of being a 
musical and lacking outstanding 
cast names that mean much h^re. 
Started slowly, but should build 
some, perhaps |6.000« fair. Last 
week 'Man's Castle' (Col) and .Mor- 
ton Dowheiy unit on stage. $18,000, 
biggest ^irarnered here by any stagO 
show since Singer took over house 
and Downey entertainment entirely 
responsible. 

State (Publlx) (2,200; 26-35-40) 
^'Golng Hollywood' (MG). Anni- 
versary ishow a,hd ^ood all-around 
program, with a number Of well 
selected shorts. FeaturO under 
handicap of, being musical .and 
minus names that count for much 
here. Looks around $4,500, fair. Last 
week, second week of 'Roman Scan 
dais' (UA). $6,600, oke after big 
$13,000 first week. 

World (Steflfes) (300; 26-35-60 
76)— 'By Candlelight' , (U). Fourth 
week and going. along at $2,000 pace, 
fine. Third week, $2,600, Very big. 

Uptown (Publlx) (1,200; 26-36)— 
'Dinner at Bight' (MG). Big $2,800 
Indicated. Last week ' lying Down 
to Rio' (RKO), $2,000, oke. 

Lyric (Publlx) (l,300r 20-25)-^ 
'Eight Girls in a Boat' (Par); Pleas 
ing picture, but no box-bfflce names, 
maybei $2,600, light. Last week, 
'Sons of the Desert' (MG), $4,000, 
big.- . 

=-Grand-=(PublIx)^(lVt00;^fc.25)r^ 
'Mr. Skitch' (Fox). Second loop 
run; about $1,600 in prospect, fair. 
Last week 'Alice in "Wonderland' 
(Par), second loop run, and ' 'Easy 
to Love' (WB), spilt, $1,000, light, 
—Auter- -(Publlx)— ^^OOr -16-25)—: 
'Only Yesterday* (U), 'Blonde 
Bombshell' (MG) and 'Son of Kong' 
(RKO), first two second runs and 
last-named flrs^ run, split. Ma.ybe 
$1,200, good. Last week 'Way to 
Love' (Par), 'Mad Game' (Fox) and 
•Lndy Killer' (WB), $1,000, oke. 



Portland, Ore,, 
B.o. gait on the; ascension, 
Lotsa good fiickers In tOwn. 
Gfarbo's 'Christina' Is top irtoriey 
with a $8,000 gate in ■ prospect. 
Fashiqrii Follies of 1934' also In'^for 
a nice. $6,000 take. • . ' ' - 
.Rest of the table hpldln' up ditto.. 

Estimates for This Week 

Broadway (Parker) (2,000; 25-40) 
-'Fashion Follies of 1934' (FN). 
Grolhg nicely for $5,000. Last week 
'Beloved' (U) and. 'Sons of the Des- 
Last-^.eStJ.®"^'^ (MG) plugged, along fairly, for 
^^an average $.4,300. 

United Artist (ParkCr) (1,000; 26- 
40)--'Queen Christina' (MG). Will 
get the big. play fpr the week with- 
out much opposlsh and likely to 
hold for second, week.; Should do 
$8,000, biig. ' Last week 'Gallant 
Lady' (UA) held good for $4,200. 

Pararhouiit (F-WG) (3,000:; 26-40) 
—'All of Me' (Pat) and 'Let's Fall 
In Love' (Col); Fairly Xvell for $4,- 
500. Last week 'Carolina' (Fox;)' 
and 'His Double Life' (Par) clicked 
above par for $6,600, big. 

Music Box (Hamrick) (1.400; 26- 
35)'— liong Lost Father' .(RKO). 
Average, f air . $3,00d.' Last Week 
'Hi Nellie* (WB) ran along fair for 
$2 70.0. 

brierntal (Hamrick) (2,500; 26t 
35)— "Fatal to Women' (FN), and 
:Soh of Kong* (RKO). Doing well- 
maybe $2,000. ^Last week' 'Easy to 
Love' (WB) and 'Big Shakedown' 
(FN) registered and connected for 
$1,800. 



P. A. Boys Ballymg 
*Devil Tiger,' Garbo^ 
To Coin in Wash. 



Washington, Feb. 19. 
Two pleasant surprises in town 
this week and Loew . houses on ro- 
ceiving end Of both. 'Queen Chris- 
tina' Is bidding to equal all-time 
record at Pa,lace. set by Tm No 
Angel.' .Sati mat bettiered Mae 
West .take and. If Washington's 
Birthday comes thrpugli^In big way, 
week's figures may be . new high. 
Exploit boys got behind Garbo with 
big stunts. Window displays even 
crashed Into town's class depart- 
ment store ■wthich heretofore had 
shied away frOm film tie-ups of any 
nature. 

Other surprise is .'Devil Tiger' at 
Columbia. Town has been . con- 
sistently thumbs down on - animal 
stuff lately.. Boy Went after kids 
throwing circulars around'on school 
playgrounds and result looks like a 
double of house average grross-. 

Business in general is on the up- 
grade with return of decent 
weather.' Cold wave had 'em pre- 
fering anything on radio to screen 
t'^pnotche— 

Estimates for This Week 
Fox (Loew) (3,434; 25-36-60)— 
Sons of the Desert' (MG) and 
'Greenwich Village Follies' unit 
Stage show the big draw. Word of 
mouth is calling Laurel-Hardy 
show best yet. Add in their sup^ 
porters and week Is headed for a 
nice $22,000. Last week 'Six of a 
Kind' (Par) plus 'Vanities' on stage 
Clicked with nice $24,000. 

Earle (WB) (2,424; 25^36-40-60)— 
Tve Got Tour Number' (WB), and 
vaude. Ken Murray '.and Jean Sar- 
gent in good stage bill is putting 
week Over to nice $17,000. Last Week 
'Mandalay' (FN) .and holdover of 
Donald Novis on ! stage nice with 
$17,000. 

Keith's (RKO) (1,830; ,25-36-60^ 
'Palooka,' (UA). Nice help from 
post which uses: comic strip plus 
usual Durante fans will give week 
o.k. $9,000. Last week 'I^ost Patrol* 
(RiCO) won out with nice fenime 
angle campaign. Considering no 
gal In pic $8,000 was big. 

Rialto (U) (1,853; . 25-36-40-50)— 
'Bombay Mail' (U). Should be b.k 
With $6,500. Last week 'The. Ghoul' 
(GB) opened big to old-line horror 
film fans but didn't click with them. 
Result, was o.k. $7,000 but. not what 
pic of that ty pe usually gets at. the 
hiouse . " ' ' ^-^ -.^-^ 

Palace (Ldew) (2,363; 25-35-60)— 
'Queen Christina' (M(jr). Nice cam 
paign is iaendlng Garbo very near 
record held by .'I'm No Angel'. May 
: -be-beauti£ui.$29,000._Last_w.eek..scG 
ond of 'Moulln.Baugef^tU,AX»allEP<?il 
a little' but $8,600 was still nice. 

Met- (WB) (1,583; 26.-35-40-60)^ 
'Fashions Follies' (WB). Repeat 
after run at Earle is only sorso 
Town is not so hot on exti'avagnn- 
Kas now - and title scared aAvay 



, <eb . 

Weather is satisfactory all around 
but the theatres 'have some /alfbl 
for ia slight- letup: In trade this week 
due to the first flurry of the Lenten 
season... Besides at least two houses 
can square their, lowered - grosfies 
on the fact , that they are. going into' 
the final seissibna. of their run pic- 
tures., 

■ United Artists and Oriental are 
slackening up -as 'Nana', and 'iQueen 
.Christina^' prepare. ;to blow. 'Mou- 
lin Rou&e' comes into, the former 
house oh Tuesday (20) Svhile the 
Orlehtat swifii^hes to. 'Deatii.. Talces 
a Holiday' on ' Thursday Thus 
both present '^pictures will. ■ have 
completed ruhs pf 19 days each and- 
to . excellent grosses. 

Lionel Barrymore moniker., is. 
back on the Chicago marqueo a'f.ter 
a remarkably long abse.nce.:of seven 
days. However, house. Is doing 
okay with Janet Gaynor getting the 
big type for 'Carolina.*' Flicker is 
on the right road and. bucking all 
adverse' influences of the session 
with sufficient strength to reach a 
likely $34,00,0, good under pre.sent 
loop condition.. 

At the McVIckers there Is 'Ladies 
in Trouble' which may be known to 
the trade under the previous tag. of 

'Hi isreiiie.' 

. State-Lake currently gOes into a 
flve-day week in order to switch 
from a Sunday to a Friday opening. 

B.&K. expected to turn the Ori- 
ental to vaudftlm by ..April 1 and 
continue that flesh . policy through 
the Fair season at least. Wliich 
ixieans the rohabllltatlon' of the Mcr 
Vlckers as the aoe rUrt house with 
B.&K. setting ah advertising Cam-, 
paign to rebuild the McVickers in 
thC: public mind. 

Estimates for. This Week 

Chicago (B&K) (3;94(); 35-45-75) 
— 'Carolina' (Fox) and stage show. 
Doris Kenyon headlining the flesh 
aiid aiding somewhat at the regis- 
ter. Most of the play, however, for 
the flicker which Is showing si^ns 
of Steady pickup on word-of -mouth. 
Will flnish above $34,0&'0, neat take-, 
for the sea son. Last' week 'Mian- 
dala,y' ("WB) flnished at oke $33,200. 
iMcViekers (B&K) (2,284; 25-35) 
'HI Nellie* (WB). Paul Muni 
carrying this one and relying on 
the notices. Subtitle for femme ap- 
peal may help, a little. Register 
perking above previous flgures . to 
maybe $13,000, good - enough. Last 
week 'Eskimo' (MG) couldn't be 
saved by the wife-traders exploita- 
tion and slipped into the mud at 
$8,900. Had been scheduled for a 
fortnight but pace wouldn't per- 
mit It. 

Oriental (B&K) (3,200; 35-50-65) 
• 'Queen Christina' (MG) (3d 
week). Has had an excellent stay 
with steady rises In pace. - follow- 
ing word-of-mouth and even legit 
reviews. Finished second session to. 
flhe $16,100 and should touch $9,000 
for the final bit. which will carry it 
i^p to Thursclay (22) following a 
19- day run. 'Death Takes a Holi- 
day' .(Par) replaces. 'Fashion Fol- 
lies' (WB) originally carded to' fol- 
low goes to the Chicago Instead. 

Palace (RKO) ^2,583; 40-60-83) 
I Am Suzanne' (Fox) arid Vaude^ 
Jack Haley and. Benny Rubin head- 
lining on. the stage but their sloppy 
showmanship currently Isn't help- 
ing the way it should. Maybe $17,- 
000, still on the offside of the road 
with house struggling to get hock 
on the happy side^ Last week just 
as bad at $17,200 for 'Beloyed' (U)i 
Roosevelt (B&K) (1,600; 25-35). 
—'Devil Tiger' (Fox). .: Freqik ex- 
piloltatlon helping at' this house. 
Should stick to $9,000, flne« this 
week. Last week first run western, 
'Last Round. Up' . (Par) came 
through like a wair.-horse to top 
$10,000, excellent here. 

State-Lake (Jones) (2,700; ■ 20-30- 
40)— 'Before Midnight' (Col) and 
vaude. Just flve days for this sho^ 
currently with house switching to 
BYIday openings on Feb. 23, Head- 
ing for. $10,000, Okay, Last week 
'From Headquarters' (WB) held- to 
fine $14,600. 

UnKed Artists (B&K-UA) (36- 
55-65)-:-'Naha' (UA) (3d week). 
Almost $16,000 last week 'was good 
and maybe $8,000 for flnal five days, 
oke. 'Moulin ROuge' (UA) in to- 
morrow (2P)»' 



plenty of males despite campaign 
directed their way ballylrig other 
■features==than=^cIothe3r^^FaiF=--with= 
$3,000. Last week 'Massacre' (WB) 
stayed extra three days to get house 
back to Friday openings, ?7,00b was 
oke. 

__CoJMmhia_XLoew) . (1.263; 15-26- 



■35-40)— ' Devil Tiger' (F(jx7."t:Jou~- 
bling average "House gross de.spite 
town's dislike for animal titles. Ex- 
ploits aimed at kids, big $!j,000. Last 
week 'Mr. Skitch' (Fox), reppaf 
after week at Fox atnod un nii-oly 
with big $5,000. 



Tuesday, February 20, 1934 



P I C ¥ 



E GROSSES 



VARIETY 







am THAWED 




Cincinnati. Fftb, 
Cinema customers thawing out 
after recent atiib-zero spell and b.o. 
thermometers: in downtown se^tloil^ 
are hitting highest marks, by and 
large, for some time. *Qu,een Chris- 
tina' is the ace coin copper cur- 
rently, heaving ^4,C(>0 for the 
, which discontinued stage 
attractions with the sttirt of ihis 
screen feature. Igrure is better 
than what the theatre average* 6ii 
vau'dfllm . and the weekly nut is 
shaved seveval grand,, after higher 
cost for better celluloid product, 

'Cat and the Fiddle' is purring 
cage music at the Ca:->ltf>l and Lyric 
is doing nicely with 'Four Fright 



Garbo Makes for Heavy 
Gom^tish in New Haveii 

New Haven, Feb. 19. 
Looks like Poll's 'Qucen Chr -,' 
tina' booking had -enf. running In 
cltcles at opposlsh spots. Pa.rar 
mount shifted its first feature, may- 
be contfent. to take leave- oviers and 
hold its original bill for later. Roger 
Sherman; plugging 'Faishion Follies' 
as a single feature, rushed 'Mi(.dam 
Spy' in at. short liotlce as a doable 
bill to. offset Garbo competish 

Ed Wyhn's stage opening at Shu- 
bert (19) looking like a sell-out, 
win dent film spots someVrhat. 
Estimates for This Week 
Paramount (Publlx) (2,348; 35- 
50). 'No More Women' (Par) and 
'Man of Two Worlds' (RKO>. .Palr 
opening indicates s6-so, 1.4,500. Last 
week 'Six of a Kind' (Far) and 
'Flaming Gold' (RKO) steady 
afouiid $5,000. 

Poll's (Poll) (3,040; 85-50)— 
^Queen Christina' (MG); House 
running, this one as a islngle, with 
six shows dally. Probably cOUld 
cut out the milkman's . mats . and 
still get a nice $10,000; which is 
good money, but liot up to expecta- 
tions; Last week 'Moulin Rouge* 
(UA) and 'Once to; Every Woman' 
(Col),, arrival of Moulin Rouge Car- 
avan got this one oft to fine start. 



OUT 11,000 IN 
B. S. 




N. Y. Slate Leads with 119, 
of Which 83 Aire in 
Greater N. Yi City— 
Pennsy Second with 32— ^ 
Iljinbis Sixth, Ghi the 
Ohly Biff Theatre Town^ 
AU Can Play Stage Shows 



Lent No Damper to B'way; Novarro 
Sends bp to 60G, 'Carolina' 90G, 
•lero 45G, 'Catherme Strong 



day thei^ will be three shows. The 
advance sale on 'Catherine' is very 
good. Immediately after the pre- 
miere Wednesday (14), house be- 
gan. sellihg out. 

Estimat«is for this Week 



50c ADMISH OR M<HIE 



^ '^S^ F^S^^A^"^] ;^SchWii for swell in^ 
scored best take of the new year Roger Sherman (WB). (2,200; .a5- 
th^re last week. 50)-~'JOS4 Fashion Follies' (WB) 

Slow^g SJie^^V'S^h'JS to.r.oke g^, <ij^ite heavy^^ 

mentation in connection with silver Petlsh. ^^.^^^t weax Mand^^^^^^ 
sheet. It and the Em-ress, hurley, ^^'B) and Cros^^^ Cruise 

have the only flesh r.t ipaln "i^e ' ^''^ !^ ^ ^ Vn dftv 

stands. Shubert, burg's off-and-on CoHege (Poll) (1-.5C6_, 2»-40)— 

lone legit temple, gets 'Hold Tour 'You Can't Buv Everything (MG) 

Horses' weekvof March 4. Ed Wynn and 'Sleepers Bast' (f ox). House 

on March £4- and X 5. an:l Katherlne will Prot^'Mv tal^J <m?^^ 

Corneirs rep troupe weeh of April 2. around *».T00. Lost ^eek Hips. 

RKO. xvhich has six first-run and Hips. Hom-ay^ XRKO) and Bor^^ay 
one second-run houses here, 1 Mall' (U) Just about got over at 




dropped ownership Initials from 
newspaper ads this week for the 
first time,- and press dlsplayers are 
scattered Instead of combined, "as 
of yore 

Morris Segal; Majestic frahchlse 
holder in this area,, is glvl;ig up 
operation of the Mayfalr, 300-seater 
in Masonic Temple, where 'En- 
lighten Thy Children' was his clos- 
ing week's offering. Smallle, dark 
this \veek, reopens next wieek with 



$4,000. 



m OF ME,' STA(X. 
COMBO AT $^.500 



Seattle. Feb. 19. 
Nice weather after rather rainy 
miB wecK, icupciio irejwi. vrcc«. I winter months seems to gtve folks 
J. Ebersole Crawford, who has two urge to be outdoors, even this 
nabes, at the managerial helm. Lo- early : In season. This accounts 
cation, removed from regular the- slight tapering In biz, with 
iatre piaths, and product limitations Lenten season also, somewhat of a 
nieans bravery on part of operators, j factor. . 

Estimates For This Week Seattle has a flock of flrst run 

o«i«^. YBT^nv r!>fiftn- 3K-44V— h»o«ses now, with prices In gen 
Palace (RKO) (iJ,bOU, »5-**/~L»mi lowered and patronage pretty 
•Queen Christina' (MG).- Rousing ^^J^ ^^Yd^^^^^ 

notices for Oarbo, Gilbert and s«p- Ljygj..ggj^^^^ Adding to the mlxup 
port, plus direction and staging. I j^j^^ ^.^^^3 g^ln^ Rex (Sax Bros.) 
Splash advance ads. A royal *14,500 practically a nickelodeon, al- 
in sight. .Last week 'Sons of the ^j^^^Jj^ ofllcially t>rlced at a dime 
Desert' (MG) and the flnlsh of stage Kj^^ ^y^^ town, flooded with leaflets 
fare, with Singln' Sam and Benny admit flnder with a nickel and 
Davis revue, $12,500, just over thel^j^g leaflet. TThis is getting the biz 
top. „ and cutting in on the second run 

Capitol (RKO) (2,'000; »5-44)— ^Q^nto^n houses. Considerable 
.•Cat and the Fiddle* (MG)' Diddle- k^a.ude is being used Intermittently 
de-diddllng for .$8,800. Last weekl j^ some of the second runs. 
•You Can't Buy Everything' (MG). E.timates for This Week 

Jerked after four days, , and 'This VT /xT«^r.tnv^\ ^qko- 2R 

Side of Heaven' (MG) planted for Blue Mouse (Ha^^^^ 
last half, but no help, the combo 3^)— 'Roman Scandals (U^^ 

take $4.000., regrets. r^Vh.Jft^H $R 00? ve^ snorty 

Albee (RKO) (3,300; 35-44)— 'Six 1/, j"^**^*^,*®"*,.^^'^,^^ 

of a Kind- (Par). Laugh trade 1" ^"^;^.^^^' flverirre^n) (I sio- 15 
line for $8,000, okay. Last week I Coliseum (Evergreen) u,»uu._i.c> 



'Lefa Fall In Love' (C61), $6,000, 

Blow. 

Lyric (RKO) , ; 35-44)— 
•Four' Fi'IgTilened 'Pebple' '^ 
Colbert fetching , femriie rooters, 
$6,500; no reason to be scared. Last 



25)— 'Smoky' (Fox) and 'Duck 
Soup' (Par) first half. dual; -Stage 
Mother' (3*IG) and 'My Lips Be- 
tray- (Fox) last halt dual, expected 
to reach $3,000, slow. Last week. 
'Her Sweetheatf (MG) and 'Hoopla 



week 'Eskimo' (MG), some extra ^•'^''^^ "^fv^y- (Evergreen) (2.400; 
advertising, but no stunts or fronM 25.40)_'<3olng Hollywood' (MG). 
bally, got ^puffs from cricks and ^^^JV^^ j^'^ogby , getting big ad 
registered $7,000. swell vertlslng splurges at $7,000 gross Is 

Keith's (Llbson). (1.500; 3<>-'*t')— „ooa vet disappointing expecta- 
•Fashion, Follies of 1934' XWB). f°J'„<*g xLt week. 'Eskimo* (MG), 
Holding over to $4,:00, nice folloyr- ^alr enough for $6,300. 
ing $10,500 In first seven days for Liberty (J-vH) (1,900; 10-25) 
thesitre'.'? best take of new year. | fprontler Marshal' (Fox) and 'Car 

nival Lady' (Goldsmith )_., dual, 
should do t3,800, nice. Last week, 
'Fury of the Jungle' (Col) and 
'Straightaway' (Col) dual, slow. 

Music Box (Hamrlck) (900; 25r 
35)— 'Hi Nellie' (WB), nudging 
$2,200. Last week, 'Lost Patrol 
(RKO) about same, not gOOd. 

Orpheum (Oldknow) (2.700; 25- 
35)— 'Mandalay' (ITN) and 'East to 
Live' (WB) dual, headed for fair 
?;3.800. Last' Week, 'The World 
Changes' (FN) and Chic Sale and 



rand (RKO) (1.025; 25-35)— 
•Myrt and Marge' (1') and 'Sea 
Killers' (Indie) with personal ap 
pearanre of Capt. John D. Craig, 
split. Lotsa news breaks for Capt. 
Craig, claimed a Clncy native, who 
plugged lectures at local schools. 
'Myrt and Marge' radio popularity 
aiding in strongest week's attrac- 
tion house has had In a long time. 
No less than $3.0Q0, wham. Last 
week 'His Double Life' (Par) and 
'Two Alone' (RKO), divided, $1,200. 
sad. 




•The deluxe type of operation 
takeis, in only 390 theiatres, accord 
Ing to a. check which shows .this 
flmall minority ih. that class out Of 
the. close to 20,000 film showshbps 
In the yv: Canada and Alaska. 
This low number takes in the 
strictly deluxe class, Of theaitres, as 
well as large aeaters which have or 
are capable of; piaylng stage shows 
and may be cbnisldered to merit de- 
luxe classification 

An .of these 350 de luxers do not 
pliay staise shows although esich is 
.-equipped for that purpose in the 
event of a huge stage show reivlval.. 

Flarures dra,wn Include ^o far as 
stage show houses are concerned, 
on'y those that would operate at 6, 
50c top Or higher, It's that scal^ of 
four-bits or Vmore which determines 
their de iuxer classification. 

The 390 theatres of this descrlp 
tlon represent slightly more than 
4^<r of all the fllni showshops, yet 
they return to the' distributor an 
. Important proportion 6t rental. To 
the, stage artist, this also Is about 
the total of worthwhile . tlieatres 
which ooutd afford booking were all 
tb operate under a • comTjlnatlon 
policy. Virtually, every, such, theatre 
Is of sufficient Importance, accord- 
ing to the survey, to be a flrst-run 
either downtown or neighborhood, 

A check of the U. S. reveals that 
of the 390 theatres in the deluxe or 
large seating capacity class, nine 
states contribute libne lit all. These 
are Idaho, MiBsissiPPl, Montana, 
Nevada, New Hampshire; NTew Mex 
Ico, North Dakota, South Dakota 
and Vermont, in which only one or 
two theatres are over 1,000 seats 
in cai^aclty. Alaska also lias, noth 
ing. Its largest theatre being 750 
seats. 

Most in ^ast 

Large eastern states and Call 
fornia. offer' the most in the num 
ber of deluxe or stage show type 
operations; the majority of the 48 
commonwealths are represented by 
less than 10. such houses. 

Wisconsin has only 10; Michigan 
and Missouri 8 each; Massachusetts 
and Connecticut 7 each; Rhode Is 
land, .Tennessee and Washington, 6 
each; Florida, Georgia, Indiana, 
Iowa, Utah and Virginia, B each; 
Maryland 4; . Colorado, Louisiana, 
Minnesota, Nebraska,. Oregoit .and 
West Virginia, .3 each; Kentucky 
and Oklahoma, 2 each; and Ala 
bama, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, 
Kanisas, Maine, North Carolina, 
South Carolina and Wyoming, only 
one each 

In most of the less populous 
stiates it is dlfflcult to flnd a theatfe 
that has 1,000 or more seats and 
.some of the larger houses ih such 
localities are closed down. 

New .York state leads, in the num 
ber~b;f deluxe operations Or large 
capacity houses Which have, are or 
may play stage, shows, having 119. 
Of this number the majority tire in 
Greater New York;. Manhattan has 
20, the Bronx 10, Brooklyn 29, Long 
Island 20 and Staten Island four, 
with survey here as elsewhere not 
lnclud.<ng small seaters which take 
film on subsequent rUns 

Outside of Greater . New York, the 
ijtate offers 36 of the 119 big houses 
-with 1 n==^I ts^bor.ders 



Lent sneaked up last Wednesday 
(14), aitartlnig very iearly this year, 
but on its irst week of box oflice 
restriction It hats to ftght a holiday 
(Wishington's Birthday) which 
shbiiid ev«n if not niore than .make 
up tor any defection by the begin- 
ning of the period of fast. 'This 
yiear the Lien ten season of 40 days, 
not including Sunday^ ertdis March 
31. That brings Easter around 
edrly, also. April i; 

While difficult to estimate what 
th.e first week of. Lent costs busi- 
ness, 'a majority of strong boxofllce 
attractions are withstanding its 
normal Injury by packing theatres 
With the holiday CThursday), those 
tViat do hot end their current week 
until then will be' Jxettlng a break. 

Snowistorm yesterday . (Monday) 
held that day's take down after a 
good opening, 

The outstanding draw 13 the Cap^ 
itol, long weak oh attractions. 
Coupled with 'The Cat and the 
Flddie' on its Screen, the house has 
Ramon Novarro in person as a boxr 
office beacon. HVs the third of. film 
names to be here on a personal, 
following May Robsoh two weeks 
ago and, Lionel Barryinore last 
week, neither of whom rneant much. 
On Friday r£3.) if . a holdover f Or- 
'Fiddle' isn't decided. Clark Gable 
win be In the No. 1 dressing room. 
•Fiddle'- and Novarro will do an 
easy $60,0<M>, the high for the Cap 
In a long time. 

Quite aways behind the Cap but 
good' is the Paramount, which is 
climbing its way to $45,000 or more 
on 'Bolero', a. smart ad campaign 
helping. Victor Moore: and William 
Gaxton are on the stage. 

Gayhor at the Music Hall In 
Carolina' is giving that house 
something to fight Lent with. al6o. 
Indications point to no trouble In 
annexing ^&0.0t>0. bright business In 
view of everything! Ihcludlrig that 
the seven days at this figure! will 
be up tomorrow night (Wednesday). 
House brings In 'It Hsippened One 
Night' Washington's Birthday, the 
first from Cohimbla slhc^ last Sep- 
tember. 

In the good showing being made 
this week up first run , alley, . both 
the Strand and Rlvoll are winging 
their way to lofty grrosses.- 'Manda- 
lay' at the former will get a fancy 
$23,000 and holds a second week. 

The Rlv holds 'Moulin Rouge' a 
third •week in view of the way it 
has picked up on ltd second, which 
will show $2g.60a or so endiiig to.- 
night (Tuesday). . The first Week 
was $38,000. 'Palooka' will be ush- 
ered in Tuesday (27). 
. Old Roxy wni be fair at $20,000 
on the John Barrymore starrer. 



Long Lost Father,' on six days. 

With the Rlaito- clicking on its 
holdover of 'Devil Tiger' and the 
State going over normal with 'Gal- 
lant Lady,' it remains for only the 
Palace and RKO Center to have 
anything to .complain about and 
them it won'^t be terribly serious. 

Takings are: RKO .Center, ?10.5P0 
on' 'As Husbands . Go' arid 'Pour 
Frightened People' and Palace. 
$11,000 or under on 'All of Me.^ 
Mayfalr on nine days got $14,000 
from 'Big SB^kedown.' Latter 
brought in 'Shafflows of Slrig Sing* 
last night (Monday) for a prevliew. 

State's probabilities on 'Gallant 
Lady' kre $18,600 or so. Rlaito, 
bringing in 'Dark Hazard/ bought 
from Warners, on. Wednesday night. 
(21). Second week, of 'Tiger' -will 
be .$13,000 . or so; very good; It 
had a sniash first week of $23,000, 
biggest house has known since 
Arthur Mayer took over the reins. 

Along with the. rest of . the good 
cheer along grossing row which Is 
making Lent look, sick this weeK 
is the smart "pace being set by 
'Catherine . the (Sreaf oh ia two-a- 
day run at the Astor; The first 
four days. Including opening night, 
brought $16,700, with , four perfornrx- 
an'ces on Saturday (includln'g a 
midniter) and three on Sunday now 
.sclu'aul<^di ,Gn Washington's blrth- 



Astor (1.012; $I.10-»1.65-f2-20)-r- • 
'Catherine, the Great' (UA). 3rlt- 
ish-made opened Wednesday night 
(14)i an Instant hit and sellout. On 
first fbiir days, . including premiere, 
and benefited by added shows Sat- 
urday and Sunday, takings were 
$16,700. In for four weeks. UA 
planning to follow it with 'House of 
Rothschild' for four weeks, also. If 
'Cisttherlne' proves sockful enough 
after four weeks, it may remain 
longer. 

Capitol (6.400; 36-76-85-$1.10)— 
'Cat and Fiddle' (MG) and Ramon 
Novarro on stage. Novarro .Jn per^ 
son providing 'the , big appeal here 
this week, picture and good reviews 
serving for secondary strength. 
Look^ like easy $60,000 or more and 
may hold. Last week Lionel Barry- 
more in person with his picture 
'This Side of Heaven* (MG), $35,- 
000,: okay but not encouraging. 
Clarke Gable personal- next. 

M a y f a i r (2,200; 36-65-65)— 
'Shadows of Sing Sing* (Col). 
Opened last night (Monday), suc- 
ceeding 'Big Shakedown* (WB) 
which got a nice $14,000 on ;. nine 
days. 

Palace (1.700; 36- ^55-75)— 'All 
of Me- (Par) and vaude; House 
is off the day-and-rdate plan 
With tiie-RKO Center, but: this pic- 
ture riot . dolhg anything. Probably 
under $11;000, light. Last week 'As 
Husbari:dd Go' (Fox) didn't do ariy. 
better. 

Paramount (3,664; 36-55-76-99)— 
'Bolero' (Par) and stage show with 
William Gaxton and Victor Moore. 
It's either the picture witH the 
George Raft and Sally Rand names 
or the legit personalities oh the. 
stage, or both that's filling up this 
house currently; A big 146,000 ap^- 
pears in the bag but iio holdover. 
Last we,ek, the house got $31,000 on 
'Search for Beauty' (Par), poor. 

Radio City Music Hall (6.446: 40- 
66-86-$1.66)— 'Carolina' (Fox)" and 
stage show, Gaynor's latest oil' to 
a snappy start and pointing its .way 
to $90,000, very kopasetlck. 'Nana' 
on its second, week weakened to 
$86,000 after a start that had sug- 
gested $95,000 until It eased 6ft 
sharply. - ■ 

Rialto (2,000; 36-40-65J— 'Devil 
Tiger* (Fox) (2nd week). On hold- 
over, animal talker, comes under the 
wire with fortitude, winning $13,000. 
The first week was a mighty $23,000. 
'Dark Hazard' (WB) opens tombr- 
row night (Wed). 

Rivoli (2,i00; 40-56-76-86)— 'Mou- 
lin Rouge' (UA) (2nd week).- Fin-, 
ishes its second week tonight 
(Tuesday) with $28,6Q0, after a pret- 
ty flrst seven days of t38,000 and 
exhibiting better strength than an- 
ticipated. 'PaJooka* (UA) on. the 
schedule for Tuesday (27). 

RKO Center (3,526; 25-40)— 'As 
Husbands Go^ (Fox) and 'Four 
Frightened People' (Par), split This 
duo doesn't have what it takes and 
f 10,500 is likely. Last week 'I Am 
Suzanne* (Fox), four days, and 'Girl 
Without a; Room' (Par), three days, 
just managed to embracie thie $ii;0OO 
flgure; 

Roxy (6,200; 25-35t55-65)— 'Long 
Lost Father' (RKO) and stage show. 
Barrymore name on top of this one 
not upsettlrig any precedents* GlrOss 
possibilities on six days $20,000, 
fair. Last week. 'Madame Spy* (U), 
$23,200. 

Strand (2.900; 36-55-75-85)— 
'Moridalay' (WB)' to be second 
weeker. Indicates $23,000 on the 
first' seven days ending Thursday 
(22). 'Hi, Nellie' (WB), on Us sec- 
ond lap . of seven days, petered to 
$15,200. but okay- . . , 

State (2;000; . 35-55-75)— 'Gallant 
Lady' (UA) arid vaude. Harding 
picture may go above ayerage for j 
$18,'500 countup. No one on stage, 
fof pull this week, and not needed^ 
'Roman Scandal.s' (UA) in ahead,) 
rari the register un to $25,000,' 
extraordinary public answer to Ed- 
die Cantor's appeal.. 



erage, same as'last week oh 'Blood 120-30). 'All of Me*. (Par) and okay 
Money' (UA) and 'Important Wit- stage and band show this week, 
ness' (Mon). split. ., should reach nice $6,500. Last 

Strand (Ind) (1.200; 25-35J— week. 'Six of a Kind' (Par) with 
...iBeds4de^(-WB)— and- vaud^v-Brarida-Lst-age — sliow_-JiiUQW_mc..-JSL€nL_prf 
Bovp' revue topping. PIx above sliffhtly for $6,200. fair. _ 
average here, a help for $2,500, out Roxy (J-vH) (2.300; 15-2!>) Went 
of the red. Last week 'Woman's., dark suddenly and Indefinitely. ^An- 
Man' (Mon) and end of three-week] nounced rea.<5on too tough to book 
trial of tab presentation, $2,300. 'and no product. 



Pennsylvania runs second with 32'; 
Ohio, third with 21; California, 
fourth with 20; Texas, fifth with 1.6 
and Illinois next with 13. Difficulty 

[ Ir i TIHnnlH ig _that QUtslde Of C hjcagO 

thp fft jirft no big towriis) with large 
seaters. New Jersey Is represented 
I by 11. 

All of Canada, which hM a total 



of only a .little, over 1,000 theatres, 
j has but 19 ijouses in the deluxe 
cla.ss or large enough and equipped 
for vaude to be corisidered in this 

I ani xlysis. ^_ . . .- 

While of the approjainale IF,"FCiir 
I film .showshops in the country, 
I around 3,000 are closed, few of the 
I larger houses are darkened. 



DOANE SHORT AWAY 

Hollywood, Feb. 19. 
♦Good Tiriio Henry,' Warren Doane 
.short for Universal, featuring Henry 
-A-ffitetta: atnl---Hf»-le^-*i^inviU<>nT— is 



ready'for James Home and Al Aus- 
tin, to start tomorrow (Tuesday). 
Home directs. 



10 



VARIETY 



PICTVRE CR 



S S E S 



Tuesday, February 20, 1934 



HoHywood Productions 

Week of Feb. 19 

(Pictures noW filming, or about tb start, are listed below alphabetically 
by studios. Symbols 4ire: D^Director, A— Author, C— Cameraman) 



FOX: 

,'Too M^ny Wpqfcn* 

<Srd week) 

IV— Jamed Flood . 
A — ^Vera <:aspary 

Jainb Storm 

Oscat Mt Sheridan 

Lehore Cpftee ■ 
O^Ii W, Q'.Connell 
Cast; .•■ 

Warner' Baxter . 

Kochelle Hudson 

Herbert Mundlri 

I^oaemary AmeS ' 

Henrietta Croomatt . 

Lily d:Stuart 
'All Men Aire Snemlcs' 
(Otli week) 
D — Geo.-Fltzmatirl'ce 
A-^Rlchard, Aldington 

Samuel HofCenstein 
. Lenore Cbrtee- 
C-^ohn ;Seltz 
Cast: 

Hugh WHUnms . 

Helen Twelvetrees 

Mona Barrie . 
-Herbert MundJn- 

Henry Stephensodi 

Walter. Byron.. 

Una O'Connor 

MtLtt Moore 

Halliwell Hobbesv 

Rafaela Ottlano 
;M(ith!lde Cotnont 

pavld ' Torrence 

•World Moves On? 
(list Tfceb) 
1>— John' Ford. 
A — Reginald Berkeley 
C— ^>eo.' Schnelderman' ' 
Cal^t: 

Madeleine Carroll-. 

Frapchbt Tone ' 

SIgfrled Ruman 

Raiil RouUen 

Reginald Denny 

Nigel Bruce 

Drue' Leytoii 

t'erd, Schiiman-Helhk' 

'Ooid Bnsh of 1934' 
(2nd week) 

D — Geo. Marshall 
A — Lester Cole 

.Henry Johnson 
C — Jas. Valentine 
Cast : 

John Boles 
Claire Trevor 
' Roger. Imhof 
Harry. Green ' 
Monroe Owsley 
Ruth Gillette 
Bdward- Gargan 
'Now I'll TeU' 
(l8t week) 

D — Edwin Burke 
A — Mrs, Arnold Rothsteln 

Edwin Burke 
C-i-Ernest' Palmer 
Cast; 

Spencer Tracy- 
, Alice Faye 

Victor J.ory 
•World l9 Ours' 
(Int week) 
D — John Blystbne. . 
A — Kathleen Nbrrls 

Sonya Le'Vien 

James Gleason 
C— Hal Mohr 
Cast: 

Janet Gaynor 

Clias. Fiirrell 

Sally. Eilers 

James Dunh"- 

Beryl Mercer 

Rpger Irnlxof 

MEnrRO 
'TarzRit and His Mate' 
(dOth week) 

D — Cedrlc Gibbons 
A — j. K. McGulnriess 

Leon Gordon 
C — Clyde DeVlhna 

Sid Wagner 
Cast: 

Johnny WeisSinuller 
Maureen O'Sulllvan 
Nell Hamilton - 
Paul Cavanagta 
Doris Lloyd 
Prank' Reloher 
Wm. Stack 
Desmond 'Roberts 
Vola D'Avrll 
Forrester. Harvey 
'I^itly Mury'd I^ver* 
(0th %eek)' 
D — Ediiriund Gouldlng 
A— Edmund Go'uldlng 
C — Ray June 
Cast: 

Norma .Shearer 
Robert Montgomery 
Herbert Marshall 
Lllyaa Tashman 
Ralph Forbes 
Mr.s. Pat Campbell 
Arthur Jarrett " ' 
Earl Oxford 
HalllWcU Hobbes 
Samuel May 
Donald Grieg 
Helen Jerome Eddy 
Peter Hobbes 
Geo. K. Arthur. 
E. E. Gllve 
T; Roy Barnes 
Skeels Gallagher 
■Florlhe iMcKliiney 
Paul Porca8l >- 

•^ndie MicKee* 
(oth week) 

D^r-C.larence Brown. 
A — Vina Delihar . 

John Meehail 
C — Oliver Marsh 
Cast: 

JoArt Crawford 
Frahchot Tone 
Esther Ralston 
. Jean' Dizoii, ' 
'.Bdwiard'. Arnold 
'Show Off' 
(4tli week) 
,I>— Charles F. Rle^ner 
A: — Geo. Kelly 

C — James Wong Howe 
Oast: 

Spencer Tracy 
.3fadge'£^ans 

Lois Wilson 

Al Bdwa'rds 

Henry Wads worth 
-r^-. — Claiide Glilinevh'atek' '~ 

Sterling Holloway 

Clara Blandlck 

Crant Mitchell 

'Operator 13' 
iMt week) 
P— Raoul Walflh 



A^ — Robert W-, Cha^berfl 
C-T^eo; Folsey 
Cast:--, . 

Marion Daviies 
Gary Cooper 
Henry . B.;: Walthall 
Ned Spai-ks 
Mae Clarke' 
Siamuel Hinds 
Douglas.: Duiiibrllle 
Ml^TROrdUTAN 
(Mbnograni) 
•Mnnliattan. Love Sont^ 
(Slid week): 
I>— .-Loula Fields 
A — Cornell WoOlrioh 
Xieonard Fields 
David' Silvereteln 
C — Robert Planck 
Cast: 

Robert Ar 
Dixie Lee . , . . . 
Franklin Pangborn 
Helen Flint 
Nydla Westman 
Harold Waldrldge 
Cecil Cunhingbam 
Herman Bing 
Geo. Irving 
Btnmett yogaii. 

'IjOiud . Speaker? 

(2ndi wc<ik> 
IV — Joseph ' Stanley -'. 
Cr-^Glll Warrenton. 
.Cast :-, - ■'- •: 

Rny Walker .. 
. Luden LIttlefleld' 
Lotln Raker 
Mary Carr 
Wllbiir Mack 
Spencer <:harterB 
Leonard . Carey 
Dixie Francis 
Blllle Van Every 
PABAMOVMT 
•We're Not Dressing' 

(6th week) 

3D— Norman Taurog 
A— Walton Hall Smith 
Stephen M; Avery 
C-rrCharles Lange 
Cast: 

Bing Crosby 
Carole Lombard 
.Geo. Burns 
Grade Allen 
Ethel Merman 
Leon Errol 
Raymond Mllland 
Jay. Henry 
Dick Dickinson 

_^Trampet Blows' 
(6th week) 
D — Stephen Roberta 
A — ^Wallace Smith 
Ct— Harry Flschbeck 

. George Reift 
Adolphe Menjou 
Frances Drake 
Katherine DeMllle 
Sidney Toler 
Douglas Wood 
Nydia Westman 
Lillian Elliott' 
Edward Ellleld 
. - Gertrude Norman 
Aleth Speed Hanson 
Howard j&roqks 
Joyce Comptbn' 
Hooper AtchleyX 
Francis McDonald 
Charles Stevehs 

•Ton're Telling Me* 
(3tli week) 
D — Erie Kenton 
A — ^Paul Jones 

■J. P. McB'Voy 
C— Al Gllks 
Cast: 

W. a Fields 
Joan Marsh 
Larry Buster CrabbO 
Louise Carter 
Adrienne Ames . 
Kathleen Ho'Ward 
James 'Pop' KentOn 
Robt. M'cKenzle 
Jerry Stewart." 
Geo. 'Irving 
Alfred Delcambre. 
Tammany Toung. 
Frederic Sullivan 
William Rubyns - 
Geo. 'MacQuarrle 
John M. SuKlvan 

Murder at the Vanities' 
(3rd week) 

Dr-Mitchell Lelsen 
A^Barl Carroll 
Rufus King 
Carey Wilson 
Sam Hellamn 
Joeisph GoUomb 
C — lieo Trover 
Cast: 

Carl Brlsson - 
Vlctor McLaglen ' 
Jack Oakie 
Kitty 'Carlisle 
Paul Gerrlts 
Toby Wing \ 
Dorothy StlQkney 
Jessie Ralph . 
Charles Mlddleton 
Gertrude Michael 
Gall Patrick 
Otto Hoffman 

'Come On Marines' 



(Ist wek) 
I>— Henry Hathaway 
A— Philip Wylle 
■Byron Morgan 

Joel Sayre 
C^Beh Reynolds 
Cast: 

Richard Arlen 

Ida LuplnQ 

RoScoe Karns 

Grace Rradley 

Virginia Hammond 

Gwenlllan. Gill 

Clara Loii Sheridan 

Toby Wing 

Fuzzy Knight 

Lena -Andre 

RADIO 
'FlnlKhlnK School* 

(Sill week) 

I) — ^Wanda Tuchock: 
Geo. NlchoUs, Jr. 
^A— LouiH^^WcltzBrikWff^ 
David Hempstead 
Wanda Tucbock 
Laird Doyle- 

C — J. Roy Hunt 

Olnger Rogers 
■~ — -Franoes— Deo-^- .— 
Bruce Cabot 
Una Merkel 
BilUe Burke 
Mitzle Green 
Beulah Bondl 
Sarah Haden 
Marjbrle Lytell 



Adalyne Doyle 
Mary- Jordan 
Rbse Cbghlan 
'Strictly Dynamite' 

(3rd week) 

D — ^BlUott Nugent 
A^Robt. T. Colwill 

Robert A.. Slnion 
. Maurice Watklne 
C — ^Eddle -Cronjagbr 
Cast: 

Jimmy Durante 

-Lupe Velez . 

Marian Nixon 

Wm. Gargaii 

Mills Brothers . 

Alice White 

Norman Foster- 
Eugene . Pallette- 

'Crime Doctor* 

«Sb week) 

Dr-^ohn Robertson. 
A— Israel ZangwlU 

Jane Murfln 

Capt. Don Wllkie 
O^Lucien Andrlot ■ 
Cast: 

Otto Kruger 

Karen Morley 

Nils ABther 

Judith Wood 

Wm. Fra'wley . 

J. Farrell McDonald 

Irving Pichel 

'toover Bead* 
(2nd Week) 
D — J. Walter Ruben 
A— A. A. Milne 

H. ' W. Haneimann 
C — I>ave Abel 
Cast: 

GUve' Brook 

Blllle Burke 

Alan Mow.bray 

° 'StlnRaree*. 
(2nd -week) 
D — Wm. Wollman 
A — E. W. Hornung 
.'. Becky Gardner 
Cast: 

Richard Dlx 
Irene' Diinne 
Mary Boland 
Andy Devin'e' 
Una O'Connor 

'■-SENNEXT 
(Mascot) 
•Xobt Jangle' 
(1st week) 
D — ^Davld Howard 

Armand Schaeffer 
A-r-^Vlctor Zabel 
•.W. Gitteris 
Barney Sarecky 
C — Alvin Wykoff 
Cast: 

Clyde Beatty 
UNITED ABTISTS 
(2oth Century) 

'Firebrand' 
(8rd week)" 
D-^Gregory liaCava 
A — Edwin Justus Maytf 

Beth Meredyth 
C — Chas^ Rosher 
Cast: 

Constance Bennett 

Fredrlc March 

ttalph Morgan 

Fay Wray 

Vlnce ■ Barnett 

Lbiiis Calhern 

Jessie Ralph 

Jay Baton 

John Rutherford. , 

'Bulldog Dmmmond Strikes 
Back' 

(St week) 
D — Roy Del Ruth 
A— H. C. McNeiUe 
'Cast: 

Ronald Colman 

Loretfa Toung 

univebsaL 

'Giamonr* 
(4tIi'Week) 
D— rWm. Wyler 
A — Edna Ferber 
■ Doris Anderson 
Gladys Unger 
C^Oeo. Robinson 
Cast: 

Constance Cummlnga 
Paul Lukas 
Rubs Columbo 
Joseph Cawthorne 
Phillip Reed 
Doris Lloyd 
Alice Lake 
Lenore- Kingston 

'I'U TeU the World' 

(2nd week) 

D — Bd; Sedgwick 

A- — Lincoln Quarberg 

Lt. Frank Wead 
C — Jerry Ash 
Cast:" 

L«e Tracy 

Gloria Stuart 

Roger jPry or 

Herman Bing 

Hugh Enfleld 

fid. McWade 

Dbrothy Gralngfer 

Ward Bond 

(CheBterflelil) 

'Stolen Sweets'' - 
(2hd week) 
'D — Richard' Thorpe 
A — Karl - Brown.- . 
C^M. A. Apdersbn 
Cast: 

Sally .Blahe 
Ohas. Starrett 
Jamison' Thomas 
Johnny Harron 
-Jane Keckley 
Phillips Smally 

WABNERS 
'Happy Family' 
(1st week) 

D— Al. E. Green 
A— Gene Markey 
— ■:. Kathryn Scola., 
Cast: 

Aline MacMahon 
Guy Kibbee 
Allen Jenkins 
Hugh Herbert 
==a==^- Joan -Wheeler—--— -^-^ 



SALLY RAND FANNIN' 
$18,000 INTO ST. L B.O. 



Bt. Liouis. Feb, 19. 
Fan-dahclnsr Sially Rand is stand- 
ine 'em In the aisles at the St: 
liOUls and putting that theatre 
away out in front in the week's box- 
office sprint, She's . doine It a.t a 
time when every house is doing 
fairly well, but not piling up any 
excess profits. • - 

. Loe'w's ■will have some profit from 
'Cat and Fiddle.' Missouri and Ani-. 
bassador are doing about average, 
Francis Lederer's debut film at the 
Foi is ho sensation but there's 
small . cause for complaints about 
husihess. 

Estimaies for This Week 

.Ambassador (Skourais) (3,0OQ; 26- 
85.56) — 'Fashion Follies' (WB) and 
stage shbv. Fair, |1B,0().0. Last 
week 'All of Me' (Par), $13,000. : 

Fox <F&M) (6,000; 26-40^56)— 
'Man of Two Worids* (RKO.) and 
'Charming Deceiver' (Fox) ^ Poor 
going, 19,000. Last week 'Carolina' 
(Fox) and 'King of TVaid Horses,' 
okay for strong |18,OO0.' 

LbeWs State (Loew) (3,000; 26- 
35-65)— 'Cat and Fiddle' (MQ). 
Good, $15,000, better than Garbo 
last week, 'Qiieen Christina' (MG), 
113,000. 

Missouri (Skourajs) (3,600 ; 25-40) 
—•Dark Hazard' (WB) and 'Search 
fdr Beaiuty' (Par). Same fair $8,000 
as last, week's. 'Four Frightened 
People' (iPair) aVid -Goodbye -Love' 
(WB). 

St. Louis (F&M) (4,000; 26-35-65) 
— 'Advice to Dovelorh' ~ (U) and 
Sally Rand on. stage. The candy 
biz of the town, dandy $18,000. Last 
week 'Song Tou. Gave Me' (Col) and 
'Ninth Guest' (Col), $12,000. 



PUly Floundering a Bit, Noflnng 
Outstanding; '8 Girk^ 17& Fox 1?/2G 



Ulaui Entrance' 



'The old 'Main Entrance* gag Is 
b^ing tried ^h Broajawtty_ current 
in a big flish flgljt by the Criterion 
oind Loew's Jlew York theatres, 
both adjoining, and. both show^ing 
revivals. 

Big banner all kcroiss the front of 
the New York announces actual 
War pictures. Criterion, similarly 
:has :ei, big. painted banner across the 
froitt^^ 'Reai Wair Pictures,' and^'hiiii 
a painted hsind jpbinting towards its 
own entrance. 



RKO Oft Indie Gets 
let's Fall in love'; 
'Sleepers East' 



-POOR RICH,' IIG, 

mm i»>/i& 

&F.SOa 



San Francisco, Feb. 19. 
Except for Qplden Gate and War- 
field, Frisco, is suffering fro'm falling 
of the grosses this week and. looks' 
'■'^ wind up the session mostly pale 
and finemic, with Lent taking many 
customers in a heavily Catholic 



larcotic' is in its third stanza at 
the Strand and has already run up 
the biggest take yet seen in that 
house; holds on for a. fourth and 
final week. :. 

Watfleld is scratching deeply and 
furiously ta get a big $19,500 with 
'Fashion Follies of 1934.* Leo Car 
rillo rushed In for the! stage, also 
I Tommy Harris of NBC, and helping 
some. Hugh Herbert; Margaret 
I Lindsay, Robert . Barrat, Donald 
Woods and George Chandler of War. 
j ners' l'Fog Over San Francisco' com 
t>any,' currently on location, here ad- 
I vertised as. attraction's opening day. 

'Dinner at Eight' held for a second 
I week at the ^t. Francis, after hav 
I ing done a smash week at'the War- 
I field and four good road show stan 
I zas at the Columbia. Metro will put 
'Eskimo' into the St. Francis follow- 
ing 'Dinner' and holding it there for 
I a run, meanwhile delaying that 
house's return to first run double 
bills. 

'Poor Rich' js fine pickings for the 
Groldeh (Gate, which will get $11,000 
or so with Amos 'n' Andy and Bert 
Lahr shorts, stage iahow, and other 
pullers. ' 

Fox n.s.g. with 'Befoirs Midnight' 
l-and-^'Sleepless!^ Ntehts,' , along with 
-io vaude acts and other attractions 
Orpheum quite slim with. 'Madame 
Spy' and 'Chance at Heaven,' while 
Paramount is not Up to snufiC with 
'You Can't Buy : Everything' and 
'Dievil Tiger.' 

A sexie 'Sins of Love* in the "Tivoll 
i with a couple thousand dollar ac 
campaign behind It,, doing okay. 

United Artists getting .an okay 
second week on 'Gallant Lady,' and 
will.stay for a third. 

•' Estimates for This Week 
Fox (Leo) (6,000; 2i5-35)— 'Before 
I Midnight' and 'Sleepless Nights, 
(([Continued on page 51) 



rovidence; Feb. 
rbyiderice " exhibitor^ aret figuring 
on . plenty of rellfef this week,, af- 
though start of stanza doesn't augiir 
big tidings. Terri Cold weithef 
ha^ strUck wallop : after .wallop at 
the box office the last few weeks, 
but optlmiam seems to be the key- 
note this week. ' 

Weather at the start of this week 
pke, and theatrical fare exGeptl.bn- 
ally good, but somehQW the natives 
[ust didii't seem to step out for the 
openings. COnBiderIng what . the 
natives have had to buy Tately the 
new bills in town rate very high 
not only with the cricks but also 
with the fa;ns. 

Estimates for This Week 
. Fay's ■(2,OO0i; 15-25-40)^'Sleepers 
East' (Fox) and vaude with Johnny 
Marvin headlining. This is radio 
singer's secolnd appearance here 
Within last c«(uple of months. Mar- 
vin jnade big hit: here on first ap-; 
pearance, giving the house one of 
the nicest grosses in long time. 
LooksVAs though $7,500 won't be far 
off. Last week 'Easy to Love' (WB) 
and vaude was oke at $6,200; 

Loew's State (3,200; 15-25-40)— 
Christina' (MG) and vaude. Stage 
show just tepid, Garbo will have 
to do most Qf the pulling this week: 
opening could have been better but 
at that ribuse looks to $16,000 on 
strength of four shows daily and 
nice comment about town. Last 
weiek 'Moulin Rouge* (UA) got off 
to poor start because of cold 
weather and. I^never, managed, to 
catch up even though house pulled 
four shows daily; inild $10,500, 

Majestic (Fay) (2,200; 15-25-40) 
—'Fashions of 1934' (WB) and 
'Women in His Life' (MG); nice 
bill; and ballyhooed to the Skies 
with plenty of newspapers adver- 
tisings and stunts. Estimated $7,500. 
Last week 'Carolina' (Fox) on 
single biir was off at $4,200. 

Paramount (Ipdie) (2,200; 15-26- 
40)— 'Let's Fall in Love* (Col) and 
'Lone Cowboy' (Par). Columbia 
picture was originally booked arid 
advertised for the RKO Albee, but 
yanked out couple of times and 
finally turns up at this indie spot. 
Opening no stampede- but maybe 
$6,000. Last week 'Four Frightened 
People* (!Par) and 'Cross Streets' 
(Chest). Reviews frightened plenty 
of people away; especially on. the 
second picture, gross toppling to 
$4,100; off. 

RKO Albee (2,200; 15-25-60)— 
'I Like It That Way* (U) and 'Shuf- 
fle Along' on the stage. Despite, .fact 
that house has tilted prices again 
for this^' week, and opposlsh being 
strong, looks like $9,500 ;. oke. 
Plenty of publicity on this bill to 
help it along. Last week 'Long Lost 
Father* (RKO) and 'Once to Every 
W6mart' :(Col) was. with the low 
ones at $4,000. , 

RKO Victory (i.6()0; 10-15-26)— 
■'Speedway*, and 'Big Bluff; looks 
like $1,200 on split wefek; slightly 
better. Last week.. 'Fui'y of the 
Jungle' and ' 'Important Witness' 
(Tower) was up, too, at $1^050 on 
split week. 



'Without Honor' 
(3rd week) 

D — JAoyd Bacon 
G.HoUlngshead 

A— Robt. Liord 

JIbm., .BjJisMnehao?-, 

Nlven Busch 

Cast: 

James Cagney 
Joan Blonaell 
Victor Jor-y 
Harold Huber 
Ru.s.sell UoptoB 



Frank Craven 
RAlfe Harolde 
Sarab Padden 
J. M. Quftlen 
Bradley Page 
James .Bagle 
Geo. - Chandler 

'The Key' 

r (Sird week) 

IV— Archie Mayo 
I A— R.-^-^Gore-Brb wne-*-^= 
J. ik Hardy 
i:Alrd Doyle 
C — -Ernest Haller 
Cast: 

Wtn. Powell 
CoIlQ Cllve 
Robert Sarrat 
--^f— -'-X'TirKefflgan ' ~- 
Maxlne Boyle 
Hobart Cavanaiigib 
Arthur Treacher 
Joan Wheeler 
Henry O'Melll 
Phlilp Regan, 



'Betnm of the Terror* 

(2nd Week) 

D — Howard Brethertbn 
A^Edgar Wallace' 
Sugene Solow 
Peter Inline. 
C — Arthur Todd 
Cast: . 

Mary Astor 
.Lyie Talbot 

T ' ' < Poeter =Moplca^^=-=^ 

(ist week) 

D — Wm. Kelghley 
A — M. M. .Szczepkowska 
Laura Walker 
Chos. Kehyon 
. Cast: ., _^ . . 
— •'— KayFrffirotH- — ^^ 

'Bawdnst* 
(2nd week) 
D — ^Ray Bnrlght 
A— Bert Kalmar 
^ Harry Ruby 



Tom Buckingham 
C— Sid Ulckox 
Cast: T 

Joe E. BrowA 

Patrlclt Ellis 

'One Man'Q Woman' 

(2nd week) 
D— Alan Crosland 
A— F.. Hugh' Herbert 

Erwln Gelsey 
.=.=.^^:rI>avld-^oah.m:^ 
C— WiHi Rees 
Cost: 

Pat O'Brien 
Qlenda Farrell 
Claire Bodd 
Russell Hopton 
Henry O'Neill 

~' Hbbart-eavamtugh- ■ 

Robert Gleckler 
Arthur. Vinton' 
Paul Harvey 
George Cooper 
Tom Costello 
Pudgle White 



Philadelphia, Feb, 
The unexpected boom which sent 
film house grosses skyrocketing ia . 
j'anuary appears to be lUtout over« 
Last week's biz was generally unde^ 
average an^ in some cases particu* 
arly bad, and ho .outstanding ]()ick<4 
up is indica.ted for this week. 

The Stanley has 'Eskimo,' given, 
special ad pluglgihg. but not very, 
promising m opening, pace. \ Looks 
as if $15,000 would be a large esti- . 
mate. 

The Fox is emphasizing Rosemai'y 
Ames in 'I Believed Ypu,' but thero 
was not much box-^offlce activity, 
and $15,500 is indicated.'' Harry 
Delmar's Revels is the stage feature. 

The Boyd has 'All of Me," and 
that( too, looks a little feeble,, dcspitei 
the names. Around $11,600 indicat- 
ed; while Robinson*^ 'Dark Hazard,* 
at .the Stariton; looks ike a mediocre 
$7,000. - 

. 'Moulin Rouge,' which was one of 
last • week's few pWasa;nt surprises, 
holds , in at the Aldine, which ha^ 
been doing the most consistent busi« 
nejas of any of the downtown pijjc 
houses. Oyer $7,000 ..is fpi-ecast for 
this.oile, which surprised with $10,- 
000 last week,: when everything else 
.was nose-diving, 

:. E4mund LoWe In .'persbn is th» 
Earle^ headliner, . with Mildred 
Bailey and. Ben Blue also featured. 
The picture is 'Eight Girls in 
Boat.' Not. more than $17,000 indi- 
cated. 

.'The itwo little Che.'jtnut. treet 
houses, Karlton and Arcadia,, aren't 
showing a great deal -Witht tlieir. 
current attractions. Former' has 
'Madame Spy,' which won't j^o much 
over $3,000, and the latter 'Man's 
Castle,* which looks for about $2,000. 

Outside of the aforenition^d 'Mbu- 
lin Rouge,* last week was dismal all 
along the line, with most gi-osscs a 
grand or two under expected H.-riires. 

'Mandalay,* for example,' got a 
weak $10,000 at the Boyd; 'Quocn 
Christina* dr6"TC>ped to $12,000 in its 
second' week at the Stanley* when 
$14,000 was figured; both the Karlei 
and. the Fox miiddled along with 
$14,500 and $14,000, respeotively, 
with 'Let's Fall in Love' tlic fllm at 
the former and 'Ever Since Eve' at 
the latter house. Weak stage bills..,, 
hurt. . 

'White Woman' was a bi'utal flop 
at the Arcadia with $1,300 in five 
days and' 'Miss Fane's Baby Is 
Stolen' could get only $2,900 at the 
Karlton. 'Shadows of Slni? Sing^ 
got the expected $6,500 at the Stan- 
ton, but that was hothljig to boast 
about. 

Estimates for This Week 

Aldine (1,300; 40-55-66)— 'Moulin 
Rouge' (UAV (2d week). First week'» 
trade soared to $10,000, 'which was 
$2,500 more than predicted. This 
week's gross should beat $7,000. 

Arcadia (600; 26-40-5(^)^'Man'» 
Castle' (Col). Doesn't look so forte, 
$2,000 indicated. Last week 'White 
Woman* (Par).,, only $1,300 In five 
days, bad. 

Boyd (2,40(); 40-56-65)— 'All ot 
Me': (Par>» Dbesn't look very lively 
despite names. Maybe $11,500# Last 
week 'Mandalay' (FN) only $i0,00.0, 
poor. 

Earle (2,000; 40-55-65)— 'Eight 
Girls in. a Boat" (Par) and vaude. 
Edmund Lowe in person headlined. 
Not more than $17,000 indicated, 
and that's liberal. Last week 'Let's 
Pall in> Love* (Col) and vaude, a 
very measiy $14,500. 

Fox (3,000; 30-40-66)— 'I Believed 
in You' (Fox) and stage show. Del- 
mar's Revels feature. Just an ordi- 
nary $16,500 in prospect. Last week 
Ever Since Eve' (Fox) and stage 
show, poor $14,000, well u nde r 
normal. 

Karlton • (1,000; 30-40-50)— 'Ma- 
dame Spy' (U). Nice notices but 
not much biz, $3,000 likely.. Last 
week 'Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen* 
(Par) wobbly $2,900. 

Keith's (2.000; 25^35-40)— -'Sonsa- 
tion Hunters' (Mofto) and vaudOb 
Bob Hall headlines. Little - liettie* 
biz likely, , maybe $7,500. Last week . 
'Charming Deceiver" .(Maj) and 
'Shuffle Along,' $7,000. 

Stanley (3,700; -55-65)— 'E.^kl-; 
mo' (M;G). Doesn*t look so hot, 
$16,000 at the outside. Last w^ek 
'Queen Christina* (MG) disappoint- 
ing in second week with only $12,000. 

Stanton (1,700; 30-40-66)— 'Dark 
Hazard* (FN). Robinson picture not 
showing much, won't get over $7,000. 
Last week 'Shadows of Sing Sing* 
(Col^ about $6,500, jnedlocre. 



TITLE CHANGES 

Hollywood, Feb 19. 
Fox has changed title of 'Odd. 
*Thursday'=to^^Too=Mariy=Womeh.— - 

Fox's proposed 'Gypsy Melody* 
will be tabbed 'By Royal Command.* 
• 'Springtime for Henry,' recently 
changed to 'Forbidden Lips,' goes 
back to 'Henry.' 

— 4AjKalr8-r«£— a— ,(iientleman!-Jli3— the — . 
new monicker for 'Women in pis 
Life,' which Universal recently 
bought from Edward and Edith 
Ellis. Paul Lukas starred, and Ed- 
wln-It.- Marin directing. 



Tuesday, February .20, 19»4 



PIC Y II RE C 



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VARIETY 



11 



Balto BO s Bubblmg with Beaucoup 
Biz* Gable a Wow 24G; Garbo VM 



OMAHA AVERAGE 



Ols«n and Johnioii Best in Town- 
's ix of Kind' $7,000 



Baltimore; 19. 
With, placid Bkies above and. the 
mere boimcid .up to 36 ph burg's 
theFmbmeters, exhibs are expreBslng, 
their satisfaction und are spreading 
theiheelves ■with one oif . tlie. most 
lavigh overall lay-outs town has 
gfi^med' in yfears. 

Cbmpetlsh is texui , with ad 
budgets upped by aU:hands and the 
boys are out there .flghting right 
down thei line. 

L,oew's houses ' topping the works 
with pair of strongest, attractions 
ever aligned here, Clark Gable in a 
personallpg t>arade on Century- 
staire and 'Queen Christina'. At 
Stianley. Gable is soaring house to 
alUtlme attendance high; 'Chrls- 
tlina' will hike the Stanley into tall- 
est figure giant: deluxer has attained- 
since 'Rbihan Scandals,' a giddy 

$18,800. 0- 

Hippodrome, usually sure-seating 
vaud lllnier, bit lightweight this 
weetf. 'Hlpsi Hips, HObray' just 
tepid at the b. o. and there's noth- 
ing bn the rostrum to actively com:' 
plerfe with Century's stage strength. 
Estimates for Thi Week 
Century (Lioew-XJA> (3,000; 25- 
S 5 - 40 - 55-66) — 'Ybu : Can't Buy 
Everything' (MG) and Clai-k Gable 
headiirilng five acts. It's all Gable, 
who's • prbvlng giant antpiig .b. . 6, 
giants and the snioke in tlie eyes 
of every fern me from 9 to 90. Press 
donating gobs Of space; every town 
within 50-mile radius has been bill^ 
boarded and a steady streahi of cars 
pours in all highways bringing slew 
of fans who've never entered a local 
theatre hitherto. Unprecedented 
iive shows reeled off opening day 
to hold-outs, tipping manag'enient 
to add that fifth performance each 
day remainder of week which will 
better delirious 124,000, biggest 
bonanKa in years. Last , week, '8 
Girla in a Boat' (Par) and 'Green- 
wich Village Follies' tab, with latter 
accountable, touched strong $18,000. 

Hippodrome (Rappaport) (2,500; 
25-3r>r40-55-66)— 'Hips, Hips, Hop- 
ray' (RItO) land stage show, headed 
by Blanche! Calloway orchestra. 
"Wheeler-TSToolsey's recent flock of- 
n.s.h. pix hurting this one, and not 
very materially helped b.^:^. a. of 
comics on Century stageSJthreei 
weeks ago. Rep of Calloway >iame 
attributing bit, being local gifcl in 
burg that's always rolled for sepia 
ork entertainment. Maybe as much 
as sotind $11,000. Last week, 'The 
Los Patrol' (RKO) and Joe Pettner 
in stage show, with Penner thia rea-. 
eon for smash 117,200 shagged. 

Keith's (Schanberger) (2,600;. 25- 
35-40-65-66) ^ 'Palo oka' (UA). 
World premiere; opened supper 
show Wednesday (14). Enhanced 
by biggest ad splurge house has ac- 
corded attraction in long while attd 
the day-and-half jump bh rest of 
field enabled snatch of sizable 
chunk of early , coin. Press recep- 
tion grand and heavy masculine At-. 
tendance is upplng gross to sugary 
$5,700. Last week, 'I Like It That 
Way' (U), wan $4,300. 

New (Mechanic) (1,800; 26^30-36- 
40-50)— 'House on 66th St.' (WB). 
This Warner flick a pick-up on 
slough from Loew's and supplying 
different ' and fresh faces : in Fox 
product house, that are well re- 
ceived by the largely regular pat- 
ronage house carries. Take Is t>elng 
hypoed by overflow crowd from 
nearby Century. In the market for 
sound $4,000. Ijast week ,'Advlce to 
the Lovelorn' (UA) camp_..ln just 
under same figure. . 

Stanley (Loew-UA) (3,460; 26^ 
85-40-55-66) .— 'Queen Christina* 
(MG). Garbo . proving she hasn't 
lost her lure during. long absence. 
Critical gentry awiarded highest 
„ honors, ..big hypp . to house .that gets 
principal play from class crowd, who 
o. o. the dailies and follow crix di- 
rections. Off to the. ra,ces tor hot- 
cha $18,500. Last week^ 'All of Me' 
(Par)- couldn't get started sutfl- 
ciently to hurdle flabby $10,000. 



PROCTOR'S, NEW'K, ONIT 
DOING THE TOWN'S BIZ 



at' $4,600. Last week, 'Dinner .at 
Eight' (MG), and 'Last Roundup' 
(Par) okay but disappointing, at 
$4,600. 

Little (PranklinirT299 : 30-40)— 
'Kongress Tanzt' (Ufa). Hurt by 
being played around last sefason In 
English and not. likely to top $600. 
Last week, 'Wiener Blut' (Tobls), 
showed German films; sf iU not pop- 
ular by getting only $800. 

Loew's State (2,780; 16-75)— :This 
Side of Heaven' (MG), and vode. 
.Not a hot opening but merit of film 
should build it to a fair $12,500. Last 
week, 'Gallant Lady' (UA), okay 
With a strong $15,000. 

Newark (Adams-Par) (2.248; 15- 
99)— 'Search for Beauty' (Par), and 
vode. Doubtful if this means much, 
maybe $10,000. Last , week, 'All of 
Me' (Par). $11,000. , ; 

Proctor's (RKO) (2,300;, 25^35-40r 
55-60-76-85)— 'As Husbands Go' 
(Fox), and Buddy Rogers unit. 
Splendid on opening and will prob- 
ably hit near a great $18,000. Last 
Meanest Gal in Town' (RKO), 



Oma,ha, Feb. 19; 
Box office returns to averkge 
business this week from the ..pire- 
ceding week of cheery grosses. 
Bright spot is the three -day sta:nd 
of Olsen and Jbhnsoh with their 
'Take a Chance' stage unit at the 
Brahdeis and will give this house 
the only gate with a smile, split 
week : getting $5,(i00. . 

W'eiather for more than a week 
iias been nothing short bf a mir - 
cle, daytime temperaturies hitting 
as high, as 80 ?ind never below 55, 
^ith sun.shine and clekr skies in 
proportion. Good :new^ to theatre 
men with only average programs 
scheduled, but hope ' is that it 
doesn't get too good or people will 
hibernate when air does get frosty. 

Last week "surprise week at . the 
Orpheum which enjoyed the second- 
best weelc it has had on straight 
pictures since Blank, control was in- 
stituted. 'Mouliti Rouge' can take 
the credit, for building the hbu.*!© up 
to hear $9^000, grand slam.. 

imiates for This Week 
randeis (Singer) (25-35-40-60- 
65)— 'Long Lost Father' ( KO with 
Olsen and Johnson unit, 'Take a 
Chance,' on the stage Frida.v, Sat- 



Pitt s Batde of Stage Shows, 
CaDoway- Heaven/ Stanley, 




tiohs are for close to $10,000, good. 
Last week 'Man's Castle' (Col), 
with Take a Chance' revuc held up 
for $18,000, good. 

Midland (Loew) (4,000; 26)— 'Cat 
and the Fiddle' (MG). Got ttway 
at a fast pace and with Novarro 
and McDonald well liked here, is ex- 
pected to lilt $16,000, gbbdr Last 
week 'Queen , Christiana' (MG^ 
$13,500, not so good. 

Newman (Par) (1,800; 25-46)M 
•Good Dame' (Par). Nice play over 
the week-end which iwould indipate 
close to $9,000, good. Last weiek 
'Search for Beauty* (Par) had to be 
satisfied with $6*000, fair. 

Uptown (Fox) (2,040; 25-40)/r^ 
'Beloved' (U). Another case ot 
where the star, John Boles, is given 
mbi-e space, iii the ads than the title- 
of the; picture. Is expected to. get 
close to $4,000, good. I-ast week 
•Cross Cpuntry" Cruise' (U), $2,500. 
fair. 



and 'New Tbr-kers' On stage, okay urday and Sunday and rest of week 
at over $15,000. flUed by 'Pon of Kong! (RKQ^) a^^^^^ 

terminal (Skburas) (1,900; 15-25- 'Chance at. Heavein,' double billed. 
40)— 'Plying Down to Rio' (RKO) , Indicates $7,000 with, three-day 
and 'Hold That Girl' (Fox). Must, stage show responsible for $5,000 ol 
be some pull left to 'Rio' an a will, the total.. List week .'Right to Kp- 

" mance'. .(RKO) with., Kate Smiths 
'Sw^hee Music Revue' on stage 
took $U,000, very hear the mai^k set 
by Downey two weekis ago and pre 
viously over-estimated. - 

World (Blank) (2,100; 25-35)--- 
;Erhperor Jones^ (UA) arid 'Hjs 
Trouble Life' (Par). ;, Back to double 
features for this house after three 
Weelcs of a 40c top; Might keep 
some of good traide coming to- near 
$4,000. ' Last -n'^ek' "Eskimo* (MG) 
tried hard but not wide enough 
iyeal, $41500. good. 

Onpheum (Blank) (2,976; 2a-40)-- 
FouF .Frightened People' (Par)- and 
Rainbow Over Broadway' : (Ches). 
Dualled to average $6,500. I^st 
we^k 'Moulin Rouge' (^"A) and 
'Women in His Life' (MG> on 
double tra:ck sbld tp* thie house s sec 
ohd heaviest straight picture week, 
nearly $9,000, heavy. 

Paramount (Blank) (2,765; 25-35 
40)^'Six of a Kina* (Par). Hold- 



Paiooka, $11,000, 



pro'iiably be okay at $4,100. ;Las.t 
week, 'Long .Lost. Father'. (RKO). 
arid 'Frontier Mar,«!li -(Fox), good 
at. $4,300. ■ 

Denv. OK but for 
Garbo^Atf aid of 





afraid it's a cbstume play, is keeping enough to lead the field at the class 

- - - - - - ..- 'house, but extra day will.- up past 

$7,000. Last week 'Queen Christina 
(MG) did not hold to expectations, 
but vex'y good at $8,800 

XAT^IDDIE' 15C 'GOOD 
DAME' 9G, GOOD IN K.C. 



Newark, 

Continuance of cold Weather has 
not helped anything and tumbled 
most of last week's grosses. Lent 
is now being* blamed but with the 
holiday Proctor's expects to come 
near $18,OO0 with 'As Husband's Go' 
and Buddy Rogers on the stagie 
Business at. Proctor's using mostly 
units with its pictures continued 
strong since they dropped the idea 
of showing only pictures. . 

Estimates for This Week 
^^ranf^^^ 

I've Got Your Number' (FN), and 
Women in His Life* (MCI). Blohdell 
opus ought to mean something and 
maybe it^.will reach a fair $9,500 
Lost weelt, 'Fashion Follies of 1934* 
-(t^N^-Wcrl)l5T5a-a-t.1t-wlth $8,900. 

Capitol (WB) (1,200; .16-26-35-60) 
^—'Massacre* (FN), and 'Eight Girls 
in a Boat' (Par). Not a great bill 
for thi.'^ Iioiifse and "titi.less there is 
an overflow from.Pi'octbv's will pass 



Denver, Peb. 19 
First few days of Lent may,, be 
cutting- grosses, but still all first 

runs headed for above average, i ----- 
Only house here below expectations Ing eight ^ays to s^^^ 
is Denver, with Garbo film. Some- J for Sally Personal appearance 

thing about the picture, either the beginning Friday (23). yeual opej- 
name or the fact that folks are Ung on. Thursday. Hardly strong 
afraid it's a cbstume play, is keeping enough to lead the 
them away, and.looks to finish with [house, but^exUra^ ?S^.r"n,"^«?in? 
little above average. House opened 
early for extra show first two days 
as advertising plug, but no demand. 
However, folks who see the film ex 
press themselves as getting money's 
worth. 

Orpheum . was holdout first three 
nights, but gross will be .consider 
ably belo.w. last week. Because Den 
ver is one of the spots touched in 
'Cross Country Cruise,' at the Par 
amount,' that house will go above 
average. Denhahi doing surprising- 
ly well without stage show, and 
probably making more mPney than, 
with tliem, although intention is to 
slip in unit showis when available. 

Ann Harding. . proving draw at 
Aladdin to get hpuse above par. 

Disagreeable, wet snowstorm Sat- 
urday, cuts into crosses. Makes 
snowstorms on two successive Sat 
urdays. Weather back to perfection 
by Sunday. 

.. Estimates for This Week 

Aladdin (Huffman) (1,5^0; 25-40) 
Right to Romance* (RKO). Up a 
bit to $3,700. Last week 'After To- 
night' (RKO) slightly below aver 
age.. closing yifith $3,260. 

Denham (Hellborn) (1.600; 25r30 
40)— 'Six Of a Kind' (Par). Okay 
for a nice $6,600. Last w^k-^our 
Frightened- People' XPar) evidently 
frightened many of the regulars 
away, finishing the week with only 
$4,500. 

Denver (Uuffman) (2,600; 26-36 
50)^'Queen Christina' (MG). No 
panic and, considering it's :Garbo, 
a distinct disappointment,, with but 
average $8,000 in pro8i)ect. Last 
week. 'Fashions pf 1934^ (FN) failed 
to make any great impresisiOh on 
Denver - theatregoei'S^ and 



with $7,000, $500 below average. 

Orpheum (Huf^ah) (2,600; 25- 
35-M>- 'Hips, Hips, Hooray* (RKO) 
and stage show. Okay $14,000, but 
last week's $19,060 was corking. 'Hi, 
.Nelli6' (WB) was boosted by Sally 
Rand and her fan dance oh the stage 
to the best since Huffman has had 
house, .Bxtra show a day given, and 
necessary. . 

Paramount (Huffman) (2,000; 25 
40)— 'Cross Country Cruige* (U) 
Ditto $3 000 as la^t w6ek:8. ^omen 
in His Life' (MCi) and 'From Head 
quarters' (WB), split, slightly be.tter 
than average. 



Kansas City, Feb, 19. 
The Mainstreet is back to a 
straight picture t)olicy for several 
weeks after four weeks with, stage 
shows, but has others booked for 
the near future. This week It Is 
showing 'Fashion Follies of 1934 
with Bill Powell, home town star, 
heavily underlined. Opened nicely 
and is in for a good week. 'The 
Cat and. the Piddle' is the Midland's 
bill and as the show is well remem- 
bered from its legitimate showing, 
will do - some business. Opening 
strong. 

The Newman is splurging with 
'Good Dame'. Title does not mean 
much, but the picture has been 
given extra publicity and Sidney 
aiid March are drawing good 
crowds. This Is the last week with 
the present policy at the house 
Starting Feb. 23, double feature 
bills' wUl be shown, prices cut to 
25c any time, any seat. This, is the 
same, scale as Loew's Midland 
which has 2,200 more seats. Pic 
tures for the new policy opening 
week are announced 'Bolero' and 
'By Candle Light'; These two-bit 
first runners are making it tough 
on the " suburbans. 

Garbo's ^Queen Christina' .was .the 
big disappointment last Week, . as 
closed I well a Surprise to many who think 




9 < 




Werker-^— Crane- 



Hollywood, Feb. 

Lloyd Cbri'lgan, • who followed 
Eddie Buzzell on direction of 'Be- 
havior of Mrs. Crane,' at Universal 
ia off the. pic. Indications are that 
Al Worker will meg. 

Change made in the script taken 
out of 'Wife* and studio decided not 
to put Russ Colombo in. 



they /know.. Papers raved and the 
Star gave ;it and the star five col- 
urhns in the Sunday issue and. fol- 
lowed up the middle of the week 
with another feature story, but the 
customers did . not bur and the 
countup. was $7,000 below the ad 
Vance Estimate. Heavy attendance 
at the annual Auto show which was 
showing , for 40c may hive had 
somethi-g to do with it. 

Olsen and Johnson, and their 
"take a Chance' stage show at the 
Mainstreet held up. well- Comics 
werfti boosted by their.' radio stuff 
and clicked through the week with 
special stories in the .papers. 
=^=-^-he^-Royal^whioh=-js=-playing=iEor-^ 
gotten Men' under the auspices of 
the A'eterans of Foreign Warjj, took 
$4,000 last week and held the pic- 
ture over for the second and prob- 
ably final week. 

Estimated for This Week 
Mainstreet (RKO) (3,200; 25-40) 
—•Fashion. Follies bf 1934' (FN). Go- 
ing it alone, without stage show, 
op<»ned nicely Friclny and itidlca- 



Stroi^ in Boston 



Boston, 19- 
After, taking it on the schnozzle 
from weather man for past brace 
o* sub-zero weeks, local show biz is 
getting a break again. S»hilin' 
through the weekend, practically 
every spot is on upgrade. Number 
of good films, mostly hokum com- 
ediy that audiences seem to like, and 
couple of good stage shows, are as 
big a help .as good theatre weather. 

Draw averages better, all 'round, 
than in quite awhile. 

Estimates for This Week 
Keith's (RKO> (4,000; 26-36-60) 
'Paiooka* (UA). Premiered in 
with a midnight show; men like It, 
but the fem side in doubt, $11,000 
will be fine. Last week, 'Lottg Lost 
Father' (RKO), $8,000, fair, but 
weather's a good alibi. 

Boston (RKO) (4,000; 35-60-66)— 
'CrPss Country (irUise* (U) and 
Connie*ia Inn. With any sort of a 
break spot should hit high at $24,- 
000, supreme, La:st week. 'Popr 
Rich* (U) and Moore-Giaxton top- 
ping big name bill, under expecta- 
tions, but still velvety, at $19,()00. 

Orpheum CLoew) (3.000; 30r40- 
50)i_'SonB of Desert' (MG) and 
vaiide. Ought to come through to 
corking fine $14,000. Last week, 
'Eskimo* (MG) and vaude. Less 
than fair at $11,500. 

State (Loew) (3,000; 30-40-60)-^^ 
'Cat and Piddle* (MG). Gets the 
raves as most expert of Coast, mu- 
sicals, and building up fine. Ap- 
plause, (rare here) at finish. Should 
get $14,000, magnificent, and more'n 
half velvet. Last week, 'Moulin 
Rouge' (UA) pleased; considering 
weather, did swell at $10,000. which 
was a grand more the^n expected. 

Met (M&P) (4,330; 30-40-50-66) 
—'Good Damie* (Par), with 'First 
Little Show' on stage. Good weather 
made the weekend tiptop. Quality 
is under any of the Ed Smith line 
of big shows presentfed as cajtswer 
to the Koerner challenge at the 
Boston; but must be remembered 
the stage tab Is going through its 
first week. Caught how twlcfe. It 
Shows slgii^ of imprbvement. While 
It doesn't evoke any enthusiasm. It 
apparently satisfies. Grosses Ippk- 
ihg up to $29/000, well above the 
■nut.' Last week, the Gaynor 
Barrymbre appeal . in 'Carolina' 
. (Fox), with fair stage show, suc- 
ceeded in beating the weather man, 
which was. some stunt. Outcome 
was 426,600, surprising, when in 
stead of a' margin of blue; it Ipoked 
iikb a red pefU £i:om fear zero 
would keep the. ferns/ big factor at 
this spott at home. Gaynor lure 
brought them out. 

iParamount (M&P) (1,800; 36-46- 
55)— 'Six of a Kind' (Par). Rock- 
ing the house for a welcome change 
tb hokum comedy; assbciate film 
'Big Shkkedown' (FN) no. help 
Foriner getting fine talk, and house 
has been packing 'em in. Prospects 
of more .than ropy $9,000. Last 
week, 'Mas.sacre' (WB) and 'Hold 
That Girl' (Fox^, $8,500, not so bad 



JL5Q^YR. 0LD THEATRE BtJIt»S. 

T'mVriTelfr?^^ 

A lyiidmai'k for a century and a 
half, the Paptime, the small town 
ot Bristol's only clneiVia, was de- 
stroyed by fire. 

"The town owned' the wooden 
..structure. Lon Valll. op.orator of 
the theatre; had $16,000 Invested in 
the property, The lo.«*s Is rirlifiHy 
covered by instiran.ee 



Pittsburgh, Feb. 
The battle s oh. Which meaus.., 
that. Stanley is bqick in running; 
again, fighting Penn tboth and nail 
w|th ' big ; stage iaii^ while itt. 
which had the flesh, field all to it- 
self, Iboics on from the sidelines, 
and : hopes that it can; continue to 
hang on by virtue of its consider- 
ably lower scale. 

General impiression arpund here 
seems to be that there isn't enpugh 
I slness for two deluxers with big 
fla^h presentations, That seelms to 
be borne out by week-end business, 
with both getting about an even 
break and hardly approaching the 
nUt. Therefore, it begins, to look 
like a knock-ein-dpwn, drag-em-put 
struggle with the only question as 
tp how long it cart' last. 

In meantime, Pitt, which has until 
now made a barrel of do.ugh, hopes 
to stick it but with it's nameless 
units and indie pictures. hPPing 
Penn and Sto^nley wiU eventually 
kill each , other back to straight pic- 
tures and hand the fatted calf over 
to Schaffer management again. 
Then again, there's a suspicion thiat, 
since Pitt boom sent ..deluxers back 
to presentations for self-preserva- 
tion, Penn and Stanley may be try- 
ing to choke off Pitt and bncP that's 
accomplished, if eyer, go back to 
straight pictures of their own ac- 
cord. Anyway, it's an interesting 
battle with plenty of fireworks ah- 
ticipated. 

Againsit Penn with 'This Side of 
Heaven^ and Cab Calloway, Stanley 
has 'By Candlelight' and tab 'Art- 
ists and Models.' Looks like a pretty 
even race, with Penn and Stanley 
each headed for $.18,00.0, 

Pitt, with 'Broken Dreams* and 
World^B Fair Scandals' unit, natur- 
ally suffering, somewhat,, tbongh not 
as much as expected. Should get . 
around $7,000 anyway, which Isn't 
t>ad and keeps hbtise's hea:d above 
water. Davis, In face of all this 
competition, fighting back with twin 
bills and Inaiuguratlon of new policy 
is still problematical. 'Beloved' and 
'Last Round-Up* In first bill and 
$3,000, fair. Is in prpspect. 

Other twP first-run sites, how- 
ever, sufCeirIng plenty. .. Fultbn yankr 
ed 'Devil Tiger' after three days to 
slim $2,000, shoving Iri Talboka^ to- 
day (19), while Warner Is Bkidding 
to rock bottom at $3,260 with 'Man 
of Twp WPrlds,* 

imates for This Week 
Davi (WB) (1.700; 25-35) ^Be- 
loved' (U) and "Last Round -Up* 
(Par). House back to duald after a 
year, despite, exhibitors' agreement, 
Warners claiming Indies. Conslstr 
ently Ignoring contract, have forced 
them back into It. Twin bills, : sue 
ccssful here 12 months ago with no 
flesh in town,, may have some 
trouble now but low scale shPuld 
help. Looks like $3,000, fair, this 
week. Last week hpuse dark for 
five days. , 

Fulton (Shea-Hyde) •Devil Tiger* 
(Pox). No b.P. draft for this: bne 
and went out Satdee nite (17) after 
three dtiys to slim $2,000. 'Palopka' 
(UA) goes in today (19). Last week 
•Carolina* (Pox) held over three ex- 
tra days to excellent $2,500 and 
could have easily stuck out remain- 
der of ,week to advantage. First 
week of Gayhor film clicked off ex- 
cellent $7,700. 

Penn (Loew's-UA). (3,300; 25-40- 
56-60-75) 'This Side bf Heaven* 
(MG) an(3 Cab Calloway. LAtter 
always a b.o. figure here and $18,000 
attests to that. Not outstanding by 
any means but serviceable, in light 
bf rival Stanley's strong campaign 
for. resumption of . stage shows for 
flrst time in two years, Last Veek 
'Eskimo' (M<j) and Amos 'n* Andy, 
hit hard by weather, picked up near 
close to $22,000^ 

Pitt (Schaffer) (1,600; I5r26-40) 
•Broken .. Drea ms' (Monb) . and 
'World's Fair Scandals* unit. Natur- 
ally .feeling pinch of stiff stage cpm- 
petltlon but still managing to tiirh 
a slight profit at $7,000. Last week 
'Blood Money' (UA) and Beverly 
West oke at $7,600. 

Stanley (WB) (3,600; 26-40-60) 
'By Candlelight* (U) and •Artists 
and MPdels* tab. First stage show 
here In almost two years and bus!-, 
ness up propdrtipnately. $18,000. 
Last week 'Mandalay' (WB) popr 
at. $5,200. 

Warner (WB) (2i000: 25-35-50) 
'iian of two World's' (RKO). Just 
another picture . this .week and will 
have trbuble getting even $3,000, 
which is plenty in the dumps. Last 
week 'Hips, Hips, Hopray' (RKO), 
about the siame. 



EDNA BEST'S 'KEY' 

Jfi/IlywoOfl, Fei>. 
Edna Best hs.3 been engaged by 
Warners for the lead in 'The Key,' 
playing the , part prif^inally net for- 
Kay -Fi-aneis. who goes into 'Dr. 
Monloa.' 

Willl.'irti and Colin Olive 

l;iy tiie top r.ol'^s in 'the Key.* 



12 



'VARIETY'S LONDON OFFICE, 
B St. Nhrttn'8 Vlurp. TnifKlgur. Sunare 



FOREIGN FILM NEWS 



Cable AddreM: VABIBTT. LONDON. 
Telephqne Temple Bur 5041-K(M2 



Arthur Loew» Back from Sydney, 
Explains Why M-G Is Bulding 



j\'Ieirp is building houses in Syd 
land Melbourne beca,u6e It Is 
convineed . tKe cbm&any is ■ not getr 
ting. 9. fair de^l in /Australia, says 
Arthur M. Xioew. He returned from 
Sydney Friday (14) after giving or- 
td . start building, operations 
with iiQUses to go up i>rbnto 
■Sydney ilhd Meibourn^^ • 

M-i^-M'k set international 
policy to exhlbit.bhly when it can't 
business with local exhibitors, 

says Libiew,. 

Back in 1932 when Loew niade his 
previous visit to Australia/ he silys, 
th j first riiri theatres of . the prin- 
cipal citie^ were, controlled by 
Hbyit's and Greater Unioii Theaitrea 
individually. In addition there Was 
a minor circylt controllejj by Ful- 
lers. As tn this country, both, ma- 
jor v.- circuit," had expanded during 
the boom years. The struggle for 
supremacy went . oh ■. at a terrific 
pace. ■ , ■. ' 

Both circuits built up lai'ge baiilt 
loans and the bankers were in .a 
position to fbrce' tliieir hands, I»ew 
points but. It was therefore de- 
cided that the only soluUbn was a 
merger of the twb circuits 'to bring 
about .a more economical bpieratioii.' 
This mierger was announced the day 
after Arthur Loew's firrival on his 
previous trip. Messrs. Doyle and- 
. Munro were elected Joint managing 
directors... Loew called upon, both 
and each assured himi that the 
merger was for the piurpose of more 
efflcieiit management and at the 
samie 'fline. for. cutting down of man- 
agement overhead^ lioew; says he 
advised theni that if it was for tlie 
purposiB : of lowering fllni rental^ 
that it was starting off oii the 
wrong foot, since the film iflistribu- 
tors had :al^eady lowered their 
rentals considerably to meet condi- 
tibns. They both agreed and- in- 
sisted that this was riot the inten- 
tion. 

; Immediately after he left Aus- 
.tralia things began to happen, how- 
ever, he je^ays. For example, Ltoew 
says;. it was Impossible for M-G-ltf 
to. conclude a contract with the 
merged company until it had.; ne- 
gotiated for six months and then he 
was forced to accent a 40 % .teduc- 
tion in terms, even though general 
conditions .were far better. The onlj' 
economy put into effect was the re< 
ductiori of fllin bif e to distributors, 
he . says« and the tremendous per- 
sonnel overhc .d Continued as before;. 
.. This was the state of a.fEairs in 
November, 1933; when Lipew decided 
to establish its own first-run the- 
atres in Australia. 



sought a. fight with any disti'ibutor, 
and they were ready and willing to 
trade on a sane business level .at all, 
times, 

Munro further said that some 
time ; when he. was in New 
irork, he had spoken, with Arthur 
Ijoew over the. Austriliail posftibn 
igeneraily. On. Lbew'is second vlislt 
to Australia,, he (Loew) had failed 
to even call upon Murirp to discuss 
the situation' which .had arisen in 
relation to M-G and G. T. 

Meantime dlckerings are proceed- 
ing between M-G and . Williamsori- 
.Tait . for a site midway uptown held 
by W-T and used- by them as a 
stpre. M-G is very desirouS: of se- 
curing &■ theatre site as quickly as 
possible,, believing that, the govern- 
ment will give; permission to build. 
As' reported previously,. M-G will 
take over the Auditoriunii Mel- 
bourne, as a first release house. 

New -angle is that Sir Ben Fuller 
has announced hi^ chain may build 
a new theatre in. •Melbourne in the 
very near future on a site already 
held by them. Soriie tinie ago the 
Pullers offered this site for sale,' but. 
with the' sudden, return; of Sir " Ben 
(;he salevidea was stopped, .' 



FILM SHORTAGE 



Sydney, Feb. 1. 
Stuart F, Doyle and Charles 
MunrP, of General Theatres, are 
fighting tb prevent Metro or any 
other foreign interests from build- 
ing theatres in Aust^iia. Say that 
with foreign opposition G.T.' would 
be hard put out to avoid extinction 
and the loss pf around 5,000,000 
pounds in stPckholders* money. 

Doyle stated that in .his opinion 
no further theatre licenses should 
be issued within New South Wales 
unless it cpuld be shown that the 
theatres' in existence' w^rS" Sot ivif-' 
flcient ta ;Cater to the general pub- 
lic. Licenses should npt be issued 
for any theatre except to a British 
subiiecti or to a company mainly 
ownied . and controlled by British 
subjects, he. insists, 

Tp the Commissioner, Doyle 
, stated that the old Unlbn , Theatre 
group, had paid Paramount 100,000 
pounds per year in ' film' hire,, and 
Par had. cut .off supplies; when the 
company was ih financial difllcul 

ties. ■ ■ _ 

In published stateriients Doyle 
said , that Greater^^nion Theatres 
had paid M-G. the sum bf 8t:,639 
pounds for film hire in 1932, and 
oyer the same period had made 
trading loss of 2,870 pounds. 
. Doyle infprmed the Commissioner 
that he and his associates were 
ready and willing for the fullest; in 
vestigatlon by the government of 
3hg Jjopks^of G. U. T.^o prove that 
. the huge sumsTlpald to Aimerlcaif 
distributors existed iii fact 

Charles Munro told VAniETT that 
G. T. did not operate or control a 
buylngr-pbol to. make a profit from 
the distribution end. G. T. bought 
pictures for the chain and certain 
othei< associates without making a 
single cent, he said. They were nbt 




Film buyers ~ from the Balkans^ 
.Eastern Eutppe a^d far Mediter- 
ranean shores 4re flpcking tb Paris 

howling' for pictures. 

These riegipns were previously 
supplied mostly by Germa,n' films. 
Bulk of exhlbs iare Jewish, and won't 
play ,any more. Others find the 
present German output too : propa-- 
i^ahdish and .lacking in light ;b.p. 
appeal, 

One Greek' exhlb blew into Para- 
mpuht's local offices waving a large 
bheck, but Par had: none of. its on^n;4=^^ 
stuff available for him, and sent 
lim to another American outfit. 



Del Goodman's Fox 0*0. 



iipllywobd, Feb. 151 
Del Goodman, far eastern man- 
ager of Fox, has arrived from 
New York to spend the balance of 
the week og:liiig musical product. 

^ails frPm San Francisco .Feb. 24 
for Shanghai on the S. S. Pau Mara. 



Joan Lowell's Film 

Joan Lowell, . authoress, has a film 
which A, J. Van Beuren will as- 
semble into a feature fbr release by 
RKO Ih April. 

She arrived in New. York with 
her iilm Feb. 8 from Central Amer- 
ica. 



Reisman Huddling 



Paris; Feb. 
Phil Reisman and Bp Dowling of 
RKO huddling busily here on Eu-^ 
ropean^ plans. Harry Letislmi local 
RKO representative, went with J. J. 
Kennedy Radio's g.m. in London,' to 
meet , them when they arrived in 
Italy arid all looked over the Italian 
situation before cpming up to Piaris. 



U. S. SoppEed 

Of Argentine^ 404 
Pictiires in 1933 



Buenoist Aires, Feb. 8. 
Four hundred and fop^r films were 
released In Argentina , during .the 
year .1933. this .number 1^.1% 
Pbnie from the Urilted States. 

Buenos Aires Js claimed tb have 
the greatest number of .releases of 

any city In the world. .This Is due 
prinnarily tb the excessive niimber 
pf picture houses, estimated at 158, 
and with daily change programs. 
Very few films are ever shown more 
than two weeks .at the sime house, 
iSnglish .speaiting films Vere the 
favprlte. . Several European films 
enjoyed ispme popularity ■ arid . three 
locally produced- -Spanish films did 
well. ' 

Origin of . the- films released' dur-' 
ing the year were as follows: 

Ariierica,ri 
German 
French 
British 
Italian . . 
Argentina 
Spanish . 



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*.» • • • • • • •«••••• 



• • • * • 1 



Languages used \were 
English 
Germari 
French 
Spanish 

Attendance at plctiire .houses fell 
off considerably during; the year; 
due largely to poor econoftriic cori- 
ditioris throughout the country;. 



Gov t Fihn Inquiry m Australia 
Shows Hopeless 3-Comered Bght 



IG GORRICK 

Sydniey, Jan. . 20. 
the government film inquiry, 
evidence was giveri in respect , to 
a proposed, quota for Britsh arid 
Australian pictures. 

Mr.; King, of .the Britiish iSmpire 
tiniori, submitted that there should 
be at least a quota -bf 26 per cent, 
for firltish pictures. Kinig further 
submitted that there wer^ nbt, .in 
tiie bpiniori of B. E.' ti,, sufllcient 
British pictures being screened In 
Australia. He. believed, in British 
fpr Britishers. ./Further, King stated, 
that' he had been told that a cei*- 




tofrague 
As German-Czech 




m 



Madrid; Feb. 10.. 
idney Hpren, director of His- 
panp-Fox Film, speaking at lunch- 
eon here in honor of Catalina Bar- 
ciena and Gregorio Martlriez Sierra, 
recent arrivals frpm llollywood, in- 
dicated, that Fox. is considering the. 
possibility of making pix in Spairi. 

Luncheon guests included U. .S< 
Anibassador Claude .G; Bowers arid 
leading Spanish writers and play- 
Wrights, 



Brandt Leaves Orient 

Hollywpod, Feb. 19. 
. Bob randt, assistant director, 
has returned after spending twp 
years as production manager on 
native pix in Siarifi and India. 

Handled several in Bangkok arid 
Bombay, arid later suped twb in 
Calcutta for Madden Theatres, Ltd^ 



Feb. 10, 

George R, Ariierican film 

cpmmissloriei" for Europe, was sud- 
denly ordered to ;jpin the Prague 
legation as commercial attache fpr 
a ;perpd of - two .months and left 
to the Czech capital iriime- 

d; this move has 

been strengthen 
Carity's official, position in the of- 
ficial negotiations Bopri to begin 
with regkrd to a cprapronriise in tiie 
Czech contingent problem , and the 
returri of American firnis to that 
market. XJriderstpod that the 
Czechoslovakikn departments of 
cpnimerce, foreign affairs and edu- 
cation will all participate in the 
coming deliberatipns a,nd a satis- 
factory outcomie is ariticipated tbis, 
time. 

News of Canty's departure is apt 

to release very miixed leellngs in 
Berlin.. The German film eri joys, un- 
contested predoriiinance in Czechp- 
slovakia since Aniericans stepped 
out and the marlcet is of gi'eatest 
importance to German producers. 
An ariiendmerit bf the present quota 
system to something which is likely 
to resemble a free market means 
a, severe threat for Germari imports 
biy way of competition. 

There is some friction in German- 
Czecii film relations of late. The 
practice of the Czech cehsor to- 
wards Gerriiari films has been re- 
sented hei'e since an increasing 
jlumber of reels has been denied 
admissipri, and' there is some ill- 
feeling both ways, but felt things 
can be straightened out if the 
Arriericans don't get in first. 




A miniature Radio City 
jected for Londort, with, building 
operations to start shprtly; 

Instigators Pf idea av® Sir .Mal- 
colm McAlpinie and Clifford Whit- 
ley. Sir Malcolm is a director of 
Sir Roberi; McAlpIne & Sons, the 
bieigest builders, and con tractors in 
England, who built the Dorchestcir 
hotel, considered the most modern 
hotel in Europe. 

Idea originated from a recerit 
visit to; New York of Sir. Malcolm 
and Clifford Whitley, when Sir Mal- 
'colm'==brought-=^-=his-^arehltect=with 
him. After several visits to most 
of the Broadway picture theatres, 
Whitney prevailed rippn McAlpine 
that Londori is in need of a Radio 
City*. 

The site, close to Charing dross 
and the Strand, is Crown property,, 
and around 30,000 squp.re' feet. 



distributors, biit exhibitors. Munro I Negotiations now in progress with 
«aid that at no time had Q. T. I the Crown for a 99 -year lease 



(Crown.- prpi>erty can never" be 
bought outright).. Understood 
Crowri is asking a rental of $&00,o6.a 
a. year, which is considered exorbi- 
tant, but terms will be reached soon, 
It is believed. 

McAlpines axe propttred tp erect a 
6,00p-seater, . with flats arid offices 
arid a riiassive restaurant. BiS stage 
shows will be thie pPllcy of the de- 
luxer, with shows doubling at the 
restaurant. 

Negotiatioris are riow peridirig 
with Mark Ostrer, head of Gau 
morit-Britlsh, tb obtjain a sufllcient 
number of picture releases for the 
-year*==^Should=.the^streE£=tLe=jupjxQ.t 
riiaterlalize, the promoters have a 
provisional arrangement with sev 
eral American film; cPmpanies, 
Whereby they could; obtain arpund 
20 pictures annually. 

'Incidentally, the' bulk of the 
mbney needed for the scheme, will 
be subscribed privately, as the Mc- 
Alpine family Is one of the richest 
In" England. 



Pragrue, Feb. 10. 

Nasty fight is brewing between 
the German and Czech film trades. 
In ' which the .. respective Govern- 
ments are riiore or. less involved, 
arid which may have an importarit 
repercussion on , the. prospects of 
American trade, returnlrig fb~ 
Czechoslovakia under terriis more 
favorable than are now available. 

Artists' Branch of the official 
German Filrii Chamber has Voted 
agairist German screeri artists 
working in Gerriian dialogue films 
abroad. A Czech producer recently 
Sjigried coiitracts With Germari .corii- 
panics fpr the production of twb 
Getman language films in .iPrague, 
but fpund himself suddenly blocked 
from engaging Gorman actors by. 
the opposition of the Film Cham- 
ber. 

Appeal to the higher authorities 
of the Chamber proved of no avail, 
so; resort was had to the Czech, film 
officials iri Prague, with the result 
that Dr. Piskac, the . Film Chief pf 
tiie Czech Government, h^s ordered 
all Germari films banned from 
Czech distribution as a reprisal. 

Situation cannot last lorig since 
the-- Xzech_ exhibttor8 cannot do 



without German filnis, and the Ger- 
riiari producers very much need the 
Czech market, in which they have a 
practical monopoly today. However, 
it will unquestionably stimulate 
some- official and trade hopes for 
the return of American film prod- 
uct, as. well as press comment on 
the subject; which should be fa- 
yoriable to the American side. 



tain British production, 'Hearts of 
Oak', had been refuised screening 
in this ■ country, which he consid- 
ered unfair. 

Allan J. Willlanispn, represerita* 
tive of Fox-Gaiumont, aft^r gues- 
.tlonirig King, £iaid that the. picture 
referred had. beien prpduced by 
personal friends of his in England, 
and; had nPt jref tiriie tp reach Aus- 
tralia for sbi-eening. ■vi'illidmson 
stated, that Pbx'^Gauiribnt did not 
ask fpr a quota, becauise^ British 
productions were doirig Very well 
in AustraHa. 

dnei^ local producer submitted that 
Aiistraliari pictures should be giveri 
preference over the British. During 
further evidence It. was pointed, out 
that ritish pictures came into 
Australia duty free, yet .Australian 
pictures paid a prefei-ential duty i 
England. 

Triahgie 

Although a mass bf evidence has 
already beeri taken, and mucii riipre 
is yet tb cpme, ..the only questions 
the cpmriiissioner has to decide are: 

(1) Should the governmierit- allow 
foreign .iiiterests to build theatreB 
in Australia.- . ' 

(2) Is therb an .lirgent need for a 
quota- tb 'prptect British and .Aus- 
tralian pictures. iCrom so-called 
foreign strariglehold? 

(3) Should the aniusement indus- 
try In Australia be solely under the 
control of Britisli subjects. 

On the flrfst queston, a. section of 
local .trade, believes that Australia 
is already oyerseated and bases this 
opinlbn on the fact that in City of 
Sydney, within a mile; radius, there 
are 18 theatres,. IS devoted to talk- 
ers and twb to le&lt, while one is 
in course pf erection.. 

Other cities believed to be ovci:- 
seated includr Melbpurrie,: Adelaide, 
and BrisbaneV It was the building, 
craze that: flrist put Union Theatres 
and Hoyts within the; clutches of 
the bankers, it was pointed out. 
No Need 
On the second question it can. 
definitely be said that there is no 
need for a quota on British pictures. 
Product, from the Motherland is 
meeting with general a.pproval, and 
there iare t*!ri theatres catering to 
British here, 

^or Australian , pictures there la 
the need for Urging local exhlbltpra 
to screen a .percentage of home- 
made riiaterial. A sriiall quot^ 
would pPssibly assist the Australian 
producer to turn out better pictures 
and assure release.. Exhibs say that 
they are willing at all times t» 
screen Australian-made films pro- 
viding they riieasure up . to ayerags 
standard in entertaiiiment Value. 

On the third question. It is men- 
tioned that patriotism means a lot.' 
over here. 

Iri any other business foreigner* 
are allowed to compete with th» 
Austi'alians but it . remains to b» 
seeri whether same applies to th« 
show business. 

Stuart Doyle, under cross exarioi- 
ination by counsel for Metro, denied 
that the new theatre being erected 
by G. T. was a direct challenge to 
the Pullers. 

Doyle stated tha,t American ex- 
hibitors had a pact with the'XJnited 
States gover-nment not to erect 
mpre 'theatres: If a distributor :built 
a theatre, the oppositiori man could 
appeal to the government for proi 
tection.' In foreign countries, siicli 
as Gerrtiiany and Italy, there 'wa» 
legislation against outside foreign 
control of theatries, IDoyle added'. 



New Champs 

Warner Baxter and Janet Gay nor 
are proving to be the most popular 
co-stars to hit Australia, 'PaddV* 
has: hit a high gross In every part 
of the couritry, being held over from 
tiiree to six weeks in the, key cities. 

Baxter-Gaynor oust the claims of 
Gable-HarlPw aiid Cheyalier-Mc- 
Dpnald as tiie most faVpred 
stars. 



Good 6iz 

Nobody Coriiplaining aibout trade 
over the vacation period. Solid 
hitig have beeri turned in with; 
'gaddy^ (Fox)^ ^ 'Song ^of pongs' 
"(Par), and 'Too Muclv'Trarmony'"^ 
(Par)i Other shows . current in- 
clude, 'Hayseeds', 'Wild Boys', 'The 
Chief, 'You. Made, Me Love You', 
'Hoopla', 'The Big Brain', '.rerinje 
Gerhardt'. 

Several ig attractionsf come in 
this week including 'I "Was a Spy',. 
'Dancing Lady' and 'The Power and 
the Glory*. 



Tuesday, February 20« 1934 



FOREIGN FILM NEWS 



VARIETY 



13 



Taxi Strike Cnppk Paris Biz; 
Worse for Sales Than Street Rioting 



Paris, Feb. 10.. 
ShoM' business, legit and film, is 
virtually at a, stiandstill as a result 

of the series of bad breftkis which- 
climaxed in a, massacre in the Place 
de. la Concorde, Tuesday night 

After weeks of sporadic ribtingrj 
which did. not help any, a tiaxi strike 
broke but which made it almost Im- 
possible for anybody to go. out at: 
night. Tixis is the tenth day of the 
' strike, with, ho end in sight, and. 
today even the 50 pr 100 cabs w^ich 
hitherto dared ply the streets haye 
been driyeri off; 

i? his is mipre paralyzing to. busi- 
ness than in New York, because 
subways, and buses stop, running lie- 
tween 12 and 1 o'clock, and If you. 
can't get- a taxi' you have to walk. . 

Drivers are striking against new 
gasoline tax, which they must pay 
without, a corresponding rise In 
meter rates. Under threats from 
them that they would brieak up 
Palais des Sports, Jeff pickson'.s 
big arena, Jeff called ofC! star hockey 
game there .'Saturday night (3).- 
Pathe hired buses same day to drive 
people ti trade show 'Miserable' 
at Marignan. 

Taxi strike is more seripus, be- 
cause prolonged, than more sensa- 
tional damage to business occa- 
sioned by street fighting. 

jiCgit and fl^lm openings for this 
week, were mostly- cancelled. Con- 
scientious reviewers Who went to 
three picture houses yesterday 
which had announced premieres 
found nothing doing* 

Anibassadeurs Theatre on Champs 
"Elysees was badly, damaged in Tues- . 
.day's fight. yirhlch was; thickest right 
around It. Report spread during 
the evening that the theatre and 
restaurant, which are in same build- 
ing, were burning, bu.t It turned .out 
to be a bus which rioters had fired 
front of the house. Probably 
won't i*ebpen for sOme time. 

Metro's- lunch for French press 
launching of 'Eskimo' Wednesday 
came in midst of the excitement, 
and eyeryone was tense. Allan 
Byre, Metro local chief, told the 
boys that in .spite of riots shows 
must go on, and said It was partlcu-- 
,Iarly up to fprelgrn companies to 
keep going'. 



Par May Show U.S. Film 
In England Before Here 

Paramount is readying * 
for . exhibition,' with the cutting 
Ing done in New York;; Picture may. 
be introduced -.abroad first, ialthpugh 
made in an American locale, in the 
West Indies, This is the first time 
that ' any major . company will pre- . 
miere bne of its American made 
pictures In a foreign c.ountty. Slated 
for Liondbn opening, although no 
date so far. set.' 

'Ouanga'. is the picture made by 
Bill. Saal in association with Para- 
mount, paramount International 
Gompanyj Par's .Jtoreign subsid, was 
back of the film, which may explain 
its getting foreign distribution first. 





Generpsity 



London,. Feb, th 
'Little Women' is doing so 
well at the Regal that thei 
management decided to re- 
compense the staff in accord t 
ance. 

Called in all the ushers and 
announced a. raise In Salary 
for them of 75c a week;: 



American Stars 
In 1st link of 



Can.-Bri 




EDICT HOST 
STRINGENT 



TAX DEPRIVES MEXICAN 
CAPITAL OF ALL SHOWS 



Mexico City, Feb. 16. 
Row oyer pictures in English has 
^ deprived Tbluca, capital of Mexico 
state, of all film, and theatrical 
amusements. Management of the 
Teatro Principal, town's only the-- 
atre, refused to pay $500 municipal 
governnient demanded as tax for 
exhibiting English language talkers 
and closed the house. 

Civic fathers decreed the high 
levy because of numerous com- 
plaints that theatre exhibited too 

iina.fiy talkfrra — 3KitJj_. few__^panish 

titles. If management consents to~ 
showing; -filmq that have plenty 
of Spanish explanations, tax will be 
cut, civic government promises. 



Bierlin, Feb. 19. 
ilew completed version of the 
German code has just .been made, 
public here and is found to be even 
more stringent than had been ex<- 
pec ted. Mostly its proyisions, how- 
ever, are pretty well along expected 
lines. 

Most radical clause is that having 
to do with foreign (meaning largely 
American) films. If in such pic- 
tures there is anything repugnant 
from the German censor's stand- 
point, even if deleted for German 
consumption, the film must be 
barred completely. Thus American 
or other foreign film compariles 
making a. picture, for world con- 
sumption and showing it anywhere 
at all may hot show the picture in 
any forni within Germany if Ger- 
many doesn't approve of any scene 
in it. 

Also all distributors, foreign or 
domestic, must accept the censor's 
verdict in Berlin on any film as 
final and all censors will be ap- 
pointed by Dr. J. Goebells, minister 
of propaganda. 

Code makes Goebbels a virtual 
dictator, even allowing him to pass 
on scripts prior to screening if made 
within "Germany, but most of this 
iangie of the provisions had been ex- 
pected and was partially already 
established. In the same way the 
film .bank, previously established to 
finance production of pictures, be- 
comes codified now, although al- 
ready In existence. 



Toronto, Feb. 

y^ith the blessing of prime Minis- 
ter Henry and . the presence pf fed- 
eral cabinet ministers and represent 
tatives here Pf British aiid Amer- 
ican film companies, the Trans-. 
Canada chain of houses showing. 
Britisjti pictures only was launched 
Saturday night (17) . with the high-, 
hat opening of the Greater Carleton, 
a mid-town 1,011 seater. Lobby, 
lounge and stage were packed with 
baskets of flowers,, .flppd lights 
played: and special police directed 
traffic for the premiere. 

Pictures were 'Morning After' and 
'Southern: Maid' (BIP). Despite the 
British' ballyhoo, screen stars were 
Ben Lyon, Sally Eillers and Bebej 
Daniels. Policy of the Trans-Can- 
ada chain was endorsed by Major 
Boylen, chairman pf the censor 
board. 

New chain is named Hanson' The- 
atres, Ltd. Heading this is Oscar 
Hanson, President of Empire Films, 
Ltd.j and Allied Theatres of Can- 
ada. He is also General Manager 
of Associated Theatres Corp.. Allied 
chain has a . roster 6f 200 'picture 
houses and Associated nearly 70. 
Empire films distributes BIP pro- 
duction, in Canada. 

House manager is Danny Kin- 
neard with Nat Taylor supervising. 
Exploitation for opening handled by 
Jimmie Cowan. 



German Film Industry Stymied, 
Says Canty; World Market Lost 



Year's Survey Shows Big 
Drop in German Ptc Bb 



Berlin, 

Statistics just : published by thfe 
institute for market trend research 
reveal a substantial drop in at- 
tendance and grosses of film houses 
in 28 cities of all including 
Berlin, for 1933. 

As in previous years, business 
flopped chiefly in the last quarter; 
especially the attendance iii the 
large and very sma^Il cities, while 
the middle-sized towiis! Were better 
off and even showed a slight , in- 
crease. Same appliies to. :grosses, 
which dropped off most in the large 
cities, while those with 26,000-100,- 
000 inhabitants were slightly im- 
prp-ved. 

At the end of the year .Germany 
had 4,985 cinema theatres with 

-:i=955ri09"ffeats] iffift's^'srKiKrsss-i^ 

33,142 seats less than 1332 and the 
first drop in seat totals hitherto en^ 
countered. 

In Berlin, with an average of 380 
houses, .attendance totalled 48,- 
771,003 in 1933 as. against 51,942,962 
in 1932. Gros.ses amounted to RM 
36.f?70.:il9 compared with RM 40,- 
228,405. 



ai i iC i flhu u i j , already consid- 
erably hampered in their biz here, 
still .insist they will attempt to con- 
tinue trade, although they are now- 
watching the possiblie genuflections, 
more, closely with the possibility of 
scrambling at a. minute's nbtice aj-^ 
ways in mind. .-" ~ 

German .film prganizatipn has 
been amplified by the institution of 
a Reich , film dramS'tist in the Min- 
istry for Public Enlightenment and 
Propaganda. Dr, Gpebbel.s ap- 
polnte4 Willi Krause, formerly on 
the editorial stafC of the Angriff, 
-Nazi eyenlng paper, to. hold this of- 
■fice. 

The Reich fllrn .dramatists' .job 
will b»- to advise the; film industry 
oh all impoi-tant questions of pr6> 
duction, to examine maniiscrijpts 
submitted to him by the industry, 
and to impede subjects being han- 
dled which don't agree with the 
spirit of the day. 



Mpulin Back to Filins 

Paris, !Feb, 10. 

Moulin Rouge, Pathe.-:S'atan's fa^ 
mous Montmartre^hou.se, is back^ in 
"iffieT "HTW^fferr 

expensive experiment in operetta. 

Film is 'La: Chatelaine du Liban,' 
from Pierre Bonoit novel, which 
made good In silent days. Made by 
Marcel Vandal and CbArLes pclac, 
starring Spindly and Jeari Murat. 
with GeorRe Gros.smlth and iCrncst 
Ferr.', and directed by Jean Ep- 
stei 



Kelly's Anzac 0.0. 



Arthur W. Kelly, head of United 
Artists' • foreign service,, leaves for 
Australia, -March 7. He will look 
over the thea,tre and film situation 
there and then decide on his com- 
pany's future policy in that country. 

Doesn't intend to build or go into 
theatre, operation in the Anzacs, 
says Kelly, but is ready to do either 
or both if he finds the theatre mo- 
nopoly still stringent. 



British Newsreel 

Unit for Canada 

Ottawa, Feb. 19. 

Canada now has a. British' topical 
film for regular release. Announce- 
ment is made by B;egat Films> Ltd., 
that arrangements have been com- 
pleted for the immediate distribu- 
tion of thi Gaumont News Weekly 
as an individual booking unit 
throughout the Dominion. 

This is the first tinie that a Brit- 
ish weekly has been made ' available 
tp Canadian theatres,' although the 
censor board requires all topical 
reels to have British or Canadian 
news shots tb the extent of 40% in 
topical releases of U. S. companies. 



I 






PAR 



Parts, Peb. 19: 
Sever(Ll radical changes have 
taken place in Parambuht's. foreign 
service with the arrival here, of John 
W. Hicks, jr., head of the company's 
foreign service. Most important Is. 
the resignation, effective Immediate- 
ly, of Ike Blumenthal, g.m. for the 
company of all its European serv- 
ices. Blumenthal has been with Par 
since 1916. 

Although move is a sudden one 
and not previously suspected, it has 
seemingly been prepared for during 
the past .tW4) weeks. Fred Lange, 
Paramouht's g.m. in South America, 
is already en route to Paris by boat 
/direct from Buenos Aires. • He ar 
rives here tomorrow (20) to take 
oyer lumenthal's duties. In South 
Ameirica, Lange -will be replaced by 
John W. Nathan, who previously 
handled Central America. Jerry 
Sussman, from Mexico, replaces 
Nathan. . 

Another out in Paris Is Gare 
Schwartz, who was in charge of 
Paramouht's technical and studio 
work in Jbinyille. He will be re- 
placed locally, though nb one named 
as. yet." 

Understood there will be a few 
other chariges -^in , Par's staff on the 
Continent, though of a minor na- 
ture. 



Washington, Feb. 19. 
German film industry is finding 
it Increasingly difficult under .pres- 
ent conditions to show profits, ac- 
cording -to the most recent report to 
the Commerce. Department by Trad«| 
Commissioner George Canty of Ber-- 
lin. 

Reorganization of the entire mo- 
tion picture industry served to .re>» 
tard any definite progress, he .j^oints 
out. Elimination of trained aind 
qud.Ilfied pei-spnnel resultinig from, 
this reorganization resulted in a 
shortage of first-grade domestic 
films, • a. situation partly, offset by 
the availability, of .foreign films and; 
the. general change of theatres to 
single-feature programs. 

Advent of tialking pictureis has 
made it essential, for leading Ger-. 
man producers to radically change 
their distribuition policies. Lan- 
guage barriers, have caused a loss 
of .many . lucratiye. foreign markets. 
In the silent film era. Canty says, 
German producers could count on 
finding a market ~ for ' 40 ; percent of 
their o\itput abroad. ..Present for- 
eign bli.sincss. amounts to a very 
small f raction of this figure. 

The Sutstanding Gerniah piroduc- 
injg cbmpany, UFA, easily the larg- 
est and best managed film company 
on the Continent, barely made run- 
ning expenses during the 1932-33 
playing season, and wais. unable to 
pay a dividend. 

It is apparent. Canty declares, 
that the existing market for Ger-. 
man films is completely out of line 
with the expenditure of producers 
leveled on the pre-sound film period. 
Future calculations of German pro- 
ducers must be based, on' the domes- 
tic, rather than the international 
market, he feels. 



FOX'S NEW BRIT. 
FILM DISCOVERY 



World Market Worth 31/2 Mlons 
To U.S. in '33, a Drop of 




Film shipped by the' U.' S. tp the 
entire wbrld was valued at $3,580,- 
017 In 1933, as against $4,119,612 for 
the year previous. Drop, of $539,593 
in business is l^tgely traceable, to 
lowered rentals and valuations dur-. 
ing the year; However, in actual 
footage U, S. film .biz increased in 
the. year, figures being 164,537,245: 
feet of American film exported to 
the world , in 193$ as. against 160,- 
917,767 feet-, in 1932, or an Increase 
of 3,619,478 feet, 

Vialtiation is: not actual rental re- 
turn possibility of pice but the figr- 
ure set by American „ distrlbs. for 
duty valuation purposes. It's, an ar- 
bitrary approximation Qt nominal 
film value. ' 

Figures are obta.lhed froni a com- 
pilation just completed by N. ..D, 
Golden, Qhief of the M. P. Division 
of. the ijept. of Commerce. They 
represent actual export business, 
paying no attention to collections pr 
overlapping business from previous 
years. -Also not Included Is silent 
film business, which still is a- fac- 
tor, though yearly^ becoming of less" 

Largest Individual user of Ameri- 
can motion pictures during 1933 
was England. Country imported 
13,880,811 feet of U. S. films as 
against 16,244,064 feet the year pre- 
vious. 

Second i.^ Argentina with 12,949,- 
417 feet as against 10,489,357.. Can- 
ada is third With 10,176,867 feet a.s 



against 9,763,904. Brazil gets the 
fourth notch with 8,652,284 feet 
against 7,531,148. France is' fifth 
with 6,482,966 feet against 7,047,509 
feet. 

■ Expbfls tb 'GerMany'"durthg tlie 
year showed a considerable decline, 
America sending , in about .3,000,000 
feet of film less than in previous 
years. 

Of the leading countries only 
France, and England lessened their 
Ui ■ S. film purchases, according to 
these flgures, practically all the rest 
6f the world going, up, several 
notches. That, . too, is traceable to 
the. Germdn s.itua.tion and Ger- 
ma,ny's drop of importance In the 
world film market. America stepped 
in Where Germany drbpped out :in 
quite a number of spots, getting the 
business break that . way. 



Bryson Loses Suit 

London, Feb. 10. 

James V. ryson, . formerly man- 
aging director for Universal Ir. Eng- 
land, after an unsuccessful suit 
against- =U="-klleginfi^=wrDngful^ dis^- 
missal, wrote a series of articles for 
the Sunday Express, in which lie 
divulged Information that was re- 
garded as prlva;te. Universal sued 
for jlamage.s, and has -been-awarded 
$2,500 with costs. 

Bryson appealed, argulnier the 
damage jwaa merely nominal, but 
appeal dismissed. 



London, Feb. 10. 
ilms has purchased 'Tell 
Tale Heart,' new film by compara> 
tlvely unknown film producers, Clif- 
ton-Hurst Film Productions, adapt- 
ed from a ctory of the same title 
by Edgar Allan Pbe- Film was di- 
rected by Desmond .Hurst, formerly 
assistant to John Ford. 

Fbx at first suggested Hurst di- 
rect pictures for them, with Clifton- 
Hurst Productions becoming ex- 
tinct. But, on objection of Harry 
Clifton, English millibnaire who 
wishes to finance more product by 
Hurst, it was compromised for the 
concern to make pictures to be sub- 
mitted to Fox for first refusal. C- 
H. Film Productions will continue 
to make one picture .every six 
months. 

'Tell Tale Heart' will be given a 
West-End pre-release, secondary to 
a Fox feature. Fox office here con- 
tends it has discovered £t new. Eng- 
lish producer capable of turning out 
pictures with ideas hot jiitherto dia- 
played fierie'. " 

Next picture C.-H. Productions 
flffures on doihg^ is Jerome K. 
Jerome's 'Passing of the Third 
Floor Back,' or Oscar Wilde's ♦Pic- 
ture, of Dorian Gray.' 



'Mimo' Hot in Pans 



Paris, Feb. 19. 
'Eskimo' (Metro) at the Madeleine 
closed Its first week Saturday with 
the biggest gross, in about four 
years. Comes to just under $12,500 
including a very bad opening, day 
of only $700, due to street rioting 
effects. 

. House, sees itself set for a long 
run. 



The Hague, Fe'w. 10. 

Peter Freuchen, Danish authoFf 
and his wife, the actress Vang Lau- 
vId!jenr"flew='fr<nn=="Capenhagcff to^^ 
Amsterdam and after a short stop 
went to Paris by air. 

Freuchen wrote the book, 'Storf- 
angcr,' which Metro made into 
'-liaiiim^^' Freuchen- ..and— bis— wife ■ 
were In wuch a hurry to get to Paris 
because they wanted to be present 
at premiere of this film at the 
Madeleine there. 



14 



VARJETV 



FILM REVIEWS 



Tuesday, February 20, 1934 



Catherine the Great 

lionddn Film Prpductlone, Ltd,, presenta- 
tion of a. Korda-ToeplUx production .ftnd 
tTnlted Artists release. Features DoueUs 
F&lrbanks, Jr.. and Elizabeth Bergner, 
with Gerald DuttaUrier and Flora Robson 
underlined. Directed by FftUl .Cslnner. 
Story and continuity by Lajos Biro, Mel- 
chlor Lengyel, and Arthur Wljhperls. Pho- 
tography. Cfeorgos Perlhal. At the Astor, 
N, Y„ for twlcb daily run at $2 top. Run- 
ning time; 04 mins, - ' ., 
Oraiid Duke Peter,.. Douglas Fairbanks. Jr. 
Catherine t . . . . . . . .... .ElUzabeth Bergner 

Empress Elizabeth. . . . . . . . . . .Flora Robson 

Ijecocq ........ i ,^ ...... . Gerald DuMatirjer 

Countess . yiorontzoTa Plana Napier 
Gregory Orlov, i . .dllftord Jones 



Ahiather ace from England an!d 
put of the same deok, Korda. ' its 
success before" betteif class audi- 
ences is 'asstired. The. element of 
doubt, ' as usuial with costume plc- 
.tures minus a sock name, is the 
smaller tbwilg''and houses. But even 
there the ° peasantry will have some 
difflculty. in. resistlner the aU-arouhd 
excellence of this bioferaphidal pres- 
.eritatloh. . ' 

■ Springing . from' the same source 
as 'Henry the Eighth,' some com- 
parison is logical though hot en- 
tirely necessary. The difference be- 
tween the two as regards business 
and in favor of 'Catherine,' is that 
the women are apt to find, the ro- 
mance li ere contained more to their 
liking while the men will miss the 
laughs of 'Henry;' And as between, 
laughs and. romance the theatre 
boys , ■will .generally settle for ro- 
mance. Hence, there is every reason 
to believe that 'CatheHne' is in tpr^ 
as much or ndofie boxoflflceVattention 
than /the .hot . insigniflcaht 'Hehry-* 
. It should, get a rtihning start wher-. 
eVier it plays from the' critics alone. 

This . current . .interpretation of 
Catherine as to story , leaves off 
where Doris Keahe started in 'The 
Czarina,' back in '22.. That the 
combination behind the camera on 
this picture i$ nc minor group is 
evidenced in: the script having been 
done .by Lajos Biro and Melchlor 
Lengyel, who wrote .that successful 
play which .Miss Keane introduced 
to .thIS :Couritryi .' These two writers 
are here aided by a third,. Arthur 
Wlnjperis, besides \vhlch there is 
Georges Perinal at the. ca;mera, who 
ranks ainong the few real camera- 
men, abroad. Paui. Czinner,, the di- 
rector,' "will df necessity .suffer on 
trade recognition because of the 
r^uestion of Iiow much Korda had 
to do , with this film. But it is 
obvious . that Czinner has revealed 
no directorial flaws . and to with- 
hold-full credit from him would be 
an injustice. 

Th^re is nothing superfluous in 
th© film; \yhile It probably^ reveals, 
one of the most . economical revolu- 
tlonb ever staged for the cam'era. 
At the same time It can be observed 
that . mis phase of the production 
is entirely adequate so that only the 
professionally-minded will- notice, 
take heed and possibly, do likewise/ 
The costuming is splendid and the 
two or tliree big. sets are so repeated 
as not to become tiresome. 

Picture introduces Elizabeth 
Bei'gner (Mrs. Qzlnner) to Ameri- 
can audiences and if . nothing else 
it /Biill sef thijg ^irl fdr her New 
York legit clientele any- ti]the she 
chooses, to cottie over to db ia show. 
The difference between a legit and 
film audience is as wide as the gap 
in price but it's hard to figure how 
the jertime . screen fans, can remain 
indifferent to this diminutive, per- 
former, particularly in a virtual 
Cinderella script. If the .'women 
.over decide that she's 'cute' nothinS 
can stop this film. ' Her delightful 
Qel'man accent has full reason in 
the role. 

Miss Bergner, a Continental rage, 
unfolds a wistful quality founded 
upon consumate ability with which 
there is no comparison as to any 
other current screen figure . to clarl- 
;fy" the description. A nice rather 
than *a good-lbbklng girl, with beau- 
tiful eyesi Miss Bergner charms as 
she progresses and is altogether be- 
lievable as the minor German prin- 
.cess of moderate, .circumstances 
summoned to Russia by "llie" Em- 
press Elizabeth to wed her erratic 
nephew, the Grand Duke . Peter* 
spnretimes called Peter th© Impos- 
sible. The throne needs an heir. 
Theatrical license has been liberal- 
ly taken in the love of Catherine 
for Peter and in making the 
latter an tinderstandably likeable 
headstrbng fooL There is no coun- 
terpart for this in the authentic 
biographies- on Catherine. The film 
completely avoids any hint by script 
charactei'izatibn of Catherine 
having become a mother, before 
overthrowing Peter politically, with 
her husband not the father. Miss 
Bergner's rendition is the antithesis 
of the Catherine who has been writ- 
ten and who soon became a rather 
ambitious young lady, politically 
and amorously, after seeing, what 
she. Was in for';-wlth Peter. 

This story makes the man'lage 
the culminatibn of the blue-blooded 
Cinderella's childhood dream and 
almost places her upon the throne 
despite herself, except thnit she rises 
^o"'meet"tira"Cbligation-upon'^^reaUz- 
Ing how unequipped her dissolute 
husband is to meet the responsi 
billty. Is Is here the picture ends. 

Miss Bergneip's scene with the 
dying .Empress (Flora Robson) is a 
" geffr ':fig r"gxg i8 rtr-T'lHytTTfe- by hotfr 
women and there, are other high- 



banks. Miss Robson gives a fine 
performance, -while Fairbanks' deli 
nition of th« fuming Peter is one 
of the best he has ever, done 
His appearance does much to help 
the authors, mold the character 
away from the repugnaht and to 
make Catherine's devotion td him 
reasonable. 

Fairbank's diction; Miiss Bergner's 
accent and Gerald DuMaurler doing 
a Frenchman overcome any aspect 
of a..l.oosset 'British-speaking cast. 
. What little ifeomedy Is present is 
In the hands of puMaurier, a .re^ 
nbwned British stage naihe,^ . who 
through this expedient steals any 
scene in Which he ."is permitted, to 
Open hiis mouth. Other minor con- 
tributions which cqun^ are thoSe of 
Clifford jpnes and Diana Napier.. 

. Scenario has . only one > detracting 
factor, in that it seems tb .have 
reached its climax upon. Catherine 
being enthroned and from a baN 
cony addressing the unseen soldiers , 
who- have made the coup possible. 
After .which the fbbtage carries on 
for ' about ; another reel, or until 
Peter is killed on his way to royal 
Isplatibn. .. The print ^ used opening 
night was also notably bad in those 
spots Just before changeovers and 
for which there .seemed no excuse. 

'Catherine" is .reported ,to have, 
cost clc;'e to $400,0(|0 which, for 
England., is the theoretical equiya-: 
lent Of a $1,000,000 Hollywood ef- 
fort; it is certainly one of the. 
most expensive , pictureis ever '"made 
over there but should reap its just 
reward. In lieii .of the lack . of , a 
dynamib cast naihe the picture may 
not be suflftciently spectacular to 
offset ' that handicap . and, perhaps, 
it is too. ihtelllgeht and delicate a, 
Wbri: to achieve firework grosses 
over here. Yet' pig totals seem sure 
In spots and the .majority of re-, 
turns should reveal good flerures. 

Sid. 



MANDALAY 

'Warner Broq. production and' releai^e'. 
Stars Kay Francis, with Rleardo- Cortez.' 
Warner Oland and Lyle Talbot feature:a. 
Directed by .Michael Curtiz, Story by Paul 
Hervey Fox. adaplatroh by Austin Parker 
and Chartes .Kenyon. Photography, Tony 
Gaudlo. A Strand. N. T., -week Feb; 14:. 
Running .time, C6 mlna. 
Tanya. . .... ^ • . ..^..Kay Francis 

Dr. Gregory Burton. ..Lyle Talbot 

Tony Erans. ....... r. ...... .Ricardo Cortez 

Nick. , . . i . : i . . ^ . ; Warner ;01ahd 

Mr. Pete'rd. Luclen Llttlefleld 

Mrs. Peters.;....', .....Ruth Donnelly 

Police Captain...... ..^......Reginald O^'en 

Countess .Raphaelo Ottlano 

Mr, Abemathle... ...... ;..Etlenne. Girardot 

Ool. .Dawson Ames , . .Halll-w.ell Hobbs 

Mr. Klelnschhildt .Herman Bing 

Mr. Warren .Henry C. Bi-ndliey 

■Van Brinker. ...;...,.'.. Torbln Meyer 

Captain ; . .David Torrence 

Mrs. Kt6Inschmidt Bodil Hosing 

Betty. . ,;. .Shirley Temple 

Ram ' Singh , . , .Jame!3 B. Leong 
liouisa. ; ; . . ;Lllllan Harmer 



. Minialnre Reviews 

'Catherine th« Great' (UA). 
Superbly made British picture 
With Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., 
the top name. Introduces Eliz- 
abeth Bergner, German actress, i 
Its success is sure. 

'M«n4«lay' (WB). Kay 
Francis Ih the Rangooh-Man- 
dalay^ Country with a doubtful 
past, ^questionable preseiat &nd 
indeterminate' future.. €|o.bd , 
.entertainment by virtue :of cast 
and treatment, despite an an'tl" 
climax' tipped off too early. 

'Flarmina , Gold' '(Badio). 
Loosely knit story defeats the 
efforts, of a nunlber diC .capable 
players. Nbthlng to appeal and 
light gi*osses indlcatedv 

'Cat and the Fiddle (Meti-p): 
Free adaptation of - the ^tage 
musical. New version holds; 
down music • and production 
e.Kcellerit to fair entei^tainment 
rating. Ramon Novarro a^nd 
Jeanette Maci>pnald co-star. 

.'CarolinaV (Fox).. Janet Gay-: 
nor, Liionel .Barrymore and 
gross possibilities are. .good. 

'Boleiro' (Par). George Raft- 
Carole libmbard- Sally Rand in 

; dancing picture of pre- wair 
vintage. Beautiful gowning 
and 'Raft In a series of ro- 
imantic pbstiirings with rest- 
less Women; Just fair.. 

'Trapeze' tPrdtex). Dubbed 
Ipjngllsh .-versidh df a. Geirman 
talker with .Anna, Sten. 'Nene 
top gbpd^ but it ought to' pl<dc 
up- some quarters in: the nabes 
on strength of the. btiildup 
being giveni Miss Sten by tJ.A. 

'Enlighfen Thy Daughter' 
(ExploIta.tipn)". Remake, of a 
1917 siient; Poorly wi-Itten; 
.shoddily acted and pkced slo-w- 
.ly. picture is weak entertain- 
ment throughbut. Main chances 
are in title and exploitation 
ppissibilities. 

, 'Meanest Gal in Tovvn' ( 

dib). . Crudely corifected nar-. 
rative witH hardly a solid laugh 
to a reel, 

'The Road to Ruin' (1st Iv). 
Technically well done rem.ike 
of an bid silent. With songs, 
ChiDppy scenario and lack of 
real appeal.-' "Sex ipropaga,nda 
that won't score widely; 



They move ' JCay vancis to the 
bthe'r ■ ; the world, ai*ourid ; 

Rangoon, for a story laid in the 
far. east- that's duck soup' to this 
star. Slie's a gli'l of doubtful 'past, ^ 
present and future who eventually 
casts her lot: with an outcast doc- 
tor in what an extra reel may have, 
developed , tef brmatlpn 

for both. 

Expertly strung together, the se- 
quence of events leading up to this, 
probability make thoroughly enter- 
taining film fare in the hands of 
Miss Francis,. 'Warner. Olahd, Ri- 
cardo: Cortez and Lyle Talbot, cen- 
tral characters of the piece. In 
less expert hands, including dltec- 
tor's (Michael Curtiz), the story, 
hot startlingly original at best, may 
have been double-biller fodder. As 
it is, it's meaty first-run property. 

Picture trips along at a . nice pace 
and except for one spot, toward 
the end, invites no adverse re- 
action. This is in connection 'With 
the faked suicide pf Cortez, a gun- 
runner who leaves an empty poison 
bottle and ah dpen windbw in his 
ship's cabin aS evidence of his act. 
"The atjdieiice "Is let in ^6n the- 
phony suicide. Whereas it would 
have been more effective to spring 
the surprise and the explanation 
bn the audience the same ixs bn^ 
people in the cast, notably Miss 
Francis, w;ho then turns aroUhd to 
make., the poisoning complete, 

This .follows ah anti-climax, with 
Cortess returning to the girl he had 
once duniped unceremoniously in 
Rangbbn to suggest to her that he 
set' iip in a cafe for purposes in- 
ferred. The story dould have ended 
before this,, with Miss Francis al- 
ready determined to join hands With 
the drunkard doctor in an effort 
together to still make sbmething of 
their torn lives. 

Much of . the action occurs oh a 
boat' bound from Rangoon for Man- 
daiay. Earlier sequences are in the 
fornier seaport, where the heroine 
has been forced Into a life of doubt 
ful purity when her gun-runner 
boy friend takes a run-dut pdwder 
This pdrtldn of the story isn't as 
convincing ks it might be. Mannei- 
In-^whieh=^ar-ner-=01ah<i^brdwbeats 
her iritd wdrklng fdr his jdint is 
anything but ccnvincing, either. 

Miss. Francis Is an intriguing and 
intetesting figure an Tanya, while 
Ricardd Cdrtez turns heavy in an 
r|-elfect-ivi&- Wayt-'-^le— T-aJbot— Is- -a' 



FLAMING GOLD 

. Radio production . and release. . featuring 
Bill Boyd, Mae Clark; Pat O'Brien; Di- 
rected by' Ralph Iiice. : Merlan C. Cooper, 
producer^ Sam Jaffe, aesoclate; Houston 
Branch, story; Malcolm . S. ' Bbylon., John 
Xioodrich,' screen play;- Van -Nest Polglase, 
art; Eairl "Wolcott; sound: Chas. -Rosher, 
camera. At LoeWa New Tork» Feb. 12-13, 
on double, bill. Running- time, .64 mine; 
Dan Manton. . . . . ,'. . ............. .Bill Boyd 

Ben . Lear. Pat O'Brien 

Claire Arnold.. .Mae Clarke 
Banning! ;^ . . . Rollo Uoyd 
Tes's .->.'•...-.'...;..'.,...,. ...... ; Helen -Ware 



light sequeiiceis, particularly a ban 
quet, which Sta;nd cut fdr diredtidn, 
portrayal and dialog. The story is 
principally in the hands of Miss 
Bergner, Miss Robson and Falr- 



mildiy sympathetic doctpr' gi-ven to 
drink and other weaknesses. 

Scenically the picture is okay, 
even if many of the boat and river, 
scenes look suspicibusly like the 
Mississippi. Char. 



Parts of two stories here, but not 
sufficient of either to provide audi 
ence appeal. Chances anywhere 
pretty light, and yet it has the mak- 
ings. Trouble seems to 'be the au- 
thor ■ and scenairists couldn't make 
up their minds which story they 
were working on. A smoother blend 
might have combined the two plots 
Here bne is tagged to the other,. but 
not joined. 

Background is the Mexican oil 
fields. World "Wide oil company 
wires its field manager to put a 
small pair of operators out of bus! 
ness. _tJse . of s.n exterior shot of 
the Standard Oil builSiig ' at ' 2^^ 
Broadway, New York. Just why it 
should wdrry abdut a dne-well ep- 
eratldii Is just dhe df thdse things^ 

Field manager turns dh one of 
hi:; own wells In the hope that it 
will Explode and burn out the In- 
truders, but the wind shifts and 
his own wells are menaced. Boyd 
and O'Brien are said to be the only 
men who can put dut^be flames, but 
they -refuse an. dfter^'dif $5,000 be- 
cause "VV^W. has sduped their single 
shaft. Tbat Wins the apprdval. df 
Helen Ware, a- dive keeper, who 
send^ Boyd to New 'Kork to -get 
funds. That's the end of the oil 
battle. It's hot heard of again 

In New York Miss Wai'e's old 
friend (Charles Ruggles or his ddu- 
ble, and a dduble wduld not be as 
gddd,) stakes the twd boys fdr old 
time's ^ake and provides Boyd . 'with 
a party girl. Boyd marries her and 
there are the usual complications. 
:==.vJ3nly=ji,dy.eLJtfi3J£lL-Js\^q^ 
With .the trid getting their faces 
blacked With the cH from the gu.sher 
just brought in. Well developed, 
this might have made a good yarn. 
Usually it does. Hei*e it is too 
-Bketeha^-and-IaGklng-Jneemphasla. 



Miss Oiarlrt plays with .slhL't?rJly 
and Miss Ware makes a. brave ef- 
fort to be tough, but she isn't 
O'Brien tops Boyd for such aotirtg 
honors aS there are, but that's not 
much to Wag about. Chic, 



CAT AND THE FIDDLE 

Metro production . and release. Starring 
Ramon Navarro and Jeanette MacDonald. 
Adapted by Bella and Samuel . Bpewack 
from the Ma:^ Gordon stage musical .by 
Jerome . Kern and Otto Harbach. -Herbert 
Stothart, muvlcal director. Harold Reason, 
photos. At Capitol, • New 'Zork. week Feb. 
16. Bunnlng time. 68 mins. . 

Victor. ,.>...!...... Ramon Moviarro 

Shirley. ..... . .. . .i, ... . . Jeannettp MacDonald 

Daudet... .' i . .Frank Morgan 

CliarleB.'. .,.,,,.„.,,.. .Charles Butterworth 
Professor. . ... ...,.,.<.. ..... . .Jean Hetsholt 

Odett<9. .... .-. ...... .. , . . . , . . .'Vivlenne Segal 

Theatre Oy^ner. , . ..... . . . . . . ; Frank Conroy. 

Taxi Driver. ................ Henry Armetta 

Concierge.. . Adrlenhe D' Ambrl'court 
Rudy Joseph Caw.thorn 



For better or Worse, thie. original 
'Cat and the Fiddle* stage, script has 
been so altered by the ^Im adapters 
that the only thing of merit reniaih- 
ing is the music. The Spewacks 
substituted light comedy for the 
original's . more iserious mood. Re- 
sult isn't strong entertainment, but 
the miisic, jprodudtldn excellence and 
the cdmbihation of Ramon I^^ovarro 
and Jeanette MacDonald as a- sing- 
ing team in the picture: and a co- 
starring pair for. the billing; should 
insure fair or better returns. 

In place df the cafe scene in.WhIch 
the lo-vers -reunited, sb well done In 
the Max . Gordon stage, production, 
the picture uses the stdck illnish: fbr 
mdst backstage stmries: . the heroine 
shows up at the last, minute to play 
the leading«i'ole in the shdW-withih- 
ai-shd,w. and save it. Even though: 
the heroine is just a inusic student; 
andi ias far as the picture tells;, has 
never before appeared ph a . Stage. 

Thiat -is ohe. example df. changes 
Wrdught by the'adaptatidn,. an adap- 
tatidn which turned the. Harbach 
libretto intd ■ a steredtyped niuslcal 
film yarn, 

That Jerome Kern's music did hdt 
suffer the same fate that befell .other 
compositions of the 1931 vintage is 
indicated by the fact, that after 
three years and. enough radio piug- 
ging to murder a 'Star-Spaiigled 
Bannei-,' it still .lives and breathes. 
•$he Didn't Say Yes' and the rest of 
the score- remains; interesfihg arid 
stands as largely . responsible for 
wl>ate-ver; worth this talker pbs- 
se.sses. . 

In Nbvarro aiid Miss MacDdnald 
'Fiddle' has a. pair of .established 
picture nameS who. aren't out of 
their element! -when assigned to vd- 
calismsi They dd a gbpd. jdb : with 
the 'lines and situations' Withdut kill- 
ing the music. For their, singing 
they have .the benefit df cjever dr- 
chestratldns. iArransement of thie 
Kern score for the picture's pijiTOSe. 
\VaS a superb job. ' 

Frank Morgan, . Charlie Butter- 
Woi'th an4 'Vivlenne Segal are prin- 
cipally in support. Lattei' draws the 
very Unsympathetic vamp role, and 
didn't get much syrhpathy from the 
photographer, . either. Miss iSegal is 
really a much better looker than 
she IS shown to be here. Butter- 
worth does the comedy,, his part 
having beeh written in and entirely 
unlike the original relief role played 
by Eddie Foy, Jr. His, lines, sound 
as. though written with BUtterwdrth 
particularly In mind, fcr .they de-;. 
pend dn the delivery fdr humpr. 
Morgan ; is a cdrigenial semi-heavy 
as the nienacing cdrner df the Idve 
triangle.. 

In bne df its switches, the adapted 
•script gees naughty-naughty td 
have Nevarrd and Mass MacDenald 
living tdgether in , Paris, with the 
girl paying tbe bills. The boy. breaks 
away td gd dn . his dwh, finding an 
angel in Miss Segal, whd is on. the 
nxake. When her' husband catches 
them in a clinch he withdraws his 
bankroll. ' That puts the boy's show 
in a spot; but Miss MacDonald saves 
It by her last-minute arrival. ' 
, "There are times when ^Novarro 
and Miss MacDonald seem to be of 
equal height ,other times when No- 
varro looks abqut an Inclfi ialleH and 
still others . when he's two or three 
heads abo-ve the former Chevalier 
leading lady. . . 

For the closing, production^ num- 
ber, in which the lovers' reunion is 
-spotted,- the picture goes color. The 
highly cdldred photography. Is flat- 
tering to Miss MacDonaldi but No- 
varrd Idokis better in plain black and 
"white. As for the picture, the change 
,to color in the last few feet doesn't 
help much, since the picture is dver 
by .then, arid nothing can make 
much dilTerehce. .. 

At the Capitol 'Fiddle' is running 
88 . minutes.. The length accentuates 
the slow pacei which Is the picture's 
chief fault, anyway. ige.;. 

CAROLINA 

. Fox production nnd release. Stars Janfet 
Gaynor and Lionel Barrymore, with Robert 
Young. Richard-' Crom-well and Henrietta 
CroBsman featured. .. Directed by Henry 
King. Based dn piny. 'House of Connelly.'' 
by Paul Grf'Mi. ^ Ad-^ptatlon by Reglnnld 
Berkeley. Photography. Hnl.' Mohr. At 
MuMc Hall. N. T., week Fob. 1.5. Running 
lime.- HS. mltis. 

.Toafin'a. Janet Goyftor 

not) Ponnoll.v. . i Lionel fiarrymorc 

Win Connelly...... .Robert Young 

.A lion; . , . , .Richard Cromwpll 

Mrs--. Connelly. Henrietta Crosmhn 

Virginia^. . ._. jj ; . . . .Mon.i Bnrric 

Pc'IploT . ; .>r7. .\-r; . ." . . ■TT.T TTTfStffpin^Fctemt' 




HARRY GRIBBON 
f Mushrooms^ 
Comedy 
19 Min». 
Strand, N. 

Vita. N«8. 1633-4 
Conyentidnai ' .two-reeler .grist 
that's never in high on laughs^ biii 
hits something brlgihal about, inl^v 
die througli crossesdi wires, with the 
radt.b freezing up, the Icebox e^iid. 
ing music; the dobrbeir dtariihg the 
t>iahd, etc. Wduld neither be missed. 
If net played, ner hissed, if played. 

Harry Grlbbbn, tdp man pf cast; 
is a mushrdbm fancier 'with a bunch 
of relatives on his wife's side who 
take over his lipnie in the fashion 
that nowadays is old stuff: 

Final .stab, for laughs' cbniea 
When it's feared Grlbbbn has got- 
ten mushrooms and/ toadstools 
mixed up; After everyone, includ- 
ing the hungry relatives, have fin- 
ished their dinner they get their 
stomachs, puniped out, only to learn 
the dbg that had been ; eating the 
same alleged .. mushrboni-toadstool 
mixture actually died from being 
run over by a truck. Maid had 
merely announced the kick-off, neg- 
glectihg tb state what from; 



COM E TO Dl 
Ti*ave8ty 
2^ M l n a. 
Strand, N. , 



1636-7 



Richards. . . 
HrtriT. 

liiokip i , . t 

Hemlflino. . ... . . . 

Jack Hampton. . . 



. . . .Russell. Simpson 
.....Ronnie Cosboy. 

Jaeklo- fonlioy 

,'. ,'. . .\lmcda Fowlor 
< . Aldon C'hnso 



Southern family tlrat starta oiit 
thro.ntenhlsly slron.rr. but before it 
is over has petered to the point 
where it mi.s«f.«; bein.£T nnother 'State 
(Cohtinued on page 25) 



A unique and ehtertalhing^ take- 
off; on 'Dinner at Eight,' as played 
by its multi-riame cast' with un- 
knbwns In the . East doing ihe orig- 
inals -with startling reSults; It's 
simlTar In , nature to the shdrt War- 
ners built as a. travesty on 'Gra,hd 
Hotel.' ■ . ■ 

The artists doing the two B^irry- 
mores, Marie Dressier, Billle Biirke, 
Jtftth Harlow, Edmund . Lowe, Wal- 
lace Bieery and others are not given 
billing,, though they would appear 
to be deserving, of . it. Outstanding 
are* the Women, playing Miss Burke 
and Miss Dressier, with a close folr 
low-up . ln~ the characterization of 
Jean Harlow, a totigh one ta do.. 

While Impressions of both the 
Barryrnbres are good, those of Beery 
arid- Lidwe are not so' hot. That of ■ 
X<ee Tracy - better. 

' Short follows the general lines of 
the 'Dinner at E5.!?ht' story, turning 
it around only enough to inject a 
satirical flavor, as tot instances 
Barrymore's refusal td . take a .star 
part because he thdught he Shduld 
dnly play bits.. 

Line girls are worked into the 
structure df the twd-reeler dn ' twe 
different dccasidns Where.they flt- 
tedi Char. 



PHIL SPITALNY ORCHESTRA 
Musical Sketch 
10 Mins^ 
Strand, 

Vita. No. 1636 

Except fdr the fact lit Is on the 
job playing all the time, the Phil 
Spitalny orchesti'ai does not play a 
majdr part in this shdrt. It's the 
story built arourid the band that has 
most, of the spotlight. .Elffective en- 
tertainriient, built with, an eye to 
novelty and away from the conven- 
tional treatment given orchestra at- 
tractions. 

The Spitalny band of many pieces 
opens in a modernistic setting sug- 
gesting a class nite club or hotel, 
A prima donna is , caroling ia sdng. 
From her number the short cuts to 
an immigrant girl comi-rig to Amerr 
ica with a letter to a cousin .(Spi- 
talny), which she loses. As she. Wan- 
ders around the to\^n,. the. action 
flits all over with appropriate music 
to .fit . arid, finally , ends In a little 
Russian cafe oh; the east side, where 
Spitalny himself Is starting out on 
a career. She gets , a jbb .singing 
there,: short-cutting baclt to the 
original setting and the same girl's 
big tiriie vocal number. 
. ProduGtidn;, phdtdgraphy and 
lighting represent, ai fine jdb all 
around. Char.- 



'THe, GOOD BAD MAN' 
Farce 
i2 MJhs. 
Rbxy, N. Y, 

Educational 

Overlorig farce klbng hackneyed 
lines and padded like a ballot box. 

Mexican set with a gdod-^humored 
revolutionist descending upon a 
saloon. He^s haylrig. a good ' time 
with a couple df dancing girls when 
interrupted by Tom Patricola, who 
Is t'rouplng with a woman Xiartner. 
Patricola saves his., neck. by going 
into his danco. very briefly. Then 
^eliad man takes one of the girls 
ariU 111 e'TPaWicdTSraH^t'o^lTls^TdiTie^ 
where a couple of New York rack- 
eteers seek to kidnap him. ' iBlowofC 
is the girl.s riding away with a 
bunch of jewelry acquired w)ien the 
had roan w a.sh.'t locki ng. ._ 

Ci udt.'^~tlt?rlr)gr~TTT3drr — tTPfrma'tiy^ 



oon.structlori and no effort made. to 
do anythinfir with Patricola. who 
might have helped alonp: with more 
footage for lii.s feet, ju.st a wuste 
of tiriie. Chic. 



Tuesday, February 20, 1934 



VARIETY 



15 




^ According to Motion 
Picture Herald's ''Kgr 
gest Money Matdng 
Players'' questionnaire 
to i^yOoo exhibitors. 





It has that "State Fair" flavor 



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LOUISE DRESSER 
EVELYN VENABLE 
KENT TAYLOR 
STEPIN FETCHIT 

From the novel by 
Edward Noyes Westcott 

Directed by James Cruze 






VARIETY 



Tuesday, February 20, 1934 



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SUB-ZERO WEATHER FAILS TC 





Tuesday, February 20, 1934 %A,^l£TY IT 



SLOW UP THESE GREAT FOX HITS 





PLAYDATES POUR IN 
AS "DEVIL TIGER" GIVES 
RIALTO (N.Y.) RECORD RUNI 






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VARIETY 



VABIE¥V HOUSE BEVIEWS 



TuesdAj, Febr^Ary i20, 19^4 



MUSIC HALL, N.Y. 

Thie pride and Joy of Sixth ave-. 
fcue/ the lonunien'talj shoAvshop 
HnoSyn as the : Music Hall, is going 
fb. get big business ag£^in this wepk 
in spite of the dirty, ligiy elevated, 
■which: someone or- other iised to 
worry aboUt befbre the house 
opened. On Friday night there was 
a goodly crowd theire,'.draiwh by 
'Carolihi' (FOx) arid its star, Janet 
Gaynor, Xiow^r floor and all mez- 
zanines were. capiaclty ' 8" 
o'clock, a little ahead of peak 
hour. In addition to the general 
appeal It will erijojr, the picture no 
doiibt v^ill attract .a largisr inajori^ 
ity of southei^n'Si's thaij's usual.. 

Along with the f^aturei .the big 
stage offers two presentation units 
of a pleasing though not knockout 
character. Except for the number 
by the Roxyettes, it's flavor matches 
the Dixie aroma of the. picture. 

The first is entitled 'Through the 
Magic Curtain,' which' is a little, 
longer than It deserves to be and 
effects that overworking the 
ballet. 

Opening bn a Victorian choral 
scene led ; by Beatrice Belkin and 
her faultless coloratura voice, the 
setting drifts from two intO' full- 
stage, .where' the ballet girls nearly 
make a .field day of it. They are 
clustered ai-bund. a circular con- 
traption, froih whicli exit is made, 
by Avay of a small staircase. They're 
supE>osed to represent sbrtiething in 
the world of botany, with flower- 
like hats and sleeves, but just what 
it is may never be khbwn« 

The group, tbgether or in parts; 
do the minuet, mazurka^ scherzo, 
pas pieds, adagio and jig. For the 
finish t^ey form a line diagonally 
from upstage right to downstage 
left, the girls going to a sitting po^ 
sition as . they swing Into line. 
This provides aia effective finish, 
but the line coulid . be a little 
«traighter than It was Friday eve. 
The whole htimber is nearly twice 
too long^ It is simply rather than 
elaborately staged and draws 'tiome 
of its , beauty from that factor, re- 
gardless of whether scene building 
econoihy is figuring over here now. 

The 'Roxyettes follow a torch song 
by Edith Murray, who fails to land. 
Her's Is a rendition that does not 
cry for much attention, and th^way 
a street lamp prop Is. moved across 
stage with her adds nothing' to the 
number. Miss , . Murray, ' leaning, 
against the.'! lafn^ dov^nstage near 
the wings, 'could , have been left 
there with the: street Veacon unless 
f^bmeoh^. thinks it's .comedy to have, 
a man' burdeh It across the rostrum.- 
It got a tew laughs, but the wrong 
kind. :•■ ■■■■ ■ ■■■ 

Just, to bo repetitibus, the Boxy- 
eltes are ajgaln tbo- Jbilt of the show. 
Tills iweek they -use. their hands 
and arms ' a lot, tlxeiir feet tiot so 
much. Some of the girls iay: 
against iiat aboard pieces which are 
strung together In sawtooth fash^ 
ion, while others of. the troupe are 
on their, biacks in ifront of this and 
still others in. the rear Standing up. 
In close proximity to each other, 
they form unique patterns In a me- 
chanical manner that further dis-. 
tingulshes. the line for its fine pre- 
cision work. 

The second number, f bllowlng the 
newsreel. Is in the nature of a pro- 
log to the feature. Tagged 'Heav- 
en-Bound,' it Is built around a 
descriptive Negro ^Iritual written 
especially for the Slusic Hall by J. 
Rosamond Johnson, 

It opens with scrim projection of 
a scene that includes branches of 
trees, but otherwise its purpose, is 
doubtful. Robert Weede, as a. down- 
cast Negro,. Is In front under a spot, 
working on the spiritual while faces 
of others are perceived through the 
scrim. 

Eventually the chorus comes, up 
under lights, without benefit of a 
scrim^ in an< ftttitUde Of . a church 
congregation praying. This; turns 
to singing, stamping and gesticula'- 
tibn, with adtiltional groups la odd 
mJllifary formation appearing In the 
background and adding to the gen- 
eral effect Iveness, It fadies into the 
credits of the picturel 

The lighting, except for the first 
scrim, is part of the secret of this 
stape .portion. 

Overture is 'Orpheus,' a natural 

Char.. 



are also present, the Capitol Isn't 
depending on Novarro for all Its 
stage show merit this week. That's 
the safest way to net a picture name 
over; anyway, for' it's an established 
fact that the majority of Hollywood 
..'visitors' are usually from hunger 
by themselves. 

Novarro, a, single, closes the show, 
and the Little band of 11 pieces 
opens it. That's a strange arrange- 
ment. But the lilttle band starts 
things off. v6ry well Indeied, so; the 
customers aren't' llkoly to resent or 
even notice^ the exttOmely unorthor 
dox. spotting. In between, Campo 
and the ballroom dance teams have 
bhe spot apiece, while the Hale 
girls have two/ 

Campo has been iarbund the Im- 
portant 6tago times' for about two 
years now, belnjgr one of the f ^w new 
faceq developed lit that periQd, -He*s 
really a tumbling acrobat, but . re- 
sourceful enough to. avoid . strict 
acrobatic classification. Two things 
Campo . appears to know are the 
secret ot properly presenting his. 
tricks, so that they are more than 
just tricks, and that a nice lopkihg 
girl attractively dressed can mean 
a lot to a man's act. . 

Campo affects a pale-fac^d, dead- 
pan makeup, remindful of Harry 
Langdon. He's getting away frbm 
strict allegiance.to the Langdoh char- 
acterizatioh though, so no. longer can 
be charged with doing .a takeoff or 
copping - a style. The girl assistant 
is' Used twicCi first for shoving pur- 
poses In a newspaper-:reading- 
tumbling bit by Campo, Which dates 
back to the days of Nat Nazarro, 
who originated it, and latterly for 
a gag adagio 'dance,' . Latter is the 
closer, getting Campo off strong 
after giving him perfect openings 
for his tumbling Work, 

Harrison and . Fisher do a waltz 
in front of the Hale girls and dur- 
ing the line's second nuniber. This 
is the team's fbiirth week here. Miss 
Fisher Is ias well dressed as usual.- 
Another point of sartorial interest 
at this juncture Is thb drcissihg of 
the Hale line. In white union suits: 
with spangles and kAee boots.° I'hey 
do - a military routine, at the con- 
cluE^on of which they line up to 
verlt)ally introduce Novarro. 

No overtvre, bikt a full<-sized pit 
orcjiestra plays for the rest of thei 
show after the Little band has de- 
parted. - Bige. 



Victoria Palace, London 

(NiBw Pofioy) 

London, Feb. i 

After staying dark for 10 months 
aihd operating at a loss for severail 
years, the last ' two years under 
Gaumont-British regime, Victoria 
Palace has' returned to a twice 
nightly Vaudeville policy. 

This time John Southern is han- 
dlihg it, and It is by far his mbst 
ambitious undertaking. Not a shoe- 
string affair, as Southern has jpaid 
$25,000- advance rental, and has a 
further »76,000 to play with. As 
usual, he is secretive about his new 
angel,' but uhderstbbd. to be the 
Mills family, of Olympla Circus 
fanie. 

Opening bill was an elaborate af- 
fair, the program, rental and over- 
hiead costing Just under $10,000, 
meaning theatre must operate at a 
loss, even if It plays capacity: at 
every performance. , 

With future bookings including 
Bobby- Howes, Jessie Matttiews, 
Sonnle Hale and .Douglas Fairbanks, 
Jr., it looks like overhead wllL coh^ 
tin'ue to be heavy for Several wee:ks. 
But understood all this is part of " a 
big advertising campaign, with no 
prbfits ^ured on for the - first tew 
weeks. 

Big attraclioh, for bpenlhg was 
Cicely Courtneldge,... supported by 
company, of 70 Guardsmen; Miss 
Coiirtneidge is in by arrangement 
with 06.Iimont-BrItish, which looks 
upon this as a. sort of 'living trail-' 
ei' advertisement,' Legit and pic- 
ture star offers estcerpts froin 'Sol- 
diers of the King.' a G-B' product. 
Which clicked Then came the: 70 
burly guardsmen, with their busbies 
and trumpets, practically losing the 
diminutive star among: them 

Donald Calthorp Was ianother star 
by permission bf G^B, In a Cock- 
ney sketch, 'The *01e In the Road,' 
by Seamark. More of a .monolog, 
but very funny, 
Nlklta BallefC m. c.'d part of the 



PARAMOUNT, N. Y. 

William Gaxton and victor Moore, 
who. have been a comedy combina- 
tion in musical cbmiedy for paat few 
years, are proving herei thait situa- 
tion comedy can go places on a 
presentation iitage/ Bklt used, is 
Gaxton'a timo-teated 'Offlcer^by' 
vaudeville act, and with Moore to 
punch the kid role its doubly funny. 

Friday liight the iklt Was caught 
60-60 between the first' and secoiid 
shows. With Plenty of new lines and ' 
bits added the second obow indir 
, ^tlng the actors were Just getUiig 
their teeth Into the skit. They : 
closed on the road a few weeks ago 
in 'Let 'Em Eat .Cake.' 
' Pair jnake previous appearances 
through the show, but that's mostly 
stalling. Their efforts start to naesh 
when they start working with the 
'book,' It's a remarkably elastic 
book and Gaxton Is a confirmed: de-. 
Vbtee bf ad lib, probably nbt workr 
\ng the same on any two . successive 
performances. Friday,- he inserted 
asides about his pal; Hern- Harris, 
and the new drumstick lipstick. 
Gaxton Is like that. Still it was 
sitiiatlbh comedy despite the mug- 
ging isind liberties, and the laughs 
proved that it's the type of comedy 
worth emulation. Weakness Of the 
recommendation from a variety 
booker's standpoint, however, is the. 
fact that there are so few eomedlans 
who can handle Itaes ih the fra,me- 
wbrk of a box set. 

Parambuht production department 
has the girls in military unifoirms 
this week. Washington's birthday 
is the reason, iEIght male singers 
similarly garbed provided choral 
background; Trick scenery turns 
into the legislative hall In Wash- 
ington and proivldes an appropriate 
entrance , for WIntergreeil (Gaxton) 
and Throttlebottom (Moore), the 
mythical president arid vice-presi- 
dent oi the musical lampoons. 

In point of applause-winning, the 
show's particular twinkler was Olive 
Sibley, a dancer. This girl throws 
hier legs up, sideways, and in sweep- 
ing-curves with the utmost ease and 
nonchalance. Before she was oii 
30 second^ the aiudlence recognized, 
in her a dincer out of the ordinary. 
Her style and facility in eccentric 
hoofing marks her as a cinch - for 
•any variety stage. 
■ Another production effort fol- 
lowed Fted Coots' piano-alnglng 
reminiscences of his own composi- 
tions. That suggested the chorus 
in chifloni 

An -unexpect'ed. comedian was 
Charles Previn^ the pit niaestro. Just 
biack from the Gershwin concert 
tour. Ih conducting a series of 
national airs blended Into an or- 
chestral medley. Previri revealed an 
unisuspected talent for hip move- 
ments . and paritomimicry. It was 
droll because so surprising and n9t 
overdone. . ' 

Paramount's ' is the screen 

attraction. Land. 



NEWSREELS 




EMBASSY 

Excellent program, evidencing 
some r^ - newspaipier workmanship. 
Before the cops, had cleiained out 
the red riot in Madlson Sq. gul- 
den S^iday night (16), Pathe was 
developing the subject so that it 
broke in the Embassy with the 
headlines Saturday morning.. As ft 
result, the Emb scored this among 
Its Saturday exclusives. It's views 
of the earliisr trouble oh Fifth Av- 
enue, cLlso a scoop, were., better than 
any. of the Paris rioting materijEiL 
Fists and clubs were staged right 
before the. camiera, the story being 
made to ordi^r for Pathe since It 
broke right Under its windows^ 

If the Emb can keep up° thi^ 
pace it won't be long before the 
rooster trademark will be conceded, 
to be the leader in the newsreel 
field. Of the ihany odd angles: 
popping up as the result r of the 
Emb's new policy- is this, out- 
stander: Gne reel is pitting Itself 
against all the reels In. the field, 
and ■ threatening to make a com- 
plete jgo of it. This is . realized 
when the programs of the two ther 
atres are compared currently.^ The 
Luxer,. with all Of . thie reel a^jexcent 



Hearst, falls to score . any decisive 
mark over the Emb,. . . dependent 
Upon the output of a single com- 
pany, 

' Attendance at both houses was 
better than the previous cold week- 
end. The Luxer had a few stand- 
ing and the Emb had fewer blocks 
of empty chairs, Emb, however, .is 
not losing, a trick to g^t over its 
leads. Fats McManus. who: is 
handling the exploitation, . is check- 
ing audiences for name fans. Dur- 
ing its first week several byrllners 
from the dailies delved: in'tb observe 
the new policy, ' First barker for a 
newsreel theatre is now out in 
front shouting spot news on - the 
bill in competition With - the lads 
peddling papers. 

Only heavy laughs in the pro- 
gram Is one of those dips intended 
to register seriously. . The grimaces 
of an animal edltot talking on the 
dog show are too much for the 
audience. 

Babe Ruth's fortieth birthday 
comes over too earnestly, as though 
an eeirly alibi to the fans for Ruth's 
delivery next summer. 

An Impressive subject is . the 
President's broadcast to' Boy Scouts. 
Pathe Includes several firesides In 
addition to ai group of scouts listen- 
ing throughout the country. 
Eihb Is Including as a regular 



CAPITOL, N, Y. 

ampn Novarro is .doing double 
duty here this week as No, 3 In 
the series of Metro contract players 
in stage dates at the Broadway 
Loew picture house, and as the cur 
rent screen star in 'The Cat and 

the Fiddle,' In his first personal 
appearance hereabbuts he's doing a 

'r^lO-mInute==-8traIght==.singlng^.=tUB0u 
(New Acts). Either as a picture 
star on the screen or as a stage act, 
or both, he was drawing good busi 
ness here Friday night. 
Also under New Acts is the Little 

~^Jack-irfttle-band,-this-aot-givlrig-the 
current show a second box office 
name. Little represents the radio 
field. Here he's the principal part 
of an excellent supporting cast, pro- 
vided Novarro by the Capitol ptor 
diiction department. 
.. Since Harrison and Pisher, Georpc 
Campo and the Chester Hale girls 



show. With the Russian much Hoo 
subtle for the mob, Hie's more 
suited, for Intimate houses. Balieff 
was in for four weeks,;, with option, 
at $600 per. but quit the second 
night by mutual consent. 

Leslie Strang was allott^ed the. 
opening spot, not ain. enviable posi- 
tlbn for a talking act, but did -well. 

Kafka, Stanley arid Mae foui'spmq, 
with hair-raising trapeze work, 
placed, third and cleaned Up. 

Flotsam and Jetsaim (B. C. Hill- 
ilawi and -Malcolm McEachern), -cou- 
ple of robust singers, mostly with 
their own coihpbsitions, were on too 
late to be fully apprecia,ted. 

Others on the bill were Joe 
O'Gorman, old timer and father, of 
"O'Cbrrifari brothers, ~ who pla>*t cT 
America a couple of years ago, r>or- 
rle Dene, Ida Barr and Nane.Carty, 
Continental harpist. 

Capacity house, with aiullenoe in 
a most, receptive mood, AJost. of 
the acts had trouble with ihp liand 
*Mit not with audionre, Eflger. 



PALLADIUM, LONDON 

London, Feb.. 
It is a question whether the Pal- 
ladium management didn't make a 
mistake in giving Ethel Bartrymore 
the headline honors in the billing 
for the week of Feb. B.. What they 
did was the obvious .thing arid an- 
nounced her as 'America's greatest 
cictrGSSt' 

Hindsight is always clearer, and 
It Is more than likely had they 
billed. Aileen Stanley more eilab- 
orately they miffht have gathered a 
larger ■ audience for the opening 
night. "Miss Stanley^ It may be re- 
called, was a most emphatic suc- 
cess here some ye'ars ago and night- 
ly packed the Kit-Cat Club. 

Miss Barrymbre in Barrio's 
Twelve Pound Look,' supported by 
Sir Nigel Playfair and Beatrice 
Terry, appeared and departed with- 
out creating any profound impres- 
sion, for or against. The story, al- 
ways slight, is. riow considered 
hopelessly old-fashloried here, al 
though okay In the U. S. Concealed 
mlcrophories were utilized to get thie 
voices projected, but iri the case of 
Miss Barrymore, her deep tones were 
too reverberatlriig. 

Miss Stanley, on the oth<er hand. 
Is modernity personified, with her 
interpretaitlorils of Broadway melo- 
dies, Iri a' simple white silk gown 
cut bn classic line^. She Would 
probably fare better. If . she omitted 
the silhouette lighting effects, which 
draw the vision irOm the individual 
to the shadow. The limited audi- 
ence gave her. a hearty welcome 

John Alex Trio (billed as a trio 
although there were only two) re 
vealed a fine pair of acrobats, with 
a well-thpught-out routine of head 
to -head and trapeze work. Another 
act new here Is the Christlnl fam- 
ily with a turn comprising eight 
people and three horses. They 
work In a circus ring and look like 
ithey--were-recrulted^ftoni=a=con.tin-¥^ 
ental tent show. Their biggest 
stunt Is for one of the lads to do a 
biack somersault through a hoop 
from the back bf one horse to an 
other running just behind. 



returned after a number of seasons 
and, as usual, put over a fast rou 
tine, bf dancing, Keith Clark, just 
back- from .U, S., entertained with 
Ills slight of hand lighted Cigarette 
manipulations, 
I'^red Duprez ie a classy monblo- 



TRANSLUX, N. Y. 

While the French riot scenes are 4 
a disappointment, ncury a .blow being 
struck according to ' the newsr 
.Universal mariages to convey, 
plte heavy French censoring, a bet* 
tei* picture than Pathe. The Rooster, 
gbt ita camera; at the head of a gang 
of hbodluriis. They're ail shbuting 
arid laughing, giving the impression' 
.tha.t it's all a. holiday^ U obtains 
isevera] lon^r. rango views of the 
square, with people scattering about 
In more riotous fashion. It also 
works in noises vt brea,king glass 
and crunching wood. 

■Parariiount staged a claissic inter*, 
view With Japan's envoy, iaiskirig 
ju9t the type of questions . that 
Would cOriie from a cub reporter. 
And the .ariibassikdor. who made it 
rather cut arid dried in « formal 
speech before the Pathe? camera, 
told the Par Interrogator that 
Alaska Is -too cold for a "^Jieipanese 
province; thiat Japan wants none of 
the PhlUiplnes, and that neither 
Japan nor Russia want to take up 
cudgels. 

All. of the reels handled the air« 
tnail scandal w'lth extreme. . del Icacy. 
Only refererice %q, Llridbergh in re- 
porting or pictures was a libi'ary 
view, of the filer before he made -the 
Atlantic. Paramount, added a zest- 
ful twist by getting the TWA head 
to make a direful prediction for 
commercial s^viatlori. tl followed this 
With old and new views of army 
plane service. 

Paramount .got the iritervlew with 
Brettier, which Pathe missed, while 
U m waged to. slip Into the Touhy 
coiirxT. . -The BUadater creiW reriialned 
outside for tlie formal rogue's gal- 
lery display on abduction. 

Sound men should exercise gn^ater 
care in recording Mrs. Roosevelt. 
The latest Pathe job Of her is poor, 
the voice reproducing in a high 
falsetto. Projection booth can't be 
blamed, becausei same subject la 
used in both theatres and repro.-. 
duces the same. 

The reels now and then take a 
chance with titles which the aver- 
age newspaper veers frOm. Pathe, 
with old views of the Austrian* situ- 
ation, has this heading 'Europe on 
the verge of war.' ir«Zy. 



standard clip reel events of a 
decade ago. Teapot Dome scandal, 
Russia and disarmament are num.* 
bered. Watif. 



gist, with a well .chosen routine of 
yarns. He halls from the IT. S., as 
does also Roy Fox, who conducts, 
a bimd of 12 that ranks with the 
best of them over here. 

Of the ten acts, two are natlves.i 
They are Billy Rusisell, who does a'' 
harangue on the rights of the work- 
ing classes, and Max Miller, 'the 
cheeky chappie,' who offers a single 
not easy to describe, and who, has 
just returned to the stage after 
having projected his personality up- 
on the screen in ah emphatic man- 
ner. 

Whole show seemed to be suffer- 
ing frorii a paucity bf originality. 
No fault to find with the Individual 
turns, but the combination was a 
nebulous blend. Jolo. 



ORPHEUM, LINCOLN 

Lincoln, Feb. 15. 
. Vaude's proving itself In this spot.: 
Without flesh the house was doing 
worse, than blah biz, and still is the 
1st half of the week, but the clos- 
ing .three da;ys: have been showing 
swarming mobs. Estimate biz up 
abbut 460% from the.average, which 
is oke even at ia twp-bit top. 

Stage show is- presented with lit- 
tle care as to production values. 
Ork Is still on the roBtrurii and, be- 
cause Its presentatibh . style, 
somebody has to in, c. This week, 
of all classes of entertainers to pick, 
from, it's one of the Fuller Bros., 
acrobats. -He talk.ed all right, 

though plainly showed he's nbt used 
to being a mlker; 

' Davy Jamison ft Louise Open with 
their 'Marbh o' Time,' which is a 
battle of ' dance steps. Dad does- a 
Primrose routine and. the gal hots 
It up with fast taps. Davy's Joe 
Frisco registers. Emanuel Wish- 
now, ork leader, scored With a vio*- 
lin solo,. 'Viennese Caprice,' in No. 2. 

Elriiore & Sims, blackface; get off 
slowly in the trey position with just 
^IlUP«ti6r,^b\it^^clp.se^ 



a substantial sock when 
does a wild, man with sound effects. 
Close is the Fuller Brothers and 
Sister In a perch act. It's the sec 



_ , ond perch act in as many weeks. 

■Billy-Wells arid-the"4-^ys-iiave- -which duHedrrt-he-edgei-but-^hey-dld 



vety well. Audiences here like 
acrobats. 

Pic is 'Advice to the Lovelorn* 
(UA), -vvith' Universal news - and 
'Sailor Beware' .short. Judging from 
reception, vaiide could be full weeks 
here as in old daj's. Barney. 



STATE, N. Y. 



ix acts this week instead of t 
usual flve or four. No two ;iIiUe, 
but.' no riierger and so it's just six 
acts, . No heavy name and the near- 
est to ' novelty are the Berry Broth- 
ei-is and' Vallda's all-colored girl 
band.. Most of the rest are stand- 
ards. Nothing the matter with the 

acts, except they're not ori speak- 
ing terms with each other so far as 
the -pay side of the footlights is 
concerned. Three -of the six are 
comedy, with the band .helping .but 
•in that .direction, but, without zip 
to the running of the. show, each 
has to flght for every giggle. 
. Opens nicely with Jariies Evans- 
showy pedal Juggling. His stuff 
got frequent ripples of applatise and 
he went out after 10 minutes with 
the crowd set, Andrea Marsh didn't 
add to the push. Her songs ave not 
well chosen for her voice, and she 
doesn't deliver smartly. She could 
do be'tter with- compositions nKi king 
fuller use of her chest tones. Top 
ranfee Is ^inclined to sound nasal. 
Howevisr, hef chiet handicap is' a 
rather labored style. She's putting 
everything she's got on the ball 
and letting the audience see it's 
hard work.. Nice personality and 
a looker, but \vlll be better .when 
she gains In showmanship. 

Arnaut Brothers, in spite" of their 
almost over-frequent appearances, 
drew a small reception and. built on 
th,ls with the whistlings . Nothing 
new. It's pretty hard to inject nov- 
elty in an abt So old as to be set 
in Its ways, but a lot of people still 
consider the whistle-chatter the 
last word. 

Three Radio Rogues draw an an- 
nouncement through the loudspeak- 
ex'S as just from Hollywood and the 
Marlon Davies picture. If anyone is 
interested. Doesn't hurt any^ but 
question does it help niuch. The 
boys > have been steadily working 
away from imitations In favor of 
comedy, but there's still, sufficient 
resemblance left to the iiir voices 
they personate, and the kidding is 
a material help. They show an 
ai5prwiable-="iTnproYementr=^in=-"fth«>wi:'==- 
manship and when they get the 
right crowd they can knock 'fm, 
Here some of the bits were too. 
rapid, and for the first time a laUe^ 
joff on _A1 Smith pronouncing radio' 
wrong did not " get" a"^ai^g^^"^rr--rhe■-- 
Khow caught. But by and large 
they get plenty of chuckles inul ix 
couple of nod.s with a stoo.vc- U<r 
Jimmy Durnnip KottJn.cc tli< .n .'in 
extra dnc'-:. 1 iii-''ni1''» .i It't 

(Contj lied on page 



t^esday, February 20, 1934 



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Viugnpht Ibc, DUuU>nton 



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You owe it to your box-office to get this advance slant on your major attractions 

for the next 3 months^ amnning start on ideas and promotion plans for the most 

important shows you^ll get this spring. The Exhibit will be held simultaneously 

(0^n ffill Q0arner &xcliange 

Just mail the coupon below to your exchange manager iand you'll be all set for the 
big show! He'll make special arrangements for your hotel and other accommo*^ 

daHons. But DO IT NOW! 



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THE GREATEST 




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"S OLID G O L D EN T E^ T A I M M E N T" 

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Tuesday, February 20, 1934 



P I C ¥ ■ R E S 



VARIETY 



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Feiaonal Plugs 

It's ah did idea, but It hasn't, been 
mentioned lately, and in this in- 
stancy it was - adroitly handled, so 
it's worth repeating. Just the per- 
sonal plug Iroin the house staice. 

''' As handled by Douglas P. George, 
ot the Capitol theatre,. Lanciaster, 
Pa., this names <>£' personal friends 
were turned in by all members of 
the house staff. A nice point was 
that In addition, to the name and 
address,, the employee listed the 
salutation as- 'Dear John,' 'Dear Mr. 
Smith' or whatever he was In the 
habit of using. These were used on 
a form letter on. 'Hi Nelile'- but each 
was individually typed. Each was 
signed in' ink.^)>y the supposed send- 
ed. Employees were told to turn' 
in only the ' naitnes of . those they 
knew had lobs. Figured the job- 
. less man couldn't come and hilght 
resent the solicitation. 

Stuht worked so well that 'Mr. 
C eorge writes he intends to try it 
again, but this time . with departing 
patrons on the first showings sup- 
plying the' addresses to a girl in . the 
lobby., Thfit!s a wider angle. Both 
stunts are wortljwhlle. 



Bi-Idngiial, Plus 

Royal and Moha mmed All thea:- 
tres, AlexandrIar~EB|ypt, send In 
their house organs for Christmas 
and New fear's weeks, with special 
covers. Both nicely gotten up, with 
the Christmas coyer .In two colors 
and red ink on the other. 

Prdgrams illustrate some of the 
dliTiciilties the oriental managers are 
up against. Program is 24: pages 
and cover, with programs lii both 
French and English/ and reading 
text similarly split, but with the 
advertisements In English, French, 
Greek and Arabic. Titles are trans 
lated in the French announcement, 
•The Kid from Spain' becoming 1<e 
Rbi de I'Arene' arid '!Pack Up Tour 
Troubles' switclied to Hies Sana 
Souci.' 

Included in the program are' an 
nouhcemehts of the overtures, which 
are played on the phonograph, with 
the release number of the disc for 
the convenience of the patron. 

House corrected what it may have 
.considered a misprint . and an 
nouriced Linda Robertl instead of 
Lyda. 



Crciod Pickups 

£)es. ivipines, 

So often houtie managers over- 
look good bets in small stuff while, 
getting, headaches ovei\ new angles , 
in exploitation and adverflsihg, •. 

Don Allen, maiiager of the Des. 
Moines, recently realized that the 
Red Ball stores, (which do. no ad- 
vertising in local papers) put out 
heralds every week that were blank 
on one side. There was a distribu- 
tion of: 11,000 by hjtrid and 4,000 by 
mail every week, and at a cost ' of 
only $2.00 per 1,000 for i>rintlhg, 
the Des Moines' and the Paramount 
are using the backs of the heralds 
jointly. 

Another simple, yet effective bit 
Of advertising is planned by Stan-^ 
ley Brown; Tristaco city manager, 
who will bring the town's 1,200 Boy 
Scouts into the Paramount on the 
morning of Feb. 10 to hear Pres- 
ident Roosevelt's "secret" niessage 
to the Scout's over the radio, with 
instructions for. a mbbllizatibn drill. 
It will be only a matter of hook- 
ing up a couple of loud speakers 
and a short for the boys while locail 
Scoiit leaders- are completing plans 
fok* the mobilization following the 
President's address. ' 

Before Qrowh .ihet with the Boy 
Scout leaders here It had. been 
planned to have the boys meet ;6ut 
of doors' to hear the address. 

Such simple co-^bperatlon ais the 
above Is often worth a great deal 
more to a house ,than elaborate ex- 
ploitation campaignei planned for 
one week's btisines^. 



Good Scout Gag^ 

Ballinioro. 
♦As measure to swing masculiiie 
and adVenture-consclous adolescent 
Interest to the romanceless 'The 
Lost Patrol' (RKCf), Ted Routsoh, 
publicity thrust of the Hipp, pro- 
moted contest open to .Boy Scouts 
of. burg ujijer tag of 'Liost Patrol." 
Advanced ; idea of a si?6u.t patrol 
leader, .with eight .;boys -under his 
guidance and care, suddenly finding 
the group and himself lost some- 
where ofiE; in. the deep woods with 
scanty provisions and no knowledge 
of the locale. 

Contest fmmed in form of articles 
submitted by scouts* each placing 
self in role of pitrol leader with re- 
sponsibility of safe, return' of. other 
eight youths In his band, with 
penned exposition Of how he- would 
worm , way back to civilization aiid 
safety. . 

: Couple of prices oh table, topped 
by ■ completely equipped pup tent. 
Contest won Whole-hearted ;appro- 
batioh of local Scout Comhllttee, 
with inany troops' masters offering 
added inducements. 



Opening Up 



Compositions 

Exhibitor located in the next 
block- to a school has worked out a 
new Idea in co-operation. Every 
Wednesday he either takes from the 
regular bill or books specially a 
scenic; . Pupils . in the first four 
grades are marched over to the the- 
atre, where the scenic Is run for 
therh twice* Then they go back 
again, each class under Its 
teacher. 

Compositions are Written by all 
classes, and. the boy and girl In each 
class who writes the best composi- 
tion is given a ticket to the Satur- 
day matinee.' There 1$ a proviso, 
however, that no child Is eligible to 
win a pass, a second time within six 
.-weeks, the Idea being to keep a 
handful of bright youngsters from 
getting all the tickets 

As the house does, not open until 
noon, there Is .ho disarrangement of 
the schedule, and the teachers re- 
port the children are doing better 
work than they did the prevlotis 
term, when they worked from as 
signed Subjects or photographs. 

Gets the co-operation of the 
school and the approval of the 
Parent- Teachers association, which 
counts for plenty. 

Half Eigures 

Now and then it happens that 
there'ei a good figure for a cutout 
from a three or 24 -sheet that won't 
work because Neither : the figure la 
incomplete or is partly spoiled by 
lettering. 

One wa.y to overcome this Is to 



Stiained Glass 

House built with a large opening 
at . the rear of the outer lobby found 
the price of the Intended stained 
glass . window too igreat. Figured 
that a colored glass display with 
the bouse name worked in would 
be a great effect, but prices were 
away above the house limit and 
It was left with a . plain sheet of. 
glass' about 30. inches high and 
nearly six feet wide. 

Manager was . disappointed, 
cause the plain glass was comnloh 
place and Imitatibh ground glass not 
much better. His sign writer solved 
the problem. 

Two light wooden . frames were 
made, just fitting the space, and 
these were covered with tightly 
stretched sign paper. With black 
opaque varnish (bitunien), the title 
letters of the attraction were out- 
lined in the varnishi and the rest 
of the desii^n was worked in With 
black lines, which were intended to 
give the effect of the lead channels 
used In stained glass windows. Va- 
cant spaces were cut up into small 
patches to give the same Idea. 

When the bitumen dried the let- 
ters and spaces were filled In with 

transparent colors, chosen to sug- 

own I gest the shades used by stained glass 
studios, and when put in place with 
a strong light behind, it was scarce- 
ly possible to realize that glass was 
not used. One of the frames was 
in the paint shop whUe' the other 
was in . display, and With a clever 
painter unusually rich results were 
obtained. The trick lies in the sei- 
lection of the colors and the sim- 
ulation of leaded glass, and the cost 
is no more than that for the ordi- 
nary painted sign. 



Fenney's 'Eskimo' Stimt 

Tacoma. 

Walt Fenney, Roxy. manager, 
pulled a neat one in his 'Eskimo' 
preview, inviting all Elk members 
to attend in a body to see pic and 
breaking with picture of W. S. Van 
Dyke and long story. The Metro 
director is a member of local lodge 
and story made It appear as If he 
was inviting. Theatre was packed 
and theh- boosting brought up gross. 
VanDyke directed two . pictures for 
capitalists whd formed Weaver 
Studios here several years ago arid 
local tieup was a natural. 



For. llie last doxen yeais spoi-iuJ 
sundaes named after pjeturcs or 
players have been found a valuable 
.'idvertising aid, but repeal, seems to 
4ittve> brought out" no special cock- 
tails, possibly or) the premise that 
those- who patronize : the bars are 
riot interested in pictures, Seehis to 
be ho reauDn why advantag^e should 
not be . taken Of the n^^W ^eaK and 
there ia.re literally hundreds of cock- 
tail recipes to be. found in tho new 
.books giving formulae. 

Something compai-atively new In 
the hinterland is the Firomap's 
Shirt, which is merely a whiskey 
sour made slightly aweet and with 
"generous jigger of grenadine 
syrup. Put out as the Cagney Kick, 
it would not belie its name. Not 
more tiiari four to a customer. 

Another old-tlmcr is composed of 
e^ual parts of French and . Italian 
vermouth and dry gin. Add half a 
pony of creme de cocoa, and shake. 
Just before serving, squeeze half a 
lime into the glass carefully; P^r 
mitting it to drop Into the drink 
without niingling. The drink. should 
be gulped doWn like ah oyster, and 
not sipped, the. after-taste being 
wiiat commends, the mixture. 

There are scores of . othei*s that 
can be put over -without recognition; 
and they can all be made to adver- 
tise a pictxu'e.' 



Use Five and Bimer 

IjOS Angeles. 
RKO has. a display, window tieup 
with Woolworth to exploit the pic- 
ture 'Lost Pa,trol.' PIve-and- tenner 
has had 3,000,000 copies of a small 
size book edition of the' pic story 
printed, selling at lOc the copy. Bobk 
has reproductions. of scenes from 
the RKO feature, iEoir which studio 
furnished the cuts. 



Fttgitiye Shoppers 

New. Haven. 
On 'Fugitive Lovers' at the Col- 
lege, Ben Cohen used a variation of 
the old 'Raffles' gag for some free 
publicity. Week before opening, 
news copy read 'Two fugitive lovers 
aire headied for New Haven. On a 
shopping tour here, they expect to 
take advantage of the Wonder Mon- 
day Specials at local stores. See 
Sunday's paper for details.' Tieup 
With local merchants brought full 
page Sunday announcing free ducats 
to those who Identified lovers . in 
various stores on shopping tour; 
Couple pushed a perambulator 
around to-wn carrying sign about 
film's opening, and handed Oakleys 
to those, who repeated correctly 



mount the part figure and dispose It 

between two old drapes, hung In a i ■ in 

display frame. Not only makes the I^^J^^S^nf *wh^^«5„n? cowhouse 
figure attractive, but gives k Punch J«]^WJPej- ^^^ote ^^^^^^^ 
to the display, which Is different | ^.l^i? P^bm,^^^^ 

from the usual 6utbut. In. one in 



stance a manager -went further and 
draped the loWer half of the figure 
in fabric, because part of the poster 
lettering was on the printed skirt. 
It made a handsome effect without 
suggesting that It Was a subterfuge 
to hide unwanted material. 

And if you can get a full figure In 
a ballet or short skirt, try putting a 
skirt of light silk over the cutout 
and setting, it where the breeze will 
cause the. material to sway in the 
wind, ^-The-=Palace, -N.-'^.v-recently 
did this for paintings of Clara Bow 
on the corner boards, and it stopped; 
a lot of people.. 

It will not work week in and week 
out, but for. an occasional something 
different .from the usual display is 
better than two or three regular 
displays. Try it out some, time by 
aft-ltinp rtn old window from a house 
wrecker or other .sourop nnd putting 
the (^ntovit behind the plass. 



muffed ftt least one word of . state 
inent. 

Cohen, also got free use ot Grey- 
hound bus for opening day. Bus, 
carrying SO-ft, sign on top, spent 
day carting kids between theatre 
and local orphan asylums, etc., while 
phonograph Inside Informed pas^ 
sersby what It was all about. 

Real Indians 

Riverside, Oallf. 
Roy Hunt, manager of the Fox 
Riverside," tied up-wlth the-Sherman 
Indian school to exploit 'Massacre' 
and developed a ^number of ticket 
selling angles. The school's Indian 
band of 26 Was utilized for parade 
and ballyhoo pu rposes ; also, in- 
mates of the. Instltution participated 
in a stage prologrr-and a lobby dis- 
play of Indian paraphernalia was 
framed. Good stunt where genuine 
Indians can be aerured to co- 
opera te. 



Hookiiig to Bridge 

l-'cbriiiir.Y issuo of The i-l(lfi;e- 
World includes liie .better part of a 
page given the bridge tournament 
Ooiuluclfd iii. tj-io KO. Keith the- 
atre, Boston, treated , as a regular 
bridge eyonl and not as . a stum. 
Coming pr(!.tty good Whth a .thieatve 
can crash a national publication. 

FOlloNvlhg tl\e showing of tlKO's 
Culbertsoin series lasst October 
James A. Magner, Jr., opened its 
lounge for .Bridge,., persuadlhg a 
aociallt-i? enthusiast, Mrs, A, .Cfoc'ker 
Landers to interest herself. Since 
then the lounge has attracted prac-. 
tically all of the crack players in 
the vicinity of the Hub, and the 
blowoff was a tournament recently 
concluded at which, the prizes were 
awarded by city manager for RKO, 
Thomas Meehan. 

Many of the *iu person' screen 
stars participated in games during 
their appearances "at Keiths, but 
only Buddy Rogers' .mother man- 
aged to hold her owii with the local 
sharlv^.- 

A second, contest was. at once- 
gotten, underway with daily . and 
Weeklj'- prizes in addition tp the, 
toui'nament. awards/ 



Fashion Show 

Marshall town, la. 

The Capitol put over a fast the 7 
atre exploitation stunt in coopera- 
tion with newspapers and nier- 
chants. The theatre secured a dra- 
matic director, whipped a cast o£ 
locals in shape and then had mer- 
chants cooperate in putting on a 
fashion and spring mode show, 
along entertainment lines, some 
dancing and singing, with, musical 
numbers taking away the humdrum 
character of the Usual style shows 
that are to be seen oh stage. 

The event was good through two 
days for packed houses, Plenty, of 
publicity, [both word of mouth and 
in free ads, was the result for the 
theatre. 



BEHIND the KEYS 



For Eawkshaws 

Getting away -from the beaten 
track, Herb Jannings, of the Ford- 
ham theatre. N. X, pulled a nlftie 
for 'Girl Without a Room.' On the 
letterhead of the Silver Star De- 
tective Training, he f ran^d a letter 
with the usual 'Your name has been 
given to me by a mutual friend' 
with, the assurance the recipient 
was interested in the detective busi- 
ness. Enclosed was 'Chart No. 1.' 
ostensibly designed to test the re- 
cipient's ability to spot suspects. It 
was cued that the persons 'are in- 
ternational favorites, front page 
copy all over the world.' 

A, P. S; indicates that the pair 
are Charles Farrell and Marguerite 
Churchill, but meanwhile, attention 
having been gained, there are., a 
couple of paragraphs about, the pic- 
ture at the . Fordhiam,- the solution 
Of which even the President oit the 
Silver Star was unable to arrive at. 
It gets puzzled Interest ., that 
switches to a laugh, and. that gets 
'em up around the! box office. 



Pittsburgh. 

Several managerial shifts, includ- 
ing one promotion, announced over 
week-end by Harry Kalmlne, zone 
chief for WB here.^ Ed. Segal, as r 
sistaht manager of Harris-Etna, 
moves up to managership of Bel- 
roar, with Bill Barron moving from 
Belmar to Kenyon on Northside. 
Bill Schell goes from Kenyon to 
Ambridge, succeeding' Milt Smith, 
who has resigned* 

Kalmlne also stated that post left 
vacant by transfer of Ptank Damis 
to Jersey zone would not be filled 
for some time. For iiresent, Kal- 
mlne intends to look after Damid' 
duties as well as his own. 



Albany. 

State Theatre, Carthage, closed 
for several weeks, ' has heen re- 
opened by the Minrose Amusement 
Corp., With David Rosenbaum as 
manager. Film policy, with occa- 
sional vaude. 

An attempt to crack open the. safe 
In the Griswold theatre, Troy, failed. 
It contained |964, two days' receipts. 

Oliver W. Stacey, manager of the 
Arbor Hill theatre, Albany, has been 
appointed supervisor .of the real 
estate survey sponsored' by the 
CWA, 



Portland, Ore. 

John C. Stille. and J. W. Martin, 
local showmen, have opened the 
Pantages. The boys wondering 'just 
how long/ 

The city council again overruled 
the censor board when It granted a 
permit to show 'The Meanest Gal 
In Town' (RKO), which had been 
cbndemned by the board. 

Rochester, N. Y. 
Adelphi, FrankUnvlUe, closed sev- 
ere.! days following blowup of oU 
burner. Resulting fire and smoke 
scorched the interior , and Manager 
Arden Gould Is rushing repairs. No 
one was in the theatre at time of 
the explosion. 

Los Angeles 
The Berghoffs, who retired f rbin 
vaude some tinie ago to become pic 
house eshlbs, ha-ve added a second 
theatre . to -. thei rwProposed . -loc al 



chain. Liatest acquisition is the 
Drieamland, nabe house at Main and 
30th, which they acquired from 
George Harrison. 

Liynchburg, W, Ya. 
Paramount, Charlottesville, Va., 
reopened after being closed a. montli 
to repair fire damage. Blaze de- 
stroyed the screen, stage,' organ 
console and flr.st few row* of .s«»alfl. 



Minneapolis: 
Moe Levy from Milwaukee branch 
succeeded J. H. Lorentz as local 
exchange manager for Fox. Lorentz 
takes over exchange at Mil-waukee 
-where he was stationed before, com- 
ing here seven yea^s aro, 

Omaha. 

Mort H, Singer in town to ar- 
rangfe reconstruction work on Bran- 
dels theatre with building owners. 
Plans to enlarge seating capacity. 

Lincoln. 

Pat Patchen, Denver, moved in 
here this week for LTC tp take over, 
publicity replacing Norm Prager. 

Denver, 

H. G. Lovett has sold Eads, at 
Eads, Colo,, to Wm. iBenner, 

Ray Rayburn has added Arcade, 
Newell, S. D., to his chain. One 
day a week shows using portable 
equipment. 

Rochester, N. Y, 
Joseph . Schuler and Theodore G, 
Brown, operators of the Plaza, nabe, 
won first round of battle with op- 
erators' union when Supreme Court 
ierranfed a teffiporary injutxctlon 
against picketing. Theatre employs 
no " outside labor ias BroWh is a 
licensed machine operator. . They 
claim that the union by picketing 
the house since Jan, 1. attempted to 
create an appearance 6t a . strike to 
force the partners to join the union. 
Schuler and Brown ask permanent 
injunction and $10«000 damages. 



Raoed Them In 

Drop -in house recently got some 
business through a modification of a 
stunt that P. T. Barnum used when 
he had his museum In New York. 
Based dn the. common appeal to 
curiosity. 

He got a husky who did not mind 
cold weather to get Into his running 
togs and race, around the block, and 
into the theatre. Almost every trip 
a few passers-by would follow him 
in to see what was up. The runner 
after a brief rest would beat it out 
of the stage doof - and repeat ' the 
trip. That , people had been attract- 
ed was made evident by questions 
asked as to when the runners would 
go on. 

Stunt is capable of many .varia- 
tions, as, for Instance, henpecked 
husband chased Into the theatre by 
a domineering wife for a domestic 
picture or. a shotgun marriage. Any- 
thing serves that will excite interest 
in the stunt and transfer this to the 
theatre. 

As BarnUm used the stunt he had 
a man and five bricks, ifour of which 
were deposited on the street, comers. 
The man went the rounds, shifting 
each brick and then passing into the 
museum. 



. Newark. 
More changes in the Warner or- 
ganization include C. C. Dooley from 
district mapager to manager of 
Fabian, patersoh, and Frank Hall 
from the Fabian to manager , of 
Clarldge, Montclalr. Robert Clark 
goes from the . Clarldge to manage. 
Royale, Bloomfleld. Dick Hill, un,- 
assigned, takes Dooley's place as 
district manager. Wlllla:m Stillnuin 
goes from Regent, Newark, to 
American. Sidney Munter goes to 
the Union, . Union, to replace Charles 
JRoblnson who goes to the Regent, 
Newark. 



Double Piinch 

Davenport, la. 
"An : Tinuaual ffd treatment.- -Was 
used by the Garden In its exploita- 
tion of 'The invisible Man.' Two 
I four-inch ads, two columns, did the 
trick, with many siniilar pics being 
susceptible to such treatment. Both 
ads backed each other, two pages 
heing used. A teaser bh one side 
was used to. outline the fact in 
straight ad presentation,, 'you can 
hear him, feel and sense him, but 
you can't see him.' The bottom of 
the ad was used to reveal the an- 
swer, 'hold this to the light and 
read the answer.' The reverse side 
of the page contained the title o^ 
th-e picture, theatre, and date, all 
type being in reverse with 
straight reading matter giving the 
answer, 'hold this to mirror.' It 
was a come and go appieal on two 
pages that got away from but few 
as It Is apparehtly new In this sec- 
tor. Composition no more than 
ordinary,, one of the ^ewcr and 
simple cockeyed stunts compositors 
are asked to do with type layouts. 



" =--r-^ "Tlosr^hgeles^ 

Arrow, downtown grind subse- 
quent run, reopened under mahage- 
ment of J. S, Randall. 



Waterbury, Conn. 
Warners' State, first run, and 
Strand,, downtown second run, op- 
erated without any advertising in 
the two largest dailies. HouHes 

(Tontfriued on page 55) 



Circus Pays 

There's a glut of circus plays in 
the ofllng, and it might be a good 
idea to start preparing now. Eveii 
if it has been used before, the tent 
lobby is surefire, and it Is easy to 
fix If the house has some old canvas. . 
1 Just a valance around the under- 
side of the marquee will go a long 

(Oonti (led on page 43) 



22 



VARIETY 



Tuesday, February 20, 1934 



BUCK FACES DEATH I 




The above drawing, one of a aeries of scenes from ''Wild Cargo" , 
was sketched from an actual "frame" of the film by the lamou, 
artist J. Clinton Shepherd. T/iere's no time for "at,lls ill « 
world full of thrills! 



After months of perilous adventure in the jungle, 
Frank Buck had his "WILD CARGO" ready to 
bring back alive to America, when bedlam broke 
loose in the thatched shelter room of the stockade 
where the animals were crated and caged. Monk- 
eys screamed! Roars arid cries pierced the air! 
King Cobra was loose! The hissing, spitting 
demon of the crawling world in whose fangs 
lurked certain death! Unarmed, his back to the 
wire and picket wall, his exit blocked by the 
hooded giants coiledrand rijady to strike, Frank 
Buck ripped off his coat and like a matador bait- 
ing an enraged bull waited for the perilous mo- 
ment when he of the Cobra would strike first. 
Why is it Nature saves her biggest thrills for 
-BuGk?^=-=--^ . ,^=^^^^^^.^..^=^^^=.. 

FRANK BUCK'S ''WILD CARGO'' 

Van Beuren Production . . RKO Radio Picture 

Directed by Armand Denis 

COMING SOON! 



Tuesday, February 20, 1934 



V4BIE1Y HOySE REVIEWS 



VARIETY 



23 



STATE, N. Y. 

<Contliiue4 trom page 18) 
of pictures and his doubles save a 
lot of vaudeville acts. 

Trio left It hard for Wills and 
Davis and they were well Into the 
turn before they were friendly with 
the hand-patters, Eventually they 
got them and the crystal reading, 
gag was the moat sustained laugh 
of the evening. 

Band of 12/ mostly cafe au lait, 
with Vallda leading, got off In noisy 
but effective fashion. Only strings 
are the piano ajid banjo. The brass 
Is not well blended, but it's pulled 
along expertly. Vallda gummed 
the workib with a song sadiy over- 
stressed, though she redeemed her- 
self later with a camp meeting bit 
that was effectively backgrounded 
by most of the girls. Later she goes 
for the trombone, trumpet and vio- 
lin for solo bits^ with the fiddle a 
bad tbird. She also mixes in one 
of the Qerry's. two dance routines 
and the crowd colild have stood a 
little hoofing on her own, Berrys 
are there with two routines, hard 
and fast, and put the. only real 
ginger into the show. 

Entire bin covers W minutes, 
with the whole show an even three 
boufs. Film is 'Gallant Lady' (SOtlv 
Cent.). Business moderate at show 
caught. Chic 

HIPP, BALTIMORE , 

Baltimore, .Feb. . IS. 

With Caucasian, . Mongolian and 
Sthloplan races represented, man- 
ag^ement. millet have gone whole 
way by adding an Indian, tonlc- 
peddler aiid Hindoo sword-swal- 
lower. As is. show Is merely a pair 
.of standard acts plus ' condensed 
band-and-ispeciallsts unit. Happier, 
audience reaction inight have been 
effected had the undersized unit, 
Blanche Calloway's Orchestra, been 
augmented into full prosram. 

Actual instances of Colored aggre- 
.gations trouplhg through as full 
programs packing no more ability, 
or entertainment value than the ciitv 
renib bunch. Each of their SOi-mlns. 
clicked handson^ely and ''made' the 
show after the sluggish start in-. 
duced by the preceders. 

Twelve-piece ork on platform, 
backed by oke Sets, dishing the fai- 
mlHac Harlem -brand of tunesmlth- 
Ing with the usual strident brass.. 
Miss Calloway whirls the baton 
just as vigorously as brother Cab 
and sockoes' on own with cooh- 
fihouted songs, 'How'm I I>eln' and 
•Growler Man.' Also does a squirm 
routine that easily got this mob. 
The 4 Blazers' display thorough 
hoofologry and challepge work and. 
later a precision routine they , did in 

flotton' Club show last year. Roy 
nd Kirk, mixed team, over impres- 
sively with Llndy, Hop patterned on 
routmie hoofed by Bed and Strugge. 
Charley Ray does oke song in hop- 
bead . character. Bandmen mainly 
supply the musical background, but 
pcore amply in two numbers of own. 

Opener, Tong Shan Troupe, stand- 
ard Chinese turn of hand-baiancing. 
rlsley, plate-spinning, and contor- 
tion and control work. Second, a 
quarter- hour of Earl La Vwe and 
Jimmy O'Brien. Latter pipes .three 
songs and straights for La Ve.re in 
sonie pallid cross-fire.. La Vere 
fingers an accordion accompaniment 
to O'Brien's chanting. Act jiever 
gets far. 

Screen . feature. 'Hips, Hips, 
Hooray' (RKO). plus Edgar Ken- 
nedy 2-reel6r, 'Grin and Bear It* 
<RKO), and Pathe clips. Biz fair 
eecond show opening day. 



FOX, BROOKLYN 

. An agreeable stage show on ex- 
hibit this week, but it could be im- 
proved with tightening, which 
would probably cut the running 
time from oiie hour flat to about 50 
minutes or so. With 10 minutes 
taken out there'd be everything to 
gain, nothing to lose. 

Alex Oumansky, in charge of the 
unitjprod.uctlon over here, with his 
missus-," Peggy, the "l>sillet. irtistress', 
is doing a fine job in spite of handi- 
caps that no. doubt exist,'. and rcr 
strictlons which make It Impossible 
to try to do a Roxy on the prem- 
ises. Withal, the Oumanskys are 
dolns a 100% better job than was 
done prior to their arrival on the 
acehe about six weeks ago. 

Much depends on the talent avail- 
able to them each week and just 
ho^ well it blends together for unit 
•purposes. The rest depends on just, 
how much anyone can. do here withr 
out the Bank of- England behind 
them. From all indications^ the Qu- 
manskys are proving good unit car- 
penters without the tools that oth- 
ers may haye. • 

The line of 24 girls is not a Roxy- 
ette line, still Peggy Oumansky has 
'Whipped them into pretty good 
shape since coming here. Her job 
must have be6n colossal and It isn't 
exactly over yet. The girls some- 
times don't seem so ambitious and 
in. a" tap routine to bade the Stone, 
team, a couple seem almost too 
tireirtb"^Tiri-Werr"feetTX?n"^^^^^^ 
however, the girls- are developing 
into a stock line of leg lifters that 
eventually should inean much to the 
sho-vVs in this spot, 

I'rixle Fripanza is on top this 
■W^cek, and Saturday- afternoon, as 
a ballet dancer and in other atti- 
tudes she clicked strongly. It's 
ahead of Miss Trixie where some 
tightening could be done, but noth- 



ROXY, N. Y. 

Current presentation stroqg on 
comedy. Clean .and wholesome, 
with/one exception, and laugh get- 
ting., The Mills, Gold and Ray pet- 
ting spree with a blonde is not al- 
together tasteful. Show as a whole, 
however, sniacks well for the family 
trade, w.hich the Roxy; has devel- 
oped the most unusual degree 
ever , seen on Broadway. Saturday 
matinee there were plenty, of -kids 
in the. well-iSlled theatre, with 'Long 
Lost Father* <(RKO) oh screen. 
. The show is rutming fast under an 
hour. That , means action is quick 
on the Roxy stage this week. Stajrt^ 
with Red Donahue, who foUowei a 
routine by the girls assisted by 
Stella Marchetti,^ a soprano. The 
girls do a bolero numb^. It's mild, 
although, the gray costumes are 
fetching. Miss Marohettl sings ah 
6ut-6f -place Neapolitan inimber. 
Spani^ or ArgMttixdan. would be 
more apropos. 

lite laugh stuff begins With Dona- 
hue and prances through Stone and' 
Lee,:, the Threie .Kitaros and dowii 
to the roughhoiiise Mills, .Gold and 
Ray trio, who have everything tbelr 
own way. 

Rube Wolf, in his fourth week, 
is building. Continues- to mix some 
gageroo with his band music, solo 
trumpets A.nd Jhelps round , out the 
entertainment neatly and unob.- 
truiBlvely. : Wolf .never . sings. He 
talks his sohgs. He possesses the 
knack, of doing. Btraight or hahdHng 
conaedy when- 'necessary,, or .-useful 
to the acts. Cmrently he pulls: a, 
neat stunt of. catching one of ihtt 
Kitaros falling from his perch. 

Stbne and Lee and Red Donahue 
look like they, might fare better 
were the band stand covered. The 
girls dress the stage for the Kitaros 
and Marchettl, but the bandwagon' 
is disconcerting for Stone and Lee. 
They get laughs easily, but would 
probably .be more effective without 
the silent gaping bandsmen: 

Fihale fiash has the girls inter- 
estingly costumed Ini dark Muske- 
teer outfits, with orange caped lin- ' 
Ing, in a fencing number. Bhah, 



ing need be disturbed in Charles 
and Helen Stone's tap dance to the 
'Poet, and Peasant' overture. It's 
a jiice little nundber and conipact, 
but the Durante impression by one 
of th* band boys preceding this is a 
little long. 

Ruth Penning, whose voice and 
diction are nothing to write home 
about, would be as well as off (con- 
sidering her audience) with-tNvo in- 
stead of threie numbers^ and those 
acrobatic chaps, the Five Gay Boys, 
shouldn't be allowed to do their 
turn twice. Routine offers nothing 
startling, best being a teeterboard 
catapult tO: a three-high catch. 

Freddie Berrens, m.c.'ing and 
leading , his band? came here with' 
the Oumanskys and seems a valu- 
able contribution to the shows. He 
acquits himself well as m;o., laylng- 
off the gush that many m.c.'s hurt 
themselves with. And his orches- 
tra is a 'sweet combination that's oh 
the job at all times., ^is week one 
of the boys does a solo effectively 
about middle of the show, 

Oumaiisky calls this show 'Ro- 
mantic Moods.' Even the Solly Ward 
act, which stanchion's for laughs,' 
has a domestic and flirtatious side 
that could come uxwler the head .of 
romance. Ward i» on i^tty long, 
too, with hia opoilng^talk hot -so' 
strong, biit the finish ut sureflre. 

Stage is attractively, though sim- 
ply,- set 'With backdrops and side 
pieces. 

Feature this week is an indie, 'En- 
lighten Thy Daughter' (Exploita-i 
tion), oii first run over here, but hot 
the type of picture that can go 
iplaces. Business below ayerage Sat? 
iirday matinee. ^'t?^*. 

PALACE, CHICAGO 

Chicago, Feb. 17. 

For a heartbreaking example of 
sloppy showmanship and annoy- 
ingly oondescendlng attitude there 
are those two ordinarily fine 'per- 
formers. Jack Haley and Benny 
Rubin. They will finish this week, 
here with ' as many enemies as 
come to see the show. 

Why two performers of -their 
standing . and admitted ability 
should proceed to kill themselves off 
by what-the-helt ivork and messy 
routine is a question that has no 
.answer.. Work such as this* would 
bO bad from- performers over from 
the Star and Garter or at an Engle- 
wood showing night, but from two 
such as Haley .and Rubin it's -niur-; 
derous and without .exeusO. 

With a world full of material 
available to them they are doing 
such stuff -as 'in the best- places 
you're skinny.' Two performers 
who have made their reputations on 
material,. they are. going out of their 
way to wander off into the blue. In 
the -most part they are stalling, de- 
spite the fact that they are on and 
off the stage throughout the ^ow. 

Entire show is "weaJc and seems 
short, although it rune the regula- 
tion 60 minutes. Haley, and Rubin 
are listed officially as separate acts, 
but to the audience they appear as 
one turn only and to the public it 
means there are only four iacts on 
this show, the others being Irene 
Vermilion, Sylvia Froos and the 
Reynolds and White novelty music 
turn. 

Miss Vermilion, opened the run- 
ning order to personal okay on her 
acrobatic and contortion, dancing^ 
but that trio of warbling femmes. is 
just & headache that'b worse . than 
^an empty stage wait. They drag 
out their numbers and sink the. act 
10 feet under, making it tOugh on 
Misig -Vermilieh to bring the ti^n 
back to normal strength. 

No change in the Reynolds and 
White burlesque musical routine. It 
is somewhat dated by this time, and 
in its present shape must pick its 
spots for best results. 

ROal and only click of the show 
was Sylvia Froos, who got out there 
and did a straightforward enter 
tainlng Job. Sang through a mike 
for a number of pop tunes, vaiylhg 
her pace from comedy to serious 
and back with a deft touch and a 
liieat set of tonsils. While the head- 
lining Haley and Rubin were coiiv- 
plaining about the fourth show that 
day. Miss Froos was out here work- 
ing three times as hard and got 
three times the response besides 
giving the audience what it had 
paid their shekels for. 

-After she got through , the audi- 
ence wouldn't let her off the stage, 
and despite the attempts of Haley to 
'dhush the mob ; they insisted on her 
coming back for. another sc>ng and 
then a speech. After that she w:ent 
along with Haley and .stooged , for 
him while he muffed laughs, despite 
air:thnt assistance. 

Rubin on his own was Just as 
bad. His 'Columbus' story with mu- 
sical effects belongs in the 1904 era 
and his forget-about-lt attitude w^as 
vexla* to this crowd. ' Didn't take 
the trouble to change his lines about 
that appendicitis operation and the 
girdle he hfis to wear. Between 
Rubin and Haley the turn muddled 
through a moth-eaten returning 
husband blackout and finished with 
arslfet'ettniiat^wa:s=sa--full-of=-TSiddish= 
that about 16 people in the audience 
undenstood it. The rest of the audi- 
ence sat there and prayed that the 
picture would soon begin. , 

Business wa.s bad at the last show dcrobatic {?als. 

Friday, .arid will get worse frr>m--n-rU^--JUbAlQ-t.hJjxg..jiAgA.. ItvAnlng lip nrifl 



week's 'Bolero.' Fablen Sevitzsky's 
orchestra plays the Kavel muslc .and 

theatre's permanent . ballet goes ; 'Vaud)».'a^tup that has been spBced 



indications. Picture Is. 'I Am Su- 
zanne' (Fox),, which has been .do 
ing well around the country. 

Loop. 



PARAMOUNT, L. A, 

Los Angeles, . Feb. .16. 
'Anson Weeks and his band, fa- 
vorite coast musical outfit through 
long assoclatioiA with the Mark 
Hopkins hotel in San Francisco and 
cc^istaht etherizing,, provide the 
current stage show at. this Fanchon 
Marco downtowner. Band, .musi 
caUy, atacfcs up oke^ biit leaves 
much to t>e desired from the pres- 
entatioin house standpoint* 

Baud has a' little better than the 
ordinary complement of soloists, 
among whom Bob Crosby and 
Frankie Saputo .are' outstanding. 
Former has a crooning 'voice sim- 
ilar to that Of his brother, JEKlhg,. 
but hardly to be compared in qual- 
ity. Saputo, -dlminuti've guitar 
Player, was the outstanding hit of 
the opening show with his ishOw- 
manly rendition of 'The Man on 
the Flying Trapese,' 'Lazy Bones' 
and 'Last Roundup.' .iSaputO sells 
his songs In excellent fashion, and 
registered a solid hit. 

A third soloist, Kay St. Ger- 
main, blues singer, is. not* so fofte. 
Her numbers today seemed -forced, 
and she lacked the necessary stajge 
presence. 

Band numbers, generally, were df 
the pop variety, with many of them 
frequently heard over the air. In- 
dividual instrumentalists and vocal- 
ists from the oiitflt acquit them-, 
selves satisfactorily. 

F&M line girls are qh twice, first 
for a one-legged curtain dance, 
'Winding up with some high kicking, 
aqd secondly for a snappy stepping 
routine, for which they are garbed 
fetchingly in black lace and silver 
gbwns. . 

Weekis -must be given part credit 
for todi^y's draV7, with balance go- 
ing to Fredric March, featured on 
soreeri in Par's 'Good Dame.' Com- 
edy and Par News complete screen 
program. Hbuse. two- thirds full at 
opening stanza. Edtoa^. 



MET, BOSTON 

Boston, .Feb. 
Metropolitan's bill ^thls ^eek 
varies from the run Of recent Stage 
fare. 'The First Little Show,' tabbed 
down to .&0: mihut.es, has the .com- 
parative novelty of blackouts, nnd 
a comedy skit along the lines of a 
dramatic sketch of oldtlme vaUdei 
Biit- the stage hasn't any great b:o. 
draw, that being 16ft to Fredric 
March and Sylvia Sidney in 'Good 
Dame.' 

Trouble with the 'Little Show' is 
that the orlginal is seen through a 
magnifying glass; in shorf,. it has 
lost most , of Its. savor; Settings 
are pleasing enough, b'ut the show 
-lacks=sock^coniedyr==^-he^few=laugh&^ 
are mild. Singing is fair, and the 
chief asset is the dancing. The 
only section to get rousing applause 
are Ray and Sunshine, oouplis of 



a faster pace. . Ed Smith gives that 
opportunity, for just ahead of the 
tab he has set a new sort of trailer 
for the town, ballyhooing next 



PALACE, N. Y. 



through the motions behind scrim, 
semi-lighted, with projection of 
trailer on transparent screen. Artija- 
tically done, and audience is worked 
up to big applause. 

Then Leonard Davis makes open- 
ing ahnouhcemcnt for 'Little Show.' 
Prologue has Hugh O'Connell as 
Silo Vance and Don English as 
police chief. Murder episode por- 
trayed as on the legit stage, O'Con- 
nell's hokum with the knives getting 
fair laughter. - 

First blackout done by , Donald 
Brian and. Lita Grey Chaplin, and 
second, by same lady, Brian and 
O'Connell; both from original show. 
Stuff was good for howls in the day 
and age of such things, but. are out 
of datei now. Too ihuch time c6n->. 
Slimed for the little e^ggUpg gar- 
nered. 

Results much better In dan«e rou- 
tlhe,c 'Man About Town.' Wally 
Coyle and Ruth Barnes got a brisk 
reception with the show gals st^ 
ping smartly in snappy costumes. 
The dance routine by same gtkls in 
the double-sex ' costumes— front, 
female, back, male — was something 
of a hit with the housei 

Miss Chaplin comes on for couple 
•of son|;s, 'with fair response. . Then 
the Tir.er Girls, four in huraber,. trip 
through their pantomfrae of what' 
they do after theatre botrcs, tbvat 
boys coming into tbelr bcdsooni at 
finish. Ifiss. Barnes, quite a lass» 
with easy maxtuMr .ajvf nice smile^ 
does , a dance special. Then the 
'StiU Alarm' episode in the -hotel 
room,, -wtth the houso below in 
flames. Donald Brian and Don Eng- 
lish are the gtieais. Hiigb^jO^nnell 
tlie fireman, bellhop is Leohu-d; 
Davis,, and Edgar Hunt, the boob. 
Lauc^s were mild. Thing hot only 
packs no: punch, but sterns mean- 
ingless. ' 

Ruth Barnes on again with Pierce 
Heame, followed' by 'what 'ought to 
be punch number, 'Moanin Low,' by. 
Miss Chaplin and Wally Coyle. Case 
of mrlsflre, though, when show was 
caught. 

Ray; and Sunshine's le^ and body 
tricks had the house on its toes^ 
duplicating the ovation given Cherry 
and June Priesser on their first ap- 
pearance here. 

Finale had the ensemble beauti- 
fully costumed iand was nicely 
staged and enacted, but was too 
routlniish to stir applause. Lihb^. 

PAR,B'KLYN 

Will Mahohey snuffs the sur- 
i^ouhding talent into' relative unim- 
portance from the angle of a cash 
customers' perspective^ That he's 
well known is indicated ' thoroughly 
by audience requests for certain of 
this comedian-dancer's specialties. 
That's tribute, and until Mahoney 
trots on, the show is just patent 
medicine ientertainment. familiarly 
concocted and ordinarily routined. 
MahOney pteks it and lays it,, not. 
do'wn, but over. 

So, with Mahoney all, or nearly 
all the works, the Par people still 
call the current offering a unit. So 
it may "be, if Judged by present pic- 
ture 'hous^ standards. It's not a 
good standard, however, and that^s 
been proved here and Is s'till being 
proved around; the cowntry. . 

Certainly unit ^ntertalnmeht must 
infer to the public that said unit 
has something more than only one 
man's singular gift.. If Mahoney' is 
that way this week it's a break for 
the house, but a. warning also. ■ 

For the overture the pit men are 
dressed- in unis along with a crew 
of' some 16 voices. Pinafore atmos- 
phere, with Roy Cropper vocalizing 
and -the pit decorated with a line of 
pennants. Typical nabe shownian- 
ship and. despoiling the' 'value of a 
de luxe orchestra in such a type of 
theatre, 

Lucille Page, pretty brunette dan- 
seuiae, features in solo work through- 
out the perfbrmance. , No announce- 
ment favors her entrance at Jtpy 
time, although she's worth If " She 
Is an exceli.eht performer, moving 
with rhythmic grace In. each of the 
three numbers performed. Without 
her the line would just lay. Miss 
Page delivers the punch and the 
pickup, not- to mention atmosphere, 
to the '.line. - , 

. The week is a hard one for Miss 
Page. At one stage of her perform- 
ance Miss. Page -w'as overheard to 
tip the pit to slow its music. ' Bad 
for ..customers, when this can .be 
heard, and seeii.. 

Anthony • Fronie, a radio tenor; 
billed as the Poet Prince, Could fare' 
better were: he spotted between the 
first ensemble number that includes 
Miss Page and the following Will 
Mahoney piece. Mahoney, when 
caught, was recalled a.', couple of 
times for extras. 

First line routine after. the over- 
ture has- the girls in Pinafo re sailor 
costumes. Later they wear a' re- 
verslbie costume, one side of tvhlch 
Is trl-colorcd Jn stripes .and bares 
part of 'the. body, other side cover- 
Jng-^alI-='With=a-dummy--effect-.^Not- 
bad. 

Tlie la.st number, supposedly 
Spanl.Hh, ha.« the glrl.s In long trans- 
parent dre.sses with upper lace bod- 
ices of a dark brown effect. Okay, 
-hut .bar dly_:,^irri n g. Stagi^end ru n s. 
around 65 ininutes. 

'Bolero'; (Par) is the .screen at- 
traction, plus Par newsreel and a 
short. Shan. 



ifi 'All of TJa' (Par) is' i«rithout an 
item to arouse a glimmer of f^og-* 
nition in the marquee pasiperby^ . 
Mixture that greeted the. customers 
at Friday's . evening session mstde a 

mildly entertaining time of it. Bill« : 
nevertheless, had its bright mo" 
ments. Most of them were, fur- 
nished by a hillbilly affair, the Ra- 
dio Rubes. Four acts showed /for 
the event. The fifth, Pete, Peaches 
and Duke, Spotted for the deuce - 
inning, was a late choice to atohe 
for a. booker's boner and w'as ex- 
pected to be oh hand for at least 
the .day^s final showing.,. 

For: tiie Opening there's a quiet 
little acrobatic act, the Emerald 
Sisters. The trio engage in some 
near diverting nursery^ highjinks, 
with pratt falls and' cartwbeeM 
counted among the speciaitteB. - 

The Radio Rubes took .the next 
Slot and proved tfaemselviee fin ex-, 
ceptionally entertalnliig. inm ot the 
hillbilty category. Foursome deliv- 
ered heaps of corking harmony, 
tickled the payee's fitncy . for oral 
sound effects and spiced it ' all up- 
with comedy of an authentic sort. 
Sendoffi. accorded them was enough 
to stop the pitmen from proceeding 
with the act tollowihg> Medley and 
Duprey. 

! With the M. A D. combination the 
:excitement continued, bat most of 
it Jwa^ confined to the . stage itself. 
Medley id still depending t<wt bis re- 
turns on the ei^loeion of fireerack- 
erb. -and cartri^ea amd the clatter 
of knojks aiid boHs. .Also- on- -his 
stooge 'With the 4Al8omlned> pan. 

The- Ingenues took 22 minutes to 
shdv off a carload of Instrum'ehts 
and some fetching novelties. ^w6'. 
opening samples of dansapiEition had 
smooth going on the -ear, but the 
interludes in which all .the girls 
played the. same inistEument would 
have shaped up better had there not 
been so many them. Dancing' 
specialties, registered nicely; and thia 
military band concept gives the act 
an effective fihisb. . 

Business was around a'veragre. 

OHec 



CENTURY, BALTO 

Baltimore^ Feb. 16>. 
It's , a b. o. bonanm -of such rare, 
proportiohs that this mngecmariched 
in first ..show os^ning dav to t» 
promptly relegated to ishejrs. top- 
rung and felt as out-of-'ptace as an 
Eskimo lolling on the sand, at Palm 
Beach. There mli^t have- been, a 
couple of other men present,- bvit 
they 'weren't ' within -focaa of '.mob 
Of S,t09 femmes rubMoig. tbi^raftera^ 
for a gander at Clark GaWri (^ew 
Acts) ia a 9-min. parade that 'elic- 
ited a gale of lafls. It's an Inf orniaL 
skUlfuIIy desijgned bit of biz that 
presents Gable . In manner the gals 
wish to see him, and' it' sookoed. 
Misa Tucker McGulre lends adept 
support. 

Flanking the Gable turn id a nice 
layout of entertaining - Variety. In 
third, Rltz Bros, regale with 13 
minutes of foolery ttattfd' faappily 
different from what trios of mal» . 
hoofers have been dosing aiidiences^ 
with of. late; They entrance In 
gladiatorial toggery for some -zany 
comedy, that termlnatea Ih hoke s. 
and d. Traveler unfurls and pair 
of the boys romp through ^hat old 
travesty bit of jekylI-Hydi» with 
Frankenstein that ends ; oa . note ot 
pansy imitation. JSoyh hasre inject- 
ed more roundness, into piecO than 
other turns using same, and drain 
last drop of humor from it. For 
close, step down to '4m& tmd seri- 
ously stomp 'Tigtr Rag.' flagged 
acclaim and- introduced nlf tlck «n- 
core with burlesqued version oC 
Fmll Janhings. Rockefeller and J. 
Barrymore hoofing the Charleston. 

In deuce. Welcome JjowiB whams 
with 11 mins. of songfest. A .looker, 
and ■ extremely well turned obt in 
shimmering white gown, sho pipes 
trio of well orchestrated numbers 
into mike; outstander, an Infec- 
tuoiis rendition of •Gabriel's Horn.' 
Carries pleasing accompaniment, 
trio, piano, flddto, guitar. .< . Always 
fay in this town and had to beg to 
get oft.- 

Hoiiey Troupe closed, fast acro 
turn .comprising 3 men, ■ 3. femmes. 
Run a gamut of tumbling, mrramtd- 
Ing, somersaulting, and teeterboard-. 
ing." 

.Bill's curtaln-parter, Gracella and 
Theodore, pack .wad of flash and. 
Color bMt not enough terp versatil- 
ity: Sandwiched 'tween name team's 
routines. May Q'Deil and Johnny 
MiDiore chanl a duet - Of Romberg's 
'Serenade' in. 1890 cOstumery. The' 
two full-s.tage sets used are good. 

Screen feature, ''you '-Can't Buy 
Everything' (MG). 



Curtiz Sticks on 'Key' 

Hollywood, Feb. 19.. 
-Michael Curtiz, who took over di- 
rection, of "The Key* at. Warners 
because of the lllncs.s of Archie 
-Mayo. gQC J through,j^»lth_t h e^p.ij;j_^. __ 
Mayo, improving, will be spotted 
later. 



iles . Leaves. .Lasky 

pH:*j}lj'w6odx.-JE'.eb.. 



John Miles, who has been Jesse 
L. La sky '.s p. a. at the Fox studio, 
resigned Saturday. 



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Tuesday, Fcbriuury 20, 1934:; 




BUCK LASSOS MANJ^TER! 




In his great picture ''Bring *Em Back Alive'; Frank Buck 
cave spell-bound audiences their first sight of the jun^e at 
>yar with itself i with its thrilling fights and survival of the 
strongest. In "Wild Cargo." his latest adventure, he now 
shows the jungle at w^r with Man. Not the war of guns and 
cruelty but the battle of wits between Man and his cunning 
antagonists. There are thrills aplenty in this new film and 
wildly excitinjg surprises, such as the time when Buck had 
to saw off the tre^ limb on which a black panther perched and 
another time when after trapping a tiger found tMt he had 
to descend into the pit and lasso the man-eater* Nature, it 
seemsrconspired to save her biggest thriUs for 



FRANK BUCK'S "WILD CARGO" 



irz:ii:a!he^QX«tgtai*ic:drawjn«^^ 

Cartto".flkctched from en actual "Ifime"^ ofthc film the Attpsu* 



COMING SOON! 



ia!he^QX«tgtai*ic:3rawjn«j»0MW^ 

CarBo",flkctched from an actual "Ifame'^ ofthc film Iry the ftttwu* 
artist J;..Clihton>Shfcpherd. There's no time for "sUlh in a 
wotm-iisllolthrilial' 



Tacgday». February, gO, 1934 



PICTURES 



VARIETY 



25 



Film Reviews 



Carolina 

(Continued from: page 14) 
Fair* -for Janet. Gay nibr and 



the 



Qtherd. StiU, posseBSlng merit ap- 
oreclai)ly above the average. In cast 
performtincetf. If not stofjtrand ac- 
tion development, •Carolina' points 
to belhg a profltaWe grosser. 

It has sevdral factors In Its favor. 
Down South it Is a natural for the 
box office. Add thAt to the fact that 
MiBB Gaynor has always been fa- 
vored In Dixie, and the comblhation 
spells strong returns from that piart 
of the country. 

The first half of 'Carolina' ia much 
stronger than the rest. As the. final 
reel Is arrived at, the picture begins 
to lessen "'In impact, taking on. an 
Horatio Alger complex and tables 
turning' that is mqre Actional in 
nature than what has preceded. 

Throughout, however, there Is a 
pretty definite stralln of story treat- 
ment thia-t overdoes the pattern 
sought after. "While Oouel l^flirry^ 
more carflT'iahd: a. qii8}rter f or some 
tobacco a'ila the household is with- 
out coffee, other luxuries are in- 
dulged in, not the least Of which Is 
entertaining a girl better fixed than 
the Connellys: ^ ' 

In deportment and in taste the 
Connelly clan may be- properly liv 
ing up to the glories of an aristo 
cratically proud past, but In .actual 
dress and other ways the story falls 
to explain Itself. 

Miss Gaynpr matches h6r talents 
Impressively with Barrymore and 
Henrietta -Crosmani both of whom 
rise above the . dialog provided them 
as folks who are proud of the past, 
resentful of the present a,nd . f eairful 
of the future. She la the daughter 
of a Pennsylvania f?^rmer who has 
died on a farm belonging to the Con.- 
n'ellys, a project, on a sharing basis 
with the Connelly's, that is placed 
on a hopeful basis by the time Con- 
nelly ' snobbishness ejects her to 
bilk a romande Joining the twO 
households. • 

' Woven into the pattern of this ro 
m&nce between Misd Gayiior and 
Robert Young, heir to the Connelly 
pride and tradition, are fragments 
of a romance similarly broken up 
for Bob Connelly by his ha«Shty 
sister (Miss Crosman), Barrymore 
plays a vet of the Civil War who has 
fallen to love of liquor and, under 
doubtful mental balance, to disturb- 
ing memories of the love of younger 
days in which his sister interfered. 

While the Connelly's and the ac- 
tion around them are Btrlptly inter- 
pretatiye of a fading south, the 
manner In which the scensuio han- 
dles the qiiiestlon of the Civil "War 
and "rahkees Is such ael to invite no 
ill feelliiff anywhere, below or above 
the Mason Dixon lipe. 

A representative number of proc- 
ess shots are included for back- 
ground, principally of tobacco fields, 
harvesting of the strong weed and 
cigaret manufacture. Much of this 
arrives In the final Alger-like reel, 
which skips a few years to bring out 
the startling results of the Gaynor^ 
Young union of northern and 
southern blood in the sphere of.tor 
bacco raising and, with it, restora- 
tion of the House of Connelly to its 
once proud and supercilious state. 

Stepin Fetchit carries the burden 
of comedy. He's still funny In ac- 
tion, but continues to be as inco- 
herent In speech. Bad timing on 
laughs injures some Of his oppor- 
tunities. Char. 



BOLERO 

Panunount prodactlon . apd release, atar- 
I'tnjr O«orse Baft and Bub-bllUtiff Carole 
lAmbard, ' SaUr Rand and Frances Drake. 
Dlrctad by Wesley Rugglea. Produced by 
Benjaniii^ .aiaser. Carey Wilson and Kubec 
Olaamon story baaed on Ideai of Rutb Rld- 
enonr and adapted by Horace Jacksoii. 
PtaofOKraphy,. lieo. Toyer. At Paramiiunt, 
New York, week Feb, 1$. -Running time, 
8S mins. 

gaoul J)e Bafere. . ; . . Gebree iRaft 

Helen ..... . . ... .Garble Lombard 

Annette i , . . , sally JRand 

U»ona .Frances Drake 

Mike De . Baere... . . . . f . . . .William Frawley 

Lord Coray. * , . . % . . ; , ..; . .Raymond .Milland 

liucy . . , .... .gioria Shea 

liady . . , .:, . , , , ; , .Gertrude Irbael 



LES MISERABLES 

(In Three Seetione) 
(FRENCH MADE) 

Paris, Fdb. 9. 



*Bolero' is a studio conference 
product. By which is meant the 
picture has been laden with lots of 
so-called surefire elements and pro- 
duction values. Oh paper the idea 
probably was good. On the screen, 
especially as consuming 83 minutes, 
it's a little enervating. Charact^rT 
Izatlon is notably weak throughout. 
Por the box ofllce, despite efforts 
and some success toward rigging 
the production for sex appeal, the 
picture Is . not promising.- 
. George Raft playis a dancer .with 
a profound self-confidence which 
leads him . from; a HOboken honky- 
tonk to success in tlie peerage -par 
tronlzed resorts, of lidndoh and Paris 
before the war^ Enroute he does 
yeomen duty as a gigolo. But he 
refuses to love or be. levied . by a 
series of women who cluster around 
him. He enlists iat the break of war 
as a publicity atiint, thinking the 
conflict will be over in two weieks. 
Pour years later both , the war and 
the dancer are through. He expires 
after his first number when tryihg 
a post-bellum comeback. 
, Carole Liombard is the last of his 
dancing partners and his only love. 
She winds up as the wife of an Eng- 
lish baron,: but pinch -hits at the 
comeback try when the new part- 
ner, Sally Rand, shows up drunk; 

It's ia Joan Crawfordlsh sOrt of 
1*010, minus stax^hng, for Miss' L.om- 
bard. AU. things weighed; she .is 
not too improbable as a pre-war 
Irene Cattle. Thosie .1910-1914 cos- 
tumes are tastefully revived. and the 
ultra gowning is surely one of the 
picture's strongest assets. Art di- 
rection of Hans Dreier and Ernst 
Fegte Isi authentic, imaginative and 
arritstlng . throughout .and a prime 
contribution to the picture. 

Story Is laugh-shy .and. tends to 
be a series, of incidents without 
climaxes of any dramatic voltage. 
William Frawley as Raft's half 
brother and manager sneaks In a 
few giggles, but in general the mood 
is serious and in the effort to keep 
Raft sympathetic the conceit angle 
is played down rather than up. 
Motivation lis hot brought out. nor 
are there any clear-cut conflicts be- 
tween the character^'. It's all pretty 
dilatory and unlntegrated.- . Story, 
lap-dissolves through the world war 
from the first patriotic frenzy to the 
chimes of armistice in sl^ minutes 
flat. 

Frances Drake' as the most tem- 
pestuous' of Raft's lady friends 
stands out for pergonal attention on 
performance. Frawley's quitt com- 
petence is also notable. Raft and 
Lombard puffer from a slight In- 
credulity. 

Sally Rand waving fans that lOok 
$1,000 a piece' and given plenty of 
production class Is a selling point 
for the' picture. Worid's Fair dancer 
is showing plenty of box ofilce right 
now on her personal appearances so 
her presence In this picture should 
mean something. Her speaking part 
is not large, but she handles It okay. 

Apart from the rambling, land 
punchless story the production has 
an amplitude of big time style. Not 
a bad picture, of courise, but con 
tainihg some bad guessing. It 
hinges a good deal on Raft's popu 
larity with the women. Land. 



showing to convey the suggestion 
that It's hot, hot stuff. Not likely 
to draw eyea at that. 

In its present form there Is only 
one sequence which yields what the 
average patron experts to see.. This 
Is a wild party .where a crap game 
for wearing apparel is followed by 
a . semi-hudO bathing, dip which 
brings the police at the behest of 
one of the other tenants. . In the 
origrlnal. the raid followed the strip 
poker game, which left little to the 
imagination. ' 

Similarly the big situation comes ' 
at another party to which the hero- 
inie has been urged to come to en- 
tertain a prospective big customer 
of her lover's firm. This is the 
illogical substitute tot the original 
situation in a brothel (cribbed from 
To Day')' In which the. amorous 
custoxher turns out to be the .girl's 
own father. (It was; his wife, in 
the stage play). 

The developmfent of the early 
episodes is sketchy and fragmen- 
tary, with the seduction bits; 
among the highlights of the orig- 
inal, toned down to the point of 
mildnesEl; The director . apparently 
worked with one dye on the censors 
and the other oh the box. office, 
with astigmatism resulting. 

Helen Foster is. very pretty, but 
not very strong as the heroine with 
Nell O'Day in to give the color, and 
spirits the lead cannot very well 
show without losing sympathy, 
such as it is. Glen Boles is a likable 
kid who gives the girl her flrst 
turn along the primrose path with 
Paul Page less successful as the 
miore practised wooer. Other parts 
are well sustained. 

The photography Is an unusually 
good Job for an independent ' pro- 
ducer and the sound is equally 
good. Several songs are Introduced 
in . a road house sequence. Tech 
nically, except for the development 
of the story, this . Is an unusually 
good indie job from all angles. 
Still ifs question whether it wiU 
have a much, easier path with the! 
censors, and more questionable 
whether it makes any :money. 

Chic, 



physician, experiences no such 
fate for opposite reasons. 

Impending motherhood that ends 
in suWide Is naturally a part of the 
story, ' parents of the girl In the end 
thinking out loud about their mis- 
takes and blindness. It's all pretty 
elemental. Char. 

Meanett Gal in Town 

Radio production and t^lease. Directed 
by Rusaei: Mack. Screen play by Richard 
Schayer. Russell Hack and H. W. Hane- 
mann. Story by Arthur Herman. Oast Inr 
clud^ ZasU Pitta, El Brendel. Pert Kel- 
ton, James Gleaaon, Skeets Gallagher. Pho- 
togro'pHed by J. Roy Hunt. At Alboe, 
Brooklyn, week Feb. IC. Bunnlnj time, «J 
mIns. 



TRAPEZE 



(QEflMAN MADE) 

'Harmonie production. Protex version 
production oP i«1ease In IT. S. Stars Anna 
Sten and features Relnhold, WoMbrucfck. 
Direction E. A, Dupont; scenario. Altred 
Machard: adaptation. Rudolf Katscher and 
Egon Els; ■ photography, Prledel Behn- 
Grund. and . Akos. Farkas: musical score, 
Artheur Guttmann and .Walter Jurtnann. 
At the Little Carnegie. N. T. week Feb. 
16. Runhing.'tlme- fift .mins. 



ven if Radio had kept this One 
d()wn to a twOr-reeler there wouldn't 
have been enough laugh potentiali- 
ties to Justify the effort. Gathered 
together! for the telling of .a wobbly 
confected yarn is a capable group 
of comics. Situations, and lines 
make it tough for them.' 

Narrative pairs Zasu -Pitts with 
El Brendel and Janies Gleiason with 
Pert kelton. ..Skeets ' Gallaerher 
functions as a; traveling salesman, 
but with little humor to spice up the 
verbal flow. Background Is a small 
town with Brendel the town biarber 
and Miss Pitts the proprietor of 
a dry goods shop. 

, Into the scene comes Pert Kelton, 
prime donnei of a! stranded show 
troupe, who promotes herself into 
Brendel's tonsoiorlum as. the hianl 
curist. There are the Inevitable mis 
iinderstandlngs between Brendel icind 
Miss Pitts . ias thei result of the mahi- 
curlst . Intrusion. During the break 
Miss Plttis Is talked Into- Joining a 
store syndicate and In due., time 
she's hornswoggled out of her em 
poriuni. Brendel, however, gets It 
back for her. 

In an effort to pulmotor the anti- 
climax Into some semblance of life, 
the action goes rough with a holdup, 
a kidnapping and a cop chase. 

Odec. 



is is the : first German picture 
in. whicli- Anna Steti came to atten- 
tion. Shown . here a bit- less than 
two years ago in. its. orlgiMll Ger- 
man, It now bows in with a dubbed 
English . sound: track; made in New 
York. Picture is none too good for 
Miss Sten, but. it ought to be <tbie to 
pick np some coin on strength of 
the big campaig n bel njg given the 
star by Sam Goldwyn^ 

Coming at this time, almost simul- 
taneously with the Sten release in 
'Nana,* it's eomewhat .problematic 
what the effect will be. Miss Sten 
in anything would probably draw 
at this time. It won't, hurt 
•Nana' or.Goldwyn, It wiU become 
quite evident to the casual observer 
of this film that Miss Steh is a be- 
witchinig femme with lots Of ' screen 
appeal. It will also be quite im- 
mediately evident, even tb. the . lay 
mind, that she. doesn't . get half a 
Chance in this picture and that she 
ought to be mubh better in a regular 
Hollywood-made production. 

'Trapeze' Is A. E. Dupoht's first 
German talker. It's a good deal re- 
mindful of Diipont's silent . "Variety' 
and overdose angle ' photoi^phy. 
Also it's much too slow. .But It has 
some nice 'Vfurlations of the triangle 
theme and some gprand circus stuff. 
Fact that It was shoTtrn around in 
German probably won't hiiirt be- 
cause the selling app^lnow is to a 
different clientele.. Perhaps title 
should be switched back to It's orig- 
inal German, 'Salto Mortale.' Kauf. 



RED ENSlCN 

(BRITISH MADE) 

Gaumont-Brltlsb production, directed by 
Micliaei PowelU In cast: Leslie Banks, 
Frank Vosper, Carol Ooodner. Alfred 
Drayton, Dotiald Calthrop and others.: Run- 
ning time, 65 mlns. Previewed Prince Ed- 
ward theatre, I<ondon, Feb. 2. 



Pathe-Natan production and release, 
basied - on .Victor Huso noyel. Produced by 
- Raymond -Bernard, - with Harry Baur as 
Jean Valjean and Charles Dwllln, Florelle. 
Oraue Demazis and Ifax Dearly In large 
9upport[ng cast. :— Mijslo by Honnegger. In 
three parta: total running time, 6 hours 
15 minutes. First part opening Feb. 0 
at Paramount, Paris. 



In the U. $. "Warners la worrying 
about 'Anthony, Adverse' and Blip 
posed to be considering maklng^ It 
in several sections. From that 
standpoint, this picture, running, 
over six hours and In threei' sections, 
is ah experiment worth watching. 

Educational Value, may .give- this 
picture a chance In highbrow houses 
If anyone has nerve enough to try 
It. Picture is heavy ajad slow, fol 
lowing book cloSely. Relatively 
little dialogue and lots . of ponder- 
ous gesture, in best French manner. 
Remarkably good technically, for a 
French-made, and acting marvel 
ous, with virtually all-star French 
cast. 

Due for good business here, be 
cause .of title, which also may help 
, pyercom e . te rribl e,, le n gth ::, obstac!e 
for America, 

Three parts will open successively 
In three leading Paris houses (sec- 
ond at Marlvaux Friday (16) and 
third at Marigrtan a week later) 
. -SLWA JP.arrypj®rs seem_,certaln, 
entire film will be showing al one' 
time on three screens. Naborhoods 
will take three parts In three sue 
cesslve weeks for each theatre. In 
inviviin'os Avill open in two theatres 
at a time. Stern. 



ROAD TO RUIN 

(WITH iSONQS) 

Willis Kent production and First Divl: 
slon releasie. Stars . Helen 'Foster. No 
ci^ts. Cast: Nell O'Day, Glen Boles, 
Paul Page, Virginia True Bbardman, Rich- 
ard Tucker. At the Cameo, N. T., startlns 
Feb. 17. RunnfiiBr time 62:mlns.' 

About 1928 ■Willis Kent made 
silent version of this picture fol- 
lowing a number of similar, producr 
tions most of .which, like this, were 
states -righted and toured for .show 
Ing to inen iand women in sepiarate 
audiences. The picture had a; vica- 
rious career with . plenty of censor 
trouble. Not - always convincing the 
arbiters that the picture taught a 
great moral lesson. In the original 
production the action was crude 
and hotly sexed. For some reason 
the same producer has seen fit to 
spend considerable coin in a talk- 
ing version of the story, denatured 
iand with the action greatly re 

It's still the same story of ) 
=yoang^^"Seiroolglrl"'"wha""passed"?'from7 
an affair with a schoolfellow to the 
clutches of a more sophisticated 
rounder who resorts to an abor 
tionist. She dies as the result of 
the operation. Now it's Up for gen- 
eral shOWm"g~1rat-^wlth--the-'^8elf 
Imposed proviso that It Is not to be 
shown to those under 18; follow- 
ing the one-time Chicago custom 
of voluntarily 'plnklnff' pictures the 
police did not restrict to adult 



Frankly a, propagianda picture for 
encouragement of. trade, revival, 
with Scotttcih Shipyard for .locale. 
Story centers, on courage and' de- 
termination of a . shipping director 
to make work in his yards at all 
costs. 

Some fine shots of Clydebank 
shipping, and sincere, and obvious 
motive behind screening, should ap- 
peal to most^-^speclally factory or 
work-yard towns, where depression 
has .hit hardest. . ' 

Splendid cast more than does Jue-. 
tice tio the production, with Ledlle 
Banks natural and convincing In th€ 
leading role. 



Enlighten lliy Daughter 

Robert Mintz prOduotlon and Sxploltation 
Pictures release. I^satures Herbert ItawUn- 
son, Beth Barton, Cbartes IjDaton, Clalte 
Wliltney, lldmund IfacDpnaM. Ara Gerald, 
and Miriam Battlsts. . Story by Iru Abram- 
son. ' Adaptation by ArtJinr Hoarl. Addi- 
tional dialog by B(>b Lively and Betty Laid, 
law. Musical score by iLou Heractaar. At 
Fox, Brooklyn, week Fefb. 16. Running 
time. 70 mlns. 

Dr. Richard Stevens. , .. .Herbert Rawllnson- 

Ruth Stevens BetJi Barton 

David Stevens Charles Baton 

Alice Stevens.. Claire Wbltney 

Gerald Wlnthrop .EdmUnd Hao_SQnald 

Daniel Stevens RDssell Hicks 

Ethel Stevens.... ', .;Ara Gerald 

UUian Stevens. lUrlam Battlsta 

Stanley Jordan. .Jack Arnold 

Margie. Eunice Reed 

Wea ........Wesley Barry 

Mrs. Crosby. .". Audrey Maple 

Mrs. Grainger:.... ...,lilUiaB Walker 

Dr. Palmer Robert Hhnmett Keane 



Slow, pohdeirouBly told story -of 
parental neglect, nothing new for 
pictures or for the masses. "En 
lighten Thy Daughter* is a remake 
of a silent produced in 1917 by Ivan 
Abramson, author of the story; 

Picture was turned out In the east 
with a <}ast rounded up In New York 
headed by Herbert RawUnson and 
including numerous others wihose 
nanies on a markee will mean ieven 
less than' Hawlinson's. Nearly all of 
the performances are shabby and 
frequently the iaound track appears 
out of line with the action; In sev 
eral Instances, prlhclpally- with 
Miriiam Battlsta, who has a large 
assignment; the recorded words do 
not seem to' match the Hp action. 

In'' addition to being a story of 
doubtful appeal, It trudges along at 
snail's pace without benefit of dia 
log to maintain adult Interest. Much 
of the action and dialog centers 
around the juvenile doings of peo 
pie in their 'teens who aren't very 
clever in carrying out the provisions 
of the script, whatever its condl 
:tionT=T-itlel-Thay-Hhelp^t.;the.^b.o..^==^ 
In settings and photography the 
picture draws a higher rating than 
in other' respects, the -.producers 
having been careful to Invest their 
property with backgrounds that are 

better-than-average-^for-indIe.s^ 

Story concerns two fatnilies and 
a daughter In each. The one, whose 
father Is a professional reformer, 
comes to grief because of parenta' 
nogleot, while the othT, daughter of 



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Tuesday, February 20, 1934 



THE NIGHT WAS 
MADE FOR LOVE! 




love »"S.iJH<Sk me back to our 
it pojitiveiy JooK, '".L-i picture 

^'"^''"Ue ^ i« 5^ gay and 
ever >n >o^«a„a those Jc?^^" 




Tuesday, February 20, 1934 



PICT 



E S 



VARIETY 



27 



Harry Friedman Snags 
Comedy for Todd-KeUy| 

HoUywopd, Feb. 19. 

Harry Friedman has worked, out 
'hi^ flrsfstory idea at Roach, a two- 
reeler: laid In a" hospital for Thelina 
Todd and Patsy Kelly. , 

Bamona Bergere oollabed on the' 
■yarn. 



Steal Theatre Safe 



Sigmiind. Weltner Dies 

.Slgmund Weltner, ii, pioneer New 
York . and Brooklyii exhibitor, died 
Saturday (17) in Harbor hospital, 
N. T., as result of injuries sus- 
tained when he slipped .on the ice 
and hurt his . skull ThUraday (IB), 
jie. wao active as manager of four 
SIkouras houses in Astoria, Xi< I>> at 
the time of death. 
' Weltner, born in Hungary, was a 
'J>lfe,-l6ng friend of Adolph Zukpr and 
wM the ■f a.ther of . George Weltner, 
assistant to John W. Hicks, y. p. of 
.Paramoiiht International. 

'Lottery Lover' Up Again 

Hollywood, 

Fox's 'iiOttery LtOver* is up ag^lh 
for production with Mar. 19 now set 
'as a starting : date. 

Tiilian Harvey and Leiw Ayres will 
1)6. co-starred In; the flrni with Al 
Bockett supervising. . 



MlnnisapollSi Feb. tt. 
Burglars who smashed thelf way 
into the Parkway, local neighbor- 
hood house, carried away Its large 
safe from the second ilopr office,, 
loaded it onto a truck aiid carted it 
to .a suburb where they chiseled it 
open, and appropriated the 1600; con- 
tents. The safe door, ripped off, was- 
found on a highway leading to the 
suburb. A policeman making his 
rounds discovered the burglary. 

The safe, three and one-half feet 
square, apparently .was slid on 
plankd down a stairway to the main 
llopr, theh wheeled through, the s^v- 
ditorium and out the rear door. 



Beatty Thriller Away 

Hollywood,. 

'Lost Jungle,* first of Mascot's 
^new quartet of serials, goes into 
rWork today (Mon.) with Dave Hbw- 
"axd anid Armand Schaeffer co-di 
recting. 

Cyde Beatty heads the cast for" the' 
animal thriller. 



B&K Takes Chi Loop 
Garrick for 40c^ Fix 

Chicago, Feb. 19, 
Balaban & Katz has taken ':byer 
the loop leirit Garrick and will send 
it iiito pictures. Makes it the firm's 
flrist loop second-run. theatre and 
brings its loop total to six. Deal Is 
reported on a rental of $"25,000 an- 
nually plus a small percentage. 

House is slated to play in 'B' week 
of release at 40c top. This Is the 
same scale and release beihg:estab 
llshed for the new jpolicy .at the 
State^I^ake theatre under the Jonesi 
.liinick. & Schtiefer battle, which 
meaiis that there will be a battle 
between the B.& K. Garrick and the 
Jones State-Lake for the best avail 
able 'B' release product. 



:bas. staixs <LOANiNa' 

Hollywood, Feb. 12. 
Paramount hais called Off produC' 
4;ion on .'Green Loaning,' from a 
,r«(tory by A. J. Cronin, resulting; In 
.r^tlie temporary suspension of nego 
f.tlatlons . f or Charles Blckford on a 
"term contract. 



Pigskinners Repeat 

Hollywood, Feb. 19. 
After finishing one Pete Smith 
sportshort with pro football plays 
as executed by the Chicago Beard, 
I Metro decided the grldders should 
[make a pair of the single reelers. 

Second short, was made before 
I the Bears left for Sari Francisco 
Biay McCarey directed, Jack Ciim- 
mihgs producing. 




BEH BLUB 

VfABNEB BBOS. COMEDIES 
Dir. JOE RIVKIN 
LEO M0BRI80N. Agenof 



<Red Man' Script In 

Hollywood, Feb. .19. 
Completing the script of 'Jungle 
Red Man,' Harold Noice and Jack 
Neville are out of the Metro 
scenario department. 

Former will be recalled, however, 
;to .accompany the unit that makes 
the picture when it goes on location 
to Brazil, in about two months. 



COAST BOOTHMEN 
WANT 20-35% PAY RISE 

Los Angeles, Feb. 
Serving notice of increased wage 
demands on approximately BO indie 
exhibs in the Los Angeles territory, 
Fmpire Projectionists Union, Inc., 
and Clnemagraphical Association 
(colored operators' body) are ask- 
ing pay increases ranging from 20% 
to .36%. 

Demands aro based on an inter- 
pretation of the NBA code made by 
Sol A. Riosenblatt that wages for 
projecticihists under the new setup 
would be the wage scale in effect 
on Aug. 23 last, in theatres employ- 
ing men iei,fniiated with the A.P. of L. 

For the past several years projec- 
tionists not afnUated with Operator^; 
local, 150, lATSB, have been pro- 
yiding their services for booth work 
to various' indie exhibs at weekly 
wages as loW a.s $20, and In other 
cases at' $30 oir $35 top. New de- 
m^ds are that wages for Empire 
members be established on a. parity 
with lATSE projectionists, with a 
minimum weekly wage ^of $43 for 
seven days in the da^ arid rilght 
nabe houses, and $49 for a full seven 
days in 400-seaters In the down 
town area.. 

Colored operators' body, uhafUli- 
ated; has' a membership of nine, all 
employed in colored pic houses 
along Central avenue here. Men 
have been drawing down $.20 or $25 
per week. Demand was served on 
theatre operators last week that the 
booth men want $1.26 per hour, witlj 
a maximum 40-hour week, Color^ 
projectionists are prepared to stand 
pat on their demands. 



Ties Casey Robinson 



Hollywood, Feb, 19. 
Option on contract of Casey Rob- 
inson has been exercised by Charles 
R. Rogers for an additional period. 

TlckiBt calls for Robinson to either 
write or direct for Rogers, 



Iowa's Amus. Tax Bill 

Pes Moines, la., Feb. 19. 

The senate has passed a tax bill 
that will hit amusements In the 
form of a corporation tax of 2% 
on net income and with the patron 
to pay under a retail sales tax di- 
vision, amusements to bie nickeid 
2% % under title of amusements and 
athletic contests, 

Retail sales tax due to. become et 
fectlve April 1 and will expire au 
tomatically June 80, 193S. 



Bronc Serial Eased 

Out Levine*s I^.R. Pic 

Hollywood, Feb. 19. 
Nat LeviniB has changed the line- 
up for Mascot's fpur serials for this 
season, eliminating the projected 
railroad feature and substituting a 
western. 

Ford Beebe lias been engaged to 
write and direct the western,, as yet 
untitled. Other trio . are 'Lost 
Jungle,' wild animal pic featuring 
Clyde Beatty, about whom the tale 
is spun, now being readied for 
March 1 production; 'Burn 'Em tip 
Barneis,' a speedway yarn, and "the 
Rex-Rinty horse and dog serial now 
titled 'Law of the Wild.' 



SPLilRGE INDIE, HANSOr 
STARTED BY HOFFMAN 

Hollywood, Peb. 19. 

M. H. Hoffman started production 
last week ph his Liberty production, 
No Ransom,' with one of thd 
strongest casts rounded up by an 
Independent producer In several 
years. Players include Leila Hyams, 
Phiilips Holmes, Jack La Rue* Rob-, 
ert McWadej Hedda Hopper, Vinco 
Barnett arid Eddie Nugent. Albert 
De Mund adapted from Damon 
Runyoh yarn, and Fred Newmeyer 
is directing. 

Producer changed the .title from 
The Quitter' after another Inde- 
pendent producer had nabbed 
'(iuitter' for a picture recently 
finished. 



Figlit F-WC Ruling 

Los Angeles, 19. 
Bankruptcy trustees of Fox-West 
Coast have taken ah appeal to the 
state Circuit Court of Appeals oh 
a decl.sibri hande'd down last week 
by Superior Court Judge William 
P. James, in which th^ jurist re- 
versed a ruling of SamUel W. Mc 
Nabb, referee In bankruptcy, as to 
ownership of equipment In the Crl 
terlori, downtown. 

Referee McNabb ruled that the 
equipment In the . former circuit 
house, which reverted to T. L. Tal- 
ley when the trustees disclaimed 
the l^ase some months ago, be- 
longed to the bankrupt estate 
Judge James took an opposite view 
and . the case now goes to appeal. 



For Sylvia Sidney 

Hollywood, Feb. 19. 
Paramount has bought 'One Way 
Ticket,' magazine story by Ethel 
Turner. 

It's for B. P. Schulberg produc 
tlon with Sylvia Sidney starred. 



Chi Allied Election 

Chicago, Feb, 19. 
Local branch of Allied .wHl : hold. 
It- annual election of oflEicers this 
Friday (23). Slate of four officials 
and 15 directors up for voting. 

No. question that Aaron Saper- 
steln, present Incumbent, will be 
re-elected to ijpresidency. 
Though not so certain, likely that 
entire present slate - will ' firo back 
Into Office. . One curreni' vacancy 
oh the boird Is to be flUed. Va- 
95.'?.S,y. ''■S'S^^jeft by the." deatli of 
rToyd BrbckelL. 




R O X Y 

NeW YORK 

INDEFINITELY 



R U B 
WOLF 



KALHENSON'S SHIFT 

Pittsburgh, Feb. 19. 
BOn .Kalmehson, for years man- 
ager of til© Warner-FN exchange 
here, has been moved over to cir- 
cuit's theatre department, where he 
takes charge of all film buying and 
booking operations. Kalmenson gets 
the post vacated week ago by the 
transfer of Frank Damis to the 
New jersey zone. Harry Kalmine, 
WB's zone manager here, sponsored 
Kalmenso'n's appointment, which 
was approved a. few days ago by 
joe Bernhard. 

The exchange post has been 
awarded to Charlie Rich, veteran 
WB salesman from the Washington 
(D. C.) office. He takes up his new 
duties today (19). 



FOR REffT 

JExecutlve office, fully equipped with 
attractive office for.nltiire, completely 
panelled, flxtnres In ' excellent condi- 
tion,' fully carpeted^ situated on corr 
ner, with two way exposure. Other 
space, with office furniture, suitable 
tor division Into attractive suites or 
private offices may l>e arranged. 

APPLT 

WALK-OVER SHOE STORE 
In Empire Theatre Bulldlngr, 
40th St. and B'way 
New York City 



F£T£n$ra bill GEHBina 

Cincinnati, Feb. 19. 
Variety club will tender a testi- 
monial to William C. Gehrlng, its 
hrst prez, Feb. 24. Gehrlng is man 
agisr of the local Fox eschangie and 
becomes sales manager of the . Fox 
office In Chicago Mai'ch 1. He wlH 
be succeeded here by Jlih Grady, 
present head of the Fox branch in 
Charlotte, N. C. 

Started four months ago, the Va 
riety club has 80 members and re 
cently enlarged its permanent 
quarters in the Netherland Plaza. 



Gaynor's Norse Novel 

Hollywood, Feb. 19. 
Janet Gaynor will be starred .by 
Fox in 'Servants Entrance' based on 
a Norwegian novel and play of the 
same title by Sigrld Boo. 

Frank Lloyd will direct the film. 
Reginald Barclay Is scripting. 



' Metro's Own Trailers 

Hollywood, Feb. 19. 

Metro will make Its own trailers 
completely for the next year, with 
George Thomas producing and Na 
tional Screen distributing. 



PETITION FOB THEATBE 

PlattevlUe, Wis., Feb. 19. 

City council recently closed a 
business district theatre on the 
grounds that operation was not 
strictly In compliance with building 
and other ordinances. 

Result was b, petition from voters, 
carrying the names of some 2,000 
individuals, asking that thiB^cbuncll 
rescind Its action and allow the 
house to open. 



FOii mY ught ^eax 

Bridgeport, Fieb. 19. 

Possibility that Poll theatres here 
(Palace, Majestic, Globes Lyric), 
may tak^ the. special i.6 mill tax 
to court. Ben Slade, New Haven 
counsel for the chain, reported con 
slderlng legal fight. 

Superior . Court Judge Booth has 
upheld legality of the tax. 



Gombeil 'Dynamites' 

Hollywood, Feb. 19. 

Minna Gombeil has been added to 
Radio's 'Strictly Dynamite,' With 
Jimmy Diurante and Alice White. 
Elliott Nugent directs. 



Lessor's 'Man's Man' 

Hollywood, Feb. 19. 

Sol Lesser will produce. 'When a 
Man's a Man,' wWch First National 
made during the silent days.. Will 
'follow 'Chandu,^ 

Eddie' Cllne, . on Lesser's piayrOll to 
direct 'Peck's Bad Boy,' directed the 
silent version and may draw the as- 
signment -for the talker remake. 



Pearson** 'Canary' 

Hollywood, Feb. 19. 

Humphrey Pearson lands on Jesse 
LasHy's writing staflt at Fox. 

He's -nrorklng on the script of 
'Grand Canary.' 



MMINCItOM 
PORtABLt 

A neiir Rcnjagton Port* 
able. Cati^ing caje free, 
U«e 10 ., i*r* withont 
cott. If you' keep it, paf 
onlf 10c i day. Wtita. 
Say: Hor caa I get • 
tteuitDgton l^pttable on 10. 
free trial offer (or onlf 

a day.' ReiBmBton Rand 

tnc. Dept. 2502 Buffalo, N. Y, 




jP 




'SERVICE' 





1560 Broadway New York City 

A Subtidiary of 

FANCHON MARCO, llic. 





DDIE 



THIS WEEK (FEB. 16) 
CHICAGO THEATRE 
CHICAGO 



Jnst Completed FWe Weeks and Reopening Indefinite Run Harch 6 at 

CENTRAL PARK CASINO 



NEW YORK CITY 



Management 
HARRY YOUNG 
1111A Bond BIdg. 
New York City 



VARIETY 



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Tuesday, Fcbruaiy 20, 1934 




First Runs in Oluo WiD Chop 
Adniishes to New Lows of 15-25c 




Knocking admieeilpns 'In big flrst- 
ruii tlM«tree to an JE^ll-tlme low and 
■virtually forcing embattled indfe- 
ipendcnts to the wall Is the key 
strategy now fbrmulafed by 



togne's Sextet 



Hollywood, Feb. 19. 
major industry to meet f 'fWP^j' ?^,?^„/5;l„ale features he ■rtU 

i^i'zssujssrffie^^s f ^^^^^^ 

sjs^„ in t.e>.s.«. aa-K^^ 

The new tax-flghting machinery, picture, to be selected trym six 
which carries with, it a direct and glories Logue has rMdy. Richard 
concentrated attack pn the lower p^^j^ manager the Talisman 
classes of theatres in war zones, is plant, Is also westei-n rep -for Amity, 
now being^assembled by the majors xogue currently scripting Tracr 
in Ohio, its leaders declare they J ^j^^j Joker' for Edward Laemmle's 
will use It in all ^tes where small- | direction at Universal, 
er exhibitors abet or foster legisla- 
tion aimed at Grade A house prices 
*to save thefic- own skins,' *s one 
leader describes it, because their 
own theatres are all small subse- 
quent runs charging less than 25c 
top admission. 

Major theatres, according to 
Bpokesmeii, are also allying themr 
selves with baseball In their fight That business Is on the upturn IS 
against any state tax, on the ground ggen In the three , towns in the Den- 
that such places of entertainment y^r territory that have been without 
charging ; 40c and over are already theatres, f four to seven years 
paying thei Federal Government a r^hlch will be opened lip soon. Crlp- 
10% tax. This, however, Is revealed pje creek will be opened Iii about 
to be an Incidental to the general U^^month^ as spon ^-s William DUler 
deiense: ^ can remodel and Install equipment. 

If a state exacts another 10% from Town has been without a theatre 
admissions over 25c, the majors for seven years, and has never had 
figure It will be cheaper to out their I sound. The mining bpom Is .respon- 
own admissions to 25c rather than glble for this opening. The name of 
pay a total of 20 % of the gate. This, I the house will be the Alta. 
the majors figure, w^l be done at a Fred tilnd Is renibdelihg at XJt 
comparatively low loss to the large tletdn, 10 miles from Denver. The 
houses. It would put them in the I old theatre closed there with th<i 
tax-free class with tup i*»dependent6 depression. He la Installing 300 
and at the same time, by the very | Beats Ini the New Grand, 



Mining Boom Brings 
Sound to Cripple Creek 



WINN WINS ANYWAY 



Can't Find Eox Job, but OeU En- 
Sagoment 

lips Angeles, Feb, 19. 
Jack L. Winn; ex-roadshow agent, 
was engaged by Fox to play part of 
a bill poster In ai pic then in prp^ 
duction. Repprting at studio Wlrin 
could find ho', one Who knew why 
he was wahted. 

Assietant caster told him to get 
Into a/ soldier uniform and fill- In 
with a mob, and despite Winn's 
protests that he ' was engaged to 
be a bill poster, he was kept busy 
all day In various scenes. 

Leaving the studio that evening 
an exec accosted hlni with: 'Where 
have you been? We waiitfed yovi to 
play a bill. Poster In so-and-sp'is 
picture/ Winn had been supihg oh 
that set all day. 



Incorporatidns 



NEW YORK 

Atbtiny. 

Bddjr Piodaction^, Ino:; thec^tre buei- 
ness; capital stock. . 600 shares, no par' 




'No Questions Asked?-T-Unf«vor«ble 

'NO QUESTIONS ASKED' (Cbmedy-drama, John Golden, Masque). 
Uneven play with situations tPo delicate fpr the screen. Ihee. 

•Broomsticks, A»n«n»'—VjnfaVorsble 

•BROOMSTICKS, AMENl' (Drama-KIlpalrlck-LIttle). Saga of t|i« 
Pennsylvania Dutch hex dpctors with limited screen appeal. Ahth 

'Sing and Whrstle'^Unfaybrabls 

•SING Ai^D WHISTLE' (Farce comedy, Grppper and Tniex, Fulton>» 
To<) lightweight fpr stage and same goes for screen chances. llee. 

'The Shinihfl HoMr'-r-Favorable 

•THiEJ SHINING HOUR' (Drama, Max -Gordon, Booth) .-r^British drama 
excellently acted by imported oast. Okay for both stage and screen. 



'Rteliard of Bordeaux'— Favorable 

'RICHARD OF. BORDEAUX' (Drama, Ki?ig and MollIsPn, Empire). 
Biographical circle of films wHl t>robably Include this play next se^pn. 
Hollywood interest when siiow played London reported revived. Ibee. 



'Queer People'— Already Sold 

PEOPLE' (CPmedy-Drama. . Bogue. 



'QUEER PEOPLE' (CPmedy-Drama. Bogue. Naitional). Howard 
Hughes already pwris screen rights with yhiyersal optioning him, but 
it's not igood filni materlai. . Alel. 



'Legal Murder*— Unfavorable 

'LEGAL MURDEB,' (Melodrama, Allen Prpductions, President). 



Studio Platements 



valui. '^?^l?da"Braiae7 V'^a QotieU written play on the Sc ottaboro case, 

ana John V. Iieddy, an of B21 Fifth av- ' ' ^ 

enue.'Hew York. 

Zenith ThMtee Snn>l7 Co., Ine.; . plc- 
tyrea; capital stocls;, 51,000. "Victor Mon- 
dadorl. Comlnlch Mandaddri and Luifle 
Mahmarlafi, ' all. of 630 Ninth av^nne; 
New *7orlc« 

United Frosnuns, .Inc.; printing and 
publishlner buBlness; capital stock. 11^ 
shares, no par value. Henry Rosenblutb. 
'46 Lancaster street, Brooklyn; MoaeB 
Berginaii, 61 Cbamberff street. New 
York; and Horxla S.' Oberhardt, 484 
Orand street. New York. 

Wyt« Theatrical Corp.; plays pf all 
kinds; capital stock, 1800,000. Chas. .B. 
Feeffan, Dolpbe Martin , iaind Jao .w. 
Wyte, all of 36 West 43d street. New 
fork. 

Proda Company, Ino., New York; cap- 
Hal stock, $1,200—200 shares pfd $6 and 
200 com^ $1; It. J. Darmour. and H. .C- 
Hopper, both of 6&2a Santa Monica bou- 
levard, JloUywood, Cal., and N. K. Loder, 
1776 Broadway, New York. 

Spot BroadcastUfff Inc.; radio broad- 
caatlns business: capital stock, 100 
share, no par value. Chas.- -A. Brodek, 
Ralph H. Raphael and .Loula P. SUner. 
all of 72 Wall street, N^w York. 

Narod Tbeati^A Corp.; pictures, conr 
certs, plays, etc. ; capital stock, . lOO 
shares, no par value. Anne Gflatterman 



No- picture material. 



Dorothy Granger, Georges La Plants 
Andre Cheroh, 'I'll Tell the World,* 
U. 

Veree Teasdale, "Dn Monica,' WB, 
Henry StephensPn, ,'Thirty-Day 



Holly wPPd, Feb. 19, , ^.^i. 

Ida liuplho, 'in Conference/ CJhas. Princess,' Par. 

W. Rogers. Sam White collabing with Jack 

Wiilard Robertson," 'Whirlpool,' ClUett on the Charlie Murray ajad 

CoL George Sidney comedy, CoK 

Charles Dunbar, 'Show Henry. Stephehsohj 'Thirty-Day 

Metro I Princess,' par. 

Leo- Carroll. 'Sadie McKee,' MG. Jane Darwell, 'Finishing School/ 

Douglass MPntgomery, ^Little Man RKO. and 'The World Is^Our8.;^Fox. 

What Now?' U. Ralpli Remley, 'The Key/ Warn- 

Wallace Ford, 1 Hate Women/ ers. a t n 

aol^<«mlth Leonard Splegelgass and L. O. 

Alan DInehart, Nat Pendletoh, Blockman, scriyenlng^ untitled yarn 

'Pntqnaw* HarPld Lloyd. for Wynne Gibson, U. 

FSSTkjS^ John Thomas. Johnny 



radical reduction in prices, Jump at 
ten lence of first runs. 

Would K. O. Smailies 
Hundreds of theatres Charging a 



RPss Labart Is leasing the Em- 
press, Glen Rock, iWyp., dosed f or 
four -years. 
Newell,. Si D., will see pictures 



quarter normally and shaping up as once a week,, as result of Ra,y Ray 
last runn besides being inferior in burn installing seats ih a hall. He 



every respect to the big hPuses, 
would lose their attendance within a 
short time. As the majors see It, it 
would amount to. little short _ of a 
massapre of the small theatre, "vir^ 
tiially wiping it off the map as an 
Institution and rechanging pictihre 
house geography of the future.. 

High admission of the big first 
runs,; it- Is known, always has been 



uses iportable equipment; Newell Is 
one of a istring. 



Luddy Meggs 'Sweeney' 



zle Skerit/ Chas. P. Rogers. 
Irene Franklin, 'Finishing School, 

Radio. . „ 

Harry Holman, 'Stlngaree/ Radio, 
and "The Acquitter/ M. H- Hotfmart. 

Shares, no par value. Anne «.atterman | ^^'^^^/^^^^^^S" ''uSSf^^ 
and Sadie Shapiro, both of 11 Weqt. 44th Dennett, Billy Ba,rty, unutiea xeie 
street, and D. A. Doran, Jr., 229 West vision short. Mercer. 
4 2d street, all Of New York. Arthur Vinton, Hobart Cava 

Vliotor FlotnreB CoTp.; motion plctuj-e Henry O'Neill, Clarence 

fllms. etc.; capital stock. .$1,000. S. Can-, naugh, Wr^man ' WB 

tor. F. Soule and M, Greene, 1776 Broad-. Muse/ One Man Woman, W^^ 
WAV. New York. " I William Demarcst, 'Sawdust, WB. 



Hollywood, Feb. 19 
Edward I^uddy draws the meg- 

Auiio, „...w.^w — . I ging assignment for Warners' as- 

the only salvation of the smaller Qjgjj^ent for Warners' 'Friends of 



way. Neat_York, .... 

Old Shantytown, Inc., restaurant busi- 
nesa, theatricals, plays, etc; capital 
stock, 100 aharea. no par value. Ruth 
Ackerson, 201% Kirk avepue; Daniel 
Panahlcles, 226 Burt street, and B. Fargo 
Qoodrlcb, 119 Parkview eVenue. all of 
Syracuae. _ . , • ■ 

Knickerbocker Sales & EnglneerlnR 
Corp., Manhattan; plays, pictures, etc,; 
capital stock, 120.000. Paula Bardln, 
37-84 6ad street, Woodalde, L. I.; Ber- 
nard H.. Bernstein, 1791 Walton avenue. 
Broil*; and Nettle Bardln, 429 Weaver 
street. Iiarchmont, . t,,, i.i - 

elt Hnslc Corp.; music publishing 
business; capital atocki 200 shares, no 
par value. I. Welner. Jacob H. Zamore 
and Lillian Klapwald. all of 21 East 
4dth street. New York. , 
Wolfsobn . .Musical Bureau pf . New. 



William uemareat, oawuuoi, p>,--tprfleld 

Tola D'Avril, I'^is Aiberni, Llta Chesterfield^ 

Ghevret, Louise Beavers, Isobel wa^^ 

Sheridan, Lyman Williams, Grace lPve'^?:.^9' 
Hall, 'Glamour/ U. . „, ,^ , 
Hugh Enfield, 'I'll Tell the World/ 

U. 



^ , , Harron* 

Goodee MPntgomery, Tom Ricketts, 
Aggie Herring, 'Stolen Sweet/ 
Chesterfield, .\ , 

Frahkie Darroi 'Happy Family/ 

WB. ^ 

Kathleen Burke, 'Bull Dpg Dnim- 
inond Strikes Back/ 20th Cent. . 

Mon Randall, handling poster 
art, U. ^ . 

Charles Bastin, 'World Moves On,* 

Fox. . « 1 . 

Jamison Thomas, 'Stolen Sweets/ 



sighroent for Warners Drienas oiUr„Vk, inc;; buslnea8 of musical agency; 
Mr Sweeney,'* which will feature capital stock, lOO ahares, no par value. 
rTiiaXo -Riitro^lpq * Arthur Judson, 113 West 67th street ; 

Charles Rugsles. ci„+i,i,^ Edw. Klauber. and H. K. Bolce, 486 Mad 

Warren Duff and Sidney Suther- avenue, all of New York, 
land are scripting :he iSlmer Davis | silver-Martln Radio Corp., Manhat 



G. Pat Collins, 'One Man Woman,' LjetrP. 



houses,' which, by lower prices, have 
been able to bargain, for customers. 
The vPry people who wait to pay 
less would, be the first, showmen 

psychologists are certain, to avail ^^^^^ i,iuu.uvi«.»v" - i stock sio,ooo. uavia iiozmsKi, owau i Ai tnui xium, jj^** ^ 

themselves of tax strike prices In week. Luddy has Justjtltb avenue; Anna Zlmmercan. 193 Eaat mend Strikes Back/ 20th Cent 

the big emporiums. completed 'Let's Ze Ritzy,' WithLew' '^'"■^ 2843 west i c:,.„_„„„ .t^^,,,., t« tho 

The majors from experience r®" I Ayres and Patricia Ellis at Uni- 
peat; that taxes cannot be met by 1 ^^^,^3,1 
raising admissions. Elevating prices 



Frank Moran, 'the ShoW 

Metro. - . X 

Leo White; 'Sadie McKee,' Metros 

^, X >. r^^^^«^ I Herbert Corthell, 'Bachelpr Wife/ 
Pauline Garon. Nat Carr, (Jporge kj"''*"^ 

^v*^ xxAff«io« sirt sfavlor. I. 'j^^faela Otiano, 'Head of the 

Family,' 20th Cent. 

Lumsden Hare, 'w;orld . Moves On/ 
Fox* 

Franklin P a n g b o r n, Bertoft 
Churchill, 'Strictly Dynamite,' Ra- 
dio. . ^ « 
Nancy Carroll, 'Springthne for 

Henry,' Fox. 
Florihe McKinney, 



Grandee, Otto Hoffman, Sid Saylor, 
'Marrying Widows,' Slmmonds-Neu 

feld. , ^ ^ 

George Chandler, 'Gentleman From 

San Francisco,' WB. ^ 

Brenda Fowler, 'As the World 
NIoves On/ Fpx. 
Ed Lowry, untitled short, RKO 
Frank Relcher, 'Return of Terror,' 
WB 



reacts in a decline in attendance. 

Further reprisal is included in the 
major circuits* scheme of ^tax war. 
They are figuring on pointing out | 
to law makers that if a state is de- 



istiiu o-i-o s>w»i'""o -— - --- i„x+„_ Uan: general radio ' buslneas ; capital 
novel for production start latter ^^n^j^ g|°5|^j„o. David' Rozlnski, B020 
nart of this week. Luddy has Justjtltb avenue; Anna Zlmmercan. 193 Eaat 
*T*f<. Ta Tllt!7V' WithLew 91st atreet, and Cella Sameth, 2843 West 
, cpmpleted Lets te Kiizy, w^vnijew ^^^^ street, all of New York. 

Bevsel Amnsement Corp.; restaurant 
business; capital stock 200 shares, no 
par valu6. Morrla W. Vogel, Evelyn 
I'onkel and Abraham Katz, all of 270 

Broadway, New York. 

le MOlImeter Sound Film Co.. Inc.; 
motion picture fllma, etc.; capital atock, 
$20,000. lAwrence A. WHklns, 64 Morn- 
Ingslde drive; Edw. Glnsburg. 8123 13th 



WB. _ „ . 

Donald Meek, 'Thirty Day Prln 
cess,'' Par. 

Arthur Hohl, 'Bull Dpg Drum 



Par's New Building 



Hollywood. Feb. 19 . „. . 

- , ramount Will construct a new avenue, and Bertha Reanlck, 2 Lafayette 
termined to tax the box office it two-story building ^t the, north end hfeet. all of ^ew jroTk. 

Should levy the smaller theatres of the studio park to house the Statement and Designation 

charging from lOd to 25c rather than production staff headed by Fred Wm. Kn^^^^ 

the palaces, which now pay hlgl^Leahy anc- the, unit business m P-«'-' P«*n»8^*'»<i 
property assessments as well as fagers 



Lynn Starling, 'Down to the I^st 
Yacht,' Radlp. 

Jane Storm, story treating 'Su- 
dan,' Par. 

Charles Starrett, Sally Blane, 
'Romantic Journey/ Chesterfield. 
. Barry Norton, 'As the World 
Moves On,' Fox. 

Chai-les Fallon, Alice Ardell, Eur 
geile Borden, 'I'll Tfell the World,' U 

Fred Stanley, 'Odd 
Fox. 



tribute to the Federal Government. 

U'S CLIFF HANGERS 

Chapter Plays Are Slated for] 
1934-35- 



merchandise, .New York office, 684 Fifth 
avenue; Walter A. ; Hall, secretary. 
'New building is in llpe with the I »oo.^^^^^^^^^^ OuUen, .120 

policy to concentrate units «ow ' 
I scattered on the lot. 



MCWade, 
Grant, 



Irving Pichel, 'Return Pf. the Ter- 
ror ' T'^B, 

Halliwell Hobbes, Russell Simp- 
son, Dudley Digges, Marcella Cor- 
day, 'World Moves On.' Fox. 

James Burke, 'Sisters Under the 
Skin/ Col. . , ^ 

Constance Elliott, 'I Hate Wo- 
men.' GPld.smith. X >v 
John K. Butler adapting 'Fortune 
Teller,' Warners. ^ . , 
Warren Hymer, 'Crowded .Out, 

Educ. ,^ , 

Renee Gadd, 'Bachelor Wife,' U. 
_.. Johnny Harron, 'Romantic Jour- 
Thursday,' ney,' Chesterfield. 

Bartlett Cormack scripting One 



'telling 



McLaglen on Retak<e$ 



Hollywood, Feb. ,19. 
Carl Laemmle 'has authorized 
Henry McRae to closie a deal with 
Hal Forrest for serial pic ^'Jshts to 1 j. Ag^j^^g 
.'Tailspln Tonimy/' I 

The following additional 
hanging stories are on the fire 
'Planet, of Peril' and 'Jan Pf the 
Jungle,' by ptis Av Kline; 'Plying 
Legion,' by George. Allen -England, 
and 'Adventures of 'Tom.' Latter is 
an orlg- by George Morgan .and. 
GePrge Plympton of U's aerial staff. 

New program calls, for five chap- 
ter. plays, same as last season's out- 
Wtr BHaiT»watretlpn= w-^1^ 



CALIFORNIA 

Sacramento. 
Fy>x .B«dondo Theatre Corp. Capital 
I stock. , 11.000; iao stock subscribed. 
Charles A. Buckley, Albert W. Leeds. 
John B. Bertero. ' ;. 
Permits tp Sell Stock 
Kern Co. Theotre Corp.; theatre oper- 
1 atlng; "To Issue 1.000 shares; par fl. 

lui .«ux^x«w International Publicists. Publicity. Tq 

the actor Is back for several days' [ sen ^iOO^h«es.^par^B.^^ ^^^^^ 

plcturb operation. To Issue 1,000 shares, 



, Hollywood, Feb. 19. 
Finishing a week and a half ago, 
•Man Who Brpke His Heart,' Vic- 
tor McLaglen picture at Pajramount, 



I iTew scenes are to build up dra 
^'^^ matic suspense that was found 
" * lacking iiv the first cut of the film 

ROBERTA GALE SET 

Hollywood, Feb. 19. 
Roberta Gale has been signed by 
Screencraft for teaitured spot in 'St. 
Louis WPma:n/ which Al Ray will 
direct. Player set by Nick Stuart 



.par .|1. 



NORTH CAROLiNA 



tally, 'The Vanishing Shadow.' hav- 
ing been put in the. carts last week. 



-Nicfc~Gi4ndeV-Short«- 



offVce. !. 

Picture starts this week at Alex- 
ander Brothers studio, Al Alt pro- 
ducing. 



Charlotte, 

Bumford Amusement Corpi; to own 
and operate theatres under $5,000 au 
thorlzed capital, with $600 In sto.ck sub 
scribed by C. R. Bamford. Katherljie 
Stelllng and H. . Kenneth Lee, AshevlUe, 



, Waedner's Orig> 

Hollywood, Feb. 19. ti^,i„„,„«.q wov, lo 

Nick on-de, U« l>er« for ^.^^TwrlCtor M. 

York to direct a series of sWs. l-'™' 
festoHne Bert tahr and Harry H.poffmanj^ 

^SST'^^.fr.e^Sa^err^O. I «t?he't.rVri HoUmoo,.- 



OKLAHOMA 

Oklahoma City. 
Rooaevelt Recreation Club, Roosevelt, 

-OWa7'H=capltalp==|Ba0i^^^Incorpotatorfl,i 
Ernest Hayhle, Clovls Huynle and ITU- 
mah Sctirlook. 

TEXAS 

All Texas Racing Ass'n, San Antonio; 
.■6apltaL-atiu;k,^16jy).Qi^rac'ng^--U\co«'P°;-. 
rttors. Dr. Judd Q. Lfoy^T, (JITarlcs M. 
Kelley, John F. Oowell. j 

Pace Lewis Music Co., Inc., Houston; 
captlal stock, $1,000. Incorporators, 
Charles A. Pacie, Leonard P. Lawes, 
John G. Cramer. _ . , ^„ . 

Fort Worth Broadcasters, Inc., Fort 
■Worth; decreaslngr capital stock from 
$60,000 to $31,600. 



Edward 
World/. U_. 
- Lawrence 
Lover,' MG. 
Richard Tucker, 'Show Off/ MG. 
DPnald Meek, 'Thirty Day Prln- 

John Halllday, . Grace , 'In 

Conference,' Par. 

George Barbier, ride- 
groom,' Par. 

William Arnold, Arthur Rankin, 
•Murder at the Vanities,' Par, 

Poodles HannPford, Ernest Clarke, 
Alfreda Cardona, 'Sawdust,' Warn- 
ers, . 

Geprge Blackwood,. Janies Flaven, 
Raymond Brown, Allen Cravens, 
'Sisters Under the Skin,' Col. 
iLowden Adams, 'Whirlpool,' Col. 
.Dewey Robinson, Sidney-Murray 
comedy. Col. 

Braidley Page,. Vincent Sherman, 
'Highway Patrol,' Col. 

Helen Lowell, 'The Happy Fa 
ihlly,' WB. 

Frank Conroy, Renee Whitney, 
'Return of the Terror,' WB. 
William Gargan, 'Twentieth Cent- 

nry/. Cpl^^ ,,^ . 

George Stone, ' \v^htTethl?i'nTuryr 
Col. 

Jacqueline Wells, NPel Francis, 
Wilbur . Mack, Loren Baker, Spen- 
cer Charters, Charles Grapewin, 
:SIaraLJ2ari\_Bjlth_ Rpmalne^.;^ 



the Woman/ Par. 

Warner Gland, 'Bull Dog Drum- 
Mafy'S -HKhsd- Strikes BaCk,'^ 20th Cent. 

Montague Love, 'Frankie 
Johnny,; ,Erskin. 



Contracts 



Hollywood, Feb. 15, 

Fox .picked up paper pn Nick 
Foran for islx months. 

Par has exercised Its option on 
Adolphe Menjou'for pne pic. 

Metro has lifted option on NacIo 
Herb Brown and Arthur Freed. 

Twentieth Century has given 
Edna May Oliver a cpntract to work . 
in George Arliss* 'Heajd of the 
Family/ 

Leonove Coffee returns tp the 
Metro writing staff on a one -year 
pact. 

Fox has handed new oontract. to 
Fred Sersed, trick_shi2t technician. 

Freya Leigh, In N. T. production 
of 'Dark Tower' signed at Fox. 
Dixie Lee. five pic pact, Momo. 
Paramount has given Howard 
_Wilson^an^QP.tiQnal,.,p^ict,L.==.=^.^ -=.=.^ 
Danny Toland pacted by Lew 
Ostrow at Mono. Due on coast this 

Sidney Buchmann gets a one-year 
writer contract at Columbia. 



speaker,' Mono. 

Norman Foster, 'In Conference,' 
Par. 

•Una Merkel, 'Bull Dog Drummond 
Strikes Back/ 20th Cent. 

Ralph Srtence dialoginK, Herman 
Bing, Ward Bond, Edward McWade, 



Story Buys 



Warner.s h.is taken 'Oil for the 
Lamps of China,' novel by AUc© 
Teisdale Hobart. 



Tuesday, Fcbrnary 20, 1934 

SOUND 



RAP I O 



VARIETY 



29 





WMBR, Tampa, 
Odd Policy 



For the first time In Its history 
the American Society of Composers. 
Authors and Publishers, has given 
answer to the monopoly charge by 
extending permission to publisher 
members to deal directly with perr 
fbririance users. Responsible for 
this shift in policy is the latest suit 
filed by a broadcaster chargring the 
Society with engaging in a conspir- 
acy and illegal monopoly and seek- 
ing its dissolution. Station .con- 
cerned is WMBR, Tampa, Pla-. 
owned and operated by. F. J. Rey- 
nolds. ^ 
After ASeAP cancelled-, the 
ampa outlefs license on the 
ground that it wasn't paying its 
fees, WMBR took the issue to court 
and declared that it was . amenable 
to reimbursing copyright owners for 
inusic i)roadcast biit it wanted to do 
its licensing direct with thie indi- 
vidual copyright ownier a.nd not 
through the Society. Since ASCAP. 
contended the station, maintialned a 
monopoly control over these copiy 
rights .lt would first be necessary to 
dissolve the organization.. 

Lictter addressed to publisher 
members W E- C. Mills, of the So 
ciety, advises that it hajg decided to 
give Reynolds a.n opportunity to do 
his business direct. If the station ap- 
proaches any publisher in the copy 
right combine, it's okay; says the 
communlcatipn,_ to quote terms, 
' rates and conditions without refer- 
ring the license application to 
ASCAP. 





Brings 
from ASCAP 



Gan't Mention Air Mail 



NiBC program department 
has put a ban on any comedy 
reference •Whatever to the air- 
mail situation. 

pags touching on the topic 
were bluepen«illed. from the 
scripts of a couple of commer- 
cial "comics last Week, 




Stations Tbat Aire Habitu- 
ally Neglected by Lis- 
teners in Own Towns Not 
Popular Muff Oppor- 
tunities fpr Rkdio Show- 
manship 



Storer Network, Detroit Finaiiced, 
Will Not Include WMCA.New^ 
Station Commitments Bars Deal 




TIED FOR 3RP PLACE' 






Washi 



last DitcV Indie, Setts 
Out After 1st Skirmish 
To Utilities Mapate 

✓ . 

. John. N. B„ Feb. 19. 
A. Munro, founder of CFBO, 
has settled his feud with H. P. I^ob; 
inson, newspaper and public utill 
ties magnate, over local broadcast 
Ing rights by selling out to the op 
position. After giving Robinson 
title to his station AJunrp announ<Jed 
that he deemed it wiser to cash in 
now than wait for Kobinson to force 
him to close down with a newer and 
more powerful station. Robinson 
h&C secretly obtained a license from 
the Canadian government to build. 

IViunro circulated petitions and 
ortginally announced he would fight 
big business to the last ditch. CFBO 
continue operation • until March 1. 

$100 PER MAN FIXED 
AS NEW YORK SCALE 



19. 
ill bill 

to curb outlaw ladio s'ations from 
broadcasting in United States was 
forecast last week af*ir the Senate 
Interstate Commerce Convtnittee en- 
dorsed the measure. Bill, recom- 
mended by Federal Radio Commis- 
sion, is designed to prohibit foreign 
transmitters, chiefiy Mexican, from 
getting programs from this country 
without Federal permission. 

Legislation prohibiting lotteries 
was proposed again during the 
week, while new bill to prevent dis- 
crimination between clients was put 
forward. Both measures went to 
House Merchant Msirlne, Radio and 
Fisheries Committee for study. 

Measure proposed by Rep. Bland 
of Virginia provides $1,000 line., or 
year's imprisonment for permitting 
the broadcasting of any advertise- 
ment of or information a;bout 'any 
lottery, gift enterprise, or similar 
scheme, ofterlng prizes dependent ih 
whole or in part upon lot or chaiice' 
or any list of prizes given in such 
contest. 

Rep. McFadden -f Pennsylvania 
proposed addition of new sections 
which would impose $B00-$5,000 fine 
for unlawful discrimination between 
clients. Intent is to insure equal 
opportunity to any person who is 
legally qualified candidate for any 
piablic oflice, iany religious, chari- 
table, or educational company, cor- 
poration, association, ' or society, or 
aiiy other like association or so- 
ciety. 

McFadden measure also proposes 
penalties for persons interfering 
with, preventing, or attempting to 
discourage broadcasting of any. pro- 
gram or inducing withdrawal of 
business. 



So far as .ma.niagem!ent, showman- 
ship, or alertness to program oppor- 
tunities (is concerned some radio 
brostdcasting stations soUnd 
asleep. ' - 

There arie stations ranking third, 
fourth, or also ran In their local 
communities th4t ought to be at 
least second. Everything favors 
them yet they lag behind. 

•There are stations that have no 
lofjal opposition, yet radio fans 
habitually tune In other oities in 
preference. And there are stations 
that exist in a state of coma mak- 
ing practiically no effort to serve 
their community beyond providing 
an occasional 15-mlnute8 for the 
local congressman to do some pdlltl'- 
cal burping. . 

But perhapis the most self -be 
gulled of all the broadcasting gentiry 
are certain station men who have 
through the sheer aiccident of 
geography and poisltipn a favorable 
balance of trade. They look at their 
books and fancy that the black- ink 
is a mirror of their own clever 
showmanship as reflected in the 
discriminating seleetidh of phono- 
graph recordsi 

They Sit and Thi 



Church Singer on % 



, t'eb. 19. 

That hard tinies are hurting 
church collections is no iie-_^ 
pression story according to one 
of the local radio warblers> . 

Singer now gets a percentage 
of the plate, collection for. hlia 
services as Sunday soloist In- 
stead of a guarantee of $50 per 
service he used to get f ronii the 
church. 



Hb 




NoNytli,Sez 




SS,lati6E 'foiC the musicians at NBC 
and Columbia have been raised back 
to their original 1932 level,. $100 a;; 
•Week, per man. New Contract, ef- 
fective for the full yeair 1934, also 
stipulates that the webs retain the 
same quota of musicians, carried 
, currently on cither's payroll.. 

New York "musicians' union ag reed 
to a $10 reduction in late 1932, when 
the broadcast business was on the 
sharp toboggan. Last falli wheh 
tilings started to pick up for the 
networks, the "union prevailed upon 
these sources to miake up the $10 
difference with the employment of 
additional musicians. 

Negotiations on the 1934 contract 
started off with a demand of $110 
per man, but the union yielded on 
the $100 figure when the net's as- 
sented to the retention of the pres- 
ent personnel quotas. 



DDB eOASTrTO-GOAST. 

Chioago, Feb. 19. 



Show of D.D.D. product, subsid- 
iary of Campagna, which has been 
on an NBC wire wes t of O maha 
■ohly~goes~"ona''coas 
up on the Blue web Feb. 22. 

Plan same talent with the Eric 
Saegerquist orchestra, Don Ameche 
and others plus guest attractions 
Bobbe Arnst slated for initial bow. 



KAUFMAN LEAVES WCAE 

Goes with Heiarst iii N.. Y.— Sue 
cesser Unnamed 



Pittsburgh, Feb. 19. 
Jesse L. Kaufman,, foi-. tli.e. la.st. 
four years general manager of sta- 
tion WCAi! here, leaving post here 
to become affiliated in an executive 
capacity with .Hearst Ra,dio Service 
in New York. It's a prbmotion for. 
Kaufman. WCAE. owned and. oper- 
ated by Pittsbuvsh Sun-Telegraph, 
Is a link in the Hearst chain. 

Kaufman left last week with his 
family for Florida, where he will 
vacation for some time before taking 
over his new post. 

No successor has yet been named, 
although Frank Smith, manager of 
WWSW, has been mentioned for 
the job.- in the meantime, station 

IS , in chargg - _g<lJHg:.rY^6y' .£^2EL^i!? 

director. 

NEW SOUND EFFECTS 

. Ch ica go. F e b. 19. 



Among station men there axe ex 
tremely shrewd biriJadcasters. And 
there are also some niarathon 
thumb-tweedlers and swivel .chair 
polishers. Th<)y thihk its still 1927 
and that radio is a miraculous con- 
tract net that needs only be hauled 
in full of fish. A nice personality, 
a set of golf clubs, a few social con- 
tacts, and BUCcesrf In broadcasting 
is assured. ^ , 

Advertising agencies in New York, 
Chicago, and other large centers 
are growing awatre of the stations 
that are muffing opportunities, that 
are 'tied for third place' so to speak. 
And its about ripe for some of the 
stations to snap out. of the trance 
OT else. Advertisers don't care much 
about signal strength and trans- 
mitter gadgets but more and more 
they care about radio showmanship, 
an intangible commodity concern- 
ing which some stations ar.e guilty 
silent. 

Showmanship provides that pro 
gram entertainment average which 
commands a station the good will 
and probable attention of its own 
community and lis in a practical 
sense a guarantee of circulation be- 
yond any theoretical claims based 
oh engineering testa. 

It's happened more than once that 
1,000-watts makes a monkey out of 
lO.OOO^watts. And eVeh the mighty 
SO'OOO ^waiters have occasionally 
been painfully reminded the cpmr 
petitive intelllgehc* pit some haught- 
ily deprecated upstart with a feeble 
dyna;mo but plenty of showmanship. 



Los Angeles, Feb, 19. 
George McClelland, who ha^ been 
on the Coast in the interests of his 
proposed third national chain, left 
here Wednesday (14) for ^Slew York 
He stited his proposed network is 
no myth ar^d that , the national hook 
up Virill be in operation tty late fall. 
Los Angeles will be represented im- 
portantly In the set up with the 
third network copping one of the 
existing stations here, he said. He 
would not say, however, which one. 

He held several conferences while 
here with Earle C. Anthony, opera- 
tor of KFI, and KECA, the NBC 
outlets. 



JOHN HENRY RUNS 
FOR CONGRESSMAN 



Omaha, Feb. 19. 
John Henry, manager of station 
KOIL. and also of the KFAB Oniaha: 
studios, announces his entry Ihto 
the political race as candidate for 
Congress from the Seventh Iowa 
district. Running on Republican 
ticket, but will have much of cam- 
paign handled by Al Namen, Coun- 
cil Bluffs city Democratic chalrma,n. 

In any event Henry will keep 
his connection, with KOIL-KPAB 
whether he reaches Washington or 
not. Depending largely on farm 
vote as that is element he wishes 
to represent. 

.1 

ANNaONCERS ORGANIZE 



Failure to work out a deal yrtth 
WMCA, New York City, resiulted 
Monday (19) in the sudden cessation 
of negotiation? and the departure 
of (?eorge Storer for Florida... WMCA 
was to have been the New York 
outlet for a new network organized 
by Storer and to include his own 
three stations, CKLW, Detroit; 
WSPD> Toledo, and WWVA, Wheel- 
ing; . . , 

Storer found WMCA involved to 
personnel and other conimltmentB 
that made further negotiations lor 
the station unattractive to Storer «,t 
this time. However, Storer is con- 
tinuing with his own plans, which 
anticipate taking in 14 stations east 
Of the Mississippi in a web to get 
going by Oct. 1. Name he proposes 
for his link is Anierlcan Brpadcaat- 
ing Co. ' ^. 

Backing Storer in his formation 
of a third national web Is a syndi- 
cate composed of Dietrolt capitalists. 
Storer himself originally came from 
Detroit wbere liis family has been 
engageid In the metal; sta,mping and 
aUto accessory, business. ■ At the 
present time CBS clears throngb 
both his Detroit and Wheeling Sta-^^ 
tions. In ^he event his contract ob*-* 
ligation to Columbia prevents him 
from using CKLW as the Detroit 
release^ of his. own chain by tine 
time he is ready to unveil Storer 
has another outlet in that city com- 
mitted to come in with him. 

Contract that Storer offered the 
group of Wall Strieet scions now op- 
erating WMCA stipulated that the 
project be recapitalized with both 
the Whitney-Ryan boys and the 
syndicate bankrolling, Storer putting 
up additional finances. Donald 
Flamm, however, 'would retain 
ownership of the New. York 1,000- 
watter. Agreement between Flamm 
and the Whitney-Ryan qoterle Is 
for three years with an option for 
two more. Jack Adams, who pro- 
moted the WMCA leaising proposi- 
tions, has a five-year contract with 
the station's operating or^nizatlbn, 
the Federa-l Broadcasting Corp. 
With the entry of Storer, Adams 
was to step down into a lesser post 
and the direction of the station to 
go to Storer or some one designated 
by him: 



DOUG STORER QUITS 

Showmanship Quarrels End i 
Resignation 



IS 



On March 1 H. G. Ashbuckar 
bows out of NBC here as sounds 
effects engineer. 

.Mclvin Wanbault comes In on rc- 
pla<ement. 



Douglas .<itorer quit last week as 
radio department head, of the Bladk- 
man Agency. Resignation climaxed 
a series of disagreements over 
policy and showmanship that fol- 
lowed Marion Harper's entry as 
"pai^nW'iK" thir^Blackman -orga 

tion. 

Prior to joining Blackman two 
and a half years ago Storer opcr 
ated stations in Detroit and Toledo, 
"to work^wTtTThliff On-therprPducing 
end Harper has brought in Carlos 
DeAngelo, whose previous connec 
tion was N. W. Ayer as staff dra- 
matic director. 



Not a Union, but Want 
Commercials 



reak oh 



San Francisto, Feb; 19. 
Spielers of this NBC studlps. have 
drawn Up a constitntion and organ- 
ized as the Naittonal Ahnouncers' 
Association, electing as officers Nel- 
son Case, president^ Paul Gates, 
vv-p,; Buddy. Twiss, sec-treas.} and 
Sid Goodwin and Dick Ellers, ex- 
(eeutlve council. 

Boys aren't set up as a union, nor 
are they niaking any demands ort 
the chain, They will, however, ask 
for a break In fees, claiming that 
the lack of Income from those com^ 
nierclal spot announcomonts greatly 
minlmlz.es their paychecks. 

Benny Fields S tays 

Lo.s Angeles, Feb. 19 
Utnny Fields garners another 
fivo-week contract for weekly ap- 
pearances on the CBK coast^ Shell 
-Showr-^hich--swltehes— here— fronri 
San Franol.scb tonight (Mon,) 

Georglc StoH's orohostra replaces 
Horace Hoidt's for the Los Angolos 
broadca.<?ts. 



Phlla,delphla, Feb. 
Paul Harron, who two inonths 
ago started his own regipnal hook- 
up, the General broadcasting Sys- 
tem, on a co-operative basis out of 
WPEN, is dickering with WNEW 
as the point of release for the new. 
area. Approach has also been made 
to WMGM, the outlet formed by 
merging three wavelengths. Lat- 
ter station is owned and operated 
by the Loew theatre chain. 

WPEN has been piping dance 
band music in fromi New York spots 
.6ut embarrassments caused by 
tornout wires and dellbei-ately popr 
mUslc have been too mahy. Harrpn 
believes that an ally In New York 
would solve the problem. 



Rush Hughes Rosy 



Los Angeles, 

Rush Hughes switched here from 
San Francisco to m.c, the Shell 
Show over ;c6ast CBS, 'whriss on a 
new program Monday afternoons 
over KFI, NBC outlet. 

He will interview various pictures 
names in the iifternopn then, handle 
the Shell Show at night and jump 
back to San Francisco for his dally 
woman's pictorial prograTr|s. 

— ^Schnoz=Aides-Ea8fc-^- 

Hollywooa, Feb. 

Milt RalKOn and Jack Harvoy.-ma- 
t(!rlal writers for Jlmmle Durante, 
4Q-l^<^herc^c!or-New York. Frlday_ a6). 
They go to confab with Chase & 
Sanborn on the first three broad- 
casts for Durante ovex-; the coffee 
hour. 



30 



VARIETY 



RAH I O 



Tuesdaj, February 20, 1934 



Petrillo liberalizes Dnion Rules; |^7t.j2*JS^ 
Okays Special Hours, ConditionsI Abruptly Timed m 



Chicago, Feb. 

Chicago : Broadcasters Association 
test week got together with Jimmy 
PetrlUp oh : an agreement with , the 
Chicago i'ederatlQh of Miislclans. 
Stations In oh the agreeitient oir 
musicians' pay to run until Jan. 31, 
1935, are KTW, WE3NR, "VI^AAP, 
WhS, WGES, WMAQ, WBBM, 
WSBG and wWAB. Chicago Tri- 
bune outlet, WON, IS not a, member 
of the association and wiil make Its 
own terms with the union. Reduce 
tlons were klven by Petrillo In 
many instances. 

■ Following ar^ the misijor ternis of 
agreement: 

Solo engagements or accompani- 
ments only, for two consecutive 
hours or less, $13<00. 

single engagements, terminating 
prior, ta 12 o'clock noon for t\nro con-^ 
Becutlve hours or less, $8.00. 

Individual agreements added fol- 
" lowing terms with four local sta- 
..tiohs: 

WtiS: The scale set at $60' per 
week per man agd double for the. 
cojttract6jp_ for five, afternoons per 
week of three consecutive hours or 
less with a m'iiilmtim of 10 men to 
be employed. 

WSBC: Two mechanical device 
operators or pianists to be employed. 
. 30 hours per week, time to be con- 
sunled in six . days between hours 
Of 10 a.m. and 3:30 p.ih. and 5 p.m. 
to midnlghi scale per inan per week 
placed a.t $55.; 

WGES: Two mechanical device 
operators or pianists at specified 
hours at $60 weekly ^cale and bii 
WAAF three device operators or 
pianists on. specified hours a,t $50 
scale. 

'v^'' Overtime Pro Rata 

Important change was made in 
the overtime' arrangeinent. Pre- 
vious rullng> that overtime be paid 
for at the raite of $1.50 per hall 
hour- or fraction thereof has been 
switched to read that all 'overtime 
be paid pro rata in 16 minute peri- 
ods at time dhd a halt for all over- 
time.' 

Auditions for those outside of the 
station orgahiziatlon performed by 
musicians other than those em- 
ployed regularly on the istafC during 
their established hours shall t)e 
charged for at the rate of $6.00 per 
man for two consecutive hours or 
less — leader or contrictor, 50c per 
man extra, 
in the Jiew rulings oboe, EngllsAi 
- horn, piano and celes|te- shall hot be 
considered doubling. 

When -a combination . of six mu- 
sicians or less are used on sustain- 
ing programs there shall be -no-feie 
for a leader or contractor. 



Wendefl Mason Dies 



Ottawa, Feb. 19. 
In reply to contempt-of -court 
I proceedings taken by the Canadian 
Perfonningr Rights Society lilmlted 
in that prohibited, ^popular songs 
Boston, Feb; I continued to be played by. the Can- 
Wendell Mason, connected with adlan Radio Commission chain die- 
broadcasting since 1925, died Feb. spito an injunction, the Federa,l 
13 as a result of a fall on an icylCpmmish declared that in no case 
sldewallc. were the musical numbers played 

Mason entered radio work as a in ii Comnalssion's \statlon l>ut were 
script writer and master, of cere- part ot programmes originating In 
monies .it WEEI. Later he was outside stations. These wiere pre- 
program director at WHI)H, and sumably IT. S. broadcasta which 
just prior to his death had ar- were being relayed over the Can- 
ranged to do a daily period of phi- adian stations. 

losophy and oi-lginal poems on Evidence was brought out In the 
WBZ. He is survived 'by .fi wife, hearing that the Commission's em- 
ployees were under instructions to 
cut off prohibited numbers as soon 
as possible but sometimes the airs 
were hot recognized until too la,te. 

Society requested a. second in- 
I junction and the matter was .taken 
under advisement. Eight popular 
songs are Inyolved and the suddeii 
I 'blanks' in commission programmes 
are causing wonderment among or- 
dinary listeners. ^, 



three daughters and a brother. 

Film Stars Coin Ideas 
Gives Auto Show 1001 
To Radio Performers 



Seattle, Feb. 19. 

Radio stars will be depended upon 
100% to lielp attract the masses to 
the Silver Jubilee Seattle, auto 
show,^ March 3-10, at the local 
Civic aude. 

Pix Stars were , cold to the kind 
of kale offered by the auto moguls. 
Bookings include 'Senator Fish- 
face,' Nathan Stewart, Don Julian, 
and Margie, Verna Freschette, yir- 
ginia Kelsey, 



Ford Show Denied CKCL by Conmiisli 
When CFRB Can't Give Gearance 



Gratis Gaest Stars 



Philadelphia, P0b, 19. 

Silver Wedding gin proeramis 
over WCAU starts this week using 
guests stars nightly. . Kenneth 
Hai>lan and Al St. John are sched- 
uled Tuesday, Jane and Katherihe 
Lee Wednesday" and Mel Klee 
Thursday. All are from ctirrent 
bills In local theatres. 

None of the performers' are 
getting paid by the commercial. 
Unless the commercial sends them 
some gin. 



STATIONS PROTEST 
DAVENPORT MOVE 



Gen. Hre Off Drama 



Chicago; Feb. 19". 
General Tire company last "week 
I suddenly got a flock of doubts 
I about returning to the ether with 
their fornier liives at Stake' show. 
Figrure that maybe, they don't want 
Fortune Sisters and I any more dramatlds.- Are how au- 
the Morgan family (six).. Unit is ditiohing a number of musical . pro- 
Ipcally billed as 'Vanities of 1934.' gr^ims and it's 100-to-l final selec- 
Auto show- will carry a charge of tion will be with tunes. 



40 cents admish. 



POUCE INDIANA VIA 
F^E RADIO STATIONS 



SELUNGER LEAVES 

LORD & THOMAS 



Chicago, Feb. 19. 

rienry Sellinger blows the Lord 
& Thomas agency here after isev- 
eral years in charge ot the radio 
department. 

Lou Go.odklnd, Who was second in 
command, moves up to the big. desk, 



NO McGABTHT SUCCESSOB 

San .Francisco, Feb. 19, 
Upon ills return from New Tork 
and, Hollywood,' Don Gilman, NBC 
v.rp. and western prexy, iarihounced 
that no successor would, be named 
to fill the spot left vacant by his 
assistant, C. L. McCarthy, who tef 
to join KFI-KBCA and Earle C 
B Anthony ih'Los Angeles as assistant 
W t6 the general manager. 

McCarthy's duties as station re 
lation's chief and in charge of traffic 
have been distributed among other 
execs. 

Giltnan plans to leave shortly for 
the northwest for a once-over of 
±he NBC Stations he has not visited 
^Tn - about a year. 



Starting date on NBC has been 
set back two weeks, from March .6 
to the 20th. ' Follows request of 
General Motors to NBC for addi- 
tional time for the Seth Parker- 
Frigidalre broadcasts tirith General 
Tires okaying the delay. 



Fort Wayne,, Feb. 19. 
An Indiana state- wide radio sur- 
vey Is now being condvcted under 
the direction of the state police der 
partment with Al G. Feeney, state 
director of safety, in general | 
charge. .i?rop6ses immediate erec- 
tion of five police broadcasting units 
over the State in pireference to one 
large plant. 
Fort Wayne will have one of the 



CEMENT ROAD PUBUGITT 

Indianapolis, Feb. 19. 
Portland Cement Company^ has a 
series of bl-weekly broadcasts oyer 
WFBM, called 'Down the" Iloosier 
Trails.' Program employs- a 14- 
piece orchestra und^r direction of 
Walter ReaLleau, and talent from the 
Civic Theatre group, 'who draihatize 
automobile excuiislons "to points of 



Da.venport, la;, Pebi 
Opposition, to the removal of sta- 
tion KICK, Carter Lake, la., to 
Davenport, to take over WHO^ old, 
station ill the Palmer school of chi-. 
ropractic, has developed froml three 
other statibns in the territory with 
formal protests filed with the fed- 
eral radio commission. 

Stations WRJM< Racine, Wis.,, 
protects its rights for a remanded 
hearing on the approval by the com-, 
mission for the KICK move, in. the 
event: that the iDa,venport station is 
found to interfere with the Wiscprt- 
sln ether outlet, 

KSO of Pes Moines has filed a 
formal protest against the transfer 
and has asked for a formal hearing. 
Station WHBF, Rock Island, HI., 
acrosis thfe river from the Davenport 
ether outlet location. Is bucking the 
removal pn the ground that Another 
station here would not best serve 
the public interest. 

According to Dave palmer, busi- 
ness manager of the Palmer schoolit 
objections will halt opening of the 
station about a month. Authority 
to" establish the station here was 
granted several weeks ago by the 
commiss'ibn after the Palnier school 
had purchased the equipment of 
station KICK of Carter Lake, owned 
by the Red Oak Broadcasting Co., 
and also allowed use of the former 
call station letters WOC, 



units, another set at Indianapolis, interest throughout the state, ca,ll 
Other locations, are to be decided on ^ 
directly. Each station will operate ] 
with 50O watts of power. 



ihg attention to the roads leading to 
these spots. 

Plans are under way to feed 
WOWO, Fort Wayne, from WFBM. 



Iowa Station Merger 



SELTZER aUItS CBS SALES 

Chicago, Feb. 19. 
Benjamin Seltzer has resigned 
from the local sales staff of CBS. 
Reduces the chain sales setup lo- 



Cedar Rapids, la., Feb. 19. 
Iowa Broadcasting company, sub 
sldlary ot the Des Moines da,) Reg- . , ^^^^ ^ ^^,^1^ 

ister Tribune, operating KSO In 
Des . Moines, has announced that a 
new $25,000 station wiU be erected 
in Cedar Rapids to step up the fa- 
cilities of KWCR, Cedar Rapids, and 



Hiisk O'Hare orchestra goes into 
the Jefferson hotel, St. Louis, Feb 
WIAs! Ottu'mwa.' To have BOO-'watt I ruary 24, with dally broadcasts over 
power in daytime and 2B0 at night KMOX, St. Louis. Band personnel 
under frequency of 1430 kilocycles. Is being kept at 14. Three Burke 
Merger of the two. stations was Sisters with the band for the past 
completed Feb. 14 when WIAS went two years have been replaced by 
off the air in favor of KWCR, the the Gohlke Twins and Miss Maxlne 
studios and facilities to be com- ChaWant 
bined in the Montrose hotel until . , 

completion of thfc new broadcasting Dbn ' Bestor'ft imlt play the^ Para - 
unit. The consolidation is being | <ilse, Bronx, this coming week (23) 
made With: Federal radio commis 
sion apprt)val; 



Palmer's Gadget 

Davenport, Ia„ Feb. 19. 

B. J. - Palmer, radio pioneer, Is 
readying a. new gadget for use In 
conjunction with WOC which re- 
turns to the air soon^ It is a spe- 
cial mike, believed to be the first, 
for telephone use. and may be used 
for a long-distanced transcription 
of addresses and the like when 
away from the local bailiwick. 

Gadget sells around $260. 



*Cal. Melodies' CHopped 

Los Angeles, . Feb. 19. . 

'California Melodies,' first regular 
CBS program to emanate from the 
coast for the whole network is off 
KHJ and replaced with a com 
mercialier. 

Half hour spot, Thursday nights. 
Is being filled by 'Imperial Jubilee,' 
featuring Gfll and Loemllng, paid 
for by Jevne Bread (3o. and broad 
cast over the. coast Don Lee CBS, 



KQMO's Big Hookup 



Canadian Coinmisk Under Scrutiny 



Up April 1 



Ted Howard's Arrowhead Inn Or- 
chestra is • featured fet the newly 
-b pened Roxy. Club . New bu''gh. N. Y. 



Harry Walker's 1934 Revue is the 
floor show attraction at the Orien- 
tal Restaurant, Newburgh, N. T., 
with Rex Ford's O rchestra. 



Stan Stanley will probably keep 
ills orchestras at the Thomas Jeffer- 
son Hotel, Birminefham, until the 
first of March at least. His contract 
hieia' been extended a few weeks. 



. Seattle, Feb. 19. 
KOMO, which devoted last week 

to celebrating its union with KJR p«-.|2-,i«Aiif Will Decide Fat< 

under the Totem Broadcasters Coi I * l-^eClOC r«W 

and its. new studio formal dedica- 
tion, broadcast an NBC network 
program, the first, transcontinntal I 
program to originate from Seattle ] 
in many a moon. 

A, , 30-piece "orchestra, under the I 
direction of Lloyd Solberg will, play 
a half hour program of latest song | 
hits in special arrangements. 



-Trial Year 



Toronto; Febi 
Explanation for. the banning of 
the Foifd Motor prograni sbhed- 
uled for .the Thursday night 
broadcast of CKCL will offer little 
relief to the rancor of Can- 
adian radio li^tianers. Reason given 
is that program sponisbrs were un- 
able to secure the permission of 
Canadian Radio Commission - to 
broadcast over a Canadian station. 
CKCL officials adniltted that the 
cite had ruled that 'the program 
must not- go on the .air under, any 
circumstances.' 

Inquiry revealed that the trouble 
Arose from the inability of cfrb, 
local ColUEhbla Outlet, to handle, the 
Ford progrram because already car- 
rying a. sponsored program. CFRB 
is. the comihercial station of the 
Canadiain. Commission. CFB ofil- 
cfals claim that» althbugh they carry 
the regular. Sunday night Ford pro-., 
gram they, were unable to find a 
spot for the Thursday night show 
and requested CKCL to carry, but 
Ha.rry Sedgwick, managihg director 
of OKCL, had to. first get the per- 
mission of Hector Charle^worth» 
chairman of the Canadian Radio 
Comihlssion. 

Sedgwick clainis that he was un- 
a,ble to get any satisfaction from 
Canada's radio czar. He says 'Mr. 
Charlesworth left the\ telephone 
while I was talking to him. I held 
the; line . for: 20 jminutes and then 
dalied hlni back. I .was told the 
chairman ..was too busy to talk to 
me.' 

Answered by Wire 

Local broadcast ofhcials were un- 
able to explain, the dog , in the 
manger attitude of the Cianadian 
Radio Commission, as outlined in. a 
later wire to' CKCL in which it yfrsiB 
Eitated that broadcasting of the Ford 
program would not be granted. The 
CRC regulations rule^that» In draw- 
ing' up daily schedules, Cainadian 
stations shall hot have more, than 
40 percent foreign programs. 'Reg- 
ulations further pbint out 'a pro- 
gram of foreign origin which- ad- 
vertises goods made In Canada and 
names th<B addresS: In this, country 
where such- goods are produced and 
distributed, shall be deemed a Can- 
adian program.' 

Whereupon Ford officials express 
amazement that, the CRC chairman 
.should take the attitude that the 
Ford Motor Program of Canada .is 
ah American company and stressed 
the fact tonight that the Windsor,' 
Ontario, plant employed more than 
6,000 Canadian workmen and used 
all Canadian -made material possi- 
ble in their product. 



Jockeying KPO 



San Francisco, Feb. 19. 

In the bag for. NBC here i^ a 
switch in KGQ and KPO that, it is 
planned, will put the latter station 
to the fore as a broadcaster of net- 
work shows by virtue of its 50,000 
wattage. Move Is now being Ironed 
out, and possibly may be ready 
early in April. 

Figured that KPO, now is well 
well localized in its apii^al, will 
reach, the San Joaquin valley,; which 
Is quite a hop for KGO's 7,600 watts. 

; Chain's sales, and traffic departr 
ments expect, a switch of iaome of 
the network's commercials, which 
now include all the big shows, to 
KPO, KGO will continue to get 
soni^ of the shows, commercial and 
otherwise, as well as ,more ' locally 
produced stuff. 

Although NBG recently disposed 
of KYA to Hearst that station con- 
tinues, to take some Of the network 
sustaining, features, amounting to 
some 25 per weelc. 



FITCH SHOW SPBEASS 

Chicag o, Jeb._19.. 



Ottawa, Feb. 19. 
Prime Minister R. B. Bennett 
told the House of Commons ' Frida.y 
that he had ordered a . probe into 
the Canadian Radio Broadcasting 
Commission by a Parliamentary 
Committee 'to reconsider the Na- 
tional radio broadcasting question' 
jHiid "^ro^Tgive ^=the 
Parliament an opportunity to ex- 
press their views. 

Federal st^-tute providing for the 
creation and operation of the 



Pitch conipany going for addl 
tiohal coverage on NBC. Is add- 
ing mountain and Pacific coast out 
lets with Wendell Hall rebroadcast- 

ing for the west. _ . . . 

~ Fitch also "goiiig into Canada 1 0anadian C<l!nnHtsirexirire3Ttpril-lr 
through the radio disc route, Hall the Intention beinij to give the 
and company, doing a second show tribunal a trial for one year. This 
from the NBC studios after each vfsis done because of objections 
broadcast with the show piped down raised against expenditures of 
into the{RCA Victor studios. ' I large sums of money at a time when 



there wa^s an apparent necessity, for 
strict government, economy. Thus; 
the radio board got oft to a bad 
start and complaints against its 
rulings and activities generally 
have continued throughout the 
year from both government bench-, 
ers and members o^ the Opposition 
in the House of Commons. It has 
alsa'^beenrreported'^that^radio^sers- 
refused to pay their 1933-34. license 
fees as a protest and the niatter of 
non-payment of license fee is before 
the law courts In the form of a test 
-case^"f or- "the. statute -providing tor 
tiie licensing of receiving sets. 

Opportunity now presents itself 
for the Parliamentarians to air j;helr 
views for the guidance' of the gov- 
ernment. 



idl^r to L.. A. 

San Francisco, Feb. 
Fred Fldier has temporarily tra:ns- 
f erred, from the local offices of J. 
Walter Thompson to the Los An- 
geles quarters from which he will 
handle the Shell Oil Show on the 
Don Lee- CBS chain. 
=^jp^diei^wilLbe=gone=.ttt^eaAt^^ 
.weeks and will oversee the Shell 
show which, was. recently shifted 
from K FRO here to KFI. 



v"?ta«6ir-WFBIWr^lttllaTa^ 
sold solid comniercial, from 5; 30 to 
10:30 p.m., including spot announce- 
ments at station breaks. Time, not' 
taken nationally by the Columbia 
I chain has been sold locally. 



R A D I O 



VARJEtr 



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CBS Horoscopes Summer Audience; 
86 Cities Divulge Vacation Hal)its 



Columbia has Just completed a 
survey oh summer audiences \yhlch 
estimates that the coming warm: 
spell will show a listening loss of 
only 1.5 ?{) as compared tp the cur- 
rent winter season. On the basis 
of answers to qufestlonniilres col- 
lected for > this study the- -network 
contends that the» audience this 
summer -numerically will be jgreater 
than the listening tally for any 
w:inter season prior to the current 
one. 

For the .sunimor audience, survey, 
which will be distributed among 
advertisers and. their agencies next 
week, CBS used 4,820 question- 
naires which the, Ross Federal Re- 
search Bureau supervised as to the 
■ filling out in 85 bities. Bureau's ih- 
yestigatox'S, submitted three ques- 
tions; (1) Do you plan to go away 
for a vacation, and how; long? ([2) ,1 
Will you take a radio set with you? 
and (3) Do ybu.plah to use one 
when you get there? 

From the answers tabulated CBS 
drew up a series of arithmetical 
deductions. -As stated in the sur- 
vxey,..67. out of every . 100 fkmHies 
will take a vacation some time durr 
Ing the summer; 46 out of every 100 
radio families plan to be gone for 
two weeks In either July or August; 
and only 10 out of every 100 fami- 
lies equipped with, radio will be 
average audience loss every two 
weeks^ during these two months. 
Also, points out the study, the in- 
vestigators found that" eight but ot 
eyery 10. families intend taking 
their sets withi them. 

Converting the Ross findings into 
percentages,, the network figures 
that 90.3% will be home during any 
two-week period of even July and 
August, and that with the 8.2% 
who will take their sets with them 
on vacation there will be 98.6% of 
the 18,000,000 American set owners 
exposed to broadcasting through 
the coming summer. What has 
helped In a large measure to assure 
ibis summer audience, says the sur- 
vey, has been the widespread sale 
of the auto set and the midget edi- 
tion which can be . tucked awiay In 
the bag. 

JIow the study arrives at a su- 
perior audience this summer as 
compared to the winter of 1932-33, 
Is as. follows, it estimates that by 
July, 1934, there will be 18,000,000 
radio equipped homes, basing these 
figures on a survey now In process 
Of completioii. Deducting., .the an- 
ticipated listening loss of 1>B% 
leaves 17,730,000. In January, 1933, 
a CBS survey showed 16,809,000 
.radio equipped homes. 




McGarrett in LA 



Assignment as manager of the 
CBS progrram department's branch 
in Xos Angeles has gone to George 
McGarrett, of the web's New York 
production staff., McGkrrett's task 
will take In both the building of 
prdgrams and the discovery of 
coast talent adaptable to radio. 
1 .Burt McMurtrl6 who, has been on. 
the westcoast the past three months 
getting the branch under way is 
due back : in his New York niche 
withi the next two weeks.: 



Booklet Lists Objecfionable 
Practices — Advises to 
Avoid Boomerang Prom- 
* , Extravagant Claims 
and Stereotyped Shows 



NBC Needlessly Jittery, Says 
Forces Issue on 





SMARTEN UP 



Ponds Off Air 



Pond's cold cream retires from 
the network lists March 6 after a 
run of four consecutive . years . on. 
NBC. Broia4cast of March 6 also 
wihds up Maude Adams* six- week 
contract ith the cosmetIC: niaker. 

United States Tobacco (Dill's 
Best) will move into, the vacated 
Friday night niche with a revised 
show headed by Pick arid Pat. 




GET BREAKS 
INRY. 



AGENCY HAS 7 SHOWS 
ON CBS EACH FRIDAY 



About a dozen, boy actors appear 
to handle the bulk of assignments 
on radio programs emanating from 
New York City. Below them' is a 
horde of several hundred wbuld-be 
Juvenile Thespians who find expres- 
sion "and experience through two 
Saturday shows using lots of ypung- 
sters. These are respectively 'Lady 
Next Door* framed by Madge 
Tucker for MBC, and 'Children's 
Theatre of the Air,' piloted for Co 
lumbia by Nila Mack. 

Desire to crash the radio Is not 
confined to amateurs with ambi- 
tious mothers. Most of thei lads 
have theatrical backgrounds and 
stage experience. But the: profes- 
sional kids also have ambitious 
mammas. When getting the inside 
track . :rpr dramatic assignments 
boys earn up to $260 weekly. Aver- 
age per broadcast Is $2B-$35. 

Recent introduction of drama 
tlzed sales spiels . on a number of 
programs has been, a break for the 
youngsters as the need for children 
in these commercial plugs is of ob- 
vious fam iy Importance. Goal of 
all boy actors Is to become the title 
character in a serial built around 
some wonder-boy of fiction like 
Penrbd, Sklppy, Frank Merriwell. 
In the case of *Red Davis' for 
Beechntit, however, the hero Ib 25 
years old. 

Eddie Wragge, Walter Tetley 
Lester Jay, Andy iDonnelly and 
Billy Holiop, all around 12 years of 
age, and Laddie Seamon, Arthur 
Scanlon, Jimmy McCailion, Edwin 
Eaton, Julian Altman and P6ter 
Donald, around 15, seem to be 
those niost in demand by the ad- 
vertising agencies casting boy parts 



Battens-Barton, Durstine & .Os- 
bornei holds the agency record for 
the number of programs released 
ov6r a network in a single; day. 

On CBS' Friday daytime schedule 
the agency is responsible for the 
Ozol, Salada tea and Silver Dust 
Stanzas, while .the B.B.D.&O. rep- 
resentation on the evening end con- 
sists of March of Time (Remington- 
Hand), Happy Wonder Bakers 
(Continental Baking), Marvelous 
Melodies (Hiidriut) and Ruth Et- 
ting- Johnny Green (Oldsniobile). 

NBC Gets Show When 
CBS Has No Time 



. Chicago, Feb, 19. 
Dr. West toothpaste company 
practically set for red NBC web for 
the Frank Merriwell kid show. To 

~~itondafd~acFos3"^the^ 

Negotiations with. Colunibia for 
time fell through when CBS 
couldn't spot the toothpaste show 
lit B: 15 next to the present Philipps 

"-D6ntar"MasneSta— program— at— fl" ' 
J. Walter Thompson office herd was 
offered the 4: 30 slug but agency fig- 
ured that tim* was a bit too early 
for kid Bhow.i. 



Teabeiry Gum Expands 
Mystery Disc ISpbts 



Chicago, Feb. 19. 

Through the local Kastor agency 
the Teaberry gum mystery discs 
are being spread through additional 
territory after a click pn WLW in 
Cincinnati. Are going On three other 
widely separated transmitters, WJR 
In Detroit, WGY Schenectady, and 
WBT in Charlotte. 

Chicago situation Is heing held up 
by a number of present contracts 
with local stations for sports re- 
ports. Understood that upon com- 
pletion of current deals ^um com^ 
|pany will switch to the mystery 
show plugs. 

■ Torn M ix Series Ends 



., Ralston Purina folds the Tom 
Mix Adventure series on NBC 
March 26, with the . intention of re- 
suming- the show in the fall. Prod- 
«ct-£onnect£d:..with-the„b.Qrse_op,w^^ 

Is. seasonal. 

March withdrawal date will make 
it a 26-week run for the Mix ghosted 
! affair. 



NBC has issued: its first handbook; 
on program policies guid- 
ance of cominercials and adyertis- 
Ing agencies. Contained, in the 
booklet is an array. . 
and 'niust-nots, both pointed and 
ambiguous; through which the net- 
work seeks to set up a code of ethics 
for the advertiser to follow in 
plugging lils^pods. 

Besides tellirife the advertiser how 
to write and deliver his plug copy 
so that it won't offeind listener taste, 
the booklet touches upon, the sub- 
ject of air. showmanship and cau" 
tions against the various methods 
of misrepresentation common to 
advertising. Testinionlals must re- 
flect the genuine experience or 
opinion of a competent witness and 
in all, cases, the network insists, the 
advertiser submit three days in ad- 
vance a bond protecting NBC or a 
notarized release from the quoted 
testimonial giver. 

Number of the shpuld-nots allow 
lots of room for interpretation. In 
these instances there is no citing 
of examples or partlcularlzations, 
which leaves the advertiiser no al- 
ternative but to submit his stuff 
and see how far he can get away 
with it. What constitutes unplea- 
sant advertising copy is not made 
clear. This angle is covered by a 
single, oddly, phrased sentence which 
reads: 'Unpleasant or. gruesome 
statements should be avoided as 
more likely to offend than to in- 
struct or entertain.' 

Stale Rehashing 
On the subject of showmanship 
the booklet , confines itself to the 
following paragraph: ^Each program 
should be individual and distinctive 
and should not resemble too closely 
an adjoining program on the same 
network. In other words, the en- 
tire day's broadcasting miust be bal- 
anced to furnish variety of enter- 
tainment and instruction to listen- 
ers. Especially, the advertls6r and 
the network should cooperate to 
prevent repetition of the same 
musical numbers in. prpgrapas oc- 
cupying; nearby periods.' 

Title sheet of the handbooki which 
follows in toto, describes it as -a 
statement of principles and require- 
ments -governing broadcast pro- 
grams, to serve as a means of main- 
taining the value and. effectiveness 
ot broadcasting advertising : 
PART ONE 
PRINCIPLE^. 
The National Broadcasting Com- 
pany can best serve the true inter- 
ests of Its advertisers by placing 
first the interests of the public. 

Broadcast advertising derives its 
value from listeners* enjoynient of 
programs aind their ' confidence In 
the statements made on behalf; of 
advertisers. Anything which mars 
their enjoyment or impairs their 
confidence reaots unfavorably on all 
broadcast advertising, - 

Radio stations are required by 
law to serve public interest, con- 
venience, and necessity.. Public in- 
terest has been held by the courts 
to" mean service to the listeners or, 
in other words, 'good programs.' 
Stations broadcasting objectionable 
programs have had. their ..liceinaes 
cancelled by the Federal Radio 
Commission. 

The responsibility for protecting 
the public Interest rests both upon 
th e ad ver.tisers._a nd u ppnthe net- 
work. 'This statement, Thereiorie, 
aims to define, in the light of ex- 
perience, proper standards of pro- 
gram quality, good taste a,nd In- 
tegrity, to be iset up and enforced 
by the.<;o:_oj)erative effort of the Na- 
tional Broadcasting Oompany, its 
advertisers and their agencies. 
These standards grow out of the 
rr ontlnxjied on page 37) 



NO 







Details of the news broadcasting 
agreement between the press asso- 
ciations and the netwoi'ks were ex- 
plained to a gathering in New York 
Monday (yesterday) of the station 
managers on NBC's payroll. CBS 
transmitted the sanie info to nian- 
agers of Columbia operated outlets 
in a letter sent out last week. 

Bureau which wiU clear the news 
for broadcast purposes is 'all set 
tp start functioning March 1. Not 
a single indlia operated, station lias 
to date (yesterday) subscribed to 
the service which will be supervised 
by James W- Barrett, former city ed 
of the New York World and Amer 
lean. WOR, Newark, announced "thie 
week before that It was coming. In 
under the plan but Barrett has yet 
to receive, this commitment On 
paper. 

. Meantiine NBC and Columbia 
have furnished the suite of offices 
that Barrett's bureau Is occupying 
in the French building oh. Fifth ar 
enue, and assumed all operating ob- 
ligations until indie stations start 
joining the service. Cost of the ser- 
vice to all outlets, concerned will be 
pro rata of the bureau's ijverhead 
plus the wire charges for the news 
letters. Latter will be sent collect 
to eiach subscriber. .Newspaper 
members 6r clients of the As- 
sociated Press, the International 
News Service aiid the United Press 
have been advised that after Feb 
2 they will be restrained from 
broadcasting any news collected by 
these serviceis unless cleared 
through the radio-press bureau. In- 
structions in this instance affect 
newspapers who operate their own 
outlets or which have a newscasting 
hookup with some station in the 
same town. 

In a letter signatured by Philip 
G. Loucks members of the Niational 
AssQciatipn of Broadcasters were 
informed last week that the NAB as 
an orgarilzation haai not committed 
itself to the radio-p;ress' pict. 



Script which Sal Hepatlca had 
scheduled for last Wednesday 
night*s (14) broadcast was ordered 
tossed out by NBC exeos because 
the theme of the burlesq dealt "with 
the pampering of penitentiary In- 
mates. After Fred Allen had in- 
sisted that he he pernriltted to audi- 
tion the shov^r foy network h^eher- 
ups the continuity was reinstated 
with , slight ; touches of the blue 
pencil. 

Reason given for the original or- 
der was that the web feared that 
the kidding given the subject by 
Allen w*ould be iriterpreted by the 
LaGuardia. administration as re- 
flecting uhfavbrably on the latter'fl 
reaction to' conditions found in. the . 
recent raid oh Welfare Island. Al- 
len contended that In preparing the : 
script he and; his co-author, Harry 
Tugand, had not been inspired by 
the W. L .pehitentiary raid, . Nor 
could he see how any of the comedy 
situations could be considered as 
likely to Offend Mayor LaGuardia or 
his commissioner of corrections. 

Richard C; Patterson, Jr., NBC'b 
executive v.p;, held the latter post 
under the previous >rew York City 
administra,tion. 

Rejected script was handed Allen 
by the program department late 
Tuesday afternoon (13) or five iwH»m\f? 
after he- had rehearsed the ShoVr 
.with his cast. Following pressure 
brought by the agency on the ac- 
count, Benton : & Bossies, the NBC 
powers ; agreed to give the thing * 
personal hearing the next afternoon. 



NEW QUARTERS FOR 
NBC, SAN FRANCISCO 



San Franciscp, Feb. 19. 
Changes in the physlpal setup of 
NBC will be completed about April 
J, Wiien the network will drop bfflcea 
and two studios at 67 Sutter and 
open new and additional - quarters 
now being teadled in the 111 Sutter 
bnUdlng. 

Chain already has the second and 
twenty-second floors, with part ot 
the thlrdi Replacing the 67 Sutter 
studios, two new but snaall Ones will 
be opened on the twenty-first floor, 
and extra office space leased on the 
third. Studios In Hale's store re- 
main. 

bream of an NBC building to 
house' the western division head- 
quarters here has always been 
floating around, but seems quite re- 
mote at this time. 



Washingtpn, Feb. 

Attacking" radio press com- 
promise. Senator Dill, of 'Washing- 
ton, warned newspapers that , a 
radio news service that; will give 
the! newspapers a Ipt . Jnpre trouble 
than they might, expect eventually 
is bound tp come into existence. 
Millions depend ort "the . announce- 
ment of news via the radio to get 
the news of the world, Chairman of 
Senate Interstate Commerce Cpm- 
mittee, said. 

Washington splon criticized as In- 
sufficient the agreement to limit 
radio news broadcasts tp five 
minutes. 



KMOX StafF Additions 



si Lpuis,, Feb. 19. 

J. N. Newell comes here froni 
Sioux Fall.«3, S. D., to join the 
KMOX publicity staff. 

Another addition is R. B. bunville 
to the sales .staff. Eugfene V. Moser^ 
former" continuity editor of KMOX, 
is back on the payroll P'*o- 
dui^tion fTonnrtmf-nt 



NBC Soconyland Sketches 
Move to Getchell Agency 

J. Stirling Getchell agency takes 
over the supervision of the So- 
conyland Sketches froni Batten, 
Barton, Durstine & dsborne April 
i. Move comes as a sequel to the 
acquisition , by the Getchell outfit 
Of all the Vacuum and Standard Oil 
of New York business about two 
months ago. 

'Change o£ agency . pilots wl 
find the prograni'S NBC . releaise ex- 
tended to 13 stations with Detroit 
ind Philadelphlia the latest added 
to the list. Stanza,, rating : as the 
oldest dramatic commercial on " the 
air, celebrates Its seventh con- 
secutive year Feb. 27, Only show 
topping it iEor longevity Is the A & 
P Gypsies.. 

KMTR Staff Changes 

Hollywood, Feb. 19. 

In an economy move, KMTR, has 
cut its Orchestra from 12 to six 
members and has made several 
changes in staff and exccutve posi- 
tions. . . J _ ^ _ _ 

"^"Ur^SfiaS^TSn^norriiTotrr'as^^^ 
ist and same for Lois Deering, stait 
piianist. Mel Williamson is through 
as^ traffic manager and announcer 
with David Carlyle replacing in the 
announcing spojt and Benjamin 
•Ferguson in as traJfflc manager. 

Fred Lane replaces Harry Le R6y 
a.s announrPi:- 



32 



VARIETY 



Tueadaj, Febrjiwy 20, 1934 



RAMO SHOWMANSHIP 

( Merchandizing^ Stunts aiid Program Tieups) 



OUTSTAirpiNO STUNTS: 

FILM SOUND TRACK 
PROGRAM 
(Station KNX, HoUyvyopd) 



Stpllywood.. 

An hour- show l>uilt . kround the 
radio reprodubtidn 6£ a: sound track 
of a motion plctur<B, manlf estg what 
ciax be done ..exploltatlonwise for a 
local- film showing, iind at; the soLm? 
time garrier dough frpm a. commer- 
cial account. In this case a beer 
concern foots, the blUi 

While film-air programs can not 
be used universally because of the 
danger of satisfying the listening, 
audience and thus keeping patrons 
from the local theatre where the 
picture is. showing, in cases where 
a plctiire is away from the beaten 
path, such lis 'The Lost Patfbl,' it 
should be effective, judging from 
the treatment of this particular 
broadci^st.' , 

Nature of the yarn atid the aua- 
pense built airound this danger from 
Arabs to the lost detachment in the 
desert lends itself aa good air 
fodder. Exceptionally fine back- 
ground music from the film, par- 
ticularly interpretative in helplner 
iell the atory, is almdat Ijti itself a, 
satisfactory program. 

Narrative written by, Jock lAW- 
rehce tind read by John Swallow 
fUla In the vacant apots which only 
could be told visually and. Id con- 
nected smoothly with the dialog 
from the film. 

■While similar programs have been 
put on before here in 15-min.»perlod9 
this was the first time that an at- 
tempt was made to virtually tell the 
^ble story and build a' program of 
such leniirttai As handled and with 
{he ending of the atory left untold, 
the ihnovitttlon should bring cua- 
tomers into the theatre rather than 
dfrlve them away. And provides 
station with a novelty progiram cap- 
s^^^of attracting lapbnaorahlp. 



tery It lan't neceaaarily the most, 
entertaining. 

Every name attraction seems to 
be guilty In this new deal, and whUe 
plugging a guy who plugs you Is 
bad enough this mOre recent turn 
lis worse, . The LogrolleriS Xieague 
at least was frank about it. One 
member even going so far as to say 
oh One of his programs,, 'a certain^ 
comedian— I won't mention him on 
this, program since he doesn't men- 
tion me on hls-^' 

But the others, are assuniing that 
parodles^burlesicjues and. imitations 
can bring more laughs than original 
work. Income tax figures have 
never bortie this out.- showmen say. 

Even sponsors are wondering 
where it will all end. They don't 
claim to know niuch about the show 
biz, they admit, but they aay they 
have searched in vain for cracks 
either for or against Kit Martowe 
In Win. Shakespeare's scripta. Or 
any other of Bill's Old rivals. But 
they're hopeful that maybe mdderh. 
entertainers are jprlvy to sdnxe sure- 
fire formulas which were denied the 
old-timers. . . 

Still they're a bit fearful about 
that In-breeding thing remembering 
that it reduced everybody from the 
Bouirbons abroad to the Jukes fam- 
ily In Jersey to half wits. 

Paris. Style TaH< 

...Boston. 

During, a regular morning period 
bought by Filene's department store, 
store's dress buyer, a Miss .Kelley, 
telephoned from Paris and her 
words were broadcast by WEEI. 

MlM Kielley described the latest 
French style trends and told of see- 
ing street fighting during th6 recent 
Parisian riots frdm her hotel win- 
dow, conversation lasted eleven 
minutes. 



Reason for Series 



Impression In some quarters 
is that this aeries of surveys Is 
meant to question radio as an 
advertialng medium.' Such is 
not the Intent. 

As stated in latinchlhi: the 
aeries, VJdomt proffers these 
tests for what, they may 
worth to radio ais a. commen- 
ta,t>y ,.and for possible analysis, . 
on commercial sliowmanship in 
broadcasti 



EUROPEAN AIR 
MESS €ETS 



Do Fans Know Sponsors^ Quiz 
Answered in Two Dixie Towns 




Rebel stations which refuse to 
conform to the Lucerne agi'e<?ment:. 
On wa,ve. lengths continue to gum 
up the ether in Europe^ and drastic 



HygradeV Campalgh 

Hartford. . 

Is it possible to tie up nidio and 
theatres and briiig business to an oil 
and gasoline^ conipany? . The tri- 
angle wais found successful by the 
Hygrade Oil Company of thW city. 

Some four months ago Hygrade 
Oil Company took one quarter hour 
period on IVBRC, Hartford, with a 
broadcast on gosdip from' the show 
world using music as a background. 
Due to the tie-up with the fan 
listener, Hygrade turned to theatres 
for further assistance. Meeting the 
entertainment houses oh a flfty-flfty 
breaks all have benefited by the ex 
ploitation stunts pulled over that 
period. 

When 'Fugitive Iiovera' played 
here Hygrade wofked out with one 
of the theatres the. stunt of having 
two couples travel in different parts 
of the town disguised aa the lover a. 
They visited every one of the 150 
stations in this vicinity and in many 
of the places . as taany as BO to 150 
men and women were -waiting to see 
the 'Lovers.' Passes were given to 
the first five to recognize couple. 
The appointed meeting times had 
been announced on the radio only.; 
Calls for days were received by both 
the oil company and the theatre, 
from hundreds who wanted to know 
if it is true that Robert Mont- 
gomery and Madge Evans are in 
town. 

When another theatre pla;yed a 
cluck double feature 3,000 tickets 
were distributed among the sta- 
tions, the company In return 
splurged, oh radio tie-ups and sta- 
tion displays with a result of good 
business for both. . 

Each week the Hygrade Oil Com- 
pany offers a still of a star of a 
feature film in town, the pictures 
being siacured from the theatres a;nd 
mailed by. the oil company to 
listeners. As many, as 400 to 500 
requests have been received a week; 

Another thektre tied up with the 
oil company and to youths collect- 
ing the set of cards, which when 
put together spell 'HYGRADE Gas,' 
1^ prizes are belhg awarded. The 
prizes are awarded each Saturday 
H|by and at the theatre, but the cards 
■Tare being distributed by the sta 
tlons and theatre with the condi- 
tldn that attendance, at the theatre 
on at. least a small, number of oc- 
casions is necessary. The theatre 
getting good business and new 
n^Sifaorlsts are driving in for the 
cards. 

Contract for :52 weeks for two 
broadcasts a week has been given 
.by - the Hygrade Oil Company to 
WDRC. 



Toe Much Gettysburg 

NeW Yorki 
Network advertisers should get 
together on holidays^ After Cap- 
tain Dobbsle Oh the. Del Monte Ship 
of Jdy had devoted' the entire pro- 
gram to the martyred president oh 
liincoM's Birthday the very next 
program' oveir NBC was the Carna- 
tion milk show, Which went Into Its 
own lengtiiy salute to honest Abe, 

Of course, Lincoln with WasWnB- 
ton, the American flag, and tbo 
Spirit of '76 Is surefire on stage, 
screen or radio, but still a little 
Judgnient is never wasted. Carna- 
tion also recited the Gettysb.urg ad 
dress, which had Just been .done 
with much dramatic Intensity py 
an old G^A.R, veteran for Del Monte. 

Two* prograins with the same 
thought and very little ingenuity In 
delivery constitutes a problem that 
the progrartmlng ought to -watch. 



Let 'Em Eat Cake 

New Tork. 
During the broadcast of the Little 
Jack Little orchestra from the Sil- 
ver Grill of the Lexington hotel 
Monday; Tuesday, Wednesday and 
Friday nights, samples of Hostess 
Cake (Continental Baking Go.) are 
passed among the diners. 
. Giveaways . come wrapped In In- 
dividual packages, allowing for 
hOmetaklng or munching on the 
spot. 

ice Side of Blunder 

Chicago. 

National Tea Company In Chi- 
cago i«nc9iatO a terrific amount of 
ham sales when price was an- 
nounced over the air as 12c a pound 
instead of 21c the proper rate. 

Company took it on the chin 
Without whimpering, finding satis- 
faction in the large number of re- 
sponses. 

Popular ,Cop Contest • 

Birminghani. 
A contest "for the most: popular 
cop in town was a stunt of the 'Sun 
Rise Hour,' oyer WAPI every 
morning, which goes on too early 
to think about. 

. Contest.ran a month and the win 
ner polled 2,848 votes out of 12,728 
in all. 



action Is planned tO; stop them. 

Biggest offendier is -Lu:::embourg 
statidh, which not only refused to 
chaiige to 240 metere, sus/iin^^ 
by the Lucerne plan, but chose on 
the day of European changing, over 
to. switch from 1,192 meters to 1,304 
meters, which interferes, seriously; 
with Warsaw's broadcastin Under 
the neW plan. 

Listeners who dial in that wave- 
band nOw get combination of Polish 
andXuxembourg dlklect out of their 
loudspeakers, which sounds like 
iJsperanto but is harder to under- 
stand. 

Luxembourg has had an ulti" 
matum demanding that it be good. 
If it Won't play. International 
Broadcasting Union plans to put 
another station on the same wave- 
legth as Luxembourg and drown it 
out. so that It cah't be .hieavd Outside 
its own country. . 

Already some station On the Conr 
tlnent Is deliberately sending Morse 
on the same frequency -dturlng 
Luxembourg's pet^ broaidcasts, just 
to add to the pleasure , of the public. 

French are playing theiir little 
part . in the confusion. Eiffel Tower 
was supposed to shut dbwn on the 
night o£ the chahgeoyer, but It is 
stUl going merrily On. French say 
they Will keep It going until they 
get a clear waveband. , i^or Radio 
Paris; their other station, which 
they say Is being jainmed, on. the 
1,796 mieter band, by other Con- 
tlnentiai stations. 



Chai-lotte, N. C and Birmingham, 
Ala,, are combihed this , Week In 
VABiErrT'a fluryey of radio flan faxnili- 
arlty with the products associated 
with prominent headlinerS. 

dliai-ldtte is the site of WBT and 
WSOC. Birmingham has W-API, 
WBRC and WKBC. jointly they af- 
ford a fairly normal cross-section ot 
Dixie. . While only 77 replies were 
dbtalhied .from Charlotte and but 54 
from Birmingham the two together 
may have some slghiflcance. ' 

However, some notable disparities 
I are exposed as beilweOn the^ percent- 
wges^TrOin the 77 and the .perceht- 
.iges frpni the 54. Phil Baker Is at 
thie bottom of the Charlotte list, 
while . rJinltirig niumber seven on the 
Birmingham group.. Paul Whiteman 
and^ Bioake- Carter are .Blmlla,rly 
high-low as. between the two spots. 

CharotterBii'mlngham ll6tings!are 
the third in a series of American 
cities ..canvassed by yAWBrrr, " Hart- 
ford and Minneapolis preceded. It 
is. again stressed that this Is not a 
poll , of program or .li^adllner popu- 
larity ahd.ndt a question Of relative 
merit. It . is simply an attempt td 
throw light oh the quieistlon. 'DO 
Fans Know Sponsors ?'~ 

VARiETT's .queistionijiaire ex 
trenieiy simple. There are 26 . well 



known headliners listed. To the 
right of each name is a. blank space. 
Only instruction given Is 'fill In the 
name of adVertiser.' At the tiottom 
of each printed form is another 
space for the person filling the ques- 
tionnaire to state his Or her ocbu-. 
pation. 

Questionnaires are distributed 
personally (not by mail), and th 
essence of the canvass la .that th 
blank be filled in. without cohsultin 
any references. All persons ques- 
tioned are radio listeners.^ None are 
-children. 

Questionnaires containing fewer 
than three correct answers 'are not 
counted, on the theory that such 
persdris either are nbt raSio fans or 
cannot fairly be liiciuded in a sur- 
vey designed to cover only the typi- 
cal and average in eiach city. 

.One reply from Birmingham, a 
building contractor, described him- 
self as a habitusil radio listener Who 
habitualiy tuned down or but during 
advertising and tuned in iagalh when 
it was over. This reply was,- of 
course, not tabulated. VABiiBTT ac- 
<;epts an approximate . Identification 
as correct and sUghtly twisted, mis- 
spelt or incomplete identiflcation» 
are not d^sQuallfied. , 

Next WeekJ Providence, R. I. 



Program Sponsor 




i Re?ise Early All. Rate 
Catrds to CoitftArm 
With Code Proviso^ 



GriARLOtTE, N. C 

QUeaUonmires were tabulated from the follotoingi Housewives, 18; 
teachers, ^; saleswomen^ S; students, 9; clerics, 2; scientists, 2; unem,-: 
ployed, 6; laundress, V, liiechanics, 2; executives, 2; artist, V, lawyer. 
1; newspapernien, ^ ; civil service empUyees, S] grocer, 1. 

(77 BEPLIES) 

Sponsor Sponsor Sponsor 
Correctly Wrongly Jfot 
Named Vamed Knoicn 



Amos 'n'. Andy 

Maxwell Show Boat 
Boake Carter 
Eddie Cantor 
Ed Wynn .... 

Myrt & Marge 
Burns dL Allen 
Rudy Vallee 
Will Rogers . 
Ciara, Lu & E 
Metropolitan Opera 
Bihg Crosby ... 
Wayne King Orchestra 
Jack Benny ..... 

Jessica Dragonette 
Joe. Penher ......... 

Casa Lbma Orohestra 
'March of Time^ . . 
Olun & Johnson 
'Rise of Goldbergs' 
Rau.l Whiteman 
Phil Baker 



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23 
19 
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13 
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10 
9 
8 
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'6 



17 
18 
26 
28 
28 
29 
36 
40 
41 
48 
62 
64 
59 
68 
6$ 
64 
61 
46 
65 
69 
61 
72 



Logrollers. 

Inbreeding, which reduced roy- 
calty's intelligence quotient to nearly 
sero and almost did the same to 
columnists. Is now taking the peas- 
ant vitality out Of ether programs, 
close Observers say. 
. Stars are talking to each other 
Instead of to the mob at the dials. 
Everybody is giving an imitation 
.of everybody else, and while that 
may be the sincerest form of flat- 



99 County Programs 

lowa City, la 
WSUI, University of Iowa /ether 
outlet at Iowa City, goes on the air 
Wednesday (21) with a new 
wrinkle, that of boosting each of 
the 99 counties in the state. Mrs 
Pearl B. Brbxam, program director, 
is readying all of the 99 special 
broadcasts, all clocked, for 9:30 p.m 
Journalism and speech department? 
are assisting In continuity, 



Chicago, Feb. 19. 
Stations are beginning to insti- 
tute new changes in . their' rate cards, 
particularly in the early mOrjning 
hours. New rates generally agreed 
upon constitutes a reduction of the 
rato'to about one-third of the net- 
work rate for these hours. 

Move follows tiie strict orders of 
the radio Industry code which pro- 
hibits stations from selling time at 
prices .hot listed on their rate cards. 
In the past all statioris generally 
classified their daytime hours un- 
der one schedule; But often spon- 
sors for hours before nine .a,m. were 
able to secure reductions, from the 
rate card on the contention that the 
hours before nine In the morning 
were, less valuable than those that 
followed. . " 

Which means that rate cards will 
be divided into three categories In- 
stead of '>the usual - day time and 
night time listings with a special 
section of. rates for. the three, hours 
before nine. 



id G.W. Vi it Your Town? 

Schenectady. 

To celebrate Washington's Birth- 
day'WGT^presMtsTf-B^ 
ten playlet by Tom Lewis written 
around a visit paid Schehectad;-; by 
Washington in 1775. Cast consist- 
ing df Waldo Pooler, Dduglas Mc- 
Mullen, Florence Stanford and Pa- 
tricia Sheldon used for a studio a 
room in the old Glenn Home which 
Washington decupled. 

This sort of thing forrris a natural 
tie-in with patriotic drganlzatipns 
and builds pre.^tipre for the statioii, 



PRIVATE RIBBING JUST 
A YAWN TO PUBLIC 



Albany, Feb. 19. 
™jiw=^Heaiey-lEnm^ehesteT=^^^ 
have been, ordered to cut out the 
smartaleckry and stick to their Jobs 
over WGY. Healy's Job is to 
broadcast news flashes for the Al- 
bany Times-tJhlon and Vedder's 
job is to announce him. Instead the 
two used their broadcast periods as 
springboards for Some strictly pri-. 
vate comedy between themselves. 
They called each other 'colonel' 



BIRMINGHAM, ALA. 

were taJ>utated\irom the following'. Housewives, 16; 
teacher, 1; nurse, 1; modistis, clerks, 15; engi- 
neers, 2; photographers, 2; druggi^st, 1; ielepHonei girls, ,2; newspaper- 
men, unemployed, 2; electrician, 1', mechanics, A. 

(54 REPLIES) 



Questionnaires 
stenographers, 3; 





Sponsor 


Sponsor 


Sponsor 




Correctly 


Wrongly 


Not 




"Named 


Named 


Known 


AmoS' ^ti^ Andy . .* « » • ■ . . . . . • ^ . • v.. • • 


... 40 




14 


Rudy Vallee ... ,...>4 •.•••.••>• i^.,.,, 


.i 33 




.19. 


Eddie. Cantor >•••,,.,•>«• 


.. 32 




22 


Ed ^A^ynn . ..... ...k * , •'«•...§#••■• r «•,,. • 


. . 30 




24 


Paul V^hitenian ...... >i .<.•«• i • • 


.. 29 




26 


Maxwell Show Boat .....>..,,..... 


.i 27 






Phil Baker • . ..•..■itaiiii,*..!** 


.. 25 






Will Rogers .,••..,,'.■•■•'•■>• i >■ i. .I 


.. 23 






. Burns & Allen i..*, i, >-f ,•«.,,••. 


.. 20 






'Iliie of Goldbergs' 


20 






Clara, Lu A Em 


19 






Myrt & .Marge .. « . ...•••■•i,,,,,,. 


.k 19 






Wayne King Orchestra 


18 






^jetropolitan Opera 


17 






Boake Carter 








Joe Pen ner 








Bing ' Crosby ...a.<ii,,<iiir ■ , 


■ • 




42 


'March of Time' 






37 


Harry H. or lick 






4G 


Edgar A. Guest 






61 


Esisy Aces • • • • .• ft • • • « t i < 


■ 1 




50 


Jessica Dragonette < .. , , i . . • > 


« I 




52 



and talked about their bicycles and 
pinochle games and were most in- 
formal =^and--Ghatty.:^between=ithem-= 
selves. And when not Iddding with. 
Chester the hewscaster went In ei- 
tenslvely for poetry and philosophy. 
A little like Pat Barnes. 

Now he has been ordered to .der_ 
Vote himself .td providing the pub- 
lic with some news flashes, to cut 
out the palsy-Walsy stuff, and. to 
.limit the sentimental outbursts to 
once a week. 



Hershfield's B'kptey 



Harry Hershfield last week filed 
With' the New York Federal court a 
Voluntary petition In bankruptcy, 
listing liabilities of .116,289 aind no 
. oth er than $45, 000 in life In- 
surance. Hershfield, ;^ho 
ular release over W<5R," 
sijgiiatured a writing 



the New York Herald 

dicate.. 



has reg- 
recently 
contract with 
Trfbime Syn- 



Tuesdart February 20, 1934 



BAD I O 



VAKIETr 3S 



New Business 



NEWARK, N.J. 

Fischer Baking Co., six 16-minute 
vrogmma a week, 'Aunt Betty's 
Go<Sl Time Club/ WNEW, 

BchainucJe Clothing Co., nine. 16- 
ininute periods a Week and six 100- 
word announcements a week. 
WNEW. 

Dr, WitHam MdlUu (dentist), six 
16-mlnute period^: a week, WNEW]. 

Bitty Day Clothing -fitore. New 
Torkj islx BO-word announcements a 
€ay, six days a week, . , WNEW. 

Kreage Department. Stote, Newark, 
time announcements every hour on 
the hour. WNEW. 

Ch'apefruit Orovoers Assio., six 100- 
word : anno^uhcements a week plus 
three IB-mlnute *Big Brother' shows 
a week through the Blow Agency. 
WNEW. 

Buiova Watch Co., time announce- 
ments on the hour every* day in the 
week. Through the Blow Agency. 
WNEW; 

King'i Brewerp,..six. IS^mlnute pe- 
riods a week. Through the Blow 
Agency. WNEW;. 

aiemiv Co. (Lorraine HAlrnets), 
two , 100-word announcements ^ five 
days a: wieek for four weeks. 
WNEW. ' . 

Phillip Morris. Cigarets, IB-minute 
spiel on graphology by ]\Ime. Olyan- 
ova Tuesdays. Through the Blow 
Agency. WNEW. 

Abraham <£• Btraus. six broadcasts, 
recording, . 'First Liadies on the Air,' 
starting Pebi 28, Monday si Wednes-^^ 
days and Frlda;ys. . WOR. 

R. B. Davis Co., , 26 ■ programs, 
starting .Feb. 27, Tuesday^ Wednes- 
day, Thursday, recordings, 'Real 
liife Dramas.' WOR. 

Pillshw'}/ Flour Mills, four weeks, 
starting Feb. 19, Monday to Friday, 
afternoons, talk, 'Party Lady.' WQR. 

California Paclcmg Co. (Del Monte 
Salmon), 13 weeks, begfinning March 
7, Wednesday and Friday, 9.-9.1 B 
p.m., recordings, 'True Stories of. ithe 
Sea.' WOR. 



ILADELPHIA 

Justrite C o m p a n y <Birdseed) , 
canai*y and . trio, three time weekly, 
15-mlnutes. Signed ' directs WlP. . 

Penn-Jersey Auto Stores, half- 
hour weekly, with A'gnes Anderson, 
Dick Wharton, Schatz's orch, (Pubr 
licity Service Corp.) WlP. 

Bristol Myers Co. (Milkweed 
Cream), 16-minute disc renewed for 
■ 62 weeks. 'Through the Looking 
Glass with Frances Ingram.' 
(Thompson, Coch); WCAU. 

QilUitte .Safety Razor Co.,. 46 one 
minute transcriptions for Feb 
(Ruthrauff. and Ryan). WCAU. 

Schenley Products (Silver.' Wed- 
ding Gin), five 15-minute programs 
weekly, for 62 weeks. (Radio Pro- 
motion Corp.) WCAU. 

P. Duff and Sans, Inc., (Ginger- 
bread Mix), three. weekly 5-niihute 
discs at" 9.1B a.m.., Tuesday, Thurs- 
day and Saturday, three months 
(B. B; D & O.). WCAU. 

Triplex Shoes, announcements for 
62 weeks. WFI. 

Potter Refrigerator (direct), 6- 
minute live program. Renewal 
WPL' 

Kaier's Beer, Lanse McCurley 
Sport Chats, 6.15-6.26, weekdays. 
WPEN, 

Pomer's (dress house), sketch, 
.•Ma 'n Pa Merr,' 5-:min.utes Monday, 
Wednesday and Friday at lO.lB a.m. 
(direet). WPEN. . 

Lane Bryant (dreSs house), talk 
and music, twice dally, once Sunday 
(direct). WPEN, 

Franlclin Museum,, advertising new 
House of Wonders^ anhbuncements, 
once daily. (Stewdtt, Jordian.) 
WPEN, WFI. 

Horn and Hardart, announce- 
ments for 62 Weeks, once daily. 
(Clements Agehcy.) WFI.- 



S-inlhute programs starting Feb. 19^ 
through Eddy, Rucker & Mickels, 
Cambridge. WEBI. 

Looae-fWilea i$i3cuit Co., 117 an- 
nouncements,'^ three tlrtie weekly, 
starts Feb. 19,- througfh Newell-Em- 
mett Co:, New York. WEEI. 



BOSTON 

-- — -W.^^E..^.Young,.:^Inc., . Springfield, 
Masig., (Absorbine Jr.) series of half- 
hour progranis, starting Feb. 25, 
through Erwin Wasey, New York. 

wnac, wean,. worc, wdrc, 
wmas. 

Firestone Tire d Rubber Co., 
(New EngUnd- Dealers)- the ire- 
. stone. Crusaders' a fifteen minute 
series starting Feb. . 11, through 
Hirry M. Frost, Inc., Boston, Mase. 
WNAC, WEAN,^ WORC. 

Old Age Pdnsion Association, 
Washington, D. C., through WOL, 
"Wash., series of fifteen minute talks 
started Feb. 7. WAAB, WEAN, 
WORC, WMAS, WIIC, WDRC, 
WFEA, wlbz, WNBH. 

Menderih, Itic,, Boston, series of 5 
minute farm and garden talks, 
started Feb. 18, through" Chambers 
& Wlswell, Boston, WNAC, . WEAN, 
WORC, WMAS, WICC, WDRC. 

Fels-Naptha, series of 15-minute 
programs two mornings a week, 
started iFeb. 14, through Young & 
Rubicnni, New York. WEEI. 

Emerson Seeds, series of 15-niln- 
^_litej>rograhis._ Sunday s, starts Feb. 
'26; through Bfoadcasl Advertialnirr 
Inc., Boston, WEEI. 

R. H. White Co., series of 16-nniin- 
tite morjning programs, once weekly, 
starts Feb. 22, through Sallinger & 
I*ublicover, Boston. WJEEl. 

Toam Master, series of dally - an- 
nouncements, starting Feb. 19, 
through Cranler - Krasseltj M^- 
Vaukee. WEEI. 

Leioandowa, Cleansers &. Dyers, 13 



OMAHA 

Tudor Plate, flf ty-two breaic an- 
nouncements beginning March. 19, 
dally except Sunday. Placed through 
A. T. Sears & Go. WoW, 
■ General Baking Co., two break-an- 
nouncements daily except Saturday 
aiid Tuesday.. More details to be 
arranged. WOW. 

Jack and Jill CofSee Shop, itotel. 
Hill, twehty-six announcements 
staggered . between February 12 and 
March 11. Placed through Earl Al- 
len Co.- WOW. 

Easy: Washer Co.; announcement 
daily except Sunday, month Of' Feb- 
ruary. WOW, 

Robin Hood Beer, announceinent 
daily cjccept Sunday beginning Feb" 
ruary ft. .for* two weeks. Placed 
through Bozell & Jacobs, Inc. WOW, 

Alaskii . Packera (Del Monte), 
twienty-six 16-minute transcriptions 
to . be given twice ■ pei' week; begin- 
ning March 6. Placed through; Scott:^ 
Howe-Bowen Co. "WOW. 

-Hills Brothers Coffee, five .minute, 
transcriptions, five times per week, 
Febt-uary 12 to March 19.' P^laced 
through Scott-Howe-Bowen . Go. 
WOW, 

Omaha Yon Co., patent medicine, 
announcement daily except Sunday, 
February 5 to March 5.. .Placed 
through Bozell & Jacobs, Inc. WOW. 

Whalen's, cafe, one announcement 
every Monday beginning January 29. 
Contract Indefinite. WOW. 

Nebraska Power Co., .five-minute 
skits four times per wieek . for six- 
teen times. Placed through Bozell 
& Jacobs, Inc. WOW. 

Hinchey Laundry, break an- 
nouncements Sunday and Tuesday. 
Began January 14, until forbid. 
Placed through Driver & Co. WOW. 

Evana - Emerson Laundry, an- 
nouncement every Monday for one 
year. WOW. 

, Kimball Laundry Co., eighteen an 
nounbenients^ once dully beginning 
February .4. Placed through Earl- 
Allen Co. WOW, 

Haas Brothers, clothing store, 15 
minute- program Friday, 11.15-11.30 
a.m. Began February 9, iends May 4 
WOW. 

Hayden Brothers, department 
store, sale announcements, February 
11-13. WOW. 

Hillc^-est Meniorial Park, cemetery, 
15-minute program Sundays,- 3-3.15 
p.m., began January _ 14, contract 
indefinite. Placed through Ernest 
Bader & Co. WOW. 

Pathfinder Magasine, daily an.- 
nouncement, except Sunday, Febru- 
ary B to February .14, Placed 
through First United Broadcasters, 
Chicago. WOW; 

Byron. Reed Co., Graham Ice 
Cream Co., Goldstein-Chapman - Co., 
new accounts on Luella Cannam and 
her program of singing violins, 
Tuesdays and Fridays. WOW, 

California Packing Co., 26 15-mIn- 
ute transcriptions. Placed through 
McCann-Erlckson. KOIL-K^AB. 

Iowa podp Co., 26 16-niinute tran- 
scriptions. Placed through R; J, 
Potts- Co,,- Kansas City. JCOIL- 
KFAB. 

I Bayer Aspirin, 13 half- hour tran- 
scriptions. Placed through Blackett, 
Sample, Hummert Co. KOIL-KFAB. 

Lloyd Sales Co., cigarettes, an- 
nouncement dally through February, 
March, April. WAAW. 

Super • Service, thirty words daily 
for one month. Renewal. WAAW. 

John Optiz, Ford dealer, forty 
words three times daily, except Sat- 
urdays Placed' through Buchanan 
Thomas Agency. WAAW' 
~ 'Franklin Hatchery-, announcement 
daily for two months. Buchanan- 
Thoma.'S Agency. , WAAW. 

Beard. Wall Paper. Coi, IQ-minute 
program, two times per week. 
Month of February: WAAWi 



CHICAGO 

Walker Remedy Company, Water- 
loo, la,, 80 one-minute announce- 
ments dally «xcept Sunday between 
6.30-7.00 ajn. (Weston, Bamet 
agency, Waterloo) 4 WLS. 

U. a. Bohool of Music, New York 
City, continuation order for ii more 
weeks of Qve-mln'ute radio discs on 
Saturday between 2.65 and 3.00 p.m. 
(Rose-Martin agenoy; New York). 
WLS. 

Lancaster County Seed, Paradise, 
Pa., seven .flve-minute discs oh Sat- 
urday mornings at 9,30 a.m. (C, F. 
Kern agency, Phlla). WLS. 
./Borden Ice Cream Company, Chi- 
cago, renewed Puzzler program on 
Friday for 16-mihutes for additional 
13 weeks^ "WMAQ. 

Jfortheirh trust Cowtpcny, Chicago, 
renewed foi?. 13 weeks of 30-minute 
Northerners' show at 9.30 on Friday, 
WMAQ. 

All State Coinpany, Chicago, has 
signed for 13 weeks of 30-minute 
programs to be known as 'Musical 
Tintypes,' eaeh Tuesday. WENR, 



LOS ANGELEV 

United Reniedies, KNX, si . . 16- 
mlnute spots a . weeki Crockett 
Mountaineers, hill billies. 

■ Penn Oas & 0«.'' KFWB, Thui:s- 
day„ft:16 to 9:30 p,m:. Witch's Tale, 
disc iserlal. (Dan B, Miner). 

Jevne Bread Co.i Don Lee Coast 
CBS, Thursday, 8:30 to 9 p.m. 'Im- 
perial ..Jubilee/ featuring jGlU & 
Doenillng. i 

Associaied" Oil Co., to commercial 
the daily baseball game broadcasts 
over KFWB. 

Hy-vis Oil Co., Monday 7.30-8, 'Ro- 
mance of Andent Egypt,' serial with; 
station stock talent; KFWB. 



Air line News 

By Nellie Rereil 



An exploter on a recent commercial praised the exceptional qualities 
as they say* of the sponsor's coffee, basing hid results on alleged tests 
made with the product while' In the tropics, A week before he went on 
the program, however, the same explorer tbld a performer on the pro- 
grioim that the coffee couldn't be drunk In the hot liands and that It's: 
Impossible to' take prepared coffee to that part of the world, but that 
fresh coffee must be ground constantly. 



NBC's House Dick 

NBC has a house dieki oWen Carney, a member of the New York 
police force for 30 yearsi 22 oi? them as a first grade detective, has been 
added to the service, departnteht as house detective and patrols the. studio 
halt of the RCA building. Due to the fact that the studios are open to 
public, undesirables might come in and Carney's Job Is to keep every-^ 
.thing'ln that Rockefeller . tone. 



Helen Hayes a Showman 

No publicity was given, to Helen Hayes' appearance on the '4B Minutes 
In Hollywood' show last Saturday (17). The actress was afraid the 
announcement would tend to make people believe she wouldn!t be In her 
legit show that nighti thus hurting business. She broadcast frbni. her 
dressing room. 



Colonial Baking Company for Du- 
plex bread, 52 weeks of daily an- 
nouncements on the Exchange Club 
program. Placed direct.. KMOX. 

Benjamin Moore Company placed 
direct Order for Triangle Club home 
decorating program pnce weekly . for 
26 weeks.. KMOX,- 

Chicfian Company, Baltimore, M!d,, 
anriounceriiehts till forbidden start- 
ing April 22, (Van Sant, Dugdale 
agency). KMOX. 

Milton Oil Company for Dixcel gas. 
Radio disc called 'News Parade,' 
once week for 13 weeks. (Anfehger 
Advertising agency). KMOX. 

Marmola, radio disc called. 'Love 
Making, Inc.-,' once weekly. (Ksistor 
agency, Chicago). KMOX. 
-^BristoIfJ/^ers-foriMIikweedLCxeam. 
disc, once weekly. (Thompspn-Koch 
Company). KMOX. . ' 

Rosicrucidn Brotherhood, through 
Virgil L. Lehkin of San Jose, Cali- 
fornia. Disc of classical music and 
talk, nnca-weekly-^or four weeks. 
KMOX. 

Tiviano and Broa., announcements 
daily on Maigic Kitchen. . (Gardiner 
Agency, St. Louis).. KMOX. 



PITtseURGH 

Fred Fear Co., musical transcrip- 
tion three times. Placed by Scbtt- 
Howe-Bowen,- Inc; WCAE. . 

McCoy .Co., contest, once weekly 
for 13 weeks,' Placed by Scott- 
Howe-.Bowen, Inc, WCAE. 

R. L. Wdtkins Co., transcription 
once weekly for 26 weeks.' Placed 
by Blackett-Sample-Hununer, Inc. 
WCAE. 

Bayer AspMn, musical transcrip.- 
tion once weekly for 13 weeks.. 
Placed by Blackett-^Sample-Hum- 
mert, Inc. WCAE, 

Pittsburgh Chevrolet Motors, stu- 
dio announcements 13 times. Placed 
by Blackett-Sample-Hummert, Inc 
M''CAE.^ 

FaiSc^tt Publications, studio an- 
nouncements three times weekly for 
three weeks. Placed by Crithofield- 
Graves Co, WCAE: 

Radio Cooking Club of America, 
studio progriam four times. Placed 
by Cecil, • Warwick, aiid Cecil 
WCAE, 

■W-aters , Center, announcements 
once weekly for 13 weeks. Placed 
by Cramer-Krasselt Co. WCAE. 

Daulerr-Close Co. of Pittsburgh, 
studio announcements, once weekly, 
for 13 weeks. Cramer-Krasselt CO; 
WCAE. 

Cystex, transcriptions relating, 
newspaper adventures once weekly 
for IB' weeks. Placed by Dillioh- 
Kirk, WCAE. 

Chrysler Corp., drama transcrip- 
tion once weekly for 13 weeks. 
Placed- by J. Stlriing Getchell, 
WCAE, 

Gillette Razor, talk once weekly 
for 46 weeks. Placed by BiuthraufC- 
Ryan. WCAE. 

Chrysler Corp., transcription once 
weekly for 24 weeks. Placed by 
Ruthrauff and Ryan. WCAE, 

Can\Pitell-Ewalt_ A ittom obiCe Co., 

transcription twice weekly "for i.T 
weeks. ' Placed by World Broadcast 
ing System. WCAE. 



. Chesterfield Successor 

Andre Kostalanetz and ' orchestra or a program . featuring opera 
stars may succeed S'towkbwski and the Philadelphia Symphony for 
Chesterfield. Kostalanetz auditioned for the cigarette sponsor last week 
and CBS also submitted the opera idea, one name being Rosa Potiselle... 

That .Inexhaustible' Civil War . .. 

Roses and .iDrums, which Isn't even on a cbast-tOTCbast hetwor , 
third, place in the country's favprite dramatic programs and oiie result 
pit the poiJUlarity Is that.they can't flolsih the Civil War. Prpgram'haa 
been 19 weeics on T.3 days in the Spring of 1864 and patrons are .iJemand- 
Ing more , of the spy scripts now .running. James . Glover; who wrife^ 
the show,, estimates for publicity purposes that he refers to 14 ;r.eiCeri»nco. 
books, drinks four bottles of beer, eats half si, pound of cheese, four boxes 
of crackers and one jar of stuffed olives per script. 



Christians-Sidney r Bored 

Ig Show' is gpng In-iieavlly for guesjt with several 

per program. Next Monday (24)^ they wiU have three international 
guest perfprmei's, Mady Christians, Basil Sidney and Bmll..Bo^eo,• 



CHARLOTTE, N. C. 

Lucille Shop, two flve-minute pro- 
grams a week for an indefinite pe- 
riod; WSOC. 

Rosich's Grocerteria, 13 15-mInute 
programs, WSOC. 

Taylor's. Chroeery, 13 announce-^ 
ments, WSOC. 

L. .W. Drlscol Corporation, General 
Eiectric refrigerators, five iannouhce- 
ments. WSOC. 

Charlotte Salvage Compati two 
announcements. WSOC, 

Pedic Manufacturing Company, 13 
announcements. WSOC. 

Pickwick Club, .13 announcements, 
WSOC, 

Bayer COrnpany, New York City, 
thirteen 30-minute evening tran- 
scriptions, 'Wednesdays, from Feb- 
ruary 7th through May 2nd, 1934, 
Placed by Radip. Sales, Inc, New 
York City, WBT, 

Lees'McRae. College (Buckwheat 
Flour), Banner Elk; N. C, fifty-two 
daytime .. announcements, Tuesdays 
and Thurisdays from.Feb. 20 through 
Aug. 16, 1934; Placed direct. WBT. 

Buiova Watch Co., four announce- 
ments each eyenihg Including Sun- 
day for one year,, beginning April 1, 
1934. ■ Placed by Radio Sales, Inc., 
New York City. WBT. 

Cole Manufacturing Co., Charlotte; 
N. C, three IB-mihute programs 
each week, beglning Mar. 13, 1934, 
advertisin g faxra implements, Tues- 
?lays and Batifl'"aay8,"^ri<J5hr^""Placed 
direct. "WBT. 

Crane d Crane Clothes, Inc., New 
York City, for Mayo's local store, 52 
announcements, day and evening, 
from Feb. through April 8, 1934. 
Taced-Wec"t;"-WBTr-'-"---- 

Dr. Lyon'a Tooth Povider, New 
York City, thirteen 30-mlnute eve- 
XContlnued on page 54) 



Short Shots 

Pappy, Zeke, Ezra arid Elton guest star fbr -Bab-O March 
Tasty east auditioning for a Tuesday night spot,' with Arlene Jackson 
starting for that sponsor Mionday (26). . ..Betty Queen, vocalist .wlt^l^^ 
Blubber Bergman on WOR, will do,a week of personal appearances at 
the Park Central -Hotel. .. .Vincehf Lopez, who opens at the St, Regis 
March 1, with an NBC wire, is bringing an 18-year'^old girl, Ruth Perry, 
as vocalist, She has had no previous experience.,.. Gabby Budd says 
his Idea of a great radio eomedian Is one who can steal a Joke , arid disr 
guise it so thait someone else will steal it. , ; ,(jeorge Givpl celebrated his 
28th birthday Sunday (18).. . .Jack Berger Is preparing., a series of 
Wednestiay night concerts at the. Astor, arrangements belng 'iriade for a 
wire. .. .Trlnl Michel and his Orchestra broadcast via a WMCA wire be- 
ginnin'g this week, from the Moulin Roiige . . . . Tony Wdris Is writing a. 
series of articles for the new Tower Radio Magazine, the flfst Issue to 
be out March 1. Distributiori will be through the Woplworth . stores. , ... 
CBS News Editor Don Hlgglnf? became the father of a 7>/^-poiind girl 
last Friday. .. .Gilbert Seldes, Leonard. Joy and ills band, a quartet, . and 
William Hargreaves are heading for a commercial roundup at WOR f6r 
the Emigrant Savings B^nk;...Leo Relsman. is expected to leave the 
hospital this week. 



Gossip , , 
; Margaret West, Texas . cowgirl, starts an NBC sustaining shortly.. •# 
James Haupt has joined a Corinepticut station as musical . arranger ... • 
Musicians in radio claim a shortage of accoriipiished. accordion players, 
stating there are but two, Charlie Rivlan and Joe Mlttiano, who .can fit 
In in an all-rourid capacity. Others' are good orily for special work, they 
say,. . .Arthur Boran will m,c. the hew Colgate commercial jat NBC..?v. 
Pat Padgett talking about those barracuda he caught in Miami, .i*. Gene 
Mar-Vey will advertise hairnets on WMCA..,, So far the iPlckbns sisters, 
a choir and a quartet are named, although not definitely set, for the iiew 
Lucky Strike program. . ...Programs now being staged at the Columbia 
Radio Playhousie are. Georgle Jessel, the Ford shows/ American Oil, 
Marvelous' Melodies, Bond Bread and Big Show broadcasts. . . .Thq day 
"Ray " Heatherton-operted -at the- Roxy-ho-eame-down— with laryngitis ^.v,-. 
Hearst, who Is now using two spots a Week on WOR, will take a third 
soon. .. .They're going to remodel the 'B, A. Rolfe-Rlpiey-Mien About 
Tp-wh show, with Carlos De Angelb dbing the job. Billy Repaid leaives 
the show;... When his present radio contract' runs out Howard . Marsh 
will make a number of musical shorts featuring tunes from Old shows 
in which he has appeared .... Chick Webb has displaced Dpn Redmortd 
at the Casino de Paris, also taking over Redniond's w.lre. . . .Zora Lehman 
has placed herself under the mana.gement of RockWell-O'Keefe. 



Scrambled Notes 

Uncle Bob Sherwood is due for an NBC cpmniercial in April,, ,. Phil 
Napblebri,~'c6nretlst,"'l^^ auto cra^h. . . ; Helen Nugent starts a 

new C!B$ comnierclal shortly. .. .paimbllve program starts March 26 pri 

NBC Irving Rubine Is the father of a nine-pound boy.... Bill Wolih, 

of KFI, . San iFranclscp, Is In New York. ., .Patsy Fick, James Biartpn, 
Roibei't Hope and Jane tjee (Jane and kathierine. Lee) : auditioned . list 
Tuesday at NBC. . .>Edward "Klauber, CBS vIce-preBlderit, back from 
Mediterranean cruise. ...Lola Lane, film actress and f Ister of Roseinary 
arid Priscilla arrives in NeW York In a few. weeks. for a scheduled audi-, 
tion for a major sponsor, , . ,JunIs Face Cream, needing, a girl for a, half 
miinute commercial ispiel,. only auditlpnea iibout 14 girls for thia Jot>, . 
Runkel's is renewing 'Mayerick Jim's' fpr one night a week instead 
two on WOR. 



Stand By 

Douglas D. CoTinah, of the CBS press department, ill be married at 
noon Wednesday (21) at Grace church* New York, to. Elizabeth Whit- 
lock, of Charlotte, N, C. Bride Is a Junior Leaguer. Louis Dean, ejP^ 
CBS ann9uncer now with Campbeil-Ewald, is coming east from Detroit 
to be best man for the grooip, his roommate for three, years iri New York 
....Paul Ross, CBS Artists' Bureau chief, was out last week oh account, 
of Illness, . . .Al Shean auditioned for NBC with Nat Carson .as his part- 
ner. ,, .California Packing Co; will use WOR as ltd locaJi outlet for the 
Del. Monte Salmon program, every Wednesday and Friday night. ...None 
of the dailies carried the story of the fistic encounter In the CBS. building 
.betW;ecn.^twojj:adl£L.Rfe5aenaIitiei^^ \yhe into_ 

the Gothani fpr Henri Buach and his band.,., Don Hall Trio have em^^ ~ 
barked on a series Of vaudeville dates. . . .Don Bestor uses no signature 
song on the Nestle program. . 1 .Americali Protestant Defense League is 
looking over terms for a 13-week WOR contract for a Sunday aftetnqon 
, spQt, ; . .Bi lly Hal op, 12-year> old actdi% who Is 'Bobby Benson' On. CBS, 
has his own pres,<j agent now who fiopes^(5""BuTia''Tn'nriirthe "'Boy^Ba^ — 
more'. . , ,No riiu.siclan in Jack Denny's orchestra has been with him less 
than six ynars. 



84 



VARIETY 



AD I O 



Tuesday, February 20, 1934 



COMMERCIALS 

\yEEK OF FEBRUARY 19 

This Department lists sp'^hsipred programs on 
arranged alphabetloally under the advertiser's nanae. 

A,ll time Is p. m^ unless btherwlse noted. Where one advertiser 
has two or more programs they are listed consecutively. 

An aisterlsk before name Indicates advertising agency handling 
account. 

Abbreviations: Su (Sunday); M (Monday); Tu (Tuesday); 
(Wednesday); Th (Tliursday): F (Friday); Sa (Saturday). 



W 



AOAlE LEAD 
. 6:30-80- WAHC 
Sd UcConnea 
. •Henri. H-Mc 
AFFIUATBI) PD'S 
(tAUls Phlllpe) 
1-Td-«VADC 
Princass Marie 
*Blackett 
AMBK ROLIJMQ 
. 10-F-WJ2 
•The Iron Maeter* 
*B.. B.. D. * O. 
AMKR .rOUACCO 
(Lucky StrlkeV 
1:M-Sn-WEAF 
Mietropolitsn Qper* 
'Tannhaeuser' 
X^aurltz Melchlor 
Ftledrlch Schorr 
Hans Clemens 
liudwls Hoftmtin 
Jam'eQ , Wolf 
Arnold Oa.bor 
lidtte I^ehmanh . 
•Lord & Thomas-. 
AMBB|CA> Oil 

Jack Denny. 
•Jos. .Kat7 

A- A • r .■ 

:30-N-1«'BAV 



Harry. Horllck 
Frank Parker 
♦Harl8 .&. Peart 

ARMOLB 
,»:30-F-WtlZ 
PhU Baker 
H McNaughton 
Mabel Albert«on 
Roy Shield 
Merrle-Men 
Nell Sistere 
•N. W. Ayer - 
B. T. BABHITi: 

l:30-6a-lVABC 
Mary Small 
Landt: 3 & W 
.•Peck 

A. 8. BOTILK 
(Floor VVox) 
1:30-Su-WABC 
•Lazy Dan' 
U-vlng IvftUfqiaB 
» lackett 

BARBASOL 
8:80-M-Tu-Th-r- 
, VTABC 
Edwin C. HtU 
•ErwlP Wasey 
BAYER 
•:SO-Pn-WEAr 
Prank Munn 
Virgin** Bta 



CONRAD 




Wednesday, 8:30t9 P.M. 

Wabc 

Thursday, 9-10 P.M. 
WEAF 



LEON 




AttMbUR proisraM 

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at the 

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Obman ft Arden 
Uiert Hirsch 
liaenschen Oco 
♦Blacliell . 

BKKCH-AXT 

8:4G-31-W-F-WJZ 

Ited uavla' 
Jack Koaeleigb 
CurUss Arnall 
Marion iiB.rney 
JSIl^abetb Wragge 
Eunice Howard 
Peggy Allenby 
Johnny Kane- 
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Albert Bartlett. 
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MUr Watvoo 
Claire Majette 
Nat Shllkret 
•Kedtield 

10:45-Tu-\VJZ 
"Ma^lc ■Momems* 
Vee Lawnhurst 
.Muriel Pollock 
ilarcella iinellda 
Walter s^CHnlon 
Jane EUlsun 

8-Sn-WABC 
'45 Mln.: iii H'lyw'd' 
Mark AVarnow 
Cal yorke . 
•Toung & Rubicam 
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12:30-80- WABC 
Tito Qulzar 
•F; Presbrey 
BRI8TOL-MYEB6 
».)V->WJ£AF 
(Ipana) 
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Donald Novls 
Lennle Hayton 
•Pedlar ft Ryan 
9:80-W-WEAr 
(Sal Hepatica) 
Fred Allen 
Paula Hofta 
Jack Smart 
Irwin Delmore 
Mary McCoy 
Ferde Orofe Ore 
•Beiiton ft Bowlea 
CAL». PACKING 

»:80-M-WEAF 
U Barrett Pobbk 
Dorio ft Kn'bDcker 

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M Wilson Ore ,. 
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M-Tn-WJZ 
Marley K Sherrts 
•Thompeon 

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B;aO-8o-WJZ 
•Grand Hotel* 
Apn Seymour 
Art Jncobson 
Pofi AmecKe 
Betty wlnWer 
Oen'e RoUBe 

lO^F-WEAP 
•Flrsrt Nlshter* 
June Meredith 
Don Ameche . 
C^ft-lton' EJriCkert 
Oilir Soublec 
E Sagerquist Ore 
(D.D.D, Ointment) 

7:30-Th-WJZ 
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E Sagerquist Ore 

•Aubrey Moore 

CARUORINDCU 
1»:S©-9n-WA«C 
Edward d'Anna 
Francis Bowman 

•F. H. Qreeiie 

CARLET'N-BOVBV 
(Father John) 
7rl5-W-WJZ 
Murtel WIlHOB- L 
John Herrick 
H "Sanford'e Ore 
•Cecil Warwick 
CARNATION MILK 

10-H-WEAF 
Gene Arnold 
Lullaby Lady 
M L Eastman 
Jean Paul King 
•Erwln. Wasfy 
CENTACR 
(Fletcher's^ 
, 8:30.W-WABC 
Albert Spalding 
♦Youna * Rul>ic«R 
CHAMBERLAIN 
,(Hand JNptlon) 
7-SurW^ABC 
Eddie South 
Jack Brooks 
•Rnthrauff-Ryan 
CHAPPEI. BRO!» 

7:4n-8a-WABC 
RIn Tin Tin' 
Don Ameche. 
Bob White 



V.Tglnia Wnra 
Johnny Goas. 
Jack Daly 
•ItogerE' ft Smith: 

. CHABIS 
1:15-W-WABC 
Louella .Parsons 
Raymond Paige 
•John L. Butler 
CITIES SERVICE 

8-F-WEAF 
Orontland Rice : 
Jessica l>ragO[nette 
Cavaliers 
•Lord, ft ThotAaa 
CLMIALINR 
12-Ta-Th-WEAl 
Harold Stokes 
GU Page 
King's Jesters 
Frank Hazzard 
♦W. S. Hill 

CVTEX 
B-F-WJZ 
PhU Harris 
Leah Ray 
•J. Walt. Thomp. 

KKX COLE 
5 :45-Tn-Th- WEAF 
rt Cole M'taineers 
•Maxop ■ - . 
COI.GATErPALM 

(Super. Suds> 
10:15-(laiiiy-WJZ 
'Clara Lu ti Em' 
Louise Starkey 
Isabelle Carothere 
Helen . King 
•Lord ■&. Thomas 
CRAZl CRYSTALS 
«-8n-%VF.AF aad 
IS (Inlly. 
Gene Arnold 
♦McC-Erlc. 

R. B. DAVIS 
VBaUlng Po'vd.)! 
10-W-r-WF.AF 
'Mystery Crhftf" 
John McPhereon . 
DtlS-Tu-Tll-WABr 
John McPhereon 
'M.'-Ptery Chef 
e-Sl-Tu-W-Tb- 
WARC 
'Buck Rogers* 
CiiritU Arnall 
.'Vdele Ronson 
BO^ar §telh1 
Jo* OranVy 
WaHer Tetley 
Allah p*vltt 
Georgia Bnckeu 
Elaine Melcholr 
Adele Klein 
Bin Shelley 
Henry Gurvey 
Harry Swau 
Lionel Stander 
r.mmer Oowan 
F*atrice Allen 
•Ruthrauff ft R._ 

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A:fred Corn 
Ned Weaver 
Jas MelghaT* 
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S-TH -W-F-WABC 
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Vivian Ruth 
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10:4.'l-M-W-F- 
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Erno Rapee 
Nino Martini . 
Julius Tannen 

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•J. WH't. Thomp 
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R!30-M-WEAF 
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10-Tn-WBAF 
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6:30-Su-WABO 

Julia Sanderson 

i7rank Crumlt 

•D., B., D. ft a. 

GENERAL dOAB 
0:3Q-W-WABO 

Giiy Lombardo 
Burns ft . Allen 
•J. Wait. Tbcmp. 

GENERAL FOODS 

Ui45-Tu-W]CAF 
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•Young ■& Rublcan 
5:4i>^.M-U -D-WEAF 

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Jack Smart 
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•Touhg ft Rubrcata 
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Lanny Ross 
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Ccnrad Thiliiault 
Muriei Wilson 
•Molasses 'n' Jan'ry 
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4-Dnily-WJZ 
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Cetty wlnMer 
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txtuts Roen 
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10-Sn-WEAF 
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9:30-SH-WABf! 
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6-Sn-WEAF 
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»;16-To-F-WABO 

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*B. B. D. ft O. 
GVLF 
0-Sa-WJ2 
Will Rogers. 
Revelers 
Emtl Coleman 
♦p.'fii Warwick . . 
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3.SB-WJIZ 
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7t3«-M-W-F-WaZ 
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Louis Katzmaa 
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«:lK-M.^W-•n^- 
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Tl-1?ar-0 Rangers' 
Bobby Benson 
Nell. . O'Malley 
Florence Hallap 
Rtlly Hal lop 
Jfthn Barthe 
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EBNA HOPPER. 
t:15-M-Th-F- 
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'Helen Trent' 
Lester Tfmayne 
Virplnln Clark 
Karl Beuhe 
Dolores Glllen 
Jack Doty 
•Ytlack e^t 

H. A. HETNZ CO. 
10-M-W-F-WJZ 

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•Maxon • - 

HOOVER 
4;.tO-8u-WE.4V 
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Chicago a CapelU 
Joe' Koeatrer 
•Erwih-Wnsey 
IIORLICK 
6 iSO-Tu-Th-WJZ 
Dr H Bundesen 
♦Lord ft Thomas 
HOrSEHOLD 
S^Tn-WJZ 
Edgar A Guest 
Alice Mock 
Jos Koestner's Ore 
'C. D. Frey 
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ft-F-WABC 
Jack Whiting 
Jack Denny 
Je'annle Lang. 
Three Rascals. 

B. B. D. ft .0. _^ 
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1<».Sa-%VEAF 
Sat Night Party* 
D A Holfe Ore 
Bob Ripley 

I, ew White 
•Blftckman 

Hir>lPHRBY6 
(Remedies) _ 
10:15 A. M.-M-W-r- 

ISilOrSo-lVRAF 
Mornint! Home C 
Fob .Emery 

JEDltO COAL 
7:1B-TU-F-»WJZ 
'Don Quixote' 
John Brewster 
V^nibert Seagram 
Mark Smith 
Alien Devitt 
Louis Hector 
Helen Dumas 
Leigh Lovell 
•N. W Ayer 
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0:3fl-8u-WJZ 
Walt. Wlnchell 
•J. Walt. Thomp. 
JOHNSON ft SON 
=-(Floor--WaX^-= 



Al Jolson 
J)«enn Taylor 
Ramona . 
Pepgy Healy 
Jack Fulton 
•J. Walt. Tnomp. 

KOLYNOS 
7 :15-M-Th-F-W.ABC 
.Tust Plain Bill 
Arthur HugUet 
•Blackett 
LADY ESTHER 
8-Su-WKAP 
' 10-M-WABC 

8:S0.Tq-WEAr 
Wayne Klnst'a Ore 
tStaok-Goble 
LAHONT-CORLI6S 
(Pond's) 
»:SO-F-WEAF 
Maudia Adams . 
victor Young Ore 
(Nestles) 
8-F-WJZ 
Ethel Shutta 
Waiter O'Keefe . 
Don Beat or Ore 
•J, Walt. Thomp. 
LARCS 
(Edgewbrtb) 
10-W-WEAF ^ 
Corn Cob Pipe Club 

of Vlrgtnlt 
•BBDftO _ 
LEHN ft FINK 
(Hindis Cream) 
. lOtSO-Sa-WEAF 
Mlcha Blman 
If at Strttttert 
•Ruthrauft ft R . 
UGGBTT-MYERS 
(Chesterneld) ' 
f-Dally-WABC 
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LVXOR 
(Armour) 
8:S*-Sa-WBAF 
Talkie Pic Tlme- 
Jone Meredith 
John Ooldaworthy 
John Stanford 
Gilbert Douglas 
Murray Forbes 
•N. W. Ayer, 
I.ORILL.<&RD 
(Old Gold) 
lO-W-WABC 
Ted Florlto 
Dlqk Powell 
f^Lennon .ft M. 
X.OtDRN P'CKINO 
(Doggie Dinner) 
5:4»-'i:h-WA«C 
'Stamp Adventures' 
Recrlnald Knorr 
Carl Eoyer 
*UBttesOn.~ F. 
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SOAP CO. 
lt:SO-'rhrWJZ 
Harriet Lee 
Edward Kennedy 
•Peck 
J. W. MARROW 
. (Oil Shampoo) 
l:16-To-Tli-WABC 
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Bob Nolan 
Bddle House 
•Placed direct 

MET. LIFE CO. 
«:4B-7>n11y-WEAF 
Arthur Bagley 
DR. JMIUBS^ LAB'S 
(AIka-8elt?*r* 
10:S0-Sa-WJZ 
WLS Barii Dance 
Ridge Runners 
Mac ftVBob 
Clarence Wheeler 
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T:3a-M-W-Th> 
WEAF 
Roxanne Wallace 
WItllam Edmonson 
Shirley Howard 
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T«ihy Wens 
Keennn & Philllpe 
♦Noedham. L. ft B. 
KELLOGG 
n:30-Dnlly-WJZ 
The Singling Lady 

TTeiT6~wiT:irer 

Allan Grant 

*N W Ayer 

KRAFT-PHENIX 
lO-Th-WBAF 
P Whtt.cman Ore 



Wamp Carlson 
Dwlght Latham 
•Stack-Goble 
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11:S0-W-WEAF 
Betty Moore 
IjOw White 

HCELLER CO. 
10;4»-M-W-F- 
WABC 
•Bill ft Ginger" 
Virginia Baker 
Lyn Murray 
•Hellwig 

NAT'L SUO-AR 
»:30-M-WJZ 
Melody Singers - 
Joseph Paete.rnack • 
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OXOL . 
lOiWrF-WABC 
Dave. Bunny ft O . 
Bunny CoUgtallc 
Dave Grant 
Gordon Graham 

•J; L. - PceB cott— 

OXTDOL 
(Proct'r ft Gamble"* 

S'^dally-WEAF 
•Ma Perkins* 
Virginia • Dayne. 
Margery Hannon " 
Kar» Hubel 
WIV Fornum 
I Chas. Eggleston 
' «Blackett 

PACIFIC BORAX 
e:SO-Tli-WJZ 
•Death Vall'y Days' 
Tim Frawley 
Joseph Bell 
Ldwin W Whitnev 
. Lonesonie - Cowboy 
Joseph Bbnlme Orr 
•McC. Brick. 

PEPSODENT 

7- DalIy-WJZ 
Amos 'n' Andy 
Charles Gorrel 
Freeman Gosden. 

(•Rise of Of>ld"> 

8- Diin.v-WJZ 
Gertrude Berg 
Janves Waters 

9:30-Tn-Th-Sa' 
WJZ 
Bddle DUchIn 
, •Lord ft Thomas 
PERFECT riRCLE 
t «:S0-8l!i^WEAF 
Ohman iLXki Arden 
Ed ward. Nell . 
Arlene Jackson 
•Sldener. V ft K 

PlfllXO 
Tt45 dntly- ex. Sa- 

Sn-WABC 
Boake Carter 
•F. W. Armstronp 
PHTT-IP MORRIS 

8- Tu-WEAF 
Leor 'Relsman'f: .Or< 
Phil Ihiey 
•Blow 

PILLSBFRY 

10- 80^Dnfly-WJ7 
Today's Children* 
Irma Phillips 

I WaUer-Wlcker^=i=^- 
Bess Johnson 
Irene Wicker 
LUcy GUlmnn 
Fred Von Amon 
Jean McGregor 
•Hutchinson 

11- M-W-F-WABC 
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•Hutchinson 

PABST 

9- Tn-WBAF 
Ben Bernle Ore 
•Matt-Fogarty 



PLOtGH. INC. 
10-W-WJZ 
Vincent Lopex 
King's Jesters 
Adele Starr 
Tony Cabooch 
•Lako-3plro-C 

RALST'N PURINA 
6:ay-M-»v-i'-»» 

Adventures of 

Tom Mix'- 
Artells Dixon 
Percy HcmuB 
Wlnltred Toomcy 
Andrew Donnelly 
tO:SO-Ta-WE^\P 
Mme Sylvlu of 

Holly-wood 
•Gardner 

REAL SILH 

7- Sa-WJZ 
Ted Weems Qrch 
Charles Lyone 
•Brwln-Wasey , 

RED STAR YEAST 
ll-Tu-Tlt-SrWEAl' 
Edna Odell 
PJtll Pbrterfleld 
Irma Glen 
Earl Lawrenee 
REBiilNOTOM 
8:S0-F-WABC 
^aroh of Time' 
B,. B., p. ,&;0.' 
R. J. REYNOLD^ 

(Camels) : 
10-Tn-ThnrWABC 
Casa Loma . 
Connie Bos well 
Stoopnagle ft Budd 
•Wm> fflsiy 

RIESKR CO. 
(Venlta Shampoo). 

6:18-8a-WABC 
Tom McLa,ughUn 
Waildo-Mayb 

ft:lS-6a-WE.AF 
Ted Black 
Vincent Calehdo 
Gnmblnher: 

RITCHIK 

(Bnb Salts) 
8-Tu-W-WJZ 
'Bno Crime Club* 
^peneer Dean 
»N. W. Aytr 
SEALED ro WER 

8- M-WJZ 
Clin Soubiei 
Morln Sifters 
King's Jesters 
Harold Stoke'a Ore 
•Grace ft Halllday 

SILVER DUST 
7:80-Tu-Th-Sa- 
WABC 
Phil Cook 
•B. B. D. ft. O. 
SINCLAIR 

9- M-WJZ 
Cehe ' Arnold 
B'll Child* 
Mac McCloud 
Joe Parsons 
CKtf ScUbler- 
Marry Kogen 
•Federal 

SMITH BROS. 
•:40-Sn-WJZ 
Billy nlllpM 
Scrappy Lambert. 
Nat fhllkret'a Ore 
•Ho-nsnr-TareScr 
SPRATT'S PAT. 

7:4S-To-WJZ 
Don Carney's Dog 

• Stories 

♦Parle ft Peaitj ^ 
STAND. BRANDS 
(Chase ft Sanborn > 

S-8n-WEAF 
Bddle .Cantor 
Riiblnoll 

( Baker's> 
7:S0-Sa-WJZ 
Joe Penner 
Hamlet Hiltlard 
Oxxle Nelson Ore 
8-W-WEAF 
(Reryal.Gel> 
Jack PearJ 
Clin Hall 
Peter Van Steeden 
Kathleen Wells 
8-Th-WEAF 
. (Flelschmannt 
Body Va'lee and 

Hie CJonn. TankF 
•J. Walt. Thomp. 
STD. OIL (N. Y.) 

8-M-WEAF 
Socbny Sketches 
Arthur Allen 
Paiker Fennelly 
Kate McComb 
IsabeHe Wlnlocke 
Ruth Russell 
Robert StraUsS 
•B.. R.. D. ftp. 

stkrlink; pRod 

8tS0-W-W£AF 
(Phillips Mag) 
•WaltaUme*— 
Abe Lyman Ore. 
FTank Muhn 
5 dally ex. Sa-So 

WABC 
iSkippy 
♦Blackett . 

SCN OIL 
«:46-Dnlly-VI.IZ 
Lowell Thomas 

• Roche -WllUnme 
SWIFT 

(Bntterflerd) 

10- F-WABC 
Olsen ft Johnson: 
King's Jester*. 
Harry- . Sosnlck 

(Vigoro) 
'Garden Party' 
Mario Chamlee 
Coe Glade 
Karl Schulte 

•J. Walt, aiiomt) 

TAKTYKASl ■' 
i8:tO-6H-WJZ 

Baby: Rose .Marie 
7:80-Tu-WEAF 
•Stack-Goble 



I TEX. AS CO. 
p:3p-'^:u-M"PAF 

I Ed 'Wynn ' 
Graham McNahtee 
Don Voofhees 
•Hanff-Netzger 
TIDEWATER 

(Tydol) 
7:80-M-WABC 
Jimmy Kemper 
Hummingbird^ 
Robert Ambrustei 
♦Lennon-Mltch 
VNDERWOOD. 
8:30-Th-WARC 
Alexander Gray 
Nat Shllkret > 
Mary Eastman 
•Marchand; 

IF. H. TOBACCO 
(Dill's Best) 
7-Sn-WEAF 
•Half H'r for Men 
Plo Malone 
Pat Padgett 
Roy Cropper 
Josef Bbnlme 
♦McC.-BrlcIc 

UNION CENTRAL 

5-Sn-WABC 
•Roses ft Drums 
Elizabeth Lovje 
George Gaul 
Roht 1 Hathea 
Blaine Cordner 
•J. Walt. Thomp. 

VADSOd SALES 
7:S(k*Tb-WJZ 
(DJer Klea) 
Michael narttett 
•L. H. HarUnan 

WANDER CO. 
(Ovaltlnet 
. S:4<l-DallT-WJZ 
•Little Orphan 
Allan Baruck 
Henrietta Tedro 
Kd. Sprague, 
Stanley Andrews 
Shirley Pell 
♦Blackett 
WAltD B.%KINCI 
e:4S-5lu-WABC 
7:30^Ba-WABC 
'Family Theatre^ 
Cecil Lean' 
Cleo May field 
James Melton 
Billy Artz 
WM. R. WARNER 

9-W-WJZ 
(Sloan's . Liniment) 
Warden La-wes 
(Vlnce Mouthwash) 

9;30-W-WJZ 
John McCormack 
Wm. M. • Daly 
♦Cecil. WatwlcU 
WASEY PROD 
18-M-W-Th-F- 

WABC 
8.80-Ta-WARC 
Voice of Exp'rieixce 
♦Erwln Wase.v 
R. L, WATRlNS 
•.SU-W.1Z 
Tamarn 
Davie Percy 
Gene Rodemleh 
Men About Town 
•Blackett • 
WELCH GRAPE 

.45-w-s iimso-wjy 

Irene Rich 
Kastor ' 

WliEATENA 
7:1S-Dally-WRAF 
•Billy Bachelor* 
KLymond Knight 
Alice Davenport 
«t4Sr«-WABC 
«:4(»-M-Tn-W-Tta 
WABC 
Happy Minstrel 
•McKee-Albrlght 

WILDROOT 
4:15-Sn-AVEAF 

Vee Lftvrnhurst 
John Segal 
•B. D. ft O 
WOODBURY 
8tS0-H^WABC 
BIng Crodby 
Lennle Hayton 
MlUa Bros 
Kay Thompson 
fLennon & 'M. 

8:S0-W*F-WJZ 
•D'ngero'us P'r'dlse 
BNIe BItz 
Nick Dawson 

WYETH CHEM 

(Jad Salts) 
l:SO-Ta-W.-Th-F 
WABC 

Easy Acee^ 
Goodman Ace 
Jane Ace 
Mary— Hunter- 
•Blackett 

WRlGLEY 
7-M-Tb-F-WABC 
•Myrt ft Marge' 
Myrte Vail 
r>onna" Dameral 
Gleaner Bella 
Vincent Coleman 
Karl Huebl 
Helena Ray 
Ray Hedge 
Dorothy Day 
Gene Kretzinger 
Reginald Knorr 
Karl Way 
♦Frances Hooper 
WORCESTER 
(Salts Toothimste) 

6t4B-F-WABC 
Zbel Parenteau's O 
Carl Van' Amberr* 
•Fuller ft. Smith 

YEASTFOAM 
9iS0-Sa-WJZ 

.Jan Garber Ore 
(•Hays McFarland 



WIDDEN SOCKED $1,000 

MMPA Declares He 
L. A. Men 



Los Angelesi Feb. , 
Jay WldcTen, orchestra leader, has. 
been fined (500 each on two counts 
by Musicians Mutual Protective As- 
sociation, after beins found guilty 
by the Board, of pirectofs for un- 
derpayments to Ills men during' en^ 
gagementa fit Ho.tel Mirlitiar, Santa 
Monica, and the .jRooseveit, Holly, 
wood. . 

Wldden has until Feb 23 la, which 
to pay the .$1,000 under penalty of 
disniiiksal from th0 union.. Testis 
mony .developed that under sc^Ie 
payment was made despite fact thkt 
'Wldden was; drawing dowti niore 
than the scale for his band. 

Harry Tobias ha^ Just completed 
the lyrics fdr song nunibers to be 
used by : Universal iil '(bounte^s of 
Monte CristQ,' and in coIlab(>.ration 
with Nell Moret has written two 
numbers for a forthcoming Sam 
Fox production. 



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RESTAURANT 

NEW YORK 
C»urtesy of 

RUDY VALLEE 



Dick 
Leibert 

At the Console 
Radio City Music Hall 

BROADCASTING 
8 to 8:30 A. M., WEAF, Daily 
11;16 to 11:30 P. M., Mon., Tues., 

Wed., Thurs., WJZ 
11:30 to 11:45 A. M^ Sun., WJZ 

Management 
MILTON STAVI 



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L YM A N 

A.NU Rib 

CALIFORNIA ORCHESTRA 

COAST-TO.COAST 
WABC 

SUNDAY. SjSa p. m.-8 p. m. 

WEAF 

WED„ 
«:S9 p. m. 
9 p. in. 



JACK 
BENNY 



WEAF 

10-10:36 P. m: 



THE 




LERS 

sizzling for NBC 
Warser Shorts 
Victor Reronls 
Theatres Everywhere 

For Further inlsrsiStloa ■ 
HAROLD KEMP. NBC Artlat Bur 
Radis City. Htm York City 
Perifinal olrectlon. ONAALES A. BAVHA 



EVERY SUNDAY 




PROGRAM 



"TODAY'S CHILDREN'' 

Written by Irna Phillips 



.SpohsorJBd..by. 



Pillsbury Flour Mills Co. 

NBC— WJZ 10:30 A.M. 
WENR 10:15 A.M. Daily 



Tuesday, February 2&, 1934 



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VARIETY 



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CARLOS GARDEL 
. With Huoo Mariani 
f Spanish Songs 
30 M ins. 
Sudtnining 
WJZ, New Yofk 

Carlos Gardel was brought to 
America from Spain by NBC. Jf 
jlot the first he Ig assuredly one of 
the few enterta-iners' ever to cross 
an international boundary under 
conslgrnment to a. foreign radio orr. 
ganlzatlon.. 

Gardel is a baritone. His voice 
has melody and feeling arid the 
sample his microphone work was 
easy to take. Apparently Gardel 
HP speaka do Knglees^ because 
throuehout, the language of his bal- 
lads and serenades is CastlUIari. 

With Hugo. Marianl's orchestra 
■the program filled an interlude be- 
tween commercials and filled It en- 
iranclngly with latin dreaminess 
and romantic -melody.', 
j (Sardel has possibilities^ but It is 
! .jiot certain that h<B is being ex- 
V ploited with ariy . great demonstra- 
tion of shbwriianshlp. As he faded 
■out it was announced, he Wduld next 
be- heard at 10:;30 p. m. four .days 
.Jater. . Land, 



SYDNEY 
MAN N 



THE GIRL WITH THE 
VIOLIN VOICE 

LOEWS ORPHEUM 
Thi Week, Feb, 20 



HOTEL PIERRE 




AND HIS ORCHiESTRA 



WBAF 
TueH., 12:30 A.M. 
Wed., 11:30. P.M. 



WJZ' 
Sat., 12 Midnight 



Amerlcftn Oil Co. 
WABC 
Suit, 9 f JlCr-U 
• 

Richard Hadnot- 

WABO 
Frl., 0:30 f.H^ 



IREKE CASTLE'S 
OWN STORY 



Now 6ei 
20 Pri 



On Transcription 
bramattzed for Radi 



Produced by 

BOB WHITE 

PRODUCTIONS 

833 No. MiiDhletui ATende, OliicaKO 



SID 
GARY 

Radio's Versatile Baritone 

CUNARD HOUR 

10t:10:30 P.m.. Every Tuesday 

WJZ 

Direction 
FBANK. FRESBRET AO£NOY 



THE QREEK AMBASSADOR 
OF GOOD WILL 

GEORGE 
GIYOT 

On tour with condehsed 
ion "New Yorkers" 

Bole Direc 

HERMAN BERNIE 
iai» Broadwnj, Now York 



TALLULAH BANKHEAD 
Dramatie Excerpti 
10 Mips. 
COMMERCIAL 
WEAF, New York 

Tallulah Bankh€!ad, a. personality 
and personage in the theatre and 
upon the screen* brings a name, but 
little else, to radio. Her iappear- 
ancei on the Rudy Vallee Fleisch- 
niahn hour displayed a voicis and a 
manner not susceptible to radio use. 
It's hard, unfeminlne, and lacking 
In 'nuBince. 

Indeed the sketch was. poorly 
staged throughout, sq the. star was. 
at a double disadvantage, A trifle, 
about lovers who decide to break 
it off with each breaking the news 
at the same time, the vehicle was 
a lot of . gab . and quite unfunny. 
Tempo was dilatory , and the char- 
acterizations confused and simper- 
ing. Land. 



BOAKE CARTER 
Sports Talk 
15. Mins. 
COMMERCIAL 
WOR, NeNwark 

New series for the • CBS news 
commentator of .sports' flashes and 
flashrb)a,cks. Program goes east 
and sou^th and. is sponsored by 
Schenley for Silver Wedding Gin. 

From the editorial view Carter, 
nightly standby for Philco on CBS, 
judges the coming Carnera-Lough- 
ran tussle, and picks 'Da Preem' to 
win easily. Also takes a rap at the 
Madison Sq. Garden crowd for try- 
ing to supplartt the big fellow with 
Lioughran as a gate draw. 

He then ease^ into the wrestling 
situation, with Gen. John J. Felih, 
of the N. Y.^ State Athletic Commish, 
drawing the next fire. He finally 
questions whether any part of 
wrestling, is on the level. Last few 
minutes deal with, an old football 
story which lacks punch for a elope 
■If the rest of. the series (Ave a 
week) maintain the policy of this 
first progrjam, Garter' should get the 
sanie response his news spots 
brought him. Handing the razz on 
the air to the. big nioguls is always 
good for publicity, and this kind of 
stuff will make the listener forget 
about the alrcast belnif a transbrlp 
tion. Up-to-date stuff well mixed 
."^ith the tales of past sports glories 
and. late recordings give Carter the 
advantage of last minute happen- 
ings. .Only, objection might be . Car- 
ter's British accent, which somcr 
times makers, him difilcult to under- 
stand. . . 

^Commercial copy, handled by Alan 
'^cdft, . " WOAU. an»iOuncer (not 
natned),.iB short. Type of show, of 
course^ limits audience to men 
mostly but may catch the non- 
sports lovers too, because of Car- 
ter's rep. 



ANNETTE MeCULLOUGH AND 

FORREST WILLIS 
Songs and Piano Mus.l 
15 Mins. 
COMMERCIAL 
WGYr Schenectady 

Miss McCiillough, who did a local 
Kate Smith when the 'Hello Everyr 
body' songster was at the height of 
her' popularity, and who has broad- 
cast over the NBC network from 
WEAF a,nd from WQT, is now 
teaming with Forrest Willis oh the 
early-morning commercial he long 
has done foir a Capital District 
chain-furniture company. She- is 
called 'The Furniture Lady' and he 
'The Furniture Man.' 
— Miss — McCuUough- warbles — pop 
numbers In that even-pitch tone 
and that smooth style familiair to. 
and liked by, niapy! listeners. Now 
a veteran: radibite, her. technique 
naturally is good. 

Willis, a member, of the crooner 
school, handles a light voice skill- 
fully. He is also capable piano ac- 
companist and pop soloist. Some of 
the selections offered are from his 
pen. Willis also handles the num- 
ber announcements. Program is 
weighted down with advertising, 
which' includes a list of prices ' and 
bargains for dialers only. Jdco. 



PAT KENNEDY 



(The Unma^kejLTenor) 

Sponsored by 



Paris Medicine: Co. 
WON, Chicago. Daily 
1:30-1:40 F M. CST 



DON QUIXOTE 
Drama and Music 
16 Miiis. 
COMMERCIAL 
WJZ, New York 

Don Quixote is the. third of. -a se- 
ries of classic adventure yarns dra- 
matized for the air by Jeddo-High- 
land coal. Others were 'Three 
Musketeers' and 'Robin Hood.' Ea.Qh 
yarn apparently takes several 
weeks to unfold and is then suc- 
ceeded by another. 

Programs of this type represent 
a higher degree of merit and radio 
showmanship than, unfortunately, 
they get credited with. Lacking 
name personalities and. entirely de- 
pendent upon production and story 
values, programs don't cause much 
talk. Yet its a fair- statement that 
If the dramatic average of the air 
was as good always there would be 
less grumbling about dullness. 

isimple, straightforward rewrite on 
Cervantes which manages to cap- 
ture much of the delicious lunacy 
of the fabulous knight and his in- 
credible squire. Musio, -a little 
moonstrucK, cat't'le""S""tmt---the- mood- 
admirably.. A happy combination of 
romance and nonsense Is achieved. 

Jcddo-Highland sells coal Intplll- 
gonlly. Land, 



U NOERWOOD-CLLIOTT^FISH ER 

'Voies of Amsriiui' 

With Will IrwiHr lexander Qray, 

Mary Eastman 
Variety 
16 Mins. 
COMMERCIAL 
WABC, Now York 

. This is; a revise <oh the previous 
show of the Office equipment maker. 
William Lyoiis Phelps , is. out and 
guest stars are in. Alex Gray sticks 
for bari toning and Mary Eastma.n 
is the lady warbler. There is a 
choral backgroutld. 

Half hitting, half-missing,, the 
Underwood shoW could be cited in 
evidence either vyay. In: some re- 
spects there is .ft laudable attempt 
to be shbwmanly. At other md- 
hients. the' show doesn't, seem to be 
accomplishing much. In the ab- 
sence - of more specific Indictments 
it may seem altnojst unfair to be 
lukewarm. But its that Jiind of a 
radio production. 

WiU irwin brougiit a full, rich re- 
verberating .bough to the m'icrd- 
phone. He talked about Lincoln 
\yith. throat eqhocs, and commented 
upon the calmness of the American 
public as' his ' voice thinned and 
swelled altotnately, gfivlng the lis- 
tener a vivid mental picture of an 
unhappy speaker probably ""purple 
from trying to hold In a cough that 
insisted upon expresslo'ri. Obviously 
lirwin belonged in bed, nidd before 
a microphone. And the program 
was affected that wa,y, 

Gray's singing is an exajnple of 
the right kind of voice. Hie's there. 
Agreeable, too, is Miss Eaistman. 
Dramatized heroisin fonns a seri- 
ous injection i.h the pi-bceeds. A 
messenger boy casUally . rescues 
seven children from death by flam«s 
In one o' these. 

Underwood's is the sort of pro 
gram that can hold the average 
listener if the diials happen to be 
set that way but will probably not 
draw much audience against com 
petition. Land. 



JIMMY and JANE 
With Myrtle Glass and Jimmy 

Conlon 
15 Mins. 
COMMERCIAL 
KFWB, Hollywood 

Myrtle Glass and Jimmy Conlon, 
former vaude team, have ihgenl 
ously tied a stage song and patter 
act to a serialization idea which is 
on, this station for thi'ee 16-minute 
periods a week. 

Pair are ostensibly employed at 
a department store, with Miss Glass 
working at the niusic counter, thus 
allowing -her an opportunity to sing; 
a couple of numbers oh each bill, 
with ConlOn at the„plano. 

Music end of the program Is 
snappy and e£(ectivie. Script show 
element bias to . do .with the steal- 
ing of. . $4.00 from, the Store boss, 
with Colon suspected. PiaJbg stuff 
is played for laughs. Commercial 
twist has the: 'coinmercialler, a 
clothing concern, offering prizes for 
the best solution, as to the thief. 

Proerram has a supper hour spot 
and at this time of the evening 
stacks up well with other local stuff. 

Btan. 



CONOCO TOURIST 

ADVENTURES 
Irvin Talbot 
Talk, Songs, 
30 Mins. 
COMMERCIAL 
WJZ, New York 

Continental Oil iias obvioUsiy set 
out to interest , a_ particular seg- 
ment of the liijtehihg electorate,, 
and it does tliie Job esceptionally 
well. Program Is directed to the. 
fellow accustomed to stowing his 
f^vmily, mucii of his houisohold 
goods and himself into a car and 
calling it a vacation by rambling 
through the m6re sconically edify- 
ing sections of . the country. 
And the medlurti. tliat the petrol 
refiner has elected to garner this 
attention is a logical one, the dra- 
matized travelog. , 

With the aid. of a narrator; billed 
as the Old TraveloA each in'stall-. 
ment retails' the adventures of a 
typical family on one of- tiiese 
jaunts. Last Wednesday night's 
(14) table took: this family down 
through the . Durango country of 
Coloi-ado. Dialog, bits sounded nia,t- 
Ural and Were only resorted: to as 
a relief to the descriptive narrative. 
Latter ph.ase of : the script revealed 
a fine touch; foi* converting scenic 
color into; words, with the. resonant 
pipes Of the player in the narrator 
i-ole, helping heaips in the picture; 
painting. By cutting down on. this 
lad's forced chuckles the commer- 
cial would eliminate the only thing 
that, mars the proceedings.. 

Responsible for the musical 
terludcs is . Ir.vin Talbot, whose 
keen .flair for synchronization makes 
listening to this, session doubly 
easy. Wednesday , night's stanza 
also included a dash of choral harr 
monl.zing. As c'ued into the. story 
it was farfetched stuff, but that 
didn't take anything away from its 
appeal to the ear. For this. sam.e 
installment: Tony Sarg was brought 
in to tell about the series of ads. he 
has drawn for Continental Oil' a.nd 
how they have been gathered into 
a. -book ' to be given av/ay for the 
asking. The drawing'^, he said, had 
been left uncdlored so. that the kids, 
and even the. adults, could fill them 
In. Other giveaway that the pro- 
gram .Offered were road maps. 

Carveth Wells was the refinetr 
distributor's air attraction the pre- 
vious two seasons.. Present pro- 
gram takes a hookup of 26 sta- 
tions and Tracy -Locke -Dawson, 
Inc. is the agency. Odec, 



LARRY TATE 

VOCAL 

16 Mins. 

Sustaining 

WCAU, Philadelphia 

Station vocalist easily rates net- 
work he gets each Tuesday at 11:46 
a.m., Paul Mason's band, house 
crew,. furnishes ork accompaniment. 

Tate, a former announcer of. a 
Wilmington studio, announces the 
program besides doing the baritone, 
lie. has built a female audience in 
a few months through sticking' 
mainly to the love ballad, which he. 
croons with inore of. a big time- 
touch than is usually fdund among 
local warblers. :Program bills him 
as. .'siriger of romantic . songs,* to 
which title he strictly adlicres. One 
of the. best sustaining-song jobs 
eoming out of the Phllly territory to 
date. 



Palrher House, Cliicatgo, has about 
decided against putting the ternpire 
iloom floor show on NBC for its. 
pre- World's Fair plug. 



THREE SPINNERS 

Al Garr, Bill Elliott and Bo Buford 

Harmony 

.15 Mins. 

COMMERCIAL 

VVBT, Charlotte. . . 

Coming -and going r^on ^^rh& -Old 
Spinning Wheel' as a theme, the 
Spinners are presenting close, 
syrupy harmony for Threads, Inc., 
of , Gastonia, N. C, maiiiufacturers 
of Mothers Thread. 

Bo Buford (Mrs. Bill Blllott) 
leads and plays the piano accom- 
paniment. Bill is tenor and AI bari- 
tone. They make a nice combina- 
tion and replace a Threads of 
Thoiight' program that Mothers 
Thread was using, with a philoso- 
pher and musical background. This 
program is th answer '%ai requeisfs 
for something livelier.. 

Threads, inc.- Is using radio ex- 
clusively ~fbr pushing. it9 products 
and will plug 'The Three Spinners' 
hard with a 16-minute program at 
6:46 p.m. on 'Monday, Tuesday/ 
Wednesday and Thursday^ The 
saihe . at 8 ip^m. on Friday^ iand 9 
p.m. on Sunday. 



'GERMAN PARTY* 
All German Program 
Sustaining 
15 Mins. 

WOWO, Fort Wayne 

Station's, first concentrated ef- 
fort to reach large German jpopula- 
tion In city and territory. Also 
bUilt "With an eyia for a beer con- 
tract, and it Is. understood several 
breweries are watching. Opening 
announcement in English followed 
by German translation. A member 
of the particular performing unit 
generally assists with this end. Two 
-Ger man., recQrdlnjgs^ are^ U8ed_ as 
background with spoi' enier^alh^ 
ment next in line. This time it w&s 
the Eidelweiss band which was not 
the usual brass set-up but harmoni- 
ous string Instruments. !. 

— iprx»gram.J»a8_lota..ol.jjft8gibj?^itifs. 
and only needs more authentic at^ 
mosphere with a touch of true Teu- 
tonle huinor to land. COmes on 
Monday nights at 9;30. 



SINGING NEWSBOY 
Davie Bigelow 
15 Mins. 
COMMERCIAL 
WMCA, New York 

Da,vie Bigelow is the third in 
a parade of .youngsters that the 
Gi'ossman Co. has recruited this 
season to help it sell shoes, over 
WMCA. Baby Rose Marie was the 
first candidate and. after;. 13 weeks 
of it Miarilyn Mack took hef" place. 
Least: talented of the threesome is 
the present incumbent. To the sen- 
sitive ear. it's not an easy liasal 
tenor to take. Perhaps with a little 
more experience and direction . the 
crudity will wear off. 

Around the -Wednesday night 
stanza the station has built some- 
thing of a production. .Continuity 
starts off with a narrative as to 
how 14 -year- old Master Bigelow 
came to be discovered. A heavy- 
handed dialogs bit attributes the 
discovery to' Gus Edwards. The Im- 
piresario heard the lad shouting 
'extra!' and attracted to the 
.tImbxe_Qr.hi8 voice, asked whether 
he could sing iarid wound "up "the 
exchange with an invitation to 
come calling on him at the Albee 
(Brooklyn), where Edwards at the 
time was playing. Program at- 
tempts cueing thia song numbers 
by the headline Improvising method. 
The improvisations are not smart, 
^blaster Bigelow made certain to 
dedicate one of his numbers . to 
Grossman's shoes. Ditty he plclced 
for the . honor was 'You're Such a 
Comfort to Me.' He's cpntlnuing 
the- program's theme Bongfc..'Baby 
Shoes,' through which lyric the 
commercial gets at least six. men- 
tions. Odcc. 



Sam HERMAN and Frank BANTA 
Xylophone and Piano 
.Sustaining 
15 Mins. 

WGYr Schenectady 

Hernian manipulates ihe ham- 
mei-s and Banta strokes the. Ivories 
on this 10-minute, thrice-weekly, 
early-morning program over WEAF 
and the NBC red network. When 
first oh the air! waves about six 
weeks ago, Herman's xylophone' se- 
lections bulked largest, but more 
recently Banta's contribution to the 
broadcasts has increased. 

Herman swings the padded ham- 
mers skillfully. He extracts a good 
tone from his. ihstrument,..and pro- 
duce.s a rhythmic brand of music. 
He does not overdo the forte stuff, 
which clicks on the stage, or. In ah 
orchestra pit but which is rather 
JlMd^ori.^H^.ten^y:s^._ja;^^ _when _^n 
xylophone is pushed up Th front oT 
the. mike. Most of hla numbers are 
pops, new and old. Eanta Is a dap- 
able accompanist and pop soloist. 

Announcer of thi.s program .sp^ak.'s 
in__a too-strident tone, particularly 
during the sfi?n-of^ ~\vhen" he 'fiails" 
Herman as 'the wizard o£ the Scylo-. 
phono' and Banl.T. af» 'thr> mapician 
of thf kryl)oard.' Jaro. 




Jones 



Ovehestra 



COMMODORE :iIOT£L, M. K, 
The . bXg show sponsored :by 
EX LAX every Honday, 9:S0\ 
to P.U. Sastalnlnr-rTaesdaya, 
Xboradays and Fridays, 11:S0* 
l2: P.M.t SatnrdayN, ll-lt:lS 
P.1U.. coast to eoast. .WABC 

Direction 
Oolnmbla Broadcastlnt System 



<■» <^ 

FRED ALLEN'S 

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ifl8IM i^Bl^ ilQii 



w SAL HEPATICA REVUE 
^ft with 
W PORTLAND HOFFA. 

JACK SMART 
IRWIN DELMORE 
MARX McCOT 
SCRAPPX LAMBERT 

tSONOSMITHS 
FERDE GROPE'S MUSIC 
Material by .Fred. Ailed and 
Harry Tagend 
WBAaff" 

Wednesdays, 9:80 v-jn-i B.S<7> 
Management Walter . Batchelo> 



RUBY 
NORTON 

JACK CURTIS 

CURTIS and ALLEN 
Palace: Theatre BIdg, NeW York 



Anson Weeks 

AND HIS BAND 
AND ENTERTAINERS 



HEADLINI 
SECOND WEEK 

LOEWS STATE 

LOS ANGELES 



LEO 




AND HIS MUSIC V 

Monday—5-6:30 PJ«., NBO 
Baturday— S:lS-5:80 PJiI., NBO 



Playing Nightly 
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN HOTEL 
Philadelphia 
.• 

Muiiagement 
NBC Artists' Burean, . NewTork 

Personal Rep.— LEW CHDDD 



LITTLE JACKIE 

HE L L E R 

"TUE MITE OF THE MIKE" 

Mon.-M'ed.-Krl., 4:1.'; V. M. 

--..^lUiwduy, 4;31lJP^Jtfj,.CJLT 

Management: NBC, Clilcago- 
or. Itep.5 lIKItMAN BERNIE 
New York City 



36 



VARIETY 




Tuesdftjt ttbimupy 20, 1934 



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New York 



Ernest CutUng has a 'Stara of 
Tomorrow' idea he's trying to sell 
the NBG program department. 

John Oarllle Is'oii the :Capltol bill 
^ith Clark Gable which opens this 
Friday (23). 

•, M. iff. Aylesworth wanted to know 
jirhy his sales departnient didn't get 
that study on- 'Memory for Adver- 
llslng Copy As Presented Vlsuallir 
ys. Vocally,' made by Frank M. 
Stanton of Ohio State : tJ. 

Talent still battling their way to 
■work in the NBC studlois through 
viihers who demand passes, or 4Qc 
tourist tickets. 

Paimollve show on K^ la tehtar 
tlyely set to start March 29. It's 
tabloid pperettk. 

liandt Trio and .White guesting 
tti the Bab- O show (NBC) March 16. 

Jack Denny may do an additlcfnal 
period for Hudnut. If and when It 
wili 'be solo and on NBC. 

Oeorgle Jessel's Mntributions WiU 
be piped by CB9 from Florida. 

Fitch has given Wendell Hall an- 
dther 13 weeks. 

liee Sims and Ilomay Ba|ley haw 
rone under the Ed Scheuihg noan- 
Agemen't. 

Nick Kenny, nuUo Ed. on the 
New York Mirror, hais widened out 
Ilia i»eriphery of ' inlke appearances 
to include WNEW, He's tagged to 
4o one here under the caption, *Edir 
tbrlal Echoes.' Other stations over 
Ivrhicli KeAney makes himself regu- 
larly heard are WMCA, WBNX, 
Vjz, WEAF. 



RADIO CHATTER 

BpWa6!i:gBejMT>ByBPUE»ltl!Jl>.-UgHai«iainHBMIIHByBlltiilWliaUMllBaieBHlflllB^ 

Bojf. star, and. the wife, Ruthle, amic-> 
ably partied, Better half connected 
with NBC In continuity^ 

Alan Scott handling the announc- 
ing job for those Boake Carter 
sports discs, sponsored by Silver 
Wedding Gin, and spotted through 
the east. , 

Helen Grey, local promotion gal 
In Phllly, new head of publicity, at 
WFL 

Fred Coll, press agent for WPEN, 
now a. daddy.; 

WPEN newly erected Radio Cen- 
tre' which contains restaurant, now 
adds a liquor bar for the conyeni-. 
ence- of mike stars. No' missed 
broadcasts yet. 



Boston 



Dan ftnd. Sylvia, who were former- 
ly on an NBC local show, now on 
Bustalhlrtg jat KDKA In Pittsburglu 

Natalie Mobrehead guests on the 
CUmalene show this week. 

Jab Gar.ber excited about the Cat- 
allna Island aMlgnmient and phon- 
ing for conferences with P. 
Wrigley about the setup. 

Jewish Courier has a radio sec- 
tion with Beatrtcei Greenberg han- 
dling the job. 

Jim Cook has sworn off amateur 
theatricals. 

: Harry Sosnik orchestra -waxed 
four sides last week for Victor. 

Norsemen and Patricia Ann Man- 
ners set on the neW Allr State 'Musi- 
cal Tin Types* show written by 
Margaret McKay on WENR. 

Northerners octet under direction 
of Karl Schulte get new lease for. 
Northern Trust company show« 

Bobbe Arnst will guest stiar on 
the first coast-to-coast hookup for 
the D.dJd. show. 

Mobile Moaners return to NBC 
Buiitailnlng after having been given 
the pink sUp when NBC acquired 
the Four Knaves act. 

Borden show continuing for an- 
other 13 weeks with Frank Rey- 
nolds and Joaioi Kay. 



WEBI, Boston, getting congratu- 
latory letters from drys who ex- 
press pleasure at . the station's de- 
cision to bar liquor ads. Majority 
of letters are from mothers. 

Representatives of the Harvard 
Debating Council of Harvard Uni- 
versity and the Edward W.. Quinn 
Debating Society of Cambridge 
Council Knights of Columbus met 
in the Tankee Network studios for 
a debate on the subject; Resolved^ 
that radio broadcasting in the 
United States should remain in 
private ownership and not be fur- 
ther subjected to government con- 
trol. 

Bob Freeman, formerly of WPRO, 
Pawtiicket,^^., has joined WBEI's 
announcing staff. After landing the 
job, and while returning to Paw- 
tiicket to check out. his car was 
struck by that of a physician. Bob 
was thrown into the road, and the 
doctor who hit him took six stitches 
in his forehead. 

While Amos 'n' Andy were in Bos'- 
ton, they were interviewed over the 
air by George MacKinnon, column- 
ist of the DaUy Record. He did 
such a swell job that the manager 
of the theatre in Providence where 
they were to play next, wired him 
and asked MacKinnon to come down 
there and do the interview over a 
l^ovldence . station. When he re- 
turned from Providence he received 
a wire from the manager of a thea- 
tre In Rochester, N. T., where Amos 
'n' Andy were booked, to come and 
repeat his air Interview. But Mac- 
Kinnon figured he didn't have many 
readers In Rochester so he let it 
pass. 

Helen Barr, WEEI soprano, re- 
turning from a Central American 
cruise, Inomedlately . landed three 
commercial programs. Now liloyd 
Del Castillo, staff organist who .ac- 
companied her in soine of her pro- 
grams. Is heading south, hoping to 
similar good luck oh his. return. 



East 



Bta- 



Pluladelpbia 



Advertising on all Vermont 
tlons is now at a low ebb. 

Charles Crane new announcer for 
the National Life Insurance pro- 
gram over WCAX, Waterbury, Vt 
BurUngton. (Vt.). Dally News is 
now using page one box giving the 
number Of dally requests received 
by its station, WCAX. 

Jake- Deal;- sports- announcer -for 



,,„A T -h T^w WCAuiWDEV, Waterbury, Vt., is back on 



lieon 

.. . _ Vt, now 

*av,T,* ♦« tii^x -art^ai r>naat f or a. loOk- I i^asri't a^slngjc account on the New 

2,^^ T^n^VSft net™ York Shores of Lake Champlaln. 

^^no^L^^ii^A Wnt., the Wheu liquor returns to Vermont 

wSfJi w^JJ^Sl. Sow S^^^^^ will be no benefit to radio sta 

House Warming show, temporarily j^^^^^ ^^ wii fftrWrio AyivAriinlm 

out with an abscessed ear. 



Oiicago Ad Agendes 

Radio Exec» (Assoeiated wiih 
the Show or PerformnnM 
End of Radio). 

Aubrey, Moora A Walliace, Ine. 
410 North Michigan Ave. 
J. H, North. 
F. G. Ibbett. 

. N. W. Ayor 
1«4 W. Jackson Blvd. 
Nason, iiicQulre. 

Batten, $arton» Ourstino dt Os- 
borh 

221 Ni Lk Salle St 
Geprge May. 

I«ckett-8ample> H iimmert 
221 N. La Salle St. 
Edward Aleshlre. 
■ N. H. Peterson. 

Crltohfield 
i 8.. Michigan Ave. 
Frank St^lei. 

Doremus~4 Company 

sot a La Salle St. 
H. Ray Henderson,. 

trmln, Waioy A Co. 
tt% N. Michigan Ave. 
William WeddeU. 

Fredwicke A Mitchell 

: StriauB BIdg. 
CmA jTredericks. 

Chart** b«ni*l Frey 
899 N. Mtiphlgan Ay*. 
Larry Trlpw. 

durtdlMh Ady*rli*1ng C*. 

40* M. Michigan Ay*. 
Irvinff Bosenbloom. 

Henri Hurst .& MeDonald 

B2* M. Michlgaii Ava. 
A., I«, Detiker. 

. Kirtlandf Ehgel 
948 N. MiohiRan Aye. 
Kenneth Ring. 

Lord & Tbbmas 
919 N. Michigan Ave. 
Lewis Goodkind. 

Matteaeh, Fogarty^ Jordan 

807 M. Michigan Ave. 
H. L. Weiler. 

IMeCann- Erickton 

910 Michigan Ave. 
Raymond AtWbod. 

Hay* McFarland 

833 N. Michigan Aye; 
Nate CaldwelL 

McJuhkin 

228 N. La Salle St 
Gordon Best 

sitiche, Williams & Qunnyng* 
ham, .Inc. 
Strauss Bldg. 
William Roche. 

Ruthratiff & Ryan 
860 N. Michigan Av 
Frank Steele. 

Stack-Goble 

8 S. MIchlgain Ave. 
Ralph doble. 

J. Walter Thompson 
410 N, Michigan Ave. 
Thomas Luckenblll. 

U. 8. Advertising 

— 6l2~Ni-Michligan-Ava. 

George Enzihger. 



hskle Staff-Radio 



yen with the acquisition of the Hudson, Times Square legit hQus^ 
as an accommodation for clients who want sideline audiences, CBS still 
ha^ to. originate some of its shows from Carneerie HalL Programs staged 
in thei latter spot are Bourjois' 'Evening In Paris' and the Union Ceu- 
tral Life Insurance Co.'s Hoses and Drums.' Both are on the web's Sun* 
da;y schedule and conflict in time with other audience attended shows« 
Because each -stanza has . Its own invites no other session can ImmedU 
ately precede or follow it jn the same halL 



CBS' sale* promotion department Is sizzling at what it describes 
an NiBCj practice of Quoting from Columbia research studies without 
giving the source credit At a most .recent c&siei In p CB^ sur- 

veymen point to NBC's automobile industrial reports for 1933. Latter 
refers to a 'Vertical Study of Radio Ownership, 1930-38,' 
credit CBS as the publisher of the radio set isuryey, 

KMTR, Siollywoo'd, has likBtltuted a rule whereby none of its staff 
technicians wlU t>e allowed to work on remote cohjU'ol ibrdadcasts from 
outside th* studio. Heretof<we the teclinlciitnB have been contributed as 
part of the station's service, but under the new scheme remoters will bo 
compelled to engage outsld* men. 



Egomanlii of * radio singer la ex:einpllfled b^ his action at a dinner 

party when he sang one number and obsenred t« his hodt 'well that more 

than pa^s 70U for the dinner, doesn't It darliing?', turning to his then 
brjde, now sulncT him matrimonially. She yessed, siatinef that her other 
{iQ^ster-hiisband gets |500 per single appearance. Incidentally this radio 
Bliiger is said to be through on the aJr with ; the major chains because 
of his personal conduct^ 



Sunday, Feb. 25, marlcs the co mple tion of ten years' work in the local 
radio field for Arthur F. Edes, WEBI Boston program director. Radio 
was liying In the ear-phone era wfien Edes first felt a dubious urge to 
expose his knowledge of muslo to the ofQcial then < operating the West- 
inghduse station in Springfield, The first realization that he had fulfllled 
the. requirements was in thei form of an pfnclal summons to thei opening 
0^ the Hotel Brunswick Studios of WBZ in Boston. The same evening. 
Feb. 26, 192^ he was handed and iraad over the air the station's dedlca-. 
tory salute. 

Refusing to aippear on stag* while In XiOS Angcleu, Earl Carroll wus 
Interviewed from the wings <tf the Paramount theatre, there for the 
weekly, stage-air show, commercialised by Borden's mllkr . 

He . was interviewed by Max Shane. Usually these weekly interviews 
are from the stage but to put over the act effectively the audience was 
led to believe the question and answer stuff was remoted from the 
studio. 



transcontinental, will shift from 
KFRC to KHJ. Dick Powell's fu- 
ture on the program is unsettled, 
as the Warner player has only a 
three- week contract with options to 
m.c. and sing on the ciggle show. 

'Morning Oregonlan has desig- 
nated Edward Petry exclusive rep- 
resentiEitlve of.KGW and KEX In 
Portland. 

'in Laws,' which has been a fear 
turei. domestic tierial for two years 
on iCFAC, Los Angeles, switches to 
KNX. 



Mid-West 



Ronnie and Van, former WOR 
and Park Central (NY) Hotel com- 
edy song duo, begin a four-ra-week 
sustaining series on WCAU this 

Mattle Curran, doing a warbling 
sustalner via WIP. Studio friends 
in oni frequent gifts of champagne. 

Jan Savltt first fiddler of the 
Phila. brch., begins a Friday nlte 
hot-violin ' show this week on 
WCAU. Statibn plans to build him 
after reicent success as conductor of 
the Auto Show band. 

WDAS may soon have new trans- 
mitter purchased from WPEN. 
Great fault with the station has 
been poor program reception. 

'Sylvia Jordan back In town after 
commercial series on WOV In NY. 

NBC audition being planned for 
the Warwick Sisters trio. One of 
the gals Is sister to Jules Lande, 
NBC violin virtuoso. 
Sascha Krlloff, former WCAU 



tlons, as the bill forbids advertising 
through any medium. 

Jimmy Melton closed Music^ Re 
search recital series In Bridgeport 
Frederick Harold Dart home-toWn 
pianist accompanied. 

Dot 'Taylor, soprano, and Mafifir 
ers trio, linked in 'Melody Cruise,' 
now . spotted Sunday p.m.'s on 
WICC, Bridgeport. 

David TdmllnsOn, relative of Ed 
ward, today (19) launching new 
travel serleis, 'Romance of Foods,' 
WICC, Rrldgeport 

New London's < . Led Reagan 
WednesdiEiy-niting on WICC, Bridge- 
port, with Sea Chanteys; he's a 
baritone-accbrdlonl&t. 

It's a month ofC for Leila Joel 
Hulse, WICC, Bridgeport, contralto. 

WICC, Bridgeport introducing 
Betty Quinian, Port CheiBter song- 
stress. 

Managers of professional lacrosse 
team in Pittsburgh have transf erred 
broadcasting privileges from KQV 



Pittsburgh, visiting Radio City this 
week as guest of NBC. 

Helen Dayle . nabbed Richard 
Crooks for WWSW, Pittsburgh, In- 
terview during tenor's solo engage- 
ment with Pittsburgh Symphony 
orchftstrft» 

J. Arthur Dupont of Ottawa, Ont., 
director of broadcasting foi; the Ca- 
nadian Radio Commission, has com- 
^I6t¥d 1" iwrve;y x>f broadcasting 
conditions '.in tlie eastern provinces. 
He was accompanied on the tour by 
by J. Frank Willis, of Halifax, N. 
S., who has been appointed program 
director for the broadcasting units 
in the Atlantle provinces. While at 
Moncton, N. B., Dupont announced 
that a studio formerly Used, by 
CNRA, now dismantled, would he 
continued In use by thie oonmils- 
slon, and that two half-hour pro- 
grams would be broadcast from this 
studio each month, by the commls^- 
slon, the dates being the 14th and 
28th. 



funny man, now scripting for Ed- 1 to WWSW* with Walt Sickles an 
die Cantor staff. Kid working from | nounclng. 



Phllly while going to school. 

Sam Lr,nln; the ork leader, after 
Dave Raskin for NY job as- band 
torangen 

Former Isham Jones sax -star, 
_Bob LIghtner, cousin of Winnie, the 
fliklce^ actress, ind firs wEtei i^utti. 
have fiplit. .. Better half has con- 
nected with NBG as continuity 

Ronnie and Van, WOR comedy- 
•JftRft dup,^ on a foujr-a-week sus- 
talner via WGKXr, Boys slarrlngaT 
local nlte spot In between. 

Sayitt String Quartet (OBS) Out 
for a week, with thie cellist nursing 
an infected finger. 

Bob Lightner, former laham Jones 



Nancy Kelly, 12-year-old star of 
Wizard of Oz series, guest of WCAE, 
P ittsbu rgh, last week. . 

WWSW, Pittsburgh, broadcasting 
series of weekly talks from Impor- 
tant^flnanclalr^^ credit and merchan- 
dising "^etf. "S^nsbrM:^^ 
Sigma Pi, business fraternity at 
University of Pittsburgh. 

Blue Mo on N lte club, with ether 
outlet over WWSW, Pittsburgh, has 
replaced Jimmy DlBlas' band with 
that ■ of " , Larry Prlllerman and 
Danny Davis back m.c/ing. 

Howard Jackson back on KDKA, 
Pittsburgh, with Sammy Fuller at 
the plaho. 
Lynden Morrow, p.a. for KDKA, 



Gene Austin and Candy and Coco 
hit the air for the first time on the 
coast recently over KFL 

KMTR Is now remoting Mel 
Ruick's orchestra from the Los Anr 
geles Biltmore, dally betw-een 1 and 
1:30 and between_4:80_^and 6. ^ 
^Patif "BSIly, managing eiditbr of 
the oregonlan, offers^ a regular 
weekly program of "Views of the 
News.' For three years Kelty gave 
hl$ interpretations of dally news 
stories Over KOW, and has just re- 
cently been shifted to KBSC, Port- 
lands 

When Ted FIoRlto moTOS from 
Hotel St Francis^ San Francisco, 
to the Cocoanut GroTS in Los 
Angeles on March 4, th* Old Gold 



Percy Bobbins, WOWO's first 
staff organist, has returned to sta- 
tion after extended absence and is 
now. in artists' bureau. Succeeds 
Gerald Newlron who goes Into new 
-Ft. Wayne radio-playhouse herer — 
Lyric theatre, Indianapolis, has 
started a s erie s .of weekly broad- 
casts over WTBM; Has •l5-<mlhute 
program on Thursday night, and 
two on Saturdiay. Late evening 
time is commercial with transcrip- 
tions used for talent. Headline act 
and part of the pit orchestra broad- 
casts early Saturday evening. Pro- 
grams are bolstered with daily aft" 
ernooh and evening spot announce- 
ments. 

New assistant operator at KFAB- 
KOIL switchboard' is Orvllle Wel- 
mer. 

New salesmen at WAAM, Omaha, 
are Bernstein, McCaffrey, Living- 
ston (froni KMBC), Merle Owens 
and Lyle Gordon. 

• KFAB lining up for broadcast of 
Olsen and Johnson Swift Revue 
from the local Studio. 

Olson and Johnson's . Swift pro 
gram orIgIna,ted lii the Omaha 
branch studio Of KFAB, Friday 
night (16). 'Take a Chance' unit 
In'^he Brandels there had. the pair 
out too far to get back into Chi, 
so direct wire was made to WBBM. 

KFAB; Lincoln, and KOIL, 
Omaha, made Free & Sleinlnger na 
tlonal ad representatives; 

Severe cold .put John L. Clark, 
gen. mgr. Of Crosley's WLW and 
WSAI, Clncy, between the Sheets 
last .week. 

Homer Bernhardt, tenor, is back 
on sustainingrs . at WCKY, Coving 
ton, Ky. 

Wanda. Edwards, 17-year-old 
blues singer of Covington. Ky., 
Wade a sinash'~debut"bn WCKY In 
that city and was assigned seml- 
weekly night spots. Lowell Bar- 
ter does her planolng. 

A new Monday night sustalner at 
WCKT, Covington, Ky., oppo^it^ 
Ciiicy/ Is 'Circus In Town.' Serial 
looses drama and romance within a 
white-top outfit Continuity by Wal- 
ter Lohr, who formerly was on dra- 
m.atlc staff of WLW and trouped 
with Robert Mantell and Genevieve 



Sooth 



Bob Duren, basso announcer, has 
left KTAT anil siicoeeds Harold 
Klmmell as KOMA announcer in 
Oklahoma City. 

Vandever's Gypsies, a new mu- 
sical program, was heard for the 
first time over KVOO, Tulsii, Tues- 
day, February 5, when they began 
an engagement over this station for 
Vandever's"department="Btore; 



Hampen Lohr plays paxts along 
with owner Phillipe, who acted for 
Stuart Walker in stock and did 
screen work; Charles Spencer, of 
2iegf eld productions; Zenobla Hack- 
ett. In legit prior to entering radio, 
and Richard Chan, late of .Chicago 
Civic Opera Company; . Sound ef- 
fects by Don \i^Inget WCKY engi- 
neer. Program is maghetlng lotsa 
puffs. 

Last half of Maxwell House 
Showboat hour blasts on Thursday 
nights are now aired by Crosley's 
50,000-watter, WLW, Cincinnati, in 
addition to continuation of com- 
plete programs being carried by 
Crosley's smaller WSAI on the NBC 
red web. New hookup started last 
week, and caused release of the Cot- 
ton Queen Minstrels, featuring Hink 
and Dink, comics, one of WLWs 
oldest free-and-easy series. 

When the Minneapolis Sympbony 
orchestra - sta;rts- weekly • halfrhour- 
broadcasts for Grlgsby-Grunow in 
March its 84 musicians will consti- 
tute the largest unit ever to work 
on a commercial program. 

Eddie Dundstedter and Tom 
Baker, organist and singer in Min- 
neapolis theatres, have been spot.* 
ted into the Jefferson hotelj St. 
Louis, with the fOTmer's 12-piece 
band. Dundstedter plays the orea-n 
daily at 4:30 p. m. over KMOX. 

'Tina and Tim,' Scandinavian and 
Irish .comedy skits, long popular, 
over WCCO, ' Columbra chain s I a - 
tion, Minneapolis, haiye been booked 
for personal appearance^ over the 
Publix Northwest circuit." It's a 
local program with Peg Beckmark. 
the author, playing Tina. 

State (Publlx)-theatre, Minneap- 
olis, Is dickering for the Pure Oil 
show Which includes Jack Male- 
rick's 15-plece band and a number 
of other artists and which Is broad*, 
cast over WCCO, Columbia chain 
station, Minneapolis, three timca 
weekly. 



Ted Grizzard tenors over WLAC» 
Nashville, and announces several 
programs. . 

WLAC Sports Review Is prepared 
by Lewis Little of the Nashville 
Tehhessean. . 

Recently Mrs. Prank McCabe of 
the KOMA, Oklahoma City, pro- 
gram department, was overcome by 
gas from a leaky stove In her home- 
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RADIO 



VAXIETY 



37 




CWA'Air's Free Shows 



(Continued from page 1) 
boxofflce ptandia to sufter addition- 
ally on a national scale. Goihirtainta 
are piling Into the NRA that the 
GovernmenVs free, entertainment is 
menacing tax paying institutions. 
A theatre owner o£ Newburgh, N. Y., 
b?is made formal chargea that the 
Government Is taking at least 2.000 
potential ticket buyiers away from 
the bpxofflces Of that olty nightly. 

It Is being pointed out th the 
theatre cannot b^ expectied - 
operate with an NRA that la being 
combatted by a GW^V. 
Cauti 

Fllmdom, because of its relation- 
ship with radio via stars iand broad-, 
casts, is moving cautiously. Not 
until enormity . of free radio 
Bhowa was proven by a national 
check-up, howeiver, did pictures de- 
cide to take action. It was Hgured 
that free air shows would not fit 
physically into the air end of the 
theatre situtttlon except In a fe^ of 
the largest cities. But, the free 
BhOW practice Is Spreading to the 
extent that a total of 84,120 people 
are ef^-'^-^tod to be weekly .attend- 
ing t Tsta lit 28 cities. This 
'is wh has convinced fllrndom, 
even more so than leglti 6f what 
these same - figures ihay €rrow to 
In six months or a yeai'. 

Industry checkers are-jfepprtlng, 
, If iinchecked it will grow so rapidly 
that it will be practically too late 
and impossible to check. Next year 
.may be too late.l 

Report by 

Regarding the New Toifk Oity 
situation Investigator's report 

is: 

•After a thorough survey, In 
which some of the natibna.1 and in 
dependent broadcasting stations 
were consulted on one pretext or 
another, and froni information Ob 
talned indirectly through other 
sources, I would say that a conser- 
vative estimate of the number pres- 
ent by invlation at these broadcasts 
in this territory each week would 
average 26,000. Our survey diis- 
closes that, many of. these people 
attend commercial broadcasts ,pUt 
on the air directly from the com- 
mercial houses such as large dry- 
goods and clbthlng stores, furniture 
stores, etc.* . . 

Commenting on -ether conditions 
In Chicago a report states: 

'Situation Is serious In this terri 
iory. Estimated that naore than 
2,000 people attend the various stu- 
dios dally. Also WLS operates the 
Eighth Street theatre every Satur 
day night, givliig their radio per 
formances on the stage iand charg- 
ing B0-76C admission. It is report- 
ed there is always a line-up for 
tickets.' 

For Boston the summation is: 
•Situation bad here. Two stations 
Import an attendance of over 20,000 
. - -.during, -the - month J>t Npyember 
Another two stations report an at- 
tendance bit over 8,000 In November. 
These broadcasts are receiving an 
Increase each week due to the fact 
that the public is invited by an- 
nounceiments which state that they 
are admitted absolutely without 
charge. Another broadcast in the 
ballroom of the Bradford hotel Is- 
sues free tickets. One of the big 
department stores has just engaged 
Stelnert Hall lor. free broadc^jts. 
Boston reports total .estimated at- 
tendance of 9,000 weekly.* 

For Detroit the memoranda cites: 
'Six stations have ah Audience of 
about 8,000 peir week. One station 
reports only three or four persons 
attend daily. However, they re- 
,fuse admission to 160 to 260 per- 
..sons every day. One station has a 
children's prograni at which ap- 
proximately 1,000 children attend 
each Saturday morning.' 

In every Instance admissions to 
broadcasts are free and unrestrict- 
ed,' the report comments; on Okla- 
homa City, Since all of the sta- 
tions there use much local talent, 
the performers Invariably have a 
gathering of friends at all local 
broadcasts. That city's radio draw 
now is put at 1,000 dally, and the 
report Indicates that .ether theatres 
are but a, short way Off. 
In Seattle, a hostess is provided 
^=to^how-=the^studlQfluJmtJtheUew!by^^ 
is not permitted to hear actual 
broadcasts. Nevertheless,' the re 
port continues. 'Columbia Broad 
casting Company holds a cArnlval 
five days a week in an auditorium 
holding 150 people.' 

Attendance by Cities 
Following Is the flrst film check 
up on the inroads radio is charged 
Vlth making into the boxoffices. It 



apportions the 85,120, now estiiiisjited 
to be weekly attending such free 
shows, as follows: 
New York City . .......... 25,000 

Chicago 12,000 
Kansas City........../.. O.OOX) 

Boston S.POO 
Petroit 8.320 
Oklahoma 6.000 

Phiiadelphia >?••••• 3,600 

Pittsburgh . . . i . . . . ..... * 3,000 

Nashville 2,000 
Cincinnati . . . , i:. . . . . . . ..i 1,800 

Omaha 1.700 
Seattle '^o 
San Fi' 700 
l)allas . . i ■ • r • • '• ""i ^00 
Charlotte. ...*......«•».. 450 

Salt Iiako City . . . . . . ... 300 

Des Itfolnes. . . . . . i .. . . ^ . . • 100 

Washington^ Albany,, _Atianta, 
Minneapolis, St. liOuls, Denver^ 
Clevelieind, MeniphiS,, New Orleans, 
Portland, Ore. ; Indianiapoils, a;ll 
negligible. 



Los Angeles, Feb. 19. 
Local theatres are talking of a 
war of reprisals against radio as a 
result of vthe switching of the free 
«ee and hear Coast CBS Shell Show 
from San Francisco here and the 
Intention of KNX to organize a twO 
-andra-half-hour air-stkge show for 
Saturday nights/ 

Just how the theatres are going 
to handle what they ■consider a neyr 
menace to theatre business is not 
set, but .Ijoth Fox-West Coast offi- 
cials and indies say they'll do some- 
thing about it. At any rite, they 
are all fussed up. 

One of the plans tialked over is 
a proposal to bHng pressure to bear 
on the musicians' union so that the 
union would inaugurate a rule call- 
ing for additional salary to tune- 
sters for playlne at any air per- 
formance for which audiences, are 
admitted free. 

Back of the theatre men's peeve 
is .the a;sserted fact that the Shell 
Show is beine brought here for free 
showing because San Francisco the-^ 
atre successfully opposed the stunt. 
Public broadcasts Were halted there 
when the house operators In 'Frisco 
are said to haye threatened repris- 
als agaihat the oil company. 

KNX's plan to extend the usual 
one-hour public shows to two and 
a half hours iand to spot it on Sat- 
urday nights, the best theatre night 
Of the week, is considered the most 
rsLdical departure In free shoWs yet 
attempted on, the coJist. 

In order to All this time KNX Is 
combining Its present Yarletles 
with the Crockett Mountaineers, 
plus a 15-^mlnute news, btoadcast, 
the whole to be billed as 'The Holly- 
wood Barn Dance.' 

One-half of this show has already 
been commerciallcd by United 
Reniedies with two bids In, accord- 
ing to the station, for the remain- 
ing time. 

Independent film exhibitors fol- 
lowed F-WC Into the skirmish when 
Ban N.-Berinsteinr-president-of the 
Southern California exhlbs organ- 
ization, stated that the entire re- 
sources of his membership would be 
thrown liito the fight to halt aiiy 
extenslbn of the free air perform 
ance scheme. 



Charlotte, N. C, Feb. 19. 
Dixie Mammoth Minstrels will re 
turn to the air after an ab7ence of 
nearly two years. At la* .a 8p«'f - 
sor willing to bankroll Th** ?^'' ^ !!- 
tlous program has app; »,ed In ♦he 
Purb Oil company of the Carolt.iAS. 
February 2l at 8 o'clock will start 

the revival. ^. „w 

Show is produced by Clair ehad- 
well and Legrand Everett, of the 
WBi staff, iind will comprise 20 
people and ah orchestra. WBf and 
Pure Oil are negotiating for a 
Charlotte theatre or auditorium for 
the weekly presentation, With , audi- 
ences to be admitted on passes is- 
sued by the oil company. A tour of 
personal appearances for North and 
Soiith Carolina cities is also in the 
wind. 

George Fr^ier and his 10 -piece 
minstrel band will be featured, 
along, with Irwin fietaer and Lee 
Everett; end men; Clair Shadwell, 
interlocutor and director; a vocal 
chorus of six male voices; and Jack 
Farr, Hanson Grlffln, Ceclle Vernier, 
Blll_J311Iott,_ AT Garr and John 
p'DahiiW'dblngl^^^^ 

Business was placed on WBT by 
the Freltag Advertising Agency, At- 
lanta, Ga. 

Allie Wrubel and Mort Dixon 
number is being spliced Into War- 
ners' 'The Key,' with MaxIne Doyle 
set to lead the sOng and dance en- 
semble. 



Adlkgencite' 

Radio Execs (Associated With 
the Show or Performance 
End of Radio) 

N. W. Ayer A Son^ Inc. 
600 Fifth Ave., N. Y. C. 
Douglas Coulter, 

Batten, Barton, Dursti <& 
.Osborne, Ino. 

383 Mt^dlson Aye.; N. Y. C. 
Roy Durstlne. 
Arthur Prybr, Jr. 
Herbert Sanford. 

Benton A Bowfet, Inc. 
,444 Madison Ave., Y. 

M, Ruffner. 

iow Com Inc." 
Ifth AvOh N. Y. C, 
Milton Blow^ 

d|«ckett> Sample- Hurnmiart, tne. 
?50 Park Ave., N. Y. C. 
Frank Hummert^ 
George Tormey. 

Blaekman Co. 

122 E. 42d St, N, Y, 

Marion ;Harper. 

Campbell- Ewaici Co. 

292 Ma.dl«on Ave... N. Y. C. 
C. Balstead Cottlngton. 

Cedl, Warwick A Cecil, 
230 Park Aye>, N. Y. C. 
J. H. McKee, 

The Paul Cornoll Co. 

680 Fifth avenue, N» Y. C. 
L. S. Caskln. 

Samuel C. Creot Co. 
28 West 44th street, Nv Y. C. 
Arthur. Anderson. 

Erwi , Wa«*y * Co., Inc. 

420 Lexington Ave., N; Y. C. 
'Charles Gannon. 
Willi<im Eety i Co., Inc. 

100 E. 42nd. St., N. T. C. 
William Esty. 
John Esty 
Edward Byron. 

Federal Adv. Aoehcy 

444 Madison Ave., N. Y. C. 

Mann HoUher. 

Albert Frank-Guenther Law. 
Inc. 

70 Pine St, N. Y. C 
Frank A. Arnold 

Gardner- Advertietng Co. 

830 W. 42d St, N. Y. C. 
R. Martini. 

Gotham Co^ 

260 park Ave., N, 
A. A. Kron. 

Hanff-Metxaert InC' 

175 Fifth:. Ave. 
Louis A. Wltten. 

Joseph Katz Co. 

247 Park Ave„ N. Y. C; 
H. Lawrence HolcOmb- 
Jack Nelson. 

Lambert A Faatloyt Inc. 
400 Madison Aye.. N. Y. C. 

. -JUattltt HocreU,. 

Lehnen A Mitehellr Ine. 
17 EL 46th St„ N. Y. C, 

Ray Vlrden. 
Robert :w. Orr. 
H. E. Lesan Advertising Agency 

420 Lexington Ave. 

John s. Martlii. 

Lord A Irhomiaa 
247 Park Ave, N. Y. C. 
jMontague Hackett. 

MeCann-Erickson» Ine. 
286 Madison Ave.,,N. Y. C. 
Dorothy BairstOw. 
Margaret Jessiip. 

Newoll-Emmett, Inc. 
40 E. 34th St, N. Y. 
Richard Strobrldge. 

Pedlar A Ryan, Inc. 

260 Park Ave., N. Y. C. 
David F. Crosier. 
Edward Longstreth. 

Frank Presbrey Co. 

247 Park Ave.^ N. Y. C. 
Fulton D^nt. 
RuthraufT A Ryan, Ino. 
Chrysler Bldie, N. Y. C. 
Jiack Dayldson. 
J. Walter Thomptoh Co. 
420 Lexinjston Aye, N. Y. C. 

John U. Reber. 
Robert dolwelL 
Gordon Thompson- 
A-rK. Spencer; 



Rules of Shq 



(Continued from pa^ge 31) 
special characteristics of the me- 
dium itself* as contrasted with other 

media: ^. . i,. _j 

In broadcast advertising, the aa^ 
vei'tiser or his representative 
speaks directly and personally to 
his listeners. For the period pf h s 
program, he is a guest in their 

homes. . i. 

The homes which he thus entei s 
are of all types. The broadcast 
audience includes the farm family, 
the small-town . family, the city 
family; it comprises practically all 
members of the family, sometimes 
singly, sometimes as a group. It 
embraces persbns of all beliefs and. 

These two characterlstice-^the in- 
timate, perisonal nature of broad- 
casting, and the wide range and 
Joint listehing of its audience-rPri- 
marlly determine what maV prop- 
erly be put on the aar..' : ■ 

For examt?lC, the broadca,at pro- 
gram should provide agreeable in- 
struction or entertainment to most 
listeners. Its primary appeal should 
I i to the listen's interest. Uhpleasr 
ant or gruesome statement^ should 
be avoided as mOre likely to of- 
fend than to instruct or entertain. 

Courtesy and good tastei should 
govern the manner in which an«.i 
nouncements are made.. The most 
eftective method of delivery of iah 
t(nnouncement is restrained and per- 
suasive: An V aggressive, unduly 
emphatic manner may be objection^ 
able to a large part of the radio au- 
dience. 

Since the listener's primary Inter- 
est Is in entertainment or .instruc- 
tion, the advertising message Should 
be in harmony with the rest of the 
program, should contain informa- 
tion of interest to the public, and 
should; be* prepared , and delivered 
with brevity and skill. 

Statements W'hich tend to under- 
mine an industry by attributing to 
its products, generially, faults and 
weaknesses true only of a few, and 
statements which are derogatory to 
an individual, an Institution, a 
group or an industry, should, be 
avoided. Protection against libel 
and slander Is as essential for the 
advertiser and his agency as for the 
National Broadcasting Company. . 

Tiresome repetition or too much 
detail should be avoided. For In- 
stance, the advertiser's street ad- 
dress and the like' should not be 
reiterated to the point of annoy- 
ance. The. most productive way to 
obtain direct responses Is to have 
replies sent to the broadcasting 
station or network. 

Offers made to the radio audi-: 
ence should . be simple and easy to 
grasp quickly. Involved aiid ' pro- 
longed descriptions defeat , their 
purpose by conf Usinjg the public and 
driving listeners away. 

. Each program should be individ- 
ual and distinctive and should not 
resemble too closely an adjoining 
program on the same network. In 
other words, the entire day's broa:d- 
casting mui3t be balanced to fur-, 
nish variety of entertainment and 
instruction to listeners. Especially, 
the advertiser and the network 
should co-bperal < to prevent repeti- 
tion of the same musical numbers 
in programs occupying nearby pe- 
riods, 

PART TWO 

_ .-...JlEQVIilEMENTSl 

1. 



stations, and will be enforced 
serve the public interest. 



Hersche) WUIlams. 
Nathan .Tufts. 
Herb Polesle 

Young A Rubicam 
285 Madison Ave, N. Y. C. 
Hubbell Robinson. 
W. R. Stuhler. 
Donald StaufCer. 



All continuities, including the 
words of all spoken lines as v^ eii as 
the Wording of commercial an- 
nouhcemehts, and a list of the cast, 
must be submitted to the National 
Broaldbastirig Company at least one 
week in advance of the broadcast, 
except when the nature of tl^e pro- 
cram does hot so permit. This dOCS 
hot affect the advertiser's privilege 
to submit changes in his com-, 
mercial . continuity, prior to; the 
broadcast. 

All cbntiiiulties, Including ^ the 
words of all songs or spoken lines 
as well ais the wording of all com- 
mercial announcements and the list 
of the calst, are subject to the ap- 
i proval of this National Broadcast- 
ing. Company, . which reserves the 
rlghi 'to reject any' p»fo^ and/or 
announcement In whole or In part, 
insofar as feuch program and/or an^ - 
houncement is not In accord with 
the sei^ulrements set forth ; herein 
or is otherwise , incompatible with 
the public interest, . 

When a change Iri la program la 
required, the National Broadcasting 
Company wlllusfisperate with the 
■JKP^ertlser in jSii ^endeavor to arrlye 
at a satisfactory handling of the 
matter; but if no agreement Is 
reached, the National Broadcasting 
Cbmpahy; i'.eserVeS, the right to re* 
quire eliminations or substitutloM 
for any part of the program and/or 
announcement which' it deems in- 
consistent with its obligation to. 
serve the public Interest. 

.■.3. 

Because of Its responsibility to 
serve the public Interest, the Na- 
tional- Brbadcastiiig Company re- 
serves the right to require the ad- 
vertiser or his agericy to furnish, 
in addition to the continuities men- 
tioned 111 the foregoing paragraphs, 
a performed audition of a contem- 
plated commercial program. 
4. 

Written lists in duplicate, sho'w- 
ing correct titles, composers, aind 
copyright owners appearing oh . the 
music to be used, on the program, 
are to be isubmltted to the National 
Broadcastinjg Company at least one 
week before the broadcast, for 
copyright clearance. No changes 
are to be made thereafter without 
approval of the Natldrial Broadcast- 
ing Company music rights depart- 
ment When this procedure is vio- 
lated, responsibility for any copy- 
right Infringement shall rest on the 
advertiser. 

Evidence of the right to use mu- 
sical or literary material must be 
supplied to the National Broadcast- 
ing Company at least three days in 
advance of the broadcast. For any 
testimonial, the advertiser or his 
agency muist submit to the National 
Broadcaisting Company, at least 
three days in advance of broadcast, 
either an Indemniftcatlon signed by 
the advertiser or his agency, or a 
written release authorizing its U8|e 
tor advertising purposes, signed by 
the person, making the testimonial 
and sworn to before a notary pub- 
lic, and must furnish the National 
Broadcasting Company a. full icopy 
thereof. 



The use of the Deity's name is 
acceptable only when used rever- 
ently or as part of a standai'd classic 
work. 

2. 

Statements or suggestions which 
are offensive to religious views, ra- 
cial, traits, and the like, must be 
avoided. 

3. 

- False or questionable statements 
and all other forms of misrepre- 
sehtation mUst be eliminated. 

Obscene and off-color songs or 
jokes, oaths, sacrilegious expres- 
sions, and all other lahguiage o' 
doubtful, propriety: mOist .be ellnal- 
nated. 

Testimonials muist reflect the 
genuine experience or opinion of. a 
competent Witness. 

Statements of prices .and values 
must be confined to specific facts. 
Misleading price claims or comparir 
sonsi must not be used. 

7. 

As a safeguard against misuse of 
broaddast facilities for unfair com- 
petition, commercial programs shall 
not refer to any competitor, directly 
or indirectly, by company name, by 
individual name, or by brand name 
"^rWirdless "of -lvH6t^ 
ence is derogatory or laudatory. 

PART THREE 

Prootani Procedure 
To secure observance of the re- 
quirements set forth above, the fol- 
lowing procedure has been adopted 
in the Interests of advertisers as 
well as of the National Broadcast- 
ing Company and its associated 



The National roadcasting Com- 
pany Is anxious. to be of service In 
preventing unnecessary conflict of 
subject matter and musical niim-: 
bers. The cooperation of advertis- 
ers and agencies is invited to make 
possible proper.- coordination be^ 
tw'een all sponsors. When two OT 
more advertisers using nearby pe- 
riods on the same network submit 
programs, containing, the same mu- 
sical number, the advertiser or hla 
agent first submitting his detailed 
program shall have the right to u^e 
the number, and the .National 
Broadcasting Company shall nottfy 
the other advertiser or advertisers 
or their agents to submit a substi- 
tute number, sub ject , to the same 
restrictions as to duplication. 
. ; 7. 

. The National Broadciaating Com- 
puny reserves the right to amend 
this procedure, these principles a^d 
requirements, and . to adopt new 
ones when and as, <ln its opinion, 
conditions warrant the adoption of 
such new .procedure, principles or 
requirements for the public Inter* 
est. 



PARiS LIKES U. S. POPS 

Paris, Feb. 10. 
American music selling big in 
France,: with prospeet of .f urther ex- 
pansion, of sheet trade, largely due 
to a ban on German output. 

•Big Bad Wolf,' translated Into 
-Prenchr^8^^h€r^best="oeller^at-=the=== 
mbment, according to Hugo Bryk, 
General European representative of 
ASCAP who has made his office In 
I paris since October. 

T&'anijlatlon is by .no. means iieces- 
sary in all cases, however, and other 
big numbers how are 'Night -and 
Day* and 'Is It a Smoke,' both puh- 
'll«hed here in lOiiirJiKh. 



38 



VARIETY 



MUSIC-NITE CLUBS 



Tuesday, Febniarj 20, 1934 



Manhattan Holds Upbeat Despite 
Hoiida Exodus of Past Weeks 



iorida; eXQdus hasn't helped the 
smart, spots which caters to that 
.^cllentele^ but biz in g;eneral fairly 
good all over. 

Same situation obtains alongr 
Brodaway ipy^lth the. Casino de Paree 
and ..Hollywood doins sensational 
trader Paradise not quite as bull- 
ish, but oke, and: the Palais Royal 
biiildins. .. 

lace Plquale and Peppy's Cha- 
peau Rouge west of Fifth avenue 
and El Morocco are amons the 
snooty niteries which, would be af- 
fected by the Florida scram-outs, 
i'^b.ut_th^y|re holding _up Jiiceiy. .Leon 
and Eddie's is 'stiil clickinjBr, one of 
the outstanding survivors of post- 
repeal, indicating that the personal 
following equation is worth some- 
thing. On the other hand, the 
former recherche 21, (Jack a,nd 
Charlie's) and other kindred spots 
with specialized clienteles have suf- 
fered under the onslaught of the 
hotels' cocktail bars; 

Downtown Cafes, Too 
Hostelries are stiil on' the upbeat' 
. and an • idea ,bf the. cpcktail thing 
finds its repercussions in the dovirn- 
town Wall Street sector, where, 
with a quasi-NRA patriotic' spirit, 
the financial sector'^ better class 
resta.urantS: are» also mulling instaill- 
iiig string ensembles as musical ac- 
cbmpanimeht to food. A queistioh- 
naire on' this is going out. 

tThe fashionable east side hostel- 
ries such as the .Ttiscany has in- 
stalled Bela ItUblov's. continental- 
style ensemble;. Peter Van Steden 
6nd an NBC unit go iiito the 



Slightly Peeved 



Baltimore; Feb. 19. 

Police here are seeicing. a 
Baltimore girl entertainer, 
lately -doing her entertaining 
at the La Pareie Cafe, Wash- 
ington, D. C. . 

A single act in La Paree 
floor show, all she'd wanted to . 
explain is the night of Feb. 13. 
She reputedly stumbled,' and 
when a pair of custoniers at- 
tempted to help her to her feet 
she allegedly struck them with 
tableware. Wheh^ manager "in-"" 
tervehed. shie assertedly black-, 
ened his eye. with a table lamp, 
miowed down sister . act on 
same bill when they attempted 
to quiet her, smashed a- chair 
over a waiter's head, overturned 
four fbod^aden tablies onto 
guestis, IchpCked.down. tht| hat^ 
check gitl,' pushed the bonifaqe. 
down flight of sjtairs and 
lammed out of^ttie place and 
powdered from burg, allegedly 
forgetting a- bill at her 
hotel. 



Names and Liquor 
turn Pitt. Nitery 
From Red to! Black 



CAFE MARGUERY 

(ADEL»>HIA HOTEL, PHILA.) 

This spot, formerly a half-popur 
lar dance rendezvous with a good 
local band, w;as recently taken over 
by Jack Lynch=-r-a, pte^rrepeal oper- 
ator, and well known through plenty 
of newspaper space on raids, .etc. 
Actually, the place Is the hostelry's 
former main dining room turned 
into a night club.. Situation is good, 
being righjt off lobby at the rear, 
and a large electric sign catches the 
eye from the front Entrance. 
. Cafe Marguery remains the same 
as it nras before, a high ceiling room 
with balcony effect, amber-lighted, 
seating about 360; only difference 
now being that- biiz is capacity. Main 
reason for big Crowds is Jack Lynch; 
with all the local yokels coming to 
see the guy who ihadfe Philly classy- 
speak conscious ' not long ago, and. 
&van Burrows Fontaine, who crash- 
ed the headlines with him more 
than once. .Show people, club 
cliques, and yokels all mix, facing 
a two buck minimum, fairly heavy 
^Inr line; -and -the hoter-s-well-estab-: 
Used cuisine; service okay. 

Place is a little too blg to be in- 
timate, and atmosphere is slightly 
formal. NO dress durijig week days, 
and don't have to on gat's. Dance 
floor is small, with bandstand fele- , 
vated at one end. New floor show | 
show weekly-^ThursdaySi 
. New tai. c; YlvjiQiops and. slightly 
buxom, Beth ChftlHs. opens talent 
parade near midnight. A ballroom 
team, WUkins and Jack, glide 
through a pair of neat numbers, 
and are followed by Pontl, a tenor 
who landed a big hand for an acted 
version, of 'Shanghai Lil.' Florla 
Vestoff, in the next spot, a good 
tapper, ' but opens with- a poor s. 
and 'd.; does another turn later with-, 
a sbfjt shoe. Show slackens with 
Frances Stevens, who uses the p.a. 
system: for a blues- number. .Adagio 
duo in Blanche and Elliot catch two 
separated. spots for good receptions. 

ShoVv; begins to look up with 
Ronnie, Van and Kamplain in a Gay 

Nineties idea, winding «P with an I 'Rnnil Spt 

ericore. on the. 'Flying Trapeze'— laHlIlglOn Dana OCT 



Most Played on the Air Last Week 



To faviilUiriee the rest of the country HHth the tunes moat aung 
atid played on the air around Ifew Torkt the JoUouHng ia the com^ 
pilaiiort for last week. Thlit tabulation toill continue regularly. 

In anawer . to inguiriesi these plugs are figured on a Baturday- 
through-Friday week, regularly^ 

Tabulation in turn isi^ broken down into two divisions: Vwmber 
of plugs on the major networks (WBAF and WJ,Z of the Jf BO . chain, 
and WABO, kev station of 0B8), along with the total 6f plugs on 
Vew York^s two full-tine iridependent stations-^'W.ORand WHO A. 
Data Obtained from 'Radio Log' conppiled by Accurate' Reporting 
Service. 

WEAP 
WJ2 

title WABC 
'List's Pdll in Love' .i.. ...>;•.•..«. 23 
'Do You Mist Me T6ntght'.......«, 21 

fSmoke Gets In' Yeiur Eyee'../ 26 

'Keep YouHfl'and Beautiful' ....... 13 

'In the Valjey of Yesterday* . ,11 

' 'Ctfl*l<0b7ii^.' «•«••••»• eee* ••••••• 18^ 

'Toinptflition ^ t ^ e «-•.• 18 

'Without That Certain Thind'....... ^7 

'This Little Pigby- • ............ 10 

'Everything I Have U Yours'.. «'..«• 14 
'Our Big Love .Scene' .............. 18 

•'Wisgon ^A^heels' •...;>......•'*•.••... 19 

'You Hhvi Taken My Heart'.....;.. 14 

'Qfd : Spinning Wheel' 9 
'Orehids in the Mbenji '......«;..,. .14. 

'Night en the Water* ...........^.^ 

'In a Shelter From a Shower'../...' 



WOR 
WMCA 

25 
il 
6 
14 
16 

-8-- — 
8 



48 
32 
81 
27 
27 
"2ff-" 
.26 
26 
26 
26 
26 
24 
23 
23 
22 
22 
22 



PoEcemaiTs Ball Imports $800 Band 
While $60 Local RD-In Squawk 



which garners plenty . of laughs. 



Pittsburgh, Feb 

^ X.- ... , ^ I Names and booze have turned I After Beth" Challls pipes . a cou 

Gotham, and the others already are Plaza cafe here from a losing prop- I of hotcha nudist ditties,, show 



With Mae West's 'Sin' 



W.ell equipped with dance and con 
cert -music, 



CU Mosicians Want 
$2,556 from MiUardl 



osition into of thte biggest reaches the high with ■ Gha:5 ■ Chase, 

money-makers on the local night Are-eating clown; who panics the 
club map. And overnight, too, I crowd for over 12 minutes 



to hear^ about' the: exploits of S. S 
I^illard. They are waiting for MiU 
lard to come back to town so .. they 
can tell him that he ow.es the union 
Just $2,666 on the. contract on the 
now defunct Old M^ifico cafe. 
Union has allowed a claim of $34 



Hollywood, Feb. 19. 
Duke kllingtoh and his orchiestra 
arriving hdre today for Paramount's 

Qtr„..^«n^' «ii„"^ .rS^S'n..^*!;?;!"''^^^^ ea^iV^the" bVst"show in I 'Murder at the Vanities' will do a 
Struggling along at beginning of ^o^n^ruhning aboht 70 mins.-and second film While here 
seasons plenty in red, management ig^ves the crowd talking. Vincent Also set for the band to be In the 
decided to chance big shows with rizzo's orchestra plays the show, ' 
a.rrival of repeal atid spot is now I and later for dancing with Evan 
topping the. town in takings. Burrows Fontaine as featured 

First show had Frances Faye warbler. Cafe Marguery right now 
headlining, with Attn Pennington | i8_talclngja.ll tlie J<>od„»»;p^^*'"«*"®^^ 

Oosch. 



- Chicago, Feb. 19, 

Musicians Unl^n here is the latest I "^^i^'^''^ I and is settling down for a 



Mae West *It Ain't No Slh.' 



Mills Sails Feb . 24 



Latter closed 'few days ago, with 
Anne 'Seymour opening Friday (16) 
for an indefinite stay. ,Plaza coverl 
is 70 cents week nights with $1 on | 
Saturday. 



good run. 



OASIS, BALTIMORE 

Baltimore; Feb. 14. 



Irving Mills accompanies his Cab 
Calloway orchestra. ..on the S. . S. 
Majestic aailing Feb. 24 ^fter all. 



' . w J although orlglnally Intending to 

Cafe is owned ai^d operated by Uere*^boS?s°\mo1i '''iSS to London by a week 

, . ^.1 . /EtziCovato, who also has the band but a brief interim each August to pave the way for their 

against Millw-d for failure to pay ti^^^^^ Co- when place goes through redeco open ng. • 

the balance due Charles Pierce for | ^j^^^ ^^ ^j^^ ^^^.^ ^^^^ cleaned up process, has been breathing continu- . Mills' delay, in the U. S. was 

^ ^^^^ necessitaited by the suit which Jack 

season a few yearrago. only to pu^ Instituted against him In 

It all back within next few months. 5^\"^«^|.l<>;P„J^?g^^ a contractual agree- 
Plaza is now completely out of the JJJ« S primarily "p?Os^^^^ M"*"*' decision on which la due some 

r a handsome nroflt »^!?^i,,™™or time this week. The N. T. Supreme 



.tnusic at the cafe, plus $2,622 diio 
for four weeks' notice which Mil 
lard forgot all about. 



llllirSlritA there I In a red and turning a handsome pront Ujurioglty play and slummers' expe 

vUlCUliC VUv I weekly I ■D.»«fi.«o...iov oontiti. 



Writers Dine Mar. 13 



Rectangular room, seating Court gave both sides until today 
160. Join Is copiously! (Monday), to file briefs, on the in.' 

jUnctive mbtipn. 



Songwriters Protective Associa- 
.-l,tlon._has_se.t..MarchJL3_jis_.the.jdate.LbaGk-^oglIng_any.-cha^ 



ditions. 
not over 

stacked with nether^world atmos 
phere. Miiggs and molls hunched 
over tables, beetle-browed toughies 
huddled away in dlm-llt corners, 
couple of painted dolls seated well 



Grey Supes Discing 

._L(Ps.. Angeles,.. Efib^-lfti - 



Hollywood, Feb. 19, 
Jiihmie Durante has completed 
his first recording for Brunswick, 
singing numbers from current fea- 

AUrfiL.pix . , _ 

One -side Is Inka^Dlnka-Doo,' for the annual dinner and meeting. [ bling In. Atmospheric touch is the r Harry tirey, managing director of 

from 'Joe Paiooka' (UA) and the Spot for the event is yet to be McCoy and not on managerial pay recording for the Brunswick com 

other side 'Hot Potato,' from Radio's picked.. roll. Tliey're present becaupe^ it pany, is here from New York, s^^^ 

•Strictly Dynamite.' Present SPA slate looks tagged Pleases, em and they lew ^ plattering of coast 

1 for- re-election with the exception f^J^^"^"^^^^^ relax here and be k^„^g and screen celebs, 
[of a couple directors who because gj^ ^^y^jj netted spot derivecJ With A. J. (Joe) Perry, in charge 

[of their west-coast and other con- from thrill-seeking debs and youths of coast recording, Grey flew to 
tacts have found it Inconvenient to | ,fui men-round-town. Though de- 1 'Frisco : last Week end to platter 



BRTK'S BIRTHDAY 



Paris, Feb* 10 ,^ 

Local music people and Vlsitine I attend board meeting. Two directors I presh' has^sobered tendencies I Ted Fiorito's band, thein returning 

llfemen flocked Sunday (4) to 60th kj^^ replaced are Harry Ruby among sons and dotters of ^ the to Los Angeles to finish up the local 

birthday party of Hugo Bryk, rep- Howard Dletz. Among the can- racier element from the Blue Book | recording 
resentative of American Society of Uldates for the pair of scheduled stud in great many .sectors of cOun- 



, T., 

Eight hundred dollars for ah Im* 
ported orchestra. SiKtr- dollars tor 
a loca^ dance band. That situation 
has brought about .a lusty protest 
from the Musicians* Union against 
the Troy Police* Benevolent and 
Protective Association, which - has 
engaged Claude Hopkins* orchestra., 
from New York^ for the police ball 
April 13. 

Ralph W. Eycleshimer,^ president 
of the union, charges that the mu- 
slckers 'feel the situation is abso.-' 
lutely unfair, as we have less than 
.60 musicians working ouit of a. 
membership of 300. Merchants feel 
It Is an Injustice for the police to 
solicit advertising and sell tickets 
for an event for; which $800 of the 
receipts will directly leave the city.' 

Police, however, didn't bat an 
eyelash at the attack. Said Patrol- 
man Harry Nolan, secretary of the 
police ball committee: It is noth- 
ing new in Troy to bring orchestra 
attractions to Troy. Rudy Vallee 
and his band drew a large crowd 
when he played here for the Amer- 
ican Legion and I believe Mr, Eycle- 
shlmer was a member of the wel- 
coming Committee at the time.' 

Nolan .also declared a union mti^ 
sician, who conducts a dance hall 
as well - as-his- own-iorchestra,:-haH_ 
on many occcuiions engaged New 
York bands to play at his hall. He 
added that the police were , only In-^ 
terested In a large attendance. 

They, engaged a local orchestra 
for $60 to play when Hopkins' men 
are resting. Under the contract, 
Hopkins is restricted from playing 
any place within 100 miles of Troy 
before the police ball. 



Authors, Composers a»d ' Publish- I j'";"- Toune'""'sa.m 1 seems^ stlll^^ flourish here. 

' — I vacancies are/ Joe xoung, ssam | shiver In, lift eyebrows, gasp,: 



ers, and an old timer in New York U^^jg charles Tobias and George 
and Europe. Meyer. 
Jerome .: Kern flew over especially ' 



In Re: Columbo 



from London, and Emmerich; Kal- 
man made the trip from Vienna. 



An Old Eriend 

RED NICHOLS . 

Now at the Lowry Hotel 
.In, St. Paul, Minn., find, 
via WJZ, dispenses the 
same tantalizing tunes and 
rhythms that made' him 
world-famous. 0£. course 
he features: 

"WE'LL MAKE HAY WHILE 
THE SUN iSHINES" 
"I JUST COULDN'T TAKE 
IT, BABY" 
"TEMPTATION" 
"DANCING IN THE 
MOONLIGHT" 
"THE MOONLIGHT WALTZ" 
■ "AFTER SUNDOWN" 

ROB BINS 

MUSIC CORPORATION 
■III W 9EVENTJI AVENUE 
■III » NEW YORK^« i«^ 



and then spread coin with a bounty 

that bespeaks mental genuflections . Los Angeles,. Feb. 19. 

in gratitude fOr this privileged gan- Judgment for $1,086 against Russ 

der at 'life.' Columbo hid In New York courts 

. Majt Cohen, owner. Is the prime by Lou Irwin, according to the 

factor in so drafting and handling complaint, has been transferred to 



SPmA'S BALT6 M.G. 

Baltimore, Feb. 19. 

Iny Spira opens; Friday (23) as I hls'^^ddiy ''bllit^^'' cUelitele ; I i^rr herror^Sn 

m. c. of the Terrace Club , in the spot still rides prosperity wave. He j ^J^I'r^P^V PA ® ^ 

{Lord Baltimore hotel,- succeeding utilizes a clever ad' and exploit cam.^ 

Lou Martin. . paign that's tickled the public for 

Review of the spot last week years and still proves highly ef- 

erroneously credited Splra for the fectlve. onrwrHne 

engaged at the. Arcadia, Salisbury, seldom a vaude trouper of note hits 
Md. I town who dofesn't drop around 

Cohen knows 'em all, beins one of 
Hotel M.C. Now Manager I burg's most colorful figures, - pos 
Fort Wayne, Feb, 19. sessed of a glamorous aura that's 
Lee Barton Evans, m.o. at Chat- gradually fleeing tlie •American 
t^rhov In Hotel Anthonv for nast scene, such as exemplified aptly by show, totally unbilled and undl 
f^w month? ?eta-Saeine duties the late Chuck Connors. When the vulged, patterned along hurley lines 
Z uf' ^ f managing duties ^^jp_jjjjg masculines of the profesh with bump dancer, girl warbler with 
1 adaea to nia contract. .... make what appear perfunctory ap- oke pipes and a beef ^ trust line b' 

Longest run attraction at hotel, pearances at the more decorous nlte gals. A colored kid kicks up some 
so management judged it wise to let giyijg they usually powder early and fast, good rhythm hoofery, but no 



ment to L, Henry for collection. 

Atty. S. S. Zagon representing 
plainti 

TAGHT BOTS to LOKBON 

Yacht ClUb Boys sail Feb. '28 for 
the Club. Monseignor, London. 

Currently in their, sixth week at 
Chez Paree, Chicago. 



i him-run-the-placer- 



tlEET TOUR FATOBITB STAB Of STAGE AND SCRBBN 
AT MIKE FRITZEL'S 





<11 FBtrbankn 



Am«rloa's Smartest Bestaarant niid Sapper Clab 



CHICAGO 



Delnwib-'e 1656 



scuttle- down-^here=to-rel&x-arid=go^-strIppIng.^down=by---^^^ 
gay. Cohen never hustles 'em out dulged. Under I^Eudied, critical 
on the floor or rings 'em With a focus . show n.s.g., but majority of 
spotlight to break their backs with ihob Is inattentive, each table group 
public bows. He lets 'em sit around apparently self- entertaining and 
and have their playtime out* of rather oblivious of the rest, 
•mob's cognizance'-aa\d:--stare.-—And-h—Worthine9srot-the--ork 't)iitshlnes 
that's probably what brings 'em the setting,. Earl Kahn's six-piece 
back on rep6a,ts. . outfit dishing out ia very nice grade 

Nothing spectacular offered by of dansapatlon. Never a convert, 
spot decoratlvely. Just banal trap- dollar minimum with food and alco 
pings akin to similarities. Floor I holies moderately priced. 



_^Troy, N. Y., Feb.. 19. 
Sammy Kay,e and his orchestra 
were 'evicted' from their rooms la. 
the Hotel Troy, Wednesday (14) 
and, to uphold their prestige, the 
whole outfit sigmed up as members 
of the Y.M.C.A. and became lodgers 
at the Y building. 

Kaye's orchestra, a traveling unit,, 
is playing at the Hendrlck Hudsort 
Hotel, whose owners also Qperato 
the Hotel Troy; The 'evictidh' b£ 
the men from Hotel Troy was ef- 
fected by the Troy Musiclarifl' 
Union, which charged they wero 
violating a regulation of the AFM, 
which stipulates traveling bands 
playing in hotels must not be housed 
in the same hotel or any othier prop- 
erty of the hotel owners. 

Kaye, notified to scram, s^^d ho 
was not aware of the ruling al- 
though he and his men belong to 
the AFM. He protested there was 
no other hotel to go to that could 
■properly accommodate., hi m, and , his 
men and at the same time uphold 
their prestige. Joseph N. Weber, 
AFM president,, was notified and he 
ordered Kaye to obey the regulation 
or subject h imsel f and his bands- 
men td 'uhToh suspensloiu " 

So the whole outfit moved out, 
went to the Y.M.C.A., enrolled as 
members and paid a Tveek's room 
rent in -ftdvance. 



toesdity, February 20, 1934 



V A « • E V I L I. E 



VARIETY 



39 



AGENTS' CODE' SUBMinED 



License Comm. Moss Says Only 38 j SB BOOKERS' , 
i^ents-Bookers Operate 
AD Others Liable to Prosecution 





business in New York mky yeTlje 
forced to apply tor licenaea again 
looms; despite that the artist reps 
have apparently succeeded In liavr 
•Inff the Wald bill shelved in the 
state legfislature. • Latest agitation 
for the licenslns of agents eomes 
from the New Yorlc City adminis- 
tration. ^ :« 

It is the opinion of License Com-, 
missioner Paul Moss that the pres- 
ent city statute, , requiring iall the- 
atrical booking agencies to pay ajtii 
annual $26 liceiide fee. applied to 
agents as weU aa bookers, even 
though agents in general have al- 
ways regarded themselves as . out 
of its jurisdiction through classing 
as. 'personal representatives.' 

Moss bielleves that all ageints can 
be made to apply for licenses under 
this city ordinance. To bring this 
about. Moss is carrying on an in- 
vestigation in the Times Square 

Istrlct. 

License Inspector Daniel J. Rock 
Js doing the investigating. During 
the past week he has intei^viewed 
numerous agents and bookers. Fred 
Keatinc appeared for questioning 
.at thie License Commission office 
last week' aa . a representative of the 
ABA. Arthur Lyons will be asked 
to appear for the agents this. week. 

The present city licensing law. 
which Moss cbntends has been mis- 
interpreted, was passed 20 years 
ago through the efEorts Qt . the 
White iRats and the Actors' IJnion. 
It requires the posting of a bond of 
1500 besides -the yearly fee, 

As 'personal representatives' for 
actors and without booking the- 
atres, the agents have never before 
been viewed as coming under the 
law's Jurisdiction. It has always 
been accepted that the ordinance 
applies to booking offices only. The 
few exceptions were made by . in- 
dividual agents themselves, such, as 
the William Morris agency, which 
holds a license In addition to the 
one held by its affiliated booking 
ofhce. 

At the present time there are 38 
licensed booking offices in New 
York. These are bookers mostly. 
Around 300 agentfe, unlicensed, are 
_qEera.tii?.g Jn_NeMLTQrk^^a^^^ 

representatives.' ~~" — 
The 38 with licenses are 



Special Radio Roadshaw 
By NBG for HefsheyrFar 

Hershey, Pa., Feb. 19. 

Herahey Community theatre, be- 
coming shoW-rnlnded, playing shows 
like 'Scandals,' is noW going in for 
an NBC-booked unit headed by 
Lew White, radio organist, who 
clicked and repeated here twice and 
who was coinmissioned to formulate 
a. radio rof^d show. 

Show includes Harry Breuer, 
Radio City Chorus Ensemble, James 
Wallingtoii (or Milton J. Cross) as 
announcer- m.CH James Mel t o n, 
Pickens {Sisters, Frances Langf ord; 
Jan Peerce and yiola Philo (or 
Mary McCoy). 



NATAR President Estimates 
20% of Eastern Agents 
Will Be Eliminated by 
Code of ^ics'^titt Re- 
quirements r— 1 0% Com- 
inish and No Splitting 



r— ^ ■ 

Dot Bryant Skips Code Board 
To Put Complaint Before NRA 
New Question Is What s a 



RELATIVES but 



Complete text of the agents' 



<Code of Ethi 
on page 41 



' wi./ b»v' foiind 




Dm PALACE 
FORABREAK-1 



The Palace spot 
now. 

Tlmmie nd Freddie, sepia hoof 
Ing team, never lainped by any of 
the three RKO bookers, went into 
the former ace vaude house on Prt 
day (16), They lasted two shows 
ahd were then yanked, with Pete, 
Peaches and Duke, also colored 
hoofers, taking their place. "The 
Incident set a precedent for the 
theatre as well as acting as a. tip 
off on the bookers. 

The team, agented by Harry 
Romm, was refused a date by Harry 
Preundlich, booker of RKO's regu 
lar break- in spot, the Prospect, 
Brooklyn. Arthur Willi placed Jt 
in the Palace at %100 and on 
Romni'd promise that he could yank 
the act the first day if it did not 
measure up to requirements. As 
Palace requirements have changed 
so often it was up to Willi to do 
the defining and deciding after the 
first show. Timmie and Freddie 
were to get the $100 regardless of 
ia pro or con decision. 

Meanwhile Willi asked the Pete, 
Peaches and Duke act to stand by 
pi- TTmmftnt'H notice, promising th e 



Amalgamated VaudeTllle Agency, 
1600 Broadway. 

Artists' Booking Office, 1601 
S roadway. 

Ben Berni 1619 
Broadway. 
Jane Border, 1475 Broadway. 
Norman Campbell, 1775 Broad- 
way. 

Katheri ;833 Seventh 

av6nuei 

John E. Goutts, "776 Seventh ave- 
nue. 

Alfred E. Davis, 1668 Broadway. 

Frank Deutcher, 256 Ryerson 
street, Brooklyn. 

Al and Belle Dow, 1619 Broadway. 

Joe Feinberg, 1660. Broadway. 

Hymie Goldstein, 160 W. 46th 
street. 

Matt Grau, 1620 Brpadway. 
Mike Hammer, 148 W. .46th 
street. 

Juliet Heath, 201 W. 49th street. 

Siwl Holtsworth, 1668 Broadway. 

independent Vaudeville Booking 
Office, 1560 Broadway. 

International Variety and Theat- 
rical Agency, 218 42d street. 

Jonas & Willlanis, 755 _Seventh 
avenue. 

Henry Kilby, 1679 Broadway. 

Loew Booking Agency, 160 W. 
46th street.. 
" Marcus Bierman .- . - 1462 
Broadway. 

Pally Marcus, 1560 Broadway. 

Austlna L. Mason, 1465 Broad- 
way. 

-William Morris -Agency; '61 
Seventh avenue. 

Orpheum Circuit Booliing Corp.. 
3270 Sixth avenue. 

Herman Palcy, 234 W. 44th street. 

Jack Poweroy, 1697 Broaflway; 



act $300 if it went in. This means 
that the Palace is paying $400 for a 
$300 deucer, if Willi hadn't gone 
and cha^nged the policy of the house. 



Principal stage and radio book- 
ing offices and icture casting 
bureaus will be asked this week to 
approve the 'code of ethics' drawn 
up and submitted, to them by the 
new National Association of The- 
atrical Artists' Representatives, 
Similar consent and co-operation 
will be asked of the Actors' Better- 
merit Association and Actors' Equity 
Association on behalf of their mem- 
bership. 

NATAR has also submitted the 
document to the Motion Picture 
Code Authority with hopes of 
having it incorporated. In whole or 
IjQ part, in the amended Vaudeville 
Code now hieing, writteh. 

Verifying advance reports, the 
'code of ethics' is radical, to say the 
leaSti in changes and reforms it 
outlines for the eastern agency 
business. Its purpose, as outlined 
by Arthur S. Lyons, president of 
the NATAR and fatheir of the 
code.' is to 'legitimatize the lilegltl- 
mate children (agents) of the the- 
atrical profession* and to circum- 
vent the possibility of outside legis- 
iatloh designed tp bring about simi 
lar reforms. 

Chiefly, th9 'code* would require 
all aCtoi*s to enter into a uniform 
standard contract with the agents; 
that an actor c&a have but on^ 
agent only 'for all purposes; that if 
within the. contractual period ah aci; 
or artist should want a release, his 
or her demand must be submitted 
for arbitration; that no agent can 
'steal' an act or artist from another 

No Affiliations 

Another, provision prohibits, an 



Akron Gain ' for Umts 



..Feb. 

•Pt>)«c«. will interrupt its stjraight 
picture policy 23 when '50 

Million Frenchmen' comes in for 
iour ays. . Holdeh Swiger, man- 
ager, will play unit ^hows when- 
ever they, are available. 

Loew's, only Palace, opposition, 
booked in 'Century of Progiess Re- 
vue,' unit show, Feb. 16 for four 
days, the first stage attraction since 
the Ted Lewis unit a month ago, 
House has not been doing so well 
with straight pictured. 



INTERSTATE OR. 
EXTENDS TIME 
FOR UNITS 



The Interstate's original 12-week 
trial oh units, scheduled, to end 
March , has been extended nine 
weeks to June 1. ^ 

Charlie Freeman, booker of this 
Texas circuit, left Sunday (18) for 
Dallas to confer with Karl Hoblit- 
zelle and Bob O'Donnell on a pos- 
sible further extension through the 
'summer months. 

When Hoblitzelle and O'Donnell 
put in the units they figured - the 
stage shows might lose the. first 
four or five weeks, but that 12 
weeks should tell the entire story. 
Shows were prpfitai)le from the 
start. 



GOLDE'S MONTBEAL DATE 

Lawrence Golde, of the Wm. Mor- 
ris office, starts booking Loew's 
Montreal this Saturday (24). House 
has been booked by Harry Kal- 
clieim of Par-Publix. 

Golde Will book units into the 
house, .but not as a steady diet. In 
between will be a stage band policy 
with four or five acts. 



WORLD'S FAIR UNIT 
STRANDS IN NORFOLK 



Norfolk, Feb, 



M. 



W. B7th 



James 

Radio-Kelth-Orpheum Vaudeville 
Exchange, 1270 Sixth avenue. 

Leopold Redelsheimer, 1679 
Broadway. 

Edward Sherman, Seventh 
avenue. 

Artliur . Sommasardo ur 
Fisher), 1560 Broadway. 

Richard Tobin. 1426 Broadway. 

Variety Exchange (Lawrence 
Goldle), 701 Seveinth avenue. 

Harry Walker, 7 17, Seventh ave- 
nue. 

Warner Bros. Artist Bureau, 321 
W. 44th street. 

-.■Jos..-H..WrlgM. 1571 Broadway.. 

Three additional licenses are 
pending. Applicants are Mabel K. 
Embee, Lady Sen Mel and Wales 
Winter. 

Comnr'ss*" "*"* Mos s belie ves t hat 
of ail the agents and bookers only 
the above 38 art operating legally, 
and that all others are liable to 
prosecution for operating without 
i licenses. 



agent's affiliation or association m 
any way with a booking office or 
casting bureau. This particularly 
affects three of the major agencies 
which have not Joined the NATAR. 
They are the NBC and CBS artist 
bureaus and the William Mprrls 
office, all of Which maintain affili- 
ated booking offices. 

The apprenticeship clause, which 
provfdes that all agents serve five 
years in the capacity of employes 
of established agents before becom- 
ing eligible for recognition by. the 
association as accredited artist rep- 
resentatives, will not be retroactive, 
but will cover only new agents 
entering the field after the effective 
date o£ the 'code.' 

The purpose of the apprenticeship 
requirement, according to the 
NATAR, is to generally uplift the 
quality of the agency profession; 
also stamp out the 'relative' evil. 
Accor ing to Lyons, the fiye-year 
provision will preclude chinces for 
relatives of booking office or circuit 
heads, to leave Other lines of busi- 
ness and step into a convenient 
spot in the agency field as ia cinch 
Way to make a living. 

That an actor must confine his 
or her representation to one agent 
would eliminate the practice of 
splitting commission between one or 
more agents, since it would also 
aBoIIsIi -ihe ffahcKIge- §y5tein- pre 
vailing in some booking offlce.s, a^s 
well as the well-known 'in.' A)\ 
book'-rfi or casters would be re- 
quired to go direct to an actor's ac- 
"credlteir ~ ^if -wantinB" "that 
actor. 

'«;odo' tnakes a slight conccbsion 
In til" ;i.-.ii-fornmlsh splitting regu- 
j iContinued on page 41) 



JStrjefet-s — o£ 



Worlds Fair attraction, stranded 
here last week wheri a theatre book- 
ing proved a .phantom. Stranding 
resulted In the arrest of Jack Roths- 
child, p.a., and Bernie Ruden, ass't 
manager, but they were dismissed 
when the judge believed their testi- 
mony that they ha.d hot taken the 
costumes one girl claimed as her 
own. 



Dorothy Bryant, of cihorus Equity, 
skipped _oyer - the., motlpn 
code authority , 
downtown to NRA 
with a complaint, 
closed Harry Delmar's ReVels, cur- 
rent at the Fox, Philadelphia, 
would have resulted in the folding 
of an $18,000 investment and 
thrown 37 peoi>le out of Work. 

On Friday (i») the unit was given 
a clean slate when John V. Bbnney, 
attorney and backer of 'Revels,': 
paid Peggy. Johnson, .a chorister, 
dismissed from the unit, $23,50 due 
her on lOUs plus $6 for two liiyoff 
days/ 

Miss Bryant took the matter .of 
Miss Johnson to . Bums McDonald, 
of the NRA Labor Compliance 
Board; because, she said, the chor- 
isters are not represented oh the 
film code committee and ^Besides, I 
don't know Whether the code au- 
thority is capable of handling labor 
complaints.' McDonald declared 
that Miss Bryant brought the nuLtr 
ter to him because she thought ^fle 
could get quicker action from his 
end. 

Miss Johnson was Iven the 
lOUs following break-in dates in 
Elizabeth, Trenton, and Hempstead 
where the; unit received little more 
than: $i;000 per week. Troupe is get- 
ting $3,600 In Phllly, but the prin- 
cipals are still, on a cut. The girls, 
however,, are drawing the ispccifled 
mlninium' of $35. 

Three other glrli^.were dismissed 
with Miss Johnson but she was the 
only one to complain to Miss Bry- 
ant. Miss Johnson was also the 
only member of Chorus Equity in 
the troupe. 

When Bonney told McDonald that 
his show .was a tab and not a unit, 
McDonald answered that Bonney 
was automatically absolved a^ a 
tab's minimum chorus wage is but 
$25. This decision, howeiver, wais re- 
versed later when the NRA ob- 
tained John Flinn's. definition oh 
tabs, which, in effect, stated .that 
there are no more tabs. Flinn, exec 
secretary of the code authority 
board, defined a tab as a show run- 
ning about an hour in theatres un- 
accompanied * by niotion plcturesi 
He said that such shows ho longer 
exist, and if a show plays In a house 
with a picture it comes under the 
Motion Picture Code. 

Bonney, a former actor, formed a 
corporation with Delmar some lime 
ago to produce three units. 



FOUR FOR ONE 

Quartet of Bands to Replace Jay 
Whi'dden in L. A. 



Loi^ Angeles, Feb. 19. 

Jay Whidden's orchestra leaving 
the Blltmore .suddenly for the Mark 
Hopkins at San Francisco. Local 
hotel is filling In for two weeks with 
four L- A. bands, while awaiting the 
signing of an outside name oom 
binatlon. 

Locals filling in are Manny Har 
mon, Ted Dahi, Patrick & March 
and Hal Grayson. 



Omaha's Names 

Omaha, Feb. 19. 

Sally Rund (\ue in person at the 
Paramount here this Friday (23) to 
play-W-lth-her- pieture,-iBolrtrot (Par-) 
will open with two pvenlng show« 
at $1 top. 

Foliowing wet-k. March 3, Ben 
Bernie brings his V>and to th<' 
Orpheum for -w^jlck. It's- Bei-nle's 
third appearance here In^wo years, 

Brandeif, theatre will lay off stag'' 
shows while houpe iind*')"go€s re- 
pa irp. 



PUBUX TAKES OZ UNIT 
FOR 4 NORTHERN WKS. 



•Melody Mad Parade,* L. Oz's 
unit, has been set by Par-Publix 
for four weeks opening at the 
Michigan, Detroit, March ». Troupe 
then goes to the Buffalo, Buffalo;. 
Imperial, Toronto, Loew's, 
Montreal. 

Unit is on a straight salary , ha.sls 
for Publlx and is now ; in Fort 
Worth nearing completion of its In- 
terstate time. 

This is, the first important unit 
booking by Publix In Its A theatre. 
Two of the houses, however, are not 
operated by the circuit, I.e.., the.Biii'--' 
falo (Mike Shea) and Loew's, Mont- 
real. . 



Fisher Gets Allen 

Arthur Fisher starts booking the 
Allen, Cleveland Indle, March 2 with 
the same policy as ia now , in the 
Pitt, Pittsburgh, namely attractions 
and units on pcroentage basi.«!, It's 
a full-weeker, 

FlHher may also get the FiiVyll, 
Toledo, .and the I-yrlo... indianapr 
oils, to 'book In conjunc-tion with 
Harrry Rogers. When set, these 
will also be pf-rr.ontage. dates for 
the .*iho\\p nth*")' tliMii vaude. 



40 



VARIETY 



E V I L t E 



Tuesdajn February 20, 1934 



UNIT REVIEWS 



WORDS AND MUSIC 

(RIVpLI, HEMPSTEAD) 

H«imiiat6ad, L. 1., Feb. 16. 
Oii its eighth day but of a rehears- 
al ha,H— lt3 .first day. here after a 
week In Newark — this, unit showed 
enough to merit the predi'ctibn that 
it ts going to' be a fine piecie of .en- 
tertainment by the time: it finishes 
Hempstead. It took plenty of 
.courage on the part of John Hlckey 

and Harry Anger to produce a show 
of . this kind, expensive and yet 
.without ai real b.o. name/ but' they 
are at least rewarded in the knowl- 
edge that they h^ve done something 
really entertaining; -a unit that 
should eventually be a strong; b.o. 
factor . through word-of -mouth. 

What this . show needed at this 
catching was a: rearriangem.ent 6|C its. 
talent; speeding up here and there,- 
and the injection of some' sock busi- 
Jiess that would add to its . running 
time..- it was clocked here at- .49 
minutes, not counting .the three- 
iwinute overture by the pit. 

Talent rester entails Lester Gole 
and Texas, Rangers, Herman Hyde 
and Sally Burrlll, Leonard Barr and 
Virginia Estes, Edith Kavin and 12 
Chester Hale Glfl$, r 

Hard. /to pick the shpw*s. flaws; 
for it had so niuch more speed, even 
in its rather rough state, than the 
ordinary vaude sho-w- that it was 
not untirthe tra-veler closed for the 
last time that any dlissectloh could 
talve place. 

Comedy of the show presently 
rests, mainly on the shoulders of ec- 
centric Herman Hyde and his: sing- 
ing, hip- weaving straight woman, 
^ally Burrlll. The load is .stagger- 
ing and here is where a good part 
of the fixing must be. done. There is 
.an opportunity for some relief from 
Leoinard Barr, eccentric dancer with 
a, -very funny pan, but he was spot- 
ted too soon after Hyde's- first ap- 
pearance 'and .lost most of his 
laughs. Barr is teamed with Vir- 
glnla Estesv a. swell little hoofer, but 
^inistead of working duo and then 
solo early in the show, the' girl alone 
might do her solo, with Bart spot- 
ted for his routine later oh. 

Speeding upi the ahbyir the trifle It 
needs should be a cinch, for that 
.will eome mainly in thie opening and 
closing routines of the 12-girl UAe'. 
'Their tap routine about half way in 
the! revue Is worthy of the big hand 
it got herei 

. Third point of QUilng, and as Im- 
portant as the reptilrs on the com- 
edy aingle^ would be. a split-up of 
the songs by Lester. Cole and his 
12 -male .chorus. They do three 
nymbers In sucdesEilon In one spotr 
which: should be cut .to two, with the 
'Song of the Flame' tune used for 
the' finale of the vnnt instead Of the 



-siding at a desk-wltfr *16- volum-- cKt^^^ m.c.'lng, announcing that 



brand of ether prograjus are con- 
cerned, just won't mix. 

'Hollywood-pn-the-Air' Is Just ndt 
entertainment ih a theatre. Noth- 
ing to give It the zest, tempo or .dl-r 
Yerslty that goes to make a well- 
rounded and balanced bill. Just a 
conglomeration of so-,s6 turns, with 
a few vaude acts .thrown In .as a 
pretense, but wholly lacking In ahl-. 
matlon or color. 

Show opens with introductory re- 
marks by John Swiallow, who quite 
ably handles the weekly air .broad- 
cast of the combinatioh; In which he 
attempts to briefly . describe -what 
transpires just preceding and dur- 
ing a -radio program. The explanar- 
tions are superfluous for picture 
house audiences and mean nothing. 

Set Is supposed to portray the. in- 
terior of an NBC studio, with. Swal- 
low, m. c. after the first .show, pre- 



tiinity. They follow with burlesQue 
of the St Johns, same kind of act 
Christy and Nelson used to do, and 
oyer big with Oooic'a natural comedy 
pan helping considerably. 

Lilliputians are brought on twice, 
first on full stage themselves and 
later for the finale with entire com- 
pany in what's supposed to be in- 
terior of midget cabaret but Isn't 
anything of the sort. Their first 
appearance in the form of brief re- 
vue with a couple of band numbers 
and two imitations of Will Rogers 
and Mae .Westi Okay on novelty 
but even this section could be staged 
a. bit. more effectively. 

WIdeiy-hefalded 'living fountain,' 
which Pitt has been socking home 
to its customers via the trailer route 
for itist couple of weekis, is merely: 
a .posing flash sans any production 
aha only seniblance Of hinted attls- 
tlc nudity is a graceful dance in a 
dark spot by an unbilled femme. 
It's the only prpductibn number of 
siny conseguOnce and done nicely. 

Scandals' disposes of any fan 
dance Ideas at the' outset, with 



Ihous notes; sound, modulators atop 
a platform at the rear; and the usual 
complement of mlcrbphphes scat- 
tered around stage;' 

Harry Jackson band offers ah inr. 
trPductory selection, followed by the 
Rio Rhythm 'Trio, colored girl har- 
monists, who croon 'The Last 
Roundup' satisfactorily. . Next are 
the Three . . Blue • Blazers^ trlP of 
youthful hoofers, who: do one snappy 
routine and exit. 

Frank Sterling,- local vaude re- 
cruit, offers a harmonica, rendition 
at which he is. quite pirofiolent, and 
then foUowied Wallace Ford, of the 
cast of 'Lost Patrol,' current screen 
feature, with a few gags that drew 
snickers, and winding up .with, a 
story about s; ihan hairing' worms 
that -was . decidedly in bad taste. 

Band follows wJlth a Special a,r- 
rangement of the ancient: surefirb 
^Oardanella,';.put over- nicely; then 
Pon. Raymohd, radio tenor; .wkr- 
bllng a. ballad, with jackson' playing' 
a violin . interlude; f pr good measure. 
Raymond hasn't the stage presence 
necessary for' fOotllght . appearances 
and his voice is. much more suited 
to etherizing than to vaude. 

Charles Irwin, on next, punctuiates 
his monolog with a few unnecessary 
danins and warbles a. comedy ditty 
that registered , mildly. 

Hot spot in the show is a CarloCa 
number, with the three , colored 
rhythm girls warbling and ah un- 
announced mixed team dancing it 
with considerable abandon. Shaw 
goes right into the flnale> with iSwal- 
low holding the watch and giving 
the custpmary signofiC, all of which 
is dry- stuff,- and quite lacking in 
entertainment value. 

Only purpose llollsrwood-on-the- 
Alr* , can serve as a; stage shew in 
its: present form Is to gl-vie a slight 
Inkling of just how a radio , program 
goes out. 

. With ' "Lost. Patrol' widely adver- 
.tised as a world premiere, and the 
natural draw which the 'Hollywood 

^ ,i ^ pn-the-Air' radio:, program might 

weak, patriotic^ speciarThey''V^i»K I i}?"^®' ^^HS® exceptlpnally good 
here. Or the "Flame' number could j)pening day. House has ar 



be drpppped completely, with an- 
other song -substituted to be^more 
in' keeping with the southern atmos- 
phere of the revue. > 

So far as scenery aind costuming 
at'e concerned,' it's good all the tvay. 
From the opening garden scene to 
the closing it has plenty of color 
and a good deal of class, although 
this theatre's lighting facilities 
seemed Inadequate. 

fiCyde. got laughs with hfs prop 
guitar, clarinet, fiddle and cello al- 
most all;, the- time he was on. The 
times he missed were the times , he 
over-talked, but. these- misses -would 
not have been there.'- even with the 
talking had there been sPme varla 
tlon. Miss Burrlll' is an excellent 
partner. 

Lester Cole choral act is the back- 
bone of the unit. Edith Cavin does 
ah exotic novelty routine at the 
cidjsln'g of the . show and it clicks 
because' it's different and her . cos- 
tume promises' so much" 

Rut. then the Cole act and the 
rest of the cast sing something 
about President Roosevel.t. and all 
his predecessoi's, and .it's no go. It 
Just ibbks like ' an excuse to get. 
them off. 



ranged, for a different guest star 
from the plx . cast for each day dur- 
Ihjg the week, and may pile up a 
good" srross despite 'Hollywood-oh' 
the-Alr.' Edwd. 



Hollywobd-oit-the-Air 

(RKO, L. A.) 

Los Angeles; Feb. 
Attempt to revive stage shows at 
this one-time RKO vaude house, by 
utilizing Radio's 'Hpllywood-on-the- 
Air' ether program, Has again effec- 
tively demonstrated that broadcasts, 
ho matter how stroner. they may be 
over the alr^ have little In common 
..with the accepted standards of 
vaude or picture house entertain- 
ment. 

Radio program execs, It :ia evl 
dent, do not have the slightest con 
ceptloh of what constitutes a smooth 
.running, /entertaining stage pro 
gram. Nothing could have been 

^more-unshowmanlike =than=^the--inl» 
tial Unfolding, of this radio studio 
ether program, with a few local em 
bellishments, iat the opening session 
this afternoon. 

Caug:ht a second time at the first 

evening show, some slight improve- 
ment was noted over the initial per- 
formg.nce, but the effort was still a 

.long* .way from coming up to straight 
vaude or presentation standards, 
fhe two types of entertainment, at 

least so far as the Pacific coast 



World's Fair Seahdals 

(PITT, PITTSBURGH j 

Pittsburgh, Feb. 16. 
"World's Fair Scandals' .Combines 
sections of two Chicago midway 
features of last summer, late Te^ 
Guinan's Pirate Ship ishOw iand 
.'Midget Village Follies.' Has the 

makings of an entertaining unit; but 
needs wprk. In its present fprm it 
lacks pace and production detail 
and doesn't get started until near 
the middle when it's almost too late 
Unit has plenty of talent but it's 
not properly spotted- and result is 
ithat. acts -which should click^-wlth 
out and trouble have difficulty reg- 
istering. That's chiefly the fault of 
continuity and could easily be elim 
inated with ■ a rearrangement of 
running order.. 

What's more, show could stand 
a little more production. Nothing 
here but a couple of painted drops, 
reproductlpns of exterior scenes at 
World's Fair, and a few drapes, 
thus entirely lacking the fiash bill- 
ing promises. It looks like a - pretty 
economical set-up,. Whole thing 
leaves impression of having been 
slapped together hastily, but that 
doesn't affect its InhCTent possibili- 
ties.. Breaking if In at Pitt a mls- 
iKtke because customers here have 
been accustomed to see those. Inter 
state shows after the Hempstead 
brushing up procPss, 

Effective comedy contributed by, 
Ralph Cook and Floyd Christyt . lat- 
ter formerly pf Christy and Nelson* 
Both serve as combination m.o.'s, 
also participating in all of the 
blackouts, three <jf them 



there teill be "positively no Sally 
Rands. With that curtains piart, 
revealing one: of 'em -whereupon he 
promptly pulls a' gat and shoots her 
down. 

Sketches are fairly blue, but th6y 
can get by. Cohen, 



Century of Progress Revue 

(LOEWS, AKRON) 

Akron, 0.,~FeB. IT. 
_j^Ipley^a .coliectipn Of human oddl-.: 
ties and a yrorld's fair cargo-bf girls, 
which had its premiere only recent- 
ly is highly entertaining' and by far 
the best of the assembled units 

bearing the label of the recent Chi- 
cago exposition. 

For girly-girly eye opening, the 
show is there. : From ^liftgon Twist 
to the lad who draws threes cartoons. 
sImultaneously» the 'pdditorlum' iS a 
fast moving exhibition. 

Julius B. Schuster reveals how he 
picks up 10 tennis balls with one 
hand and also liow to hpld, 25 bil- 
liard balls at the same time; uslns 
only his hand for the stunt. Ka- 
nishka swallows coins, light bulbs 
and what have you. John Tio, the. 
parrot, undoubtedly will take the 
heart oiit of those.- who ha-ve. pa- 
tiently taught Polly to vocally want 
ai cracker. Or, he may be an inspi- 
ration. Twist's dislocations appear 
to be the ultimate In that. line of 
diversion. 

'Back to the subject of girls, the 
revue has .not stinted itself ih that 
department; T^here Is a fan dance 
by Faith Bacon that eclipses any 
thing heretofore offered in that, llnb 
here, also a veil dancO and slither 
ing rumba. 

Miss Bacon dances the fan dance 
with grace ind^-darihs. She ably 
manipulated the feather clusters 
with the customary Intent and re 
suit. Hef veil dance, however, 
must have been an even , greater 
thrill for'the boys in the front row, 
There is ah extensive chorus 
whose appearances are of. necessity 
brief because of the time given to 
the principals of the show. Cast 
numbers close to BO.peOple. Stag 
ing and costuming Is better than 
average, with much consideration 
given to detail all the way through, 



NEW ACTS 



RAMON NOVARRO 

Songa 

10 Mins. 

Capitol, New York 

iRamon Novatro is the third Metro 
contract playet to play the Loew 
Capitol on Broadway on a., studio 
booking. He's new material ;foip 
stage bookings, never having been 
around before. 

it's tlie usual story of sdreen rep 
counting most of all, with the actual 
entertainment merit of sOcbndary 
importance. But with Npvarro the 
latter >cpnsideration ' runs a olose 
second. 

Novarrb probably could rate as a 
pretty f Air stage entertainer with- 
out the picture angle. He can sing, 
and that . which appealed ta his 
femme picture fan following cer- 
tainly stays with, him in person. 
Despite his lengthy ftlm career he 
still looks boyish ahd he also calQ 
sing quite passably i The mugging 
he learned in the film studio comes 
in handy in his stage work. 

If obliged to get by on ability Only^ 
NPvarro . would have to take more 
care in -picking his sbngs and pre- 
senting his act, although as a pic- 
ture! star . slumming in : vaude, he 
probably -won't find-that necessary. 
Sings four songs, first three in 
Spanish^ and then 'Pagan. Love 
Song', in English. He comes out On 
a circular runway in front- of the 
orchestra pit fOr the third number, 
something not done at this house 
since Armlda sang her flower song. 
But he. deports himself nicely. 

Doesn't attempt ./to speak. Just 
sings hiig songs and. walks. Capitol 
customers gave him A big reception 
at both end of the turn. He's 
doubling on the scrben in Cat and 
the Fiddle.' Bige. 



LITTLE JACK lilTTLE Orch. (12) 
stage Band 
15 Mihs.; Full 
Capitol, -New York 

Another and new Sprt of stage act 
venture for Little Jack Little, a pre- 
radlo Standard isingle. Now leading 
an orchestra, 'presented by CBS.' 

The. two elements are Little's 
deep-vblced crooning and a. velvety 
il-plece band which boasts some 
swell arrangements; They blend 
well Into a stage band act that car- 
ries no specialty act support and 
doesn't need any, 

Little- works do-wn almost in 'one' 
at. a gra.nd piano, while the b^nds^ 
men are pretty far to the rear Of the 
full stage set. There's a mike near 
the plaiio. and through this Little 
does all his singing. As the fiirnl 
ture is arrianged, it's nebessary for 
Little to' leave the piano bench and 
walk over to the mike in order to 
sing,\and this happenia five or six 
times during the act. 

As a crooner in his own manner 
Little calls for ho further comment, 
since he*S as capable as evert and 
now better known than ever through 
radio. But as a band leader, or 
ostensibly so, h'e conducts in such a. 



BARON LEE and CREOLE 

FOLLIES (33). 
Flash Act 

36 Mint.; Full (Special) 
Academy, N. Yt. 

The idea that Baron Lee^s usual 
flash act could be doubled in cast 
and running time to make it fall in 
the unit class Is an obviously bad 
one. It's stiU a fls^sh, hardly as en- 
tertaining as most seplaii ' imports 
froth Harlem. .. only twice - as long 
and twice as costly to vaude the- 
atres.. 

The most predominant note, and 
certainly the least attractive, la the 
repetition in talent all the way- 
through the act. Two double-time 
dance tribs, one all male and the 
other two boys and a girl, la ah 
idea Of hOw far this mistake went, 
comedy is dependent On Apus 
.Brooks, . who adds cork , and never - 
gets a hearty laugh, and Liee's pans 
song, which fares little better. The 
rest of the time it's singing and 
dancing, mostly dancing. 

An opporttinlty for a few enter- 
taining moments . -was missed when 
Lee^s band (11 pieces) was not 
given the chance to. play on its own. 
It's in the . background, all the way 
and used strictly as accompanlmeht. 
for the dancers, line and singing. 

Another miss, is the total lack of 
beauty. The one set and costumes 
are about . as colorful as a London 
fog, while the .physical qualities of 
the f em contingent are on the neg- 
ative side with but one exception.. 
Myra Johnson. . She's a torch 
shouter and lifts the act out of the 
doldrums briefly. Cora LaRedd. 
other single fern, had quite a rep a 
few years ago as a Harlem beauty 
as Well as a disincer.. Now she's 
grown fat. and her dancing has 
slowed considerably. 

The remaining acts in the fiash 
are the Lucky Rhythm TrlO, which 
contains the girl, and the Three- 
Brown Jacks. They're probably 
okay when away from each: other, 
but here they confilcted and both 
looked , weak. The 12-glrI line has 
nothing; nOt even good costuming. 

Lee has a fine personality and he 
paces the act as well as, possible. 
His song was another thing that -was 
Interfered with by a pahz bit done 
up ahead by the Cbmic and one of 
the dancers, . 



CLARK GABLE (2) 
Sketch 

9 Minsi; One and a Half 
Century, Baltimore 

Good idea that' presents Gable in- 
formally and calculated to satisfy 
completely requirements of femme 
contingent that largely ttittaB his 
film following. Introduces .him, so 
to speak, lounging on back pbrcn 
with shoes off, in a skit that opens 
with him strolling out on stage and 
comniencing usual Hbllywobd-per<- 
sonaler spiel when gal steams up 
out of audience onto rostrum seek- 
ing autograph, gets it and lingers 
with awkward awe. Soon gets to 
querying him on reaction he gets 
from busses he plants- on lips Of 
femme players as performing screen 
chores. .Girl's persistent qiuestion- 
Ing serves to embarrass hlm» mob 
reveling In it. ^ Gfirl finally summons 



MANY VAUDE TROUPES 
TOURING THE CAROUNAS 



Charlotte, N. C:, Feb. 19. 
Picture houses in the Carolinas, 
If they have' any sort of a stage, 
are 'booking yaude units to cater to 
an existing demand for stage shows. 
Took but a' short while, with a. few 
houses filling their' money barrels, 

for the others to fall In. line. 

In North Carolina .is Mildred Har- 
ris Chaplin with her Hollywood Re- 
vue, Bob Da,vls, Cornish Brothers, 
Leroy Mack, Brock. Sisters, and the 
California Syncopiators band coth-. 
prise the trotipe. Another outfit is 
Owen Bennett's 1934 VodVil Vani- 
ties, with Cotton ■'Watts", Jimmie 
Doss, ' Mai-glS Coppernian, Lillian 
Mitchell, Elsie Joubert, Dorothy 
Moyer, and others. 

Rhythhi Aristocrats, with Slatz 
Randall's band, Blllie. Doss, Betty 
Bliss, Bertray Sisters; Sibyl Hop- 
kins, Means ; Twins . and a chorus 
ha-ve . . Charlotte, Winston - Salem, 
Raleigh, High Point, Hendersonvllle 
and Greensboro hooked. 

Buzz Barton^ western film star, 
with his rodeo revue, including Rex 
Bell and Doc Schenelder's Cowboys 



daring, closes In on him aq he is 
hurriedly -expostulating manner of 
way as to suggest he's Just going I business-like pic shooting in effort 
through the motions. to clear away any doubts he does 

Little and the band didn't finish | not thrill to film clinch scenes, and 



, • , , « „ , ,, I iire In the state as also Jack Mosser 

1 and 1^ 

\yitn Perc Wagner's White GOtton 
Pickers; John R. Van Arnum's 
Honey Boy Minstrels, cut to tab 
needs biit mainta,lnlng a military 
band; Ross Russel's Coral Gables 
Band and Reyue with Sara Wright, 
Princess. Lellani and her Hawailans; 
Pep and Fun Revue, 'vrith Senorlta 
Conchlta; Ethel Simpson's Cotton 
Club Revue and High Hat Revue, 
with Londonalrres orchestrtt. 



.follow£d.^by'=VIrgInia..=Jleavey,.i=:toe 
artist, and Cecelia Blair» whirlwind 
dancer in attractive black silk 
tights who doesn't , get returns she 
deserves,, possibly because there's 
no build-up. 

Show limps pretty badly until 
arrival of three St. John Brothers 
Boys are tops in acrobatics and 
click . solidly, giving the layout its 
first real punch with their senja 
tional strong-arm stuff. This gl /es 
Cook and Christy theU" best opr, >r- 



thelr respective up and down I 
beats simultaneously . at the Capitol, 
but, fortunately, the band appeared 
capable of finding its own way. So 
Little's shadow boxing style of un- 
affiliated directing did not harm the 
musfc.^" 

Band Is doubling this week from 
the Lexington hotel; At the Capitol 
it's opening the show, strange spot 
for a band act, -but the turn's quality 
easily overcomes that handicap. 

Bige. 



ROTH, MURRAY and Kl 
Comedy 
10 Mins., One 
Orpheum, N. Y. 

This male trio is not only an imi- 
tation: of most every ex-hoofing now 
comic act . around, but also working 
as though they just stepped out of 
an amateur festival in the Bronx, 
There is nothing in their hoke 
worthy of recommendation aind not 
one of the trio seems to have the 
proper feel for comedy. An unbilled 
blonde femme Is on twice, briefly, 
and she does not even sell a dis- 
robing bit, usually a settip for nabe 
audiences. 

As dancers, the boys are nil In 
their one effort. All affect . turned- 
up hats a la the Healys and Ken 
Murrays, one of them switching 
once to female attire fbr an un- 
funny Mae West bit. How they ex- 
pect to get by in following count- 
less. acts=^dolng.the-same-stuff-they- 
are. is: something- they alone can 
probably explain. 

The turn starts on the left foot 
with the old gag of the curtain col- 
lapsing to disclose an Intimate back- 
stage scene. The rest of the ma- 
terial is on par. with this in orig- 
inality— and none of it delivered 
half as well as those who have done 
it since long before they organized. 

Deuced here and, wherever thdy 
play, that's where they belong. 



when , he reacheis climax- describing 
atmospheric aid rendered to warm 
up players for emotional scenes in 
pix. she mbves into range and he 
forgets whereabouts and kisses her. - 
She nearly swoons, then snaps back 
and thanks him; Just what she 
heeded to get into sorority, either 
kiss him or wash a dog. A -wbw 
lafC close. 

Gable's trouping very, oke; wears 
business suit. Miss Tucker Mc- 
Gulre, in brown street suit, - from 
legit and \contrIbs highly effective 
perfbrmahce . in dlfflcult role. Has 
looks and appears pic prospect. No 
production, black, drapes back- 
grpuhding. Sketch penned and 
staged by Gene Ford. 



GRACIE BARRIE 

Singing 

12 Mins., One 

Orpheum, N.. . 

Billed out front as ohe of tho fea- 
tures of 'Strike Me Pink,' little Miss 
Barrle .'wbrked here throughout the 
show as m.c. and did her o-wn bit 
in. the trey spot. Heralding th© 
first two acts took the edge off her 
o-wri turn, and naturally so because 
her . singing, while good In. the two 
nunibers that suited her, -was never 
powerful. 

She's a gPodrlooking kid, holdin 
a lot of physical appeal, with pos- 
sibilities of becPming a very effec- 
tive personality If disregarding bal- 
lads and over to the livelier pops. 
Here she did two ballads in the 
four songs in her repertoire. One 
of them, 'Everything I Have Is 
JFour!s,^-was-^dragged=-- out-^ehtirely- 
too long. If persisting in singing 
this type of number then she needs 
strong arrangements. 

With vaude the way It Is today, 
Miss Barrle should have an accom- 
panist instead , of working alone.. - A 
single woman looks mighty lone- 
some up there to laymen accus- 
tomed to the present vogue of 
double-piano support. At least she 
does not use a mike — but in the 
larger thohtres maybe sho shrtnld. 



Tuesday, February 20, 1934 



V A a D EVIL L C 



VARIETY 



41 



Agents tode of Ethics' 



/Proposed Cods of Ethics Submitted by the National Association of 
^ ' Theatrical Artists Representatives) 

Definition of Artist atid Arti 

(A), The term 'Artist* whenever used in the Code refers tp an actor, 
actress, peitornner, entertainer, or grout*, of same, who furnish eintertain- 
ment in any branch of the theatrical, amusement, mQtion picture or radio 
fields, Including television aind recordings. 

• (B) The terni ^Artist Representative' whenever us6d iii this Code 
refers to an Indlvlduatl, "partnership or corporation 'engaged hy ah artist 
to represent and manage him. in negotiations for hiis engagements, appear^ 
ances and services in any bfanch of the theatrical, amusehifent^ motion 
picture or radio fields, including' television and recordings, iind to repre- 
sent him, in an matters Ihyolylng the aclvahcement and promotion of hie 
general welfare and career in the pm'sult oi! his profession. 

Qualifications of Artist Representatives 

(A) - An artist representative, as distinguished from a booker, booking 
ofAce, booking agency, theatrical eniployment agency, casting office, cast- 
ing director, or femployer, 1$ one, who. In his representiatlon of the artist 
ft&B ho Interest, connection or affllia;tion; either directly or indirectly with 
the booker, booking o fRce, b ooking agency, theatrlcdl employment agency, 
c^iins ofi^^^t casting director, oKemployer", seeklng to employ^ or contract 
fpr the' services of the artist ; excepting that an artist representative may 
engage in the btislness of producing vaudeville acts or presentations, pro- 
viding thM he ido.es not charge or collect commissions, of . aihy other form 
of compensation, from any..arti3ts whom he employs in such-vaiideviHe 
acts Or- presentations.' . . 

<B) It shall be the duty of an artist representative at all times to 
devote his skill, time; attention and ehersies, solely, and exclusively, In the 
business of legltimsLtely: and effectively representing the artist;., arid in 
the practice of said business he shall be prohibited from, engaging In any 
other business, profeisslon , 6r pursuit; \yhlch is. liot connected, .allied or 
affiliated with. some branch Of the theatrica;!. anxusemerit, m.otlon picture, 
of radio fields, Including television or :recordings. 

(G) Ah artist repfesentative must be a citizen of the .United States, 
of good moral character arid repute, and never convicted, of a crime. 

(D) . Ah artist representative must mainttiin a suitable office In . a 
theatrlcixl district, for the transaction of his business usablie by the a:rtlst 
for the transaction of Ills pi'bCcsslonial business and the reception of his 
mall ; and, the said office must in nowise,, either directly . or. indirectly, be. 
connected, afliUqted or associated with a booking office, booking agenby, 
theatrical employment agency, casting ..office -or any empldyef of artists, 
with the exception as hereinbefore epecifled In subdivision A fegardlns 

reduction of vaudeville act.s or presentations. 

(E) The duties of ' ah artist x-epfesentative, in addition to the foregoing, 
are' the following: 

.(1) To negotiate with managers or employers in behalf of the artist as 
to salary and terms of propo.sed cQhtract. 

' (2) To give the artist business advice as to contract arid, the ppssi ility 
thei-eof. , . 

(3) To attend any and all. conferences between the manager or employer 
and . the artist. . 

(4) To negotiate for arid obtain engagements for the artist. 

(5) To advise the artist regarding professional publicity. 

(6) To plan the future work slnd welfare of the artist. 

(.7) To seek out and confer with' those who may eriiploy the artist, 
and to generally perfOrrii fn a competent. o.nd painstaking manner the 
act3 :and duties of an active business manager, 
.: (8) To advise the artist, and in giving such advice the interest- and 
benefit of the artist shall be .the sole and predominant cohsidetatlon. 

(P) The artist , representative shall not pay any' of the commissions, 
paid or cQritracted to be 'paid to him by the artist whom he reiJrescnts, 
to any employer of the artist, or any other person connected with said 
employer. 

(G) The artist representative shall not accept from,, nor pay to such 
employer or any person associated with said employer, either directly or 
Ihdirectly, any fbrm of bonus or gratuity. 

(H) The artist representative shall not accept from the artist, either 
airectly or Indirectly, any form of bonus or gratuUy. 

(I) ' An individual cannot make an application to beconie a fiiUfledged 
brtist representative arid niember of the National Association of Theatri- 
tai Artists' Representatives tinder this Code, until he has served an 
apprenticeship of at least five years in an office of a, member of the Na- 
tional Association of Theatrical Artists' Repfeserita;tlves in good stand- 
ing; aind after such apprenticeship' Is served, the individual may make, 
application to the Board of Difgptors of the National Asisoclatlon of 
Theatrical Artists' Representatives who shall decide 'whether the ap'pll- 
cant possesses the necessary qualifications to become a fullAedged Artists' 
Representative under the Code, and a member of the National Association 
of Theatrical Artlstsv Representatives; 

ics 

.(A) A uniform contract shall be established and used by ail members 
of the National Association of Theatrical Artists' Representatives in the 
conduct of their business and representation of their artists,, and all the 
terms and conditions of siald uniform contract shall be approved by the 
Administrators of the Theatrical Code Authorities of the National Recov- 
ery Act, the Aptors' Eqlilty Association, Actors*' Betterment Association, 
and any other reputable and recognized organizations or associations, 
representing the Interests of artists, and the said uniform contract shall 
not in any wise militate against any of the protective proylsipns promul- 
gated for the beneilt of . the artist by such Standard and recognized organ- 
izations or associations; and the said uhiformi contract after approvel 
as herein provided shall, as long as' it is faithfully obse.rved by the con- 
tracting parties, constitute a binding covenant which shall be respected, 
not Interfered with and not infringed upon by any other member of the 
jNatiohal Association of Theatrical Artists' Representatives, and shall 
likewise be respected by the Theatrical Code Authorities of the National 
Recovery. Act, Actors' Equity Association, Actors' Betterment Associations, 
and any other reputablie and recognized organizations or associations who 
have approved and sanctioned the terms and conditions ..of the said uni- 
form contract.. 

.t (B) No artist representative, who Is a meniber of the National Assor 
elation of Artists' Representatives, shall, have the right or authority to 

^•repfesenl any Aftltt oT "negotiate in his behalf, unless the Artist and he 
have entered Into and executed the uhlforni contriact referred tp herein.. 
(C) The urilfpfm contract between the Artist Repfesentatlve and the 

.Artist sha;ll be executed In tripllcatie;. one copy shall be retailned. by the. 
Artist Representative, one coiiy shall be. delivered to the Aftlst, and the 
third copy shall be filed with the National Association of Theatrical 
Artists' Representatives. The Niitlonal Association of Theatrical Artists' 
Represehta[tives' shall maintain a Call Bureau where all uniforni contracts 
delivered to it shall; be filed; and the. said Call Bureau shall lnaugurate 
and ihalnta,ln a system whereby all .individuals, firms or cpfpofation's 
seeking the professional services of the artists shall be notified arid Itept 
informed of the names of the Artists' Representatives with whorii they 
may negotiate to contract the services of any artists they may be in- 
terested in. 

• (P) The said uniforiii contract shall provide tha:t ..ariy arid all dis- 
putes between the Artist Representative arid the. Artist of every kind arid 
Character, shall be arbitrated in accbrdarice with the rules of the Ameri- 
can Arbitration Assoclatibn, arid that in all cases, the awa:rd of the Arbi- 
tration Bbard and Arbitrators shall be final; arid in the conduct of the 
said arbitration, the Actors' Equity Association, pr the Actors' Betterment 
Association, or any other reputable arid uceogriiised. similar organization 
shall have the right to advise and protect tlie. Interests of their members. 

(E) In the event of the miscoriduct of any member of the National 
AssoclatlQn of Theatrical Artists' Represeritatiyes charges in wfiting 
shall be preferred against, him, and such charges shall be . heard by the 
Board of ipirectors of the National .Association of Theatrical Artists' Rep^ 
ve.sentatives, which Board of Directpfs shall i-nder a declsion;^the said 
decision in order to be binding shall be subscribed to by a majority of 
i=-the^Board-of=Dlr.cc.tQiis=7im4Jt.altgiLsUch^^ trial, the member 

is found guilty, the penalty to be inllicreH tjpbn"theTTl<niTbHr"shall-be-di.s=^ 
cretlonary with the rulings of the riiajorlty of the Board of pirectors, with 
the. understanding, however, that if the penalty Inflicted upon the mem- 
bor. In accordance with the decision of the majority of the Board of Di- 
rcctoi-a, Is that the said member shall, be expelled and stricken from the 
;hin of the NatiomU Association of Theatrical Artists 



BOOKING NULLIFIES SUIT 

rihce' Tab in Dallas Fbllowing 
Kate Smith's Troupe 



'Student Prince,' the Shuberts' 
tab version of the operetta/ starts 
for. Interstate March- 31 at the Ma- 
jestic, Dallas, to kill 'a suit the Shu- 
berts had instituted against the 
house for infringiemeht of a copy- 
right.. Dallas theatre's pit brchestf a 
played the: opieretta's miislc -without 
pdrritjlsslpn from the owners ,( Shu- 
berts) some time ago. Suit was' 
withdrawn, howeyef, . in f eplprpca- 
tipn for the booking o£ the 'shb'vy ori 
flat guarantee basis. 
Booking of the operetta means 
two big shows in. succession in the 
southern theatres, as Kate Smith's 
unit opens In Dallas the week previ- 
ous (Ma.rch 24)r Singer, goes in bn 
a percentage, arrangement from thie 
first; ?dbllar. 




Schneider, Vine, Glason Threaten 
Injunction in ABA Charter Grant 




.26 



mll..b£ .the -me mber s h ... — , , ^ „ , 

Representatives, in such crs¥inrcoiTtra'ctH-th{fctH-he--exp.^ memJier-mayj 
have with , my artist shall become null arid the said, artists shall be free 
to seek other representative from members of the National A.fsociatlon or 
Theatriral Artists' Representatives, in good standing. 

(P) The National -Association of Theatrical Artists* Representatives, 
and all of its members, pledge that they will at all times observe all of 



of the proposed re- 
vised Code be 
scanned for .final changes the 
code coriimittee ..a meeting tb'^ 
mdrrow (Wednesday).j prior to the 
committee submitting Its report to 
the Code Authority on Feb. 
lowing- the Feb. 26 Besslon the re^ 
vision conimittee, having completed 
its assignment, will dlssblve. 

On the committee, under the 
chair riianshlp of John ' C. , of 

the Motion Icture Code Aythbr 
ity, Joseph Bernhardt, Sami 

Dembow, Leslie Thonipson, Henry 
Chesterfield, tiouis K. Sidney, 
Marty FofkinS and Charlie Mad 
dock. 

That a special open hearing will 

be ischeduled by the .NRA for the 
Vaudeville Cbde is how held un 
likely. NRA's opinion is that it 
would bring, top many complica- 
tions, since under the government's 
code rules the reopening pif hear- 
ings for any one. section of an in- 
dustry code automatically leaves 



Still Going On 



A few the bromldlc 
boys are : probably " set for a 
major headache y i^t- the agents! 
assbciation, These lads are the 
act sellers who, without private 
quarters, use some booking 
headquarters as their private 
offices, even; gblhg. so far as. to 
buttonhole, acts waiting 
ariteTrboniB to see the bookers. 

This practice, formerly rele- 
gated tp. the smaller Indle 
booking bffices, has spread to 
a major booking office in New 
York, and 'certain agents cin 
be reached only by. calling the 
bobkirig laypiit. This undoubt- 
edly r.hiakes quite an Innipres- 
sion on. perforritiers. Grabbing 
an act in the booking office 
ante-foonri is an old gag. 

A somewhat similar scheme 
has been goirig on in a big 
indie office for some time.. 
There in agent is the go-be- 
t.ween for most agents and the 
bookers, arranging, a coriimisr 
slbri-spllt befbre the agents can 
.bppk with the office. 

Understood that a resume of 
these practices has been pre- 
sented to the agents' assbci.a.- 
- tion. Biit the hitch is that 
many of the chiselers are also 
members of the association. 



the entire code open for rehearing. 
The Code Authority, from ac-. 
counts, isn't desirous of expending 
the time and . money that might be 
consumed If the picture Industry 
agairi goes through all the niotlons 
of the fall hearing In Washington. 
. If changes In the vaudeville secr 
tion of the Picture Code are 
to be made, they probably will be 
amended by administrative order, 
which Is possible under the regula- 
tions. 

'Vaudeville's only chance to be 
heard again In the open will be at 
the NRA gathering of. all indus- 
trial code heads in Washirigton, 
March 6-8, at which the various 
code administrators will' be asked 
to . report on the workings of their 
documents and to suggest: any 
changes or alterations they may 
see fit. 



Ifvlng Schneider, former attbfne'y 
for the Actors' Betterment Asspbiia- 
tlori, has aijvised Paul Dulzeil of 
Equity that shit fbr an injunction 
will be started if the . dlspiited 
American. Federation of . Labor unipn 
charter (White Rats) Is: granted^ 
Charges preferred by Schneider 
agairiSt the ABA arid Its secretary, 
Ralph Whitehead, were - dismissed 
by Dulzeil for the Asspciatied Actors 
arid Artists 6f America (Four A's) 
on the grounds they vvere 'purely 
organlzatiohal matters' with which 
the Four A's had. ho cpricern. . 

Foiir A's and Equity - considered 
the charges to be a personal affair 
between Schneider and 'Whitehead, 
and declared the former's claims of 
irregularities in the ABA .had no 
beaiirig on th.e charter right; 

Proceeding along dl^erent lines 
than at first, Schneider is now act- 
ing less for himself than as counsel 
for Dave Vine and billy Glason,. who 
originally ofganized the ABA as an 
aritl- benefit .association and served 
on the- first bbafd of goverhors. 
Both are off the present board and 
they clia.im the elections which, 
eliminated them were Improperly 
conducted! 

Oh that charge and Others, Vine 
and^ Glalson ; haVe notified Dulzeil 
that, in the event the charter is de» 
livered to the present ABA officers, 
-It will be delivered to those 'whp 
have no right to accept it. An in- 
junction . will be sought on those 
grounds. 

Actual graritlnjg . of the charter; It 
was stated both by the Four 'A's 
and the ABA/ Is being held up pend- 
ing some changes In the latter's by- 
laws as required by the A.F.Li. 
These wlll>be completed In a week*' 
or. so. 



the conditions of the Theatrical Code i^w in existence, which has been 
promulgated undef° the terms of the National Recovery Act. 

., (G) The National Association of Theatrical Artists' Representatives, 
and all of Its members, pledge that they will not submit, negotiate fbr, 
or sell Artists to any buyer^wlth the. exception of major vaudeville and 
motion picture circuits, producers whose financial stahding Is protected 
under t^e rules and regulations of the Actors' Equity Association, and 
the like— unless the said buyer shall .first satisfy the Board of Directors 
of the National Association of Theatrical Artists' Representatives that 
his place of employment is reputable and moral in character, and that 
he is financially responsible to pay to the artist the sialary pr conipensa- 
tibn agreed upon. 

(H) Every member of the National Association of Theatrical Artists' 
Representatives, ^ho 'is'the Owner of ari office, pledges that he VaIU be 
responsible for the acts and conduct of all of his employees relating to. 
their employment, In connection with 'the conduct and Operation of the 
business of the representation of the artists,, and performed by the said 
employee in the course Of their employ.nient; and further that all em- 
ployees of its members must be members of the National Assoclatibn bf 
Theatrical Artists' Representatives and niust abide by all rules arid regu- 
lations thereof. 

(I) No m^ber oiC the National Association of Theatrical Artists' Rep- 
resentatives shall. require. any of . the Artists whom he represents to appear 
and render his services at free perfbrmiarices or benefits unless the cause 
arid reason fbf said free performances and benefits are submitted and 
appfoved as worthy by a. joint board consisting of a representative of a 
.recognized actors' theatrical association like the Actors' J<qulty ^ss6cla<- 
tibn or the Actors' Betterment Aissociation, and a reprieseritaHve^-bl the 
National Association bf Theatrical Artists' Representatives. 

(j): A buyer of aftists, connected with a, stanidard aind major booking, 
vaudeville and motion picture house circuit, or with a standard and re- 
putable producer, who is. recognized by. any actorsV association, may make 
a. complaint In writing against an artist representative, who is a member 
of the National Association. :of Theatrical Artists' Representatives, .clairin- 
ing a breaich of business .ethics, and in such event the cpmplaint shall 
be' arbitrated in accordance with the tiileS of the Ariierican . Arbitration 
Board 'Whose decisibns shall be final. 

(K) The Natlpnal Association bf Theatrical Artists' Riepresentatlves 
and all bf Its members hereby emphatically declare thiemselves against 
the practice of the splitting pf commisSibns between, members of the Na- 
tional Assbciatlpn bf Theatrical Artists' Representatives or" ariy other 
artists' represehtktlves, and hereby propbse that this practice shall nOt.be 
cbuntenancpd, and shall be considered a. serious breach of ethics; tiind 
that the practice thereof by any member of the Natibrial Association of 
Theatrical Artists' Representatives, shall subject, the Violator to charges 
which, if sustained by arbitration, shalU' result In his expulsion from 
menibership of the National, Association of .TheatrJcal Artists' Represen- 
tatives; this principle is eriunciated and propo.sed by the Natlpnal Asso- 
ciation of Theatrical Artists' Representatives because it will, by giving 
full cbmpensatibri tb the Artist Representative without splitting, encour- 
age and inspire him to give full, complete and efficient service: to the 
artist wlw)m he fepfesents as prescribed by .'thl.'? Code; but this clause 
shall not pfohibit a member of the National Association of Theatrical. 
Artists' Representatives from ritiaklng arrangements to apportion commis- . 
.siohs^betw een-such . memj2er and another artists' repi*e.sentative doing 
business either in the State , of GanfbrhrT'^^fF^br'CljlcT^^ 
nbis, or. continent of Europe. 

(L) The Natiphai Association of Theatrical. Artlst.s' Representatives, 
and tho: members thereof; pledge that they will steadfastly adhere to 
those just arid. legitimate principles which; in co-operation with the recogr 
ni/.ed arid reputable theatrical associations, theatrical producers and 
booking b"ffl^ces, 'win uplift the morale and standards of the theatrical 
industry, afford horiorable, loyal and efficient ropre.^cntation to the Artist, 
a square deal tp the producer, theatre owner and opf;rat6r, and a new deal 
all around tha.t inevitably must relieve t'ne strf us of uncmploymont exist- 
ing In the theatrical fi,eld and ameliorate conditions existing therein. ^ 



Agents ^Code ^ 

(Continued from page 39) 
latlon insofar as it permits an. agent 
to turn over an a.ct tb anpther agent 
for . bookings In California, lUlnbla . 
or Europe, on the. supposition that 
no agent can cover the ttrhole coiin- 
try or the world in an actor's be-: 
half. 

The proposed standard contract. 
Which the NATAR's attorney, Julius 
Kehdler, is writing, will limit- agents 
to 10.% commission, establish the 
agent as an . employe of the actor, 
and . possibly run for about -three 
years. These are the contents aa 
reported, but . not verified. 

Two Classes 

Agents win be divided into two 
classes — office heads and associates. 
Only the office heads; will have the 
power, to vote. Proposed dues are 
$25 initiation fee and |26 yealrly 
dues for office heads and $6 initia- 
tion fee and $10 yearly dnea for 
associates. 

Associates desiring to go .into 
business for themselves by moving 
in'i the office head class, and pro-- 
vldln'g they have served the five- 
year apprenticeship, must apply to 
the association for permission, and 
cannot take their employer's artists 
with them when moving out. 

To alleviate the possibility bf the 
creation of an objectionable situa- 
tion by throwing open booking office 
doors to all. agents, the 'cbde' sug- 
gests the establishment of a centra] 
call bureau whtre the names pf all 
acts and their accredited represen-' 
tatiyes can be registered for the 
bookers' br casters' convenience. , 

Among qualifications set fbrfh tot 
eligibility is one requlrihg the. agent 
to be 'a cUlzen bf'the United. States, 
of good -moral character and repute, 
and never cbnvlcted a Crime.' 
Another requirement that the 
agent must . maintain a 'suitable 
office' in the theatrical district, 

Lyons estirriates that of the 300 
agents or. thereabouts now func- 
tioning as aftlst fepresehtatlyeii in 
the. east, around 20% will be. elimi- 
nated by the 'code*, in ;the event it 
goes oyer, through not qualifying' 
or otherwise not . .fitting the 
NATAR's requirements. 

The NATAR board of directors 
which 'wrote the 'code of .ethics' 
consists of Lyons, Alex Gcrber, 
Charlie. Yate.s, Max Hart, Maurice 
RosCj^jlMdie^'ellcrj^ M,_ S.JFJientham, 
Richard PiHMtCT^^lngTrovp 
Winkler; Louis .Shurr, Leland Ilay- 
w rd, Mark Leddy, . George Gold- 
smith, Herman Bernie, Jack Bertell, 
Matty Kelly, Lew Sharp, . 

As a mass meeting at the 
hotel last night (Monday) the con- 
tents of the 'c'xln' ivord revealed, to 
the momborslilp body. 



42 



VARIETY 



E V I L I. E 



Tmaiaj, Februarf 20, 1934 



British Vaude Has Hope 



London, Dee. 26; 
Vaudeville has experienced quite 
a few set-backs over here during 
the last year. In some Instances 
these happ'enings have alhiost 
amounted to- knockout blows. But 
it struggles on and there la hope 
for 1934. 

Biggest shock vaude received was 
the loss of over SSpO.QOO sustained 
by Moss Empires. The passing of 
the interim dividends by General 
Theatres, for Preference share- 
holders was another Uppercu't, while 
George Black's decision to close 
about 21. Moss and General The- 
atres for 10 weeks during the sum- 
mer dealt yet ho.ther wallop to 
vaiide. 

A minor tragedy was the clpslng 
of continuous vaude^at the Leicester 
Square theatre despite that the 
house was making fair proflts, espe- 
cially during the Harry Poster re- 
glhie. That this theatre Would 
iibandoh vaude for films was ai. fore-; 
gone conclusion as soon as it re- 
verted to Jack Buchanan. Buch- 
anan's association with British & 
Dominion ainid United Artists 
pointed, to this everituality. 

But despite all the' trouble .yaude 
Btill seiems to survive, even if some- 
what torn and battered. And to be 
fair to poor, decrepit vaudja It 
should be made clear that the big 
losses sustained by Moss Empires 
were not by any means due to 
vaude. The biggest part of that 
loss- come • through Moss' dab- 
bling in production. On Moss' 
afiaiiation with Howard & Wynd- 
hams, to jointly produce shows, the 
chances are that last year's losses 
will not be duplicated. 
. However, on the vaude end of 
Moss Empires it looks as if the 
worst la over. George Black's unit 



idea, a minor form of 'Crazy' stuff 
a la .London Palladiuni, seems to 
have caught on in the provinces. 
At the moment there are three, such 
Shows in operation, all reporting 
good business. Early hext year 
Black intends to put on three more 
such units. 

This 'Craay' thing canie at a time 
when somethi was needed to 
Stlnr»ulate yaudei. It seems slHy to 
say that there is only one name in 
English vaude which consistently 
pulls business. A. few years ago 
there were about a dozen. Actually, 
five attractions iceally drew this 
year. .These were ipuke Ellington, 
Who only played a few provincial 
spots; Anna May Wong, ,Nina^ Mae 
McKinney and Louis Ariiistrpng. 
The latter was only a once-around 
attraction and it will be noted— that 
these are all Americans; the other 
draw was Grade Fields (English). 
Lack of Publicity 

One Ainerican act to brodie here 
was the Hilton Sisters; (Siamese 
Twins), primarily due to the British 
being antagonistic towards freak, 
attractions, but lack of good pubr 
Hcity aleo had sontiethlng to do with 
this partlcfular situation. As a mat- 
ter of fact, publicity is one of the 
things they are very much behind 
on over liere, especially in the prov- 
inces. Miany ?l good attraction out 
of town has lost good money 
through nianagemehts keeping the 
show a secret. In some instances 
word of month has hfelp^d,. hut this 
generally came hear the en^ of the 
week, and Htob late. 

As an Instajnce .what publicity can 
do, there are two houses in the 
provinces which are cleaning ui>, 
and their billa only cost |2,000 a 
week on an average. Both ar^ indie 
houses, one being the Qarrick, 



ED WYNN 



Presents 



Southport, seaside resort, and the 
other the Pavilion, Liverpool^ con- 
trolled by Maurice Voss and Alder- 
man Cross, two newconaers who 
can give a few lessons in ealesman- 
siiip to many of the veterans. The 
Pavilion, Liverpool, was dead when 
these men took it over. 

Not much doubt that vaude pre- 
sented under good conditions .and a 
more up-to-date method, will still 
make money. That's the reason 
Why the Palladium has always been 
a moneymaker. The 'Crazy' busir 
ness has helped it, but it looks as if 
!Black . is overdoing it. He has 
signed the same 'Crazy' Gartg for 
25 more weeks for next year and 
from all appearances the, Giang has 
exhausted itself fpi? niat6rlal.' 

rovlnces 

Quite a few indiei managements 
in the '.provinces which seem to 
make ends meet. In some cases 
they are highly satisfied with their 
vaude. operations.: Margate, Tor- 
quay, Worthing, Bournemouth and 
Scarborough are five seaside ispots 
operated by Ivan Kotchlnsky, the 
booker for the Corporatiohs. These 
houses play the best attractions 
available. 

Fred Collins is anpthisr indie who 
has foiir weeks comprising the Tiv- 
oli. Aberdeen; Pavilion, Glasgow; 
i^akespeare, Liverpool, and The- 
atre Royal, Edinburgh. This quar- 
tet seenis to., play tp an average 
of from $3^600 to $5,004) a week, 
good nloney in the. sticks. 

Percy Broadhead ciphtrpls the 
Metropole, Manchester; Hippo- 
drome, iPreston, and the Hipi>o- 
drome, 'Salford.- These houses have 
been modernized and are playing to 
between $4^000. to 16,000 weekly, 
okay. 

The. Syndicate Halls, oiice an Im- 
portant vaude stronghold but now 
down to six houses, and mostly in 
the London suburbs, still play vau- 
deville with quite a sprinkling of 
American importations. AU to fair 
results. 

The H. & O. Picture Circuit 
(Hyams Brothers) is still a great 
believer in vaude to bolster Its film 
product and four houses of the nine 
this firm controli play vaudfllm 
with the chances that the rest of 
the circuit will follow next year. 



"AH EVENING'S ENTERTAINMENT" Wox RKO to Merge? 



^Featuring 



TOMMY TRENT 

AND HIS MUSIC 

ireetion HARRY A. ROMM 



MISS ANDRE 

LEADING LADY AND PRIMA DONNA 

Direction HARRY BESTRY 



hside Stuff-Vaude 



Accounts of the 17-foot fall of Geraldine Perry at Keith's, Boston, last 
week, stated the trapezist was the fiancee of the late Arthur Hamlin of 
Kay, Hamlin and Kay, w|lp died recently. Miss Peirry, now In the Boston 
City hospital, declares she is and has been the wife of Verne Perry, 
musician. 

Miss Perry is Jari of the aerial three act of Jari, Renee and Veree. 
Another error in the account of her fall, she says, was the report that 
the rope broke.. Accident happened when the hook on which she spins 
turned around, thereby . breaklnjg the safety. :catch and causing the hook 
to slip out. 'Something,' Miss Perry declares, 'which nlay neyer happen 
again in 100 years.' 



A faction of the ABA .menibership, clainning Ralph Whitehead's act ii| 
refusing to sit on the vaudeville committee of the Motion ^picture Code 
Authority was not representative of the organization's yiews, la askiiig 
tor a placP on the committee regardless.' 

Code Authority has heeri informed that Whitehead, in. declining the 
government's invitatioh on the grounds that another member .of the com- 
mittee is Henry Chesterfield of the NVA, 'a company unipn', was voicing 
a' personal opinion. 

The/ dissenting faction believes the ABA should biei represented on 
vaude code rewriting committee through another member, if not. White-^ 

head. ^ 

Ed Wynn pulled a. fast one on some of the New York dailies Thursday 
(16) when, in signing the chorus girls for his unit, 'An Evening's Enter- 
tainment',' he stated that the clause lii the Motion Picture Code affecting 
chorines, I.e., the $3 per layoff day they are supposed to receive had 
become a definite fact. He did not mention that discussions on this 
clausje were still going on between JTohn .code authority, and the 

producers, and was subject to revision. 

Dorothy Bryant, head of Chorus. Equity and who khoWs better, was 
present , at the Imperial when the signing took place, but failed to. en- 
lighten the press. It got Wynh a few irtcheis of publicity. 






BLUES SINGER 

Recently Featured on the 
Lucky Strike Program, WEAF 

ireotlon HARRY BESTRY 





COMEDY ANTICS 

ireetion HARRY BESTRY 



Opened at the 

SHUBERT, NEW HAVEN 



(February 19) 



(Continued from page 6) 

I also and away from merely the 
basic theatre operation, all of 
which thoughts' are stated be 
I wi(3i the one aim of clearing up 
the Radio rJity thing and thus leave 
the path open for an amaleramation 
with Fox or maybe a, takeover .by 
the latter. 

Fox" ilm, however, having shed 
theatre. oPei^atioh outside of a flnan' 
cial interest in i^ox West Coast, 
and presently rejuvenated and. put 
bsick on a profit making basis bV 
Sid Kent through the support and. 
co-operation of Winthrop Aldrich 
and Chase Bank naturally figures 
adversPly to the RKO thing. Amal- 
gamation, however, ^111 come 
through intervention of the Rocke- 
fellers and because Chase desires 
it 

It doesn't look so good for the 
Metropolitan Opera to move Into 
Radio City, the idea being brougiit 
forward to transform the. Music 
Hall or the smaller of , the R. C. 
theatres, knOwh as the Center, for 
an opera spot replacing the Met. 
This phase of the situation is ad- 
vanced throug:h David Sarnpft, RCA 
chief, according to accounts. Sarnoff 
has recently been made a director 
of the iHet. ■ The Rockefellers, how 
ever, are known to be disapproving 
of this opera idea- so far. 

Beyond the Radio City thing there 
Is thie question/of the future financr. 
ing of RKO and a combo, eCEected 
with Pox, an ally of Chase, looks 
like the thing that may fix that 
flnancial question for RKO. 

How important that flnancial 
angle is for RKO comes Via Holly- 
wood announcement of . recent date 
that M. Hii Aylesworth hereafter is 
to cpncentrate on finEtncial ihatters 
for RKO, with J. R. McDonbugh 
handling--operation.;=^^-That^ scheme, 
has been in the making; for RKO by 
Aylesworth and is the plan ph 
which he instituted several mpnths 
ago. It's entirely his own idea and 
suffices to lend impetus to the pro- 
posals how pounding on the -bank 
doors of Chase, and on the inner 
"portals of the Rockefeller sanctums 
for a Fox-RKb combine. 

The studio production end would 
also thus automatically solve Itself. 
The new W. R: Sheehan-Fcuc prod" 



uct,, as. yet uhreleaaed but seen by 
the RKO execs currently on. the' 
Coast, is reported also tp be a 
favorably influential, factor. It 
would give RKO film product the 
benefits of Fox picture-making 
manpower. 

RKO's cpmplexed production situ-, 
ation has i>een more pr less in an 
uproar from an . organization stand- 
point for almost three 'years. 

From , this iwigle certain Fox pp>-. 
position can be felt because the 
Fox people naturally feel that a 
combine will only throw: more re- 
sponsibility on the Fox exec shpul- 
ders in production without any sal- 
ary emoluments. 

Fox - RKO ' combine, however, 
means eflfecting .a changeover of ex- 
pert personnel in production whict\ 
Fox possesses and who would, under 
a combine, be devoted to enhance- 
ment of RKO pictures afitairs. . 

The recent utilizing of the RKO 
studio, long planned *but only now 
on the make, looks expressly built 
for the eventuality of a merger. 
Aylesworth, known for his far- 
sighted business sense, can be 
figured to have, had this in mind 



presently and in altpgether shoving 
the RKO studios on a unit produc- 
tion basis. 

As to theatre operation, the" orig- 
inal merger thing goes back some 
time. Presently the SkPiiras Oper- 
ate Fox. West Coast but. more for 
Chase than for Fox Films. With 
the RKq; theatre: operation how 
more or less, on a commission forhi 
pf operation headed by Major Les- 
lie Thompson and Nate Blumberg,- 
the way Is' ojpen for Fox and RKO 
to pick any outsider to head tl^is 
end of the combine. 

This Job probably will not fall to 
the SicoUrais end, according to down- 
town indications, nor .will . it be al- 
lotted to any one . nian presently 
connected with RKO. 

RKO receivership is figured to be 
wiped clean in about two months 
when the financial cure for RKO, 
which., is the present thought of 
merger with Fox, will likely be- 
come culminated. The Fox West 
Coast reorganization, is expected to 
be cleaned up in the next six weeks, 

F-WC is likely to And a new 
personnel setup; if not altogiether, 
at least part when this happens. 



Marcus Loew 



General Executive Offices 

LOEW BUIIDINC 

AN N E X 

BRyant 9-7860 NEW YORK CITY 

J. H. 

MARVIN a SCHENCK 




THfS WEEK (JAN. 17) 

LOEW'S METROPOLITAN, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK 

OPENING FRIDAY (JAN. 23) 

LOEW'S STATE, NEW YORK 

Direction, JACK MAN DEL 



Tuesday, February 26, 1934 



VARIETY 



43 



Variety Bills 

NEXT WEEK (Feb. 23) 
THIS WEEK (Feb. 16) 

Numei'ais in connection with billa btlow indicate openfno day of: 
•how, whether full or aplit w«ek 



Allen & Kent 
HOIXTWOOD 
PantacieB (16) 
Darvls & Darnell 
Texas RedbeadB 
Ronald Saverot Or 
IX>S ASOISUBB 
Orplienm (14) 
Bruno Weiea. 3 
Mercedes 
Treen & Bamett 
Bobby Gilbert 
White A Staitley 
.6 ' Caneatrellla 



HllUoB DoDatf (15) 
Ted ft lAurel 
Kdna ..Schofleld 
IjoIb Torres Co 
Harris & Sylvia 
CaJ Norrla Co 
ST. liOl'IS 
Ambasrador (16) 

Daive ApoHon 
Nora Williams 
Bill Severin 
Jean Huth & Q 
Harold Aloma 




NBU^ TOltK OITT 

Falace (98) 
Jack Pepper 
<Four to All) 
(16) 

3 Bmeralds 

Pete Feacbes A D 

Badi<>' Rubes 

Medley & Dupree 

Ingenues 

Academy 
let half (23-26) . 

Bemnati Tr 

Grace Doro 

Radio Rubes 

Wills & Davis 

Kitchen Plraties 
. 2d ha« (27-29) ' 

Bnrto & Mann 

(Four to iail) 

2d half (20^22) 
■Jj^e Murray A 
Srnclalr 2 

Mills & Shea ■ ; - 
"^IWJeiBt & Stanton 

Sims ft Baliley 

JacH Pepper 



DES MOINES 
Keith's . 

2d half (27-29) 
dlsen & JohnBQD 
DETBOIT 
I>6wpt6wn (23) 
3 Jacks 
Sid Page Co 
Sing in' Sam 
Sam Jack Kaufm'iT 
Nat .Bruailoft 
(16) 

Benny Davia , Co 
DCBUQTJB . 
Orpheam (24-27) 
Marie Purl U 
mSMFSTBAD 
BIvoU 
let half (16-19y 
Lester Cole Unit 
2d halt (20-22) 
Creole Foillefl . 
: tEAVBNSWORTH 
Orplienm (26 oiily) 
ITout's MJnstrela 



MELISSA MASON 

lAT* or 
GEORGE WHITE'S 

"VJIBIJBTIES^;. 
PAftAMOVNT, NEW TOBK 



NOW 



la leddV & smith 



Aadabon 

1st titilf (23-26) 
.RadtO' Aces 
Violet Carlson. 
Bert Walton 
Helene Denlzoji 
(One to. fill) 

l9t half (16-19) 
Olvldo Perez 
Walter. Wolters. 
Larry Rich Co 
Marsalls '& Richey 
Davpv Jones Co 
jiROOKLTN 
.Mbee (23) 
De ilavcos 
Buck & Bubbles 
Ingenues 
(Two to fill) 
(16) 

Ruiz & Bontta 
Stan KaVaiiaugh 
Eton Boys Co 
J.op ' Pefiper 
Wllil* West & McQ 
Mndiflon 

iPt hfilf (lG-19) 
Blnllari'l 
Johnny Woods 
Angus & Searlo 
'Zbup' Welch 
PafadlfiQ Kev 
Frosppct 

iRt hnir (23-26) 
DeMnV Moore .& M 
Roy . Sedley 
Paradise Rev 
(Two to flU) 

I.St half (16-19) 
Ray & Rudeir 
Radio Aces 
Tracey & Hoy 
Frnnk Mellno 
HoilywVl Freaks 
Tilyon - 

ISt half (24-26) 
Jone.s & Bae 
(Three to flin 

1st half (17-18) 
Case Bros & Marie 
Jones & Wilson 
. P lloer & Douglas 



IXXVISVlUE 
National (16) 

•Temptations of '34' 
MARSHAM.TOWN 
Orpliemn (21-28) 

Marie Purl TI , 

RtlNNEArotlS 
Orphenm (23) 
Mills Blue R Bd 

NEWARK 
Proctor's (28) 
Greenwich FolUefl 
(16) 

Buddy Rogers Ore 
N'W BRUNSWICK 
Keith's 

1st half (17-18). 
Crystal 3 
LaMour & Toung 
Rome & Shannon 
Borby Jeanne & L 
OKIAHA ' 
Kelth'^ 
1st half (16-18) 
'.Olsen & 'Johnson 
PATERSQN 
Keith's 
1st half (23-2?) 
'3 Emeralds 
Joe Wong 
I>5uise Giay Co 
Benny 'Ross 
Hollywood Freaks 
2d half (27.29) 
Buster Shaver 
Fletcher Hendeiraon 
(Three to fill) 

2d half (20-22") 
Navo Lock ford Co 
Rohblhs Sis 
P't'sh & Perlmutt'r 
Buck & Bubbles 
Arthur Petley Co 
PEORIA 
Palnce (28-1-3) 
•T.omntatlons of '34* 
PJTTSBITRGH 
Pitt (16) 
Fair Scandals 
(23) 

'Shanghai Nights' 



Carr. A Martin. 
Nattscha N'tt'ra Co 

2d half (27-^29) 
Bud Carlell & R 
Morgan Bros Co 
Tommy Maclc Co 
Merman &, B Rev 
Gus Van 
. Paradise (26) 
Don Bestoi* Orcb 
Easte & Dumke 
Pickens Sis 
Ray PerklnB 
Marguerite -& LeR 

State (28) 
Maximo 
RoySmeck 
Hlli & Hoftman 
Leiiore Ulrlch 
Stuart & Lash 
Coleby & Murray R 
BROOKLYN 
Bay ' Ridge . 

lat half (23-26) 
W E R'ltchie Co 
Ray, Rice '& D. 
Rattner & Austin 
■ Sam ■ Hearn \ 
Renoff, Rehora & B 

2d half (27-29) 
Maxlne & Bobby 
Grace Teage*. Co 
Hall & Pillard 
Donia & Howard 
Virginia ' Bacon Co 
Gates Ave 

1st half (23-26) 
Aleeh &. Evans. 
Michael. 

JClrkby & Duval 
Mae. -Usher' : 
Seller & Wllla . , 
2d half (27-291 
Harry Small & Sis 
Singing Chefs 
Vogt & Sully 
Buster West 
Honey Fam 
Metropolitan (23) 
Lee Murray Rev ' 
Le Patil 

J Harold Murray 



OFFICIAL DENT'IST 'TO THE' N. V. A, 

DiR. JULIAN SIEGEL 

PARAMOUNT BUitblNG 
This Waoic Maude illchmpnd. Ros«o« Allt 



Jerome. A Gray 
Mlchon ' Birba 

Talepchi (?3) 
Boddy Rogers Rev 

BAL'TIMORE 
Centary (28) 
Artists & Mod.^Is 
. BOSTON . 
Orphenm (23) 
Osakl - & Tafcl 
Meredith & Snoozer 
Fofsythe, Sem'n & F 
Lambertl 

Jans & Lynton Rev 
COtUMUBtTS 
Xoew'is. (28) 
Spices of 1934 
JERSET CITT 
Loew'a (23) 
Mayfalr Rev 
Therrlen 

Benny Marks Co 
McllillTCIrlt & H 
Chlrig, Ling Foo Jr 
MONTREAL 
Loevir's (23) 
Tom,. Dick & H 
Enrlca. & Novell© R 
(T-wo to nil) .' 
NEWARK 
State (23) 
Midway NIgbts 
PITTSBURGH 
Penn :(23). 
Century, of Prpgresa 
PROVIDENCE 
. LoeWs (23) 
Arthur LeFleur 
Jiackson & Gardner 
3 Fonaelles 
May A. Carroll 
Al- Mitchell Bd 
SYRACUSE 
State (28) 
'Lionel Bia,rrymore 
WASHINGTON 
. Fox (23) 
Gracella & Theo Co 
George Campo.Co 
Ramon Novarro 
Rltz Bros 




Hotel MoBtcIiUt 

Wm Scotti dro 
Mario & Floria 

. Bot«l Nei* Sorlier 
P & M Rev 
Charlie Davis Ore 
David &, H Murray 
Hausten & Harden 
Leata Lane 
Ruby Wright 

Hotel Pennfl>ivainia 

Geo. : Olsen Orcb 
Ethel. Shutta 
Bob Rice 
Joe Morrison 

Hotel BooseVclt 
Rublnoff and Orcb 



Week of Feb. 19 



Paramount 



NEW TORK CITY 

Pareimonnt (23) 
Phil Bak^r . : 
(Others to fill) 
BROOKLYN 
Parnmonnt (23) 
Connie's Hot Choco 
AUSTIN 
Parnmonnt (23) . 
Rae Samuels* Rev 
BUFFAl-O 
BufTnlo (23) 
Julianna 

Slmma & Bailey 
Smith Rogers & t! 
rmcAGO 
. CKTRiifo" (28) 

Kay Katya & K 
A Robblns 
Shaw St Lee 
X Sis 

(16) 
Doris K^nyon 
Eddie Garr 
Lewis & Van 
4 Ortons 

Mnrbro (16) 
Tod Lewis' Bd . 
Dorta Deaiie ' 
■^T^ld^ed Gayis 
•Snowball' "Whlttler 



Outlying (23) 
Bcnrty Davis Co^ 

Uptown (16) 
3 .N6il Sis 
Joe Parsons 
J &' J McKenna 
O'Connor Fam 
Clyde McCoy 
DALLAS 
Parnmonnt (28) 
King's Scandals 
DETROIT 
MlcltlRnn (23) 
Slate Bros • 
(Ot^Vra to fill) 
FORT WORTH 
Worth (23) 
Goin' to Town'. 
HOUSTON" 
Paramount (23) 
Lef^s Go Places 
WACO 
Woco (28) 
Sweet Sc. TjOw Down 
PAN ANTONIO 
Paramonnt (23) 
Rae ."amueln' Rev 
TOPONTO 
'Imperial (23) 
Radio Rogues 
Donald Novis • 



Caikterbniy H. H. 

1st half (19-21) 
Great Gerard CO 
2d halt (22-Ui 
Tarano & Hardw'ke 
Russian. Art; 

Dominion. 
Hugh Orniond : 
. , Xlt Kikt Rest 
Marianne & Roberts 
Jack Stanford 
Gordon Ray Ola . 

New Victoria 
Piano Symphony 

Palladium ^ 
Jack" Payne Bd 
Othanla 
Vic Oliver . 
Stadlet- & Rose 
W & D. Waters 
Su-Yee Chiheae Tr 
Will Hay 
B6b Myrphy 
Sybil Bowman 

CLAPTON 
BlnH 
Rusty & Shliio 
Dudley's Midgeto 
Delfdnt & Toko 

coveMtry 

Palace 

Alfredo Orcb 
EAST HAM 
: Rinema 
1st half (19- 
3 Aberdoiitans 
Co . as 'booked 
. 2d half (22-24) 
Geo Beftoh 
Kondo & Hanako 

Premier 
Victor Moretbn 
3 Gllssons 
D Dale &' Gang 
EDGEWARB BD. 

Grand 
S & M HnrHiBon 
Mayer & Kitson 
Wensley & Dale . 
H AMltTERSMITH 
Palnce 
Terrv's Juves 
HALLOW AT 
Marlborongh 
B Magnets . . 
MaTtyn .& .Florence 
B'way B's & Brepda 
ILFORD 
Snper 
Vic Moreton. 
;t Gllssons ... 
D Dale . Gang 
ISTJINGTON 
nine HaU . 
Ist half (19-21) 
Tarano St Hardw'ke 
nusslah Art 



2d half (22-24) 
Great. Gerard Co 
Co as booked 
KILBURN 
Grange 
S &■ M Harrison 
Mayer .& Kitson 
Wensley &• Dale 

:lewisham. 

Palace . 
Carlo Medlnt 6 
Jack Stanford 
Gordon Ray Gla 
Ralflnl Bd 

XEYTON 
Savoy 
Bonnerelli 
LEYTONSTONE 
Rialto. 
Traicey & Vinette 
NEW cross : 
Hlhenia 
3 Accordion Kings 
10 Moonbeams 
Stan Stafford 
PECKHAM 
Palace 
3 Accordion Kings 
K) Moonbeams. 
Stan Stafford 
Tower 
Fyne ; & PurJey 
Selma 4 
O'Shea, &. Joan 
SH'PHEBDS' B'SH 

Pavilion 
Hugh Ormbnd 
BTAMPX>RD HILT, 

Regent 
3 Magnets . . 
B'way B's & Brenda 
Martyn & Florencp^ 
STR-^TFORD 
Broadway 
'iBonnerelll 
3 Contlnentalfl 
STREATHAM 
Palnce 
tyne & Furley 
Selma 4' 

Martyn & Florence 
SYDENHAM 
Rlnlc 
Ralflnl Bd 

TOTTENHAM 
Paln«re 
RUsty & Shine 
Dudley's Midgets 
Delfont A Toko 
WEST HAM 
Rlnema 
1st half, (19-21) 
Geo Bettqn 
tCondo & 'Hanako 
2d half (22-24) 
3 Aberdonlans 
Co as booked 



Warner 




Let Oaltes 
Esthrr T.aughton* 
BOSTON 
Keith's (23) 
Arthur Petley Co 
Lewis & Moore 
Gregory Ratbff 
Etta Motcn 
-Meyer Davis Ore 

.. aiy . . : 

Connie's Inn '34 Rv 
CEDAR RAPIDS 

Kclth'« 
2d half (20-22) 
Morton Downey Rv 
CHICAGO 
Palnce (23) 
orton Downey. Rv 
(i6V 

Irene Vermillion -Co 

Reynolds .&' White 

Sylvia Froos 

Jack Haley 

Benny ' Rubin . 
CLEVELAND 
• Palace (23) 
■ Yorkers 
(16) 

Robblns 3 

Freddie Oralg.; 

Russian . .T1«v<'1b 

Barry & Whltled^fe 

f-'Jngln' Pnm. 

Bnrto Si Matin 

Wlilt*? Mniiss 

ATENl'OBT 

KHth'.M 

1st half (.16-19> 
Morion Do.wney Rv 



PROVIDENCE 
Keith's (16) 
Shuffle Along Rev 

ROCHESTER 
Keith's (16) 

New ■yorkers 

STi JOSEPH, MO. 

Electric (23-24) 
Trout's Minstrels 

sidux eiTY 

HeJth's 

1st lialf (23-26) 
Olsen' & Johnson 
SOUTH BEND 
Palace (1-3) 
•WLS Barn Dance' 
SPRINGEI'IJD. ILL. 

Orphenm (25-27) 
'Temntatlons of '34' 
TRENTON 
Keith's 
1st half (16-10) 
5'EIglnS 
Wilton Sis 
Roy '(Tiimmlngs 
Leo Murray Co ■ 
2d half (20-22) 
Don Lee.,& Trtidiha 
Art Frank ' 
Boy Scouts Bd 
(OriP to fill) 
WATERLOO 
, Itijya (1-3) 
■MfVtf 5 = i.il u ■ 
WHITE PLAINS 

Proctor's 
Itit half (24-26) 
Pfitor Higgihs 



ELIZABETH 
Ritz 

1st half (16-19) 
Mbnrle & Grant 
Mason A ..Tyonno 
Pease & Nelson . ' 
Rid Page 

Bryant Raines & Y 

2d half (20-22) 
V Smith A Hart 
Joe Kelso Co 
Mack Bros & B' 
(Throe to fill) . 
PHIL.ADELPHIA 
Enrle (23) 
Belle Baker 
(Three to All) 

(16) . 
Virginia Bacon. Co 




;\V YORK CITY 
CnpKol (23) 
Dorothy Crocker 
ciiirk (J.-ible 
(ih'nlon Kcprt ft K 
C'^jirli'H Carlisle 
t{|rls 

Mfnoc »^-.r.(iHt 
Kou'rvurd 

III' -iv- Tl'ilit y 

(•■•i.s Co 



B :.«tor. West 
Mornian & B Rev 

:;<i hnlf (27-29) 
Alc.in Evans 
Kav Hamilton 
KIr'.iy & Duval 
IMiVo I.aniliQrt 
^■ Wills 
rrlieiim 

}y; 1. •' (i"-': 
I'-.n -v I": in 

Ainaut Hros 



Mildred Bailey 
Ben Blue 
Edm'nd Lowie 
PITTSBURGH 
Stanley (23) 
Ben. Bernie Ore 
(16) 

Artists A Mbdela 
WASHINGTON 
Enrle (23) 
Cooner & Plclrert R 
Earl Lavere A O'B 
Mildred Bailey 
Bert Blue 

(16) 
4 Franks 
Jean Sargent 
Ken Murray' 
Jfaxeilos 



1 anchon & Marco 



NEW YORK CITY. 

Boxy (28) 
Howe, Leonard & A 
Shirley Howiard 
Gaudsmith 'Bros 
(Others to fill) 
BOSTON 
Metropolitan (28) 
Bob Oakley 
Torke & . Johnson 
(Others to fill) 
DENVlJB 
Orphenm (16) 
Pansy 

C'andreva Bros 

Marie LeFlohlc 

Dorothy Lee ■ 
LOS ANGELES 
Pflrnmonnt (15) 

An.ion Wf^eks 

Bob Crosby 



Frankte Saputo 

Kay St, Germalne 

■Rhythmsters 

, PHILADELPHIA 

Fox (23) 
Will Mahoney 
4 Franks 
Johnny Marvin 
(Others to All) 
SAN FR.\Nri.«!CO 
Wnfflcid (16) 
Verdi A Thelmia 
Leo Carrlllo. 
Tito ■ r.oral' 
Sleepy. ToWrters 

ST/ LOUIS 
St. Ixtuls (23) 
Crace Itayes 
T,nmas Tr 
(Otheri? to fill) 



Independent 



Provincial 



Week of Feb. 19 

BRADFORD 
New Victoria . 

Masterslngers 

WALTHAMSTOW 
Graoada'- 



BIRltnNGHAM 
Hippodrome 

Jack Hylton Bd 
Co BR booked 

West End D. H. 
6 Zio A.ngela 
Marie A Maurice 
Loran'na 



Kell>-'s 
Higgens & Tarnell 
Chlqulta 
Rita Renaud 
Sterling Sistera. 
Jeanne McCauley 
De Lopez Trio 
Mario 

Osgood Sisters . 
Joe (iapella & Ore. 
KiDgs Terrace 

Gladys Bentley . 
R'b'rI'gs' Wlliiamr 
Phil Scott. ■ 
Ted Brown Orcb 

Unison Royale 

Antoibal . Cubkna 
Marlborough Honae. 
Gain-Gam 
Vivian Vance 
Michael Zarln Ore 

May fair Voc''* ^''*'' 

•Walker. O'Ne'ill 6ro 
Dwight FlsUe 

Mori's Rest 
Eddie Davis Ore 
Moiilln Rouge, ' tii 
Larry McMahpn 
Connie L&rig 
Bleanore Gardner 
Frank Morey 
Martin Trlnl Orcb 

Marray'a 

Johnny Howard 
Bobby. Brinrt 
Edith Lowe 
Mltzy Rous? 
Hammer & Sledge 
Ftbel Agid 
Leah Lazarus 
Jim Josephs Orcb 

Park Lane 

Sidney R()sb 

Palais Royal. 

Ethel' Waters 
Oliver' Wakeflel 
Loomis Sis 
Nitiai Vernelle 
Donald Stewart 
Caperton A Blddle 
Sydney Mann. 
Dolores Karris 
Gary & Dixon 
Emll Coleman Ore 
Val Olman. Orp 

Paradise 

N.TG Rev 
Buddy Rogera 
Felicia Sorel 
Ann Lee Patterson 
Needa Kinkald 
Bruno A Manoji 
Earl. Jack & B 
Johnny Hale 
Iva Stewart 
i'larli Central «td 

Ozzle Nelson Ore 
Harriett HilHnrd 
Adair & Richards 
Place PIquale 

H Rosenthal Ore 
D & D Fitzglbbons 



Mlto 3 , 
Tracy & Vlnettis Co 



NEW YOiElK CITY 



BALTIMORE 
Hippodrome (16)- 
Blanche Calloway 
•l4arl=La='Vere- 



Toncr Pliah It 
A UiaAora 
Jorry Kirk 
B<>rnlce Robinson 
Jlmmle O'Brien 
niTFATvO 
IIlitiKiilromc (16) 
ni'i-'-'blMs of '34 
r'hUfnn Sr 'I'homa? 
'• !t!i "Wilson 
Ki! I'r. liuntrr 
K- lliryn- I'erry. 
.Mai'!.".'-' f.'holr 



Davis Ore 

CHICAGO 
State .I.ake (IH) 

^rj«'w=lPark'erH^o=- 



Fr'hnk r.lohard.'.-on 
Ooss A Barrows ' 
LIIll:»n 'Wurnor 
.") CfiVcltPrlacU."' 
Hatt A Ilorm 
A'erno' Buck 

DETROIT 
Sfnfe (10) 
MeVlt'o A Denny C' 
r,f'fin Navarro 
2 P.". vvvs 
K<>«n 2 Co 
' lOcinif Loughlo 



Algonquin Hotel. 

Cookie F'rchlld. Ore 
Roger Stearns 

Ambassador otel 

Pahcho'a Oi'ch 

Bal-Miisette 

Leon Bedou 
George Marcbal 
Pierrette 
Millard A. Anita 
Georgette 
4 .Aipochea 
Sacha Orch 

enux Arts 

Luclen La Riviere 
Thomara Doriva 
Clara Larlnova 
Inez La Vail . 
Clothlel Berryesaa 
Norman Aetwood .. 
.SI 1 tan & ' Marl 
Maurice Shaw. Orcb 
Lope^'a Hawllans - 

Biltmore ftot^l 

Paul Whlteman' Or 
jack Fultoii ' 
Robt. Lawrence 
Roy Bargy 
Peggy Healy 
;FIorla Armstrong 
Ramona 
Rbythm' Boys 
Casino de Parec 

Holland A June, 
Gertl-ude Nlesen 
Eleanor Powell 

caralni 

Hal .Sherman , . 
Don Redman Ore 
Ben Pollack Ore 
Cnveaa Basque 
Nail Blackatone 
Harrison A Flaher 
.«ol MIsheloft'a. Or; 

Central P'k . Casino 

E^dy Duchin' Ore 
Maurice & Cordoba 
■France,"' M'.addux 
Eddie Garr 

Chnpenn Ronge 
Peppy de Albrew 
ne .Marcos.- 
Mrirlan .Smith 
.«odoy^»-=-Tang^.UBd;^ 
Dl'-k Gasparre'.a'Or 

Club Ricii 

Jack Mason Rev. 
Lido Girls Ore 

. Commodore Bot'l 
Irhfim Jont-n Ore 
T-jflbel Brown 

Cotton Clnb 

r., C; Rev 
■Jiinniy Lunceford O 



Croydon . 
Cbairlea Eckels Ore 
belmonico's 

Al B White 
Beatsy Donner 
Janls WlUlama 
Val VestofT 
Naomi Morton. A B 
Modernistic Bevels 
Lynn Dore 
Joe Venuti Oro 

1 Chico 

Tanco A. Lorca 
Las AJedas 
Adcllrta Duran 
Orlando RIcarde 
AiB.C. .'3 
Pilar Areas 

Ei Morocco. 
Jos. C. Smith Orch 
Menendcz Ore 

Esses H.on^e 
Glenn Gray Ore. 

GaUiigher's 
Chester Doherty' 
Rosalie Roy 
Muriel Ellis 
G.erty DVryer 
Bert Goodman 
Medlsco A Michael 
Al Fields .Orch 

Golden Shall 

(L'Escargot D'Or) 
Marie 

Louis Rabetand 
Gov. Clinton Hotel 
Biiocb Light On 
Ua-Ha Clnb 
Danny " Healy. 
Ja<!k White 
Jerry Bergan 
Lillian FItzgeraliA 
Roth-Artdrewe Orel 

H'lyw'd Restanrnnt 

Rudy V^llee Oroh 
Eddie Peabddy 
Ann Lester 
Bleanor T'ennis 
Bandalifl A Capler 
Don and Betty 
Drucllla Strain 
Gene Marvey' 
Jerry Lester 

Art Kahn Ore 
Hotel Gotham 

P Van .ste«j(len Ov 
Josef .SzlgC'tl Ore 
Ilflfel lyexinglon 
Jack Little Ore 

otel MadlHon 

Jolly Coburn Ore 
Hotel McAlpin 

Sam Bobbins Ore 



Plaza Hotel 

Granville Walker Or 
Restnnrant La Roe 
Arthur Warren'a O 

Samovar 
Mme. Nlcollna 
Radndfl 

Simon Pbllipoft 
Mpn'negro A Dorlta 
P Zam's Gypsy Bd 

Savoy-Plan 
Freddie Martin Ore 

SImpIon Clah 
Irene. Bordinl 
King's Jestiera: 
Wm Farirter: Ore 

Sherry'ji 
Harry Bush. Ore 
Mario A Flarlo 
St. {ilorlti. Hotel 
Leon Belaeco Orch 
.Mnrgarlte A Ler&v 
Alex Botkln Orch . 
:NlcolIna 
George Verona 

St; Kei(lS. Hotel 
Phil Harris Orcb 
Minor A Root 

Sort Clnb 
Jack Myers Ore 
Charlotte Murrle 

Taft Grill 
Geo Hall Orcb 

Tavierh. B'hlyn 
Eddie JackeoD 
Jack Miirray Ore 
Tic Toe CIuB 

Gypsy Nina 
Billy Castle 
Genev ■ Tie 

Tuscan}' ' Hotel 
Belo; Loblov Ore 
Vailderbllt Hotel 

Joe Moss Orch 
■\Vard & Hopkins 
Village Barn 
Arthur Godfrey 
Scherr Bros 
Paul Tremhlne Bd 
itdrtle Prltchard 
Josh Meddera 
Lulu 'Batee 
Floria Vestoff 
Ted Fletcher 
Ronald : Brookes 
Lee Twins ; 
Fl'rence A Ellzab'th 
3 Gay Blades 

Village Nnt Clnl 
Cliff Clifton Rev 
Nutsy Fagan 
Zira Lee 
Llla Gaines 
Lila Lou 
Allyn Reece 
Henry Lawea 
Alexandria & Olsen 
Milt Splelman, Ore 
Waldorf-Astoria 

De Marcos i . 
B, Madriguera Ore 
X. Cugat ore 
Margo. 
Garmert 

Poema-Zlto Ore 
Jaftry Ore 

wash Sq. Clnb 
Frank Farrell Orch 

W'eylln Hotel 
Michael Covert Ore 

Wiyel Cafe 
Amy Atklnsan 
.Tack Wick 
Lillian Lorraine 
Ami Pavo 
Maidle Du Fresne 
na Salle Orcb 



Paliner Bvnsc 

Duffln A Draper 
Roslta A Ramon 
Lowe Biirnolf A W 
Gale Page 
4 Callfornlana 
Stanley Morner 
Abbott Girls 
Richard Cole Orch 



Paramount 

Helen O'Shea 
Jack Waldroh 
Julia Oarrlty 
Miss Harriet 
Nellie' Nelson 

Plnygro'nnd 

Dot Culbertaon 
Pesgy Paige 
Joe Little 
.<V'dele. Goui 
Don Elkli)."!- 
Jimmy Fraii 
Mtlorc-d Uolih^r 
Lou Shatel Ore. 
Jtalnbo Gardem 

Bttf Arohson 
flbanripa Sistera. 
Lafayette AL'Verne 
Countess E V Losen 
Keller & Field 
Gayleno Sisters 
Doro.thy'Thomsa 



Jules Stein On 
Sameviur 

Alien Reno 
Carter Bros 
Jaek Haus 
Marge A Marle^ 
Lyle Smith Orch 
Muriel Love. 

Terrace Garden* 
Romb Vincent 
Alnsl^y Lambert B 
Clydf* Lucas Oro 

iiig» 

Bobby Graham 
Grane Russell Orch 
Zita & MarceUe 
Jack Hbush 
Wanda Kay 
Al Handler - Bd 

. lUU Clutt 

Edna Rush 
Virginia Hievy 
BlUy Gray 
Myra Langford 

'«5 Clnb 
B.B.D. 

Henry: Bermah 
Marie & Billot 
Ruby Abbott 
Madeline Thomas 
Don Fernando Or* 



GHIGAOO 



Bismarttb Hotel 
(Wnlnnt Room) 

Dick Cunlifte 
Parker Gibbs 
Elmo Tanner 
Red Ingle 
Ted. Weems Orcb 

Boulevard Room 
(Hotel Stevens) 

Irving Gagnon . 
Ruth Broughton 
Chae Agnew:' Orc'd. 

ia.ckhawh 

Barl Rickard 
llal Keiiip. Orcb 
Skinnny" Ernl.s 

Cafe deAIex 

Wade Booth- 
Imperial . 3 . 
Lenore Lynn 
Marlnii Garner 
Earl Hoftmah Orch 

Chei Parec. 

Gomez & Wlnpna 
Dorothy Crocker 
'Vacht Club Boys 
Sally Gay 
Jimmy Hadreaa 
Vincent Lopez Ore- 

Clnb Leisnrc 

LucIO ' Garcia 
TSilly .^feaghe^ 
Joe Manni's Orch 
Betty Chase 
.Tack Sexton Jr 
'Sugar' Horpldsi Or 

Clnb l^a Mbaqne 

Johnny Mangum 
George Oliver 
Billy RIcHards 
Jflan JjaMarr- 
Bdna.' Leonard 
Eddie Morton 
Al Garbell. 

Club lloyale . 

Patsy Ogdeh 
Shayne A ArmstOng 
Joan Andrews 
Geraldlne Ross . 
Fritz Miller Ore 

College Inn 

Zflda Pantley 
Edith Grlffln 
Doris Hurtig 
Frankle Masters Or 

Con gr ess Hotel 

(Joe Crbap Itoomi 

Art Kaasel 
Robert Rdyee.. 
Cherle A Tomoslis. 
Carlos -.Molina 

= -CoI«ll*lb'»'== 

Julia Lyons 
Dorothy HPnry 
Dftrondn & Barry 
Kiirlro D'Alba 
-Kddle Deering 
Counicis . BonsUa 
f.finfiT narsopl 
Art nut?ltley 
I5ob TInsk;y Ore 

Club AInbom 

I'l-iyllss Hc-rry 



Patsy McNalr 
Gloria Starr 
Eddie Both Ore 

Drake Hotel 

Slavic Pallet 
Stanley Hickman 
BUtmPre 3 
Prances Wilier 
Harriet Llndgren 
Ruth Lee 
The- Crusaders' 
Earl. Burtnett re. 

Edgewater Beach 

Esther Todd 
DeRonda &, Barry 
Art Carroll 
Bob .Sylvester Oro 

jpyoiic's 

Frank Hamilton 
Myrah Lang 
Marie A Elliott 
NIkkl Nlcoll 
Elaine Manzl 
Hank LIshpn Orch 

( otel I.aSalIe) 
Art Kahn Oro 
Hi-Hat Club 

Yvonne Nova 
Vlrla Vaughn 
Rick & Snyder 
Dotty Myers 
Effle Burton 
George -Peironne Or 

k-9 GInh 

BUiy Brannon 
Half-pint Jaxon 
Ed Casey Ore. 
Leon La Verde- 
Earl Partello 
George Oliver 

Maroni's 

Rolando & Verditta 
Gwen Gordon 
Neecee Shannon 
Mflfge & Marie 
Virginia Buchanan 
Bob Wyatt . 
Maurle MPret Orcb 

Clnb MInnet 

Adellna Dpssena 
Sylvia Lee 
Harry Mack 
Harry Moon 
Phyllis Noble 
Ifudy Davldeoh 
If^rank Shei'M.tn 

Moulin Ronge 

Allph i& Louise 
Madge Klefer 
.Wells &• Brady 
Jlarry Byron- 
Walter Hastings 
Charllie Crdft'fl On; 

— -=^"M nraHRoom^^"^ 
. (Ilrevnnrt. Hotel) 

Barl E.steS' 
ISdgar nice 
.'<tan Rlttoff Orch 

Jnro^ Sis 

"Opera Clnb" 

Edwina Mershon 
ivawronce .Salerno 
Tom Gontry Orch 
Jfi.<--c Rlvas Orcb 
Pierce A Harris 



Exploiiation 



(Continued from page 21) 

way, but even better is a tent rigged 
Oil top of the iawning to carry out 
the .idea further with a bliie-palnted 
centei-pole sticking through the top. 
. The old . sawdust and peanut gags 
are out.: Tough on the carpieta, and 
the peanuts, additionally, are too 
noisy for sound pictures. But there's 
still red lernonade left* and a good 
chance for a.n orator, .otherwise a 
barker, to tnake a. spiel from a plat- 
form In. front of the; hpuse. Canvas 
can be used -to give a. tent, effect In 
the lobby Itself/ and a pair of old 
wragOn wheels and three sheets o£ 
board Will provide a nice red wagon 
with which to camouflage the box 
ofUce. 

Meantime it might be a good Idea 
to get the newspaper ofRce to iaee 11 
there are any cuts left behind by the 
real circuses with which, to make 
up a circus throwaway. MOst offlces 
are apt to be able to dig some up, 
but avoid those having the name o£ 
the circus or the act. .Scout the 
furriers for the loan of a stuffed 
ianimal, if there la a storfe that am- 
bitious, and. you might plan lor a 
miniature OlrcuB parade with prizes 
for the most Ingeniously decorated 
express wagbns simulating animal 
dens and floats, It:s easy to get: 
them to respond tO the circus at-; 
mosphere if you have siifflcient at- 
mosphere. 

Beady Hade 

'Bridgeport. 
Morris Rosenthal, manager o£ 
Majestic (Poll), was lucky enougn 
to And a Puppet Brigade club at 
Central High school when he played 
'I Am Suzanne.' Children, taught 
by Nelson S. Gordy, put on three- 
1 act liiarionette . show, 'Jack and the 
I Beanstalk,' at special Saturday juve 
.show. 



Getting Windows 

One way to get windows. Is to 
work for them. Manager has con- 
tact with a storekeeper- .who goes 
strong on displays, changing then* 
every week. Manager has a lot ot 
ideas oh window ; dressing, so he 
talks over the forthcoming win- 
dows with the merchant and tries 
to work his next picture in some- 
how. One Week, for example^ the 
retailer wanted . to make a display 
of preserves. The manager sketched, 
out a layout and made the center- 
piece the title of hla coming fea- 
ture, set out in white letters 
against a backing of strawberry 
jam. " 

The letters were cut out of stiff 
piper and placed Inside quart pre- 
serve jars. A strip of red cello- 
phane which did not come quite to 
the tops of the bottles was backed 
by coarse sand which suggested the 
seeds In the Jam. It looked so much 
like real preserves that' Tiouse wives' 
were moved to ask how It -waB the 
jam did not stain the paper. House 
.waa similarly worked out ih pint 
Jars on the shelf below. 

Manager manages to get l^to 
about three, out of every four win- 
dows- merely by having idea?. And 
it's getting to the point where peo- 
ple look irito the window Jiist to 
sec what he's doing, 

Tonred a 

The Hague. 
For Metro Goldwyn's reel, 'Hell 
Below," the Rembrandt cinema a,t 
Utrecht got up a good forih of ex- 
ploitation. It fitted up a.small boat 
like a submarine, two sailors 
maneuvred it during evenings 
through the many canals of that 
city, while during its round-trip it 
.sounded the foghorn and drew at- 
tention of sight-seera through 
powerful searchlights on board-. 
Trips wore adyeitlsed beforehand 

.in- L lo.c al^ n rc fi3L and this^ ^ ^c^lieme 

worked well. • 



Edward B. Marks and his biog, 

'They All. Sang,' are in for a song 
party at the Barbizon Plaza Wed- 
nesday (-22). Slgniund Spaeth Is 
m.c.ing and the older strata of 
sonfjwriters are expected to be 
present, 



44 



VARIETY 



EDITORIAL 



Tuesday, February 20^ 1934 



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Inside Statf-PktnFes 



15 YEARS AGO 

VARiETT. end Clipper) 

Internal Kevenue pe>pU took a 
censiis oX all show places. Tabbed 
29,130 theatres, of wjiieh 1T,130 were 
picture houses,^^ 10,000 legit and 
about 2,000 variety, ' including bur- 
lesque, iiumped th^m all for . in- 
come tax piirppses; 

Elsie Ferjguson had turned down 
an ofEer of $40,000 each for six pics 
a year for two years, wliich led to 
the suggestion PAr was paying her 
more than that to. renew with that 



iGfbvernihent stopped sending 
shows abroad for the. soldiers, the 
"Y. M. C. A. taking over that end; 



Sam. .MyeriL and Mort SIhger in 
N, T; to dlspiisa with Martin Beck 
thie policy of the State— liftke, Chi., 
Hearing completion. 



The Goldwyn, organization defends Inferences within the trade that 
Goldwyn-UA went but of boiihds as to extravagtince. in spending $36,700 
on the ad campaign for 'Nana* at the Music Hall, N. T; Expenditure 
amounted to a,round 17% of the gross. 

While . the budget, on 'Nana', over a jpirfe-advance campaign and. two 
weeks' run, is a record for any picture it was regarded by Goldwyn: as 
ustifled In view of the seating capacity and srpssing possibilities of the 
picture at the Music Hall; 



First l>Tational had made $600,000 
advance bookings on Mary Pick- 
ford's 'Daddy tibnglegs,' though the 
pic could not be released until, six 
months after her latest Artqraft, 
dated for May 4.-. 



Philadelphia court failed to hold 
an allegeid receiver of stolen film. 
It was his boast he could diipe tiny 
film within a week of its release 
and sonietlmes pre-release. 



Famous-Liaslcy was considering 
.featuring its direictors rather than 
players. De MlUe, Ince, Tourneur, 
Ford and Dawn picked to lead off. 



S. Xi. Rothafel was organizing his 
studio, to produce unit programs. 
He made one release. 



New york court threw out a 
damage suit brought against Hey- 
vfrood "Broun by Geoffrey Stein. Suit 
was based on a criticism and the 
Judge .held it was ' the critic's right 
to . express his honest ppinionk 



50 YEARS AGO 

XFrorn Clipper) 

Floods on the , Ohio riv^r put some 
Cincinnati the9,tres out of business; 
which' was nothing new;. Col. 
Mapleson. drowned out and wiring 
for dates in Minnesota. 



Barnum's put out the ifirst call. 
For March. 3 with the opening a 
week, later. Got an' edge over the 
others with its indoor. start.: 



Mrs. Chas. Strattoh, Tom Thumb's 
widow, applied for a permit, to open 
a dime museum on the Bowery- 
Had been touring the museUms, isind 
saw what they took in. 



Building Dept.- after theatre fol 
lowing the recent fires. Many 
changes, ordered. 



'Princess Ida,' n^e\y€ist Gilbert and 
Sullivan- opjeretta,., given Its. N. T 
premiere. Some dbjected to the. 
book and others to the absence of 
leg display. Opera never as popular 
as the eaylier worlv Boston opener 
same, night. 



Stage success camoraud recently by one of the mftjor plants at a cost 
of . $800,000 is saw to. hixre run up that total because of tiw> much super- 
visory effort and cutu&g. Supervisor of the film, which was in work for 
more than a year and required more than four months of actual shooting 
time, tried to be-an aiU around handy riian. Another result was that 
directors on the picture were almost as numerous as tiles on su^r. 

This same supervisor, now has another feature which has heen in pro- 
duction for almost a year and still has considerable time to go before 
cbmpletioh. 

Handling of opening night tickets for sCatJicirlne the Great* at the 
Astor, N. Yi, was out of the hands of United Artists' publicity depart- 
ment. Harry D. Buckley, v. p., took over this customary function .of 
the publicity division. 

Metro furnished Buckley its regular premier and second night list, but 
Buckley didn't follow it seat for seat and name for name: Opening 
turned into something of a turmoil through the crowd making a fuss 
over Clark Gable, In the audience, and the Aster's carriage line bbing 
on 46th street, which, has. now become known as Manhattan's 'Street of 
Hits'. Street has eilglit shows, six of which are clicks. 



Intrusion of double feature reviva,! bills at the Cohiatt, Globe and Gaiety, 
New York, hais upset morning prices in ' Times . Square. Loew's New 
York has gone double bill every day instead of only one oir two. Now 
has three, changes, using up six titles instead oiii the eight or nine re- 
quired under the old system. Most of the pictures on third run. 

Prices are down to 15c before noon yrith a quarter slap later Instead 
of 26 and .30 aS before. "The Stanley is down to a dime in the -©arly 
moriiing. AH houses draw from those who . are looking f6r a place where. 
It's. warm. 



bside Stuff-Legit 

Curious psychology that goes into picture buys of 4egit plays is dem- 
onstrated aigain Ini Radio's purchase of 'Hat, Coat, and Glove'. Play 1$ 
a Gernian Import brought over with oonslderable advance glorlflcation, 
it opened simultaneously in Vienna: and Berlin. Crosby Galge, In order 
to get the play rights, had to put up $7,700 In advance for a, chance to 
play with the script* He wanted Llbhel Barrymore for it and Barry- 
more liked, but decided he preferred film work. Galge then turned to 
Paul Muni who said okay In a year. So Galge got A. B. Matthews and 
went ahead. 

iPlctUre companies got excited .early. Metro and Warners both wanted 
it with the two bidding the prlbe . over $40,000, but the asking tap was 
$60,000. Meantime, the show opened aiid' closed in less than two weeks. 
Both WB and M-Q immediately stopped bidding, though "Warners said 
It might be interested at $16,000, Radio then stepped in and the price 
went up to $26,000, Radio getting it at that figure. 



'Shining Hour', Max Gordon's British play which opened at the iBooth 
last week, has not. yet been seen In London, though written, staged and 
acted by Britishers. It rehearsed In London, then came over intact on 
suggestion of Noel Coward. 

OiE the cast Gladys Cooper has never -before been s6en here and Adri- 
anne Allen and Raymond Massi^y but once before. Miss Allen (Mrs, 
Massey) came oyer in ICynai'a', and went to Paramount, tor a terrn, 
Massey appeared here in 'Hamlet' and went to Universal but neither 
lingered in films. It's the first time that they have bieen In a play , 
together. . ' 

Gordon wanted the show. to. ^^play Toronto and Montreal before coming 
In, figuring the English cast a cinch for coin in Canada, but the troupe 
ciame in. after Toronto besbause of Mass.ey's verdict of 'Let's find out 
quick'. 



Some CWA. actors playing. school. and similar auditoriums are enjoy- 
ing, their, experience. At Montauk, Junior high school, Brooklyn, where 
one section played for two days last week, word went arountl after the 
first .performance that, most of the plaiyers were elderly. When they 
played their second engagehient there Friday afternoon (18) they were 
the guests of the teachers at a supper in the school lunchroom following 
the performance. Teachers kicked in for the supplies with the domestic 
economy teacher supervising . preparation. There have been a number 
of Similar instances. 



As a concesslbn to -liOew's, which booked the picture for neighborhood 
and subsequent run time. Majestic changed the title of its 'Curtain at 
Eight' to 'Backstage Mystery'. .Picture is. current in the smaller Lbew 
houses m Greater New Tork. Anywhere else it will release and play 
under its official tltte, 'Curtain at lElght'. 

Bow to Loew's .was because of the feeling- by latter that the title con- 
flicted with 'Dinner at Eight' its own (Metro) picture which already has 
played .the chain. 



'Come of Age', which Delps Chappell closed at the Elliott after a month 
In the red, went out with, the final day's figures Indicating it might have 
gotten across had the engagement been continued.. Takings for the day 
(Saturday, 10) amounted to $2,200. Show was accorded 17 curtain calls 
at the finale performance and 10 curtains at the matineei. 

Maxlne l^lUott. was present in the evenlnji^. and went hack stage to 
felicitate Judith Anderson, star of 'Age'. Miss Elliott,, after a long stay 
abroad, Is permanently back In New Tork. 



Suburban exhlb In southern California bemoaned to a feUbw' theatre 
operator that he had. lost money on a recent double bili In hlS 16c house. 
Explained he had booked 'Dr. Bull' at 30% and 'Duck Soup' at 40%, oh 
top of which hie gave each patron a piece of clothing costing 9c, 



Author of one of Broadway's best gross getters has a yoUnig agent 
Whose principal source of income appears to be his percentage of the 
royalties. He . checks up on the erross three and four times weekly, call- 
ing up the'' producer's office to compute his share and then promptly 



Told that he had been foolish to book that way, ezhib insisted it was spending it. 



okay, except that he hadn't expected either of the dlstribs would send 
around a checker. 



Show is In for a runr-so -the kid will probably good-time it indefinitely. 



Carl Laemmle, Jr., fortified himself in case the Stage productibh of | 
'Queer People' In New Tork was a success by taking an option on the 
picture rights. Option was obtained from Howard Hughes who originally | 
Intended making the picture. Laemmle figuredi that "with nrost of the 
book characters coming from the U lot that at least, If the book hit the 
screen tliey would not be maligned as In the book. 



Inside Stuff— Music 



Publisher members of the American Society ot Composers, Authors 
and Publishers have been asked to submit four copies of their new 
works for registry In Argentina. Request followed receipt : of a letter 
Grbwing shortage of lesser, product Is slapping the double headers and from the Musical Authors and Composers of . Argentina offering to, help 



making some trouble for more important spots. The Mayfair, N. T., 
brought in 'Shadows of Sing Sing' this week, though it had already 
played Some neighborhood houses. 

To clinch the date it was necessary to yank, the film out of Loew's 
Neiw York which had it double billed 



protect American . composition under the new Argentine copyright law. 

ASCAP in the meantime will try. to register with the Argentine author- 
ities each publisher member's old catalog from records the society has 
on hand and without submitting copies of all works as required under 
the Argentine statute. Music Publishers Protective Association has still 
under consideration the proposition of delegating Edward Murphy of 
ilm conversation has D. C, Parker, backfer of the Sunhaven. Studios I the Vltaphone Corp. to make a study of tlie Argentine music situation 
in Florida,, investing upwards of $600,000 in that plant. as a preliminary to establishing in that country a- co-operative organl- 

Around $200,000 of this amount isTeported expended in the production zation for American publishers, 
of three features. Pictures are 'Chloe', with Olive Borden; 'Hired Wife', 



Greta Nissen, and 'Plaything of Desire', Linda Watklns (Mrs. Gabriel 
Hess).. New Tork distributing rights are declared__to have been sold. 



Negotiations on the proposed uniform synchronization contract be- 
tween picture producers . and music publishers has been postponed . again, 
this time due to' the trial of Max Mayer's anti-trust suit against the 
Sam Goldwyh's last week's Satevepost article on film salaries rea4 like I Music Dealers Service, Inc., and associated publishers. Trial, which 
an assignment story, being timely and based on a recent Robseveltian | started Mo^^^ V_ 
commentary on big picture salaries. 



Gbidwyn advocated even bigger pay checks to atars who ban draw as 
a means to combat depression, stressing that when exhibitors' theatres 
are packed it ireacts to the general welfare. 



next f bw weeks- appearing in the New Tork F'ederal court either to tes- 
tify pr supply Mayer's counsel with subpoenaed data. 

Drafting, of the agreement has been going on for over a year. There 
have, been two other postponements, one as a result of a shift of producer 
representation on the committee and the other due' to fall vacation 
I periods. 



Los Angeles Examiner, in the early Sunday edition, printed a two 
column cut ot Arthur Loew. and bride, saying tiiey were in L. A. with 
interview, on Loew telling business conditions. Loew . never touched here. Publishers involved in the Music Dealers Service, Inc., iapt week tenta- 
ks he flew dirfect to N 



edition, the story' was pulled. 



Dr. Thomas MacLaughlln, once or the, Sinn Fein, and Thomas More, 
late of a iScotch regiment, and who battled each other in the Irish tur 
moil of 192Q, are now on the same picture set at Warners. 
Dr. MacLaughlln is technical adviser and More is prop man with 'The I would be redeemable at 50c on the dollar and for the full amount at the 



chain. When the stores went into receivership last summer the. MDS' 
debits against the account came to around $14,000. 

Deal submitted, to the. .MDS Is strictly a negotiable paper one^ Cred- 
itors, will be given bonds Which at par value would be equivalent to the 
full amount of the MDS bills Outstanding. Bonds at the end of 60 days 



Key'; a story of the '20 Gaelic turmoil. 



Cyclorama of the battle of 
Gettysburg was an immense success 
In Chicago, .drawing crowds. For a 
time evei'y large city boasted a 
cyclorama building. Revived for the 
Chi fair. 



In spite of the flood which kept 
Mapleson Opera Co. out of Cin- 
cinnati, the Music Festival, on 
higher ground, took In big money. 
-Cltv .llerhtlng- servlce- out. , -but , t he 



Music Hall got current from a hos- 
pital plant nearby. 



Trouijle at the park theatre. In 
diahapolls. Men -^bout towri got 
into the greenroom, whereTCliS'glfIs 
were changing, and refused to leave. 
CuiPtaln was dropped until they 
cou?d be chucked. Sbmt alarm out 
front the audience fearing fire. 



Georges Perinal, who photographed 'Catherine the Grbat' and 'Henry 
the Eighth', Is considered one of the few class Camera men turned but by 
Prance. He was discovered by Rene Clair, French director, and made the 
first three pictures with Clair that came to attention. 



end. bf l<6 y bars. Syndicatfe's executors' say that the "majority of the 
creditors have okayed the settlement and its final acceptance ^s up to 
the hblders of the original McCrory bonds. 



Bert Ambrose, Londpn maestro, officiated Sunday night (IS) as Paul 
Whiteman's guest conductor. ,The week previously Rudy Vallee and 
Eddie Peabody from the Hollywood restaurant did their stuff With W 
Tweiitieth Century was committed to $180,000 fbr three persons before I man but' Owing to Vallee's Hollywood engagement the stunt couldn't be 
a crank was turned on 'Firebrand'. ballyhooed. One line . of publicity would have, nullified Vallee's q-t« 

Constance Bennett and Fredric March split $186,000 and Gregory La | appeai-ance. 
Cava, directox*, gets $45,000. 



Indications are that *Tiie Old Spinning Wheel' Is on the way to crash- 
Gregory Ratoffi refused to do the trailer on the George White 'Scan- I ing the 600,000 copy class, which . event will rate it the first number to 
dais' as a retake recall,. Insisted he was entitled tO a week pay for the better the 600,000 level within .the past four years. 'Wheel' ditty has 
job. He met Winnie Sheehan in a restaurant and the latter flipped a already exceeded the taly on 'The Last Round Up'. Cowboy lament last 
coin whether it was double or nothing for the job. Ratoff lost I week had a turnover of 460,000 copies to Its credit. 



==TAs=ah=^exploitation-=stunt-^Metro=is=asking^^alHDte 

rlous parts of the world to make suggestions as to actors and actresses p.m. Thursday (16) out . of deference to the fuheral of Henry Saiitly. Ar- 
they would like to play the characters of 'David Copperfield', ] rangement allowed all employees who wished to attend the services. 

Present, at the obsequies were the execs and contact staffs of practi- 
^ First Division, distributing outfit headed by Harry Thomas, controls I cally every pop firm in the city. 

<iBly--the--Monogr-am--franehise-ln-4he--New-T<)rtc-clty-and--i»hllad^^ 

territories, and Is not general distrlb for Mono as previously reported. 



As a plug for 'Eskimo' (M-G) W. S. Van Dyke, who directed, is mak- 
ing addresses before clubs and schools on the Coast. 



Appears that. Frankie Masters band has caught on at the College Inn 
in the hotel Sherman, Chicago. The hotel voluntarily boosted the .salary 
,of the band $100 last week. 

Instances of voluntary raises are news. 



Tuesday; February 20, 1934 



L t G I t I N A t E 



VARIETY 



45 




CWA LEGIT AID 



Mr. Hopkins, Critics, and 




Arthur Hopkins recently declared his own 'Disgust Day' and 
finally wound Tip by setting it out of his system via pen and Ink, 
or a typewriter, After which the New York Timeis picked it up on 
the first bound and sent it along for those who ihight be interested. 
Inasmuch as Mr. Hopkins opined thai the source of all his torment 
was the critics, some of the Manhattan reviewers figuratively 
Stepped on the court with him and may be said to have aced hini 
oft his own service. ... 

It all seemingly traces to 'The Joyous; Season* which matked Mr. 
Hopkins' return to production after a span of inactivity 
w;hlch the critics failed to react too kindly. 

Mr. Hopkins, in his article, went around rattling doors until he 
finally opened one out from wlilch tumbled the skeletpn in his legit 
legit closet labeled Varibtt's Boxscore: Alia, cried the producer, here 
Is the evil of evils, the worst influence in the ijegitimate theatre. If I 
were an editor I would flire any. critic who twice led th4 boxscore. 
(Oh, Gabriel, toot thy horn.) 

This predication by Mr. Hopkins is based on the boxscore's cdm- 
mercial aspects, it being a system of rating the New ITork qritics 
by balancihir tiieir opinions against the boxofflce cireer of the play* 
But that was not the sole reason why Variett inaugurated itg box- 
score. There are a couple of things Mr. Hopkins has overlooked, 
or forgotten, because it all goes baclc 10 years when the first score 
was published. 

The boxscore was conceived and launched, with the hope that it 
might tend to bring to the attention of the New York critics of that 
time their a,ddlctlon to vacillating reviews, the 1;e^dency tp write 
for each others aniusement, or for quotation, in this ads or on elec- 
tric displays outside the theatre. Remerhber the Winter Garden? 

In other words, the thought wias that the boxscore might nudge 
the critics into tabbing plays as good or bad and thereby givf^ a 
good show its due and let that show get the benefit of a good press 
and so help the manager. This rather than criticisms in th,e papers 
which defied deciphering as being for or against a play. It' doesn't 
make, any difference what any critic says, about a bad show .'for a. 
poor play will die by itself. So Over this period of 10 years VARiBi?T 
claima nothing for its boxscore. other than it may have had some 
Infiuence in persuading the critics to make up their respective 
minds about a show and place that judgment on paper. This can 
be traced by the lessening of what the boxscore terms 'No Opinion' 
reviews. 

While the practical or theoretical value of the boxscore will al- 
ways be open to debate, Vabictt also has a susjplcion that Its sum- 
mary of the critics has worked to the advaiitage of .the public, and, 
perhaps, in a i-ouhdabout way, also to the. circulation of the papers. 
Involved. It is Varibtt's contention that 75% of a critic's readers 
read him to find out If a new show is worth the price or time it de- 
mands. Hence, the critic who Jibes most frequently with the p!op- 
Ular taste ostenslWy figures to ultimately acquire the most readers 
because, after att, to the public he Is at guide and if they, believe 
him It Is logical to presume that they Will take his theatrical advice. 

If this assumption Implies that the critic must write down,, or 
think down, to be of value to the majority of his readers, that^can 
stand. For what other main reason Is he read by most oif those 
who do read him? And if he's writing. only for his fellow critics, 
the producer, or the actor he's but kidding himself and probably 
costing his paper circuiatiori besides. Which brings up the point, 
that circulation managers of the dailies, although never queried,., 
might not be adverse to having their dramatic man lead VARiErrT's 
boxscore. Not because It's Yariett-T's boxscore but because of what 
that leadership implie^S as to his worth to his. paper's readers and 
the inference .that his Judgment may attract more readers to the 
paper. 

Amongst the things mentioned by Mr, Hopkins was that the box- 
score has taught the critics to 'sit in the boxofflce'. Varibtt ddesn't 
know of, or believe, any critic has ever sold his artistic soul because 
of the boxscore. The financial background of a th«atrical piece of 
merchandise should certainly be no concern of the reviewer re- 
viewing for the public— the dif¥er6nce between laity and trade re- 
viewing. But when Mr. Hopkins hints that the theatre Is not com- 
merclal such a contention Is out of proportion. And In this vein the 
score has helped to bring out that the critics cannot niake a bad play 
or break a good. play. They ca.n help or hurt but that's all. iand .t^ere 
are .numerous Instances of proof. So why holler at tiie critics? In 
having decried them Mr. Hopkins also seems to have tried to soften 
the blow by excusing them on the grounds of Variety's boxscore. 

It Is true that some of the critics have periodically chafed at the 
boxscore but it has never been other than a good natiired means 
of keeping track of the reviewers and to try aiid remind them that 
their main duty to the commercial, theatre is defihite decisions,' no 
. matter: what , their dislikes, enthusiasms or. how high In the. air 
Woollcott might ever have hurled his .millinery 



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New Haven. Feb. 19. 

Blanche Yurka will .do a solitaire 
stunt here Mar. 6-7-8, when she ap- 
pears as the only woman member 
of the cast in Yale Dramatic Assn?s. 
American premiei-e of 'In the Days 
of the Turbins.' 

Dramatic Club scored a scopp 
when it landod this play in compe- 
tlsh with N. Y. producers as well, as 
film companies. ' , . . 

Cast will be made up of 100 rnen 
plus Miss Yurka. She will be the 
first professional actress to appear 
in Yale Theatre with the Dramat. 



ROSSNAGLE'S CHI JOB 

Chicago, Feb. 19. 
Hiirry Rossnagle apain in as man- 
-agj>i--a£-the-Sc:1 wy n and-Ha£rjgL.hcre 
now that the properties are back in 
file . hubert fold. 

Follows Col. 
sipned. 



WYNN'S BADGE GAG 




Stat« May Later Share in 
jpinancing— ^Equity Criti- 
cized for Handlinfff but 
Denies Charges — -Mem- 
bership Card Not In- 
sisted bn-^ffices Move 
to CWS Headquarters 



EQUITY'S STATEMENT 



1 Was Only Kidding^' Says Eva 
k (yiienne; Telk What Re 
Happened During Mpls. Frolic 



He Won't Talk 



Making a Collection of 
Fire Cliief— and Other 



Honorary 
—Titles 



New Haven, 

Ed Wynn bffered a. new one in: 
connection with opening: of his new 
stage idiaa here. Wynn hit town 
Sunday afternoon (18) and was met 
at the station by a delegation 
hea-ded by the local fire chief. 

Wyiin was presented with a gold 
badge riiaking him. THonorary Fire 
Chief. The. comic promptly added 
it to the -pocketful he already had, 
ranging from Honorary Police Chief 
to Hono raj^^Hcad of _B pf 



Health (with probably a few. Hon- 
orary Master Dog Catcners In be- 
tween). . 

Sunday night was the topper of 
the pub licity gag when about 400 
locarfire^ laddies att"ena6a~tir?rarffSB- 
rehearsal of the revue as Wynn's 
guests. AH needed to get in was a 
fireman's badge. 



Liegit shows under the auspices 
of the CiVii Works Service, an arm 
of the CWA, "with casts of unem- 
ployed lieedy actors will continue 
to be performed in ^he high school 
auditoriums of New York Iridefin- 
Itely. "That, was decided on late 
last.weeic. 

Original 34-day schedule, which 
Included pay during rehearsals, ex- 
pired Saturday (it). Extension of 
the. governmental aid project fol- 
lowed reports from Washington 
that the president had ordered 
many CWA jobs discontinued, and 
came as a surprise. 

Understood the New York De- 
partment of Education will later 
take over the CWA dramatic a«- 
tivities. CWS expenditure consists 
virtually entirely In the payment of 
wages to the actors, shows being 
given gratis. State's interest was 
aroused because of the number of 
letters from students and teacherp 
commending the perforinances. 

State of New York has been aid 
Ing a few actors since last sumnaer, 
but under an entirely , different plan 
A company which started playing 
in Nassau County (Long Island), 
is still iglving performances under 
Educational sp.onsOi'ship. However, 
admission is charged and th6 naoney 
goes to jocai relief funds. 

Similar company Is operating in 
Westchester County and also is 
paid out of the state. Unemployment 
Relief Fund. Players receivfe |3(1 
weekly. Under a proposial al- 
liance with the CWA, It Is Stated 
that New York will assume 30% 
of the expenditures on CWA shows 
Criticize Equjty 
Equity has come In for no little 
criticism In the casting pf the 12 
shows for which the CWA set aside 
$28,600. Complaints were mostly 
filed with the CWS. It Is estimated 
that there were 3,000 applicants for 
the 150 jobs provided for, meaning 
that the federal aid project took 
care of but five per cent of the un 
employed applicants which Indicates 
that complaints, from those not en- 
gaged were to be expected 

Equity stated that It only advised 
the CWA, at the latter's suggestion, 
and the appointment of Margaret 
Smith as casting- director was sim 
Ilarly [Suggested. Miss Smith previ 
busly handled shows for Equity 
dinner affairs. However^ Equity in- 
sists that the stagers did the select 
ing of the casts. It being believed 
that the directors knew which, play 
ers were best qualified tp fill the 
jobs within the time limit set by 
the CWS. 

A new prpblenii however, arises 
how, that, the free show project has 
been indefinitely extended— and may 
last through next summer. Another 
set of plays Is: to he, selected but 
whether the Sam6 set; oiE casts as 
ho.w playing are to be retained, has 
not been sfettled. Indications are thiat 
an entirely different group of 150 
actors and actresses will be chosen,' 
so that .more unemployed profes 
sioiials may be. able to receive the 
federal and state aid 

Among the complaints voiced 
against Equity was that Equity 
members with paid-up cards were 
favored for the CWA jobs. It was 
reported that there are more mem- 
beFi=behInd"lh^thSiriflliesrthan=thase 
paid up and an under-current trend 
appeared to be that the horde back 
in their, dues should get together 
for protection If It was proven that 



• 'Legal MUrder,' which opened 
at the little President, . N. Y., 
last . week, was. authored by 
Dennis Donbghue, a colored 
writer. When someone, con- 
nected with the managehient 
asked him \vhere he got the 
monicker he laughed, but made 
no replyi. 

Dpnoghue is said to have 
written jtwo jpj^ays at tlije.. 

Provliiceiown p la y h o u s e, 
Greenwich Village, 



Seeks Rosy Aid 
In L A. Fite on 
Service Passes 



Hollywood, Feb. 19. 
Henry Duffy, operating Bl Capi- 
tan here. Is waging a solo fight 
against continued Issuance of serv 
Ice charge passes, and is awaiting 
some word or action by Admlnis 
vtrator Sol A. Rosenblatt, In response 
to three urgent telegranis to 
the deputy early last week. . 

Although Rosenblatt, received 
complaints of such assertedi viola 
tldns of the NRA code during his 
recent visit here, Duffy, feeling that 
the matter is being :Sidet: tracked 
was impelled during the week to 
contact the administrator by fi 
quent wires. 

Duffy openly charges B.elasco aiid 
Curran, operMlng the Mayan, and 
George K. Arthur,' at the Hollywood 
Playhouse,, 'with continuing the 
service charge admission scheme, 
despite the <iuestloned legality un- 
der the code. 

Similar protests from Duffy were 
also made to Brock f»emberton In 
New York, head of the legit Code 
Authority, and to the local NRA 
CompHanc© Boards 

Duffy's particular beef against 
Belasco .and Curran Is that the con- 
cern has Issued 300,000 pf the 40c 
service passes for "Double Door/ 
opening tonight (Monday), and that 
besides circulating these In Los An- 
geles they are being passed around 
in Long Beach, Santa Aha, Fuller^ 
ton, Whittler and Pther neighboring 
coromunlties. 

E31 Capitan operator further 
charged in . his wiires to Rosenblatt 
that when the administrator met 
with local , legit men it was implied 
that Duffy , was. using the throw- 
away method of getting patronage. 
He emphatically denies being^ a 
party to any such piractlce.. 



Chi Equity Starts 
Campaign for CWA 
Shows in Midwest 



Chicago, Feb. 19. 
Actors' Kqulty here will this week 
start hustling -on the possibilities of 
a governmeht- backed legit troupe. 
Is establishing contact both with 
the CWA and the Civil Works Serv- 
ice, which has the white-collar por- 
tion of the population under Its 
=3urlHdlction 



•Firanciisco, Feb^ 

• 'Taint so.V saya Eva Le Galllenhe, 
of those stories that she_^called Mi 
neapplis RbPseyelt bail dancers 
iousy Americans.' 

I was kidding all the tii . the 
repertpry player and- -pCGasional 
caller at the White House told 
Varibtt in her dressing, rOPm at the 
Columbia, where she is doin^. two. 
weeks of Ibsen's plays.. 

'It'is beyond me how hcwsipat>er.- 
meri can v/r'ite suiih exaggerated ,aP- 
coiints .of a simple little; Incident as. 
that In Minneapolis, where I was 
laughing and poking with the folks,' 
she continued, adding that the Bos- 
ton .^omen's tea , party and the 
Pittsburgh cameraman affairs were 
Similarly front-paged for no .reason, 
at all. 

Plagued by . laryngitis and a cold, 
arid rehearsing almost cpntinupusly 
with a new performer in 'Master 
Builder,' which she is to do later in 
the week,' Miss Le Galllenne is a 
tired woman. 

She has: been tired .for some tlnrie;-. 
in fact, she officiated at that Minne- 
apolis ball, she said, only because 
of her great regard for a wonderful 
man, and left early, not because she 
was angry,- but because; she had ah 
early mprnihg rehearsat and was. 
extremely weary. 

The star declared she hadn't. reaJSr- 
any of the newspaper yarns. Pn the 
Minneapolis happening,, and, In fact, 
exhibited a neat brand of dramatic 
surprise^ upon being told that. It had. 
reached the news columns. 

Her Version 
But this Is her version as outlined 
for a quizzing mugg: 

She had. completed the evening 
pprfoi'njance of 'Doll's House' and, 
still in makeupi went tp the; audU 
tprium where, the President's Birth- 
day Ball was in progress. . It was 
about 11,30 p.m., and only ai few of 
the original 1B;000 dancers jre- 
malned. "they, apparently, wer* 
eager to go on with their jigging, 
but, undaunted, Miss Le GailUenne 
ascended the stage, and despite she 
had never " engaged In such actions, 
attempted to aubtlpn . off the cakes,, 
of which there were foUr.; 

"The crowd was gpod-na-tured and 
Jolly, so Bhe jplriied In the fun,. an« 
swering their wlsecraeks and 
making a neat one or two herself. 
Opening bid on the first cake was 
but $5, whereupon Miss Le Galll- 
enne made a wry face and gave j 
vent to a few 'tsks, tisks'— all In a 
spirit of fun, you underistand.- 

• 'Come now,' said, the auctioneer- 
actress in a spirit of levity, 'there 
are lots of Vikings here, and. my 
mother was bom In Denmark, but 
I can't be proud of my ancestry 
with your making a bid like that!^ 

The bidding progressed . dollar by 
dollar with Miss Le Galllenne wprk- 
Ing. feverishly until finally ^21 had 
been reached, whereupon thie Ibsen, 
star, with pain In hier heart, but a 
sriiile on . her face^ laughingly sald^ 
'My friends,. I ani disappointed; you 
are; lousy Ajnericaris,'. just like she 
would say, with a toss of her head 
and a laugh, to John Barrymore, 
'.Tbhn, .are . a lousy actor.' 

But iriy jgopdhess, she says, eyery- 
on<!i wa^ laughing. Including herself, 
and no brie should have taken that 
'lousy American' remark flerlbusly. 
It Was Late 
By this tinie the hour was late, 
so Miss Le Galllenne sugge.3ted to,y 
the riiaster of ceremony that since 
she really was so tired and had such 
an. early rehearsal neiict morning, 
wipuld it be all right if she left? 

'Why, certainly,* he replied, so thi^J 
pseudo auctioneer trotted off to her 
hotel and bed. From which came 
the story that she had vigprpusly 



While no plans have been flatly 
set, there's an even chance that 
Equity will be able to stir up some 
activity locally. It follows a hum- 

t j^:^*lII4Mkv«--ieen " 
against. Equity offices in Chicago for CWA 

When the reports were presented shows, with Equity trying €v<>ry 
(Continued on page 48) I angle to get immofVlatr option. 



flayed the Minneapolitans, and then 
.stamped out of the auditorium. 

All, as^ anyone with half an ey# 
could see, very exaggerated. 

Referring' to the Philadoiphia -pc- 
^urrence of la's^TIDetiember, wlien 
the two-act of Barrynioro and 
(Continued on page 48) 



4$ 



VARIETY 



L E € I T I MATE 



TuesfUjt Tebriimry 20^ 1934 



Plays m Broadway 



QUEER PEOPLE 

Oaleri Bo^e presents Jotm Floyd's drain: 
atlzailon of the Carroll and Garf^tt Gra 
ham noveil oi the some name^ featlarlng; JHal 
Skelly. ' Staged by Melville BurKe. Settings 
by P. Dodd Ackerman. In three dots and 
nine pcencH; Opened Feb, 15 at the Na- 
tional, N. Y., $3.30 top. , 

John Grew. ; , ^WJHar^ iDaahlell 

Mrs. Grew. , ; . . ...Clara Palmer 

I>orothy . Irvlngf .Helen Clalro 

"Whitey' , .......... i .:• -Hal Skelly 

Ro.'jl^. . . . . i >. ...•■... .i. ••«••••• • 'Kay. Catiln 

Gladys « . v.'- V ^"^T 

June Wltooh ..... . . . . . .-. .Gladys George 

Henry McGinn!^. . . ... .Frank Otto 

Frank Cafaon . • ■ ... . . • -I^wlBht^Frye 

Ricardo Roquf . . • . . .... .Teppy" D'Albrew 

Monica Mercedes.....; Sylvia Manners 

Fanna Wong Yorig, Ming Soy 

Mandu ... .-. ..«.•...-•..•. • • . * ■ 
Gilbert Vance.-, 1 
"Peanuts" Oliver. 
Mlltoh Hoftberget 
. Albort Blynn, .-. 
TiOUlse Bogshaw ; ; 
Reatha; GJore. . . , 
Sammy SoliniaU!5. 
"Pop" SchmaUz.. 
Mme. Frankle l«e 
Sol . Snlf kin : . ; . 
Mr; Pfippadoulous. . 

Brady. • • • ■ 



.Frank de; Sllva 
... . Arthur Plerson 

. . . . . .Mllly June 

.liawrcnco Keating 
v..WlIIIarri Roaelle 
...;..lICflna Mifars 
..Nlta Naldl 
........Jerry Hausher, 

............Harry yokes. 

..........Flavlk Arcaro 

... .V.Herbert Hevwood 

.......J. Arthur Toung 

...i. -.Charles O'Connor 



• • • • * • • 



•Queer t'eople' Is doubly bad, for" 
It's a libel on Hollywood as well as 
an exceedingly bad play. Whatever 
raclriess in narrittive . appeal, ■which 
the original Graham brotfiers' noyel 
had Is entirely lost In John Floyd's 



him In the nite club field as greeter 
and nothing more. 

Play premiered ft la Qraumans 
Chinese fourcourt, ^Ith a mike, in 
the lobby* lloodlightSi red carpeting 
and all the trimmings. The au^i- 
encei. was 60-50 on lllm-legit and 
100% for Skelly* rooting for anothier 
'Burlesque^ for this okay trouper, 
but 'Queev People's isn't there. 

.Abe*. 



Richarcl bf Bordeaux 

Drama In two acts presented ot the' Em- 
plr6 Feb. 14 by WUUam Mollleotv with 
Dennle King starred; written by Gordon 
Davlbt: Staged by this; producer, 

Maudelyn. Andrew Crulckshahk 

Richard li....'. .Dennis King 

Anne of Bohemia . . .... .... .Margaret Vines 

Duke of Gloucester. .....i... Hugh Buckler 

Duke Of Ijancester....;;...eharlett Bryant 

sir Slmoii fiurley. A, G. Andrews 
Duke of York. . . . . . , ... .Alexander Frapk 

Michael de la Pole......... Lionel Hogarth 

Earl of Arundel. Montagu Love 

Robert de Vere. . . ; ...... . , .FranclB Lister 

. , .Olive Beeves/ Smith 
...... . .Elizabeth Cerf 

Henry Molllflon 
..... .... . John Buckler- 

. . . , > . , Charles- Romano 
..Andrew Crulckshank 
.... ^Michael Peannan 

; .» ; . . . .Virginia Pierce 

......Alexander Frank 

.......i.Mllono Tllden 



Mary Bohun 
Agtiea Launcekron. 

Henry,!. .-. .' 

Thomas Mowbray , ; 
Sir John Montague 
John MAudeJyn..,. 
Edward, . . . . i ... • 
Waiting Woman... 
.rhomas Aruiidel.... 
Doctor. ..i : 



Two ritlsh .plays arrived .pn 



"''^ y"^" I Broadway last week, 'The. Shinihg 
adaptation and Galen Bogue s pro- foi.^^e^ » 



ductlQn; 

As a screed . on Hoilywbbd. even a 
tyro theatregoer will r^cogniiie that 
this is almost ah historical slant on 
an infant history wiiich already has 
■outgrown its growing pains, Includ 



Hour,' being followed by the page- 
ant of 14th century English history, 
Richard of Bordeaux,' rated a bril- 
liant Success in London. Despite 
its warin greeting, by the press. It 
l3 doubtful that. 'Rlchardv will do 
exceptlo^naliy well herei 

■That doubt Is based on thtj ques 



o w'iSvwnnJ^f ilVvLS^^^^^ over here! A. hat was deemed 

ft's a Hollywood of^l5.20 y^^^ to Britishers is apt to be 

desplte^lts endeavor to place it the AmericaTi eye 

the talker era when, at tjte Jesg- j^h luke-warhi interest, 
nine/ they h^d voice doubles gh^t- g^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ somehow 

ing off .screen crppningsfw^^^ the last balf 

lished cinenjatic staw. Not oi^^^^ Richard, son of the fighting 

that go out of date :»mh the first U,ack Prince, comes to a sad end- 
year or two of sound, but it sf^^^^ j^^^ comparatively short 
ther cpmpllcated by Hal^^^^^ Intrigiie is the keynote 
attempt to make it appewc^^^^^^ ^ ^ but there is 
ppraneous, as witness tbat last act |^ ™i+io-a+aa o<ri>ir.at tha 



iroo;r in Importatkm ahimld be m\iC' 

Enactment 6t th« drama is Its 
principle attribute. After all these 
sieaSons, if brongrht to the U. 8. 
Gladys Cooper, at one time consid- 
ered the most glamorous actress on 
London's stage. Now mature, she 
still has that aomethlng whlch^ 
added to her beauty, made her 
dazzlinjgi 

With Miss Cooper Is the young 
eye-full, Adrlanne 'Allen, perhaps 
the prettiest of England's peach- 
bloom players and, too, a fine ac- 
tress; CPmptetlhg a sterling trio is 
the latter's huisband, Raymond Mas- 
sey, who staged the play and ap- 
pears in it. Tidy with C6wa.rd and 
Gordon are 'In* on the presentation, 

Keith Winter, who took a bow at 
the finish, also authored 'Ratis of 
Norway,' whicu atarried Miss Cooper 
in England last season for a short 
time. His 'Shining Hour' is more 
interesting. Scene is the Eliza- 
bethan farmhouse of David Linden, 
a gentleman Torkshlre farmer, ad- 
dicted to breeding horses, compet- 
ing In horse ahoWs and playing 
classical piano pieces now and then. 

David is married to fair Judy; sp 
attractive its hard to believe he isn't 
mad about her. That theirs wasn't 
a love match la first indicated by 
Haniiah^ his sharp-tongued, spin- 
ister sister. But they are contented 
enough ; until Heiiry; a brother, ar- 
rives with his wife; Marleila. They 
are to. build a home nearby and "are 
guests of David and. Judy ' \ the 
iiiterlm. 

There is immediate conflict be- 
tween. Mariella and Hannah, wlip 
perceives that there is no real afr. 
fectatlbh between Henry: and Mar It 
ella Pithei:. As the drama progi-esses 
it might seeni that the brothers 
would exchange wives. .Instead 
there is tragedy. David and 
Mariella are drawn together; irre- 
sistably. Curiously, Judy and Mari- 
ella like and respect each, .other. 
Both realize, what Is happening ; but 
it isn't sordid, for these are gentle-., 
women. 

Mariella pleads- with her husband 
to take , her away, but he will hpt. 
Judy, feeling she. is in the Way, 
walks into a burning barn and dies. 
There is but. one conclusion; D>avld. 
and Mariella leave the farm,: which 
he^ too. now hates. Theirs is a love 
which, started at first sight and rises 



- . i: „„„ . a factor that mitigates against the 

l nfwiiro Wlay's appeal^there Is too little of J from the ruins of the barn. 

It's all a. mesa and a hodge-podge j | »ri,« 

e( feverishly ima^^^ finest thing in Rich- 

^oln's that neVOT "fe was his love for his 

the original of Mme^FraaJt^Lee to ^ ^^^^ Bohemia, 

A'*t^J*V.I?K,f^!S:rri:£^ Play. ner^death 

1 scene after his tender embraces 



Messrs. Moakowitz and Rosenberg 
that much of the matter in the 
court room scene— the play's, best 
bit-^is based on the actual evidence 
and the procedure at Scottsboro. 
But, they admit, the dialog is laid 
on rather thick and it la their In- 
tent to tone it down. 

Colored interests alone did not 
contribute funds which wex'e used, 
tib retain Samuel LieboWitz, welU 
known New York criminal lawyer, 
to defend the colored youths. , Some 
conttibutions , came from abrpa,d 
voluntarily. If the trial scene Is 
authentic in the actions pf the 
prosecuting attorney and the judge, 
then supporters of the cause are 
entirely correct- in . that the accused 
had no chance of acqultal. Testi- 
mony pf 'Dlxief Mary' and her hobo 
consort is the evldenqe that con- 
victs Sam. Jackson. Scene In the 
box car when the sheriff and his 
man climb aboard, of course, shows 
that the girls /ere not violated. 

Show opens with a colored group 
about to feast on chicken— a,: tiny 
bird is toieid in for the dozen or 
more in the group. There is en- 
semble warbling . of the spiritual 
type, also some hoofing, for good 
measure^ Then a lynchihig party 
enters and makes off with two col- 
ored lads, one of whom is. lynched 
.'—off stage. Sceiie with two white 
girls and their boy friends, estab- 
lishes the type of . persons they are. 

Playing throughout: la indifferent 
but UJe white .element seemed the 
better. Marian McLaughlin suc- 
ceeded in making 'Dixie Mary' a 
vicious type. Marjorie Warfield .as 
the other moll who reca.nts did well 
enough, too, DaVld Krotchman 
stepped into, the defense attorney 
part at short notice, and got away 
with it. 

Perhaps the best liked of the 
crooning was Hoagy Carmichael's 
Lazy Bones." Ibee. 

OUT-OF-TOWN REVIEW 

MAD LOVER 

Chicago, Feb. 

Di'Aina In three acts ' and four scenes by 
Melange .KoU, Produced and staged by 
Luther Greene and starring . Raymond 
Hackett. Settings by Virginia. Dalton. At 
the Punch land Judy, Chicago,. Feb. 18. 



making her establishment perhaps 
the most lingering Institutional ad 



The scene between Miss Copper 
and Miss Allen in the second act, 
when the wives- attempt to solve the 
situation with neither wanting, to 
hurt the ether la a highlight ending 
in the suicide. The torture of David, 



down. It . seems there that Miss 
Cooper's airt shone brightest. 

Marjorie Fielding as. Hannah, 
Cyril Raymond as Henry and Derek 
Williams, youngest of the Linden 
brothers complete the roster. 

Massey's dlefctlon has plenty to 
do with the performance but he 



ft,<r Aiw.~nninnv^^»n hpr i Seemed most tpuchlngl thereafter. Us enacted by Massey In the last act, 
J^r^L L2^«S?ba^ iiS^t^SrS^ that, the sue- is another high spot, ending when 

modus operandi has had to undergo ^^ggj^^ ^^.g^gg ^^^^ peopled with | Mariella promises never to let him 

Molt singular of all these post- I 
repeal evplutionsisth^^^ Who Is starred, and 

tiqulty which any^nf„^^"J«'." Henry MoUIson; also of the cast, are 
t perUina to boot^^^^^ the play, MolUson. 

like. All these details stand out in . , . .. the London cast 
cameo-like reliet^^^^^^^ in an Jj^^^eto^-manag^^^^ haSS^dSne^ 

exposition that endeavors to be of Excellent job productively, with the 

no«*^+« orA tnn Costumss of the period catching the | wasn't so -careful about himself 
The other IJJelousespert^ maybe, t5o careful. Seemed 

« ""i^uf; 1^?^!^ Muf^im ^^deJ \ elder characters remindful of Unnecessarily unkempt, regardless 

J^il ^?J?^2^r dry history books, of the farmer character and those 

S.wiK«rt thJ^SaJ?Js<SS^^^ per- spindly legs are surely no feminine 

stabilized fectly fitting tights for the most of lure, 

fesslonal af Pects jm a definite^ pl^ play, until he is thrown into the ' 

«^J?,^'v,*^l *° Tower and forced to abdicate to 

Hal Skelly into the character of the ] ^^^^ " 

lovable and immortal role of Whlt^M opening displays Richard at the 
(program quote) .ca^t^o^s®* .}he 20. Unljke his fighting father, 

basic demands of a sUndard of au- i» for peace and his expenditures 
thentlcity and contemporaneousness, i^j^ regarded as extravagances be 
If this is a sag^ pf Hollj^ood^s 1^„B^, not a^^oted to war. The .king 
ler people In their meanderlngs ,g ^^ hajids of his unclte 

from^ Cayuenga drive to Santa K^^^g^ of whom Is the Duke of 
Monica, it must impress as the Qj^j^^j^j^j. yoUhg monarch 

mccoy.. This is about as Bpurlous as ^^^^ ^^ rebel against theh- dom 
some of our leeal Poat-repeal llkker. j^^^^j^^^ development of Rich 

The audience to 5 ard. who ousts the plotters for a 

*2 ^t"*^^,^^ time, is such that eventually he 
Skelly's personation of the_dlpso- knight have been as tough a bird as 
maniacal ^newspaperman. Whitey, Uhe Black Prince, were it not that 
who quixotically assumes a murder ^^^y routed by the sud 
rap for the contest winner ,^no denly returned exile, Derby 



Shining Hour' is a short cast, one- 
set show with definite profit pos 
sibilitles. Ibee. 

LEGAL MURDER 

Melodrama in three acts presented at 

— . «..,»»«.4.»,.i«irn I v^- 1 the Presldtot Feb. 18 .by Allen Produc- 

queer People_In tb®*^ ™ej^"^°f f | dom Is in the hajrids of his uncles, |tiona; written by Dennto Donoghue: 

Rastua Jackson.-. ... . . . ^ . . . . .Baby Kid 

Ben ..Budolph Etirbpe 

Med, . ...... ..^ ...... .'«>.. .... .Maxwell Jones 

Scotty . , , Olen McKay 

Dixie Mary......... ...Marian McLaughlin 

Joe Green .William Clifford 

Paul Clavier.. ..Richard Freye 

June .Marjorie Warfleld 

Ma Jackson.. ..A'imee Leslie 

Sara . Jackson....... .Zeb. Jones 

Roy, . ; . . ; . Alfonza. Ashley 

Smitty . . , .Earl Plllard 

Ned... 



wants to make good In filcker^ 



, , -*„ „ Klng'^s earlier^ stage assignments I Llaa,.,..... Betty Jennings 

She's the sole link to a- less _seamier ^^^^ .j^ drama, so his return to fRer. Daniels...... ..Hayes Pryor 

side Pt Hollywood than the^ ^J»f that field is not surprising, although Frog.v ... ................... .Hdberi'l^ 

Whitey is so familiar, with, but she. ^ ,g ^^^^ ^^^e in musicals 1 Leader......,.,,.... 

too, falls for ,f ('The Vagabond King,' 'Three cieA.';-,'.V.V..V;.\V.XV;.'.V., Claude West 
about wedding bells as soon as he jj^gjjgj.ggj.g,j jjis Richard Is a rRepprter.,. ........... i...^....Ai Darling 

gets his divorce, etc^ which is the ^j^g performance, particularly to ^^f^;^' AtVdraey' 

situation^eading to the m^^^^ those, acquainted with .the type of PrbL^^^Jting^Si^V.^wTma:^ TripVeU 

Against this background is the l^uj^r whom the annals set down .y^arden. .Samuel Phiinps 

erotic authoress who is notorio^^^ Margaret Vines of „ 

her demands; the lovesick husnana i ^j^^ London cast making her debut 1 Two, newcomers, a brace of young 



here impressed ■■ most favorably as | attorneys,_ offer the first of 
the delicate Atine, Hugh Blickler Plays on the Scpttsboro case 



as the blustering Gloucester, Mpl- 
lisoh' as Derby, Charles Bryant as 
Lancaster and: Alexander Frank tts 
the Arehlshpp of Canterbury count 



who has been shirked by his climb 
ing wife, now a star; sundry uncon 
sclona,bIe Hollywood gents, Greek 
^ exhibitors; producers and sundry 
B more Pi', less f amlUax colony char. 
M acters and legendary characters. 

It^'p^of by^SSS"°S'it 11 1 
reported, is some $40,000 in the box 
for the scenic ih-vestiture alone, with 
(Jlbward Hughes* money behind. 
(Hughes oWns the screen rights, 
which : he hoped to salvage if the 
play clicked, but for obvious Hays 



two 
The! 
is 



it'^ rather too qulSt for general ap- 
peal. Ibee. 

THE SHINING HOUR 

. Drama ih three acts presenteid at the 

reasons, not to mention the lack of r Booth Feb, 13 by Max Gordon; written by 
/Jramaturglcal quality, that llkeli- I Keith Winter; suged by Raymond Maaeey. 
,,Vii0od is Still remote;) Judy Linden . ............... ^frianne All*n 

The casting is far from inspired, Ig^^.^^iLlf" '••••^^ffl'iSlmoSd 

--^Jven-^^Slcell^pr'Whltwrfcnr^^^^^^ 

personally ingratiating qualities by Mnrieiia Unden..,.,.., Gladys Cooper 

the featured player, leaves some- J David Lipden. . . . ........ .Raymond Maasey 

thing wanting. The othera are noti — ^ ^ x,. * 

even as good" with few exceptions, I When Noel Coward suggested that 
notably Gladys George, who troupes 

Ciaire la u comely screen aspirant; 
Dwlght Frye la eufflciently distrait 
as the forsaken husband! the rest 
Ve also-ran. Peppy D'Albrew's at- 
tempt at legit trouplng still leaves 



Max Gordon sponspr this British 
-made-drama,- he-baciced^p- his ot»ln-- 
lon by talcing a hunk of the show, 
its debut Justified the author-actor's 
idea and while 'The Shining Hour' 
(also known as 'Nearer Than D 
figures to di*aw mo.stly pn the lower 



other show opening this week 
'They Shall Not Die.' l-hat's poS 
slbly the reason for TiCgal Murder,' 
which has hp chance for a. run but 
may take a slight edge off 'They.' 

Triial of nine young Negroes . aC 
cused of attacking two White girls 
in an Alabama box. oar has at 
tracted attention here and abroad 
because, although one has already 
been twice convicted and sentenced 
to the gallows, the conduct of the 
trials aroused much criticism be 
cause of racist feeling. But al 
though the case has been' accorded 
reams of newspaper space, that is 
no reason why so -amateurish' a con 
Tsoction^as^^'Le&tti^^ Murder' ="sHotuld 
draw at the box ofllce. 

It is a mixed cast show, with 
more colored players used than 
whites and the author is colored, 
despite his name— Dennis Done 
ffhue; — There was trouble la the 
show's preparation, east being 
yanked by Equity and unknowns 
engaged. Some, at iMttt, are ama- 

It is 6laimed by its aponaor* the 



This is a play based on the life 
of Lord Byron, who has always been 
an excellent subject for biography 
and biographical novels. He should 
make good dramatic literature. But 
Melanie .koll has missed the drama 
and point of his life completely. The 
Are and genius of that wild poet is 
at no time apparent in this play, 
Everything is inference and possible 
suggestion by the words of the less- 
er characters in the play. They 
must speak for Byron; he is niever 
permitted . to speak' his genius and 
nature for himself. 

Show itself marks a more: ambi- 
tious step for this Beiinl^prpfessional 
group headed by Luther Greene and 
its production follows many heart- 
aches. Glenn . Hunter was Prlginal- 
ly slated for the lead, but.deal wi^s 
called off after a couple of futile 
rehearsals. Raymond Haclcett is 
the biggest name that this play- 
house has used, and if properly 
bandied should haye accounted for 
money at the b* o. But aii evident 
tightness of mazuma malces exten- 
sive advertising impossible and the 
pannings of the show itself are in 
evitable. 

Hacieett rises far above the. rest 
of the cast on the performance end, 
In fact, they igive him no support 
or buildup at all. Which IS surpris- 
ing siixPe some of these people have 
done fine work In other piroductlons. 
Frederic Bott, for instance, weak 
here as Thomas Moore, was unu- 
sually good as a Norwegian sailor in 
the previous production Of 'Maya' 
ahd has ' consistently . done good 
wPrki This is his first slip-up. 
Thornton Coolidge ruined the role 
of Beau Brummel, delivering his 
lines in a peculiarly pitched mono 
tone that was vexing. 

Alexandria Knuutt who has held 
up most of the plays here, partiicu 
larly as the lead in "Maya,' unfor- 
tunately has practically nothing to 
do. Must be cpntent with only a 
walk-on and two- word bit as Lady 
Byron. 

Play takes Byron from his parting 
with his wife In ISliS to his death 
in.Greecie eight years later. Attempt 
is made.. to make particular women 
in Byron'is life as the theme of each 
act, but the attempt misses. It's a 
literary deyice thalt's meaningless 
here. Theme woman of the first act 
is Annabelle, Lady Byron. Of sec- 
ond act Is Lady Caroline and' so on 
with none of the women except 
Lady Byron making an. impression. 
Love of Byron for Mary Chawprth 
(Mrs. Musters) Is written as the 
Threat JoJteL=.oL-hia-Jife.,and=-of- the 
play. 

Lack of a centt'al theme has hurt 
this play. It builds to no climax 
The conflict of natures isn't built 
on sufficiently solid ground here to 
make it carry the play. The story 
movea along in Jerky faishioh to the 
death of Byron without once regis- 
tering any real intensity of feeling. 
The play hasn't a chance ansrwhere 
in Its present eoncefitton. GoTit. 



DAOJES TO KEEP LEGTT, 
NTTERY A^SEPARATE 

League of New Tork Theatres 
has reeclved aaaurancea froin the 
New Toi-k dallies that cafe and 
night, club advertising shall hot be 
: ncluded in the directpry. listings of 
legit attractions and theatres. 
Managers took the poaltlbn that the 
Caalno de Paree and I>alaiB Royal 
had entered into unfair; competition 
with legit shows by inserting copy 
in the show list. 

Brock Pembertpn* who headed a 
committee to place the matter be- 
fore the publishers, reeclved prompt'. 
respPnses— -papers : a.greeing that 
such advertising. Was wrongly 
spotted, Managerial argument is 
that tlie night spots have liqupr li- 
censes in addltipn to shows, but 
that no theatre, except the Metro- 
politan, had been accorded a license. 

New. York 'Times did not carry 
the Paree advertising because re- 
fusing to place it aniong the .show 
ads. . That was voluntary and prior 
to the protest by the showmen. 

Coast Productioo Opens 
tip; 3 Plays Readying 

tlollywood,. Feb. 1?; 
Henry !l)uffy's .next production, to 
follow 'Autumn Crocus' at El Cap!-, 
tan, will be 'Men in White,' set to 
open March. 4, Russell ilimore 
will stage. 

Music Box gets another lease of. 
life Feb^ 22, when Arthur: Metzger 
and Irving Webber produce 'Gold 
Diggers on parade,' full length mu- 
sical, there. .Producers plan to run 
the play two weekSj regardless 6f 
profit, and then send It out on a 
tour of one nlghters, with a con- 
densed version for picture houses, 
if they can peddle It. 

After being dark for , several 
months. Orange Grove, downtown, 
is set to reopen March 7 with. 
'Squaring of the Circle,' ft Soviet 
comedy, produced by the Rebel 
Players, 



Egon Brecker Rejoins 
Le Galfienne Rep in L. A. 



Los Angeles, Feb; 19. 
After being out of the cast since 
it played In New Tork, Egon 
Brecker rejoins the Eva Le Galli- 
enne Repertory Co. when it goes 
into ; the Biltmore here, to resume 
the lead role opposite the actress in 
'The Master Builder.' 

Brecker has been 
in pictures, 



Fund Balance $782 



Although the amount of cash on 
hand of the Stage Relief Fund 
dropped to $782 up to last Friday 
(16) three legit shows will giv 
Sunday night performances in ai 
of the Fund. 

Schedule has 'Sailor, Beware,' Ly- 
ceum, next Sunday (26); 'Roberta,' 
New Amsterdam, March 4, and 'She 
Loves Me Not,' 46th Street, March 
18. 



Show Boat Off 

Whitehall, N. T., Feb. 19. 
There is little likelihood that a 
showboat will, ply the waters of 
Lake George the coining summer. 
Business last year was exceedingly 
good but failed to make up the 
losses Incurred .by the company in 
the operation of two passenger 
boats. 

' As a result, the Lake. George 
'Transportation Corp., with head- 
quarters in Glens Falls, has gone 
into bankruptcy,. Schedule ishows 
liabilities of $76,18? amd assets Pf 
13,681. 



ENGAGEMENTS 

Lloyd Nolan, Lee Baker, Thomas 
Chalmers, Emily Lowry, Johnny 
Downs, Alice Ann Baker. Fleniihg 
Ward, Lallve Brownell, Roy Gor- 
don, Edwin Vlckery, Anne Dere, 
Irby Marshall, Philip Van Zant, 
Byron Shores, William Dorbin, 
*Raggea""ATmy'^(complete°=cast)r=^^ 

Richard Whorf for Douglas Mont- 
gomery, 'Gentlewoman!' 

Lloyd Hiiighes, Don TomHInp. Eve 
Casanova, Malda Reade, Harry Ty- 
ler, Harold de Besker, Lillian la 
Tonge, 'Hot Heir'. 

Marjorite Peterson, Brian Don- 
levy, Louis J. Heydt, June Mai'telle. 
Helen Brooks, Carl Johan, 'Per- 
fumed Lady,' 

James Bell, The Ptire In Heart.' 



TttCBday, February 20, 1934 



LECITIMATE 



VARIETY 



47 



Code Reopening March 21; 
Simplitcation of Rules Expected 



Washington, Feb; 19. 
Reopening of the legit . theatre 
code for amendments has beeii fixed 

tentatively for March 21 by KRA. ' 

Hearing on proposals ta. make 
changes and improvements in the 
administrative ..provisions wiU he 
«onduct€id hy Deputy Administrator 
' William P. Fat-riswotth. Place not 
yet fixed. 

Amendments arci Intended to re- 
.euit In the. adoption of a standard 
if orm specifying the extent of au- 
]^horIty's power and nature of .its 
fiinctlonig. NRA is starting to put 
across a sitigle pattern for this por- 
tion of effective codegi As the sev- 
enth code approved* the legit pact 
was' not fashioned after any par- 
ticular standard, and clarification is 
deemed necessary to simplify ad- 
ministration, and give authority adi- 
ditional needed powers. . . 

Code in its present form erii- 
powers. the code a.i thority to 'assist 
the National Recovery Adminis- 
trator in administering the pro- 
visions of the act as set forth in 
this codev Initiate and consider such 
recommendations and regulations 
and interpretations, including trade 
practices as may come before it, 
a.nd in such case shall in dellbera- 
"tlons heid Vithout publicity and re- 
corded in Writing, submit to the 
National Recovery Administrator 
its advice setting forth in each In- 
stance whether said committee 
unanimously approves or unani- 
mously rejects • is disagreed upon 
the proposal.' 

After revision, code probably will 
specify that industry body has 
power to (1) insure execution and 
provide for compliance; (b) adopt 
by-laWs, rules and regulations;, (c) 
obtain from members of the indus- 
try sUch irifprmiation and reports as 
are needed to bring about observ- 
ance and efllcient administration; 
(d) use trade Eissociations and other 
agencies to aid in carrying out 
activities; (e) makel recommenda- 
tions; (f) levy equitable assess- 
ments; (g) regulate use of NRA in- 
6ignla; and (h) recommend addi- 
tional, trade practice, industrial 
planning, and employment stabiliza- 
tion provisions.. 



m ACTION BY NRA 
ON HARRIS MAITER 



Washington, Feb. ?0. 

Suspicion that nothing will come 
of ■ the case brought against Jed 
Harris for alleged, code violation In 
connection with presentation . of 
•The Lake' has been confirmed' by 
the" NRA's do-nothing policy the 
past. week. 

'The matter is still being studied,* 
Deputy Administrator William P. 
Farnswortli said, 'Further • than 
that, i. cannot discuss the subject.' 

Inside report is that legit code 
authority's report will continue to 
gather dust in the NRA legal divi- 
sion and Justice Department. Issue 
was dodged by Divisional Adminis- 
trator Sol Rosenblatt and Farns- 
w^th by referring the matter to 
;i4gal' sharps Toy "aff eht ion." " " 



Equity Files Claims 

Against No-Pay Play 



Los Angeles, Feb. 19. 

Wage claims for actors and mu- 
sicians totaling approximately $1,- 
S,20, for the single week's erigage- 
inent of 'What a Woman Thinks' 
at the Alcazar, San F'rancisco, . have 
piled up against J. H. Morton, the 
producer. 

Fbllo^ying its several weeks' run 
at the Belasco .here under tiie title, 
•Love Chiselers,' the play was 
booked into the Alcazar, with actors 
receiving a two weeks' minimum 
guarantee. Bond to cov^r the last 
week's salary was posted, with 
Equity, but producer failed to pay 
^off_=the--p.layers=ftfter=--folding.^ Intone, 
tireek. L B". Kornblum, Equity at- 
torney, has started action to recover 
$1,300 In wages allegedly due. 

In 'Frisco, Bob NUrok, orchestra 
contractor, has filed a claim for $250 
with the State Labor Bureau, 
charging that amount Is still due 
the musicians on a total, contract 
price of $320J 



Juve Character Man 



Legit Code says that actors 
with less than two years' ex- 
periencie can be paid- |26 a 
week. 

A new show now being cast ; 
is looking, for ah old character 
man of that category. 



UTTIE THEATRE GO'S 
IS^TATE ROAD TOUR 



Philadelphia, Feb. 



as 



already 

planned by the Hedgerow Theatre 
group in Rose Valley will be eVeh 
more ambitious and extended than 
expected. It will start In the middle 
of September and carry on until 
late December and. will cover fif- 
teen states; with Houston, Texas,- ais 
the last booking in all probability, 
although there's a possibility of a. 
continuation, to the Ps^ciflc Coast -pr 
a .return eastward through the 
south^ .In the middle west the 
tour wlli be under the direction of 
Lucius Pryor Concert Bureau. Of 
Council Bluffs, Iowa. 

Fifteen members of the company, 
including., its head, Jasper Deeter, 
will make the trip and four plays 
will . be carried, including 'Mary, 
Mary, Quite Contrary,' by St . John 
Ervine; 'The Inheritors,' by Susan 
Glaspell; 'Beyond .the Horizon,' by 
Eugene O'Neill and 'The Romantic 
Age,' by A. A. Milne. 

Hedgerow will add Its 102rid .play 
to its repertory this Saturday^ It 
will be Chekov's 'Three Sisters.' 
The theatre, which has; the largest 
repertory of any group in the coun- 
try and is second only to the Prague 
company in Europe, celebrates Its 
nth birthday on April 21. 



Current Road Shows 



Week Feb. 19 

'Autumn Crocus,* El Capitan, 
Hollywood^ 

Cornelia Oti Selwyn, 
Chicago. 

'Curtai ises,' Cprt, Chicago. 

'Dod^worth/ Garrick, Philadel- 
phia, Feb. 19-21. 

'Double Door,' Plymouth, Boston. 

Ed Wynn, Shubert^ New Haven, 
Feb.- 19; Court Square; Springfield, 
Feb. 21;. Opei-a- House, Boston, Feb. 
22-24. . 

'Elizabeth Sleeps Out,' StUdebaker, 
Chicago. 

..Eva Le Gallienne Repertory, - 
langer-Golumblat San Frahclisco. 

'Greert Pastures,' ML:pah Temple, 
Fort Wayne, Feb. 19-20; Travel, 
Feb. 21; Auditorium,. Lexington, 
Ky.;: Feb. 22; Auditorium, Charles- 
ton, W. Va., Feb, 23-24. 

'Hold Your Horses,' 
cago. 

Katharine Cornell Repertory, Mel- 
ba, Dallas. Feb. 19-20; Paramount, 
Austin, Feb. 21; San Antonio, f^eb. 
22; Houston, Feb. 23-24. 
. .'My Lord: the Duke/ Playhouse, 
Hollywood: 

'Sailoi<, Beware,' Mayan, 
geles. 

'School for Husbands/ National, 
Washington. 

'Ten Minute Ati i/ Erlanger, Chi- 
cago. 

Walter Hampden Repertory, ilt- 
miore, Los Angeles. 



LEVENTHAL-WEE 
5-SPOKE STOCK 
WHEEL 



Doran as Legit Producer 
On Own; No Picture Coin 



D. A. Dora,n, who left Foy as 
eastern story editor Feb. 1, has de- 
cided to give up pictures and tui-n 
legit producer. 

He has picked out a script and 
will produce it shortly. Supposedly 
entirely oii his own; instead . of tak- 
ing financing from a film . producer. 
Recently Doran had an oft&c, re- 
portedly from RKO, to launch two 
play$ a year which that studio 
would back and, later oh, under 
Doran's supervision, turn into films. 

Doran left for Hollywood Thurs- 
day (15) to clPar up personal mat-^ 
ters out there and to search around 
f<>r a film name to he£Ld the cast 'of 
his first play. 



Authors of "Britches' 
Pass Up Cohan-Guild 



Charlotte, N. C:, Feb, 19.. 

New York production rights for 
'Tight Britches,' North Carolina 
mountain play by Hubert Hayes 
and John Taintor Fbote, have been 
contracted for. Hayes lives here. 

George M. Cohan had an option 
on the play through his . director, 
Sam Forrest, and extended nego- 
tiations for a- production by the 
Theatre Guild had been- . underway. 
However, the authors would not 
consent to making changes in the 
play for the Guild and woutdn't ac- 
cept a contract allowing the pro- 
ducers the right to change the play; 
"The authors have not announced the 
name of the new producer^ 



Out of the Deep 

James H. Montgomery, .• whoso 
most successful musical book writr 
ing was 'Irene' and Henry R. S.tern, 
former pop song composer, both of 
whom have 'been in retirement, 
will emerge as managers. They will 
j?flEer- 'Brain. Sweiat; ' b y.,JQhn JJharle s 
Brpwnell, who authored several 
Broadway successes. Stern wrote 
under the name of S^ R. Henry. 

Show is ' rehearsing in Harlem. 
It is a drama calling for a colored 
cast, but with one white player.-- 
Brownell has also completed the 
script of a dfama called 'Soil,' lo- 
called In New England. 



Wee and Leventhal has expanded 
its rotai-y stock system, which now 
includes five theatres in fovir stands. 
Spots are Philadelphia, where firm 
is operating Erlanger's and the 
Broad; the Boulevard, Jackson 
Heights; Broad Street, Newark, and 
a . Boston house which Is being 
negotiated for. 

Duo firm Is operating along lines 
similar to its previous cheap ticket 
revivalSi ruled out by the legit Code; 
in New York. Monday (19) it 
opened in Newark with Pauline 
Frederick in 'Her Majesty the 
Queen.' "Top is |2.20 but uhdei:- 
stood that, various types of cut 
rates, are also being used, including 
throwaways. 

in Philly the English 'pit' plan 
has been used by the same firai 
with 'Dangerous .Cbrner.' 

Amohg the first changes to be 
suggested in the legit code when 
the hearings start in Washington 
is a revision of the throwaway ban 
which will include all cities. Wee 
iand Leventhal are .said to have 
admitted that while they could not 
operate cheap ticket schemes in the 
metropolis, they had tra'Hsferred 
such activities to other stands. 

Throwaways are rated unfair 
practice under the code biit the 
phraislng of the ban is so vague 
that only New York is protected 
against that type of low cost show 
business. 

There was no meeting of the legit 
Code Authority last week. Sessions 
are carded for alternate Wednes- 
days unless there is pressing busi- 
ness. Hearing on legit code is ten- 
tatively dated for March 21. 



B'HAM STOCK FOLDS 

Birmingham, Feb. 19. 
Grand at Montgomery playing the 
Edith Ambler Stock Company went 
dark after about 14 weeks. 

Walter Anibler took the company, 
into the house from Zahesvllle. 



Dickstein Bill Up Again; Equity 
Favors It, but Managers Opi 



isei 



Quake Refunds 



Los Angeles, Feb. 19.' 
leven months after thei 
Long Beach earthquake the 
Blltmore here continues to 
cash in ticket^, originally pur-, 
chased for .'Of Thee .1 Sing,' but 
unused . when thei disaster! . 
rocked buildings. 

At one time more than' '300 
ducats were out. 



NON-UNION PlAir OPENS; 
NRA CHARGES DROPPED 



•Legal Murder* with a. cast of 
colored and white non-Equ:'.;- play- 
ers opened aX the President, a lit- 
tle theatre In the Broadway zone 
last Thursdaiv (15). Show is based 
on the S.cottsboro case in v which 
nine' Negroes .were, accused of at' 
tacking two 'White girls arid iiad 
been postponed when Equity or- 
dered out the original caist because 
the prodiucers failed to post a sal- 
ary igruarantee bond. 

Samuel. Rosenberg and Leo Mos- 
kowitz, two young attorneys, are 
the presenters, under the trade 
name. of Allen Productions. In an-, 
swer to ciomplalnts to the "NRA by 
Equity and the Theatre Guild thiat 
they were operating counter to. the 
legit code, they declared the players' 
salaries are not under the minimum 
set by the Code. 

Complaints were to the effect that 
'Murder,' Is using non-union stage 
hands and scenic a.rtists, while, oth- 
er shows were operating under <^de 
rules, was guilty of unfair prac- 
tice. Guild's interest concerns its 
Scottsboro play,' 'They Not 
Die,' which .opens at the Roya,le 
Wednesday (21). 

Show management, however, 
stated there were no stia,ge hands, 
the actors handling the scenery;. In- 
dications are that most , of the jplay-r 
ers in 'Murder' have had less than 
two years of stage experience, c6de 
minimum for such people being $26 
weekly. For those of more expe- 
rience the lowest legal wage is $40 
weekly. 

There appears to have been plenty 
of w'rangling within the show. One 
dispute sent. Murray Brown but of 
the cast on the eve of opening, 
ialthough Brown was featured . on 
the house boards. ' Brown had dis- 
missed an .actreiss who appealed to 
the NRA claiming salary due, with 
the result that the managers agreed 
to pay her one week's 'wages for 
time spent in rehearsal. 

Under the code it is required that 
legit players receiving $100 or less 
weekly are to be paid one week's 
salary in advance, after two weeks 
of rehearsal. That money is in the 
nature of an advance, players to 
be paid half , salaries the first and 
second week of the engagement. 

Rosenber ; and Moskowitz said 
they had ho desire to qua,rrel with 
Equity but because of the small 
house did not think they should 
expend coin on a salary bond. They 
said they offered to insert in the 
actors' contr: ct a requirement that 
they Join ^JqUify after the "Shew was 
open two weeks but. that Equity 
wasn't interested in tliat idea.. 

Robert K. Strauis at NRA head- 
quarters, New York, stated that^the.. 
complaints were not ' backed up by 
evidence and, therefore, the ..matter 
was not acted on. 



Performers Squawking About 10% 
Salary Cuts When Shows Hit Clu 



Chicago, Feb. 19. 
Performers- in legit are beginning 
to take serious notice of the grow- 
ing tendency of producers to cut 
Mst'sSTaf ies^'afi' Ibo^^^^ 
shows into the loo|) from New York. 
Practically every siiow brought into 
town from New York this year has 
gotten a salary slice after a •week 

OP- two- -in— the— loop. . . . 

In most instances the slice de- 
manded is 10%, with the producer 
threatening tjg^lose the show if the 



cast refuses to accept the cut. Per- 
formers are. in. this way left ho a,l- 
ternative, being forced to take the 
clip for the hope of ' an addltionail 
few weeks" of work. 
^Eqxflty-tffflce haB^-been^^^^^ 
an Increasing number of legit per- 
formers putting up this yelp abbut 
the cut. ■ 

In many Instances there is little 
or no excuse fQiL.the.fialarx:fifiiss.or- 
Ing. Several .shows that were mak- 
ing excellent moneyj nevertheless, 
demanded that the cast take a. slice. 



Opposition from legit inanagers, 
and picture interests is expected to 
develop today (-20). in Washington 
and next Tuesday (27) during com- 
mittee hearings concerning th 
Dickstein .bill, designed to bar. alien 
actors from the United States,- ex- 
cept those of unquestioned - distin- 
giiished ability, rfhe -measuri^, In- 
trpduc^d by Congressman Samuel. 
Dickstiein, N. Y., during tiie last 
^$esslon, paissed both, the hous'e. and, 
'senate but niet 'with a vest pocket 
veto by Ex-President Hoo'ver. 

Athough it believes itis'o'nrn alien 
actor rules' ai'e working satisfactor-. 
ily, Equity will <:pme out in favor 
of the measure . A't •today'is session 
but •will isuggest. some revisions. 
.Under Equity rules foreigners can- 
not bie given, successive engage- 
ments in legit shows, a lapses of 
six months being required after 
each . ehgagementf but such players 
are free to work in pictures; or other 
amusements. 

Provision' in the Dickstein bill, 
makes it msthdatory for alien^artists 
, to leave the country immediately 
after, completing an engagement. 
Intent Of the clause is. that should 
a foreign player qualify as a didr 
tihguished artist, .he or she shall 
hot be a.llowed to remain, here in- 
definitely, since the'purposei of the 
measure is to protect native talent 
and aid unemployment in all amuse^ 
ments. 

Unemployment in the legit is 
perhaps larger .than In the other 
fields. Equity's paid up jmehiber- 
shlp is repoi'ted at its lowest ebb, 
there being less than 2,000 legits in 
good standing. Estiihated that 
tliere are between 4,000 and 5,000 
Equityites who are linablo to pay 
dues, and who havei secured excuse 
cards or have attempted to secure 
other pccupations. 

For that reason Equity favors the 
Dickstein restrictions. Because of 
exceptional cases where managers 
insist the appearance of certain for- 
eign actors is necessary to the sucr 
cess of a performance, Equity has 
several times made unwilling ex- 
ceptions of aliens who under its: 
rules should h{ive laid, off legit for 
six months.. .In addition . alien ac- 
tors have frequently gone Into pic- 
tures after legit appearances, there- 
by taking jobs which ordinarily 
would have been given American 
professionals. 

Legit producers are opposed to 
the bill on the genera.l.gi-ounds that 
the casting of plays should riot be 
hampered by federal rules. Picture 
Interests are expected to be strong- 
ly represented at next, week's hear- 
ing in opposition to the bill. Their 
objections are of wider scope and 
they seek the right to Import talent 
for development. . Understood that 
the Dramatists Guild, will also op- 
pose the bill. 

One amendment which Equity will 
seek is an exemption for alien unit 
shows, such as entire troupes usinjg 
foreign languages; -Status of Im.- 
ported vaudeville and circus peir- 
formers appears not to have been 
definitely established but it Is be- 
lieved . such -artists are rated as ex- 
ceptional artists and therefore not 
to be barred by the bill. 



SCHOOL TOWNS AS STOP 
FOR LEGIT ROAD TOUR 



. . -Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cbburn 
opened in Plttsfield, Mass., Satur- 
day (17) In a revival, of 'The Yel- 
lo^v7 Jacket' and started a two - week 
ilate in . Boston, Monday. .Show 
then, jumps to' iPhlladelphia for a 
twp-week stop. 

Chicago will thb foUowIhg 
riiiajor stand but Victor Lelghton, In 
arranging the time, booked the 
shOw iiito several college audlr 
toriumis on the way out. Such rout- 
ing is a hew booking wrinkle, show, 
to play the colleges at $1.50 
$2 top. 

Similarly titled, neW drama, 
'Yellow Jack,"^ is opening in New 
iTork next week at the Martin Beck. 



BALLET'S HOAD TOUB 

Seattle, Feb. 19. 
"Pavley-©ukTainBky-ballet--next-at«= 
tFaction at Metropolitan, Feb. 23-24, 
at $2 top. Fifteen in the company, 
which has dates in Tacoma, Port- 
land, Salem, Eugene, Vancouver, 
Yakima^ , Pullman. Cheney and 
Spokane. 

Headed into Calif, after complete 
Ing N. W. tour. 



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(t St. Martin> fUte, TnUlsnr SqiiAre 



rOREIGN SHOW NEW$ 



Cablff Addiwn: TARICTT, TONDONt. 
Telephone Tempre B«r SMl-SfMS. 



Cop Heads French State Theatre 
For a Few Days- Just PoEtics 



Paris; Fiefa. 10. 

Police shakeuii, atterihath of the 
Stavisky scandal, put a 6op tot a 
few., days this #eek at the head of 
the Theatre Francais, famed ; state 
playhouse which MoUere founded. 
Terrific. roW arose frona everybody 
In . show business, and the cop 
.finally had to admit he wouldn't, do 
on the job and quit. 

He was Georges Thome, : whom 
the then Premiere Daiadler fired aa 
head of. the Surete Geherale, secret 
police whlcb gummed up the Sta- 
visky chase', and Is even accused In 
-^ome quarteirsVof haying shot him. 
JOfaladler had. to flrid a new job for 
Thome,,, so he made- Emlle' iB^bre, 
Theatre Pranciaise director, retire 
on a peioislon (he Is old. enough) and 
put Thome In his- :^lace. . 

It may seem funny that French 
politics put a detective into show 
business, but th€i reason for throw- 
, Ing Fabre out; Is tiinhler stilli Most 
.successful play he; has put on this 
season is a translation of.. Shake- 
ispeare's 'Corlolanus.' Reasqji: for 
success Is 'hot 'France's love of 
Shakespeare, but fact that the play, 
as produced -by Fabre» kids demo- 
cratic government In ancient Rome, : 
and local public takes it as a siatlre \ 
on French current politics, When 
Shakespeare's funhy-looklng Roman 
poiltclaiis on stage piill boners, au- 
dience roars and whistles. They 
love It.. 

Politicians, sore, called thie play a. 
piece of Fascist propaganda, and 
Chamber of Deputies appropriations 
commilttee a month ago. tried to cut 
"^he state theatre's subsidy as pun- 
ishment. Press laughed thls^off. at 
the tlrtie. 

Press again . was chief agent lA- 
echolng roarq of the .theatrical 
world to get rid of Thome, who is 
^i,now adrift, idtogether, Daiadler.. be- 
ing out of office again. Fabr(fe Is 
back In his old; place, temporarily 
at leaist 



Pic Media tor 



(Continued from page 7> 

of code activities, aiid! has inyesti 
gated a batch 'of general, charges of 
violations, miany from . pix. Cun 
nlbgham alSb has gone into ail dis 
puted points, on' cdde interpretations 
that have popped up arid has 
dropped full Information on the 
desks of Rosenblatt aind other cod^e 
administrators for. final decision. 

Judge Lilndsey's appointment to 
handle code labor troubles is uh 
derstood. to have been recommended 
by President Roosevelt^ General 
Hugh S. Johnson, Secretary of La 
bor Frances Perkins and other ad- 
minlstrtitlon leaders and was dis- 
cussed between Lilndsey and Rosen 
blatt during the latter's Holly vrbod 
visit. 

Oill<ilal policy for Lliidsey will 
keep him out of the jurisdiction of 
committees already set up under the 
code except when the committees 
can't handle a situation, or when 
complainants . go direct to him, 
charging unfair treatment from the 
committee in quesjtlon. 

Llndsey will pay no .attention to 
local or organization ideas on what 
the ode means' but will be guided by 
official instructions, arid rulings laid- 
down from .time to time from 
Washington or deflriitely established 
by the Code Authority. . 
. Immediately following George 
Creel's announcement of the Liindr 
sey. appoln^ent Thursday. (16), of- 
ficials of 16 employee organizations 
dug into their files for carbon Copies 
of every unsettled- complaint they've 
had and started, shooting them into 
NR'A headquarters. 



'Onfy Kidding' 



(Continued from page 46) 

tiO Gallienne' crashed ' across more 
CroTlt pages. Miss Le (gallienne had 
this to say: 

1 was to speak at a. wo.man's cliib, 
for a sizable fee, but when i arrived 
in town .I Was told that the. meeting 
had been cancelled. Accordingly, I 
went ahead with my rehearsal that 
morning, and the very next thing T 
knew all the rejporters were around 
aisklng why I had broken my ap- 
pointment. 

'Naturally,. I wasi horribly shocked 
and distressed,, but just to s.hpw my 
good faith, a few days iater I can- 
celled, niy fee and appeiired gratis, 
taking Ethel . Barrymor^ {tlong. I 
began by telling the women that 
they knew Jiothiiig of the hardsKIps 
of th^ theatre, and. the discipline, 
aind how we go .on. and :do bur work 
«yen though our fathers are dying 
and we a:re sick in n^lnd and body. 
When I Introduced' Miss Barrympf e, 
she told the clubworiieh that I was 
right, that they didn't know any- 
thing about the Jife of!. the theatre, 
so how and' why' coiild; they ' blame 
me for not having appeared?* 

The rest. Miss LiC Gailifenne w^nt 
on, is newspaper;, history, for some- 
how or other that story was .pub- 
lished in greatly garbled form. 

The same applied to a recent hap- 
pening In Boston, the vet trouper 
continued, when she was speaking 
on her repertory i^ea to: ah audl'^ 
toHum fiiir^f people. So engrossed 
In her subject was she that when' 
a . camera fiashllght suddenly flared 
up, the horrors of a previous ex- 
plosion in which ' she had been in- 
iured api>eared.ln her mind and for 
a moment she stopped talking^ stbod 
almost stunned, then irecoverihg -her 
equilibrium, apologized and W6nt on 
with her talk. The ca;meramah; she 
said, later sent her a note apolo- 
gizing for. haying frightened her. 

But to her Amazement a friend 
phoned her from J^ew Tofk the fol- 
lowing day to ahnoiihce that the 
i>apers were full of stories that Bhe 
had slapped a^ photoe;rapher. t. All of 
which, commented Miss Le Galli 
enne, was so much pish and tush. 

One thing 16 certain in the Le Gal 
llenne mind. Pepple never seem to 
khow whert she is kidding and when 
sh3 Is serious. 



2-Act Habit 



It 1^ usual for musical shows 
to be perforriied 'in two acts, 
as' against .three for other 
types, of stage fare, but there, 
has been a tendency to pre- 
sent straight plays in two acts 
this season. 

To" date there have been 
eight two-a:ct dramais and com- 
edies on Broadway. In sev- 
eral instances the reason is the 
fact that, the authors a,nd di-. 
rectors did not care to cut the 
dialog and by eliminating one 
intermission period the cui^taih 
has rung down by 11. p. m. or 
a few minutes later. 



Lohdon 's Nite Spots, with Names, 
OpeD B^; floor Shows Bopmed 



CWA Continues 



LONDON LEdT 



Lohdon, Feb. lO. 

The Ilbr^arles (ticket tigendtes) on 
balancing their, books tot the past 
year, have flgrured out. that they did 
30% 'nioire business than the' 'pre- 
vious year. 

They seem thoroughly confident 
business will coritiriue to improve,, 
and point to th^ fact °ithat there are 
a.bout half .a dozen enormous suc- 
cesses in the West End at the fnio- 
"ment.^ * 



Femme Manag^ers 

An ail femme managerial set-up 
concerns , the presentation .of 'Fur- 
nished Rooms,'- by Ragnhllde Brug- 
land; A Miss Miller and a ^iss 
Pasquier will make the presenta- 
tion. 



Dorchester Hotd 
Expansioii; Paul 
Wliiteinaii to Open? 

London, Feb^ 10; 
Dorchester Hotel mariageraent in- 
tends to turn a massive garage at 
the back of the hotel into a res- 
taurant for the puripose of .staging 
its future American floor sho^s. 
Demand for these shows ha^ been 
so great that hotel accommodation 
Is proving too small. 

New restaurant will iioid. 1,000 
people comfortably. If plan, which 
Is seriously being considered, goes 
through, .inahagement intends to 
bring over Paul Wlilteman and 
band as opening attraction. 

This- w^Ill necessitate . some 
rangement with American Musi- 
clans' Union, whereby it will be 
asked to reconsider tlio banning of 
IBnglish bands , in America. 

This has always .beien a sore.i;>oiht 
here with the Ministry oif Labor, 
which win not allow ' American 
biands over here, dlnce the Jack 
Hylton ban. In the long run, Amer- 
icans iiave been the losers, as at 
most^ there aure ialiout two English 
bands that wbuld. venture, an Amer- 
ican opening, "whereas there, are at 
least a dozen Americans sure of 
clicking here. 



Word-of-Mouth Builds 
Luht-Fontaniie Show 

London, Feb. 10. 
^he Liint-Fontanne 'Reunion In 
Vienna' at the Lyric has turned out 
a smash. . It st^irted slowly, and it 
was figured the picture, which was 
released before the stage presenta- 
tion; had taken the edge off It 
^-W'onfl.^n&. mouth-- did Jt- 



Broad Reopens 

Newark, Feb. 19. 
After having everything else ru- 
mored for It, the "Broad reopened 
Monday with legitimate, showing 
•Her Majesty, the Widow,' with 
Pauline Frederick. Modern Pro- 
ductions has taken the house. 



Ethel Barrpore Snuhs London 
Press, and Ahnost Is Cancelled 



London, Feb. 10. 
Ethel BarrymOre. will, remenvber 
her English vaudeville debut for the 
rest of her life. 

Oh hetf arrlyal here she Imriiedi- 
ateiy becanie a teriiporai<y recluse, 
refuslhg to see any of the. press 
boys; which might have been good 
publicity. But when she granted 
the 'Evening Standard' an interview, 
leaving the other- lads flat, the burn- 
up was complete. A. week later, the 
Palladium management staged a 
presia. reception In honor of the star. 
Everybody showed up except the 
press. 

On her opening at the Palladium, 
the scribes, with good memories, 
compared her to Irene yanbrugh, 
creator of 'The Twelve. Pound Look' 
In the days When the. Coliseum 
played vaudeville, and. with Barry- 
more, getting the worst of it. 

Her reception at the Palladium 
was of the forbearing but silent 
kind, with lots of . customers com- 
j^aiUiiing^ahe:-.c ouid_be__s.e.en, _ but not 
heard. This despite her' gdod "dic- 
tion and the house being accoustic- 
ally good. 

Palladium management became 
greatly perturbed, and. was anxious 
to Cancel her after opening, as 
of mouth publicity was killing the 
business. She managed to stay the 
week, but did not play a second 
week. 



Kimberly aiid Page Unit 
Shortietis Far jEast Tour 

London, Feb. 10. 

Kimberly and Page unit. Which 
sailed for Par East tour Dec. 29, 
expecting to be away for' a year, 
has sent out an SOS expecting to 
return early March. . 

Unit encountered lots of . trouble 
from the start,- wltii some Of the 
outfit iiavlng been found totally un- 
suited. This could have been over- 
come, but the 'quakes In India and 
other Eastern spots have killed the 
chances of making real nibney, they 
found otit. 



word^ vate 



Chadwick Hurt 

Cyril ■ Chadwick, veteran actor in 
the cast of 'Richard of Bordeaux,' 
Elmpire, N. T., slipped on the_ ice 
WiTTe"'^\vatKXhg'nfi6^^ 
(13) night a:nd sustained a broken 
leg. At the Polyclinic hospital 
X-rays displosed 30 fractures. 
Accident happened aft«er. a prl- 
showlng -of— ^Richard,' evening 
before the premiere. He was re- 
placed by Alexander Frank, latter 
going Into the show after several 
hours rehearsaL 



((Continued from page 45) 

to Equity it was vigorously denied 
thai, there had been any dlscrlmlria- 
tion, or -that dues .haid been sought; 
for among the CWA players and it 
wais . further stated iliat Equity has 
no ;objectloh, to Its niembers ap- 
pearing with nori-mehibers |n the 
CWA outfits. 

Isaues Stalem«ht 

Paul Dul^eil. Issued the. fpllbwlhg 
statement of Eiquity's. pqsltioh: 

*It has conie to pur attention that 
there are rumots being circulated 
and written complatihts belhg sent, 
reigardlhig the attitude oh the col- 
lection of Equity duds from the" 
members who are appearing In the . 
productlbiisf . being oitonspred under 
the auspices of the CWA in New 
York City. 

'On behalf of the iassociatloh, we 
wish to stite as emphatically as it 
can be said,- that Equity at no . time 
has..h)ad<e! ahy demand from an>^ 
members in ahy ..one.' ot these pro- 
ductions, who lay be" (n arrears 
for dues; and. neither sire wei going 
to. Further than that-r-We do not: 
and will not Object to bur members 
appearing with non-members pro- 
vided they are bona fide actors, ' 

"The A.E. .: realizes that this is 
a relief measure under gpvern- 
mental supervision, arid , is co-oper- 
atirig in every way possible, not only 
with the CWA officials, but with 
iall actors and directors who are 
now a part of it, or who may later 
become a part of it. If any. mem- 
bers feel that they a.re financially 
able to place themselves in good 
standing whiie they are receiving 
this kind of employment, it is of: 
course their r light to^do so, i>iit that 
action is solely a Voluntary ohe, 

'There has not .been, and 'W^lll hot 
be, any intimation to. extract front 
our . people, any. payment for dues 
under this kind of circumstances.' 

Announcement , of cphtlhuation. of 
shoWs by Dr» ' L. B. Shar pe, head .of 
the CWS Technical Projects Dlvl- 
-slon, quartered at 259 West .14th 
-street, N. Y., was accompanied by 
I the resignation of .Miss Smith. The 
dramatic dlylsioh has moved- from 
Ekiulty's ofllces to the CWS quarte^i^ 
where George Junkln Is now in 
charge of the' dramatic dlvisloh, 
Somepf the original staff will be re- 
tained... ^ 

Ouestions aroU'sed oyer, the CWS, 
Shows among Equity's membership 
pointed to the. main query as. to 
whether the down and. out actOr was 
getting a square deal in the pro- 
ject — whether engagements had 
been given players who had worked 
this season ahd. last, or 'whether 
actors who have been idle a year or 
more were favored. 

Casting, and selection of plays and 
directors was done speedily. Equity 
officials stating they- acted only in 
ah advlsary way. However, after, 
ah item in one New York daily an- 
nounced the CWS show plan, it Is 
claimed that by the following day, 
all the Jobs were filled with the av- 
erage actor unaware of what was 
going, on. 

Actors who applied the next day 
were told to file their names, and 
addresses but that no jobs, were 
left. • Sonie appiicants, however,; are 
reported have received, a red 
slip, a soi-t of identification nleanlng 
they had been Interviewed' and se-- 
lected for a ishow., 

Tho.se who have been asking 
questions about the .situation say 
the indications are . that younger 
actors,, able to earn a living outside 
the profession 'wiere favored over 
pld-tlmers who have done nothing 
but iactirig -and are unable to secure 
other- employment; 

Becaus-D of the v complaints, came 
the suggestion that those 'who failed 
to ket CWS jobs apiyoint a pro- 
tective committee. Indications iarc, 
however, that with the CWS officials 
how In charge of the dramatics, dif- 
ferent sets of actors wil be given a 
chance to work In CWS shows. 

Plays other than those now s'.ven 
are to be expected to be named. In 
the ori iiial set-up a.uthors .were 
li^edrahTlil rdr wai^^^ 
eral author.s are said to have taken 
the position that their compliance 
was for the original 34 -day period 
and thfit since their plays, have a 
definite -value- lri stock.-some-meas^- 
ure -of :compensation Is due. them. 
Nor has there been any appropria- 
tion for props, which, at least. for 
most shows, are quite necessary. 



.London, Feb. 
London cabaret openings, week 
of Feb. , all clicked. At Giro's 
Alleen Stanley was glveh splendid 
reception; with: old admirers turni 
ing up The Prince of 

Wfaies 3 a;nn. Which 

means that 
becoming London's 
V6.US. 

Another of Harbr Foster's impor- 
tatiohi^ Frances Williams, was very 
cordially received at Monselgheur 
reistaurant. Miss Williams Is in for 
four weeks, doubling the last fort- 
night into the Palladium. Could 
easily stay over^ but Pour Yacht 
Club Boys are scheduled to follow. 

Elizabeth Welch< doubling, from 
'Nymph Errant,' is at the Cafe de 
Paris for one week. She could have 
stayed over, but Marlon Chase, 
previous booking, follows. 

VerOnaka fip AlperofC staged their 
flash act at the Sa,v6y Hotel, starring 
Gloria Gilbert, Tvith entire outfit 
clicking big. ShO'w in .for four weeks, 
and looks sure -business getter- 
, Looks like before long London 
cabarets 'wlU have to supplement 
their attractions vii^ith floor shows. 
Dorchester Hotel started the vogiie, 
with. Savoy -Hotel following. Other 
niterlea will ..eventually feel the 
draught, apd come into, line with 
these. 



lue Bird' 

TLi'Olseau Bleu' returned to. Lon- 
don, Feb., 7 at the Duke of York's 
theatre; and Yascha Yushny, doing 
the announcing^ Informed the audi- 
ence that sInOe his last appearance 
here they had visited 360 ' cities of 
IBurope and America. 

Novelty of the Chauve 
type of enterikainmerit has :appar- 
entiy worn off, and Y. Y.'s facetious 
remarks as m.c. fall upon thp ears 
of a hard-boiled audience. BalieCf 
was engaged as mtaster . of cere* 
nionles for the reopening of the Vic- 
toria Palace. It is understood his 
contract 'was for several weeks with 
a long prolongatlpn option. He re« 
tired after the first night, however. 

A hewspaperman 6n the. return 
premiere of 'L'Oiseau Bleu^ at. the 
Duke pif York's Ihfornied that the 
two best singers In the outflt hailed 
from Dundee and that he knew them 
personally. 



Wrighrl's Princess 

Lawrence Wright purchased the 
Princess 'theatr« from Walter and 
Fi'ederlck Melvir.e. At Sonierset 
.House' two mprtgages pn- the place 
are re.corded in the names of F* 
Roblilns, which are the real names 
of tiie Melviiles. 



'Nymph' Folds 

'Nymph Errant' definitely closes 
at the. Adelphl, Feb. 17,' after 154 
performances.. It will be succeeded 
a fortnight later.oby Gochfan's pro- 
duction of 'Magnolia Street.'^ 



r.'a Psychology 

'Marriage Is No Joke,' produced 
at the Globe, Feb- 6 Is by Jam^s. 
Bridle, which is the pen nariie pf a 
Glasgow physician, who wrote 'A 
Sleeping Clergyman.' 

The doctor is prone to scribbling 
psyohological observations. Some 
of his ideas are good, but not enough 
of them In the play for an evening's 
entertainment. 



Three Masicak 



Three new musicals are in the. 
embryo stages oC i)reparatlon. 

Rod:gcrs' ahd Hart have, a show 
for William Gaxtort and Victor 
Mpore. Buddy DeiSyJva is talking 
a 'new miiRical. for Bert Lahr. 

(Seorge White is also readying 
new .IS.caindals.' 



Pat Fay's Illness 

London, Feb. 10. 

illy Wells and the 
q ul t=t he-l-ialladiu m=a f t er= 
due to Pat Fay be.ln 
Middlesex hospital With 
ture of 104. 

Management looked for replacer, 
-eventuall,Y-getting-Gon4QfiJ?i'Pthers, 
due tQ^all ^samejveek on the Paris. 
Boys were prevailed upon to hold 
over their sailing for next week on 
the lie de France. 



Tuesday, February 20, 1934 



L EG I TIM ATE 



VAiOETr 



49 



'Curtain' Set for Loop Rim at 
lorses' Grabs $16,000; 2 Shows In 




Aloj'e activity around town in le- 
gits. Two Jic)uses light. Erlanger 
fills again with 'Ten Minuter Alibi' 
coming iti under the Americari So- 
ciety auspices ^.nd a subscription, 
but only for two weeks. Cornelia 
ptla Skinner- openjS; tlie Selw^n on 
Feb. 26 for seven days' of slnglo 
sketches. 

'Hold Your Hoi'ses'- remains on 
at the Grand although it had been 
scheduled to close Feb, 24. Over- 
head on this, musical is figured close 
to $16,000, even with 10% cut on 
ciast salaries, and the gross will setr 
tie below that figure this week; 

Up-and-idpwn pace Is the worry 
at the Studebaker, where Horace 
Sistare is. struggling.- with -Eliza- 
beth Sleeps Out.' But . overhead is 
cut down to the b.^ne here, and 
grosses are nianaglng to coveri De- 
flplte low take they are still talking, 
of going through until Easter before 
doing the second\8hoW necessary to 
comply with the show's stock don- 
tract. . ' , 

.Real iow-hut., high-gross winner 
of the loop Is 'Curtain Rises' .at the 
Gort. Thig show has caught on 
jiilftlly and. Is going .along between 
f 4,500-$5 OPO, excellent all around. 
Can make rhoney at $2,500 with the 
oast getting pleasant percentage 
bonuses above th6 three-grand 
mark. Can really hit 16 weeks or 
so at its present stride. 
. In .the little theatre field the 
Punch and Judy is having a sti-ug- 
gle to get by. The unions and even 
Equity have begun to take an In- 
terest In the affair and lihiy. step 
Into'tlie plciture. House took a flyer 
In the current show by bringing in 
Raymond Hackett to play the leaid 
in 'Mad Lover.'. Hackett Is down, 
for plenty of coin in this setup and 
the wonder- in show business is 
how this house ckn; pay off the $900 
that's going to him for his two- 
: week deal. 

Estimates for Last. Wee|k 

'Elizabeth Sleeps Out/ Studebaker 
(C-1,250; $1.60); (5th week). JRun- 
nlng slightly, under $3,000 at pres- 
ent, but still determined to stick it 
out until April, It's ia, battle. 

'Hold Your Horses,' Grand (M- 
1,207; $2;75) (6th week). Under 
$16,000 currently. Doroth Dare 
back In the cast. 

Cornelia Qtis Skinner, Selwyn; 
Comes In for one . week* starting 
Feb. 26.- 

'Teh Minute Alibi,' rtanger (D- 
1,31'8; $2.20). In for a two-week 
run, starting tonight (19) on the 
American Society calendan Sub- 
scriptions will hold It for the fort- 
night at least. 

'The Curtain Rises,' Cort (C- 
1,100; $2.20) (6th week). The big 
one of the loop on pace. Has 
caught on and d'ellverfng steady 
dividends at over $4,500 pace. 
Other' Attractions 

'Mad Lover,' Punch and Judy, 
liittle thea.tre effort having difficult 
time. 



PITTS NO LEGIT 
OUTLOOK; FLOP 
OF ALIBI' 



Pittsburgh, Feb. 19. 

Limping legit struck another snag 
At the Nixon last week when "Ten 
Minute Alibi' stumbled through a 
«ultry session, gettlipg only around 
$6,000 on el^ht peirformances. Only 
thing that saved it from complete 
disaster, was subscription auspices 
of American Theatre Society, as- 
suring piece around $3,000 before 
the doors opened, 

Iii the . .light - of bigger, more 
extravagant shows which have pre- 
ceded it. that $2.75 top was hardly 
in favor of 'Alibi,' but management 
had to do It in order to ptptect sub- 
scribers. Show wasn't originally 
an ATg offering but was brought in 
uhder organization's sponsorship at 
last mlnutei displacing 'Double Door' 
for that privilege. 
. Now it's probleinatlcal whether 
*Door' will come along at all. Orlg- 
-lnally==booked-In:=;fbc=^Eeb,.-_2.6,^_W=eekr 
end ads were pulled when Erlanger 
Office notified Nixon it wasn't cer* 
tain. Understood piece hasn't been 
doing so well on the road and may 
fold. That leaves the Nlxoh with- 
out a thinff in -sight, for the rest ef. 
the season. House currently dark 
ft rid may stay that way unless some- 
thing tux-ns up in the early spring. 
There isn't even a tryfiut in pros- 
pect. 



Shows in Rehearsal 



'The Pure in Heart' (Aldrich 
(xnd de Liagre) , . Barrymore. 

^Races' (Theatre Guild),. 
Giiiid. 

'V/eeit-End i-oye' ('Case His- 
tory) (Jay Strortg), Masque. 

'Furnished Rooms' (Miller 
■ and Pasquieir). 

^Late Wisdom' (Mark New- 
man), 229 West 42d sti-eet. 

'The P'erfumed Lady' (Wee 
and Leyenthal), Geneva ,Hall.. 

.'Brain Sweat' (Mpiitgomery 
and Stern), Harlem. 

:'Frcsh Faces' (Dillingham 
and Ganis), Yanderbllt. 

'Yellow Jack' (Guthrie Mc- 
Glintlc), Martin Becic. 

'Gentlewoman' (Group The- 
arte), Broadhurst. 

'Hot Heir' (Keith Gillette), 
Forrest. 

'When in Rome' (Geo, Smith- 
field), 49th Street. 



Cornell Rep. Gets 
$30,000 in Week 
Of Texas Stands 



Dallas, Feb. 

Katharine Cornell, with a. reperr 
tory of three plays, Is cleaning up> 
lit Texas. Advance sales Ihdicate 
that she will better $30,000 iii four 
stands this week, a gross uiiheard 
of in these parts, with tickets priced 
frona $1.10 to $2.75.: 

Three performances locallir ate 
capacity at $11,000. Bill is . 'Romeo 
and Jwliet' tonight (19), 'Candida^ 
tomorrow afternoon and .'Barrretts 
of Wlmpole Street,' Tuesday night. 
One performance of 'Barretts' show 
will get $6,200 at San Antonio. Trip 
of shows \^Ill .be repeated In Hous- 
ton Friday and Saturday this week 
and advance sale points to better 
than $11,000 In that stand. An ex- 
tra matinee may be added which 
will further lift the gross. 

As shown in other stands, Miss 
Cornell's ace attraction is the. 'Bar- 
retts.' Around. 80% of the demand 
for tickets Is for thiat play and with 
'Barrett' tickets quickly sold out 
business Is forced to 'Juliet' and 
'Candida.' 



LeGalliene Repertory 
Nicked by Lent in L. A. 

Sah Francisco. Feb. 19, 
Lent nicked, a noticeable dent in 
the receipts of Eva Le Gallienne's 
fortnight of Ibsen plays at the Co- 
lumbia, the only legit presentation 
in town. 

'Doll's Hbuse' and 'Biedda Giabbler' 
ar© on tit© cards, with 'Master 
Builder' coming later in the week 
as her repertory contributions,. Busi- 
ness quite good, but not spectacular. 
Walter Hampden follows. , 
Possible that . 'Autumn Crocu s' 
.Avith Francis Lederer may be" de- 
iayied after . Feb. 26 at the Curran, 
Duffy and Curran holding it longer 
at the El Capitan, Hollywood.. 




LEDERER6& 
m IN LA 



Los Angeles, Feb, 
'Autumn Crocus' continues . to hit 
a fast pace at El Capitan, with, the 
Francis Lederer iBtarrIng bpus look- 
ing good for at. least ati eight-veek 
stiay. Sixth weeic held strong;,^ with 
heavy play at tiie four ntatlhees, 
though night ifiz has been a little 
off. .Good for ain ealEiy six grand 
Whicii: Is plenty. 

'Sailor. Beware' wound up six and 
a half weeks' stay at the Mayan, 
garnerihg iarourid $4,600 on the final 
stanza. ' Made way . for 'Double 
Door' debutting tonight (Mbn.).. 

Estimates for Last Week 
'Autumn Crocus,' EI- Capitan . (6th 
week) (C-i,671-$l,66). Henry Duffy 
has a b.o. smash in this Francis 
Lederer opiis. Couple Of extra 
matinees helped swell the gross to 
around the $6,000 mark, with the 
end not in sight. 

'M' Lord, the Diike,' Hollywood 
Playhouse (2d week) (C-1.152^ 
$1,66).. Off-color lines . and situa- 
tions helping this one, thotigh ser-r 
vice charge passes are mostly re- 
sponsible for keeping the b.o. open. 
At $2,000 will give a little to cast, 
. Walter Hampden . Shakespearian 
Repertory- Co^ Blltmore (1st -week) 
(D-l,666-$2.20). Engagemebt, limited 
to 11 perforinances, got away to a 
good start with "Richelieu,' as open- 
ing play, followed by 'Servant in 
the Housei' ' Saturday mat; and his 
old standby, 'Hamlet' Saturday 
night. Ought to hive an easy time 
hitting better than $16,000. 

'Sailor, Beware,' Mayan (7th-Anal 
week) (C-l,492-$1.65). Folded after 
nea;rly seven -week run, with grosses 
building after first two weeks. 
Final seven days coppied orOund 
$4,500, which left iBomething to split. 



Cut Rates Catch On Strong in Philly; 
Regular Legit Houses Badly Dented 



Philadelphia, Feb. 19; 
Legit situation in Philly Is be- 
conting odder every day.: Business,- 
strangely enough, has been iietter 
for the last few weeks than In any 
similar period during the last two 
seasons. 

Both , the Broad and the Erlanger, 
.employing a combination of 40% 
pass-tax racket and a cut-rate 'pit' 
ideai have been faring very well 
indeed. In fact, despite below-zero 
weQ,ther and snow, capacity houses 
have' beeii common in both hpusee. 

Samuel Nirdlinger is managing 
both houses independently with 
.Tommy Labrum as house ntanager 
at the Erlanger and Nirdlinger 
himself making his headquarters at 
the Broad- "^^e 40% pass-tax racket 
is In . the hands" of Diavey Lodge, 
whose bill-posting outfit has been 
well known here . for years.. Lodge 
distributes the diieats, using big 
mainufacturing plants and stores, 
and also placing plenty in ..barber 
shops,, newsstands, offices, etc, in 
the downtown, sector, especially 
around City Hall. 

Lodge inaugurated the idea, earlier 
in the fall at the Walnut, Just be- 
fore that, house gave up the sponge. 
This .time, it has caught on plenty 
strong and Lodge ,is becoming a 
real factor in Ipcal show-business, 
in^a-way--the=Gouth6ni^-of^Philly.=:_:= 

Wee .and Leventhal, althpugh 
their names do riot appear in any 
advertising matter; are booking 
most of the shows in these two 
-houses_Broad has_.'Aiitunin_,.Cr.Qiiua!.. 
this week and the Erlanger has 
'Ten Minute Alibi' which, with the 
original company, did two weeks 
sul)sc'rif)tion biz at the CliP.'-'tnut re- 



cently. 'Autumn Crocus' will prob- 
ably move to the^. Erlanger n^t 
Mondays Bookings' are iBaid to be 
set to cairy both houses late into 
the spring. 

Effect of this cut-ratlrig and 
pass-distribution on other houses 
naturally is being watched , care- 
fully. They didn't hurt "Dods- 
worth' which finishes a whale of ia 
fine two and .a h&If .weeks, engage- 
riient at the Gariick Wednesday 
night (21). Capacity has beeh the 
rule for the last week, and at a 
$2; 60 top. On the .other band, the 
Chestnut, with 'School for Hukr 
bands' suffered plenty, althoujgh 
subscriptions gave it a foundation 
for its two -weeks. 

Both Forrest and Chestnut- (Shu - 
bert houses) are' dark now and 
won't have bookings until March, 
The V Shuberts ai'e. .known to be 
burned up at. the campaign of the 
Erlanger aiid Broad, and have been 
threatening acition. Of what sort 
nPbody knows. 

' The Garrick has anotlier booking 
in 'The Yellow Jacket' due March 
6. This was to ha-ye played the 
Broad, too, .. but an.' orchestra was 
needed. Garrick had one iand the 
Broad didn't. 

Looks like, some real ezcitenlent 
here for the rest of the season, 
jfflth^plcnty^-i>t.-QPe n-Jwarfarc,_ Th e 
way 11: sums' up in the minds of 
those. In on the knPw, really big 
shows that the public want& can 
keep Pn chairglng $2 or $2.50 and 
g et aw ay with It, but mediocre 
shows, half-baked try-oUts ^rid thie 
like won't have a «hance to com- 
pete With the.i^ass racket and the 
riit-rat*» Irtea. 



Biggest Lincoln's Matinee in Years 
Doesn't Help B'way to Lop Lent Nick 



Aft^'r pile o£ tlie . bitrs'e.st Lincoln 
Birthdays in the history of Broad^ 
way, the legits ttipered sharply: last 
week result that grosses 

did not exceed the previous Week's 
marks except in. a .few instances, 
althou h .virtually entire list 

played ' nine perfprriinnces. 

.Start of Lent liad its effect on 
some attractions, Aslt Wednesday 
(14) perfoi'niances .especially . being 
affected. Expectations are. that this 
week will, enjoy htuch better trade, 
with the usual Washington's Birth- 
day. ..(Thursday, 22). clean-up due; 
barring bad weather. Lent has. not 
materially affected Broadway in re- 
cent seasons as. much as the ap- 
proach of the first federial income 
tax payment date, March 15. 

Last week's, . quartette of pre- 
mieres included no real standout. 
'The Shining Hour' at the Booth 
drew very good notices for the .most 
piart and "topped $9iO0Q In seven 
performaiices. Another . -British 
drama,. 'Richard of Bordeaux,' at 
the Empire drew some good men- 
tions with the balance Pf the press: 
mixed. In five performancies the 
takings were .around $8,000 with 
moderate money Indicated 'Queer 
People' drew a solid panning at the 
National 'Legal Murder' at the 
President, no chance. 

Most pronti^ing arrival this week 
may be 'Dodsworth' due Into the 
Shubert Saturday (24) after : at-, 
tracting attention, and real buslhess 
in Fhlladelphia. There .are four 
premieres on the Week's card — ^wlth 
only two openings definite for week 
.— 'Tellow Jack,' Beck and 'When in 
Rome,' 49th Street. 'No Quiestlons'. 
slipped out of the Masque last Sat- 
urday and 'Days Without End' 
closes at the Miller this week. 

Despite the slack that sets In 
after Washington's Birthday there 
are a dozen new shows In rehearsal. 
None are niusicals. 

. Estimates for Last Week 

'Ah, Wiiderness,' Guild (21st 
week) (CDr914-$3,30). One of the 
shows affected by Lent; played ex- 
tra matinee; week's gross $13,600. 

All the King's . Horses,' .Intperial 
(4th week) (M-l,468-$3,30). Moved 
here, from iShubert Monday; busi- 
ness could be worse, but bettered 
even break at about ;$9,00.0. 

'As Thousand Cheer,' Music Box 
(21st week) (R-l,000-$4,40), Extra 
matinee (Lincoln's^ Birthday) sent 
ness could be . better, but topped 
capacity all performances. 
. 'Big Hearted Herbert,' Blltmore 
(8th week) (C-991-$2.7S). Going 
along to comfortable trade and 
should last well into spring; ap- 
proximating $7,000. 

'Broomsticks, Amen,' Little (3d 
week) (D-634-$2,76). Light trade 
last week with cut . rates main 
source of takings; estimated around 

$3,500. ; 

'By Your Leave,' Barrymore (6th 
week) (C-1.096-$3.30). Cut rate 
deal protects , contedy, which Is rated 
better than most recent arrivals; 
about $5,000 indicated, 

'Days Without End,' Miller (7th 
week) (D-994-$3,30). Final week; 
O'Neill secular drama drew little 
after subscriptions were iised up; 
$4,000 approximately. 

'Dodsworth,' Shubert (Ipt week) 
(CD-l,387-$3,30). Presented by Max 
Gordon;' adapted .' from Sinclair 
Lewis' 'riPvel by Sidney Howkrd; 
opens Saturday (24). 

'Follies,' Winter Garden (8th week) 
(R-l,493-^$4,40). Musical leader 
again ended week to capacity at- 
tendance; takings figured around 
$32,000. 

'Four Saints in 3 Acts,' 44th St. 
(1st week) (O-l,323-$3.30). Pre- 
sented by Harry Moses; 'opera to 
be sung' by. Gertrude Stein with 
niusic by Virgil Thompson; opens 
tonight (20). 
. 'Green Bay Tree,' Cort (19th 
week) (CD-1,024-$3,30). Improved 
and got $7,000; that was best fig- 
ure'' In four weeks; moderately 
paced but profita,ble. right along. 

'Her Master's' Voice^' Plymouth 
(ISth week) (C-l,042-$3,30). Went 
up to arpuhd $11,000 last week;, ex-r 
tra holiday matinee turned the 
trick. 

'Mary of Scotland,^ Alvin (13th 
week) (D-l,3.87-$3,30). Draniatic 
leader off spme' performances be- 
cause of large capacity house; 
claimed average $24,000. . 

'Men in White,' Broadhurst (22d 
week) (D-l,lI8-$2,75). Advanced 
nicely -with the biggest mid-week 
niatihee since opening; around 
$13,500 in nine times. 

'Murder at the Vanities,' Majes- 
tic (24tlt -week) (H;-l,776-.$3.30), 
With low operating nut iriellcrr 
revue getting by at moderate 
:money.;v.:fiailmaj:M^rou nd:.,$lO,00 0_.__.^ 

'No More Ladies,' .Morosco (5th 
week) (C-961-$2„75). Improved as 
expected but not capacity; newest 
comedy success about $12,000 in 
nine performances, 
—-No Questions Asked/. Masque, 
Withdrawn Saturday; played two 
weeks. 

'Pursuit of H.appiness,' Avon 
f20th wefk) (C-830-$2.76). Picked 



up last Week, approxiniuiing $6,000; 
expected to last into '.May. 

'Queer People,' National (2d week) 
(C-l,lC4-$3.30). ..Opened late last 
week; drew general panning; busi- 
ness chances should bo. indicated 
this .Week. ' 

'Ragged Army,' Selwyn (ist week) 
(D-l,067-$3.30). Presentcsl by Cros- 
by Gaige; written by Beulah Marie 
Dix and Bertram Millhaiiser; opens 
Thursday, (22). 

'Roberta,' New Amsterdam .(14th 
week)- (M-l,717-$3.30). Again! es- 
tablished new high gross figure last 
week when in nine perforntances the 
takings qupted at $28,000. 

'Richard of Bordeaux,^ Empire (2d 
week) (Drl,075-$3.30). Drew s6me 
excellent notices with others mixed; 
about $8,000 in., first five perform- 
ances; moderate money Indications. 

'Sailor, ~ Beware,': Lyceum (22d 
week) .(C-l,413.-$3.30). Estimated 
over $12,000 la'st week; slight im- 
provement because of added mat- 
inee. 

'She Loves e Not,' 46th St. (22d 
week) (C-l,413-$3.3b). Also gave 
extra holiday matinee, which tilted 
takings to $20,000 mark. 

'Sing and Whistle,' Fulton (!2d 
week) (D-913-$2.75). MPstly cUt 
rated; four person caist show can 
operate to small money; $3,000 In- 
dicated. 

'The Shining Hoiir.' Booth (2d 
yse&ky (Cr-708-$3.30). English drama 
expected to inake fairly good show- 
ing; first seven . performances the 
takings Wiere over $9,000. 

'The Wind and the Rain,' Ritz 
(4th week) (D-918-$^3.3Q). Another 
British Iniport but dependent on cut 
rates; pace last week around $4,000. 

'They Shall Not Die,' Royale (1st 
week) (D-l,100-$3,3O). Presented 
by theatre: Guild; written by John 
Wexley; second drama' on Scotts- 
boro case opens Wednesday (21), 

'Tobacco Road/ 48th St, (12th 
week) (D-969-$3.30). Extra mat- 
inee upped gross to about $8,00O; 
making good profit with cut rate 
support. 

'Wednesday's Child/. Longacre 
(6th week) (CD-l,9I9-$2,76), Pic- 
ture rights sold; show Just about 
getting by at $7,000 because of oper- 
ating nut. 

Other Attracti 

. San . Caflo opera company, .Ca- 
sino; opens Thursday (22); Russian 
operatic troupe suddenly folded. 

'After Such Pleasures/ Bijou; 
bill of sketches got little money; 
about $2,000 last week. 

'Peace on Earth/ Civic Rep the- 
atre (14th Street), final weeks, 

'Biography/ Ambassador; repeat 
date, lasted two weeks ; closed Satur- 
day (17). 





3 

BOSTON AWAKES 



Boston. Feb, 19. 

TItree openings this week take the 
legit houses oiit of the recent dol- 
drums. Tonight, 'Yellow Jacket' ia 
revived by Clayton Hamilton, at 
Treinont, with many of the old caist 
m harness again, including Mr, and 
Mrs. Charles Coburn, Schuyler Ladd 
and Arthur Shaw. 

Thursday afternoon, the Ed Wynn 
show opens at the Boston Opera 
House for .a. three-day stay; same 
matinee brings J. 6i Priestley's 
'Dangerous Corner' to the long dark 
Hollis. 

Only other play in town is "Double 
Dpor,' hold over for second week at: 
Plymouth;. 



Futore Plays 



'Storm Child,' by Griff Morris and 
John Huston, .for early spring pro- 
duction by Harold Winston, Paul- 
ine. . liord for thiei lead, maybe. 

'Brain Sweat/ comedy with ail- 
Negro cast, is being sponsored by 
Henry R. Stern, who will uncover it 
early in March. 




MGM STUDIOS 
CULVER CITY, CALIF, 



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VARIETY 



L I TEB A ¥ I 



Tuetdrnft Februarjr 20, 1934 



'Advert** Topples 

•Ulysses,* 'Work of Art' and *The 
Thin Man' have Anally ' brought 
'Anthony Adverse* down froitt the 
,top of the hestfSelHngr lists. It was 
thought that the book Would con- 
tinue to top the beat sellers for a 
time , yet, but the .concerted drive 
hy the three books h&s been too 
much for It, in the east pai'tlcur 
larly. 'Work of Art,' by Sinclair 
Lewis, hijis exceeded It in point of 
demand. 

Another few weeks, may see 'Ad- 
verse' retreat • further in the best-, 
teller ranking, but the book is 
beiieyi^d to be good for brisk sales 
foir an extended, period. Its spon- 
sors, are confident that it will ultl- 
maiteiy gp" beyond the half-milllpn 
mark. 

'Work of Art.'^Ile hot expected 
to touch the 'Adverse' Record, Will 
uhdpubtedly be among the season's 
leaders; Big advances paid Liewis 
by libubleday-Dorah necessitated 
huge first prlntihga of the books 
and. tremendous campaigns, Big 
advance orders and publicity, on 
'Ulysses' enabled it to make the 
best-seller lists on the very day of 
its publlcaton. 

Real surprise is 'The Thin Man.' 
Although it was originally pub- 
lished complete in one issiie of lEled- 
book, readers are exblbitliig no 
hesitancy in paiying $2 for It be- 
tween hard covers. A great deal of 
the vogue for 'The "fKin Man' was 
set by a. fat man, .Alexander Wooll- 
oott. Alei; brpadbast that It was, 
in his opinioq, the best detective 
aitbry ever written by an Anaerican. 



U. 8. EfHeieney in Paris 

American reporters' .custoin of 
sticking police cards in their hats 
when working within police lines 
spread for the first time to Paris 
reporters during rioting around 
Place do la Concorde and the bou- 
levards. 

Will Parber of dhi Trib, old New 
York Gity . News man. made a hit 
with the cops by putting his . card 
in plain sight after they "had 
knocked dow a couple of reporters 
by mistake. Police sergeants then 
began ordering French, reporters to 
do likewise. 

American newspapermen took 
their share , of beating up in the re- 
newed rioting. Bayard Ennls, work- 
ing for Sxchange Telegraph, was 
badly clubbed and dozen Others 
took minor socks. 

Funny feature of Wednesday's 
battle on the Grands Boulevards 
was a battalion of 40 reporters, and 
cameranaen who marched uP ^nd 
down the mlddle of the street like a 
Ismail army while police charged 
rioters on both sides of them. None 
of ..them dared leave the bunch, and 
three or four, men,^ all from same 
paper, assigned to cover various 
angles, found themselves together 
there and too. scared to separate. 



P. A/s May OrB«nixe I Chi. Trlb. Trinw 8p«l ma 

Chicago press agents are angling Chicago Tribune Is causUw con- 
for an association to protect them slderable newspaper comment: by a 
against deadbeats and chiselers sudden decision to almpUfy lan- 
and to efleect oo-opeiratlon between guage. Newspaper decided to prune 
various accounts. About 16 p. a.'s unnecessary letters out of all pos- 
met by suggestion of Harold Mayer, sible words and ordered the slm- 
indle publicity mani. Organization pllflcations to go in as regular style, 
not completed, but they all prom- 1 Among the first lot are monolog for | 



9G Infringement Award. 

Nine thousands dollars damages 
wete awarded to Mrs. Elsie Y. Coble, 
administrator of the estiette of John 
C. Cpble> against the Denyer Post 
for alleged infringement of copy- 
right, Mrs; Coble claimed the' Post 
printed without permission an au- 
tobiography, "Life of Tom Horn,' 
title to which was owned by her 
husband. 

The ' Post claimed someone sold 
them the rights, but failed, to pro- 
duce him in. court. It was sued on 
. about 20 counts, each count aJsking 
for either 92,500 or $5,000. The Post 
will appeal. 



'8 A 8 Gets Dickens Book 

Simon & Schuster .have snared 
the American publication rights of 
The liife of Our Lbrd,' by Charles 
Dickens. It's a book Dickens wrote 
in 1849 for his children, but which 
was never published. 

London Dally Mall bought the 
world-wlide publication rights from 
Sir Henry Dickens, last of the 
novelist's survivors. Arrangements 
have been made for it to be re- 
leased yia newspaper serialization 
simultaneously in the U. S; and 
Eng., after which S & S -vt'ill rush 
through the American book publi- 
cation. 



Libel Dissected 

'The Law of Libel and Slander,' 
said to be the' first book analyzing 
every case reported in New Tbrk 
state, has beeit published by the 
J. B. Lyon Prlntng Co. ($15). Writ- 
ten by Ernest^ P. Seelman, a mem- 
ber of the state bar with long ex- 
perience in libel and slander ca$es, 
the book contains, 7 &4 pages. 



Tuttle Ogles HVood 

Margaretta Tiittle is in Hollywood 
gathering material for a new novel 
on the cinema capital. 

Claiming that she is not going to 
pan the town, but will be^construc 
tlvQ. she is gettihg a lot of co-op- 
eration from the studios and is 
spending some time on the lots see 
ing how the celluloid wheels go 
around. 



A Busy Guy 

Title of 'Echoing Laughter,' novel 
by Tom Lennoir, Coast Vareett 
mugg, . has been changed to 'The 
Laughing Journey.*' Jofin iOay Co, 
publishers, will illustrate the book 
Lennon^Kas been optioned for two 
more c^d is into his second. 

New Amusement Guide 

A hew mag aimed to serve iasi a 
guide to the town's amusemeiits 
a-.d other; activities of a nocturnal 
nature '.3 being prepared for publl- 
catlPn, to bear the title of After 
Five,, publishers are D. Xieon 
Meyer and I. Beryl Gilman. 



Hot Stovers' Delight 

The 'Little Red Book,' which was 
suspended two years ago to the sor- 
row of baseball writers and winter 
experts, will be revived shortly. 



Full- Length Better 

With the sex mags drawing away 
from the peak of their popularity, 
the sex book is getting its inning. 
Two new publishers are eschewing 
the sex mag in favor of sex books. 

One, Robert Dodsley, is publishing 
under his own name a work called 
'Strange Loyes' by La Forest 
Potter. Charles Hackman also to 
get out a number of sex books under 
two firm names. Circle Publications 
and Capitol Publications. 

Meanwhile such regular sex 'book 
publishers as the Eugenics Publish 
[ng Co., and others, find business 
blotter than ever. 



French Scrams Cleveland 

Windsor French, night-life tnd 
picture critic of the Clevieland 
News, has resigned, f'rench folds 
his typewriter on March 1. Un 
derstpod . that a month later he 
and his frau, Margaret Preuhoflt, 
better known as- Margaret Perry, 
actress, sail for Paris for a long 
sojourn. 



Ised to come back for another feed 
and more chatter. No reps present 
from B^kK, RKO or any Of the pic- 
ture companies. 

Discussed possibility of putting 
out a weekly list of new publicity 
accounts' so that the press agents 
would know ivhom to contact when 
tie-ups were in order. Also publish- 
ing of criedit lists, warning fiello^ 
workers abou.t deadbeat accounts. 



nionologiie, hoky for hockey and>d 
vertisment for advertisement. 



Book Reviews 



Shaw Asks a Hitler 

There once was considerable awe' 
connected with Georgi Bernard 
Shaw and his plays. While the es^ 
teem for him as a playwright has 
dropped considerably, there still u 
a lot of Interest in his work. Hia 



Newspaper's idea Is not to chapge ?S mpS- tTKif ««' ^^1*. ^J^^" 
spelling of words for simplification, 

but to delete letters wherever pos. which are 

sible without affecting sounds. Only. J^f^"*" J^V^A ^^^^^ ^"^ 

about. 40 words In the first list J» tI..S., . the tome: 

■therefore getting added strength 
in being the first sign pt what his 
new work Is like. 

'Too True to Be Good' was don* 
by the Guild a year ago aind didn't 

log. controled, oontroler, cotillon, I Sy®,,'?Ju**'?„\Zf"\it" 
decalog. definltly, demagog, dialog, P**';^/'!^, P^f^f'^^th 
drout, extoled, fantom, fulfilment, J^^^P^ '^^^^ of highly amusing dla^ 



adopted, although paper plans to 
add to that list regularly, 

f'irst batch of words and their 
new spellings, axie as follows: ad- 
vertisment, analog, canceled, cata 



hiarken, boky, indeflnitly, monolog, 
t>atroied, pedagog, prolog, skilful. 



•Village Wooing' Is a short one- 



jstalment, apology, jocky, aaulUni 
missil, pully, i»a#at6li biBtllt, aub- 
pena;, burpcracy, orlsoros, orum, 
crystallze. 



cian of Cortland, N. Y„ will play 
bis customary role of compiler. 

John A. Heydler, president of the 
National league and a 'former base- 
ball scribe, has provided the funds 
for the printing of the new edition, 
which will contain 'the best.oh .recr 

ord' in the majoi: leagues from 1870 I Chatter 
to 193S, Incluslye. Book was. one Leon RoUlh, inspeictor of Havas, 
of Spalding's . 'Athletic Library' se- Europe's most Important news 
rles, with the American Sports agency. In from Paris to talk things 
Publishing Company of N. T. C, the oyer with A.P; 
printer. | Dorothy Hope in from a tour of 

Germany. 

Hellinger's Wanderlust | Edward Hunter off Paris to 
Mark Heilinger bias laid himself join I.N.Sr 
out quite a schedule of journeys for Rob Wagner's Script In Holly 
the next few months. He left Sat- wood celebrated Its fifth birthday 
urday (17) for Bermuda. That's! last week, 
only a ten-day trip as a sort of 



and will get a lot of attehtion from 
amateuir theatrical groupis: ' 
'On the Rocks* Is Shaw's newest 
Onlv actual chanea of lettering is I ^^^^ two-acter. Already 

the wor4 Sntom^^^^ SantoS! ' " I ^» ^»^««' 



Theatre Guild schedule here for an« 
other year or so.. Understandable 
why, tool It's the most verbose 
thing Shaw ha^ done. He suggests 
in this piece iha,t what England., 
really needs Is a dictator a la Hitler 
or Napoleon. Some of It, when 
highly satirical, Is Shaw at his best. 
But not enough. 

He seemis to have deHnitely 
dropped 'George.' Book Is signed ais 
by Bernard Shaw. 

Cute, too, are two prefaces,, one 
for each of the long plays. They, 



appetizer. Towards the end of| 
March he leaves for: a quickie look- 
see, at Panama!. 

Then, July l, he really starts 
traveling with a trip to Iceland. 



„7^P¥ .^''^"*'^ "l^'.^K'*^ '^f"^»^|agaln, are ShaW at his best. Ver 
Star' Into a second edition prior to I ' i.««Ka=»i« t>.*> 

publication. 

Quite, a literary mob talcing a 

West Indies tour left New York 

Saturday. Included s.re T. S. Strlb 



That's a Porner of the world he's Ung, Octavus Roy Cohen, . Frederick 



bose, pompous, bombastic,, they 
show Shaw in the light the news- 
reiels have portrayed him. They 
deserve more attention than the 
plays they Introduce. 



never previously visited. Hellinger| 
wUl do his B'way columns in ad- 
vance of. making his various jour- 
neys. 



Agent Turns Writer 



C. Kendall, publisher and editor of 
Advertising and Selling, and .George 
Overton, president of Reuben H.. | 
Donnelly^ 

C. F. Crandall, president of Brit- 
ish United ■ Press, back to Londpn 1 



Instances of scribblers turning after several weeks in. New York. 



literary agents have been numerous, 
but one of tbe few reversals of the 
procedure Is that In which Sheldon 
Dick fig;ures. Dick steps out of the 
agency bearing his name at the end 
of the month to go to a quiet spot 
to write a novel. Has already sold 



George Boris, French newspaper- 
man, back to Paree. 

Wilfred J. Funk, president of the 
Uterary Digest, off on a 19-.day 
cruise with Mrs. Fiink. 



Serious HoUyWeod 

Vickl Baum turns a neat somer- 
sault on her .literary co-workers in 
her newest novel, 'Falling Star* 
(Doubleday, Doran; $2.00). It's, a 
book about Hollywood arid Vickl, 
just to be different, doesn't laugh 
at the picture business, She takes 
it .Seriously. 

"The story, while hot the highest 
type bf literatuire, will get a good 
deal of attention. It's a frank melo- 



Stanley Rinehart due back this ^^.^^^^4,^ jj^y^j j^^out people in films. 



week from a month abroad, with 



the book to the John Day Co. for John Farrar preparing to breathe 



publication. 

Recently Dick took a^ flyer in | 
book publishing with a work of ' fic- 
tion Written by one of his clients. 
Not much of a go/ and the publish- 
ing venture ended there. 



. Ja6k Graiit Freelances 

Jack Grant has resigned as asso 
elate western editor for Motion 
Picture Publtpatlons. He returniB 
to the free lance writing field, after 
sharing resporisibilltles of the L. A, 
ofilc^ for the past six months. With 



disorganized Industry groping for 



Anthony On Golden Book 

Joseph Anthony has taken over 
editorship of the Golden Book. 

Mag has been having a number 
of guest, editors for recent issues. 
March issue, was guest-edited ^ by 
John Erskine, with Anthony looking 
on and helping to clip and paste. 
Fannie Hurst did the February Job 
on her own. 



.Dames' Exclusive Poetry 

With so many poetry mags, it's 
hard fop a hew one to get a look- 
in unless it' 8; specialized. Hence, 
a couple of feihmes are to get but. 
a publication of ppetry by women 
only; They are Antoinette Scud- 
der and. Nell J^ones. Will call their 
niag The Spinners. First issue now 
in preparation. 



Chambers' Brief Will 
The late Robert W. Chambers, 
who turned out thousands of psiges 
of copy, used only one page, on 
which to. Write his Will', ; It was 
probated, in Johnstown, N. Y., but 
the amount of the -estate was not 
estimated. The author's widow, 
EIsie^M. Chainibers, and a son. Rob^ 
ert H. Chambers, are the sole 
beneficiaries; 



rejoined his parents here after a I 

Dorothy Calhoun, who continues I visit with his grandmother in Oslo, ~~ QQ'Jj"^{"g|Qpy|" ^ut^ a^ 
alone for the fan mags oh the Norway. ganized, sensitive and intelligent 

coast. I Hazel Hawthorne, whose first Lgnter for wholesale manufacture of 

novel, 'Salt House,' comes out soon, L^^ugg^gnt, s^e does this just as 
Stomache Gazette I is the wife of M. R. Warner, the ^nd just as faithfully as the 

A new national monthly medical biogger. satirists have managed with their 

iournal, the American Journal of John S. Macrae, the publisher, gg^rching tales of . individual stupid- 
Digestiye Diseases and Nutrition, back from abroad with a number h^y^ 

the first publication In the medical of foreign scripts. I it's Miss Baum'S-Arjafciiovel wrlt- 

fleld of Its kind, will be published Henry Hart, one of the John Day Uen ln the U. s!, ^and Was quite obvl- 
and printed in Fort Wayne, Ind. editors, had np trouble placing his ously written in German and trans- 
Dr. Beaumont Cornell has been novel, 'The Great One,' Placed it|iated. The translation, however, 
named supervising editor and the h^ith John Day. 

~ will finish that 



SIMON AND 
SCHUSTBK 





Detroit's Tab 

Detroit is to get a tab again. Daily 
Mirror, around April 1, after an 
unsuccessful attempt , in that direc 
tlon by Befnarr Macfadden. Mirror 
will be published by Ernest W. 
Rapalee who comes from Chicekgo. 
Formerly city editor of the Tribune 
there, he later became managing ed 
for Hearst's Herald and Examiner. 



New British. Law 

Postmaster General of England 
has made a ruling-r-whereby in fu 
ture advertisers may insert a bus! 
ness reply card In their copy, which 
the public^can utilize, .without hav 
'lng'"To~"pay""p^6stage 



'Reich Bans Another 

Germany has ordered the banning 
of. 'Bankruptcy of Marriage,' by V. 
F. CalvertoUj literary editor of Long 
& Smith. 

Book was first, published. In the 
U. S. In 1929 and has been a best 
seller In Germany for the past 
couple of years. 



more freely. 

Alejandro Rosa, part owner of 
Editorial Adlantlda, class niagazine 
of Buenos Aires, is in Hollywood 
for six weeks to write about the 
film colony. 

Pierre Van Passen, former Euro- 
pean correspondent for the old New 
York Evening World, Is lecturing on 
the conditions of Jews in Germany 
and Russia. 
The Frank Scully offspring, Jed 



Donka Morescu, who vaguely re- 
minds of Pola Negri, Is a pathetic, 
high strungtlady who \^as a glamor- 
bus star in the silents and is trying 
to win her way back In the sound 
films. Oliver Dent, hot too far ^e^• 
moved in some respects froni Ru- 
dolph Valentino, is a talking era 
star who falls In love with Moreiacu. 
What happens isn't Important. It's 
not too good a story, but the char- 
acter portrayals are iaplendid and 
the background ihterestihg. 
Miss Baum does not paint Holly 



Olaf, better known as Sklppy, has wood as the focal point of a mad, 



first edition Is expected ;to be out 
by. March 16, 



ore Dope on Wine 
Still another bopk on ine and 
liquor. Newest Is one being pre 
pared by Knopf titled 'What Every 
body Wants to Know About Wine'. 
Supposed to be most complete book 
yet on the subject, .. although it 
takes in only wines thttt Americans 
are likely to be Able to get. 

For illustrative purposes, . bool; 
will, reproduce labels of the bottles 
to hplp the boys from being fooled 
by phonies. Allan T7aylor wrote It, 



Waldo Frank 
novel in Argentine, having grown 
fond of - the country 

Nuhnally Johhspn will leave 
shortly for his shack In Florida, 

E, V. Lucas comes' /over next 
month to gather additional mate- 
I'ial on Charles Lamb 



was a good one. 



Muggs' Thrills 

•Two VAniErrT correspondents are 
currently on the best seller Jists, 
Frank Scully started it with 'Fun 
in Bed.' Now Gordon Sinclair does 
it with 'Cannibal .Quest' (Farrar & 



Rinehart; $2.50). Sunday's (1.8) 
Amy Vanderbilt spends her time | New York Herald Tribune reports^ 

this as a nbn-fictipn best seller. 



ore Classic Reprints 

A series of - inexpensive reprints 
of the classics and near-classics is 
cohten^tlated by a. hew publishing 
house under the name of the Home 
Library Publishers. Not the first un 
der taking of the kind, but it is 
claimed . it X/lll be a departure in 
book, manufacture and selling price. 

Home Library Publishers is 
hsaded^by" e.TMf 'BradbuvyrAsBoci - 
ated with him are Morris CJreenberf 
and Isidor Rosen. 



away from the offices of The Amer 
lean Spectator in charity work for 
the down and out. 

Ida . .A. • .Ri . Wylie doing her new 
hovel in Bermuda, 

ichard Aldington estimates that 
his new npvel will run well over 
100,000 word: 

Burns M. Kattenberg,. of 2730 
Johnson St., N. E., Minneapolis, is 
seeking' information from contor 
tlonists for a bPok he is writing. 

H,. L. Mencken had himself a 
pleasant time writing, his new book 
'Treatise on Right and Wrong.'. He 
wrote 300,000 words and then 
trimmed it down to 8O,60O, .iSays 
the trimming took longer than the 
writing;- 



Easy to understand why 'Cannibal 
Quest' is selling well. It's a thrill 
book, with Wide, appeal. Sinclaiir,; 
workihg for the Toronto Star, went 
off to New Guinea to tell, about nai- 
tlves and their habits, He met can- 
nibals, fought with vampires and., 
had some other pleasant - experi- 
ences of that soi't. These he tells 
about in a simple, unaffected style, 
and in down-to-earth language. 
His a:r'got is almost Broadwayese at 
times, possibly due to hi^ VAhinTT 
correspondence back round... 
J^ome nice illustrations hel^). 



Carson Dies 

William. A. Carson. 7L', cartoon iat. 
died February 18 at Gloveraville, 
N. Y. For 37 years his colored car- 
toons were a feature of; the Utlca 
Saturday Globe. His widow sur- 
vives. 



Another .Cosmopolitan 

--iThird— =book---publishlng=concerii= 



A fifth printing for Gene. 6'Nelirs wltlj the. name of Cosmopolitan, has 



•Ah, Wilderness'. 

'Good Earth' is the Pel>ruary ad 
dition to the Modern Library 
series, 

Walter H6weyi ni.e. of I. N. S. 
photo department. In from Europe. 

Arniand Flammarion, son of the 
leading Paris book publisher, lo 
i Xew York to look llilnas oveV. 



j. begun functioning on ' the West 
Coast. Called Cosmopolitan Publi- 
cations. Other two, both In New 
lYork, are the Cosmopolitan Pub- 
lishing Co. and the Co-gmopolltan 
Ipook Corp. Last-named is the. 
Hearst nRVlifU.- and inactive since 
(Slsi»,>slii5 oC lis aulhoi\s some lime 



ToeeiSay, February 20, 1934 



VARIETr 



51 



LENT OR NO, MONTREAL 
COODFORlSGONGARBOl 

Montreal, Feb. 19. 
Deiiendent on p&, Lent will or 
'will not still further depresB erosses 
in tWfl town, but the pix wlU have 
to b© good - to' overcome sales re- 
sistance. For the opening week or] 

Xent there are sonie nice plcikings ^ 
In this town and Weather also looks j and"pord" in person for 
liable to be softer. pair of previews, etc. 

' Canltol Is the stand-out with Orpheum <F&M) (2,4Q0; 25,-4<))— 
j^apiic^i ^ „ n»rhn f„„o 'Chance at Heaven' (RKO) and 'Ma- 
•Queen Christina' and all Garbo fans a^ine Spy' (U>. split. Poing poorly 
will be there, all week and every | 14^000, red. lAst week ?aw $4,500 
day. - turn-away biz oyer week-iend 
Indicates somewhere around $16,000 
gross, biggest in many weeks and 
may even ekceed that figure. 

Palac0 with 'Ali of Me' and 'By 
Candlelight! with bunch of locally 
popular names should also make a 



SAN FRANCISCO 

(Continued from page 10) 

split, with 10 Acts of vaude. About 
$10,600 on the. stanza, some better 
than 'Morning After' (Maj) and 
'Beggars In Ermine' (Mono),- which 
slipped to $9,000 last week. 

Go4den Gate (RKO) (2,844; 26-36- 
40)— 'Poor Rich' (U) and vaude. 
Above expectations at $li,000. Last 
week hit very , comfortable - $15,000 
with 'Lost Patrol' (RKO), topping 
previous stanzas ■ for two months 
back, and aided by Denny, KarloflE 



on 'Easy to Love* (WB) and .'Last 
Roundup' (Par). 

Paramount (FWO) (2.400; 26^36- 
40)— 'Can't Buy Everything' (MG) 
and 'Devil tiger* (Fox), siplit, PUU- 
Ing $12,000, which Is good but not 
hot. Last week's '$ix of a Kind' 
(Par) and 'Massacre' (WB), got 
little cash but cannot place gross at I $11,600. 
.higher than $11,000. Loew's has St. FrahciSlP^WC) (1,60«; 26-40) 
•After tonight' with Increasingly — 'Dinner at 8' (MG) (2d week). Due 
. popular Rockets gal-line and five I for $5,000 after big $7,600 beginning, 
-acts vaude and ought to get $10,000. | following week at the Warfleld and 
Princess comes out. with 'Nana,' an- | roadshow at the Columbia. 'Eskinio' 
other stand-out for this French- (MG) next. 

speaking city, and 'Meanest Oal In I Strand i(;Cohen) (990; 26-40)— 
Town* and ma.y go as high ias $10,- 'Narcotic* (Esper) (3d week); Has 
000. ' been pulling heavily,, especially 

His Majesty's iEit 40c .top plays males, and doing best biz this house 
•Broadway .Through a Keyhole' and has had in long. time. Correct flg 
•Emperor Jones' with possible $8,- j ures show nearly 10 grand on "first 



000. Imperial has 'Lq. Robe Rouge* 
^and 'Mieimselle Josette, Ma Femme* 
for $1,800, and Cinema de Paris re- 
peats 'Fanny' for fifth week and 
should gross around $1,200. 
Nabes mostly in red. 

Estimates for This Week 
His Majesty^s (CT) (1,«00; 40)— 
•Broadway Through a Keyhole 
(UA) and 'Emporer Jones' (UA). 
These may gross $3,000. Last week 
•The . Bowery' (UA) and 'Bitter 
Sweet' (tJA), $4,000; ^ 
Palace (FP) (2,700; 50)— 'AH of 
Me' (Par) and 'By Candlelight' (U). 
Bunch of good names here for this 
town ■ and week-end quite good. 
Maybe $11,000. Last week 'House 
on 66th Street' (WB) and 'Disraeli* 
(WB) did fair biz at $9,000. 

Capitol (FP) (2,700; 60)— 'Queen 
Christina* (MG). this Is going to 
be a wow oni week-end" figures. No 
surprise if gross Is ' $16,000. Last 
week 'Flying Down to RiO* (,RKO) 
.finished pre-Lent period in great 
style for a fine $13,000. Could eas 



two weeks, with labout $2,000. more 
on this*n. 

United Artists (1,400 ; 25-36-40)— 
'Gallant Lady* (UA) (2d week). 
Harding well liked, as is the picture, 
and good at $8,000/ following $11,500 
on the opener. One more to go. 

Warfield (F-WC) (2,700; 36-46-65) 
— 'Fashion Follies' (WB) and stage 
sTiow with Leo CarriUp, NBC's 
Tommy Harris, et a.1. Stage show 
helping picture^ for Click, $19,500. 
Last, week 'Carolina' (Fox) got $19,- 
600 with stage show. . . _ 

Iliads. Ex|iected M°or6 
Bat Garbo, $7,500, Oke 



Ihdlahiapolis, Feb. 19. 
Strong competition among the 
downtown houses this week is 

_ causing the business to be fairly 

Ily have run second week to" good Kyell divided up. 'Alice In Wonder- 
money but for Garbo pic, 
Loew's (FP) (3,200; 



tonight' (RKO) and vaude. Con- 
stance Bennett and good vaude 
should gross $10,000. Last week 
•Eight Girls in a Boat* (Par) good 
week-end but faded later for $9,000. 

Princess (Ct) (1,900; 50)— 'Nana' 
(UA) and 'Meanest Gal in Town' 
(RKO). Big houses week-end 



■gg) 'After ^^^^t' after being • rejected by. the 



Indiana and Circle, is thie shining 

light of the town In its weU-ex 

ploited run at the Apollo. The take 

for the week should be at least tO, 

500, which is very good for that 

small a house, the town's larger 
theatres are grossing more than 



should mean a possible $10,000. Last Uhis but their comparative records 



week all-British program, 'Falling 
for Tou' and 'Man From Toronto 
went nicely for $8,000. 

Imperial (France-Film) (1,600; 
60)— 'La Robe Rouge' and 'Mam- 
selle Josette, Ma Femme.* May 
gross $1.S00. 
del' and ' 

grossed $1,500. v 
Cinemas de Paris (France-Film) 
(600; 50) — 'Fanny* (6th week)» Still 
holding np and may get ^1,200. 
About that figure last week. 



for the week are not as bright 
Garbo in 'Queen Christina* at the 
Palace is . due for a -good $7,600, al- 
though they had hoped for more. 
'Student iPrlnce* oh the stage ai: 

— - ,the big Indiana, together wltlv 'Hi, 

Last week 'Bleus du .Nellie' on the screen, will reap $9,- 
Fille du Regiment 1 which is slightly tinder par with 

the increased expenses for the week. 
The Circle ' Is lagging with a very 
disappointing figure of $4,100 In- 
dicated on 'Fashions of 1934,' which 
was given a heavy newspaper ad- 
vertising splurge under the changed 
title of 'Fashion Follies of 1934.' 

Lack of a box-oflnce name on 
either stage or screen caused the 
Lyric to sag somewhat this week 
with 1 Like It t hat Way* a nd 
its 



vaude after' its excellent business 
of the previous stanza with 'Last 
Round-Up' jand vaude. 

Estimates for This Week 

Apollo (Fourth Ave.) (1,100; 20- 
26-40) — 'Alice in. Wonderland' 



STAGE SHOWS B'KLY^'S 
- UFtSASERHflSJBL 



Did You Know That— 



Seers -Roebuck has converted 
a large room Into' a model 
kitchen for Payl Whiteman!s 
apartment at the Essex House 
.. .that was Pay Marie: stroll- 
ing down Fifth Ave> in a 
broadtail coat .with sil- 
ver and a 
there's some perfume 
arouhd labeled with the name 
of a big dress house . ... 
Hundley Is . atti'actlng atten- 
tion by his (Smooth perform- 
ance ais master of ceremonies' 
in vMoulin Rouge" ciara- 
van , . . ted iahapfro collects 
. . .so do«s Ralpij 
Blum... Inez Courtney showed 
up at the liiiiiytalr Saturday 
ith her ex-husband... 

Ona. Munsjon Is coastward 
bound. . .A cup will be given to 
Peggy Fears , the next tinie she 
disappoints a management.... 
Bill Howard slept peacefully 
throtigh 'the Lake,*, ihd they*re 
beginning to call him 'the mkn 
in lower 10'...Helehe Costello 
and hier rievir husband were at 
the Richard Wallis*. cocktail 
party last week . : i Sammy Lea 
staged a swaaaeeelU adagio 
number for Lilian Harvey In 
'f Aift Suzanne* ^. .Clark Gable 
lb mobbed everywhere he ap- 
pears in tbwh. . .Irma Gold- 
berg is west to visit her sister, 
Ki tty Marin.. .Mrs. Jack 
Benny shopped at Bruck- Weiss 
the other day and was feeeee- 
.iiuurios about soihethlng. • ' 
Charlie Morrison Is sUAlamp- 
ing to hold that Florida tan. . . 
poor Helen Broderlck never 
gets - a chance to play bridge 
Sunday nights, what with the 
d — d benefits . . . that was Hum- 
■ phrey Bogart under that rac- 
coon coat. . astroillng . i . t h e 
'Merry Widow':, will probably 
give Jeanette MacDonald her 
first chancd to show Holly- 
wood that she's a lovely 
dancer, too. ..Mr. and Mrs. 
Charlie Freeman ^re Texas 
bound. Irene Rich .looked as 
lovely as ever Itinching at 
Sardi's. 



Among the Women 

By The Skirt 



Best Dressed Woman of the Week; 
JEANETTE MACbONALD 

('Cat and the Flddle'-^Pllm) 



'Another Capitol Personal 

Mr. Emmett stood In the lobby of the itol theatre/Saturday after- 
noon saying, 'What am i going to do with these people?* It was some- 
thing to ponder for at 12: 30, the ropes were np in the outer lobby. So 
is it the picture, 'ckt and the Fiddle', or Ramon Novarro in person? It 

points to Novarro. 

Jeinette MacDonald is doing her best work in this picture and a well 
chdsen wardrobe is shown. A black box coat was worn over a dress 
made military with braid aiid buttons. A velvet bow was at the throat 
and a small hat was perched saucly upon her red curls. A dark dress 
made tunic fashion had wide collar and cuffs of white pique. A set 
tailored pajamas had a pleated cpllar of White and a suit with leopard 
full cuffs had a natty collar with one of those square hats, extremely 
becoming. There was a dark cloth dress with clever use of pleatings In 
the sleeves. At the throat was a flat white bow. A huge diamond cUp 
triangular ln shape was at the throat. A pure White boudoir was too 
gorgeous. Miss MacDonald reclined In the "i^^st sumptuous of beds^ln 
fhe^usual lace trimmed nightie. A negligee of velvet trimmed wltW lace 
wM donned, there was a peasant costume and then royal robes -of -y eJ- 
ve^ Se trimmed. Underneath was a full skirted dress of net much 

-On*?h?8tage the Cai»ltol dancers were In short white skirts wl^ bla^k 
dots and the bodices were of black sequins. An Amazon number was 
eJfdenSy suggested by a fringed dress worn by Vlylan SlegeUn her small 
pirf to the picture. G^^ were in high White boots, white ^gauntlet 
?"vesr and the heads were adorned with high ^at^ feather trlmm^^ 
The bi^dlces seemed bare with silver fringe down the front-and b^k and 
epaulets, of the fringe. The most daring costume of the season^but the 
cSitdl hasn't been ndyerse to treaUng Its girls In this manner, The 
back drop was also of the silver fringe. 



BUFFALO LOOKINGDP, 
'BLACKBIRDS' TO IIC 



rooklyn , Feb. 19. 

Considerable letup iii W'eathef 

mlth pickup at box offices In down- „„^„ 

town area. Pi^jture fare mild but 1 ^pj^rY. SweU camp'aign alTtl^^ 
stage shows and vaude bill are life- I around on this pic, including the 
•i^ers this We4k — national ballyhoot has caused the 

Goodly portion 'of ether perform- gross to zoom to a. very healthy 
•rs on the bills in vicinity— An- $6,600. Last week holdover of 'Carp- 
thony Frome. NBC Poet Prince, In ll»a:£^^Pox) 

first metropolitan appearance at Cjre^ ^^''^f'Ta^^l\i^\^^' Jl:t?^ 
Paramount, and Joe Penner, grab- —Fashions of 1984' (FN). Unusti- 
blng top bi ling at Albee. »»y »>lg advertising expenditure in 

Lenore , Ulrie in person at Loew's newspapers with the ^ films title 
Metronolltaln i&lr.: Changed to 'Fashion Follies pf 1934* 

Metropolitan, fair. U-with emphftsis Pn Follies and mu- 

Esti mates for This week slcal ldea. Biz off and no; better 

Paramount (Par) (4,000; 26f-35- than mediocre at $4,100. Last week 
60-66), 'Bolero' (Par) and stage 'Good Dame* (I^) fair at $4,500. 
show. Mild notices for flicker but . Indiana (Katz-Feld) (3,l(f0; 20- 
Stage show with veteran Will Ma- 26-40)— 'HI Nellie' (WB) and 'Stu- 
honey and newcomer, Poet Princei, jdent Prince' on stage. No advance 
likely to give house satisfactory in prices on this combination stage 
$28,000. Last week 'Search for and screen bill was expected to 
Beauty' (Par), $23,000, okay. draw socko .business on account of 

Fox (F&M) (4,000; 26-36-60), 'En- I the operetta. Gro¥A Jumped to $9, 
lighten Thy Daughter* and stage 600 but this can be rated pnly niod- 
shPw with Trixie Friganza heading erate because of the nut for the 
bill. Picture is a dud. House won't week. L^t week 'Six of Kind' (Par) 
top a weak $11,000. Last week, 'The and 'Miss Fane's Baby' (Par) weak 
Ghoul* (Fox), $16,000, oke. at $4,000 on. double feature bill 

Albee (RKO) (3,500; 25-36-50), Lyric (Olson) (2,000; 20-25-40)— 
•Meanest Gal in Town' (RK:©) and 'I Like It That Way* (U) and vaude. 
vaudel .rpe Penner and Four Eton Slipped a Uttle below its previous 
- Boys in-bpight-llneup,-good^$18,0.0(LLweeks of .Bteady,=good^^ 
Last week, 'As Husbands Go' (Fox), Ing $5,250, which is fair only— but 
$15 000 I nothing to get worried about. Last 

Loew's etropolitan (Loew) (2,- week 'Last Rbund-Up' (Par) and 
400; 25-35-50), 'Cat and FiddleMyaude plenty okay at $6,400; 
(MG) and Lenore Ulrlc heading bilL Loew's Palace ^<Lf>ew f ) (2J00; 
In region of -$W;000,—falrl3r-good. [26-40)— 'Queen Christina* -(MGi 
Last week. 'Gallant L4dy' (U A). While Garbo isn't the box-offlce 
116 000 wow locally that she's elsewhere, 

Strand (WB) (2,000; 25-36-50) she'll do a good $7,500. Last week 
I've Got Your Number* (WB). So- 'Eskimo' (MG) aiid Cotton Club Re 
so, $8,500. Last week, 'Fashions of vue on stage at advanced-prices 
1934' (WB), $7,700, okay. did very poorly at .$8,600 



Btiffalp, Feb. 19. 
Business looking up currently 
after dip of last week, due to bad 
weather conditions. 

The stage units at the Hipp seem 
to have Improved business here, last 
.week's gross being the best In town 
comparatively. 

Gr^t LAkes this week goes to 
double feature program, with the 
result still In doubt. 

Estimates for this Week 
Buffalo (Shea) (3*600 ; 30-40i65)— 
'Fashion Follies of 1934* (WB) and 
stage show.. Picture looks as though 
it might build to $16,000. which Is 
a bout average for existi ng circum - 
stances. TjStBt — week 'Conyentloii" 
City' (FN) and stage show, sub-zero 
temperatures knocked takings do-wn 
to slighUy over $12,000. 

Hipp (Shea) (2,400; 25-40)— "Four 
Frightened People* (Par) and 
'Blackbirds of 1934* unit. Plenty of 
'Blackbirds' advertising should get 
good money, particularly as this 
type" of show seems to bave- caught 
on, perhaps $11,000. Last week 
'Should Ladles Behave' (MG) and 
'Spices Of 1934,* nice business while 
everything else in ; town iseemed tp 
have suffered, $9,900. 

G^reat Lakes (Shea) (3,400; 26-40) 
—♦Right to Romance' (RKO) and 
•Hips, Hips, Hooray* (RKO). First 
week of double feature still prob- 
lematical.- Harding feature well 
spoken of, and show looks scaled to 
around $9,000. Last week 'Moulin 
Rouge' (UA) failed to show much. 
Caravian -with personal appearance 
of stars didn't hit Buffalo until Fri- 
day, the last day of the run, About 
Up to expectations at $9,600. 

Century (Shea) (3,400; 25)— 'Big 
Shakedown* (WB) and 'Smoky' 
(Pox). This -one moving along 
slowly, with Indications of not over 
$5,000. Last week 'From Headquar- 
ters* (WB) and 'Jimmy and Sally' 
(Fox) last week mediocre box ofllce 
$5,300. ^ 

Lafayette (Ind) (3,400; 25)— 'Bct 
loved' (U) and 'Aggie Appleby' 
(RKO)?^Good-bill=and--good-open-i 
ing augurs well for week;, should 
hit $6,500. Last week 'King for a 
Night (U) and 'Fury of Jungle' 
(Col), good business in face of con- 
ditions around town, $5,800. 



Good Entertainment 

Two hours and a half of real entertainment at the Paramount ttjs 
week. On the stage WilUam Gaxton and Victor Moore are dojng Wts 
from the past and getting so many laughs It must "^'^ ^^.^'^^J^^P'; *°5 
a change; OUve Sibley, in a white chiffon dress and coat, assists In a 
Sketch. Mink formed two shoulder caps, the slippers were red matching 

'"S Ahon^glVls started off with eight men in West Point uniforms, 
the men not being as well drilled as the girls. Set Was In three layers 
with the White House In the rear for a splendid effect. I^umbers done 
in white seem to be the order of the day. The Paramount's contrlbuUon 
is not a ballet however. Dresses were made long with sleeves flowing 
with-ruffles that extended down the back* These ruffles were spangled. 
Slippers were sliver. Wigs were platlniim. Pleasing effect aU atound. 
The finale had the girls in white satin gowns w"h Jet capes. A girl* 
reminding of Charlottee Greenwood; did eccentric kicks in a yellow ac- 
cordion pleated frock., A bolero JeUiket was of pale blue the same com- 
bination carried out In the hat, ^\ ^ 

•Bolero* is the picture this week and much footage passes before Miss 
Lombard appears. But When she does, is she grand! Before the war 
story and the clothes are In the hobble skirt vein. .^^ w, 

Missf Lombard's first costume was of ierrey 6atln trimmed with Fox 
fur the "same shade. The V front bodice carried a tWo-frill ruffle. A 
hat was backed by a huge ribbon bow. A black tuniced dress bad wide 
collars and cuff^ of white peque. Very trim wap a caped suit with pW 
blouse. A dance number "had Miss Lombard In a white chlffo.n made 
very full of skirt with bell sleeves trimmed with two rows of white fox; 
the same fur extending, about the skirt half way up and put on in points. 
There was an elaborate costume of white net flounces Worn under a satin 
cape trimmed with silver fox. For a bit of motoring a cloth suit With 
longlsh jacket was Chosen. The outstanding costume was of what seemed 
to be gunmetal seqiuins with the iskirt trimmed. At the sides with net 
ruffles. The iBolero dance, done on a round platform, was dressed In a 
long white satin costume silt well up the front. 

Sally Rand has never had her fan dance so well staged. JlecUnIng oa 
a swan-lUce couch, she gets up to dance, a: net robe Is noted but that to 
soon discarded and Miss Rflnd Offers what made her famous. And Bill 
Frawley is Anally playing a part suited -to his talents. 



Music Hairs-Eyeful 



Radio City is giving its patrons an eyeful this Week. A soloist in a 
hoop skirted gOwh sparkling with briUiants sings with girls behind 
her in gowns of the same style bUt differing in color. The orange, 
green and blue of the dresses make an Imposing picture. Background 
is an enormous screen which when parted discloses a huge ornament 
revolves and Is a spiral staircase. Down these stairs come the 24 girls 
so well known to those Who patronize this house. They wear white 
mellne dresses of ojie layer with bodices. of satin.. Flounces formed the 
hips and pansles weire used'as trimming. Hat^ 
Every girl seems to be a ballerina on her own. 

Ballet was followed by a solo by Miss Murray in a blue dress and 
black cloak. Miss Murray's song w6s of the torch variety done leaning 
against a lamp post, and when she walked the post walked With her. A 
novelty inodernlstic number was very new with two dozens girls In union 
suits covering the entire body. Blue was *one set, another yellow, green 
and red still another. All wore hoods of red and gloves the same CTlon. 
A V-shaped fence was across the sUge upon which these girls did all 
sorts of posing and an eyeful. A chorus of colored sinisers paved way 
for the picture, ^^Jaroliita.' Upper st^e had tiie entire Radio City chonw 
in black masks and marching on tP glory on treadmills. 

Film is Janet Gaynor's best In a long. time. She has a serioui role 
and does It well, taken from that sterling but morbid play 'The House 
of Connolly,' It Is even better on the screen. Miss Gaynor has no opipbr- 
tunlty to really dress, but In a flashback she Wears one of thPse hoop 
skirt dresses , so becoming to her. It was Of White tulle garlanded with 
ro^es. At the happy ending Miss Gaynor Is lia a white summer frock 
made with full skirt to the groUnd. Henrietta Crosman plays as only 
Miss Crosman Can, while, her meager wardrobe Is brightened, by some 
real lace collars.- Morta Bari-ie, an affected miss. Wears clothes of the 
period, although a bit over elaborate. 



Jack Mills has taken over the 
Ame'rican rights to 'Carry Me Back 
to Green Pastures' and 'God Bless 
You' from Dlx, Ltd,, London. 



Costumes »t the State 

lAnir HaTfding's '*^an^^ 
the stage starts off with the woman In James Evans* act wearing a black 
velvet dress trimmed with a diamond band at the waistline and at the 
[shoulders. Andrea Marsh, from radio, wore a white crepe dress with 
I a latticed design in diamonds, the square neck was held in place by two 
clIp37~Xrfiaur Sfothei'jrTKEverir^rr^^ 
I dress of green ruffles. 

•The very funny miss of Willis and Davis chose for her costume this 
week a pale blue crepe made high in front and no ba<du Diamond* 
traced the armholes. 



East 



Radio Center . hacks put the 
JEtlviera mural aind the art . world sees 
red..- Space replastered for a mew 
painting. 

Parents cut short the nlte cluh. 
CE|.reer of Adelaide MpfCett, .liong Is- 
l^nd socialite, who' took ia Job In a 
Miami elub, 

Jed Harris has boujrht. .play 
from Roy Har^rave., In. th0 coplet 
to keep it pver the hot weathei*. 

Brewers iirglnff revocation of baii 
pn beer advertising' pn store .fronts; 
Contend' . consumers want ■ to know 
what beer they'll get. 

EJstate Of the late Arthur Hamlm, 
acrobat, recently killed at tibew's 
Valencia, suing Jioew C6rp. for 
ilOd.OOO alleged damages for- hiis 
death. Contend Hamlin strupk 
against a piano being run on the 
Stage for the fPlloWing act and 
was thrown Into the footlights. 

Dean of. Long Island university 
bemoans Intended shutting of 
WNYC as an economy move. Says 
it should be maintained as a. nlpdel 
of a hoii-commisrclal broadcaster, 

KPilh Gillette has 'Hot Heir' in 
rehearsal. Priestly Morrison direct- 
Mhg. ;. 

Richar Whorf gets the part as- 
signed to Douglass Montgomery in 
^Gentlewoman.' Picture contracts 
hamper Montgomery. 

Theatre Union, in addition tO its 
drama school, plans a, Theatre 
Forum for . Sunday :hlghts. Well- 
known speakers, will discuss various, 
phajaes .of the art at the Civic Rep. 
theiatrei .■ 

court holds Jeanne Aubert does 
not have to pay for those . pearls, 
Up. to the jeweler to collect from 
Nelson Morris.' 

Unemployed writers who went tp 
seek CWA. relief -Thursday (16) as- 
eert they were rudely handled. 
They had a dkte with Col. -De- 
.Lamatei*, but there were tPp mahy. 
and. guards ordered the overflow 
dowhstiairs. When they objected 
they went downstairs anyway. , 

Legislatiire contemplates a state 
tax on sports events wher6 the ad^ 
mission is in excess, of 40 cents. 
' Would except school events and 
eandlot ball gamesi. ' V 

■..Peggy. Pears failed to show 4n 
cOtirt Thursday (16) -to revieal. de- 
tails of her personal finances which 
she recently announced she would 
toot give even In face of a jail 
threat. Counsel reported .h.6r ill 
Court says .she'll • be better — and 
comhiuniciative — tomorrow (21> or 
be hold in contempt. 

.Roxy first major N. Y. tliektre to 
recognize the new union ' of non-^ 
skilled workers, including ushers, 
etc. 

Lady Mendl, former Blsle De 
Wolfe, sells the Sutton Place home 
of the late Elisabeth Marbury, 
which she inherited. Buyer not di 
vulged. Sale lvas ' all cash, 
. Billy Rose has taken, a 10-year 
grip on the former Manhattan, the 
atre. Will open eoon 'ay. a theatre 
with chairs and tables? 

Jack, Curtis, agent, who claims to 
have an exclusive contract' with 
Everett/Marshall, seeking to enjoin 
the baritone from perfOrniing other 
tl^an. under his management. Lat 
ter's attorney contends Curtis has 
thie right only to sue for his 10.^ 
Decisiph reserved. 

Harold Winston has taken for 
spring pvoductloiV 'Storm Child.' It's 
by Griff Morris and John Huston. 
Ahout • a mother who believes her 
drowned , child still lives, 

Arthur Loisw and Joe Vogel back 
from that Australian trip. 

Chester, Hale, will be dance stager 
for 'Hot Heir.' 

Latest proposition Is to liang a 
tax of 5c. a bottle On all liquor sold 
in city. Under one pint is .half 
price. 

Management roomsticks 



; dail}) 



tloned in the play 
Inaily In 1820^ 

Ganna Walska 
Mayor . LaGuardla, 
Tuesday (13) j 

Mrs. Hielien Nuigerif, 
found shot to death in 
ment ' Tuesday (13) 



Equity okays . Mady., Christians' 
contract with the Guild, SecOnd 
wa,lver of the six months rule in. 
her behalf. 

Mendel, Ihc.,^ to be given a re- 



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News From the 

This department contains rewitten theatrical nem items as published during the V>eekm 
«i> papers of New York, Chicago, San Franc) . HollyHfood and London, Variety laHes 



the 

'es no 



credit for these nem Hems : each has been rewritten from a dailji paper, 

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ii w i.t'i i.n-Mi'i t in,t't tj-i.i nil 1^1 .11 1:] I. 



Judged decision. Due for 



Amen' puts on sale copies of 'The I spent for admissions to N.T. burly to * J 
L^g Lost Friend- frequently, men- | theatres last year during the 'clean-. | breakage and bacETent, 

Printed orl 



up.' J'lgured'that ait current prices [ Dave Hutton 0an again visit 
that's lot for admlssiOnSi Aimee's temple, according to court 

in On I Mrs. Rozlka Schwifhmer loses her order 
Hall $100,000 libel action against Wll- Henry Morrison, assistant migr. at 
liam Fox- and Upton Sinclair, the LeBreai in Hollywood, held up 
dancer Claimed that 'Upton Sinclair Pre- and robbed of 1300 
apart- sents William Foix' libfeled her Ford I Thieves stole f 313 from Robert 
X-.,,. peace ship gag. ; Supreme coi?" U.j.mstrong'& home and $1,950 in 

Guild production of 'They Shall finds charges not sustained. clothing, jewels, etc., from house of 

Not Die' called oflE Washljigton Harry Houdlnl Hlrison, nephew of Eddie Welch. 

date because child players are the late escape artist, killed, His q, ^ybrey ^mlth suffered severe 
barred there. Guild officials deny sleigh struck- a tree Sunday CID; injury to his hand when he at- 
thdt riaciar question had anything Died Friday (t6). Non-pro, hut K^j^jp^g^j jji^g jjjg pp^p^ ^^g, j^.^^ 
to do with Capital banning. . clever at card tricks. entrapment 'ih a gate. 

Dave. Rublnoff sued by .Peggy 'Dinah,' the tomcat iised Iin the „ ™ Molltor eranted divorce ih 
Garsia for $100,000. She doesn't UeOalllenne production of 'AUce,' L^.J; From Clela ^D? MOllto^^^^^ 
say why. hroke the papers last week with a 

Dave Warfleld tells the Cheese statemeht that unless . a home could r ^„ , p* i.* oa 
Club the average screen actor coiild be found for him the Speyer hos- Lou Allen Loftu^, 20, actress, was 
not play a scene in a stage Dlay. pital for animals could not keep stopped hy police^t Santa Monica, 

- - ' Sim aid' he would be gassed. No- f al^^^^ 

tlce foynd him a home. „ ielslin^ of a 

Illness forced Maria Jeritza Off a Unot^g^ ^t the time and wore trying 
benefit program at Carnegie Sun- to And her. 

vlvrf^Da^ Fr^nmn.^^G^. Givoi[^^ .<"); f^^^^S^^:^ ^h^^ wounded at El 

and Ray Perkins Will replace Smith Metro coi>slderlng play production ]M[onte, Cal., when slapped by a lion 

and Dale : next season with Edgar Selwyn during the shooting^, of a scene fOr 

Another Crane Wilbur play to hit handling. Would Interchange stars a Warners pic. Not baJlv injured, 

B'way. Albert Bannister has the and directors. and camera caught the slap, 

script. NO title announced. Giiy Bolton has written a farce, . Rohiert Birr, plc technician,^ 

That Jeritza musical is now 'An- 'Landed Gentry,' about a pair .of acquitted in L A^^ on charges of at 

riiha' instead Of 'Teresa.' racketfeers who strike It rich, but tempting to burn public property, 

Ruth Slenczynski, child piano are shaken Aoxnx by a detective srowing out of a small fire he wm 

prodigy, signs, through her father, agency. declared to haye started in Griffith 

for 30 concerts next season for $76.- Ticket brokers report Lincoln's P^ri^««^%«^^^^^^^ 

000. Term starts next January, Birthday one of the best matinee ' ^^^^ 

Former Charlotte Nlxon-Nird- generg the season, 
linger In Philadelphia court for 'her' 



Hid-West 



A few hours after the home , of 
Llla Lee In Beverly Hills, Cal., was 



Woik on tho huge building tH 
be occupied by the Henry Ford ex^ 
hlbit-at the 'World's Pair' will begiri 
nOxt week. The building will be in 
the style of 'restrained modernism* 
and will cover eleven acres of space, 
Approxlniately $6,000,000 worth 
of 'World's Fair* construction Is 
ready to start as soon , as the 
State legislature and the SOuth 
Park commission send the heces- 
sary! authorization to continue 'A 
Century of Progress' ithis year. 

Wilson & Co., meat packers, will 
begin work on their big display to 
be shown at the 'World's Falr^ soon. 
The Senate last week passed the 
legislation to enable a contihuatioo^ 
this year of 'A Century of Progress.' 
Application for exhibit space at the 
Pair indlqate that the Fair will be 
larger than last year; ■Applications' 
for large space are already being 
turned down. 

Eva Tartguay, former stage star, 
arrived ih Chicago last week to 
undergo an eye operation. 

Max Bendlx, former coiicert inaks- 
tor of the Civic Opera Orchestra^, 
win conduct three numbers, pt the 
testimonial concert to bie given in 
his honor at the; Auditorium Thear 
tre in Chicago. 

Stephanie Nichalas, dancer and 
entertainer in a cafe in Chicago, 
was seriously burned when a foun- 
tain pen tear, gas gun exip'.oded in 
her hand. 

Booze Bill s Monnlnig; 
Ail-Sports Tax Asked 

Albany, Feb. 19. 
The longer the Legialatui'e delays 
action on a permanent program, of 
liquor control, the more proposals 
it will have to face. ArhonTg the ne^ 
bills Introduced is one asking that 



Of whose killing she . was acquitted h^*f ^*^ . ^ , ^ 

by the French courts. She contends Ward Morehouse reported labor 
that under threat Of disavowal of 1^ oh a play. 



As- 



for on-premlses 



and llqiipr 
sumption. 

Legislature has received a recon>- 



former chauffeur tO Miss, Lee; 
sertedly confessed. 

Thieves stole a fur coa't from the 

the paternity Of her child, he forced I Gordon DaviOt, who authored aP^^ment of Lim^^ State Athletic 

her to sign relinquishment of her 'Richard of Bordeaux,' Is really Ag- M"™^y^oo^- ^a^^^^^^ that the present taxes 

rights tb one third of the estate riea Mackintosh, a Scotchwoman. .uj^^?®!,*^' ! w^^u?^ <>" boxing and wrestling be extend- 

and accept only a third of the res- Reported that Lucrezia Bori's for klfec^d at- baseball, foolball. basketball, 

Iduary estate. Now asks the court rooms at a " local hotel were en- "f-^^P^ fhe bicycle racing, hockey, horse racing 

to set aside the document Oh tered by thugs who hound the maid J^^^^^^ and all other sports. . The State 

grounds of coercion. Case now be- | and mtfer and took $2.p00 In gems. | This week Leo Diegel. 34, golf Racing Commission has warned 



Case now be 

ng heard. .1 Restaurateurs in the financial dis 

Willie and Eugene HOward. who trict querying clients as to wheth 
have made a lot of amateur mo- er they want to chew with or with 
tlon pictures of therhselves^ are out music. 

looking around for a suitable script 'Brafn Sweat,' NegrO play I m^ont'comiVi'y'^clu'b! 
for a: prof essiOnal - production next Charles Brownell, has been rehears- ■ ip^^ Sloan left an estate valued 
summer. Tired of talking shorts. ing under cover. Now looks good L^j^g^ $10,000, according to petl- 
Marie Lambers, taxi dancer, ac- enough to Henry R. Stfern, ^'^no^ " ^^^^ f^j. pp^uj^^g j„ ^.A. He died on 
Qused of harboring a convlcti freed sponsoring, to be talked about. Due U^e coast Dec. 21 at the age Of 69 
by the court as 'the pawn of crooks.' I early in March. «^ _„, i r Accused of sending ah extortion 



profesh, and Violet, Bird, of Los. that unless this Sport ceases to op- 
Angeles, are going to be* married, ^rate at a loss It may soon become 
They will go to Philadelphia where .. ^ in New York. 
Diegel becomes profesh at the Phil- ' extinct in xsew 



X, A. TANGO HOPES 

Los Angeles, Feb. 19. 
Hearing in the Appellate court on 
a writ of : review dlrectted against the 



xiK .uxa^Y"* , - , 1 Accusea or senaing an extoriion - ■— , t»„,,„>. rt^w^mXaainn nnd 

Troupe of Italian/speaking actors Kenyon Nicholson and Charles note through the mall, Sam Hart- Los Angeles Police Commission a nq 
did a southern play at the Venice Roblnsoh to Florida to see If they k^j^n . . 42 cowboy In plx, was ar- Chief of Police James E. Davi.s, oy 
last week with the players corked can evolve another 'Sailor Beware. L-ested at Universal City. Had de- interests friendly to the recently 
up. Negro chorus supplied the k John C. Fllnn, sCc of Picture Code ^^^^^g^ ^500 ^^0^^ a tango games, has been ad« 

spirituals. ' *i . ^ Authority, announces-Chas. O Rell- Kya^rggg It hourhed until Mar, 10 for oral hear- 

Judith. Anderson, in N.^T., denies ly, Wm. .Kuykendall and ^Sidney Katherlne Maiik, 22, an actress, Each side was given 10 day» 

^he reports she Is married to Ian Kent as a committee to confer with injured painfully , when her to file written briefs. 

Keith. Court records fail to show Legit C. A, over free radio shows. U^orse ran away In a L.A. park. ' written pnev 

his divorce from Fern Andra, Miss Herbert Gropper to Bermuda to Despite the fact that Will Rogers 1 _ thoJr inria. 

Anderson erroneously reported as think up a play for next fall. Lnd Walter Wlnchell interceded in PoHce offlcfals extendea t"eir juris 

having hopped to Hollywood to see John McCormack to sairto Af- ^is behalf, William Tannen, 23, ac- ' " — -='—"'"•' 
about it. rica next month. Will give 26 con-. 4^^^ J^^^g^ face trial In L.A. on a 

Marcella Sembrlch celebrated her certs.' . . charge of drunk driving. 

76th birthday in New York Thurs- Mary Michaels back in Mary of Grade Allen fell against- a dOor 
day (15). No party on account of Scotland' after an Illness. in her apartment In Hollywood and 

her age. RCA, A;T.«:T. and Gen. Electric suffered a three-Inch cut on the 

Max Baer served last week (14) in awarded verdict of infringement back of her head. Stitched at the 
a suit for $50,000 brought by Shirley against Majestic Distributors, Inc., J jjojiyy^ood hospital 
Labelle In N. Y. Claims he hugged by Federal court In Hartford, Con- New Year's flood" in 'Hollywood 
her offensively. Baer Is also de- tended the company's tubes Infringe I nipped Ethel Merman for $300 
fending two. heart balm suits those made by RCA. rworth of trunks. Insurance com- 

brought by Bee Starr- and Olive CWA advances the sponsored pany nixed payment. Carolyn Nolte to Sam Feldman, 

Beck. stage performances in school and Sheila: Terry divorced in Los An- Palm Beach, Feb. 16. Bride was last 

VernOn Duke - to : write a slnfonr- other auditoriums, to. May 1. . geles from Maj. Lawrence E. Clark, in .'Strike Me Pink.' 

ietta for Paul Whiteihan. Has just George ' Wallman, formerly with world War Vet of N.Y. Sued under Mabel Georgena Sheldon to Harry 
completed a ballet for the Ballet Vincent Lopez' orch., injects himself real name- of Kathleen Mulheron - _ ^ film comedian at Tucson, 
Russe. • into the suit of Peggy Garcia against Clark. ^ A^iJ' Whia Bi'lde is' a native of 

Beatrice Lillie in a London hOspV Dave Rubinoff. Says he's been keep- Edrta Harvey, niece of Walter P. ^"^'j * vn^«^rt nnfl unknown, 
for what Is described as a 'minor ing company for a year. Knew she Chrysler, and known oh . the stage Portsmouth, England, and unknown 
internal operation.' " Did her Sat- was acquainted with Rubinoff, but [as Edna Vori Greyman, was driving I in films 

didn't object until she entered her I the car that kiUed a woman In 



Tango' interests contend that th* 
,,ollce offlcfals extended their juris- 
diction in denying permits beyond 
wiiat the law actually permits them 
to do. . 

iDecision to postpone was reached 
by Judges Albert >Lee Stephen* 
Harry Archabald and Gavin Craig; 
siti. ig as the Appellate division. 

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In Person 
RAMON NOVARRO 
find on (|crci«n. wltK 
Jeanette MacDonald 
in 'The Cat and the Ftrtdle* 
On Stage— Little Jack Little 
Orchsstra 
Next FrI.— Clarfc 
Gable in Penon 




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ANN 
HARDING 

"Gallant I,»dy"— Cllve Brook 
Plnst— lH»ew'e "Ace" Vnqdevllle 
Start* Prt.-Pa'ul Muni "HI, Nellie" 



urday shows, but under the knife 
yesterday (19). 

Brooklyn enthusiasts . planning a 
repertory theatre on the LeGal- 
lienne idea, but. devoted to cuiTent- 
drama rather than the classics. Mrsi 
Martin Heydemann fronting. Pref ^ 
erehce will be given untried play&: 
by residents of that borough. 

Jawh McGraw, fOrmer Giant 
manager, critically 111 In the New 
Rochelle : hosp. • 

George Rector, who used to lord 
it Over B'way's favorite lobster pa:i- 
ace, demonstrating cooking in a 
dept. store. Bally for his cook book. 

If 'They Shall Not Dlie' and 
'Races' get over, Theatre Guild may 
niake a sev^'nth (noh-subscrlptlon) 
production this season, 

Carmela Ponselle back In N. Y. 
and sobbing over her broken ro- 
mance with Francis X. Bushman 
Says she succumbed to the pleas of 
the Bushman children, who' wanted 
their own mother back 

Nancy. Cunard out with a book on 
the Ne^ro racial pi'oblem, explain- 
ing her . stay in Harlem a couple of 
years ago. Deplores American lian 
dling of the situation. 

Three , men. _glv en .suanended . aen.-^ 



Suit. 

Nearly 1,000 former dry snoopers 
to, get their jobs back , March. 1. 
Ti*easury Dept. finds wetting the 
country didn't dry up the leggers. 
so there's work for 'em. 

Daughters of Frederick G. Fisher 
in court to - keep their late , step- 
mother's estate out of his hands.. 
Newest development In the? >^ Jam 
which started when they sought to 
prevent his marriage to Thamarh 
Swirskaya, dancer. 



tences in a Brooklyn court Satur 
day (17) following a fight in the 
Ijalcony of a picture theatre 

'Life Wants Padding,' which. has 
been on ai^d off again almost as 
frequently as the immortal Plhne- 
gan, now on the upbeat Under A. W 

' Shuberts again rehearsing 'Trip 

to Pressburg.' 
Irene Rich ganderlhg at the .stage. 
Board o* Estimate soaked for $300 



Coast 



Lee Sage, cowboy, is on the Coast 
challengihg the right of Will James 
to be . styled 'the cowboy author.* 
Says he has been scribbling for 
years. . . 

Harold Lloyds celebrated their 
11th wedding anniversary at Beverly 
Hills.Peb. 10. 

S. George Ullman, former exe 
cutor Of the estate of Ffudolph Val 
entino, must return $5,400 to Mrs. 
Zunilda Manclhl, 77^ according to L^ 
"S. SuiVeribr"~CrourF?"ruliHg^ Mbhey 
was donated for a purported me 
morial to the actOr. 

ITay Webb Vallee ordered to bed 
until she recovers from nervous 
exhaustion. 

John Gilbert in Honolulu on va 
casii. Likewise Myrna Loy. .. 

President's ball at the Beverly 
Hills hotel netted $1,326. 

Warren Hymer has to pay $750 
to a L. A. householder, according 



Glendale, CaL A coroner's jury ex- 
onerated her. 

Replying, to. suit for an account 
ing against him by Rusco Enter- 
prls6s. Inc., Russ Cblumbo .has en 
tered a denial, in L.A. In -counter 
claim he. asks: for Judgment against 
plaintiff for $7,B52. on a note, $3,500 
for money alleged to have been ad- 
vanced and $400 for personal prop- 
erty. 

Los Angeles- trafllc ofilcefs are 
experimenting, witl. individual radio 
receivers fasten jed to their belts. 
Outfit invented by J; Roy Hunt, 
Hollywood cameraman. 

Escaping immediate sentence to 
prison on a charge:, of attiemptfed 
criminal assault Thomas Alton 
TuUy, son of Jim TuUy, has filed 
motion for nfew trial in L.A. and 
It win be argued Feb. 23 

Barbara. Stanwyck has had noth 
ing to do . with the proposed organ 
ization of Athena, a profesh wo- 
men's club, according to an nhswor 
filed to a suit for $3,300 damages 
brought against the actress and 
Chas. W. Cradick. 

, Dorothy ' MackalU divorced in Los 
Angeles from Neil A. Miller. She 
'iirihe"Torme.r~wiTe~Of~liothar^^en 
dez, German director, 

Jean Harlow has filed a demur- 
rer in L.A., to a stilt attempting to 
claim a part of the estate of Paul 
Bern for his asserted former com- 
mon-law wife, charging It . Is am- 
biguous, 

Edward Friedman, convicted of 
robbing Mae West of jewels and 



Patricia Eliza Patterson, 22, of 
Hollywood, to Charles Boyer. 34» 
Continental stage ^nd screen player,,, 
Feb. 14 at Yumia, Ariz. Bride is.a 
native of England and has appeared 
in coast plx. 

Francos Lee, 1927 Wampas star, 
to Alex Bennett, Beverly Hills i - 
surance. broker, at Beverly. Hill 
Feb. 15. Groom, is brother of Eni 
and Marjorle Bennett. 

Fern Ahdra to Ian Keith at 
Juana, FCb. 15, to insure, the legality 
of their fii'st cei*emony In 1932... 

Mabel Georgena. Sheldon to. Har- 
ry Langdon, screen comedian,, at 
Tuscon, Ariz., Feb. 14. 

Myrtle June I>Jeale, , rion-profesh, 
to John Scott. Maltlarid, in L. A. 
Feb, .14. Groom , is sound director 
• at Warners oh the coast. 

Doris Evelyn Harding to Oharlfes 
Robert (Uke) HenshaAv, Akron, 
Ohio. . . Couple are playing with the 
Berni. Vici.unit. 

Engagement of Ted Smalley, 
Worcester, Mass., Capitol p.a.; and 
Miss Jeahettie Goodman, of i3ro6k- 
line,--Mas3.>--iias=been-announGcd..=^===--r- 



BIRTHS 

Mr, and Mrs. J. C. S.tei 
ter, Fe\x 9 in Chicago, 
head of the MUsic Corpor 
America. 

Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Delroy, son. 



Jj^sh'"lentenled'7rsei^e'from t^^ I Feb. ll In Union City, N. J. F.ither 
years to life. ip blackgace comedian. 



TueBiab^r* February 20, 1934 



VARIETY 



Broadway 



James Whale baqk from London. 

Ed Hurley hooked up with George 
I^ottman. 

Peggy Wood, who's been oiBllng 
liOndon, .home. 

Art gallery at 12 East 6ith street 
.»ow class eatery r 

Maurice Mackenzie up again after 
ft bout with la grippe. 

Actor- manager Eddie Dowline 
kad two teeth yAnked. 

The boys around Par threw Bill 

ine a birthday party. 

Katharine Hepburn first nightihg, 
Mer ■ itavorite diversion. . 

Tillle Leblang Jasie babk/from 
Florida. Also her William. 

Sam. Woods, British producer, 
lamping Broadway's offerings. 

Harry Gell, Pox g.m. in London, 
back home after iEL month of h.o.p.o. 

Helena Rubinstein in from Pairis 
with a collection of primitive masks. 

Gary Grant back in N. Yi with the 
new Mrs, Grant (Virginia Cherrill). 

Jack Bertell booked Lillian Roth 
into the DeauVllie Yacht .Cl'tib, Mi^ 
ami. 

Fred Walton of vaude, turning 
author, has. written ,a play, 'The 
Leisure Age.' 

Sophie Tucker leaves March 1 for 
Hollywood to fulfill a couple of pic 
ture contracts. . 

' Dave Rubinoff his photostated a 
yARiBTT stage date, review that rah 
a long time ago. 

Lillian Fox, p.a.'ing the new 
American bar! that's about to open 
in the Times Square hotel. 

Walter Plimmer, Jr;, former actor 
'and son of the ex-booking, agent, 
fltudyiiig for' the priesthood. 

Ona Munson to the Coast oh a. 
fortnight's vacash. Will sojourn 
with the Merian C. Coopers; 

Earl Wingart knows belter now- 
J^e ordered a case of beer in Ber 
muda and they delivered 75 bottles. 

Patricia Bowman played hostess 
to Lord and Lady Basil Humphreys 
of London at her 68th street home 

Virginia Cherrill and Cai-y Grant 
back in New York. They were 
married in London just before sail- 
ing. 

Big Mike Carroll in charge of 



CHAT T E 




London 



HpDywood 



Sol Lesser ogling San Francisco. 
Nite auto racing ^in full blbond 
again. 

Kay Francis had .a wisdom toOth 
yanked. 

Eleahpr Phelps two 
studios. 

Nat Goldfltone for a 

new hat. 

L. B. Mayer lunching Lord Mar- 
ley at MG; 

Lester Cohen; off Radio payroll, 
heads east. 

Harry Lustig ing 10 days in 

the desert. 

Graham . Baker and Gene Towne 
en route to Chi.. 

May Rpbson back from the p.a. 
trip in the east. 

Irene Dunne sulfering face infec- 
tl6n from sunburn. 

Homer Ciirran due back from 
New York this week. 

Max Autrey back in Fox's studio 
photographic gallery.. 

Harold Shumate has had new- 
novel accepted by Macauley, 

Ariine v(jf«dge^— recovering from 
pneumonia at Palm Sprinigs. 

Metro i?.a. theme song, 'Down 
Mehioing Lahe with Ki^sling.' 

Fred Mercy,: dlv. rep, of F-WC in 
Washington, is o.o.'ing studiQS. 

David Manners back after makiiig 
a picture for BIP in England. 

Otto Krtiger added ta Gov. Ruby 
Lafoon's Kentucky colonel staff; 

Film mob dusting otC the binocu- 
lai-s for the coming sailing reg4.tta 
Richard Tucker elected to board 
of directors of the Screen Actors' 
Guild. 

Metro will cast Cotton Warbur 
ton of the USC football team in 
'Gravy Game.' 

Marco went on to New York from 
Denver, expecting to be away two 



KLX, announces her engagement to 
William' F. Hahdi LA., oil man. 

Frank Pimenteli once double for 
Bronco Billy Anderson at the old 
Essanay studios in Niles, is dead. 

Now' that he Is back from New 
York aiid Hollywood Don Gilman 
will soon scri^m for the northwest. . 

Dwain Esper's 'Slias of Love,' a 
sexle, in the Tivoli; alEio has 'Nar- 
cotic' Clicking neatly , at the Strand, 
Mel Klein and Ralph Dostal, Co- 
lumbia bookers,', took, the first prize 
of . 50 shiacks in Columbia's date 
drive. ' 

Hal Eiias is in from the Metro 
lot to work on 'Eskimo' which opens 
for a run at the St. FranCi§ end pt 
this week. 

Though he sez he'll die a bachelor 
that big diamond flasher is missinjg 
from Bamey Rose's flineah, and 
he'll be spliced within tWo .months. 

On film row: Harry Hayashino, 
Stockton; John dl Stacio, Sacra- 
mento; John Peters, Salinas; Lou. 
Traeger, V allejo, and Charles jJew- 
man, San Rafael. 



his 
his 



pr tiix*ee weeks, 

joi xTxiAc x.«.Lx^..M x.i w.u.^ET^' Gretchen Messer handling fashion 

rheatricar''Trouper8^ ball"aT¥alin I yarns and stills for Paramount pub- 
Garden, Feb. 24. It's a stage hands licity department. 
(^fltai^; « . jjj.g Henry Ginsberg left Frisco 

Mary Brian flew into New York on the President Mpnroe for a trip 
to decide which of two plays offered around the world, 
her the best part. Remained 24 1 Jack Dennis fell aslfCP ft 
hours ' desk at Par and dislocated 

Siln Linz, of the Lobster, branch- neck. A doc uf^f^"^. n«in«v 
ing out as importer of . Vieille Cure, Hal forn. P»an»stj,t the Cc^lo 
.>.ordial he picked up when he was club, plays a duet with himself in 
in Fi^nc'e ^ Ray Mercer's televish fihott. 

Raymond Griffith in from the J' A ^lw-v«J^^ vfi^^th?^^^^ 
coast for a couple of days, then ta reached N>sw York^ ^^^.^^hLu^ 

l^JS^'' ''^^^- "''"''"'^ ^'TTd''ird'g5jir?o^sT^^ 
'^Jl^^y^one or the ^Peaker^h^the y^ld' s^^^ 
at the Nat. Board of Review, and | year m pix 
nobody caught him for the papers. 



Slick speech, too. 

Cheapest champagne cocktail at 
the Hotel Ambassador — six bits; 
usual rap is |1 and most spots yoti 
must buy a pint. 

Samuel Izzeks has become the 
busiest of the Root, Clark, Bucknei 



Started with Lubin 

in '13 

Arch Bowles symmoned here from 
Frisco for a confab oh operation 
policies by Spyros, and Charlie 

W. H. (Bud) Lollier back from 
Phoenix after several days on real 
estate and sub rentals for Fox West 



Paris 



Reva Reyes now at casanoya. 
Ivy: Lee passing through; at Rliz; 
Rioting kills Little White Beds 
Ball. 

Floyd Du de 
Paris; 

Spinelly at Ambassiadeurs 

'^Annl May Wong on holiday iroin I ordered to .SwiUerla^^ 



Hugh French quitting Cole Bros, 
act. 

Tracy and Vinette in Layton and 
Johnston unit. 

Ralph . Ince to do a picture lor 
Gaunvoht-British* 

Owen Moore, Mary 
first, just, arrived. • 

Kit-Cat to close in May, re-open- 
Ing in. September. 

Lance Lister has given up acting. 
Now a bookmaker. 

Miles Mander,: author -actor, 
Btajnd f or Parliameiit. . 

Aihericah Expreiss doing its spiri 
Cleaning a, little early, 
Jeff ery Bernerd'a wife very ill and 



Montresll 



Stan bay very sick at Royal-Vic, 
Leon Edel news-editing on Her- 
ald. . . : 
Leo Valdec managing - 

ati-e. . ■ 

Jos. Rainey manager Amherst 

theati'-e.' 

Walkathons banned by . . Quebec 
legislature^ 

B. M. Garfield being groomed fOr 
City CounciL 

S.R.O. for Montreal Orchestra 
Sunday nite (11). , 

His Majesty's and Princess going 
all British on films. 

'Century of Progress* Sta- 
dium Saturday (24). 

Gene Curtis announcing Palace 
on air twice weekly. ■ , , 

Billy Keaton handling -Venetian | wada 
Nights' at Chez Maurice. 

'Parade of the Provinces,' Kaplan 
directing, on CBBC rTuesdaysi 

Royal Condmission appointed to 
investigate CRlBC on complaints; 

Armand Vincent hitting high 
spots with .'Produced-in-Canada' 
exhibs. 

Legit out in Montreal, but ama 
teur shows all over the city every 
nite almost. 

New Embassy Club adds another 
nitery to Montreal with all-girl 
orch and show. 

Olivar AsseliU, mah. - . ed., Le 
Canada, . resigns to etart new piOr 
ning paper, L'Ordre. 



England. 

Trevelya.n. Girls "play i Hotel 
Ruhl, Nice. 

Saul' Bprnstein, ot Irving .Berlin, 
Inc.,. at George V. 

John W. Hicks, ., Ippking over 
local paramount layout. 

Julia Reyes and Ricardo Bros, at 
Chez Florence, nite club^ . 

Shakespeare's 'Richard Iir reach- 
ing 125 performances at Atelier. 

Charles. Lauglitoh and Alexander 
Korda passing through oh way to 
Riyiera. 

Lock of ' Sai.*ah Beriihardt's hair 
bought at auction fOr $25 by Jeanne 
Dprys, poet. 

Steve Passeur finishing two new 
three-actei's: 'The Black. Beat' and 
'God Knows Why.' 

Mlr(iille, ill, replaced by J. Man 
guenat in •Vauberiai Ffwpily/ 
Palais-Royal farce. 

Grand Guighpi; still at old stand, 
putting on new bill of two short 
thrillers and two ^ces. 

Bernard Zimmer . sailing Wednes- 
day (14) to work on Erik Ctaarell 
film for Fox at Hollywood. 

Marie Dubas, 'music hall star, re- 
ported due to play in Max Rein-! 
hardt show here next winter. . 

'Les Chahips Elysees' tea dance 
place showing parade; of '40 man"- 
nequins .with suminei-. beach styles. 

'Monique,' second Verneuil . play, 
in . rehearsal at Mathurins, with 
Alice Cocea and Harry Baur In 



Carol 



Andre Lugiiet, of films, and. 

Jacques de Feriiudy .tp support Hu< 



Joyce & Selznlck after 
Goodner for HoUywobdi 

Reginal Derihmia to do a .quickie 
for Paramount over here^. 

Wilson, Keppell and Betty have 
extension to stay here till 1935. 

Hyams Bros, staging circus 
TrOcaderO in addition to pictures, . 

Basil Sydney in town to play In 
'Dark Tower,' with theatre not set 
yet. •■ 

Gladys F'razer in and out of Sir 
Barry Jackson's - 'Marriage Is No 
Joke.' 

Glna Malo vacationing in Italy, 
prior to going into new. West-End 
musical. 

Robert Newton, of Pulham 2Bc 
theiatre; wantis to get by the Censor 
with 'Chicago.' 

Metro expects to got three weeks 
out of 'Queen Christina^' due at the 
Empire. Feb, IP. ^ " ' 

•That's a Pretty Thing* folding at 
Daly's, with Rita Jo.hn'BToUr6 Slnr 
icerely* replacing. 

British E^iuity getting oiif month- 
ly paper: Godfrey Tearle, prefsident, 
editing iarst issue. . 
■ 3L«n Urry, Roy Fox's personal 
representative; leading. Roy's band 
during his illness. 

Major Monty Gluckstein and 
Charlie Tucker back from conti- 
nental talent hunt. 

More dialects heard ait the 'Mag- 
nolia Street* rehearsals than at the 
League of Nations.- 

Tom Drew, Western Electric gen- 
eral sales manager; sailing Feb. IS. 
Will be away six weeks. 

Mary McCormic oft to Paris to 



guette Diiflos. in VerheuH's 'School | play at Opera Comique^^ preferring 
for. Taxpayers' at Marlerhy, 

Metro giving 'Eskimo* a gala 
sendoff at the : Madeleine, with two 
press lunches for Peter Freuchen, 
who flew here from Denmark; 
Mrs. Jack Hylton and her -brcbes 



this for prestige to the Rex. 

Albert BurdOn defliiitely going In 
Haimherstein-Kern Drury lAne v 
show. Jprry Kern likes him. 

Inverness antioipatlhg $60,000 
season with curious sightseers 



triB^, announced as Jack Hylton's I flocking to see the Loch Nees mon 
biggest competitor' in England, ster. . 

playing Salle Pley^I Wednesday | Bernafd Shaw in company . vlth 
(14). I Sean O'Casey at the. premiere of 

Ben Mlgglns, Movietone News the latter's play, ♦Withih the Gates,* 
chief, contacting newspaperman for I Feb. 7. 

tips on rioting and showlnef more | Aileen Stanley And Bob Battenuth 



& Ballaiityne lawyers working on | Goast^properties^^ ^^^^^ 

among speakers at annual 



the Par bankruptcy. 

George Brown has put up one of ['were 
those knock-before-you-enter shin ^'^^ 
gles In his Col publicity, office. 

That was a false rumor, sez the 
Larry Pucks' Emmet, about him 
ailing. He was Just walling, he de- 



membex-shlp dinner of the Better 
Government club. 

Morris Shipp resigned as poster 
clerk for WB here to go with Hofeld 
Process. Succeeded by Ted Wilke, 



r>«q«. for th*. last 30 vears is a bar- which they are scripting. 

Sophie Tucker postcards from I ^n > Frisco sO 
Hoilywopd, Fla., about a twp weeks' 



dance director can 
swing into 'Dames' this week. 

G«Prge Bllson tosses a cocktail 
party for Dick Powell at his Laurel 
Canyon home to celeb the second 
anniversary of their arrival in Hoi- 



Lillian Lang joyous at getting 
stock company contract with War- 
ners; glooniy at arriving home to 
find a $5,000 fur coat stolen the 
same day. 

San Francisco 

.By .Harold Bock 

Bob .Allen badly hurt in a taxi 

by KYA, 



Jerry Ryan, in.c., and Wally 
Short, . orch leader, putting Kraus 
mahn's Lorralhettes across. 

Geo. Rotsky. capitalized 'Caripca' 
and has whole .town humming with 
resultant big gross At .Capitol.!^ 

'Shadow Waltz,' •Shanghai Lil* 
and 'All of MO,' three more songs 
barred by CRBC on pain of $2,000 
fine apiece. 

Jim Adams solves Loew's - prob- 
lem with 12 Canadian . Rockets as 
setting to six Taude acts incliiding 
Eddie Sanborn orch. Carlton Wink- 
ler supervising show. Big. local 
press notices are stepping up at- 
tendances. 



interest In results of National . Lot- 
tery than in the shooting. 



holdover down where red-hot mam 
mas are helped some by. the Sun 
shine. 

Al Wilkie, having purchased an 
auto, now saving up for license | lywpoa 
plates. He expects to .have a set of 
rubber .by June and enough for .gias 
and oil by July, 

Class niteries going fpr legerde- 
main table workers , k la the Paree 
idea. Galli-Galli, Ariablan fakir 
from the French capital, doubling 
between the Casino de Paree and 
other sppte. 

It's a paralyzer even to the Times 
Sq. habitues how many hole in th* 
wail speaks there ^ere. The give- _ 
away came when they all went open | gp^sh 
door iahd unmasked windows^ as pord Wallace 
legit eateries. ^ thrice weekly. 

Nornia Talmadge returned from Boland, Universal booker, is 

London aifter a four-day Stay, there, home with .the flii 

Went for a B & i> film berth' op- Ben Austin is readying outdoor 
poslte Thomas Meighan, but didn't paper for the Barnes circus, 
like the script. Went right back to Mike Newman is in town, collegi 
her Florida house. ate hat, press book, and all 

When Mrs. PrisciUa Vera Allen Bob Lee, guitarist and arranger, 
insisted upon seeing the boy who has joined Al Pearce's gang, 
found and returned the $5,000 dia- Betty Marino is off on a Ground 
mond brooch she lost in the RKO hj^oi-id jaunt to be gone six months 
Center theatre Feb, 9, she. tipped Line of girls out of Will King's 
Stanley Brlle, usher, $25. new cafe and afternoon dance band 

The lure of pretty liquor labels is cut . down, 
being turned to use for exploitation Dick Hyer moved from the News 
.=^--=..pur-pose9^ by=- stores^along==JBjcoadk .edltprlal^^ 
way* Haberdashers, hut shops and | Examiner, 
others dress up their windows with 
grog- bottles to attract attention 
So . many people ask 



Al tVarshauer limping around 
after he sprained, an ankle while 
Theron I sprinting to lunch. 



Bamberger how the missus (Phyl- Fred Johnson flew to Hollywood 

lis Penman) is— and forgfet to in- and back for a studio ramble as 

quire how he is— that the p.a. In guest ^£ fth air line. 

^ . Herb Marple will 



dl8gu.st has gotten up a printed 
card wliifh hp hands all infiuir*>r.s: 
■Phyllis Ihif, lhank.s: I'll eive her 
vour regai* .' 



head for 

Ootham shortly to o.o. the mu.sir 
t)f'\<^ f'lr Sherman, Clay. 

ilah Clark of the Clark .Sister.«, 



Minneapofis 

By Lea Rees 

J. B. Shea investor in new 'auto. . 
Carl Michel relinquished Majestic 
product. 

Isadore Allen In town with 'Dietm- 
aged Lives,' 

A. C. Wilson, Fox auditor from 
New York, a visitor. 

Jack Gross en route to Lps An- 
geles to take over RKO house. 

Beatrice Klu'czy, iBecretary to Pay 
Dressel, in; hospital seriously ilL 

Harold Kaplan most .desirable of 
local theatrical baohelors, maybe. 

'Luncheon bridge chibs,' open to 
public, springing up around town. 

Clarence Fugelsang, fep. of N!a 
tiohal- Screen Service, here frbni 
Chicago. 

Film Board reported six theatres 
reopened and five closed in territory 
last, week. " ^ 
. May Wirth, Con Colleano , and 
Clyde! Beatty featxired in Shriners' 
indoor circus. 

Bill Wolk, manager of Camden, 
habe, bears Strong resemblance to 
Clark (Sable. 

Jack Wiley aaya he prefers his 
own home, Sioux Falls, S. D., to 
Minneapolis. 

Really sensational business being 
chalked up by "In Candlelight,' now 
in fourth week at WOrldi 

Irving Gillman regarded as most 
damaging pin smasher among local 
theatrical fraternity that frequents 
bowling alleys. 
.. _Orj theum a€ralnjfoin^.Jstage ehow^ 
strong with "'Cotton club Revue' due 
next week, and Olseii and Johnson 
and 'New Yorkers' to follow. 

Out-of-town exhibitor visitors in 
eluded W, C. Kienholz, BuffalOi 
Minn.; Klug Brothers, Ziimbrota, 
Minn.; Jack Heywood, W^isconsin 
circuit; Don Buckley, Redwood 
Fall<«. Minn.; Jack Hill, Mllaca; 
Minn.; Billy Behfleld, Graceville, 



■^finn. 



The Hague 

^By M. W, Etty- 

Dutch talker. 'The Sailors,' show- 
ing. ' 

Reinhardt-Thlmig tour served to 
boost several Thimig films here. 

Femme world bridge, champion- 
ship at Carlton hotel, Amsterdalm. 

Hugo Helm, manager of Fritz 
Hirsch Co., was visited by burglars. 
They took $1,000 in cash and some 
jewelry. 

J. C* Schlick, managing editor 
and director of Renter's Holland 
Agency at Amstierdam,' celebrated 
his jubilee of 45 years Journalistic 
life. 

German male star legfrled Amo, 
who. had to leave hia country be- 
Oause not Arzlan enough, liow act- 
ing in vaudeville intervals, in be- 
tween fil msr here. 

Plans at The Hague, for a new 
big cinema, with 2,000 sea.ts, dancing 
floor for 160, restaurant for 400 and 
a big swimming pool; whole thing 
to be called Broadway House. , 

Mojsy €rodels (song) "and Sieg-^ 
tried Weinberger (piano),, two emir 
grants, flrst from Russisi^ then from 
Germany, where their Yiddish de- 
scent was considered against them, 
here :and .successful. 



Mexico City 

By p. rahame 

Spring; straw hats, parasols and 
spooning in the parks 

Lupita Tovar,. , screen player, 
claimed as Mexico's o^n, was born 
in Sah Salvador. 

Plans completed, and. work starts 
soon, on another skyscraper, a 12 
story .edifice, on one of the main 
stems. 

Par's 'Torch Singer*: at Cine Regis 
and Metro's 'Her Sweetheart' at 
Cine Balmori Joint current picture 
smashes here, 

John Stone, director of. several 
Hollywood-inade .Spanish talkers, 
vacationing here and Inspecting 
=MexicanrfBtudio8; 



An organized exeurBioh of Ameri 
cans will arrive here mpnthly, gov- 
ernment announces. ■ Comm.tteeB to 
protect tourists against profiteering 
have been formed. 

Native — Btage-^nd—sereen- --stare 
participated in a benefit for Jose 
Campino, veteran impresario, who 
discovered liupe Vellez and Eva 
Beltri, Mexico's ace danc«vr. 



staglhjET a, 'reunion in London' In 
Jack Hyl ton's dressing rOom nt Pal- 
ladium. 

The Comedy, which iB taouislng 
First Episode,* is plentifully sprink- 
ling the town with 'two-for-one' 

Cli'*ClllC(iTS* I 

Come Tip and Se6~Mae West 
Some Time,' is the teniptlng cap- 
tloh on Madame Tussaud's adver- 
Usements. 

Four American gals from last 
Dorchester hotel floor show .have 
stayed over, for the Tonuson Bros. 

Russian Ballet, 'currently in New 
York, due here for week's season at 
Covent Garden, with options. Open- 
ing June 25. • 

Gilbert Miller will oroduce "Labur- 
num Grove* on Broadway in the 
fall, with Edmund Gwenn in his 
original role. 

Vivien Van Damm negotiating 
with Gillie Potter to follow Johin ' 
TiUey as residehtlal comedla^h at 
the WlndmilL / 

Lady Ashley, tn Douelas Fairr 
banks' latest trouble, was formerly 
Sylvia Hawkes, ehorihe/at Winter 
Garden theatre. / 

Martlnus Poulsen cbmplalnine 
cheap West-End eateries have 
killed Cafe de Paris and Cafe An- 
glais Iun6h trade. 

•While Parents Sleep' closed two 
years' run at the. Playhouse Feb; 3, 
Show housed in two or three thea- 
tres since opening. 

James . Bunting adapting play 
written by Oeorg|e Harris for the 
screen. . Sammy Smith, he^d' of 
British Lion, Interested. 

Sih<;e advertising In VAiiiBrr Dick 
Creah has been inundated with, let- 
ters from Americans asking hlih to 
use. his infiience to have them cpmei 
over. 

l^tz! Mayfalr has verbal eohtract 
with George White, for hla next 
'Scandals.' 'White due here early , in 
April to get costtimcs for his next 

. Jack Waller keeping his hands on 
the : cigars at the opening of 'Mr. 
Whlttlngton,' the new Jack Waller- 
Jack Buchanan musical at Hippo- 
drome. \ 
Dorchester hotel's "New York 
Midnight Follies' has been such a, 
hit that Clifford Whitley is eom- 
pelleiiL-^tol^pla y — ^th e- sho w,: twice _ 
nightly. 

Paul Stein off to Vienna to make 
final arrangements with Richard 
Tauber foi' 'Life of Schubert' film, 
to be made by British International 

.El.at!ir.eflj . — - — _ ^-L.^... 

. David Bador, Universal s nustTer. 
responsible for firm's new Idea en 
trade-show tickets. Consists vi 
(Continued on page ll> 



Si 



VARIETY 



LESQtt E 



Tuesdftf, February 20, i934 



OBITUARIES 



HENRY SANTLV 

Aftoi* a lingering dttack of leu- 
chemla which kept Henry Santly 
away from his beloved Tin Pan Al- 
ley, the music publisher—young in 
yeiars but . a veteran in the business 
r^died Feb; IS at Mt, Slnal hospital, 
where he had been since the first of 
the year. From October, 1933, he 
had bieeh Variously in- th<S Park 
West hospital, N. T., and the Great 
Neck (li. . L) hospital fighting the 
anemic conditions which, despite 
blood transfusions, couldn't be de- 
feated. 

Sahtly, co-founder with, .his 
brothers, Lester and Joe, of .Saintly 
Bros., nltisic publishers, grew up In 
and with tin pan alley. He was 43. 
Of these, oyer a score had bieeii de- 
voted to the budness of plugging, 
popularizing and publishing popular 
songs. 

Besides his brothers, a sister,. Eva, 
and hlis mother survive. Funeral 
services from the Sahtly family resi- 
dence, 330 Riverside^ drive, New 
York, were held at . th^ West End 
chapel Thursday (15) morning at 11 
a 



m. 



SEWELL COLLINS 

Sewell Collins, Am,«!rlcah - born 
theatrical producer, died In London, 
Feb: 15. 

He. began his career as a cartoon- 



many years vas in vaudeville. He 
leaves his widow and two daugh- 
ters. 



HEbWIG REIL 

Hedwig Rell Essiglie, 72, once a 
well-known contralto of the Metro? 
polltah, died in New York Feb. 16. 
She retireji from the opera when 
after ah eight-woek season oh, the 
road, cLuring which she sang in al- 
most every performance, she 
strained her vocal cords t)eyond re- 
covery: „ , , 

She leaves a daugh er, Hedwlg 

Tschlrf.. 



HIGH OPTIMISM 



Ten^Year LesM- Taken on Menrtphi* 
H0.U89 for Burlesquo 



.Memphis, Feb. 19. 

• Burlesque. went Into the old Ly- 
ceum theatrei yesterday (19), spon- 
sored by General Theatre Enter- 
prises. The company, which oper- 
ates shows in Atlanta, Birmingham 
and JacksorivlUe, arranged with the 
State Mutual Life Insurance Co, of 
Worcester, Mass., for 10-year 
lease on the theatre $900 a 
mpnth. 

•Scanties of i934*, with a chorus 
Of 40 giris, Is the first show. 



Dancer Fined 



(Continued from pkge 33) 

hing trahscrlptlons, Wednesdays, 
from Feb. 7 througli . May 2, 193 4. 
Placed by Radio Sales, Inc. WBT. 

Pure-Oii Co. of tji^ Oarolinast th\r' 
tee 30-mlnute live taleht minstrels 
showSt Tuesdays from 8.00-8.30 p.m., 
beginning Feb. 27, 1934. WBT. 



WILLIAM ALLEN 

William Allen, chairman of Asch- 
erberg, Hopwopd & Crew, music | 



iMUlWaukee, Feb. 19. 

erueie, «vi'""y- • . i Annette Taloy, arrested tw b 

publishers, died at his London home, k(reeks ago for giving an Indecent 
Feb; 6, aged 66. He was one of the Ljj^nciB at the Gayetyy btirlesque 
heat known men In the musical house, yr&s fined $60 and costs last 
world and gave encouragement to hprlday (16). While ,the dancer 
many budding composers to provide pigafl^tl guilty to the charge, she 
scores for Cochran, Chariot an^ asked Judge Heddlng to be lenient 
numerous other musical: comedy, and ijg^jj^yge her .brassierre brbke du*"^ 



reviie managers. 



WILLIAM KERSHAW 

William Kershaw, , actor known 
both in America arid England, died 
in 1.6ndon, Feb, 4. The cause was 
cerebral hemorrhage. He went tp 
New York with the 'Hayoc* company 
in 1926 and remained there until 



IN iMEMORIAM 





Frebruary 2r, 1933 



t on the Chicaigo Tribune, later, 
going to the N..T, Journt^l. He did 
special illustrated articles for Life/ 
Collier'fl and other leading majga--, 
zinG.a. During tlie' war he was chief 
inteiligence: officer In the British 
isles for the li. S. Army and was 
decoriated by Great Britain, ; 

Turning his attention to theatri- 
cal pi'.oductIbn» chiefly abroad, he 
is also remembered as having 
brought ^Outward Bound' to this 
country. Some of his recent, pro- 
ductions have been TLieft Bank,' 
'Hawk Inland' and "Afraid of the 
Dark.' * . ' 

Suryived by his wife,' Margaret 
Moffat, who is now playing In the 
Lottdon-" predilctlon of 'The ' Wind 
And' the Rain.'' 



iast May, when he, returned to Lon- 
don owing to poor :healtTi< 

WENDELL MASON , 

Wendell Maison, radio scei(iarl8t 
and entertainer, died Feb. 13 in Bos- 
ton as the result of falling on an 
iuy sidewalk. Was connected with 
various Boston stations Since 192S. 

Survived by widow apd three 
daughters. 

FREEMAN-8TRIMPLE 

Otto C. Freemaii, 34, and George 
Strlmple, 27, both kjQOwn in pix for 
their trick camera shots, were killed 
In Lbs Angeles Feb. 13 when their 
a,Irplane nosedived into a sand: dune. 



IQMUND WELTNER 

Slgmund WetthJer, 72, died Sattirl 
day. morning, j:i7) :in Harbor Hos- 
|pIta;i, 'New York; as ft result of in- 
juries sustained when he slipped on 
the ice in front of his home Thurs- 
day (16) and suffered head Injuries 

Mr. Weltner, born in Hungary, 
was a life-long friend of Adolph 



ing the performance. 

Charges iagainst Charles Fox, 
house manager, were dropped. 
Court decided Fox was. not aware 
of what kind . of performarice the 
dancer was goinig to; give, 

Burlesque Placements 

Chicago, 

Milt. Schuster office last week set 
Prances Parks in the Palace, Buf- 
falo, and Ruth Milton in the: Gem 
here'. 

Dorothy Dabney went to the Gay- 
ety, Mllw'aukiee. Jeane Williams 
and Dolores Lefand to the: Garricfc, 
St. Louis; Phyllis Tripp, Babe Lee; 
Ethel Maness and the Bell . Sisters 
Into the Atlanta down Iri Georgia. 
Maye 'Shie' Martin and Jerry Miacr 
Cauley hit the Gayety in Minne- 
apolis. 

Radio Ghaiier 



New Busiiiess 



i6-mlnute 
March .1. 

transcripr 
Symphon- 



FORT WAYNE 

McCoj/ Lahoraioriea, announce- 
mehts twice dally. Placed through 
Scott-Howe, Bowehi Chicago. WO WO. 

FelS'-Naphtha, hew contract to 
run 39 weeks featuring Happy Herb 
Haworth. Monday^ Wednesday and 
Friday evenings at 9:46. WOWO. 

Boncilld Laboratoriea, 
beistuty talks starting 
WOWO. 

Armani Co., musical 
tlons featuring .'Armand _ 
les,' Tuesday, and Friday at 7:46 p.m 
WOWO. 

Bporta-Highlightai, three times 
weekly, Wednesday and Saturday at 
8:15 p.m., and Sundays at 0 p.m. 
Sponsored by KarrimrSchelllnjg^r Co., 
Mishawaka. WOWO. 

Battle Ci'eek Foods, three times 
\veekly during breakfast club .pro- 
g'ram. placed through Irwlh-Wasay, 
Chicago. WOWO. 

Centlivre Brewery, spot announce- 
ments; WOWO. 

Ch-aHam Motors, Ri char d;S<>n- 
Scbultz, local dealers. Tilesdaiy and 
Friday at 6:15 p.m. WGL. 

Ooral Motors fpr Dodge Autombr 
bile, announcements :6n Wednesday 
at 6:15 p.m. WGL. 

Grand ■ Leader . Department 8tore, 
dally announcements during break- 
fast blub. WOWO. 

Acme Paint & Varnish Co., three 
times weekly during breakfast . club. 
woWo. 

Black-Knight Coal <7o.> daily an- 
nouncements breakfast club. WOWO- 

Northern. Indiana Public Service 
Co., temperature reports . dally, WGL. 

Fort WOyne Lwundries, daily an 
nouhcements. WGL. " . 

Gillette Bafetj; Riugor, 2-mln 
ute wax daily. Wowo. 

Gillette R^hber Co., three times 
weekly, . Monday, Wednesday arid 
Friday. WOWO. 



boiint placed by Young & Rubioam, 

Pure Oil Co., Chicago, mahufac« 
turers of Purol Pep gas, began 52- 
week contract with WLW for Moh- 
day». Wednesday and Friday night 
quarter- hour spots, Feb. 19. Sponsor 
engaged Henry Thieis, formerly on 
this station, to conduct new unit 
band from WLW staff. To feature 
POP dance tunes a,nd alternate dbu« 
bles from John Barker, barltbne; 
Mary Alcott, blues; Morrle Neuman, 
crooner; Ponce Sisters, harmony 
duo; 8 SjlOods iti Blue, gals, and a 
male quartet. Freltag Advg. Agency^ 
Chicaigo, handles 'account. 

Chattanooga 

B. 0. Remedy Co., Durham, N. C, 
renewal for third year, B. C. Sports' 
Review. Through Harvey Mespen- 
gale agency. WDOD. . 

iSayer A-spirin, 13 half-hoUr re^ 
corded programs. Through World 
Broadcastlhg System. WDOD.. 

Cystesfi 13 weeks, 'Newspaper Ad- 
venture.' Through Dillon & Kirlc 
WDOD. 



HARTFORD, CONN. 

Bond Bread, 13 weeks, three times 
a week, recorded Terry and" Ted -Ad- 
ventures, WDRC. Through Batten, 
Barton, Durstinfe & Osborne. 

SEATTLE 

Automohile Warehouse; 50- word - 
announcement dally except Sunday, 
February 9 to May 9. KOL. 

Mayflower Hotel, 16 minutes each 
Sunday, February 11 to May 6.- 
KOL. 

Rudolph Lee Furniture Store, two 
announcenients weekly, started Feb- 
ruary 12. KOL. 

Northwest Mutual ire Associa-^ 
tion, three announcemeints weekly 
over KOL; starts February 19. 

General insurance Co. of America, 
series of nine 30-mihute .concert eni- 
semblie programs over KOMO; 
started February 3. 

NorthiJOest Casualty Co., three an- 
nouncements weekly, starting Feb- 
ruary ,25, to run indefinitely. KOMO, 

Radio Bureau, Ltd., series of 15- 
minute programs, dally except Sun- 
day, for one year. KJR. 



BERT NiWSOME 

Bert Newsopae, 77, father and 
manager of the Four Famous New- 
somes, died Feb; 3 at his home, 
4rl4 27th street. Long Island City. 



(Continued from page 36) 

It took a doctor, a nurse and" "the 
aid of a pulmotbr to revive her. 

Mrs. Hum • Sutton, . wife of a 
KOMA, Oklahoma . eity» engineer, 
was seriously burned when her 
clothing, caugh fir© from an open 
gas flame. 

A! Groodmao, tenor for several 
mbnths, returned to Oklahoma City 
after a short . iibsence. 

Jack Phlpps, staff pianist for 
WBT, Charlotte, Nr. C., waylaid by 

thugs. , . _ 

Jimmie Qunn and hla Dixie Ser- 
enaders, popular . Negr.o band on 
WBT, charlotte, N. C, has been 



CYNTHIA COYNE 

Cynthia Coyne, for many years , ■ ^ ^r. , , 

identified with outdoor parks and booked for a tour through Vh-glnia 



circuses, died Feb. 17 of heart dls- 



IN MEMORY 



3ettie 




Us February 21, 1933 



'PAULINE" 



Zukor. He was an exhibitor for a 
number of years,, operating several 
theatres in Brooklyn and, on the 
upper East eide ot New York. "His 
son, George Weltner, is assistant to 
John W' Hicks, Jr., head of Para 
moUnt InternatloriaL 



and west Virginia, 

There are still a few Frehch- 
spea.klng people in the South. On 
the Rosewood and Ivory program 
over WBT, Charldtte, N. C, xylo- 
phone and piano combination, 
Pierre Martin, xylophpnlst, speaking 
In French, was supposed to. have 
said: *i have a comfortable room 
In which to shave.' Instead he said: 
1 have a comfortable room in "which 
to make home brew.' Several tele 
phone calls came in immedia; 



PORTLAND, ORE. 

Portland Public. Market, through 
Mac Wiiklns and: Cole Agency, Port- 
land; remote broadcast - half -hour 
dally except Sunday. Renewed for 
additional month. Program unuSual 
Iii that- it is three-point remote; 
i market; studio and theatre organ. 
llCGW. 

Van Duyn'a Chocolates, five-min- 
ute proigram service (approx. four 
months) through Mac Wllkihs and 
dole Agency, Portland. KGW. . „ . . 
' Safeway Stores, Inc., announce- 
ment -service, througii Botsford, 
Cbnstantlne Co., Portland. KGW. 

Pendleton Woolen Mills,: sponsor- 
ing «bf wrestling miatche's from Labor 
Temple, renewal for one month; 
through Gerber and Crossley Co., 
Portland. KEX; 

Robert Gust Co., Julia Hayes pro- 
gram, one year; five 15-minute pro- 
I grams daily exceipt Saturdays and 
Sundays. (Helpful Hints to House 
wives). KEX.. 

The. Home Plate, ■ restaurant, two 
months announcement service on 
program feature, 'Cobwebs and 
Nuts.' KEX. 



ease at . Gfceanslde, Calif. Mike 1 pointing to 'the error 



Cbyhe," yet road show agent, the 
husba.iid, survjlyes. ' 

Father of Sidhey Harris of 'The 
Billboard,' died. Feb. 19 in New 
York, aged 57;. 



yeeurs. 



SALEM TUTT WHITNEY 

Salem T. Whitney, 55, Negro. | announcer 
actor, who created the part of Noah 
in 'Green Pastures,' died in. Chicago 
Feb. 13 oi heart disease. He played 
the character in the original presen 
tatlon and went on tour. In Chicago 
his health became so poor that he 
was compelled to remain In that city 
at the home of a relative, Mrs. 
George Sawyer. 

Survived also by a brbther and a 
stepson. 



Father Of Thomas . H. A. Lewis, 
at . WGY*, Schenectady, 



Doc - Schneider's Yodeling ■ Cow- 
Ijoys, late of XBR and WRAP, are 
playing theatre dates in the Carp- 
llnas. ' ' . 

Harold D. (Old Wayside) Brown, 
drew 1,200 out In sub-freezing 
weather at Charlotte, N. C, to a 
benefit entertainment for his Wa,y-r 
side Gang, organi^ied over WBT, 
Charlotte,. N. C. Wayside is lilni- 



- - ■ • , ,^ self a wheel chair case and Jiis. pro- 

dropped dead Wednesday (14). He grim is run for shut-ins. 
had been a Trpy policeman for 33 | O'Cbnnor Sisters, late of WBIG, 

Greensboro, N. C, are .playing the- 
atres,, conventions, and meetings. 

Fred Relder/' .radio entertainer, 
walked from Raleigh, N. -C.. to 



Father of Leo Fltzpatrick, oper- 
ator of WJR in Detroit and W(iAR i -^rv— — ' "xi.-' 
In Cleveland, died in Kansas city Washington, D, C, bearing the good 



on Feb, 13. 



GEORGE FOX 

George F*ox, 54, died in Los An- 
geles Feb. 10, the result of an auto 
mobile accident. He was a member 
of the vaude team of ttlnes and 
=Pox-and later-Fox and Ingram.=^He^J 
is survived by a brother and sister, 
non pros, living in Toronto. 



Uncle of Rosetta and Vivian Dun*, 
can died In Los Angeles Feb; 11. 
Widow, two daughters, a son, apd 
three nieces survive. . 



Mother of Hilda Lesser* secretary 
to Ed Saunders of Metro, died Feb. 
18 in New York. 



wishes of Governor j. C. B. Ehrlhg- 
haus, an for a stunt. 

irwin Dt Setzer* blackface come- 
dian for WBT, Charlotte, N. C, 
calls himself Qatemouth. 

Billy KhautC. hds added twb saxa- 
phones, a trumpet and a -guitar to 
his band, on the air several times 
weekly from WBT, Charlotte, N. C. 
Buddy Llnthlcum is back at 



TACOMA 

Sparkcast, 7:30-7:45, Elliot Met- 
oalf, sports ed daliy except Saturday 
id Sunday by Pioneer Beer. KMO. 
Hop Gold Beer, Joint broadcast of 
fight Thursday nights 9 to 10, KMO. 

Vitality Club/ 5 to 6:15 p^m., dally 
except Saturday, Sunday, by Federal 
Bakery. KMO. 

Casivell Optical Cq.f Spot an- 
nouncements dally. KVI. 
: Tommy Burns, Ihc, Dodge and 
Plymouth, 16^mlnute. programs daily 
8 tb 8:15 from showrooms. KVI. 

Fisher: Co., spots for Belle-Shar- 
meer Hosiery daily. KVI. . 
/ Rhodes Brothers Dept. . Store, Tu 
dor Pia;te spbt announcements March 
19 to May 17. KVl. 

. Oldsmobile, Ruth Utting, two 15- 
minute periods weekly 6:15 to 6:30 
p.m. KVI. 

Ford Motor, two half -houir periods 
weekly-^Sunday, 6i30 to 6 p.m;, 
Thursday, 6:30 to 7 p.m; KVI. 

Dodge Bros., 12 ohe-mlnute plat- 
ters Feb. 21 to 24. KVI. 
. Totem Talks, 10:30 tb iO:^5 a m 
Gro.cery chain— World tours. KMO. 



French Chary 



(Continued from page 1) 
ter stand in, ^ell with the French 
government for future purposes. 

Paris, Feb. 19. 
i>Te.wsreel companleis were first 
told to completely lay off French 
riot scenes, .then told okay to go. 
ahead and finally again cautioned 
by the government. Most of the 
U. S. companies told the govern- 
ment offlcialia they would comply 
with wishes, after consulting home 
bffices, although some material Is 
already en route to New York. 

Cameraman risked their lives on 
the Place die lia, Concorde durlns 
the biggest riot Wednesda,y (6), 
What they got, however/ Is re- 
ported none too hot because flares 
were .Inadequate .for lighting, al- 
though the sound stiufE Is reported 
to be swell. 

No restriction .en still camera 
men, however, who. come under 
protection of free press laws. 

Fox Movietone got a nice beat 
Sunday (11) by fllriilng Gaston 
Doumergue speaking In his home 
town. Film was sent out Just as 
the ex-PresIdent was called to form 
a hew cabinet, making It a high 
spot; Story was spotted by Mrs. 
Fred Fresnau, wife bf the Fox as- 
signmeiflredllbr. 



Fels & 
started series 



I NCI NN ATI 

Co. (Fels Naptha soap), 
of W^finesday and 



Coleman Sachs returns to Blrm* 
Ingham this week and for the time 
being will be at the Pickwick Club. 



Joe Kempner goes from E. B. 
Marks professional dept. to the ditto 
of Lawrence Music, 



Brunswick has signatured Will 
Osborne to do a recording series 
starting March 1. 



Phil Harris moves into th 
Royal March 6, 



HARRY MURDEN 

.Harry Murden, 66j old-time mln;^ 

7 strel man and Well known In vaude- 
ville two decades ago, died at his 
home in New Brighton, Pa„ Feb. 11, 
following a short illness. He had 
trouped with many of the better 
known minstrel companies and for 



Burly Tries Again 

Brldgeiport, Feb. 19. 
Burlesk today ventured Itis third 
try of the season at the Park, 
now operated by Hurtlg & Seamon. 
["Marflagement-pronrlslng real— stuff- 
'within the rules of propriety and 
common sense without breaking the 
laws of good showmanship.' 

First offering 'Hollywood Follies,' 
with Sliding Billy Wateon. 



Ti/r'iJl^v., t° i- started series of Wednesday and 

WAPI, Birmingham* after takin|f a pri^^y m. 16-mlnute programs 
flip down toxoid Mexico. Feb.' 14 oh WLW; Jack B6rch, of 

.==.A-serles-of=progranis-bjtthe 

phony orchestra and the concert friendly, gossip, with small ork. Ac- 
band of the Asheville High school 



has been started by Station WWNC, 
Gus Arnhelm contracted by Eck- 
erd's Cut-Rate Drue Store, in 
-Ashevillbr-and— Is— peesentei— each 
Friday afternoon bver WWNC. 

Frank Luther's Sylvanlans are 
presented by transcription twice 
weekly from Station WWNC, spon- 
sored by Freck Radio Supply Com- 
pany. •' 



DOROTHEA AMTEL 

286 W. 72d St., New lork City . 
tliy New Assortment ot GRBBTINO 
CARDS Is Now Ready. «1 Beaatlful 
CARDS &nd FOLDERS. Boxed. Fost- 
ftnld, tor 

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Tuesday, February 20, W34 



O UTDOORS 



VARIETY 



C H A T T E 




(Continued from pa^e 63) 

pfisspoi't case, perfoi'ja-tech 
tickets inside. 
■ Plenty of ihtievnal blcjiering; 

.among Exliibitors Committee, or- 
ganizing Gala Performance at Em- 
pire for Ginematdgraph Trade 
Benevolent ^'und. 

Ijhlversars Paris office dickering 
with Marian Marsh and Virginia 
Cherrlll for picture. Exteriors to 
be . made In Switzerland and - 
teriors In France. 
As floon as he disposes of his two 

■ productions, 'Conversatibn Piece' 
and 'Magnolia Street,' Charies 
Cochran is going to Hollywood. . He 
won't teil why—not Just yet, 

Hilda Mundy. and Billy Ciaryll 
signed up in the 'Yours Sincerely' 
rfevue, replacing Seymour , Hicks, . 
who leaves show before Its West 
End production in mid-February, f 
Most difficult thing at Victoria 
Palace opening' was to gist John 
Southern to rtiake a speech. Every- 
body tried and failed. Lord Lurgan 
applauded every ' item . on the . bill. 
He is brie of the directors. 



Dallas 



By ftaymond Terranilla 

Walter Gieseklng guest artist 
with Dallas symphony. 

Lawrerice Welk playing his ac- 
eowjlan at Diillas dances. 

Main stem grieved over passing 
«f Dick Penney in Denver, ' ' 

Kosloff's studio, hopped over to 
Denison for a. ballet-concert. 

Jimmy Garrigan's ork, with 
Es!-hei' Todd, in Baker's ballroom, 

Joe Linz bringing out 'Things 
Theatrical' for the local Interstate 
houses. 

Katharine Cornell's two-day stand 
at Melba has healthy advance sale 
at S 2.7 5 top. 

Esther Hoblitzelle, Franco Autori 
and Elizabeth Todd cast In little 
theatre's 'Biography.' . 

Felix F. Feist whiling away a few 
hours with C. E. Kessnicti arid lie 
Roy Bickel, local MGM boys. 

Karl Hoblitzelle added to board of 
directors of the jSmlth-Davls be.d 
springs company of Stl Liouis. 

Dick Foy stlcKing to hiB Old Mill 
manageriship.and denying he'll leave 
to Join, the dther Fbys in vaude; 

Edmond M. Barr, Dispatch iscrlbe, 
taking a vacash on Broadway 
Catching 'em front and back^atage. 

Meet town^s neiwest citizens, the 
Jesse Cra\yfords-T^held-pver another 
wieek' by Palace, to make It five 
straight. 



Boston 

en Li 



his stay 



burgh 

here. ' 

Maury . Rubens, musical director 
for 'Artists, and Models' tab, called 
hack to New YorK by Shuberts for 
hew show. 

Took Beri Kalmenaion two years 
to get home office' to remodel WB-. 
FN 'exchange heire. When job wjas 
completed, . Kalmehson wa$ trans- 
ferred. 



By Jack Rose 



Ross Bl'uck buys new sedan, 
ton Fidler to Salt Lake territory. 
R. J. Morrison to Black Hills, S; D., 
on selling tour. 

Max Soheuback spending vacation 
in San Diego, ;Calif. . 

Mother of Harold J^ice, Larartie, 
Wyo., exhibitor, in- hospital. 

S. R.- Lang with, 'ERPI. manager in 
Dallas, Tex., for .diyislbn meet; • 

J. Ji Goodstein,' operating, three 
houses in the state,, opens a Denver 
office. 

,Wm' Sussman, assistant to John. 
D. Clark, stopped here a day oh wiy 
to Hollywood. ■ 

Columbia exchange, moves to for- 
mer Educational quarters^ 2144 
Chanipa street. 

'MouUne Rouge' going into the 
Denver and Aladdin day ahd date 
week of Feb. 22. 

Dorothy Lee .appearing in both 
the picture!, 'Hips, . Hips, iHooray,' 
and in person at the Orpheum. 

James Keitz; Sheffield exchange 
manager, and. Bill Rosenfeldt, an- 
other independent operator, sharing 
expenses on tour of Wyo., western 
Neb. and the Black Hills. 



Natlyie FJreddi^ Miller, feather- 
weight champ. In. Variety club. 

Alexander Puglia' ' and . Monica 
McCoy pi-ombting local talent for 
^Martha* ahd 'Hansel and Gretel' at 
Eniery Auditorium March 8 and 9. 

Paul Whiteman, Eugene Goosens 
and Frank Slmbn to direct concert 
by 260 hausiclans in Music Hall 
Mjarch 6 for relief , of unemployed 
musicians. 

Ohio Valley Indie Exhibs, headed 
by Willis Vance and having 60 menl- 
bers, expect 1,600 at their dance 
and entertainnieht A;pril 7 at Neth-. 
erland piaza. 

Jim . Grady on from Chartotte, 
N. C, to manage Fox exchange, suc- 
ceeding W^iliitjihC.Gehrlng, who be^ 
comes iF*bx . sales mgr» In ChiOagb 
March 1. Allah S. Moritz vbted 
prez of Variety clubi replacing 
Gehring. who will be tendered , testl- 
mbnlal dihner.Feb. 24. 



Indianai 

itlKijey 



Circus, Carniyal Burley Codes 
Practically Set; Johnson May 
GetMl 3 Before End of Week 



Carr Dreyfus coming, home. 

Jack McGann in to handle 'Nana.' 

George Alabama Florida boosting 
Ed Wynn show. 

Walter Howey gets a puflE in the 
Sunday Herald. 

Paula Patterson inviting the the- 
atre reviewers to address the Pen 
Women. 

Jim McGuinness of Allied- Thea- 
tres busy as a bee on legislative 
matters, 

Helen Eager complimented as the 
biest looker in the Saturday After- 
noon club, 

Joe Brennan (Loew's State) finds 
the children's shows . are almost .as 
much- a draw for!adults. 

George Holland got swell letter 
.from Mrs> Richard Mansfield; thank- 
ing, him for article on - .the 'old- thne 
actor. 

— Harry " WagstafC - Gribble sending 
thanks, to the news men for the gra- 
tuitous ballyhooing of "The Per- 
fumed . Lad y,' wh ich comes to Plym - 
outh next Monday. 



Baltimore 

Ibert Scharper 

Phiia Symph sell-out at Lyric. 

Lou H.. Sidney due in today (20). 

Eddie Shermah slipped In, Sunday. 

Izzy Rappap'ort. olE for lOrday 
Florida vacash. 

Irwin Zeltner around for a week, 
first bow Into town in seven years; 

Everett Steihboch lacing ' a hand;- 
ball around Ypung's to^keep down 
the poundage. 

Tong Shan Troupe threw back- 
stage celebration at Hipp ih honor 
Chinese New Year 4700. 

Tucker McGuIre Jumps from Audi- 
torium stock jinto Clark Gi^ible vaude 
sketch and wins Metro screen test. 
. Suzanne. Caubaye paying burg 
initial visit to guest-star in 'Greeks. 
Had Word For It' for Charles Em- 
erson Cook Players, ^ ^ . 

Roy Bergere and Len Trbut send- 
ing Andy Disario to- Philly to open 
branch 'aigency in "Keith bldg., and 
handle Penna. accounts. 

James Piper, local barrister, was 
originally offered chahce to b;r. 
Courtney . Burr's 'Sailor, Bewwe' 
and thumbed- It. Now look! 



Fa-e6 list suspended, at Lyric. 

Lobby display a,rtists on strike at 
Indiana. 

Henry Busse and orchestra doing 
one-hlght stand at Indiana roof, 

.Corbin Patrick,, crick oh the Star, 
conviEilescing after two evenings of 
hsindbiall,. 

Ted Nicholas hatsn't worn his tUx 
to work' since, he bought a new 
brown suit; 

No hiatter where Charlie Olson 
eats he always has Fish .(George) 
along for lunch. 

Art Baker is tbuiid 'at home' at 
the: Circle since, hp has an aeslstant 
doing leg work to the. newspapers. 

Highballs and cocktails are 
against the law-^but you can get 
them most pla.ces if you know th^ 
man. • . . 

Bright Lights, night club publica- 
tion, formerly a give away, killed 
circulation by sticking a dime price 
on the sheet. 

Frank Sharp, program director 
WFBM, and Walter Whitworth, 
crick bf the News, appointed Judges 
on National Piano Week contest. 

Behind the Keys 

(Continued from page 21) 

squawked at ad sizes demanded by 
the morhihg Republican J*nd affili- 
ated evening American.' Firiat time 
in local history a first-run house 
has kept its programs secret from 
readers of the local papers* 



By Hal Cohen 



Harry Kalmine gave Friank Damis 
ft gold dejsk set as a going-away 
gift. 

Tent Club his gone Oyer to a 25- 
cent cpyor policy itli 40 cents oh 
week-ends, 

Anne Seymour, local gal who 
made good in big city, headlining at 
Plaza cafe. 

Variety Club has elected several 
local dramatic critics to a.ssbciate 
membership. 

Adolyn (Mrs. reeskln. 
now curator of pri rt Mu- 

seum in Baltimore. 

Carl Goraia, the mugging (Irum- 
mor, bapk_jvvith JPave Broudy's pit 



Seattle 

By Dave Trepp 

Jim Clemmer back on Job. after 
fighting a. cold. 

Suburban theatres getting good 
play, at amateur nights. 

Austin Dehhis how piloting the 
Roxy in. Ballard district. 

Harry ;Pheil out ahead for Im- 
perial Russian. Pavley^diikrainsky 
ballet.: 

' Mike Newman in the burg for ex- 
ploitation on 'It Happened One 
Night' (Col). 

•.Al Oxtbby sending invites to 175 
Washington showmen for National 
trade iexhibit, March 6; to be held 
at Venetian or Egyptiari; theatre. . 
. Dixon Murphy, son. bf Harold J. 
Murphy, mana,ger bf Olympia, re- 
covered frbm - severe burns at Uni- 
versity bonfire, Ih which one lad 
niet death. 

Harry Cleveland back ih town 
from the south. He reports bur- 
lesque biz boomi ^vith five houses 
in S.F.; two. ih Sacramento; two In 
Stockton; two in Oakland,: and phe 
in Fresno, Portland, is. a blank, 
with; three thriving in Seattlie. 
Spokane has two spots, and Van- 
couver; B,. C, has. one, the Royal. 



Charlotte, N. 

Bids are being received for con 
struction of a theatre and four store 
rooms at Burlingtbn, N. C„ by E, M, 
Lqng. R. R. Markley of Durham, 
N. Ci, is architect. 

(Greenville, S. C. poll^ce are search- 
ing for a bandit that held ' a gun .In 
the face of Margaret Fox, cashier 
for Carolina theatre there, and took 
$12.60. He was uhmasked. 

Jatnes J. Grady, hiana^ er of the 
Fox exchange here,: going to Cin- 
cinnati to become manager of the 
Fox. exchange there. 

The new State theatre* Ashevllle, 
N, C, Is open, with Chester R. Glenn 
a ; manager. C. Li. and W. Theatres, 
inc., <>peratlng. ' 



crow at tlie Stanley. 
Jack Fine, \<rho owns the 'Midget 
<)Uf!s' from Chi midway, visiting 
liis sister here in Oakland. . 

Al rsutlbr. here ahead of 'World'.s 
F;>;rr Sorimlnls,' rejoinjng Barngni-^ 
itiufrTTni? RTi()w"*'fn"rijW weeTfs. 

Lloyd Iluiilloy's band back in 
town at Wiliam Penn hotel, sup- 
l)l.''ntin'r rb!irH<i GaylonT« crew. 

]5r,iiiv ( !1 Kleti lun- (^nt in n couple 
of rounds of indoor tennis at Pitts- 



Cincinnati 

By Joe 



Bill. Dodds to desert bachelors in 
June. 

Abe Lipp's ring also 

a (laufrhter. 

VA trade jjhowing at.- midnight 
ohoe a 'v^ t'k in Strand. 
===A^r=Jrr*ttsnw'^MeiffiTTger,=^i^t=-a^ 
carbon copy . of his dad. 

Mo.st of local chaps, in fur coat.s 
thi.s sea.son are mu-sician."?. . 

Kmpress. burly, billing Dottle 
^Vahl a.s 'the fan -cooled dancer,' 
— Al-titrhTnan;-TU-riJtcd-Tti'ti«t*-g:m-,-,- 
to see 'Moulin Rouge' caravan here 
Washington's birthday while en 
route from L. A. to N. Y, 

Oharle.s •Chick'- Weinberg switched 
from Maje.stlc to -sell for Monogram. 



Ashevllle, N. C, 
Plans for remodelling of . the 
Plaza theatre at a cost of $20,000 
have been cohipleted by' LIndsey 
Gudger. Ashevllle architect, Carl 
Bamford, president of Bamford-^ 
Publix Theatres, Ihc, says. 



Canton, O. 

Warners Alhambra, scheduled to 
go dark this week for remodeling, 
postpones ' closing Until' later in 
month, according to' J. Knox 
Strachan, niahager. 

State theatre, Lima, closed last 
November, reopened with straight 
film policy. 

W. A. Smith, has taken a. -four- 
year lease, on the Owen theatre at 
Louisville, Is operating It seyen 
days a week With four changes of 
program weekly. 

Grand, Lisbon, recently acquired 
by ' Messrs, Drlscbll, Zinimer and 
Bolarider .is dark ihdefi.hitely. 

Otto Reider, has acquired the 
Portage theatre . at Oak Harbbr, 6, 
Continuing straight film policy, 
; Opera house, Rlchwood, operated 
by y. G. -Secord will be dark sev- 
eral mbnths for complete remodel- 
ing. 

Mes-srs. Smith .and Minder have 
formed a parthershlp to operate 
the park, Akron, formerly the Roxy 
and Portage. 

■ Ideal theatre at Alliance, formerly 
one of the Smith Amu.<5ement Co. 
chain, has been diismantled. Co 
lumbia, Its other house there was 
sold recently at a reeolvor'.s sale.' 
=^LHW^,=Jennings-operating-thG-Star. 
theatre at. Bluff ton, O. 

I'artner.ship of Leo Jonps and Carl 
M. Kahn, operating Strand theatre. 
Defiance, has been dis.solved. Kahn 
now is operating the house alone, 
---Mit.rJiol.-X5oner.yTp.Jilt^yjeracin,_iiafi: 
as-sumed the management of the 
Seine th6atre.s in Bellcfontaine, O., 
replacing Tom Olscn, who has been 
promoted to district • manager with 
headquarters in Lima. 



Washihgton, Feb. 19. 
Codification of the miajorlty of the 
amusement industries under, the 
Blue Eagle was in sight today when 
Federal officials predicted pehdi"ff 
circus, carhival and burlesque codes 
will reiach Recovery Administrator 
Hugh S. Johnson by the end of the 
week br early next week. 

Finishing touches were put on the 
cafhie and circus pacts when labor 
iidvisors. Deputy Administrator 
William P. Farnsworth, and: indus- 
try leaders; reiached agreements on 
principal points at Issue.. , urley 
code obstacle was removed through 
willingrteSs of managers to' submit 
to NRA's decision as to amount 
whidh may be levied for trade asso- 
ciation and code authority financing. 

Only thing holding^ up the trio of 
pacts is iformal okay from; principal 
circUs owners and operators. If ap- 
proval from this faction Is not 
fbrthcomine immediately", carhiva,l 
ahd burlesquie agreements probably 
will, go to the White House without 
waiting for the circus dbcument. 
Many Changes 
Refusing tp make public the text 
of the re.-revised circus pact until 
the Industry's apprbval has i)<een 
signified, Farnsworth suggested 
that numerous changes will be ap- 
parent. Some idea of the extent of 
NRA-inspired alterations was 
ained f roni examination of the re- 
vised carnle pact. TVo codes will 
be similar In labor provisions and 
trade practice sections ih order to 
prevent difficulties in administra- 
tion. 

. Performers, skilled and unskilled 
labor wgn important concessions 
from cairnival operators, "revision 
discloses. Principal, victories were 
further shortening of hoursi.- boost 
ing of wages, and outlawing of hold- 
back system. 

Forty-elght-hour week for all 
employes Is stipulia.ted, but no dally 
limit is fixed except for performers, 
who are limited to 10 hours. Re- 
striction does not affect managers 
or executives earning over $36 a 
week, advalnce. men, or any em- 
ployes In case of emergency. Gen-r 
eral daily limit was omitted because 
operators Insisted a flexible restric- 
tion must be provided In return tor 
48-.hour concessions. 

.Ample Leeway 
Under this arrangement, ample 
leeway Is provided to care for ex-, 
tra-long hours required on opening 
and closing days In setting up and 
taking down shows, All overtime 
in iexcesB of 48 hours must be re- 
ported to the code authority. 

Minimum wages for actors will 
be $20 with rail shows and .f^^ with 
others. Skilled ahd unskilled work- 
ers will get $16 and $13. Credits 
for lodgihg and board are limited 
to $5, with operators guaranteeing 
free transpbrtatioh for all em- 
ployes. 

Striking at the hold-back system, 
NRA has inserted a: proyision re- 
quiring payment of wages at least 
once a week, and In cash. ' Scrip 
books will not be prohibited, and 
cannot be. forced: on "workers.. . 



of the code. Group will Include two 
representatives .of operators desig- 
nated by the Code Authority, two 
labor, representatives named., by 
NRA labor board, and one gby^rn- 
ment member picked by the adhilh- 
Istrator. 

. lAst barrier In. way of the burley 
code was rembyed. when operators 
acquiesced in matter of dues and 
assessments and went along with 
NRA fiat placing maximum at $10 
a week with a top limit of 40 weeks. 



OLYMPIC GRAVY 

Backers Can Dispose of $l400,000 
Surplus' from Games 



Los Angeles, Feb. 
The Xth Olympiad committee betr; 
ter known as. the. brganizlhg com- 
mittee for the 1932 Ihternationai 
Games here can now disposie' of 
nearly $1,200;000 surplus frohi the 
classic, as It sees fit, Superior court 
Judge Leon Yankwich has decided 
In a lengthy opinion Just filed, 

As a result of the action, $1,000,000.. 
of the money will be used to retire 
State bonds of that amount .voted 
by the California electorate for the 
Olympic games. The organizing 
group Instigated the friendly suit 
in order to clear the path for this 
action. 



Hodgins, Pic Barker 

Hollywood. Feb. 19. 

Earl Hodgins, who broadcasts the 
kneepaw spieler on the KEWP 
Sunday night High Jinx . hoUr, 
draws the role of circus barker with 
Joe B. Brown -In Warners' 'Saw- 
dust,' currently, in work at the Al 
G. Barnes circus winter qharters at 
El Monte. 

Others added' to 'SawdustV cast 
are WllUiim Demarest, x Harry 
Wobds, .Lee Morah, John ;:Sheehan 
and Tom Dugan. 



Status of holdback in the circus 
pact is somewhat undecided, though 
the NRA is opposed to the prln 
ciplei P'resent outlook, depending 
largely on what Gen. Johnson has 
to say, is that employers using this 
device must guarantee eventual 
payment of withhield wages either 
by posting bond or by depositing 
funds to employe's account In an 
approved . bank. 

Child Labor 

Child labor problem Was Ironed 
out . by providing a loophole for 
•youthful performers. Otherwise 18 
■yeiar limit la fixed for carnics. 

Solving the problem of family 
act.s, revised pact permits employ 
ment of atmo.sphere, flU-in, or sub- 
ordinate' people for not less than 
80% of the. net minimum KC'ile, but 
limits number of such performers 
to 10% of the total number. o£ pro- 
fe.M.sional.s. Child actor.s .imder 14 

mum; 14 to . 16, 73 and over 16, 
100%, 

Carnle code offers a method of 
straightenlnK out bitter di.si)utes 
Jjr,t»!iien.. employes JUid..amj;il/aj.'crj5_by- 
.settlng up an 'industry relationf? 
committee'" whieh will have until 
Jan-, 1, 193?; to report on liours. 
\vi\K(-ii, overtime and general eff'-et 



Carnival Name Change 

Nashville, Feb. X9. 
Great . American shows will here- 
after be called the Cumberland Val- 
ley shows. Ellis "Wlnton made the 
decision here upon his '.ri^turh' from 
wintering in Fioridia. r;." 

Carnival will carry 5 rides, 10 
shows, and 20 concessions. Walter 
Herod has been set as free attrac- 
tion. 



COLLEGIATE FAIRS 

Reading, Pa. 
. County fairs have gone to. col- 
lege and gotten a diploma, accord- 
ing to attorneys In a legal proceed- 
ing here. The officers of the Read- 
ins Fair Company, Inc., have ap- 
plied for a cut In the assessment, 
$126,000, on the property, on thd 
ground that the fair is ah educa- 
tional enterprise, . recogni2ed* .a^ 
such by the state because the lat- 
ter makes an annual grants of $750 
for the payment of premiums on 
displays. 



l^tYING INSpOBS 

Canton, O., Feb. 19. . 

Canton Shrine Club will attempt 
to revive indoor circuses liere,- with 
a show sciiedulcd for the .week of 
Feb. 26 in the city auditorium. 

Promotion will be the first here 
in. several years. Nut is understood 
to be around $6,000 for tiie eleven 
performances. 



Oldest Elephant Dies 

Charlotte, N. ., Feb. 
" Glp, a five-ton elephant belohiBr- 
ihg to the Barnett Brothers circus,, 
wintering at York, S. C-; hear here, 
died, this Week. Ariimai yvus 92 
years of age. 



LETTERS 



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VARIETY 



Tuesdaj, FeBmary 20, 1934 



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SCREEN 





Indie Casino, N. Y„ Big Time, $1 Top; 
$10,II()0-$15,I)0I) Budget for 8 or 9 Acts 



Two-a-day big-time etfaiffht 
TaudevlUe at 91 top will get ah 
eight or '10 weeks' trial at the In- 
iaependentlv oper&ted Casinb (for- 
'ineriy Barl Carroll), at ^0th street 
and Seventh avenue, New York. It 
Beats iZ.SOp. Opening date will be 
either March ? or 15^_ depending on 
the availability of iaaterlal to the 
booker, Arthur Fisher. 

Shows will consist of eight or nine 
acts, with a weekly change It pos^ 
Mblfl^ «n« a budgfet ranging from 
$10,000 to 115,000 a week. House is 
•reported desirous of playing the 
lieadlihers *>n a guarantee and per- 
. 'centfiige basis, with the support acts 
«n straight salary: 

Casino is operated by a eroup 
comprising Jack Shapiro, Harlng 
& Biumenthal and Haxty ShlfCman. 
9?hey. took over this house, also 
BKO'a Cameo oil 42d street, about a 
month , ago. Casino is currently 
Jbousing the San Carlo opera. 

It is. three blocks uptown from 
the Palace, which deserted the big 
time ranks a year and a half ago. 
Since the. Palace blew, only one 
other straight vaude try hafli been 
ipade on Broadway. That was at 
the Broadway theatre by Arthur 
^lein. It lasted two weeks. 

In its last big-time days the 
jpalace tried to circumvent a short 
age of acts by holding shows for 
long runs. It didn't work. 

Plans of the Ciasino operators are 
understood to conform with the old 
t»alace policy, with exception of the 
scale. Palace was iei, $2 house, 
whereas, the , Casino will hold it 
down to $1, and 75c. at -the mat- 

It will be the first attempt at big- 
time booking for .Arthur Fisher, a 
leading indie vaude bopker for 
years. 



Takihg No Chances 



Following their experiences 
as the result of last week's 
storm, as soon, as it started to 
snow agaih Sunday (25) most 
of the iiOng Island commuters 
seemed to get the same idea, at 
the same tline. 

Consequence was that Suiir 
•day afternoon traffic to the 
city was heavy., with plenty of 
business for the hotels that 
night. The boys simply decided 
to come in Sunday rather , than 
take chances on being ma- 
rooned again. 

New York's theme song for. 
this winter is 'Jingle Bells'. 



OtlPPLES' BAND 




ON COAST 





INEE 

BEITING NIGHTS 



Mid-Weit Checks Up on Re- 
versed Attendance Be- 
lieves New Trend Due to 
S-Day Week» Shorter 
Working Hours and Radio 



TALK REVISED PRICES 



When the New Prez Likes Soft Music 
Brother, Its Soft Music or Eke 



3 YANKEE OPERAS 
SET A NEW RECORD 



."With the World premiere of 
'^Heleh Retires' at the Juilllard 
Bchool, New York, tomorrow. (28) 
a world's record in American oper- 
atic premieres by Americans will 
be established. Three world prem- 
ieres of Yankee operas this, season 
ail within the past few weeks. Situ- 
iatlpn has been duplicated a few 
times previously abroad, but never 
by Yankees or In the U. S. 

This opera parade started oft with 
•Merry Mount' at the Met three 
Weeks ago; then Gertrude Stein'is 
6pera, 'Four Saints In. Three Acts' 
followed last week, , and 'Helen Re 
tires' Is the third. Last named has 
.-*--llbretto-^by— John-=-Ii;rsklne-=and 
Bcore by Geotge Ahtheil, bbth native 
■ons. 

'Helen' is up for four perform 
aiaces only at the JuilUard, and is 

.....SRinjplc.tfily.-aoid-.QUt- Th.etfi..ifl _An 

offer pending to move the' produc- 
tion into the Met schedule for next 
year and another to present it at a 
Broadway house. 



Los Angeles, Feb. 26. 

An orchestra of cripples, most of 
whom have been bedridden for 
years, is being commercialized over 
KFAG by California Vegetable 
Products Corp* Starting this week 
the band will be a regular over the 
station on Monday and Thursday 
afternoons. 

Orchestra was .organized three 
years ago by J. Allison Phelps, air 
philosopher, who aimed his radio 
talks at shut-ins. Rand riiembers, 
some of whom have learned to play 
Instrumlents since Phelps launched 
his band Idea, are wheeled to the 
latter's home once a week for a 
concert. 

This has been going on for more 
than two years, but has not been 
aired until the current progr;am, 
which comes from Phelp's home by 
remote control,. 

Leader of the orchestra is blind 
arid partly paralyzed. He plays the 
piano. Another man whose back 
was paralyzed when struck by a 
baseball bat ' carried Into the 
home strapped on a cot. .He plays 
the mandolin, which he learned to 
strum after his accident. 



END OF MARDI GRAS 

No More Fun and Costume Play in 
Paris Streets 



Pai-ia, Feb. 17. 
-=^Mardi=Gras-"(;13)^waa--llke=a--fun- 
eral due to previous riots. 

pid days of costumed parades in 
streets and young bloods playing 
ring-a-rosy around all the. girls 
:.were_jiecUning. ..iinyway, and this 
year's upsets have put final kibosh 
on them. 

Parisians don't think they'll ever 
come back. 



Chicia«o, Feb. 

After 26 yeairs of picture-going, 
the American public, as expressed 
bjr the . middle-west, seems to be 
changing its theatre habit4. It ap- 
pears to be the result of the five 
day week, the shorter working day 
and radio. 

Throughout this section of the 
country film theatres are finding 
that evening business Is dropping 
off while matinee trade is building. 
This is borne out not only, by inde- 
pendent surveys on theatre busi- 
ness but also by actual experienceis 
of the theatre managers. For in- 
stance, vaude units now on the road 
In this sector report their matinee 
grosses often double the night busi- 
ness. As an example, in C6lumbus 
one unit did $1,100 up to 6:30 p.m. 
and. then got but $600 that night. 
In Cleveland another troupe did 
$2,300 from 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. and 
then only $600 up to closing. 

Last month the Ralabari and Katz 
circuit put through several increalses 
in matinee admission prices. The 
boost followed the discovery by 
B.&K. that night trade was running 
behind matinees. 

The situation is unique in thea,tre 
history and part of the influence 
is attributed to' {he five-day week, 
vVhich doesn't necessarily niean 
from Monday to Friday, during 
which people, are finding sufflclent 
time to attend theatres during the 
matinees and take advantage of the 
.daytime prices. Same goes for the 
shorter day, the people being 
through their dally chores early 
enough to get into the theatres be- 
fore the evening price boost. I'he 
CWA workers are also .a factor. 

Radio Angle 

In a study made of Chicago pic- 
ture theatre business by several 
banking, houses Isuat month It was 
discovered that while, theatre at- 
tehdarice has increased, gross rev- 
enue has not been keeping pace. 
This is explained largely by the 
public attending shows during the 
afternoons. It is figured they stay 
home and listen to radio at night. 

Another angle in the banks' survey 
■VcyJs that while Saturday- busines.«r 
at Chicago theatres has so far 
jumped 10% oyer 1933, Sunday trade 
Is 2% behind. It Is pointed out that 
Saturday is radio off day on big 
commercial .programs. 

And "the story of what has hap- 
pened to the legitimate theatre in 
this town is well known in the busl- 

(Contlnued on page S6) 



Wrong Argot 



Male monologist, added to 
the Sunday night show at a 
new Broadway night spot, 
stood In the wings watching 
another artist who was click- 
ing nicely arid observed, "That 
fellow's going to stop the 
show.' 

Tough giiy, unfamiliar with 
show terms, overheard the 
comment, grabbed ih© mono- 
legist by the lapels, declaring 
he'd 'put the fix on any mugg 
who tried to istop this show.' 



REPEAL BOOZE 
MAiONGDRYS 



M, E. Coyle; hew president of 
Chevrolet, doesn't like comics, but 
he does go for soft music. Begin- 
ning with his firm's April 8 broad- 
cast on NBC, Jack l^nny will be 
out and an ' 18-plece orchestra, un- 
der direction .of Victor Young, wiU 
unfold pianissimo and romantic 
tunes. 

Benny learned how the iieyr Chev- 
rolet prez felt about, comics somie 
eight weeks ago. ■ Agency on the 
account, Campbell-Ewald, was in- 
structed to cut Benny's patter down 
to five minutes and have the or- 
chestra, devote more time to ro- 
mantic melodies. Benny came back 
with ah iiltimaitum to the effect that 
if his routine time were reduced he 
would walk. 

Coyle decided, not to inake an 
Issue of his likes and dislikes for 
the tlm0 being, so Benny's patter, 
continued to domln^-te the program, 
but the exec got in the last word. 

Ybung's contract, for 13 weeks, 
handled through the RockweU- 
O'Keefe office. 



Going on the wagon and staying 
there is threatening to reach epi- 
deipnic proportions. It's not from 
necessity or 'financial reasons, but 
that though it was smart to drink 
during prolilbition now it's smarter 
to refuse a drink.. 

Poor quality of the repeal liquor 
and the adverse publicity on the 
doubtful quality of the booze is 
sending people to the proverbial 
water wagon. High cost of the 
legal stuff is also discouraging sonie 
of the 1920-to^l933 tipplers from 
trying to keep up a thirst. 

One of the big dailies has a. bul 
letin board on v;hich naines of its 
worker go jp ' when taking the 
pledge. Nearly the whole , staff has 
climbed on this board, including 
the dramatic and picture, depart 
nients. 



'PERSONALTTY' COURSE 
WITH SCREEN TESTS 



Girl$ Picket Daify for 
Publicity, but No-Get 



Pittsburgh, Feb. 26. 

Iron -clad publishers' ' agreement 
here makes it tough for exploita- 
tion men to crash the local papers 
outside of the theatrical page. Bill 
Dan^^iger,. ahead of 'Broadway Peck- 
a-Boo' unit, cooked up a novel stunt 
last week which got the .attention 
of the newspaper crowd, but io 
.piiblicity.^.^ ° - ^ ^ ^^^-^^^^^^^ 

Danziger had unit chorus girls 
parade in front of Sun^Tele build- 
ing. All of them carried placards 
which read 'We Want Our Pictures 
Taken,' 'Plttslnn-gh Publishers Are 
Dowrt on Poor Chorus Gii'ls' anil 
•\yhy Don't Your Caniernrnen Pay 
Some Attention to Js?' Inside 
crowd got a bit' laugh. 



New York University Is offering 
a 'personality' course which' In* 
eludes about three picture tests. 
The tests are the ,. exams with the 
students to decide whether their 
claissmates are good, bad or jttst in- 
different, in a drawing room. 

First, test is made when the stu- 
dents enter^ the class, the second 
when the term is half over, and the 
third at . the end of the course. 
Tests probe how they smile, talk, 
rwa,lk, frown and .eatx : 

If no improvement; the student 
evidently must become reconciled to 
being a wallflower. 



Swansdn'sSii Personals 



Making her first vaudeville or 
picture b.o.use ap|>eararice, Gloria 
Swanson probably comes into the 
Paramount, N. Y., March ». She 
hasn't had a picture in, two years, 
since 'Perfect . Understanding,' made 
In England, but. has signed a term- 
er with Metro. 

N. Y. Far. is reported paying th« 
film star $6,000.. ; 

Hollywood^ Feb. 

Gloria Swanson's personal ap- 
pearance, tour In the east before 
starting her first pio at Metro is 
being held^up due to the fact that 
'^tfiere^ls" * JiiSOO a we^ diff«r6Hie»- 
in salary wanted and offered. 

Miss Swanson figures on a six- 
week coverage in the key spots and 
wants $7,500 weekly, Publix is said 
to have offf>red $.=i,0QO for the Para- 
mount. N. Y.. \vith Boston, Philadel- 
phia, Chicago and St.. Louis to ioifi 
low. 



VASIEW 



Tiiesday, "Februa^ 27^ 1934 ' 



Storms Havoc of Considerable 
Damage to Theatres; Films Had 
To Bicycle, Some Houses Closed 



Large losses were, suffered. by the 
picture business as result of last 
week's, blizzard which swept over 
entire .ea^t and New England,, 
seriously crippling traffic, upisettlng 
communication and, in many spots. 
Isolating whole communities. .Sec- 
ond storm Sunday (25) and yester- 
day brought a repeat; Until thea- 
trics ahd exchanges report the 
toll taken, which may not be for 
weeks, it will not be possible to 
compute the full damage. 

In addition to riiinihg busineiss for 
the theatres, . some of which closed 
down for ia. day or two, the snow- 
storm brought difficulties for the 
distributor in the movement of film. 
The exact iextent. of the trouble 
caused in shipment of prints, missr 
outs and the number of thieatres 
caught In the blizzard without 
shows is not known by the honfie 
pflices but admitted on all sides that 
the big shows iare up.settlng things 
badly, 

Albany, Butfalo, New Haven, Bos- 
ton and Portland, Me., exchanges 
wei-e hardest hit In getting $hows 
through to their, accounts or in get- 
ting pripts back from theatreis, but 
none of the branches called on the 
'home offices for help. 

Meanwhile,, theatres were inform- 
ing New York of ibssfes sustained, 
with the blizzard taking grosses to 
one-fifth of normal and seriously 
cutting in on distributor return, 
where attractions were on percen- 
tage. While operation was rendered 
difficult In some instances through 
inability to get coal or meet exi- 
gencies of the sltuatioii suitably, the 
greatest setback ..came in the .diffi- 
culties of patrons to reach box of^ 
flees.. With traffic ao strangled, 
nbme localities had a tough time 
getting foodstuffs, let alone going 
to. cinenias. 

Truck Lost 

Oiie o( the quirks the .Storm 
played was with Paramount, which 
hunted more than two days for a' 
trucklbad of film that was lost on 
Long Island^ The two men on it 
were also, missing., They were later 
found at a farmhouse, to which: they 
had walked, several miles after their 
truck .stalled. With phone wires 
(Continued on page 62) 



Hard to Believe 



Hollywood, Feb. 26. 
Franclia, White, who singa 
the theme song In the 'Queen 
Christina- prolog at Grauman's 
Chinese, is turning down film 
offers, clainiing that she would 
rather sing in front, of an au- 
dience she can see. . 



Academy Names 
25 for Posts on 
Code Committees 



Hollywood, Feb. 26. 
Actors Executive CJornmittee of 
the Aciidemy has i3et up a list of 26 
playing members as that .organiza- 
tion's candidates for places on vari- 
ous Code committees, to be set up 
here. 

Group includes Lionel AtwiH. 
Warner Baxter, Lionel Belmore, 
Alice Brady. Laura Hope Crews, 
William Davidson, Marie. . Dressier, ; 
Irene Dunne, Raymond 
Helen Hayes, Bell Henderson, 
Katharine Hepburn, Jean Hersholt, 
Walter Huston, George Irving, 
DeWitt ' Jehnlngjg, Hehry Kolker, 
J. Farrell MafcDonald, Thomas 
Meighah, Warner OJand* Nance 




$3,00() Legal Fee> Which Academy 
Thought Was a CufFo, KO^s Members 



Ws Dilei 



WILL MAHONEY 

Week. Feb. 23, Metropoiitati, Boston 

TEvenlng Public Ledger' said:— I 
'Will Mahoney'a jovial wit graces 
the stage presentation. His reper- 
toire of songs aiid hie familiar act 
of playing the xylophone with his 
feet while dancing still furnish a 
high in entertainment. The hearty 
reception accorded him and his ef-. 
forts are a tribute to his ability to 
always give the best.' 

All Communications Direct to 
WILL MAHONEY, 46(>--80th St., 
Brooklyn, New York 



Hollywood, Feb. 26. 
Having considered some 60 estab-. 
llshed players for top spots In his 
independent feature, 'Our Dally 
Bread,' without a single, signature,' 
King Vidor is now looking for un- 
knowns. Picture will have nearly 
iOOT. people In ca^t. ' 

Joe Mankie.wlcz still has several 
days writing on the script. Vidor Is. 
understood to have practically con- 
cluded a releasing deal through 
United Artists. 



FOX SIGNS m 

NOW ON A PER 




WB's Tollies' Took 
Edge Off Fox's Film, 
Now 'Stand UihCheer' 



Figuring that Warners took the. 
Hatton,;| edge off of 'Follies' In nabbing the 
v/brd for insertion In title of 'Fash-r 
ions of 19a4,' after latter pic was 
released. Fox has changed 'Fox Fol- 
lies' to 'Stand Up and Cheer.'- 

Although Fox secured ruling from 
Hays title arbitration board that 

Follies 



TcSing B'way Film 
H&use Girls Not to 
Join Chorus Equity 

Line girls In the'wBroadway pic- 
ture houses are being -told not to 
join Chorus Equity. 

Many of the picture house girls 
receive |40 weekly, those, at the 
Music HaU getting $5 or 110 over 
that amount. 

Should all the girls join Chorus 
Equity it is believed the deluxers 
could reduce their wages to the $35 
mlninium dema,nded by the motion 
picture code. 



O'Neill, Elizabeth Patterson, Lewis I Warners should drbp the 
Stone,- Henry Walthall, Helen Ware. | word from theli? pic, company heads 

Academy actors' group i^ also re- 
suming discussions looking to re- 
vision of the actor-producer basic 
agreement and the uniform contract. 
Branch executive committee will 
ask the producers to appoint repre- 
sentatives to go into a huddle and 
put the. sugjgested changes through 
as quickly as possible. Actors' body 
particularly wants abandoriment of 
the 1931 supplemental contract and; 
rigid enforcement of the i2-hour 
rest period between calls 

After the Academy list was an- 
nounced« officials of the Screen 
Actors' Guild stated that its execu 
tive committee would discuss the 
Academy nominees at a nieeting t6 
be held this Wednesday (28). It is 
anticipated that the Guild will fol 



Hollywood, Feb. 26. 
Fox studio is - buying freelance 
players oh a picture basis instead of 
I negotiating to establish weekly sal-, 
ary system which has been prac-j 
tlced among majors. Casting offlc^ 
in taking players insist that the 
principal or agents representing 
them talk on a straight amount for 
the part and not try to figure the 
work but on the established weekly 
salary basis. 

Understood studio will not deviate 
from this system, and this way does 
not set away from expending any 
more than the amount actually 
allotted in budget for the players. 



figured the WB pic had played a 
sufficient number of spots to make 
a new handle for 'Follies' advisable. 
'Stand Up and Sint' was the title of 
a British- legit revue. 

MCGUIRE'S 4 ANNUALLY 
FOR COVERS 2 YEARS I 



HENRY BLANKE STARTS 
13TH YEAR AT WARNERS 



Hollywood, Feb. 26, 
Williani Anthony McGuire is 
slated to remain at. Universal to 
produce four, features annually for 
the. next two. years. 

Deal has been lined up between 
McGulre and Henry Henigson of 
Universal, which only has to have 
,i . ^ , - 4.J I the approval of Carl L^emmle, Jr., 

low the Writers' Guild in requesting ^^^^P*; ^^ from New York to 
any of its members on the Academy ' 
list to withdraw 

Screen Actors' Guild admits that 
the names of seven of its members 
are included on the Academy list. 



Hollywood, , Feb. 2fi. 
Henry Blanke has had his super- 
visorial option lifted at .Warners and 
ha.s started his . 13th yeai- in , the 
studio. First Job under the pact 
is 'Dr. Monica," with Kay Francis, 
now in production. . 

.Plx recently handled by Blanke 
for WB are 'Fashions of 1934,' 'Con- 
vention City,' 'Gambllnfr-Lady,' and 
'Journal of Crime.' 



have contracts signed. 



Rulien's B. L Bid 



READYING ORIGINAL 
JOE COOK PIC AT FOX 



INDEX 



Burlesque 62; 
Chatter 61 
Editorial 62 
Exploitation ....... . . . . . . 19 

Film Reviews . . . . .... . , . . 17 

Foreign Film News...., , 15 

Foreign Show News. ... . . 56i. 

House Reviews .... , . ... 16 

Inside— Legit w.. ....... . 52 

Inside — Music .... * 47 

Inside^Plctures 62: 

Inside— -Radio 41 
Inside-^Vaude ........... 48 

Legitimate . * 53-57 

Letter List 62 

• Lilcrsili « ••.••«•■••«•••#•• 58 
JMLtislc r • • • ^7 

New Acts. 50 

News from the Dailies. . . 60 
Nite Clubs. ........ 1 .... . 47 

--ObltuaiTr^^.v ; . ^=^.-^wfT^ 

Outdoors ••.•*• 63 

Pictures 2-35 

Radio • ..36-46 

Radio Reports. 40 

Talking Shorts... 17 

rrimes Square 69 

Unit Revlewfli 60 

Via-udevllle 48-50 

Women 59 
— . — — 



Hollywood, Feb. 26. 
Graham Baker and Gene Towhe 
so to Fox to write ah original for 
Joe Cook, coming out here within a 
mouth.' 

Robert Kaho will supervise the 
film. 



Hollywood, Feb. 
. Wialter Ruben has been ap- 
proached by. British International 
to direct three pictures for the 
I English company. 

Director is tied up -with Radio 
itill May. 



David Selznick Scours 
For Xopperfield' Cast 



Hollywood, Feb. 26. 
David Selznick may hop to Eng- 
lland in April to look over prospec- 
tive player for the 68. parts needed 
in the cast of 'David Copperfl^ld' 
I which he produces for Metro. 

Pic, islated as a top percentage 
I special for MG release next fall, 
starts In late May with George 
Cukor megging. 



HARRIED SCRIPTERS 



Frewwd Cfowds 'Em for 'Uncertain 
Lady' 



Kath DeMiHe Sijpied 



Sto«^e$ Benclied 



Hollywood, Feb. 26. 
Ted Healy and one stoOge, Jerry 
Howard, go into 'Operator 13' 
(M-G). 

Comedian's other two stooges will 
be forced to sit but the picture, as 
Metro producers have decided the 
picture can get along on one stooge 
during the Civil War period. 



Hollywood, Feb. 26, 
Paramount has given a stock r on- 
tract to Katherlne De Mille; latter 
catching the nods of execs with a 
part In 'Trumpet Blows.' 
/Player is daughter of C. B. De 
Mille, Par director; 



Hollywood, Feb. 26. 
Karl Freund Is shooting, right on 
I the heels of the harried script writ- 
ers of' 'Uncertain Lady' at Uni 
jversal, having litierally no more 
[than two sequences leeway for 

scenes with the featured players . ^m. . 

Genevieve Tobin, Edwai-d Everett | Bermatl NaitieS SlStfOIII 

iHorton and Mary Nash. . 

George O'Neill Is bearing brunt 
I of the . scripting in a night and day 
job. Rush occaslonied to meet re 



Hollywood, Feb; 26.- 
Wlth the Academy attempting .a 
comeback the .organization is faced 
with obligations of |4,000, incutred 
during pay cut emergency last 
March, and the executive board haa' 
been handed the problem of paying 
olt. The '$4,000 smack " covers the 
legal fees of John Q, Mott, of the 
law firm of Mott, Vallee & Grant, 
and a $1,000 bill from the auditing 
firm of Price-Wiaterhouse. 

Receipt of the. $3,000 bill from 
Mott floored the - Academy mennbers 
who have served oh the! pay ciit 
emergency committee, and who. 
were giyen the Inipressjon :at that 
time by ■Lester: CQwan, ; executive, 
secretary,", that Mott was sefvirig 
gratuitously.. Jumble was partly 
unravelled by a special finance com- 
liiltteei which Investigated the his- 
tory: of ' Mott's retentibn by t^e 
Emergency Committee, iri it^ con- 
fidential report to; the, Board .' 
Governors^ the. , conimlttee found: 
that Mott had been Introduced to 
Lester Coyran In the office of George 
Pratt, v, p. on the ebast for ERPL 
During the discussion In which the 
three participated Cowan informed 
Mott that the Academy had .about 
$10,600 in Its treasury at that time, 
but could, not tiEike any chance 6t 
draining funds through legal' ex> 
penses. 

It was a<3niitiad at .the conference 
that the Emergency Committee 
should have the benefit of legal ad- 
vice becaus^ of the large amount of 
money at- stake through the 50% 
cuts. Cowan, continues the report, 
discussed his conversation with 
Mott and Pratt with the Emergency 
Committee and J. Theodore Reed, 
chairman of the latter. They sug-' 
gested that Cowan have another 
talk with Mott and see what hlis 
fee would be. for hfihdling tlxe af- 
fairs for the committee.^ 

Acad EfFusively- Thankful 

Cowan reported 'that, Mott would 
serve ^as legal 4$ottnsel and, when 
asked about possible -feds, Cowia,n la 
quoted by Reed as stating, 'Not a 
cent. Not a cetnt.' -He is wllUnff 
to do It bfecayse' he thinks we aro 
right and lis glad to serve In a cause 
as altruistic as -this, - cdntinues ~ the 
report. 

All hiemb'ers of tlie Emergency 
Committee told the ihvestigaiora 
their recollections of Co'wan's report 
to' the committee as to the wlllln)?-* 
ness of Mott to '.sierve" "Without feev, 
and -they were in accord- with' Reed's 
statement. Committee "was profuse 
In its expression of gratitude and 
appreciation to Mott for his ges- 
ture .and, at the conclusion of the 
committee's work, had Board b£ 
Governors pass a tesolu'tion ot 
thanks to the attorney. 

At no time, stated the report, did 
Cowan suggest ' to' the members of 
the Board that thesie expriesslons of 
gratitude were being overdone. 

In closing the report the Finance 
Committee states there is no con- 
flict between Messrs. Mott and 
cowan, that Mr. Mott was engaged 
by Cowan and that no agreement 
was reached on the maxinfum fee 
for legal services. Neither is there 
conflict on the point that the at- 
torney performed services for the. 
committee, but there is deflnlte con- 
flict between Cowan on one hand 
and all the niembers of the Emer- 
gency Committee on the other as 
to Mr. Cowan's" report on Mott'B 
wllllngmess to serve during the 
emergency without fee. 



As Aide on Radio Lot 



lease date. 



'CHINA SEAS' ON 



Tay Garnett Given Metro Pic V/tih 
Gable- Harlow 



Ayres in 'Ganal Boy* 

Hollywood, Feb. 26. 
Lew Ayers will be the lead In I 
Pslramount'fS . 'Canal Boy,' a Charles | 
R. Rogers picture. 



Hollywood, Feb. 26. 
Pandro Berman, production exec 
at Radio, has named William Sis 
trom as. his general assistant. 

Slstroni has been on the Radio 
lot several months producing one 
picture, "Rodney,' now; ready for re- 
lease. 



Hollywood, Feb. 26. 
Tay Garnett has cI ecked in at 
[ Metro-to-direct=-'China Seasr-whieh.= 
has been an on and offer at the 
I studio for two years. 

'Honor Bright' which he was to 
I direct at Paramount has been put 
back, due to inability to set a sult- 
I able ciast. 

'Seas,' originally Intended for 
[John Gilbert, will have Clark Gable 
and Jean Harlow In co-starring 
parts. 



SAILINGS 

Eeb..-21-. (New--Tork:.tb.v.Bermuda). 
Herman Zohbel, Nate Blumberg, 
Fred Meyer (Monarch of Bermuda). 

Feb. 28 (New York to ,ParIs) 
Frank La. Grande, Aurlol Lee, John 
van JOruten, MaeJMurray, Jonathan 
Cape, Eide Norena, John McBrlde, 
Irving Mills, Joe Hoffman, Cab Cal- 
loway and band (Majestic). 

F6b 28 (New York to London), 
Elizabeth Allan (Manhattan). 



TUSf^E'S NO. 2 FOB FAB 

^ JHo lly wood.._ Feb. 26. „ 

"Af line Judge goes Into Para 
I mount's 'She Loves Me Not' after 
finishing "Great Magoo.', 



Margaret l-i>^My_Jt«coupino 

'Sbllywcod, Feb. "26l 
Margaret Lindsay is rallying from 
an appendix operation jperfonned at 
the Good Samaritan bospltal last 
Friday (at). 



20th Peps Up 



Hollywood, Feb. 26. 
With 'Bulldog Drummond Strikes 
Back' and 'The Firebrand' current^ 
ly in work and the George Arlisfl 
picture, 'Head of the Family,' ready 
to start today (Mon), there is a re- 
newed sput of activity by 20th Cen^ 
tury on the United Artists lot. 

Sidney Lahfield megfl the Arlis* 
feature. Roy Del Ruth direct* 
Ronald Colman and Loretta Youiig 
in 'Bulldoir Drummond; and Greg- 
ory La Cava lis piloting 'Firebrand* 
with-Constance-iBennett:^and^Fred— 
ric March. 



Bickfbrd at Par 

Hollywoodj Feb^ 26._ 

""Charles Bl'ckford" goes to .Para- 
mount as second male load. £pr 
Uttle Miss Marker.' 

This Is a B. P. SchUlbcrp pi ocUifl- 
tlon ataitlng Wednesday (28). 



Tucsdjiy, February 27» 1934 



EAST-WEST 



^minees 






Winners March 16 



Hollywood, Feb. 26. 
NpmineeB for awards for the moat 

; Autstandiner achievements in the 
motion picture industry during 

M982-( were announced today. 
(Monday) by tlie Academy of Mpr 
tlbn Picture Arts and Sciences^ 

• Members of the Academy will bal- 
lot on the nominees and at the 6th 
Annual Awards Banquet, JWarch 16 

"at the Ambassadpi:. The winners 
in tach of the following divisions 
wijl be announced and presented 
"with the traditional statuette of 
'merit. 

Nominations in the primary vot- 
ing for best performance of . actress : 
Katharine Hepburn in 'Morning 
Glory' (RKO); May Robson in 
'Lady for a Day' (Col) ; Diana Wyn- 
yard in 'Cavalcade' (Fox). 

Efest performance of actor: Leslie 
Howard in 'Berkeley Square' 
(Lasky-Fox); Charles Laughton, 
'Henry VHr (UA); Paul Muni; 
•Fugitive from Chain Gang' (WB). 

Best direction: Frank R- Capra, 
•Lady for a Day' (Col); Georgie 
Cukor, 'Little Women' (RKO); 
Frank Lloyd, 'Cavalcade' (Fox). 

iiest produced picture: 'Farewell 
to Arms' (Par)^ 'Cavalcade' (Fox), 
'42d- Street' (WB), 'Fugitive from 
Chain Gang' (WB), 'Lady for a Day' 
(Col), 'Little Women' (RKO), 'She 
Done Him Wronis' (Par), 'Smiling 
Thru' (Metro), 'State Fair' (Fox), 
•Henry VIII' (UA). 

Best original motion picture 
Btory: 'One Way Passage,' by Robert 
Lord (WB); 'Priz^ Fighter and 
liady,' by Frances Marion (Metro); 
'Rasputin and Empress,' by Charles 
MacArthur. (Metro). 

Best picture adaptation:. 'Lady 
for a Day,' by Robert RIskin (Col) ; 
•Little Women,' by Sarah T. Miason 
and Victor Heerman (RKO) ; 'State 
Fair,' by Paul Green and Sonya 
Xievien (Fox). 

Best photography: 'Farewell to 
Arms,' by Charles Lange (Par) ; 
'Reunion in Vienna,' by George J. 
Folsey, Jr., (Metro) ; 'Sign of the 
Cross,' by Karl Struss (Par). 

Best art direction: 'Farewell to 
Arms/ 'Cavalcade,' "When Ladles 
Meet.' 

Bejst sound reproduction: 'Fare- 
well to Arms,' '42d Street,' 'Gold- 
diggers of 1933,' 'Fugitive from 
Chain Gang.' 



Muffed Plug 



Wa^hihgion, Feb. 26.. 

•The Big Bad Wolf Just 
missled a rendition by Lucrezla 
Bori,, Met opera star, for the 
edlflcation of ielite of Ca;p.ital 
ofUcial and social life at a 
swanic dinner. 

Bori announced she would do 
the ditty if anybody wojild ac- 
company her, • place was filled 
with cabinet . members* , con- 
gressional set, but nobody 
Volunteered. 

Hans Klhdler, 
Symphony maestro, was ap-. 
preached, but he claimed he 
•didn't know how to play the 
piano.' 





ISUTMMIY 
NiES TO B' 




Dissipates Belief That Holly- 
wood Drains Broadway— 
Quite a Few B.O. Name 
Personalities Came Back 
to Broadway This Season 



Fihn Tycoons Worried How to 
Muzzle Execs Who PuUioze 
Picture Salaries Out of Turn 



ROSTER OF SIGN^ 



MARIE DRESSIER BURNS 
OVER HER CITIZENSHIP 



Hollywood, P^b, 26. 
■Burned at the reports, that her 
name had been included in the list 
of alien players bandied about, dur- 
ing- the Congressional hearing On 
the Dickstein bill at Washington, 
Marie Dressier strapped heir six- 
guns on and went into action; 

In iiniawer to. the report that her 
American citizenship had been 
questioned the comedienne re- 
marked: 'I have resided in thie 
united States ever since I came 
from Canada 55 years ago. I mar- 
ried an American 35 years ago a.nd 
that gave me citizenship. I have 
been an American since.' 

Miss Dressler's final broadside 
was to the effect that if the mat- 
ter were brought up again before 
the committee she might 'run down 
to ^Washington and tell 'cm a few 
things, too.* 



A complete story on the Dickstein 
bill appears on page 55. of this 
issue. 



'ROBT.E. LEE' OPERETTA 
FOR UWRENCE TffiBEn 



.Hollywood, Feb. 26. 
Negotiations on for the purchase 
of the operetta, "Waiting for the. 
RobertE. Lee,' as picture material 
: tor Lawrence Tibbett. Understood 
that Metro is interested in the 
ijproject, 'vvhlch . Is being . handled 
tbrough Edington; and Vincent 
.f^gency. 

Stuart 'Anthony wrote the book, 
While Ijrrlcs and music are by 
"Wolfe Gilbert and I. B. Kornlblobni, 
latter an attorney. 



Gert. Lawrence-Doug, jr. 
Co-Starred in Legit? 

London, Feb. 17. 

Gertrude Lawrence has changed 
her mind' about going to Spain, and 
is going to Madeira Instead. Mean- 
while, she is reading a new play by 
John Van Druten, with a very fat 
part in it for a male role. It is 
likely she will stage this play on 
her. return from vacation, with 
Douglas Fairbanks, 7 ., co-starring. 

Insiders feel it would be a good 
business move on her part, as 
Doug, Jr., Is building up into a 
popular figure in England. 



Sheehan Specials ^arie 
Gallante' ; Spots Gallian 

Hollywood, Fob. 26: 
W. R. Sheehan's first speclal pro- 
duction for Fox 1933-34 release will 
be 'Marie Gallante,' which Henry 
King directs. 

Producer has set Spencer Tracy 
in top spot, w;ith Kittl Gallian op- 
posite. Pic is slated to start in 
April. Henry. King a.nA writers 
.'Samuel Hoftenstein and Sonya 
't^VIen are In Panama looking over 
..locale for the s.tory. 



_ ^^^^^^ 

Hollywopd, Feb. 26. 
Sol Lesser has put off produc 
tlon of 'Peck's Bad Boy' until May 
■^n&e^auSe -OT6ff 0 - Tef UMd^ro-rlosH 
'Jackie Cooper. 

Metro has Cooper in 'Treasure 
Island' aiKl the pict- will tie him up 
for two inonthsi 



The long existing bugaboo anent 
the terrible influience of the picture 
Industry on the tatent In the letrlti- 
mate theatre— therefore supposedly 
a death blow to the drama Itself— 
has been dissipated in the six 
months since Sept. 1. Fact is that 
the coast did not sign as many ar- 
tists as they might y have In this 
most successful legfit season in 
about 10 years; and that the Coast 
end. sent more value east, in the 
way of important personalities, than 
it signed and sent westward. 

Since the start of this theatrical 
season Metro, Warners, Paramount, 
RKO and Fox have signed a total 
of 43 artists to term contracts on 
the New York end. Of these, 32 are 
from legit and the rest either from 
vaude, radio or chorus and show 
girls. Relatively few of the legits, 
however, are of proven salary im- 
portance to the .theatre, and of these 
only two are b.o. favOriteia. 

.Fox Most Proliific. 
Fox has been, the most prolific 
signer in the last six months and 
is still testing people here exten- 
sively, Metro, tbe second most ex- 
tensive tester, has signed compara- 
tively few, but yet got the most im- 
portant signatures of any of the 
companies. Paramount, with the 
highest geared talent scouting de- 
partment in the east, has also tested 
many and aligned .exactly one more 
perisonality than did Metro. Warn- 
ers started ofiC with a bang, signed 
eight and then^ figuring it had 
enough of a stock roster, stopped 
testing. Radio made the poorest 
showing, although it lalsb tested ex- 
tiensively, in signing six artists of 
little importance. 

The companies and those they 
signed are: 

Fox— WinI . Shaw, blues singer; 
Claire Trevor, legit; Freya Leigh 
(Drue Leyton), legit; Madeline Car- 
roll, English -actress; Mona Barrie, 
legit; Alice Faye, singer; Kitty 
(Continued on page 27) 



Kay's New Stooge 

Al Joison is trialleri;5ed In 
^Wonder Bar' among the sup- 
port, because, by contract, Kay 
Francis must get top billing.; 
Dolores Del Rio, being bor- 
rdwed, must likewise be top- 
spotted land Ricardb Cortez's 
contract' also callis for flfst 
billing. 

Thus mfentioned 
fourth. 



COOPER PENS PAR PACT, 
DON'T WANT FREEDOM 



Hollywood, Feb. 26. 

Gary Cooper signatured with 
Paramount for. a new term last 
week, deal calling for him to star 
in three pictures annually fot two 
years on an exclusive basis. 

Ticket starts this fall as he has 
prior commitments calling for one 
picture at Paramount, 'Here Is My 
Heart,'" his preisent lead opposite 
Marion Davies in 'Operator 13" 
(M-G) and Sam Goldwyn's 'Barbiary 
coast.' 

Cooper originally went with Para- 
mount in 1926, and has been with 
that company ever since. His con- 
tract recently expired and .he figured 
to free-lance rather than be tied up 
to one company exclusively. His 
deals with Metro and Gold wyn were 
made during that period; with both 
Paramount and Metro attempting to 
place him under contract. But after 
looking over free lance and contract 
prospects, player decided to close 
with Paramount .two-year 
term. 



Presto! Change-o! 



Paramount had decided to change 
the name of Harry Wllcoxon, Eng- 
lish actor Imp6rted:T>y De Mllle for 
the Marc Anthony: role in 'CleO 
patral' 

After several confabs: the new 
name was decided on. It's Henry 
Wilcoxon. 



TWELVETREES AT FOX 

Hollywood, Feb. 26. 

Helen 'Twelvetrees draws a con 
tract at Fox as a featured player.. 

Her first assignment is the lead 
in 'Now I'll Tell,' which goes into 
work today (Monday). 



U STABS GLORIA iSHEA 

Hollywood, Feb. 26. 
Gloria Shea, fern lead in Ken May 
nard's 'Doomed to Die,' Western, 
^BtaTS=^n^'East"rMesquIter'^for^Unl'? 
versal on the present season's pro 
gram starting today (Monday). 

-G0LEMA3S-FGB-F0X- — 



Fox has taken Charles Coleman, 
legit, on a six mooth.s' contract, 

Cnleman will report to the Coast 
.March 15. 



Gordon Rejects 
$mOOO Pic Bid 





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Max Gordon is reported having 
refused |100,000 for the. picture 
rights to 'Dodsworth.' prior to Its 
priemlere at the Shubert, N. T., 
Saturday (24). Figure is the largest 
offered for any legit show this sea 
son though not a record. Radio Pic 
tures and .Paramount are said to 
have made the offers, both using 
the. same numbers f6r the Sinclair 
Lewis, story. 

Understood that in the sharing of 
the picture money, Lewis will be on 
the long end, because of his au-; 
thorshlp of the best seller, and. the 
film offers to him before it was 
dramatized. Sidney Howard did the 
adapting arid would come in on the 
film coin also. 
=-Not^clear~^whether-^Max-=Gordon 

will get tl^e usual producer's 5a% 
share but understood he agreed to a 
lesser percentage because of the 
dual- authorship importance. 
— Gordon's reticence in declining 
the picture offers is said to be based 
on his Idea of making the picture 
hlm.sclf, with Marcu.s 'Hoimnn po.s 
Hlhiv o$f!ocirtted. 



One of fllmdom'B knottiest prob- 
lems is to contrive a sllenceir 
for some of its big men who ta,lk 
and write out. of turn; Lesser ex- 
ecutives; even the . stars can be. 
handled, but the fathers of the in- 
dustry admit they don't know yet 
how to admlhlster a spanking to a 
picture, boss. 

Papers all over the country, ac- 
cording to clippings coming Into In- 
dustry headquarters, are now re-- 
vlvlng the high salary thing, sohie 
of them «ditorjalIzihg along thft 
lines: 'It takes the salaries of BOO 
GWA workeris to pay one film stfr.' 
The " damage- is admitted jgreatest 
when a. boss talks because he I's 
figured by the government, as well 
as -the public, to have ah 'in' not 
possessed by the ordlhiEiry writer. 
When he writes . a story^ and men- 
tions salaries there is little the in- 
dVistry can do, except to state fiatly 
that the figures are erroneous.. They 
cannot reveal the accurate salaries 
because such is the private in- 
formation of other producers. 
Therefore they are forced to admit 
that their denlal is of little weight. 

So far as the Governnient is con- 
cerned that Is another matter. 
When the income tax specialists see 
suchi figures mentioned by a boss 
they look over old tax returns. In- 
dustry insiders say they, are doing 
that now and that Hollywood may 
shortly expect. some close question- 
ing about old accounts. While there 
is little fear about the .outcome. It 
is deemed Inconvenient and. jarring 
publicity. 

When a boss tallks the •virrong way 
he is regarded wititin the disciplined 
Industry as creating a worse boom- 
erang than hordes of blue noses 
thirbughout the countjpy.. 



Jane Wyatt Goes U. 



The signing of Jane Wyatt from 
the New York stage to a term con- 
tract at Universal was announced 
by Carl '.Laemnile, Jr., on his re- 
turn from the east Saturday (24).. 



*Rouge' Caravan Having 
Its Midwest Troubles 

Milwaukee, Feb. .26. 
Because of a crash near Fort 
Wayne the 'Moulin Rouge' caravan 
got here by train with the picture 
stars considerably shaken up and 
minus their evening clothes. Many 
did not have personal ba.ggage. 

James Gleason, Lucille Gleason 
and their son, Russell,, failed to ap- 
pear because of .minor injuries to 
young. Gfleason. 

Appearances werie made at the 
Majestic theatre in connection with 
the showing of the picture and at 
the Hotel Schroeder at midnight. 



SHAW-LEE'S NO-TEST 
SHORTS SERIES FOR MG 



Shaw and Lee, standard vaude- 
viile comedy team, go to. Holly Wood 
for Metro next week without a test 
for a two -reel short to be made on 
the Coast. 

Studio Is paying the act's ex^- 
penses to Hollywood, plus a salary 
for the short which will serve aa 
Shaw and Lee's sci'een test for fea- 
ture possibilities. 

Eddie Mannix of Metro caught 
the act In the Casino de Paris, New 
York, oh a recent, eastern trip a:nd 
made them a proposition through 
their agent, the William Morris of- 
fice. Latter advised against the 
usual cold eastern test for two 
stage comics, and the talker short 
deal resulted. 



Geller Sticks to Coast 

Hollywood, Feb. 26. 

/Jim Geller, formerly in the Wil- 
liam Morris agency script depart- 
ment In New York, who came: out 
here on a visit, stays permanently 
In the ..local office. 

He replaces Bill Perlberg.who be- 
came casting director at Columbia. 
GeUer will handle authors and plays 
at the studios exclusively; 



Retie Eliz^ Allan 

Hoilywood, FebT 
Metro has lifted option on con- 
tract of Elizabeth Allan. 
M'l"^ A eaylngj so 0.IL f pr_a_ yacagh 



Jii .England. 



ELIZABETH ALLAK'S TRIP 

Hollywood, Feb. ^6. 
— ^Kllaabfcth- Allan left by plane Sat- 
urday (24) for New York. 

Misf) Allan expects .to sail Wed- 
nf'^Jday (28) for a vacation In Lon- 
don. 



Director Sloane's FOm 
Rights to *Lady Weeps* 

Hollywood, Feb. 26, 
Film rights to 'My Lady Weeps,' 
English piay by . Thorms Thomas, 
have been purchased by Director 
Paul Sloane. . 

Sloahe iiolds contract to direct 
'Down the Last Yacht' for 
Radio, and upon completing that 
picture, goes east to line up re- 
lease and finance for the produc- 
tion of the film version of the play. 

MG Gets Taylor 

Hollywood, Feb. 26. 

Metro ha.s signed. J[effrey Taylor 
to a stock contract. 

Newcomer gets a part in 'High 
School,' which Hunt Stromberg pro- 
duces. 



^JEOiETTETIACnroifAIII WEST 

Jeannette." MacDonald returns to 
the coast from New York thl.s 
Thursday (1) after having been In 
town a little over-, a— week. — .- — ^- 

Miss MacDonald Came east just 
to shop .and gofs back to do 'Merry 
Widow' for Metro which is sched- 
uled to start March 15. 



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P I C T « ■ E S 



Tiicsdaji Febrvary 27, 1934 



Flexible Rent Idea Working Out 
Oke in Texas: 15% of Gross for 
Filni Houses; 10% if 




Pallas, , Feb, 26. 

Flexible theatre -rents, . fixing a 
15% rent for str{(.ig:ht picture hovises 
and 10% of the weekly grroos for 
theatres, incjudlnff stage shova^ have 
been achieved by Carl Hbblltzelle 
in Texas. Theatres concerned are 
houses In Houston, Fort Worth and 
Dallas, formerly contro'lled by Jesse 
, and taken over by 
Hoblitzelle in August, 

The HobUtzelle-Jories d^ai is. un- 
usual for film custom In real estate 
•which has 'held theatre rentals -as 
fixed and Inflexible problems. 
No doubt that the flexible theatre, 
i-ent is a i-esult of the depression, 
but the Hoblitzelle move marks a 
for ifluctuatlng theatre 
where rents .can be. baaed 
in accor with a^^given i>olicy 

and Income potehtiailties. a 
break for the theatre and the land- 
.iord as well. 

Further than this the Hobllt^ellie 
Idea gives recognition to stage 
shows. The plan takes into coh- 
sidei-atlon the investment for* stage 
shows by the theatre through re-, 
duclng the rent overhead for the 
stage show house. 

Plan has been in effect since last 
fall, and is considered as working 
ptit okay all around. 



SMOOTH FUZZINESS 



Par Engineers' Device H«lps Screen 
.Sound 



Hearing was held in New York 
last week, but no decision made by 
Federal Judge Thatcher, sitting as 
Special Master, in the matter of the 
more than $6,000,000 rent claim by 
Karl Hoblitzelle dgalnst RKO on 
.three Texas theatres formerly oper- 
ated by RICO, but since returned to 
Hoblitzelle. ' 

Attorney John . Moroney, general 
counsel for thei Hoblitzelle interests, 
testifled at, the. hearing, .which was 
held in the dotyntown ofllces ot 
former Judge /Thatcher. Also, ap- 
pearing was Charles Koerner. 'RKO 
division manager' for New England 
and former operator for RKO In 
the south. 

Hoblltzelle's. claims are on- guar- 
anteed leases on the Majestic, San 
Antonio; for .26 years at $166,000 
plus taxes and insurance, annually; 
Majestic, Dallas; for 25. yisars at 
$114,600 plus taxes and insurance, 
annually, and the Majestic, Hbus 
ton, for 26 years at $105,000 plus 
iaxps and insurance, annually. 

The theatres went under the RKG 
operation May 1, 1930, with RKO 
«:iiaranteeing the leases. As .part of 
the RKO southern group the. thea- 
tres were shoved into bankruptcy 
by TXK.O in January, 1933. Subse- 
quently the receiver In bankruptcy, 
Herman Zbhbel, turned the theatres 
back to. Hoblitzelle. 

Since Hoblitzelle took the houses 
back the theatres have improved 
thei)' grosses around 100%. 



Ifollywbod, Feb. 26\ 
. Vilves that split seconds into a 
million parts have been . devi^loped 
by the Paramount studio tb im- 
prove . sound reicbrdlng, according 
to Franklin Hansen, chief sound 
engineer. And In slowing dowii 
the vibrations of sound to the al- 
most indiscernible extent of one 
twentieth-eighth millionth part of 
a second, Hansen said his staff has 
eliminated the slightly fiizzy sounds 
now hieard on screens. 

All major studios will use the de- 
vice, Hansen said, through an or* 
ganlzation that pools Inventions. 



Industry Will Not 
Settle on Rembusch 
Siiit--Rni$h Fishl 

Unlike .. the Ivan Abramson - sult^ 
which was settled but of court, the 
major Industry Intends to see. the 
action ^ started by Frank Rembusch, 
entering the third week bf trial in 
the Federal Court, N. Y., to the 
same finish ivhich It gave the Joseph 
Quittner action, All three action^, 
involved conspiracy and crowd-out 
charges. 

With the completion . of the Rem- 
busch suit, started by Frank J. 
Rem-busch, and subsequently inher- 
ited by his son, Truman, when ills 
father, known as' one of thd indus- 
try's most Jovial exhibitors, was 
committed to a lunatic asylum, the 
Hay s oflQcQ expects a breathing. spell 
on conspiracy ; matters. 

The Quittner case required .12 
weeks o£ active court work- during 
.which all of the Industiry'is better 
known eibcutlved were 'called upon 
to go oh record. And since the 
same exec$ are being called upon 
to repeat the performance before a 
different judge industry .wise »heh 
figure they can look forward to 'at 
least another month of Rembusch. 

Like h« did In the Quittner case. 
Will Hays Treated the story for 
the, benefit of the iElembusch court 
about how his orgainlzatlon came to 
be formed, as well as. for what it 
stands. Hays got ut) from a elck 
bed to do his part. 



Showman's Holiday 



New Haven, Feb. 26. 

Picture house attendance 
has come to be a mania with 
S. Z. Poll, who has caught a. 
few million shows In ' his 
career. After his day's, work 
Poll takes In every bill at 
other deluxers in town. Also 
catches three.' changes .weekly 
at hl9 own Hljou and oii Sun- 
day monilnig ptaones A. J. 
Vannl^ his chain stipervlsor, to 
dig up something ne^ for an 
afternoon scteenlng. 

When hia offlcO eah't locato 
Poll^ they usually find him in 
the Bljpu biEick row. 





TOP MH RENTAL 



A r^ord rental of $46,060 on its 
two weeks at the Mu^ic Ha,ll, N. Y., 
is iset up by 'Nana? While the tak- 
ings for Sam Gpldwyn arid United' 
Artists were not as heavy as exr 
pected on the second week, the first 
brought around $29,800, a new high 
for any .picture. Closest was an- 
other UA release) 'King Henry,' 
which went In at a guarantee of 
$20,000 and a. split over $100,000 or 
a total rental of about $21,600. That 
was the pirevlous high. 

Of the reported $46,000 to Gold- 
wyn-UA as 'rental on 'Nana;'! . out 
comes $28,000 as cost of the largest 
ad campalfi^ yet' projected, leaving 
a net of $^7,000^ On :the advertis- 
ing. budget; Goldwyh bore 76%, or 
$12,700, wiille UA bore the balance 
of $4,300. . Entire campaign stood at 
$36,700, 6t which around $9,000 wa^ 
shouldered by the Music Hall Itself. 

The $17,000 net rental Is divided 
76-26 between Goldwyn and UA. '„ 
. Terms of the 'Nana' booking were 
the iSrst $66,000 to the . Music .Hall 
and t6% oyer that to Goldwyh-UA. 
This obtained Over the two weeks' 
run. 



Par s Stock Move from \% to $5.62^,^ 



In Less Than a Year Cauang Much 
Speculation Over Future Value 



Fh.— Bot Strictly Biz 



Foilowing a, conference in Itas 
Moines , to acquaint local Publlz opr 
eratbrs with i>olIcy, Ralph A.. Kohn, 
Sam Dembow and Y. Frank Priee- 
man left Saturday for Jacksonville, 
Fla,, to confer with E. j. Sparks in 
that terrltoryi 

Piurpbse of these meetings, to be 
followed later by a Chicago, Min- 
neapolis and- Boston get-together, is 
to acquaint the field with the new 
setup, policies idit Operation and 
mahagement, servicing, etc. 

Following the .'Jacksonyille meet, 
opened yesterday (Monday), Dena- 
bow goes on to Miami for a 10. days' 
vacation. Freeman may also ilhger 
in Florida, but Kohn Is expected 
bactc tomorrow '(Wedriesday) or thb 
next day. 



P^cf Kefit Resigns 
F-WC After Being at 
Odds widi Skourases 



U.A<Waittsta%Walt 
Disney for 3 More Yrs. 



HoUy wbod, Feb; 26. 

Uhlted Artists is talking a new 
deal- for extension of the 'Contra.ct 
to release Walt Disney's animated 
cartoons.-' 

Present $pntraot has almost a 
yeir to run, but Al Uchtman, U.A. 
sales head, before leaving toe New 
York, figured on extending it for 
another three years; 



Par Trustees to Examine 
More Present, Ex-Execs 

Paramount trustees are planning 
to continue examination of. offlclale 
or former official's, of iPar, partly to 
build Up ,the' record in connection 
with the . bank ,^rbup- ' .agreement 
negotiated prior to receivership 
under which film negatives w^re 
transferred to a new subsidlirji; as 
Bccurity for. a $13,000,000 loan. 

Trustees are on the Referee; Davl.': 
<ralendar. for tomorrow (Wednes 
day) but If not calling anyone then 
will ask for an adjournment. Walter 
B. .Cokell, treassurer, was last ques 
tioned. 

Attorneys do not indicate, who 
they may call and whether or hot 
S. R. Kent and Sam Katz may be 
put on the witness, stand. 



11 blnlah, I^zarui'^ 

Russell Hblman, Par's home office 
production head, left Sunday (25) 
lor the Coast to look, the film, fac- 
tory sltuatipn over. ; 

Accompanying i.lm westward is 
JcfC Lazarus, chairman of the edito- 
rial hoard., who has been in Xe\T 
Vt.vl: wij coks viewing stagff pLiy- 
iiiid rp;i<liii .story mntorial. 



12 PAR SHORTS ON 1 
BILL TO BIG GROSS 



Portland, Ore., Feb. 26.. 
Sell wood, nabe. theatre, 600 seats, 
ran 12 Paramount shorts one night 
only to excellent busihesis and will 
repeat every months 

House usually has two-iay book- 
ings. 



_ Paramount, presently concerned 
In a dri'v;e'bn short subject sales, is 
trying to get theatres to attempt a 
whole :^how of the briefs. After one 
of the company's salesmen, Ed 
Hudsi6h, working out of the Port- 
land, Ore., branch, got a theatre to 
try a show Of 12 single reels for 
one day Myke Lewis, sales head on 
the Coast, advised the . hoine office 
and the suggestion Is goi ' to the 
whole force.' 



Gilham's Quick Coast 
Return for Product 0.0. 

Kot back long since his last trip 
west, Bob Gillham leaves today 
(Tuesday) for another Coast visit. 
He was out there after New Year's- 

Usual trip , to look , over niew Par 
pictures and lay plans for their 
handling. 



Marco Back West 

Marco left New . York for the 
Coast on Saturday (24) after about 
a week's stay in .th<^ east, during 
whicii time he confabbed with his 
eastern aissociates,. Harry Arthur 
and Jack Partington. Probably 
will stop over at Den'ver,, 

While In New YorlE Marco also 
conferred with Ralph Kdhn rela 
tive to the Paramount theatre situ 
atlon in Lios Angeles, which lis op 
crated by Fanchoh & Marco.. 



L>3S. Angeles, Feb. 26^ ; 
At odds with Skouras Bros;" for 
several months, completely dis-' 
agreeing oil operation policies, 
Perby R.. Kent, FWG v.p. lii charge 
of real estate, resigned last Thurs-' 
day (22> to take immediate effect. 
Kent, brother of Sidney R. Kent, 
has been with circuit for past two 
years. Several weeks ago Kent left 
his desk to go to -Arizona for a va- 
cation and. to recover from a sertous; 
slnuQ attack. His decision to re-i 
sign was reached during his' ab- 
sence. 

No successor has been named 
though posslblfe chplce rests be- 
tween W. T. Powers, attorney' Oh 
real estate matters^ "W^ It. (Bud) 
tiolller, tax expert, a,nd Ji O. Mc- 
Kelvy, Kent's assistant. 

DAHLEN ADMITS 



Sent Letters to Washinoton Pan- 
ninn Rosenblatt 



Hollywood, Feb. 26. 

Surprised thiat General Johnson 
had tossed a . volley in bis direction 
because of his insistence that Cen- 
tirai Casting be Investigated by the 
Government, J. vBdwin Dahlen, wel- 
fare secretary of Hollywood Pic- 
ture Rlayers Alliance, declared to- 
day (Monday) that he had pot re- 
ceived any letter from Johnson. 

Dahlen admitted he had written 
scorching letters to both the Presi- 
dent and Johnson asking for a Gov- 
ernment probe of Central and- ad- 
mitted he had told-^both the Presi- 
dent and Johnson thai^ Roisenblatt 
had been wined and dined by Jiouls 
B; Mayer and other producers all 
time he was here a few' weeks ago. 








Of $3,341,741; 65% Better Than '32 



.Informsttibn* for^.arded 



the 



RUPEBT BICHARDS DEAD 

New Orleans, Feb. 26. 

Rupert Richards, 47, brother of 
E. V. Richards and- himself a promi- 
nent southern showman, died in 
Covington, La., yosteixlay aftfr a 
lingering illne.ss. He is surviviKl by 
wife and a son. 

nichards will l)<» interred hfie lo- 
moi'i'Dw (21). 



Stockholderd of Radio Corporation 
of America via that compaiiy'S 
financial statement for 1938 gives 
RKO a net loss of 13,841,741. That's 
around 65% less than RKQ's re- 
ported loss for 1932, when this firm 
was in the red for $10,695,503. All 
of which indicates that the receiver^ 
ship has helped RKO. Company 
went into receivership during Janu- 
ary of '33. 

The RCA report states that dur- 
ing 1933 RKO made substantial 
economies in film production costs 
and operating" overhesid -of RKO 
theatres. RCA's investment in RKO 
-is put^at-^$l{h9 09,126; -iThl6=amount 
is represented by B9.9% of the HKO 
common stock and 84% of RKO's 
10-year debentures; RCA's general 
operating expense for 1933 amounted 
to $58,678,211, and .while earning 
sUghtly over 6% of this .amount 
directly from operations ($2>977,898> 
wound, up Inst year with a loss of 
$582.0?). 

RCA's gro.ss i i.s 



placed at $62,3313,496;' this item , in- 
cluding $772,386 listed as Income 
aside from actual operations. Gross 
income froni operations^ was $61, 
661,109. (>ross operating profit was 
$3,656,284^ with Itenis of .' Interest, 
depreciation and amortization of 
patents , aniountlng to $4,237^378. 

CJompany's gross Income "repre- 
sents ai decline of $5,027,646 below 
'32, but the operating loss Is less 
than .half which the company suf 
fered in '32. Factor here Is that 
RCA reduced its.bper9,ti.ng and cost 
of doing business l,n ,1933 by 8.1%, 
besides realizing a quarterly, profit 
for the la^t quarter of 1983 for .tbe 
-f}rst-time-iBlncer=the«flr8t=quarter- Of 
1932, 

This Is the first yearly report Of 
RCA since that company split Cron^ 
deneral Electric and Westinghouse. 
The divorce was by order of the 
Federal courts. 

RCA .has no. bank Indebtedne.ss 
and Its cash position, according to 
the consollilfitrifl balance shoet which 
has been ni iibllc.iR $13,149,482 



'While unusual activity In Para- 
mount l^blix stock Oertiflcates, 
with tho ; l)rice having gone to a 
high of*6%; la one of tho enigmas 
Of bankruptoy annals. It la nOw ac- 
cepted a« possible that there will 
be some acknowledgment of the 
stock uhder a . reorganization. 
Though udder bankruptcy stocic bt 
a bankrupt corporauon la not sup- 
posed to be worth, anjf thing, accord- 
ing to the i^pertscreilltors in manir 
cases develop reorganlisatlon plan's 
protecting shareholders, and FanL"^ 
mount .may be such, - a . case. 

Thiere Is no assurance what the 
stock may be . worth when a new 
company is set up to take over aU 
Paramount Publlz assets with.- a 
view to ending the , .banlcruptcy. 
Under the bahkruptcy statutes, 
stockholders are hot creditors, nojr 
does stock represent assets. Se.-. 
curlty creditors are those who hold 
bonds — paper which; differs from 
common stock in that- It constitute^ 
a lieh' on the : property. 

Tho stock certificates, less tiian. a 
year Sigo» were as low as %, or 
12^c. «. share. Since that time a 
stockholderis* protective commlltoe 
las been fonned In the iiopes of 
comerlns: a majority of the stock 
and forcing recognition on any re? 
organization. Just what Its power 
and results, will 'be are purely 
prophetic, 

This commltteie includes nunieroU^ ' 
bankers. Including Maurice Newton 
of Hallgarten &; Co., Par private 
bahkin'g house over a period of 
many years, and Barney Balaban 
of Chicago.. 

Some encouragement in the .direc- 
tion of shareholder recognition is 
dnkwn from the fact that many 
Paramount eniployees aire owners 6f 
Par stock, purchaiM in food times 
at $62 a share. Just, how far high 
Par ez<ecutiveB will go In' forcing 
Itcknowledginent of the common 
stock,' and whether or not bondr 
bolder, bank? and commercial 
creditors will resist such a move 
remains to be seen.' 

Ih' humorous rebrgahizations of 
railroad conipanieis, Instead of en- 
tirely wiping out tho" stock, the 
creditors diminished it in bestowing 
some recognition on ' shareholders. 
This also occurred in Fox Film. It's 
anyone's guess - whether, that will 
happen witli Par. 



BALTO SOOAWK ON 
ADVANCE PIC ADV. 



Baltimore, Feb. 26. 
Downtown first-runners have 
Issued general warning to,. second 
and third-run policy nabes On .lat- 
tor's lately growing, practice of ad.r 
yertlsihg flicks upon national re- 
lease and before first local release 
at a loop deluxe week-stander. 

It's the; latest headache handed 
the loop exhibs. All season warn-. 
Ings have been given individual 
cases, but went unheeded; eo now 
the first-runners plan to invoke 
NRA aid, as nabes' practices are In 
direct violation of picture code. 
. Nabes. have been plugging plenty 
flicks before zone release in these 
parts,, in throwiawiEiy olrculars, with 
ma:ny of the spots utilizing lobby 
displays and .home-^made- screiefi 
trailers, .the . pri^-irelease assurand^ 
that a certain pio .'will absolutely 
be shown at this theatre' flashed on 
a 16c nabe screen figuired as a keep- 
away ifrom a. 40c downtown flrst- 
runner. 



Trainer Nipped 



Hollywood, Feb. 26. 
John Helliott, 60, animal trainer, 
was injured seriously when a,t-. 
tacked by a bear oh the Mack Sen - 
nett lot. 

Had brought the animal from the- 
Hagenbeck -Wallace circus,; wlntejf! 
quarters at Peru,' Ind., for the Clyde 
Beatty pic. 



WB Theatre Inspection 

Going west to inspect the Par 
clflc theatres of Warner Bros., Jor 
seiph E|ernhard Is scheduled to leave 
Nejv York tomorrow ( Wednesday^ ,. 

It's his first trip to Callforni 
since becorrilng the AV.irner the.ili'e 
head. 



Tta«*l»y.JP!ebTO«]t.27»_ IW* 



P 1 C ¥ 



E S 



VARIETY 



OF U. S. NO W DUALING 

— : : : ^ -4- — -f- — r ^ ■ r-^ -■ ■ — ^ 

Mayer, Thalberg, Rubin's Incomes 
Top; Fedl Trade Commish Sends 




Producers Favor Longer Running 







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811 I 



St 




Double featuring, against which 
has been ihuch. agitation and 
controversy, during the pisist few 
Years* is again facing the threat; of 
longer features from the major pro- . 
ducers. 

Trying to cope, with the dua,l sys- 
tem, producers oyer the years have 
attempted many possible miei^ns to 
rfestrlct It not eliminate ' double biH- 
Ir.r throughout the country, with 
little success^ 

Now the thought is shaping disr 
tinctly, in certain major quarters 
that if features' are; made a little 
longer, the so-cail<^d . evil of two on 

■ a show will at least bfe alleprlated 
and exhibitors, insisting, on duallng. 
will virtually restrict themselves to 
independent product. Majors have 
another purpose In consideration of 
pictures that run longer, the open- 
ing of a ;*^c8lble larger market, for 
short subjects/ 

Recently running time has been 

■gradually increased by major pro-, 
ducers, Warner Bros, and Para- 
mount have b^en letting their fea- 
tures run longer where the subject 
matter possibly excuses it. Metro. 

- always has been partial to keep its 
productions at an unreeling time 
that's, longer on an average than 

' other companies. 

. Matter of Turnover 
Should the feature product of all 

, producer-distributors keep away 

.'froni the 66-70 minutes which the 
majority were cut to iii recent years. 
It is pointed out, the double billers 
win And. It difficult to get proper 
turnover, allov.-ing for np thing more 
.than the newsreel and trailers 
which is all : tha;t many of these 
grinders use When playing two fea- 
tures on a show, 

In addition to the lengthier prod- 
uct coming from Metro, Warner 
Bros, and Paramount, 20th Century 
Is going easy lii the cutting. Pic- 
tures from Burope, such as 'King 

-Kenry' and 'Catherine the Great', 
also are so long on. running time 
that they present a problem to the 
dualers. Sam Goldwyji's pictures, 

.also, are jgetting longer and longer. 

If the double billing houses are 
ta* continue their policies. In the 
face of extended i^nnlng time by 
majors, they will either be /forced 
to longer operating hours or to. the 
independent field for the second fea- 
ture, It is argued. Another argu- 
ment propounded is that double fea- 
ture houi^es could not live if the 
second feature always was an indie 
or a western running only 60 min- 
utes or under. 

Too many of the dualers twin 
•up niajor product under their ppli- 

• cies. The better class of bouse un- 
der the two-for-the-price-of-one 
system plays few Independent pic- 
tures. 






. Hpilywood, Feb. 26; 
Ben B. Kaha.ne.and J. R; McDon- 
ough have left for New York, carry- 
ing with them the new contracts 
of Merian C. Cooper and Pandro 
Berman, to presented to the 
RKO-Radio diroctord for confirma- 
tion. 

Also with them .were. Ned Depihet 
and A. H. McCausland, RKO re- 
ceiver, O. C. Dperlng, attorney for 
the receiver, and Gordpn Tellman, 
of the RKO legal department. 



NRA Code Forums 



Open forum on the NRA and 
the codes formulated under it 
start today (27) in Waahing- 
ton, D. Q., and will continne 
through March, it has been an- 
nounced by the National 
Emergency .CPuncil. Purpose 
is for reception oif public com- 

p laln tj cr itici sm and isugges- 

tipns on any aspect "'pf" the 
NRAiand the codes; 

Although open hearings will 
be held in: the capital, sp that 
everypne will have ' an. oppor- 
tunity to get his or her story 
before the sessions, those ^yhp 
..cannot, attend maly send ex- 
pressions oil opinion in writlhg, 

HearingiB. on the picture and 
yaudevllle codes are dated 
March 6 to 8. Legit code hear- 
ing will be March 21. 



Fei$t Hurries Back 



Felix Feist returns to New York" 
tonight (21), cutting his coast visit 
.short on account of Illness of his 
wife, which necessitates an Immedi- 
at<? operation. 

• Metro's sales exec will be accom- 
panl.'d oast by Felix Feist, Jr., and 
In tier's fnimily. 



SEE NRA LEGAL 
TEST CASE ON 
10% CLAUSE 



Breach between major interests 
and the NRA is widening to the 
point where codists predict the Blue 
Eagle will shortly be snubbed for 
a court decision oh the 10%. cancel- 
lation clause. This legal, privilege, 
accorded to the . e^h'ibitpr, is .con- 
servatively figured to cost th^ dis- 
tributors $6,000,000 annually while 
the code lives. 

In the meantime, despite the 
sence of an official announcement 
from the Code Authority of the 
NRA's stand for this clause, over- 
ruling the contentions and protest 
against it privately filed by the ma- 
jors. Indie leaders are advising their 
fiocks to demand such cancellations 
on ail contracts made on and after 
December 7, 1933. They are in- 
forming exhlbs that should distrlbs 
refuse, the theatre owner has the 
right to have the distributor in- 
dicted for violating the code. 

The cancellation clause, as in- 
terpreted by cpdists, permits all 
exhibitors whose rentals average 
$260 and less to avail themselves 
of the deduction rights. As they s^ee 
it, if the average is $260; an ex- 
hibitor is able to cancel out an $800 
rental, for example, and play a pic- 
ture for which he is charged only 
$26. Thus the exhibitor is afforded 
the first opportunity known In the 
business to legally scratch off mate- 
rial of a roadshow; category which 
he figures" later In the seasPn to be 
unworthy of . the big. rental money 
demanded In the contract. 

In major ranks the strategy tak- 
ing shape Is to make a test case 
of the issue by either suing for 
breach of contract the exhibitor 
who' refuses to meet the full terms 
of the contract br defending an ac- 
tion brought by an exhibitor. 



BROCK ON FEATURES, 
MARCUS' RKO SHORTS 



Holiyvtrbod, Feb. 26, 
tiou Brock will be. a unit producer 
oic features only at Radio under, a 
new deal niade between that com- 
pany and the producer, Lee Marcus, 
who has been acting as assistant to 
Brock on production of Radio shorts 
for the^ii)ast year, vy 111 take entire 
cTfarge oT" €h"e~cbmpa;riy's"'fwo'^e§l 
comedies. Bert Gllroy wIH be as- 
sistant to Marcus. 

Brock's next feature production 
will be 'Dowii to "Their Last Yacht/ 
He will also handle "Great, American 
Harem' and the Wheieler and "VVool- 
aey feature comedies. . 



m\ OF \m 



Majors Admit Double Fea- 
turing Has Increased— 
These Figures Are 50% 
Over '33 -^Smaller Pro^ 
du<^rS See 500 E^tra 
Sales Possibilities 



MAJORS' HANDS TIED 



.Estimating that approximately 
7,975 of 16,949 lighted theatres in 
the U. S, are now double featuring, 
an increase for du6.1ism placed at. 
60% over this period In *33i inde- 
pendents making the survey declare 
there is nothing that will stem the 
tide now. The code is proving one 
of- the greatest aids'to dualism, indie 
company heads declare^ attributing 
at least 26% of the Increase to the 
last three months since thie Presi- 
dent signed the formula containing 
no reference to dual curbing. 

in major quarters an Increase in 
dualism is admitted' The ihdle 
compilation is the first attempt to 
g^t into black and white* territory 
by territory, a .mathematical pic- 
ture of the double feature; situation 
ai3 it is currently. Majors now do 
not liazard even a guess for publi- 
cation as tp_ the present dual totals. 
Last summeir they approximated 
with admitted latitude thajt some 
3,000 houses were doubling.' 

As the result of double popularity 
some of the larger sinalier produc- 
ers are figuring 600 extra sales pos- 
sibilities for their 1934-'36 sales sea- 
son.. Onei Pf the companies cklcu- 
Utes that this will bring it within 
1,600 of the possibilities for majors 
which consider 7,600: a good average. 
• The wide publicity given dualism 
since, the Inception of the code, espe- 
cially during the Washington fracas, 
is credited by indie leaders with 
having fanned tH^ double flame and 
arousing curiosity in territories 
which, were not going in heavily for 
the duals but which now are. 

Affiliated theatres are the biggest 
users of double bills to date, accord- 
ing to Independents who figure that 

(Contln'ied oh pag:;> 26) 




s on 




Senate's Peek 



Washingtpn, Feb. 2G. 
Following are some of the 
figures oh salaries of pfficers 
and directors of; major- film 
producers as shown In reports 
sent to the Senate today 
(Moridaj'): 

Warners 

1929 — Assets, $167,189,02 
net income, $14,514,628; salar- 
ies, $662,039, 1933^AssetSi 
$169,791,058; deficit, $6,291,7'48; 
salaries, $662,039. 

Fox 

1929r-:Assets, . $74,003,276; in- 
cgme, $5,138,462; salaries, $136,- 
200. 1932— Assets.~f 115,962,276 ; 
deficit, $8,559:534; salaries, 
$629;81T. 

Radio 

1929 — Assets, $71,397,699; 
deficit, $45,743; salaries. $263,- 
909. 1932— Assets, $9|7,170,300; 
deficit. $10,695,503; salaries, 
$321,203. 

Pkramount-Publix 

1929 — Assiets, $114,333,483; 
salaries. $1,921,040.. 1932— As- 
sets, > $150,349,809;. salaries, 
$731,976. Pararhount failed , to 
report Its IncPme figures for 
all of the. specified years. 
Columbia 

1928— Assets, $3,142,582; in- 
come, $551,822; salaries. $218..- 
000. 1932— Assets, $6,612,459; 
income, $740,240; salaries, 
$298,883. 

Universal 

1928— Asisets, $20,476,220; in- 
come, $1,014,932; salaries, 
$302,505. 

Loew's 

1928 — Assets. $108,626,630; 
salaries, $738,161. 1932^Assets, 
$124,784,946; salaries, $745,042; 
no Inoome figures given. 
-Metro- Goldwyn- Mayer 

1928 — . Assets, $35,306,343; 
salaries. $1,780,248. 1932— As- 
sets, $41,817,917; salaries, $1,- 
679,534. No income figures 
given. 



Fox Surpl 





^ Along , with the reorganization of 
Fox Film, launched and completed 
by Sidney R. Kent in April, 1933, 
the film industry started to come 
out of; its. slump. Since the Fpx 
reprganizattoi., it sieems that almost 
every company has recorded Im- 
provement and Fox has about 
achieved the top amelioration of 
all. 

For the 39 weeks ended Dec. 31. 
i933. Fox Film will record, accord- 
ing to unofllclal estimate, a . surplus 
and profit tiiat may go above 
$700,000. .Operating profit may 
reach abpve . $400,00o; a.ccbrdirig to 
estimate. Extent of .this trans- 
fbrmatlPn is gleaned froih a com- 
parison of Fox Film results prior 
to 1933. This company recorded a 
net loss in 1932 of more than $16.- 

ooo.ooo; 

There can be np doubt that much 
of the ameiHoratlon which the com- 
panies as a whole have recorded In 
1933, can Le laid to an Improvement 
In general conditions outside the 
show -vtrorld. For this the Washing*: 
ton Adnllnlstratlpn .must receive 
■commendatlonT--The=entlre.^impEoye^ 
ment of fllmdp.m came after the as- 
cendancy of the present govern- 
ment in Washington. 
. For the first time since 1930, 
Warners also reported a net oper- 



ills and Profit for $ Wk& 
; Other Co. s Also Up 



earned $105,752:86. For the corre-. 
spondlng period iii 1932, Warners 
showed a net loss . of $1,746,761.95. 

lioe.w's net earnings, for the com- 
pany's first quarter ended Nov. 23, 
.1933, rpse 100% over a cprresppnd- 
ing period the year previous, ipew's 
net profit for the 12 weeks ended 
Nov. 23, 1933. amounted to $ji594,- 
608. , 
.. Fox Film's official figures for 1933 
will likely be made public In about 
a. fortnight. 

^id Kent, Fox president, returhis 
from the .;outh at the end of this 
week and a Fox board mieetlng is 
scheduled, for tomorrow (Wed.) at 
\yhich time the annual report was 
to have been recorded and made 
public afterwards; biit indications 
are that this meeting Is to be post- 
poned. 

Fox Film's surplus and profit for 
the fir.st 26 weeks since the com- 
pany's reorganization was around 
$660,000. 

"The Indle companies are gen- 
erally observed to show improve* 
ment. Monogram, in 1933, ro.se to 
ranking position In the industry. 

Para mdu n t,. even _ wh lie in. Ibank- 



ruptcy. has built up until today 
that compiany'e cash position i-s 
among the soundest in the Industry. 

From all this the industry glean.s 
the one , salient fact — how Inter- 
ating i^rofit in 1933. For the \% \ dependent one on the other Is every 
weeks ended Nov. 25, 1933, Warners major piart of the Indu.'^try. 



Washingtpn, Feb. 26. 

Liowdpwn on profits pf Insiders in 
major film companies was revealed 
Monday (25) when Federal. Trade 
Commission sent the Senate thou- 
sands of reports f rom . concerna in 
all lines of busiiieiis. Answers to: 
question on names shows that pic- 
ture salaries have been reduced,, but 
hot severely.- during the depression. 

Bulky volumes revealed thiat 
I^Puis, B. Mayer, Irving Thalherg, 
and J. Robert Rubih rank among 
the best-paid Hollywood figures. 
Thpir net receipts from MGM In 
1932 amounted to $1,333,576. Peak 
for .trio was In 1930 when corpora-^, 
tlon paid them $2,639,289i, of which 
$2,212,88Si was 'other compensation' 
on a percentage-profit basis. 

Salarieis and Pther compensation 
paid officers and directors by major 
producers ran as follows: 

MGM— 1928, $1,780,248; $1,-; 
679,534. 

Loew's— 1928, $738,161; 1932, $745,- 
161. 

Warriers-^1928. $1,006,924; 
$880,543. 

Fox— 1928, $136,200; 1932, $629,- 
817. 

Paramount— 1928, $1,921,040; 1933, 
$731,975. 

RKO— 1928. $321,- 
203. 

Columbia— 1928, $218,000; 
$298,883. 

Universal— 1928. $327,690; 
$302;5.05. 

Biggest producers were shown to 
use profit-sharing or bonus systems 
(Continued on page 63) 



RIGID STUDIO 

ENFORCEMENT 
UNDER WAY 



Hollywood, Feb.';26. 
, Rigid code enforcement for pro- 
duction, supervised by NRA officials 
In order tp clean up a block of cpm- 
plaints now laying, ietround, gets 
under way this week, -navr that a 
complete report on the picture code 
situation to date has been wrapped 
up and sent to Washington by 
Charles H. Cunningham, local NRA 
chief. Cunningham has been check- 
ing every type of code complaint 
during the past six weeks as well, 
as trying to find reasons for the 
delay In getting code committees 
to function. 

Winding up this cohfi^lentlal re- 
port; lays In the lap of Washington 
officialdom . and Divisional Adminr 
istrator Sol. Rosenblatt. 



FRANKLIN MULUNG 
INDIE FILM PROD. 



H. .B. . Franklin la still mulling a 
film production hookup with one of 
two companies. 

Franklin already has acqjiired 
eight or nine scripts for production 
purposes. One of these may bei 
transposed into a musical play b*' 
fore Franklin puts it into film pro- 
duction. 



Ayleswortli Off Ci.? 



Replacement of M, H. Ayleswprth 

=l'^^.:.2S.jM=-SS^-^yy''"l.*y and as 
a member of the~Hay3""dlrbctoTSte"^ 

is reported under, consideration. 

J. R. McDontiough and Ned Der 

pinet are mfntloned as possible 

.sure ".s.sor.<!, latter having the edge 

iK'f u.se of his .experience— in the-- 

businr-ss. 



VAKIETY 



PIC1 Vltl: CROSSES 



Tuesday^ Febraary 27, 1934 






jjul Rain 
Helping L A. Averages This Week; 
'Bolero Nice 17G> Tasluon$' 21G 



Holiywodd, 26. 

Washirigioh's birthday^ aid tulns 
helped considerably toward elevatr 
ing the take at. first run houses, 
Holiday itself was partioularly. big 
for. the iParambunt having 'Polero,' 
tlte two Warner .houses and tbew'? 
State. Latter house . has ?Pavld 
Haruiii,' in for a nine day stay. 

'Christina' in its third week at 
the Chinese is holding up nicely, 
Second stanza was not very far be- 
hind the first for this picture. 
Four Star opened with 'Devil Tiger', 
iaiid looks as though this freak will 
probably run about three weeks in 
the ' houise . to satisfactory returns^ 

Pahtages is cuftlng up neighbor- 
hood house ' Hollywood with its 
double bill, policy at a 16c. minimum 
on .first runs. House on this week 
is . not doing, as well on' the double, 
bill' p.opo^.tion at it did before due 
to the withdrawal of. the- stage 
shows here. 'Loat Patrol' was held 
over at the RKO for a second^ week,- 
while the United . Artists is doing 
likewise with 'Moulin RoUge' to fair 
returns. , . 

EstimateiB for. This Week. 

Chrneiie' (Grduniari) .'(2,02ff; 65- 
|l.iO)^''Christina' <aiG') ahd-stagie 
show '(3rd ■ week) i Nl^ht' , , trade 
fairly good with matih'ees jfretty^' 
heavy* looks: like a $12,000 >'week. 
Last week (Srid) ' business' excellent, 
at 6Tose to $l'5,tOO. ■ ' 

DdwnioWn'CWl^) .(l>SbO; '^86-^ - 
65')^'Fashiohs! ifrSI'; (WB)i' 'Heavy 
ballyhooing' got th'ib oiie a-Hi'g, open- 
ing .'duje to h6viag .\cast make.,.jc|et- 
Bonal appearance. - ;-Looks a^-thoygh^ 
it will hit ground* : $ll,000i Last 
week ^ot Yotir Number* *.< WE); aort; 
of slowed down, toward end i of w^ek 
and came in with $6,300 whiclr Is 
fair. 

Four Star (Fox) (900; '60-75) — 
TDevU Tiger' (Fox). Without flash 
or . .pretense . but. ,a good > .campaign 
ahead of it looks like a stiire- $3,600, 
'in initial week. Last week 'S^skimo! 
(MG) in lts,'fourth weel& finished up 
very nicely leaving house with a 
profit just a bit shy of $2,700. 

Hotly wood, (WB) .(;;,756; 25-35-40- 
B6)/rTr'Fa$hIons 1934' (WB). .Flash, 
campaign. -here as wi^ll as ^pwntowjn, 
wa^ helpful and Indteiitidns' are for 
run. to $9,8'!0() iweek. . %ast week "Got 
Your Number' (WB) fjEiirljr. good at! 
$5,700. 

Los Anjueltft (Wm. Fox) (2;lidO; 
15-35)— litornirigr After» <QB) and 
•Mystery Lln6r' (Mono), split. , Still 
hitting around ^ame averagie; will 
come in with a- $3,900 . wee)c.. Last 
week ."house ' had second riin ofCer- 
ing.' \^ 

Pantade* (Pan) (2,700 ^16^26-'40) 
— 'Fugitive Lovers' <M(3) and 'Poor 
Rich' (tJ), split. Usihg first-run 
Iproduct on the double bill With 16c 
to 40c scale for second weelc not as 
hot as first, house will do about 
$3,300. Last week 'Lost Father' 
(RKO) .and 'Hold That Girl' (Fox) 
with double bill and stage show 
came in with $8,600. 

Parftmount (Partmar) (3,595; 26 
40)— 'Bolero' (Par) and stage show. 
Picture main draw, stage show 
negligible -with pace steady should 
be ' an easy. $17,000. Last week 
'Good. Dame' (Par) with Anson 
weeks band as Btagfi ballast came 
honie very nicely to an evert $16,000. 

RKO (2.«60; 25-40)— 'Lost Patrol' 
(RKO) (2ndr-final week). Hold 
over, weeH none too encouraging 
here; looks as though, picture Will 
probably Wind up with around $6, 
000^, First 3iveek started oft at im- 
mense, pace bi;t last ; two days of 
the week slowied it down with final 
count for stanza .beihg short of $10,- 

State (Loew-F6x) (2,024 ; 25-40)-^ 
•Diivid Harum' ^Fox). Will JRog^rs 
a. natural with the folks' around 
h^rei; It lookd like an., Cdsy |15.d00 
for a" nine-day stay. 'Cbiriljilg Out 
Party (FoS) ^h<id tijrlbie time 
drawinr & few dollard short of '$3;0()0 
in five days Wheh" it Was yanked: 

United Artists (Griuman) (2*100; 
25-36*40i65)— 'M[<iulln Rouge* (tJA) 
<2hd week).- Taking up the odds 
ajid ends of trade, probably finish 
tog up with around $5,600. First 
week picture got little over $10,000 
which Is. okay. 



CANTOR, TACOMA, $4,500 



'Lefs 



Fall in Love' Very 
Under $3,000. 



lewi 



Tacoma, ; 26. 
Music Box getting major atten- 
tion ait b.o. this, week with Eddie 
Cantor hlp-hoorayed In 'Ronian 
Scandals', set In for full week. 

Singletons rule the whole town. 
Lent and dandy outdoor weather 
cutting In. some. Mat biz decidedly 
hit as natives put In some spare 
time pruning and weeding shnib- 
bery and lawns. 

Estimates For .This Week 

Music Box (Hamrlck) (1,400; 26- 
36)— ^Romian Scandals' (UA). Looks 
hot enough to get socko $4,600. Last 
week, .'Gallant Lady' (UA), five 
days, oke $2,600; 

Roxy. (J-vH) (1,300; 25-35)— 
•Let's Fall In Love': (Col). Expected 
to slump under $3^006; slow; Last 
week; 'Going Hollywood' (MG) 
Okay, $3,200. • 

Blue. -Mouse (Hamrlck)- (650-16-' 
25)^'Massacre' (FN) arid 'Invisible 
Mian' (U) split; estimate $2;060, very 
nice. ' Ijftst. week,. 'I'm: No Angel' 
(MG) and 'Blotid Money' (UA).: 
spljt;' good $1,700. 



Mike^a^ 1^ 




'.:e<<: 



Buff.; B. 0. Is Brr! 



'CHRISTINA' AND 'NANA' 
HOLD M IN MONTL 



Kegulesco and Thompson 
Spotted on Par's/Make Up 

Hollywood, Feb. 26. 
deorgQ.' .Neguleflco and Harlan 
ThdmpSpn will co-direct Para 
moi^nt's 'Kiss and Make Up,' for 
==jrierIyJlCja8weii<J.a^ 



Gary Qrant iff the. only cast name 
to date. 



;]?HIL HaoSOirAlD AT FOX 

— — -Holly wopd^eh^B^ 
Philip Macbonald has been addeij 
to the writing staff of Fox Western 
aoing untitled mystery^ 



Buffalo, Feb. 26. 
Frigid teihperatures- ;. still taking 
toll from downtown box offices^ 
Good business ' Washington's 
Birthday , was offset, by seyeral day^'. 
slump owing to zero ^eatljer,-.,Temr , 
perature .still.. hovering around zero 
dallyj -vvlth little, relief In sight be^ 
fore :the ..end ' of the current - p:ef lod. 

Outstanding news of the. "week 
%vas the announcement by the Hipp 
of the. discontinuance, of yaudeville. 
Hipp has-been a vaudfllm .spot «ver 
since this; type . of ehtertainriient 
originated " iand , the . decision to 
abandon the policy leaves the town 
perplexed. Management . claims 
high cost of operation of stage 
shows as reason for .the ' switch^ 

Downtown' situation now is that 
three Shea houses and the Lafayette 
(independent) are all operating 
double feature programs.. iShea's 
first run theatres using seyen first 
run features weekly, which Is fig- 
ured to exhaust the product. 

Estimates for This Week 
Buffalo (Shea) (8,600; 3().-40-66)— 
'Queen Christina' (Metro) and stage 
show. About aveiiage start but 
shduld get fair mon^y and the show 
will do. better than estimate if 
weather permits. '^Probably around 
$16^000. ■ Last wieek 'Fashion Follies' 
(WB) and stage show. Falling ther- 
morivet^rs also cut .down figure to 
$13,000. 

Hipp (Shea) (2,400; i25-35)— 
•Dark Hazard' (FN) and 'Sons of 
Desert (MG). First week of new 
double .feature program looks like 
nice bill and Hgures to get abput 
$8;500. Last week ' 'Four : Ffight- 
enied People' (Par) and 'Blackbirds' 
on stage. ' Bettered ei^tlmate" for 

$i$,ooa. 

Greai Udket (Shea) (3,400; .25-40) 
— 'A'fte^ Tot^ight' (RKp) ^nd 'SI*; 
if Kind! "<Par),, Opehing ' indica- 
tions ' point to subnormat h.ii&lness 
PpoJBtibly over I7,600f lASt. wieek 
'Right to Romahco* (RKO) and 
'Hips, Hips, H6<iray' (HKO) hield ap 
fairly well for $isi;600., 

Century (Shea) (3,400; 25)— 'I've 
Got ToUr Number' (WB) and 
'Cradle Song (Par), Off to fair 
start" and may build to. $5,500/ Last 
week 'Big ^Sliakiedown' (WB) and 
'Snioky' (Fox), average takings 
with holiday business helping at 
$5,200. 

Lafayette (Ind.) (8,400; 26)-^ 
'Chance • at Heaven' (RKO) and 
'jPog* (Col). Good opening, on hbli 
day and . should do $7,500. . Last 
week .'Beloved' (U) and 'Aggie Ap 
pleby;' (RICO), Plugged along, to 
better than average for house at 
$6,500, 



CoUabs on ^Happiness' 

Hollywood, Feb. 26. 
Jack Cunningham is collablng at 
J?acariiouiitjyith.. Stephen. J^orehouse. 
Avei'y on 'Pursuit of Happiness.' 

Mitchell Lelsen Is pencilled In to 
meg. 



Montreal, Feb. 
Blizzards and zero combined to 
depiCHss grosses last week; with 
some falling oi!C' in a couple o.f tbe 
best plx seen' here in a long' while. 
'Christina' looked at first like beat- 
ing 'Henry Eighth,' .but Monday and 
TUesda,y , stCrins - hit ' the (^isipltoi.. 
'This picture and' 'Nana" hold over 

for a; second v?eek,: ^ 

Currently we have repeats iat the 
Capitol . and Princess, with chances 
of $10,000. and $8,000 gross, respec- 
tively. Palace . iShowing 'Carolina' 
and this: should go. a long way to 
ii'oostlng ia. theatre that has not been 
doing so well of late. Loew's, too, 
has a good show with 'I Am Su- 
za,nne' iind ought , to get' $11,000. 
His Majesty's, should help the fllrii 
houses by playing . Yiddish legits 
•Toshe Kalb/ with the Imperial 
rented: for concerts, also dark as 
far as plx go. Cinema ..de Paris 
with sixth week of "Fanny* leaves 
only four picture theatres ppera,ting 
first run in to'wn. ." 

Estimates for this Week 
His Majesty's (OT) (1,(500; 26-76) 
'Yoshe Kalb! legit. - Tough to guess 
how it Will .go; maybe' $3,000. Last 
week, 'Broadway Through- a Key- 
hole' (UA) and 'Elmperor Jones' 
(UA). $8,500. 

Palace (FP) (2,700; 60) 'Carbiina' 
(Fox) and 'Jimmy artd' Sally'. (Fox). 
Will bring in the femifies and ought 
to get $10,000. Last week. "All of 
Me'; (Par) and 'By Candlelight' 
(U), hit by weather, imd opposition, 
$8,000. 

Capr^Of (F?) '(2,t00;. 60) 'Chrls- 
tir^^ (WG) <2!nd w%ek). >fpulA; haye 
Smashed 'records. Itlst #eek but for 
^eathei^. Shoxild be g<j6d:fc!i' -$10,000 
against $l8,00(J ia;?t-weel5.: " 
.Loew> <Ft>) . (3,200; 65) :'Swzahri6'' 
(Fox) - and yaude.' Abbv?i averaige 
picture ahd'ltpprbvlrig yaude should 
gnyaS $ll,00(lif; XASt 'weeli:, ♦After.To- 
hfght* (RKO) arid vaude diropped to 
$9 OOfll!; 

Princess (CT) (1,900; 50) 'Naina* 
(UA) (2nd week). Went heavy last 
week' for $10,000 and should con- 
tinue Well currerttiy for $8,000.' '~- 

Imperial' (France-Film) (1,600;. 
50).' No plx ' currently; past week 
'La Robe ^tbuge' ' and 'Mamselle Jo- 
sette, hia Feraimei' did only fair at 
$1,500: 

Cinema, de Paris (FranCe-Film) 
(600; 60) 'Failriy' (6th' week). Holds 
up 'each ^eek'to iiround $1,-200. 

Hold TliatGirr $6,500; 
Uoiiiier^nl Painn^ 
% Not Stop Sei Fix 

Providence, Feb. 26. 
Same story here-^it's all up to the 
weather man! '.Exhibitoris are all' 
screwy trying to figure things out. 
Plaiis and -calculations are oke -uri- 
tll weather starts out ori a rarilp- 
age and then it's just too -bad. 
EBtimates for This Week 
Fay's (2,000; 16-26-40)— 'Hold 
That Girl' (Fox); arid vaude, with 
John Fogarty, radio tenor, head- 
lining. House figurlrig on Fogarty's 
popularity to keepi in the run- of 
thlngf^; Looks oke around $6,600. 
Last we§k; 'Sleepers £iast' (Fox), 
and Johnny 'MarVin on stage tipped 
the applecart, gartoering a"^. iawell 
^7^00 with the -aid of tilted holiday 
prices and mild- weather during last 
half. 

Loew's State (3,200; 15-25-40)— 
'Cat and Fiddle' (MG), and vaude, 
with Al AMitcheIl'6 barid, local fa- 
vorite, tot>irfng bill. House -notr cap-' 
itallzlng ..• oh' Mitbhell'^ popularity 
here, apparently preferring/ to plug 
the picture. Mild outlook. at $12,00&. 
Last week,.. 'Cbrlstlna' (MG) got 
$15,500, nice. ; \ ■ ., ' i- 

Majestic (f^v).< <^,200; 
— 'Mandalay' (WB), and 'Ev^r Since 
Eve' (Fox) ; jilerityt . bt riatnes;., but.j 
comment not condiiclve to big re- 
sults; not much over. $4,600; off. 
Last week, 'Fashions of 1934' (WiB), 
and. 'Women in Hia Life' (MG)> did 
bkay j»¥Uh ,l6iW0 in the tiU»:, „ 

PararKi9un4i. .(Indie) (2,200;: ,16-2S' 
40).— 'search. ifor, beauty' .(P^), arid 
'Sin -of NbrAV'iflibr&n' , (Majestic). 
Can't . proisslbly "mooch 'over $4,600 
even- though 'box office had the ad- 
vantage of a holid^iy' opening. Xast 
week, 'Let's Fall in Love? (Col), and 
'Lone Cowboy' (Par), did $6,800. 

RKO Albee (2,200; 16r26-40)— It 
Happened One Night' (Col), and 
•Lost Patrol' (RKO). Looks lIKe 
$9,600 -from present indications. Last 
week, *I Like It That Way* (U), and 
'Shuffle Along* on the dtage. re- 
bounded- late in the week but not 
eriotigh to make It better than $8*700. 

RKO Victory (1,600; 10-16-26)— 
'Enlighten. Thy Daughter* (Exploi- 
tation), .a,nd 'Big Race.' House smart 
juioughJto.^caeh^lnion^hejBexy.jtitlB. 
All .sorts of newapisiper. publicity; 
cricks terrific in their parinlngs, but 
fans seem, to he overlooking the ad 
verse reviews. Gfoss will be close 
to $6,000 for . this small spot, and 
that's plepty of coin considering the 
TJrtces and aeatiitg capacity; Last 
week, 'Speedway' and 'Big Bluff* 
took it on the chin for 1860 on a 
split weelc 



'Massacre -Colored Unit at $9;0N, ^ 
Minne s Top; Lent and 10 Below 



jrs SPRING IN N. 0. 



Weather ids B.O^'Bolero' $9,000, 
^Meuli Rouge' $11,000 



New Orleans. 
Perfect springtime , weather is 
aiding the local wlcke'ts. 'It Hapr 
pCned One Night' at the Orpheurii 
is leadirig the gross parade, with 
Connie Bennett in 'Moulin Rouge' 
the' ruririer-up. Formek* Will get 
$13,000 and letter around $11,000. 

'Bolero' is doing neatly at the 
Saenger and may grab $8,000. Tur 
dor is doirig well with 'Suzanne.' 

Estimates for This Week 
Saenger (3.668; 40) — 'ieblero' 
(Par). Raft , is liked here and hi^ 
following may help to $9,OO0. , Laist 
week 'Footllght Follies' rang up the 
same amount. 

Loew's State (3,218; 40)— 'Moulin 
Roiige' (UA). JHitting Into high arid 
picking up, which will mean $11,- 
000, Last week 'Cat . and the Fld-^ 
die' (MO) got $10,000. i 

Orpheum (2,400;. d5)--;']tlappened 
One Night' *(Col). Gabje arid Col- 
beirt riieans standees here iiiid $13,' 
000 will be plenty, profitable. Last 
weelt 'X^st PatrQlV,(RKO) garnered 
$7,000. \ , . 

Tudor (700; 3tf)— 'Suzanne* (Fox). 
Doincr veiry weir .^t thfs small, bouse 
and, $3,000 seems assured. Last 
wC^ek 'iBlght Girls' (Par) foundered 
to $1,7.00. 






M-TasliionOke 



Baltimore-^ Feb. -26^ 

The mere has collapsed ' again,' 
currently huddling down near the 
zero mark on burg's thenriometers, 
keel>ing the natives glued to their 
hearthsides. and defeating any 
chance repetition • of 'list - week's- glit- 
tering. Jt>. o. bonanza), : - 
. Century, with 'Artists: and .Models' 
tab . linked with Tane's Baby ,^ the 
town's top Coin copper* but there'* 
hbthln§r exciting about the. $16,000 
that, is in the ofling.. Loew's .other 
spotj ' Stariley, plenty \ percolating 
with .'Fashlori FpUies.' and is bub- 
bling, to a solid $13,500, bit below 
average maintairied. by. past trio of 
big WB iriuslcals, despite hearty 
welcome extended by press.. Rep- 
resents, the proof in. hand, that girl- 
ai^d-tune shows cycle has. exhausted 
itseli^ Iri consbioushess of customeris 
hereabouts. 

l&elth^s putting up strongest front 
since : (jhristmas holidays With 'Bo- 
lero' twlrikllng its dancing . tootsies 
to hotsy $6,000, and may h.o. few 
days into next week. 

Hipp rather lightly manned and 
isn't rising above ^11,000, profitable 
figure- but far under average -main-' 
tained past' months. House is ex- 
periericlng difllculty snaring stage 
names of b. o. Importa'nce; and may 
have to resort to Impbi'tlng repeats- 
within-a-year. Matter of record Is 
mi^nner' In which this strong indie 
has welded, so sizabIe.^oterie of reg- 
ulaif ^ekly customers ;^hat; regard - 
Mie^ bl^arftuee ! rian>^ ;or..|i<)t;/, house 
1# , invariably enabled to ' hurdle the 
nut. 

is Week 

Ce.htury (Loew-UA) (3»006; 25-a6-- 
40-66-66)-T-'Mlss Farie'S Baby* (Par) 
and 'Artists' arid Model?* tab on 
stage. JUst fair $16,00i):' in prospect. 
Last .week 'Tbu Can't Buy Every- 
thing* (MG) and Clark CSable head- 
ing five acts, with Gable account- 
Hble,' established alio- time attendance 
recbria t>y topping $24, (l[0d. 
. Hipisodreme (Rappapbrt)* (2,60'0; 
SB- 35-40-65 -66)— 'Two Alone (RKO) . 
arid five' acts. Not so forte either [ 
w'ay. Maybe $11,000. but' sound.' 
Last ' week 'Hips,' Hips,' Hooray* 
(RKO) and stage shovr good at near' 
$12,000. 

Keith's (Schanberger) (2,600; 26- 
3(>-3B-40-50)— 'Bolero' (Par). On 
early lead piled, up, seems cinch for 
$6,000. Last week 'Palbok' (UA), 
very nice $6,600. 

New (Mechanic) (1,800; 26-30-35- 
40-50)- 1 Believed in Tou* (Fox). 
Opens' today (26). , Last week 'The 
House On 5 6th St.* (WB) Achieved 
rousing $6,000 in 10 days. 

Stanley (Loew-UA) )8,460: 26-86^ 
40-66-66)— 'Fashion^ Follies^ iPN). 
Parisian ffShibns ai^gle l^aitlng 
quite sizable portion of femme play 
and support from crlx an ^id for 
house dependent primarily^on class 
and carriage patronage. ' Looking 
healthy enough for bright 913,600. 
Last weelc 'Queen C^hristiria' (MG) 
went to town for abcko $18,006. 

Valencia (Loew-UA) (1,000; 16- 
26-35)— 'Lone Cowboy* (Par). ITp- 



Mirineapolle, 
Combifa^lon .6it ' J.<) .below zero 
weather, -Lent arid lack of butstand^ 
Ing entertainment fate ,1s wrecking 
boxoifice hopes curreritly. Shows 
lack thf^^^ punch rieCessary to over- 
come the^))ftndioap of adverse 
dltiohs. 

, With 'By Candlelight* in Its 
weeK and stiU goirig strong, tho 
sure-seater Wbrld, devoted to -for- 
eigri arid 'u. usual' films, again la 
making a boxofllce racket here. 'Be- 
Mine Tonight* ran six months ' ■ 
the same house and this other Urit-'^ 
versal picture bids fair to chalk u^ 
another long .engiEi.genient: Conii^' 
parativ'ely, it should -record, the best 
showing of, any loop offering this" 
week. 

Orpheum has another stage show, 
'Cotton Club Jlevue', but colored 
units; "vi^hiCh hiEfve been partlcuiarlsr 
numerous the. paist year, hold little 
box-olllce potency , here: This one la 
especially good; however, a>nd may. 
build. In 'Massact'e,' it hasn't much 
scre'eri aid. . . ' - .. 

Tyro pictures which, are nbt show- 
ing a great deal bf bOxoffice 
strength iri; the <ai,te of the, weather 
and L^nt 4tfe .'Six of , a Kind' and 
'Hi;. J^ellie': , J.o.e':E.V %own Is a 
pretty good card, for the. Lyric arid 
'Son of a sailor' la i^t for profitable 
week there.. .,' 

Lad^' week the Sh'ririers' circus, 
dra\vlng nearly 100,090 people to the 
Auditorium, . pl4ye4 hob with . gross- 
es..'. Biggest, dlsappointmerit, ;v|raa- 



the 



'Faahiort Follies of ,193.4* 
Oripheum. ' 

€«tim»te8 For This ;Week 

Minnesota (Publix)' •(4,-2()0; 26?- 
S5-40).-^'Six of i, KtinidV (far). Well 
liked, comedy.. Burni^ and Allen 
halve some boxofllce drag, but pic- 
ture- nbt In- the hit class by a long 
shot arid is finding the foing tough. 
Win b6 lucky to feacii $7,000, fair. 
Last week, 'Carolina' (Fox), $8,000, 
Orphbum (Singer) (2,890; 26-36<^ 
66) — 'Massacre' (FN) «nd; 'on stage^ 
'Cotton Cli|b Revue'. Pleasing- Shpw. 
but no names that courit. . Colored 
revues no asset here, but this spod 
one shbuld be helped , by. word-of- 
mouth. Looks like around $9,000. 
Fair. , Last . week. 'Faishion Follies 
of, :1934* , (FN) . $4,600, poor. 

State, (Publix) . (2,200; 25-85-40)— 
'Hi, Nellie* (WB),: Newspaper yarns 
net so forte in thlS' burg.-' Picture 
giving saitisf action, but >hot deliver- 
ing stroneriy at the boxoflaice. Should 
touch $6,000, fair. Last week, 'Go- 
ing Hollj^ood' (MG), . i^lrimped after 
big opening aihd finished to $5,200. 

World (Steffes) (iSOO; 26-86-50-76) 
—'By Candlelight' (U). Fifth week 
for this surprise hit shbuld' bring in 
around f2^300. Bl Last Week. 
$2,400; 

Uptown (Publix) (1,200; 2&r36>)— 
Convention City' ' (FN). litaybe 
$2,000. Fair. Last week, 'Plriner at 
Eight' (MG), $3,000. Good, 

Lyric (Publix) (1,300; 20r26)— 
'Sbn; of a Sailor* (FN). Brown a 
card at this house. About $3,000 in 
sight, good. Last week. 'Eight Girls 
in a Boat' (Pai-), pylled after sit. 
days, $2,000.. 

Grand (Publix) (1,100; 16-26)— 
'You Can't Buy Everything' (M(J) 
and 'Bombay Mall' (U), Urst runs, 
split. Light $l,6ot» In store. Last 
week, 'Mr. Skltch* (Fox), second 
Ibop run, $1,400. Fair. 

A$ter (Publix) (900; . 16-25)-^ 
'Road to Ruin*. -S.ex film, 'for adults 
only. First orie. bf these here In a 
nuriiber of months and may land* 
$1,800.. Last week '.Oi;ily Testerday* 
(U).,and .'Blonde Bombshell',, (MG), 
loop third -runsi and 'Son of Kong* 
<R^C1), first run, . 11,600, o kay. 

Barrows Ciagrfi^g 
little Miss Marker!^ 

Hollywood, Feb. .-M 
Nick Barrows is back at Pariir 
mount- to put comedy . business and- 
dialog into the script of 'Uttle Mi^ 
Marker.^ ' 

The B. P. Schulberg pic is directed 
by Al Hall.. 



•I V 



BILIDTINi} BOG^' NEXT 

Hollywood, I'eb. 26. 
„ Dudley Nlchbls and Lamar Trottt 
are colabblng on Will Rogers' yarn, 
at Fox to follow- 'Merry Aridrew,' 
which is i3et to go in with Rogers 
and Peggy Wood; on March 8. ' 

William Cbnselman and Henry 
Johnson are doing the final polish- 
tng^oC^this^BcriptT ^^ — ^- , -^r - ; V,^^ 



stairs house off the track of general, 
public awareness.' Drawing chiefly 
from kids, and this session will slip" 
to n.B.g. $2,800. Last week 'Mmiliri 
Rouge' (UA) on second run afteir 
good initial session at Stanley, 
grabbed fair $3,100. 



Tuesday, February 27, 1934 



PICT«ttlE CROSSES 



VAS/Err 



Teat $16,000, IMoiifa* $20,000 



Best in Loopr Bolero Fades ZSG. 
State-Lake M on Friday Start 



Chiiiaigrp; Feb. 2$, 
Chill, on Friday slowed th6 vaude 
houee' openings. Two days Earlier 
the. Oriental and United Artists got 
away neatly, l^eforie the. thermometer 
drop set in. Lent is affecting the 
loop in spots. 

Chicago first riihs . are ' getting 
ready for the return of the Oriental 
to 3ta:ge shows this Friday (2)^ Will 
g:Q in on a 'B' week of release pic- 
tures at 40c top which means that 
tJ^'e. house, will play too much family 
tV^de. Because of this there is much 
dpiibt in the minds of showmen 
apout the first picture, ^Bight Girls 
in a Boat' (Par). Hardly , seeins 
ayitable for flapper type that this 
house used to attriSLCt nor the .type' 
pi trade that will come for the 
yaude.-- 

/Entry of: the Oriental to' vaude 
ineana the build-up of the McViclc-. 
ers. First one will be a elough-bflf; 
•You Can't Buy Eviery thing? (W<3). 
but the one to follow is the: first on 
the big firing line, 'Viva Villa' (MiO). 
Understood thut no campaign WiU 
be luised as to policy chanige at the 
JMEcVickers due to form.er policy 
change campaigns hei^(6^ " Will' .;|u8t 
switch to big pictures : and let the 
public see for Itself. ! 

State-Lake is now a Friday open- 
ing house and oh itk first week un- 
der the neW setup |s doing excel- 
lently with 'Counsellor at Law' (UJi. 
Figures as a gross buildup that 
should mean, an extra grand or b* 
at $16,000 gross. 

'Bolero' • is disappointing at the 
Chicago where they can't make Up 
their minds about their afternoon 
prices thi3 week. Usually switch to 
55c for the matinees but on Fridaly 
let the 36c price ride Until evening: 
Sally Rand plug ph the picture hot 
so hot in this town where they sawi 
her In person for 10 weeks this sum- 
mer.- 

Estimates for this Week 

Chicago ,B&K (3,940; 35-45-76)— 
•Bolero' (Par) and stage show. 
House is down .currently due. to re- 
arranged price lists yet without 
publicity, Maybe $28,000, which is 
box office anemia; Last week. '(Caro- 
lina' (Fox) came through excellently 
at $34;900 and shifted to the Roose- 
velt for a loop holdover. 

lyicVickers (B&K> (2,284; 26-35) 
—'Four Frightened People' (Par). 
House goes into a big picture pol- 
icy shortly with the pictures for- 
merly in. the. Oriental how iavailable 
here. Currently .-not moi-e than $6,- 
000 indicated, fiabby; Last week 'Hi 
Nellie' (WB) held on the Muni rep- 
utatib'n to. $11,100, okay. 

Oriental (B&K) (3,200; 85-60-65) 
—'Death Takes a Holiday' (Par). 
Going along excellently for an eight- 
day ride. B. & .K, had fears about 
this ' one, but the reviews , and the' 
word-of-mouth building it right 
along to $16,000, excellent. House 
goes vaudfllm March .2 with 'Eight 
Girls in Boat' (Pf|.r) first picture, 
not exactly thejype for its new cus- 
tomers. Last we,ek 'Queen Christi- 
na' (MG) completed a smillnig 
three-rweelt run to fine $9,800. 

Palace (RKO) (2,583; 40^60-83)— 
'liips. Hips, Hooray^ , (RKO) and 
Downey unit. Ho'fkse rides up into, 
the winning side this week on the 
double strength of the picture and 
vaude. Hopping to $22,000, best it's 
set^n in some weeks. Last week, for 
instance, was ah example of box 
Office poverty at $16,500 for 'I Air. 
Siisianne' (Fox). 

Roosevelt (B&K) (1,500; -35)-;- 
'Cai'ollna' (Fox). Hold over from 
the Chicago find: slated for good take 
at .$7,000;, indications. Last Week 
freak 'Devil -Tliger' (Fox) finished 
' nicely at $7,100. 

State- Lake (Jones) (2j00; 20-30- 
40)— 'Couhsellor-at-Law- (U). Fri- 
day opening helping the gross many 
C's from .start. Heading upwards 
■ cleanly at $16,000. " Lfest week wa.s 
ia. five-day stand for 'Before Mld- 
n^hf (TJ) and still bke at $9,100. 

United Artists ( . K.-UA) (1,- 
7rt'0V 35-56-65) — 'Moulin Rouge' 
(TJA). Picture is doinp business; de- 
snite so-so reports. Matinees par- 
ticularly good and picture is step- 
ping out for $20,000 for ppenins? 
sc.s.slon, very okay. Ijast wepk 
'Nana' (TIA) fmisiiied throe- weekor 
nt $R.100; bk.ay for fin.il scsrIoti. 



holding up ace quality of product,, 
but doing practically nothing in ex- 
plbitatloii line, 

. Estimates for This Week 

Paramount (Publix) (2,348; 86- 
60^, 'Good Dahae' (Par) and 
'Woman's. Man'. (Mono). Look? set 
for a..g60d $!6,200. - Last week, 'No 
More Women' (Par) and 'Man of 
Two Worldis' (RKO), not so bad, 
around |6.0d0> 

Poli's (Poll) (3,040; 35-60). 'Nana' 
(tJA). Second single feature bill in 
a row for this house, with better 
than ;av.erage businesis indicated; 
possible, big, $9,000. Last week, 
'Christina' (SfO) iiroved a false 
alarm; despite ll a.ni. openings and 
six shows daily^ gross was disapr 
pointing at $8,800.. Has. been topped 
a number of times rece ntly. 

Roger Sherman (WB) (2,200; 36- 
60), 'Eskimo' (MG). Last week's 
•Man of Two Worlds' (RKO) at 
Paramount won't help here current- 
ly'. Fair $6,600 indicated, depending 
on weath er. . Last . week, '1934 
IB^ashions* (WB)/ and. 'Madamei; Spy' 
'(U) took surprise piece of town's 
nioney at nice $6,700. 

College (Poll) (1^666: 26-40), 'This 
Side of. Heaven^ (MG) and *IAke 
It Tlia;t:Way'.(U). Holiday opening 
helped to houise record, but will 
probiibly 'nreaken. Oke aroUhd 
$4,200, with draw even. ' Last week 
*Tou Can't Buy Everything' (MG) 
aiid 'Sleepers .BastV (Fox) just 
-cpialdn't stand up, with light $&,6(H> 
resulting. 



CHIC SALE PERSONAL 
Alps m' PORT. 



Portland, Ore., Feb. 26, 
Better business this week for the 
box offices ihan for. some time with 
the Parker houses getting the 
larger cut as usuaL 

•Christina' in second week . at 
United Artists and still getting 
plenty ol? biz, dailies giving this pic 
lots, of attention... 

Estimates for This Week 
Broadway (Parker) (2,000; 26-40) 
—'Madame Spy' (U) .a.nd Chic Sale 
in : person. Should be big • with 
$8,600. Last week ^Fashions' (FN); 
nicely at $4,ip0,> 

Unitecf Artists (Parker) (1,000: 
25-40) 'Christina* (MG) (2nd 
week). Still doing big and will hold 
for good $4;700. .Last week/ same 
with large $7, 6 00; 

Paramount (FWC) (3,000; 25-40) 
-T-'Slx^of Kind' (Par) and 'Sleepers 
East' (Fox). Dual program, pretty 
fair at $3,800. Last week 'All of 
Me' (Par) and 'Let's Fall in Love' 
(Col), , combo, $3,900, okaj'. 

Music Box (Hamrick) (1,400.; 26- 

35) -— 'Hips Hooray' (RKO). Fair 
$4,000.. Last week 'Long Lost 
Father' (RKO), plugged along for 
sluggish , $2,900. 

Oriental (Hamrick) (2,500; 25- 

36) — 'Roman Scandals' (UA). Con- 
tinued ruii average $1,800, Last 
week 'Fatal to Women' (FN) and 
'Son of Kong' (RKO), split bill, 
just average $1,960. 



Blaiii Wants Oa^-Mj 

Blrmlnghom, Feb. i9. 

tff a Eddie Cantor thia week or 
nothing. 'Roman Scandals' Is the 
only outstanding draw. Uncertain 
weather makes all the other busi- 
ness a little uncertain. 

Estimates for This Week 

Alabama (WUby) (2,800; 90-36- 
40), ^Roman Scandals* (UA). Strong 
$6,600. Last week 'Search for 
Beauty* (Par) and 'Six of Kind' 
(Par) on split, $6^000. 

Ritz (Wliby) (1,600; 25-30), "Fpur 
Frightened People' (Par). Mild 
$li600i Last week* *Husbands Go' 
(Fox) and stage shpw $2,600. 

Empire (BTAC) (1,100; 26), 'Col- 
lege coach' (WB). With hot 
weather coming folks are. thinking 
nidre about ^basebaill than football, 
$1,600. Last week 'Fall In Love' 
(Col), $1,800, fair. 

Strand (Wilby) (800; 26), 'Lips 
Betray' (Fox). So-so; $960. Last 
week 'Bipod Money* <UA), $1,000. 

BERNIE'S 18G BIG 




BUZ 



Pittsburgh) 

Al;bis hoys ate sending Into the 
home ofilces these days on the up- 
and-up. . There hasn't been a winter 
like it since. the turn. o£"the century 
and meirPunal tempests have been 
playing havoc at the' box-'ofBce. 

Particularly , since the return of 
staire shows has the weather be- 
come especially venomous, knocking 
out openings and letting' up only 
one . or two days a week when 
houses have to stage their killing 
or elsei. This week is fairly repre- 
sentative. Friday brought another 
zero morning, a gale in the after- 
noon and an Artie night, with busi-. 
ness ofiC in moist cases anywhere 
from 20 — 46%. Presentation sites, 
were , hit bad enough bUt in the 
sti^ight picture houses, it was noth- 
ing less than brUtal. . 

Stanley, with Ben Bernle on the 
stage and /Search for Beauty,' 
should have the best of things and 
an $18,000 week in the face of such 
competition from the thermometer 
is a pretty good indication, of old 
macstro's b.o. draft. Opening day, 
despite elements, he bettered tak- 
ings of opening day previous week 
by several hundred and should 
keep up the hnprbvement with any 
kind of break at all. Penn's out- 
look is . Just so-so and doubtful If 
'All of Me' and 'Century of Prog- 
ress Revue' will go beyond $16,000^ 
If that. Pitt holding its own with 
'Broa^dway Peek-a-Boo' and 'Sigma 
Chi' and should stay out of the red 
at $7,600. House seems to have 
built up a pretty steady clientele 
and apparently keeps 'em coming 
regardlessi With low overhead and 
stage attractions usUally in on a 
straight percentage, management 
having a hotpyrtotsy time of it. 
. After getting away to a good in- 
itial week with duals, Davis falling 
off this 'session with 'Bedside^ and 
'TlUIe and Gus,' little likelihood of 
hitting above $2,400 while Warner is 
rock-bottoming It again, too, with 
(^Continued on page 34) 



Blackstone Magic Show, $7,500 

'Hips, Hips, Hooray* ^20a at Mlisic Box; 
Seattle— 'Dancing Lady' $5,()0Q 



"Mm of 2 Worlds' Takes 
" Edge Off *Eskimo/ N. H. 

•7 !■ New- Haven, F'tb. .26. 

I'^nless the weather breaks soon 

JiyillUL hAJi^^l^i^^^^-^iiy-^^ lU" house 
liere for coflar"but'tons. "^Xiast^wicjeK^S' 
blizzard ^(Tuesday) had some de- 
luxcl'S on abbreviated .schedules, but 
evOi"ybody ofjenecl. Got fair busi- 
noHa by ianarlng hotel patron.s and 
other.H who coulcbi'^t get awny from 
< ily's center. 

'llarci to tell yel whether Lent has 
ilonfi nny rlontln.i? or whether it's 
►•ni|n-ly tlw I lior. JOvirrybody 



I Seattle, Feb. 26. 

; Jenseii-v.oh Herberg is closing 
dpwntowri Roxy and Poncentrating 
on Liberty, which years ago was 
their a^ie , spot in Northwestern cir- 
cuit. It Happened One Night' (Col) 
set in for ruri, possibly two weeks, 
with, big campaign back of it, and 
prices tilted to 36c top general ad- 
niish. 

Qrphouni steps up with Blaok- 
.storio company on stage In magical 
act that Is /catching. This House 
has' Wen Nileis and orchestra, willi 
KOL talent,, booked opening Marol. 
1, for wook, with an hour .staRo pn:- 
sentatlon to be the fare. Altern; - 
Ing straight pix with stape . shovv •^ 
Whenovev good atLruction.s can bo 
booked is new poliry at this hon.sc, 
which recently dropped Levy vaudt 

as i-eg dlet^ 

Est rm aie5""f or'TH is' ' W ee Ic 



lue .Mouse (Hamrick) (95o: :>.'.- 
35)— 'Roman Soaiidal.s' (VA) in y.: 
week, hlttinp $4,0OQ ijace. swell. L.-is-; 
week, Ramo film, big at $4,9Q0. 

Coliseum (Evergreen) (1,800; IH- 
25)— 'Dancing Lady' (MCi) and 'As 
Husbands Go' (Fox), dual, antici- 
pated $5,000 Ik h\ix. Last wof-k , 
•Smoky fr.ai> aiwl I MiVk Soup* « 



(Par) dual, first half ; 'Stage Mother 
(MG) and 'My Lips Betray^ (Fox) 
dual, second halif, only fair, $3,100. 

Fifth Avenue (Evergreen) (2,400: 
25-40)— 'Carolina' (Fox) maybe $(5,- 
500, passablji' fair. Last week 'Going 
Hollywood' (MG) $6,800. 

Liberty (j-vH) (1,900; 25r35)T-1t 
Happened One Night' (Cbl). Prices 
upped from 10-25,. so hoUsc probablv 
gets $5,000. 'Frontier Marshal' 
(Fox) and 'Carnival Lady' (Gold- 
smith) last week got good $3,700. 

Music Box (Hamrick) (900; 26.-35) 
--'Hip.s, IIip.s, Hooray' (RKO), $4,- 
200 very sporting. Last week 'Hi, 
Nellie' (WB) slow, $2,200. 

Orpheum iOldkhow) (2,700 r 25- 
.15)— 'Dark Hazard' (FN) and Black- 
stone in person, being main drag, 
expected to hit splendid $7,500. Last 
weeJc— Araridalay^(^i;N^^nd-iEa3y=ta^ 
Live' (\VB) dual, picked up, sur- 
prised with line closing, night, 
;iro.s.sort over $4,300. 

Paramount (Ev^rgrern) (3,106; 
20-30)— 'VTou Can't Buy Everything" 
(MO) and stage band presentation, 
may f,'et $5,500 on. six days, okay. 
Last wook 'All of YPfir) and 

st:(t,'>'. fti.fi^iO, {rood, 



Blizzard of No B Vay Biz Not Bad; 
Par s 'Death Holiday Hotcha 55G 
And Holds Over; Gable-T Same 



. Biit for the snowstorm which ar-. 
rived in time Sunday (25) to do 
serious damage, the New York first: 
run. group would have done, a sur- 
prising business the second week of: 
Lent As it is, with a representa- 
tive lidt of strong box office attrac- 
tions beckoning for the full extent 
of business available, the ...results 
will be good despite the blizzard. 

Lent this, year is not interfering 
as hPticsably as iii other years. The 
tact it iarrlved early, at the heigh th 
of the winter season rather thtin 
with inore spring-llfce weather 
when a fall-off naturally occurs, 
may be the expleinatioh'; Normal 
seadonkl plane of business at this 
time of the year partly checkmates 
the ; percentage of decline caused by 
Lent. 

With weaker.- attractions Broad- 
way would be strewn wHb the 
broken hearts of many managers 
this week. From the start Friday 
(23) the elements have been unkind. 
On thiat day night buslhes. was held 
dovm by another sudden , cold wave 
wblch continued over ^atur<la;y aiid 
ended in the Sunday^Monday . bliz- 
ztirdi with" the all-day Sund&y and 
Monday snowstorm crippling traf- 
fic and. keeping :pepple at : borne, tbe 
managers are not a little astounded 
at the way business^stood up. 

Both the Paramount ietnd Capitol 
are winging to good grosses, neiik. 
and neck in a race to.*eat $60,000; 
if. weather letis up, may hit j|f55«Q00i 

The surprise is that the Para- 
mount isn't letting the Gap beat il; 
out with Clark^Gable on a per&onal. 
Gable is doing a good a.m. and mat 
busineite but disappointing at "night 

The Par's big attraction is TDeath' 
Takes a Holiday,' house' crediting 
the March picture and good reviews 
with, the pull rather than Phil 
Baker, who's on the stage in his 
own revue. Picture holds over, to- 
gether with Baker. Gloria . Swan- 
son with .:Whom Par is negotiating 
for a personal at $6,000 p.er> may 
'come in Friday (9).. 

One of the surprisers is .'Carolina' 
at the PalaPe, which despite th6 
weather drew a fine business Sun- 
day (26) and may top $16,000 on 
the week. Picture ran into the 
Feb. 19-20 blizzard at the Music 
Hall and finished at $80^000, ap- 
proximately $10,000 under expecta^ 
tlons based on early pace set. 
. ^ark Hazard,' though struck, by 
the' weather, Is another that will 
prove strong enough to take it. At 
the Rialto It will end at between 
$16,000 and $16,000, remaining a 
second week. BoblnsOn name and 
good notices helping heaps. 

'Hi, Nellie,' which makes a third 
Warner picture current on Broad- 
Way, slaves the State from, a crying 
jag, also. Muni name has .enough 
pull to withstand everything and 
still 'get $16,000 or so. 

Warner's own Strand hopes for 
$15,000 on holdover of 'Mandalay' 
which fell ulider anti cipations the 
first week, but at $20,000 was going 
places nicely. ^ ■—■ 

Roxy has Wheeler and Woolsey 
in 'Hips, ■ Hooray,' indications for 
which are $30,000 on eight days. Had 
Washington's Blrtliday (22> as aid. 
A house like this doesn't Suffer as 
much from the weather as the 
Music Hall, which has a heavy, car- 
riage ahd put of town trade. 

'Catherine the Great,' hurt conr 
siderably by the inclement weather 
becau.se of . the smart trade it is 
drawing, nevertheless got $14,100 
on 'flrst five days of its current 
Csecond week). : First @even days 
was a big and handsome $20,100. 
Picture remains four, weeks, when 
United Artists brings in 'House, of 
Bothschild' also ,for four weck.<r. 
The.so Svere the original plans de- 
spite the business on 'Catherine.' 

IVlvoIi anxlou.sly awaits for a hum 
from its ticket . machines today 
(Tuesday), oh, opeping of 'Paiooka,' 
with Durante. Theatre has been 
^pilling some effective adViince ad- 
vertising on the picture. 'Moulin 
Rouge,' vWhlch stayed three weeks, 
proved a pleasant .surprise. Jts final 
week, ending last night w.'is .$17,000 
for six days. This opening is fol- 
lowed tomorrow (Wednesday) by 
'Wonder. Bar' at the Strand. 

Estimates for This Week 
Astor (1,022 ; $1.10 ; $ l.65-$2.20)— 
'Catherine the Great' (UA) (2d 
week), weather hurts this two-a- 
dayer but it still has lots tjf punch, 
getting $14,100 first five days of sec- 
ond week regardless. The Initial 
seven days was a big $20,100. After 
four weeks for this one, 'Ilothchlld' 
^(ILAv )^ccm.e .s Jn . JiMV a_^i rni I ar _r u n _ 

Capitol (5,400; 35-75-85-$i.i0)^ 
'Mystery of Mr. X' (MG) and Clark 
Gable in person. Will be good at 
$50,000 and cbance to strike $55,- 
000, making allpwancos for weather, 
but was .figured' for more. Gable 
Ik drawing his- majority on early 
monvln;? ami tnatineo shows, rnthfi- , 
than al night-- Novarro on the I 



Intake last week with 'Cat and 
Fiddle* . (MG) proved better all- 
around draw getting catight In last 
week's blizzard but ending , at $62^- 
000 just the same. 

Mayfair (2,200; 35-55-6C)— 'Orient 
Express' (Fox). Opened, on. a pre- 
view last . night (Monday) after a 
week of 'Shadows of Sing Sing- 
(Col), only $9,100. 

Palace (1,700; 36-40-55-75) — 
Carolina' (Fox) and vaude, Gay- 
nor picture doing splendidly here, 
bucking the weather and cuh'ent 
stiff opposition for $16,000 or better, 
pretty profit. Last wfeek 'AH of Me' 
(Par) under $11,000. 

Paramount (3,664; 35-56-75-9»)-^ 
'Death Takes Holiday' (Par) aiid 
Phil Baker, revue on staged Credit- 
ing picture with over ,av# :-a.gp draft 
house is sure to get $50,000 and 
maybe $55,000, It. holds over With 
Baker. .: 'Bolero! (Par) last week, 
with Victor Moore and William 
Gaxton on the stage, held strongly 
to $47,000. 

Radio City Music Hall (6,946; 40- 
60-86-$I.65)-^'Happened One Night' 
(Col) and stage show. Gable-Col- 
bert providing probable . $$0j000. 
Carolina' (Fox) last week hurt, by 
weather, $.8(>,C0Q, 

. RiaUo (2,000; ;36-40-66) r— 'r^k 
Bazard' (WB). Bbblnsoh mohlkier 
over this story enticing customers, 
to between $16,000 and $16,000. 
Holds over. Second week pf 'Devil 
Tiger* (Fox), $13,00Q, good.. 

RIyoli <2,200; 40^BB-Tfi-8&)•rr*Pa- 
lookat (UA). Opens here this mbrur 
ing (Tuesday) after three weeks of 
'Moulin Rbuge' (UA) which proved 
a good business-getter, attractiia«r 
$17,000 on its; final six days. 

RKO Canter (3,623; 25-40)— 'All 
of Me* (Par), four days, and 'Mean- 
est Gal in Town' (RKO) three day*. 
On strength of draw exhibited by 
'All of Me,' in for first half of week, 
may top $11,000 but . this not so 
good. Last week 'As Husbands. Go' 
(Fox) and 'Four Frightened People* 
(Par), $10,000. 

Roxy . (6,200; 26-35-6B-65)^'HIp8 
Hooray' (RKO) and stage show. 
Wieeler- Woolsey Just fair here, 
maybe $30,000 on eight daySi . Last 
week 'liost Fiather' (RK6), on six. 
days, $20,000, mild. 

Strand (2,900; .36-66-76-86) — 
'Mandalay* (WB) (2d week). On 
its 6% days' holdover may eke oUt 
good $15,000. First week was $20,- 
000, good.. 

State (2,000; 35-65-75)— 'Nellie' 
(WB) and vaude. Muni protecting 
house against inroads of snowstorm, 
with possibilities good of getting 
$16,000. 'GJallant Lady' (UA) pre- 
vioH3 week had the strength to. get 
$18,500, excellent. , " 



hdpls. Concedes Mebbe 
Lent Is One Reason 



Indianapolis, Feb. . 
'Words and ifusic' pn the dtage 
and 'Advice to the Lovelorn" on the 
screen iare doing the business of the 
town this week to put the' Lyric 
over big with a socko $7,200. This 
is fast traveling cohisldering the 
limited capacity and the price 
scale. 

Even the largest, houses w.on't ap- 
proach that mark on the week. 
Maybe It'is Lehti 

' Estimates for This .yVeek 

Apollo (Fourth Ave.) (1,100; 20.- 
25-40) 'Paiooka' (UA). Semi-public:: 
preview in advance helpied consider- 
able, but Durante is no draw here. 
Gross $3,000j fair. Last week 'Alice 
in. Wonderland' (l^ar) great cani- 
paigh brpught . a .Bwell $5,000. 
! Circle (ICatz-Fcld) (2,600; .25-40). 
'Bolero' (Par).. Rave reviews -helped, 
put this one ut> to $3,800. still a bit v. 
light. Last week 'Fashions' ;<FN) 
a sad disappointment at $3,100. 

Indiana (Katz-Feld) (3,100; 20- 
25r40) 'No Mpre. Women* (Par) and 
'Search for Beauty' (Par), dual. Not 
going very .far at $3,600, poor. Last 
week 'Hi, Nellie' (WB) and 'Stu- 
dent Prince' on stage submerged at 
$7,000, terrible, The stage show cost 
almost a3 much as. the house 
grossed. 

Lyric (Olson) (2,000; 20-26-40> 
'Advice to Lovelorn' (U A) and 
'Word's and Music' on stage. Biz 
very big and building: — with favor- 
able comments-^to a graind $7,200, 
due mainly to stage half of bill. 
IiaFE"weeK='I^Elk?^lrThat-Way'-(V)^^^^ 
and vaude did fairly good, $6,000; 

Loew's Palace (Loew's) (2,800; 
25-40) 'Moulin Rouge ('UA). Better 
than P.»»nnett has done in this town 
for a long while with a moderately 
good take- of $5,500 indicati^. Last 
wi'cU '(.ivii-fn Christina' (MG) okay 
at $i;,SO0, bui not bi ^ 



VARIETY 



F I C ¥11 RE C 



S S E S 



Tuesday, February 27, 19.'U 



Bliz Cops Biz in Boston. Everything 
Med; 'Nana $13,500, Hopkins $31,000 



Boston, Feb. 26. 
Case locally ot the bliz copping 
t lie biz by putting tills Yank hin- 
terland on the spot. After four 
liays of sun and wtiather that Was 
shuttlinjg grosses back toward nor- 
malcy — zowie! Deep snow was fol- 
lowed by slush that ' made streets 
disgrace to city street department 
and brought conditions worst in 
memory of ye oldest inhabitant; 
Theatre biz was out. Holiday had 
sun and was brisk in picture pal- 
aces, But socko storm robbed all 
spots. 

Current week opened breezily but 
intense cold .spell quickly developed, 
and again it was socko right In the 
creamy weekend. AU suffering 
alike, good and bad shows. Just, 
too bad it happened this way for. 
Nana,' which had prospects. 
Estimates for This Wisek 

Keith's (RKO) (4.000; 25-36-60)-^- 
'On6 Night' (Col). Should see |10.- 
000. Xast Week's blizzard cost 
'Palooka' (UA) Ibts of mazuma; 
finished at $9,600, which, anyway, 
is better than recent averages. 

Boston (RKO) (4,000; 36-60-66)— 
'I Believed in You' (Pox) and. extra 
good stage bill, with Meyer Pavis 
and band and Gregory. Ratoff; 
.should be presto pronto cremo. But 
3TO08 got whacked over weekend 
and house has got to do some fall 
liuslttner to get %ack stride. Looks 
to 119.600, five grand under what 
it «hould be. Last week snowdrifts 
buried Connie's Inn revue on stage, 
and. "Cross Country Cruise' (U) on 
.scre«n, with less than fair resultis 
at $18,600, down near the bone. 

Orpheum (Loew) (3;000; 30-40- 
50) — 'Moulin . Rouge': (UA) and 
vaude bill; with several local faves, 
like Charlie Forsythe, ez-nlte spot 
emcee here; doing quite nicely, yet 
under ordinary figure at likely $12,- 
000. Lafit week 'Sons of Desert' 
(MO) and grand vaude; $13,000, 
n,s.h., weather being n.s.h., too. 

State (L«ew) (3,000; 30-40-60)— 
'Nana' (UA). Enjoyed the finest 
.sort of ballyhoo, Sam Goldwyn 
(here in person) spending more' 
cash and whole town talking Anna 
Sten. He -and Lynn Farnold came 
ovier to witness Jack McGann's 
.strong campaign; Goldwyn crashed 
all the papers, headlines and piz. 
But for premiere State was in a 
bad' way, uptown where trafHc was 
terrible, and this house enjoys hig 
auto trade. So afternoon biz was but 
fair, t)ut swell evening. Ballyhoo 
proving itself worth while, for thiis 
is oine .of two spots in town beating 
even the bum weather' breaks. 
Iiooks headed for $13,600; chance of 
even better, with less of zero about. 
Last week 'Cat and Fiddle' (MG) 
did nicely at $10,600, pretty good 
velvet, house overhead being low. ' 

Met (M&P) (4,330; 30-40-60-66)— 
Miriam Hopkins in person, stage 
revue, and 'Bolero' (Par). Picture 
disappointment. . House can thank 
Miss Hopkin:^ if it e;ets the expect- 
ed $31,000, weather permHting: Last 
week, 'Good Dame' (Par) and 'First 
Little Show' on stage, crimped to 
$27,000. 

Paramoiint (M&P) (1,800; 35-46- 
55) — 'No More Woman' and 'Sleep- 
ers ■ East' (Fox) seems winner at 
$11,000, plenty swank. Particularly 
merry, as spot is celebrating its 
second anniversary. Like State, this 
spot stands off the knockdown 
weather socks. Last week, 'Six of 
Kind' j(Par) and 'Big Shakedown' 
(FN) "pulled through to shade 
above $10,000, plushy. 



COLUMBUS DISCOVERS 
SLEET IS N.G. FOR B.O. 



— *Cat and Fiddle' (MG). Off. to 
only fairish start but should do $8,- 
000. Last week 'Sons of Desert' 
(MG) and Beverly West Revue on 
stage at 30-60 scale failed to .touch 
$10,000. 

Grand (Neth) (1,100; 15-40)— 
'Fashions li5'34' (FN). In line as 
first placer among money makers 
with $6,000, plenty in this small 
house. Last week 'Beloved' (U) not 
so hot, same as weather, and . mere 
$3,600. 

Majestic (RKO) (1,100; 20-35)— 
'Four Frightened People' (Par). 
Holding to house's average with $2,- 
400 in sight, good this weather. 
Last week 'Bombay Mail' (Col) also 
average $2,500. 



Bfizzard Stops PhiUy; 
'Search for Beiiuly' and 
Belle Baker $16,000 



Philadelphia, t'eb. 26; 
A number of pictures that would 
■normally spell .good boxofflcje find 
"weather conditions stilt rigidly 
iigalnst trade and a n^w snow 
storm that hit the city over the 
week-end is almost sure to keep 
grosses dbwn. 

Estimates for This Week 
Aldine (1,'800; 40-66-66)— ^Moulin 
Rouge' (UA). Held over but Won't 
cdmplete thlfd - week. 'Nana' 
Wednesday. 'La6t week $7,000— ex- 
cellent under condition^. 

Aroadia (600; 2S-40r60)-f'Going 
HoUywood' (MG). HoUE«e seems to 
have a hit. again in this second run. 
$2,600 indicated. lAst week 'Man's 
Castle' . (Col) $1,800 Jn five days. 

Boyd (2,400; 40-56-65)— 'Cat and 
Fiddle^ (MG). Should be doing bet- 
ter than it is. One of those -affected 
a lot by weather. $10,600 will be 
top. Last week 'All of Me' (Par) 
got that figure which 'was under 
expectations. 

Earle (2,000; 40-66-66).— 'Search, 
for. beauty* (Par) and vaude. Belle 
Baker Is headllher. Nothing over 
$16,000 Indicated. Last week 'Eight 
Girls in a !Boat' (Par) and vaude, 
with Edmund Lowe featured, got 
$17.000— leading the town but noth- 
ing to boast of. 

Fox (3,000; 80-40-60) — 'Coming 
Out Party' (Fox) and stage show. 
Will Mahoney heads fine bill. Nothr 
ing hot indicated howe'Ver. About 
$16,000 with a chance for a grand 
or so more If weather improves. 

Karlton (1,000; 30-40-60)— 'His 
Double Life' (Par). Critics en- 
thused. Nothing much estimated, 
however. Probably $3,000. Last 
week 'Madaime Spy' (U) got raves 
but only $2,900. 

Keith's (2,00.0; . 25-35-40)— 'Caro- 
lina' (Fox) and vau^e. No names 
on bill. Those in picture may 
bring $6,000. Last week 'Sensation 
Hunters' (Mono) and vaude. Dis- 
mal $6,000. 

Stanley (3.700; 40-56-65) — 'It 
Happened One Night' (Col) didn't 
start strongly. Between $14,000 and 
$16,000 at outside. Last week 'Es- 
kimo' (MG). A fiop with $12,000. 

Stanton (1,700; 30r40-55)— 'I've 
Got Tour Number' (WB). Usual 
$7,000 Indicated. Last week 'Dark 
Hazard' (FN) only $6,600, poof. 



DEATH HOLIDAr 326, 
GAYNQR 20€, BKLYN, OK 



Brooklyn, Feb, 26. 

Plenty of " good picture fare in 
downtown sector coupled with lively 
stage show^s. ; Buslhess on upgrade. 
Paramount is holding strong, but 
Loew's Metropolitan far behind; 

Par with 'Death Takes a Holiday' 
(Par) and colored revue should 
bring in good $32,000: Metrbjpolitan 
with 'Nana' is. figured at only $18,- 
000, n.B.g, 

The Aibee is strong with 'Cai'b- 
lina,' while Fox is getting good play 
from 'Devil Tiger/ 

Estimates for This Week 

Paramount . (Par) (4;000; 26-86- 
60-66), 'Death Takes a Holiday' 
(Par) and Connie's 'Hot Chocolates' 
revue on stage. Lively stage outfit. 
Pic got good notices; alround |32,000, 
good. Last- week, 'Bolero' (Par) 
$32,600. Sally Rand eofiies in Fri- 
day (2) on a personal. 

F6x (F&M) (4,000; 26-36-60), 
'Devil Tiger' (F;?t) and stage show 
with AI Shayne and Berrens orch. 
Satisfactory .116,600 on eight days. 
Last week, 'Enlighten Thy Daughter' 
$14,000, seedy. 

: Albee (RKO) (S.600; 26-36-60), 
'Carolina' (Fox) and vaude. Good 
flicker revte'ws; looks like easy $20,- 
000. Last week, 'Meanest Gal In 
•Town' (RKO) and Joe Penner on 
stage, okay . $19,000. 

Loew's M e t r » p p i i t a n (Loew) 
(2,400; 25-35-50), -Nana' (UA) and 
vaude, J. Har61d Murray heads bill ; 
not so fast,. $18,000. Last week, 'Cat 
and Fiddle,'. $19,000. " - 

Strand.. (WD) (2,000; 26-35-60), 
'Big Shakedown* (WB). Mild $6,000. 
La6t <week, I've Got Tour Number' 
(WB); $8,100. 




But 'Modin' Looks 
Good, Ditto 'Hqis' 



Kansas City. Feb. 26. 

Hardest snowstorm of the season, 
which started Saturday, made 
things tough for the amusements 
over the weekend and cut deeply 
Into the grosses. At the Malnstreet 
'Hips, Hooray' slipped in Thursday, 
a day ahead of schedule, replacing 
'Fashions 1934' which was sagging, 
and got away to a fair business. 

The Ne'wman, with Its new double 
bill policy for a quarter, started Fri- 
day 'With holdouts, -which would in- 
dicate the new cut-rate idea was 
going to be successful. 

The Midland and Uptown,, with 
Saturday openings, were hit badly 
by the storm, but held up fair}y 
well. Midland has 'Moulin Rouge' 
and Will benefit Monday and Tues- 
day by the personal appearance of 
the stiEirs with the M. R. Caravan. 
Outfit will be here for. two days and 
elaborate plans have been made for 
their entetrtainment and publicity 
stunts. 

Estimate* for This Week 

Mainstreet (RKO) (3,200;^ 26-40) 
'Hips, Hooray' (RKO). Opened 
Thursday with but a days announce- 
ment to replace 'Fashion Follies' 
which slipped badly at night. 
Wheeler- Woolsey well liked and ex- 
pected ..to get close to $9,000 on the 



lonlin Rouge Caravan Helps $14,000; 
IMandalay $(,000 at Keith s, Qncy 



eight days. I^ast week 'Fashions' 
given swell reviews by the press 
with compllmentry notices to Bill 
Powell, K. C.'s own, but the picture 
failed to draw and folded after six 
days with abbut |6;000; poor. 

Midland (Lbew) (4,000; 26) 
'Moulin Rouge' (UA),- Lots of ex- 
tra, ptibliolty and pitersonal appear- 
ance of the stars with the Moulin 
Rouge Caravan- for two days will 
give picture a great breiEik. Open- 
ing slowed down s6me by bad 
weather but should <get close, to 
$16,000, good. Last week 'Cat and 
Fiddle' (MG), $12,000, fair. 

Newman (Par) (1,800; 26) 'Bolero' 
(Par) and 'Candlelight' (U). Fri- 
day opening of new Rouble bill pol- 
ioy for 26c any time,' saw good 
crowds in the house and manage- 
ment was happy. Expects $8,000, 
good. Last week 'Good Danie' (Par) 
$6,000, fair. 

Uptown (Fox) (2.040; 26-40) 'Hud- 
bands Go' (Fox). Opened plcely in 
spite of the storm and will pr-^b- 
ably show close to $3,000, fair. Last 
Week 'Beloved' (U), held up for 
$3,200. good. 



Coulmbus, Feb. 26. 
The coldest Winter in , recent 
yeai'B combined With plenty, ice and 
.snow has practically kayoed the 
t.:;oIumbus film palaces for both this 
. and last week, with little Inimediate 
relief e-xpected. Grosses for these 
two sessions can hardly be handled 
on a comparative value of film 
oasis, due to this. 

Only the Grand, with 'Fashions 
1934' and the Ohio, with Count 
Bernl Vici and 'Spices of 1934' on 
stage along with good film seem 
ijven close to an even break, with 
former appearing the only real 
money maker for the present week, 
Last week saw every house faltei- 
badly. Palace getting the worst jolt 
with 'Palooka,' which was pulled 
after only six days. 

Estimates for this Week 
Palace (RKO) (3,074; 25-40)— 
'Catherine the . Great' (UA). Got 
hearty reviews, but little else at 
start and won't better $7,000. Last 
" \ve«R^'Pai66Ktt'^ (UA) Trailed^ M 
six poor days, only $5,400. 

"Ohio (Loew-UA) (3,000; 30-40)— 
'Mystery of -Mr. X' (MG) and 
Spices of 1934' with Count Berni 
VIcI on stage. Fair pace and .should 
do 113,000, not bad at all^ Last week 
'Cnuistina' (MG) playing at 25-40 
scftle' got tawn's only good gross 
with even $9,000. 
ArcUd (Loew-UA) (2,500; 'jo-m 



Bishop Orders Catholics to Shun 
SaDy Rand at Paramount, Omaha 



Omaha, Feb. 26. 
Paramount with Sally Rand oh the 
stage and her picture, 'Bolero,' found 
itself center of censorship contro- 
versy. Mb'st determined, opposition 
came from Bishop, Jose jph F. Rum- 
niel, head of the Catholic .clergy, in 
an . open letter to all his churches 
forbidding attendance at the theatre 
during the week. Protestant min- 
isters first took , actibri earlier in the. 
week, but not so drastic. Opposi- 
tion likely to tell at box office cur- 
rent week, perhaps some time to 
come. 

Despite opposition show had large 
opening and good week, but con- 
sequences are there and may last 
longer than expected. This entii-ely 
unanticipated opposition may have 
more effect than evident at first, as 
town has goodly proportion of Cath- 
olics. 

Paramount (Blank) (2,765; 25-35- 
56) — 'Bolero' (Par). Sally Rand in 
person on the stage with imported 
show built around her gives this 
house its strongest attraction in 
eight monthg, Clergy • opposition 
may help or hurt. iBut at least $12,- 
000, good. Last week, split program 
with 'Six of a Kind' (Par), first 
tXn-ee day.s, and 'Good Dame' (Par), 



five days together managed $6,500, 
light for eight days. 

Brandeis (Singer) (1,000; 26-36)— 
'Fashions Of 1934' (FN), and 'Man 
of Two Worfds' (RKO), a strong 
double bill for $4,600, strong money 
for films. Last week split with 
'Long Lost Father' (RKO), and Ol- 
sen and Johnson's 'Take a Chance' 
unit on stage three days, and 
•Chance at Heaven' (RKO-), and 
'Son of Kong' (RKO), cut down to 
three days, nearly $7,000, with, stage 
unit accounting for $5,600 of this. 

Orpheum (Blank) (2,976; 26-40)— 
'I've Got Tour Number' (FN), and 
'Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen' (Par), 
double billed; lots of title, but not 
so much show. $7,000, aVeragie. Last 
week, 'E^our Frightened People' 
(Par),' and Ra,lnbow Over iBroadway' 
(Chesterfield), profited by weakness 
at two sister houses, $7,200 topped 

average. .. _ ■ ■ 

' World "(Blank) (2;100; "25-35)— 
'Afivlce to the Lovelorn' (UA), and 
'The Last Round -Up' (Par), can't 
do better than $3,760 in face of other 
attractions. Last week. 'Emperor 
Jones' (UA), held the week out while 
'Six of a Kind' (Par)-Tnoved-frortr 
the Paramount to replace 'His 
Double Life' (Par), on Sunday as 
second half of dual bill. Jumbled 
week, average $4,001. 



Weather Knocking 
AI)Wa$LMew,biit 
Noyano Good for 256 



•Wa/Bhihgton, Feb. 29. 

The boys , along main istreet are 
about ready to give up ani9 etait a 
domino club in the South Seasi 
What's the use of booking in the 
oreanr of the crop, ballyhooing it to 
the skies, and then have weather 
man's -promises go haywire with the 
biggest show of the year? It's been 
that way for three weeks now. 

Everybody went overboard this 
week with exploitation campaigns, 
but local Loew houses got the 
toughest break. All surrounding 
suburbs for radius of 60 miles was 
plastered with stuff on: 'Christina* 
at Palace and personal of Bamon 
Novarro at Fox. Garbo Was going 
Inta second week with things all set 
to pick up what trade weather kept 
away last week. Both houses opened 
big with Fox even smashing Satur- 
day record. Came Sunday and snow 
cost the two spots $3,000 if a penny. 

Other Interesting situation this 
week is success of two midnight 
shows on Washington's birthday 
eve. Town has been rather sour on 
wee sma' hours screenings of late, 
but Keith's and Rialto decided to 
have a fling at it on basis of holi- 
day following. Both clicked with 
Keith's partly filling top balcony 
which is usually deserted even at de 
luxe shows. 

Estimates for This Week 

Fox (3,434; 25-35-60)— 'Cat and 
Fiddle' (MG) and vaude. Novarro 
on stage is big draw. Rating plenty 
of copy in papers, and, combined 
with Kern music on screen plus 
Jeanette MacDonald. week should 
net nice $25,000 unless weather 
keeps up. Last week 'Sons of Des- 
ert' (MG) was helped by 'Greenwich 
Village ••Follies' on stage to good 
$22,000. 

Earle (WB) (2,424; 25-36-40-60)— 
'Bolero' (Par) and vaiude. Mildred 
Bailey getting some vaude fans on 
radio rep. Ads going heavy on Sally 
Rand and. along with Raft popular- 
ity and curiosity about use of Ra- 
vel's number week is headed for an 
o. k. $16,600. Good, but not as big 
as lads hoped. Last week .'Got Your 
Number' (WB), assislied by nice all- 
around stage bill, good $17,000. 

Keith's (RKO) (1.830; 26-35-60)— 
'Happened One Night' (Col). Gable 
and Colbert pic with Amos 'n' Andy 
cartoon as nice help, counting mid- 
night opening week, should see big 
$12,500. Last week. 'Palooka' (UA) 
slipped till it drew only Durante ad- 
dicts.. But net helped by extensive 
ballyhoo ran up to nice $8,000. 

Rialto (U) (1,863; 26-35-40-50)r- 
'Beloved' (U). Playing up that 
Boles is back in singing role, result 
should see good $7,000. Ladt week 
'Bombay, Mail' (U) held up as satis- 
factory murder drama and turned 
in oke $6,000. 

Palace (Locmt) (2,363; 26-36^60)— 
'Christina' (MG) (2d week). Big 
till snow set in; should get nice. 
$12,000, anyway. Last week opened 
at record-breaking speed, but 
weather killed that. Up hear the 
top, however, with $27,600. 

Met (WB) (1,683; 26-35-40-60)— 
'Last Round-Up' (Par). Despite 
title, which helped opening week, 
Win ire^Qgt aiietHSP "Wesfeili:" 
iafactory with $4,500. Last week 
'Fashions' (WB) fair with $3,000. 

Columbia (Loew) (1,263; 16-25-35- 
40)— 'Lone Cowboy' (MG). Getting 
western fans and Jackie Codper fol- 
■lowers— and" -should do irlce $4,000. 
Last week 'Devil Tiger' (Fox) was 
shot into very big $4,5'00 through ex- 
ploitation largely aimed at kid and 
mama trade. 



Cincinnati, Feb. 26. 

An Improvement in product at 
the ace houses current and get- 
away bl2 points, to a comfy bxilge 
over last week, when combined re- 
ceipts, stacked up higher than for 
a month or so. ^Moulin Rouge' 
and 'It Happened One Night' are 
registering. Former pic in the lead 
by a couple of grand, due to mid- 
night premiere with personalis by 
'Moulin Rouge' caravan. It was .first 
troupe of celebs to visit Clncy. 
Flesh bally set an all-time at- 
tendance record for mldnlghters 
here. Regular price scale obtained 
and box ofilce windows were 
smashed by. charging customers, 
with hundreds unable to gain ad- 
mittance. 

'Mandalay' is attracting better 
than average trade at Keith's. Indie 
Strand, with pop vodefilm. is flash-, 
ing Its first Walt Disney symph. a 
much-run release, which means 
iscreen Importance for that theatre. 
Estliniat'es ^or This Week 

Albee (RKO) (3,300; 35-44)-^ 
'Moulin Rouge' (UA). Special mid- 
night opening Thursday (22) with 
personal appearances by menibei's 
of 'Moulin Rouge' caravan was a 
turna way and padded take, head- 
ing for a swell $14,000. Cricks 
palm Constance fiehh^tt for swift, 
light comedy ;ahd term it a. relief 
from her usual, line, of bored so- 
phistication. Last week 'Six of a 
Kind' (Par), $8,800, above expec- 
tations. 

Palace (HKO) (2,600; 35-44)— 
•'It Happened One Night' (Col). 
Iiooks like $12,000. Last week 
'Queen Christiana' (MG), $13,500, 
nice. 

■ Capitol (RKO) (2,000; 35-44)— I' 
Believed in You' Fox). Star-de- 
buting Rosemary Ames 50-50 type 
honors with John Boles. Start in- 
dicates $6,000, okay. Last week 'Cat 
and the Fiddle' (MG), $8,000, sooth- 
ing. . . 

Keith's (Libson) (1,500; 30-40)— 
'Mandalay' (WB). Kay Francis, 
Ricardo Cortez and other leads 
puffed by reviewers. Looks like 
$6,000, above average. Last week 
'Fashion Follies of 1934' (WB) 
rounded out fortnight with $5,000, 
the first 7 days pulling $10,500. 

Lyrio (RKO) (1,»94; 35-44)— 'Girl 
Without a Room' (Par). Title the 
big thing in the ads. Should bring. 
$5,500, same as last week oh 'Four 
Frightened People' (Par), fairly 
good. 

Grand (RKO) (1,025; 25-35)— 
'Sea Killera' (indie) and Capt. John 
D. Craig personaling, held over- for 
weekend, following original four 
days, and 'Carolina' (Fox), second 
run, for five days, $2,700, best for 
quite a spell. Last week 'Myrt and 
Marge' (U), first half, missed fire; 
'Sea Killers' pulled up for a fa- 
vorable $2,100. 

Family (RKO) (1,000; 15-26)— 
'Speed Wings' (Col) and 'Sleepers 
East' (Fox), split. Holding up to 
the usual $1,700. Last week 'What's 
Your Racket' (Mon) and 'Big Race' 
(MaJ), ditto. 

Strand (Ind) (1,200; 26-35)— 
'Beggars in Ermine' (Mon) and live 
acts topped by Waller and Lee. 
Hitting around $ 2,600 average. Last 
week 'Bedside' (WB) and Branda. 
Boys the vode hekder, $2,500. 



TOLLIES' AND 'MIDWAY 
NITES' TABS UP NEW'K 



Newark, Feb. 26. 

A snowstorm that started Sunday 
afternoon did the weekend no good. 
Business last week was already 
cracked by Monday's-bad storm and 
the continued cold weather is also 
hurting this week. 

Unless pulled down by -the 
weather Proctor's ought to lead 
again with $15,000 for 'I Am Su- 
zanne' and the 'Greenwich Follies' 
on the stage, Loew's should be 
close to this With 'Cat and the 
Fiddle' and 'Midway Nights' on the 
stage. The Branford should do well 
with 'Hi Nellie' and 'You Can't Buy 
Everything' at $11,000 on eight days. 
With over $13,000 on eight days 'Bo- 
lero' at the Newark won't be at all 
bad, but all these grosses may 
tumble with the weather. 

Despite being hurt on its open- 
ing day the Broad did well with 
'Her Majesty the Widow,' taking in 
$1,800 on Washington's Birthday 
alone. 

The Shubert is running Ed Wynn 
for two days, Saturday and Sunday, 
an unusual-booking for- this house; 

The Rialto, playing a grind policy, 
is maybe starting something by in- 
troducing an organist, Stanley Pin- 
hero, and C. Henry Earle, a singer 
who will lead community sinijing. as 
wellas-Bolo,-" Nene-of-tlie-dow-n.tA>w.n - 
houses have organists now and 
community singing left with the 
m.c.'s. Plnhero u.sod to h<- <>l•K;lll^^'t 
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FOREIGN FILM NEWS 



Cnhle Address; VARIETY, LONDON. . 

Telephone Temple liar 5041-504g 




'NAZIS MUST CONTROL FIX' 



Dubbed Versioiis to Precede English 
Language Pics m Paris, Says Hicks 



PariSi Feb. 17. 



Change in the Fararhount policy 
of putting original versions; d£ Am 
erlcan ' films in showciases here be 
fore opening up with dubbed ' ver 
sions for gehei^l public may result 
from the current visit of John Hicks, 
i»ar foreign chief. 

Hicks believes showing in English 
spoils thie market . Only one real 
run is possible in France, as he 
sees it, and he believes it should 
be dubbed run; fir'st of all." He 
thinks it is a mistake to pick up 
a piece' of change with an origliial 
version If It's going to make the 
later pres6nital6ii of the fllni in 
French a secondary affair in the 
ininds of thfe public* ' 

Dubbed film's have lievi^r had ft 
real chance here,. In Hicks' pplriioh, 
with the exploitation they .ought to 
g6t. He thliiVs the French would 
rather see a ^bod film, with a: known 
star, dubbed, than an original but 
mediocre French mad6, and sonie of 
the dubbing jobs jhe's seen here he 
considers inttrvelous. Says Gary 
Cooper. with^- a. melloW'Voiced 
Frenchman talking for him, is 
better than when he uses his own 
voice. 

Local Paramount boys are' rtOt en- 
tirely in agreement, and the policy 
Isn't settled yet. Tliey tried run- 
ning only dubbed versions in Para- 
mount's boulevard house a. few 
years ago, and gave tip the policy as 
Hn absolute TiJle, using original ver 
Bions from time to time ever since. • 

Recehtly they h?ive been making 
it a. regular practice' of putting out 
English versions in the smaller the 
atres. 

■ Hicks' Idea is that it. there Is a 
public for the English, versioiv it 
csin wait until after th© dubbed 
-version has gathered the big dough. 
Nothing prevents the avant-garde 
houses from following instead of 
preceding, in his opinion. 

No. Production 
No new Par nioney is coming into 
France, Hicks said. He Is against 
local production as top expeMlve 
for the market, although he do^n't 
inind picking up a lp<jp,l-made, 
financed elsewhere, to sweeten dis- 
tribution. "This leaves Fox the only 
American concern now actively in- 
terested in production here, with 
MJnlversal still, a.prpmise. . And Fox- 
Europa, after having made a couple 
of expensive ones which ha,ven't yet 
been shown, is not shooting at pres 
©nt. 

Hicks denied flatly earlier ru- 
mors that Paramount would turn 
Its French, properties, studios and 
theatres over to a French corpora 
tion. Par Is hanging on to Its in 
veistment here, he said, and la in 
terested in developing the market 
for its Hollywood product. Feels 
that with its distributing organiza- 
tion of long standing and. its oWn 
theatres to give pics sendoffs. Para 
mount i ' :3tPQng position lo 
cally. 

.Due to stay here another couple 
of week.s, Hicks has been busy look 
ing over the Joiiivllle studios and 
checking the sales outfit. He goes 
from Here to Berlin and then back 
to London, thence home. Another 
European trip in July. 

SIERRAJO HOllYWOOD 
FOR FOX IN JUNE 



UA Shifts in Orient 
And S. American Staffs 



Eddie IJgast, tjnited Artists' rep 
in Manila, has been recalled to New 
York become. • a,selstant. foreign 
sales manager, working under,' Tom 
Mulrooney. He will be replaced in 
the Philippines ,eharles H. Core 
from U. A,'s Shanghiii office. 

Walter * company's Liatin 

America.!! rep, also has been upped,. 
being named divisional manager 
over all . of South . and Central 
America. He left Saturda;y (24) 
immediately . on receiving the ap- 
poihtment, for a complete survey of 
his territories, starting in Mexico 
and going slowly down thrpugh the 
Southern Part'of the world.. 

Another switch In IT. A.'s foreign 
stalfie has ^3ari Cramer put of the 
toky 6 of lice and to be replaced by 
S. Albright. 




Still Many Loopholes in Gennan 
Film Biz, Years Survey Shows 



Goebbela Assembles Film 
Mob to Tell Them of the 
Mob to Tell Tbem 'Ger- 
man Films Will Again 
Conquer the World* 



LISTS IMPROVEMENTS 



Barcelonians Go for 
Spanish Pic ; 1st Time 

Barcelona, 
Boliche',' a Spanish pic, directed 
by Francisco Ellas and produced 
and distributed by Orphea Film has 
broken the box office and rurl rec- 
ord for Barceloi;ia. Picture played 
for four weeks at the Cataluna with 
an average take <)'f $600 per day. 

This is the first Spfimish film to 
play to packed houses and it is still 
going strong in the neighborhoods. 



Loud. Exhibs FmU 
UA's 50-50 Rental 
Idea for 'Scandals' 



London. Feh. 17. 
Cinematograph Exhibitors' Asso- 
ciation lis at loggerheads with Mur- 
ray Sllverstone, head of United 
Artists' (London), Ltd. Claim he Is 
charging? 50% rental for 'Roman 
Scandal^,' instead of 40%. Silver- 
stone says he lias no definite charge 
but is basing his prices according 
to the capacity ot houses. 

C. E., A. has. passed a resolution 
binding itself npt to pay more 
than 40%. 

Preview of picture in the West- 
End has not yet been settled. 
Gaumont-Britlsh Is anxious to get 
It, but still Insists on the old 25% 
regardless, which in this case , Is 
deemed ridiculous by U. A. If G-B 
cotnes up to 40% or' eVen 33%, .It 
would have a chance of getting the 
picture. Otherwise, it looks like 
losing- it, as Was the case with 'Kid 
from Spain.* 

It Is likely Siim Goldwyn will 
come over for the- pre-release, with 
picture .going to ah indie theatre 
under the: United Artists' directiony 
The Palace is not an impossibility, 
as 'Roberta' is now uncertain to 
follow 'Gay Divorce' in April. Show 
was practically set there, but jeronie 
Kern cannot get together pn terms, 
and is expressing indifference. 



PLASTIC FILM INVENTION 
COMPLETED IN GERMANY 



Madrid, Feb. 17. 
Nina Belmonte of New .York, who 
has been doing the translating and 
shaping up of plays by Gregorlo 
Martinez Sierra fdr American prp^ 
duction, hereafter will cphflne her 
work to merely translating the 
plays- A crack American dialog 
nian, unnamed, will do the job of 
-=putting-the-literafy--translation=in.tCL 
proper form for. production. 

"Martinez Sitdda, home- on vaca- 
tion from the Fox lot, expectis to 
return to Hollywood in June with 
Catalina Barcena. Has pne play 
under his .arm, callfed 'Insaciable" 
('Insatiable'). Keeping his eye open 
for some of the local boys' brain 
children WIiIl-U mif^ht go in the 
States, but no luck so far. 



Bierlin. Feb^ 17. 
Karlsruhe ' Tn ' SoirtTi ' Ger- 
many comes the news that Prof. Dr. 
Koegel of the School of Engineers, 
who has been carrying on scientific 
wbrii on television, tonefilm, cine- 
matography and color T film for 
maiiy years; has completed an in- 
vention 6f a plastic film. Prepara- 
tions' are; so far completed that the 
manufacture of the appliance in 
serle^ can commence shortly. 

Prof. Koegel's invention, it is un- 
derstood, leaves the stereoscopic 
principle, around which similar ex- 
periments have hitherto circled. 
Following up the optical and 
physiological prlnclplep of sight he 
came to the conclusion that the 
effect of dioptrical instruments on 
sight, which is based on the geo- 
metrical optic, can be transferred 
to the screen. hrough this cadop 
trical effect the aini is achieved 
which was hitherto believed to 

necessitate .sterppgCQPl.oty^ - ^^PPj^ 

ances.. 

Recording and pi-ojectinj? appli 
ances remain unchanged; a special 
nickel screen is merely adapted to 
the .size of the theatre making al- 
lowances for length and width. 
They will be manufacturod in dif- 
ferent .«<lizes to meet all roqulro- 
ments and are to be sold withodt 
further royalty oMI Jitions. 



With all sections of the Federal 
Film Corporation 'filling the rows of 
the KroU Opera, the provisional 
meeting place of the Relchstagi Dr. 
Goebbels, the Reich's minister for 
Public Enlightenment and Propa- 
ganda, delivered . jpirogrammatic 
speech last nig^t^ri the past, pres- 
ent and future development of. G-er^ 
man film work. It ' was the first 
time the minister a,ddressed . the film 
crowd directly since his opening 
speech at the Hotel " Kaiserhof on 
March 28, 1933, 

The chief practical announcement 
was that entertaihnient . tax for 
cinfema theatres was to be abolished 
in the hear futurfe In hand With a 
general tax reform which is in 
preparation. 

Referring to his Kaiserhof speech 
a year ago, Goebbeils pointed to the 
consolidation and 'unmistakable 
signs of revival shown by the film 
Industry since then.' 

'We are convinced that the film 
is. one of the most modern and far 
reaching means for influencing the 
masses.' He said, 'a govefnment 
can therefore not possibly leave the 
film world to itself.' 

Matter of Jews 
Dr. Goebbels th^n dwelt, on the 
situation d' the Gferman film at the 
a:dvent of Hitlerism and the •; meas- 
ures enacted since for Its reorgani- 
zation, such as the inauguration of 
the film corporation, . and the. turn- 
ing out of the Jews. 

'The secpnd consequence we had 
to take was the elimination of the 
Jews,' he said; 'Here and there that 
may lead to a human, tragedy. But 
that is not apt to touch us since 
there were many human tragedies 
in the past 14 years which, howr 
ever, did not affect the Jews but 
us. That cleared the path for young 
German talent. If they have not 
been able to succeed yet It is their 
own fault; it's not the government's 
task to make a genius.' 

Speaking of press criticism. Dr. 
Goebbels once more emphasized the 
viewpoint that 'every critic must be 
aware of the fact that disapproving 
review is sometimes apt to destroy 
a whole life or- might deprive the 
nation of a talent.' 

General principles of the Nazi 
creed came to the fore when the 
minister declared: 'The (rermatriHm 
Jndusti'y must at lea^tt leftrn that Its 
Work must be base.d'. noF on profit 
but on service. That this service 
3ields its, profit goes without say- 






y H. HANSON 

Capetown, B*?b. .i. 
British Unlveirsal Pictures 

(■pty) «nd Australian and 

American. Film Distri of 
South Africa (Pty) Ltd. have amal 
gamated Under the. title of Inde 
pendent Film DlsitrlbutorB (Pty) 
Ltd., with head offices In Johannes- 
burg. Combined company figures 
to be quite important opposition to 
the Schlesinger interests and claims 
it will make a determined stand to 
get its share of. business In this 
vicinity. 

. Company' Will import all avail 
able Independent product from the 
world market tor distribution 
through South Africa. Operations 
start April 2. 

Combiiiie has a registered capital 
of 20,000 pounds divided Into 20,000 
one-pound . shares of which 3,50p A 
shares hold voting powers and 16,500 
B shares bear a preferential divi- 
dend of 9%. 

Management directors are J. Ka- 
lusky and A. Shaban. Immediately 
on formatipn of the company Ka- 
lusky sailed for London to dig up 
product. . He will also visit France 
and other parts of the. Contineht 
and then go to the United States 

for deals before returning here. 



Berlin, Feb. 17, 
A review of the Gerpiari film situ- 
ation during: 1933 and Its outlook 
f of the current year leaves, many 
loopholes , and shows a number of 
sharply conflicting facts. Reorgan- 
izatioh of the film industry in line 
wlth' ^ Nazi . principles created sev^ 
eral obstacles ait the very outset 
that seenied insurmountable. AvaiU 
ability of foreign product, however, 
and ;the productioh of a number of 
quick program pictures locally tided 
the early months of the current 
season. Institution of the Film 
Bank, forced single feature pro- 
grams, and several other methods 
of cutting .down. demand also helped 
considerably. The next few months, 
though, will really be the test 

A prepondera;nt number of high 
positions In the fllm Industry here 
were previously occupied by Jews. 
As cbi^npaiiy executives, production 
managers, directors, sales man- 
agers, artistig, musical comppsersi 
and so on, it became apparibnt that, 
with a few exceptions Jews were 
ho longer desired, in places of Im- 
portance. Emigration to other coun- 
tries, or removal froni their posts 
in the industry quickly followed. 
Jews, therefore, rio longer occupy 
places of prominence in the Indus- 
try which they did so much to de- 
velop. 

One of the. primary moves in th© 
regeneration of the industry was 
(Continued on page. B6) 



ing.' 

Amusement \Mob Out 

'Now that the amusement rtiob 
has been cleared out of public life 
you film workers are again con- 
fronted by the immortal German 
people which nobody knpws better 
than we do. . 

'I am convinced that if a cinema 
theatre here iii Berlin would show 
a picture which really grasped the.se 
times, a picture which would be a 
real national -socialist 'cruiser,' this 
theatre would be sold out for a long 
time. 

'I will protect any film with .\n 
honest artistic tendency as long as 
It does hot bfCend elementary prin- 
ciples of life and morals. I don't 
expect every film to begin and end 
with Nazi parades; leaVe the pa- 
rad es ,tQL us..3 ie un ders tand ^ 
ab^ut it. But "nobody sKail~i)e ~ai " 
lowed to develop commercial activ 
Ity in the film business who is void 
of all artistic feelings. Film has 
no place for mere.proflt-maker.s! 

'i am convinced the German, film 
will conquer the world not when it 
is colorless and diluted but when 
it appears as German filrri, pictur- 
ing our character, our peculiar] tioi<. 



NEWSPAPERS IN PRA0»E 
URGE CZECH-U. S. PEACE 



Prague, . Feb. 17. 
Prague newspapers are urging 
the Czechoslovak government to 
come to an agreiament with the 
United States on the film question 
as the best and latest American 
films are needed to encourage the 
attendance In th© picture theatres 
of th© Republic. 



Canty In 

GJeorge A. Canty, American fllm 
commissioner for Europe, Is now. In 
Prague, acting as comniercial at- 
tache of the American legation Iii 
the absence of Sam E.. Woods, th© 
American commercial attache^ who 
has gone on a leave of absence to 
the United States. 



Heat 

Summet" heat hit Capetown again 
with records of high , temperature 
running to 103^5, and people seek- 
ing putdoor relief, and cutting out 
shows. Ice cream vendors doing 
roaring trade, wltii cafes holding 
capacity of perspiring people get- 
ting on the outside of iced drinks. 



Gaumont- British Arrives 

G. de Gruchy Barkas, of Galumont- 
British, has arrived to start the pre- 
lin) in.ary work . .In cpnnectlpn _ .with 
the proposed film of the life story of 
Cecil Rhodes. Expects to have a 
busy ilm^ fixing up details before 
the arrival of the artists, and cam- 
eramen. 

Story carries no femine Interest, 
and the cast will consist Of men. 
Tl\(i . iiame of the actor to play 
RhPdes is still dark, but Charles 
Laughton is mentioned as a possi- 
rjility. 



La Grande's Mission 

Frank La Grande, in charge of 
Paramount'a Long Island labora- 
tory, sailed Friday (23) for Paris 
to reorganize the Par Join ville lab. 
Gare Schwartz, who had been in 
charge there, is out. La Grando 
will .stick until a now appointment 
l.s 'made. 

La Grande figures to hang around 
I'aris about two month.s at Xnost, 
bili^Wlliifufi^^^ "into: 
Par",s iab situation there. 



and our virtues. Then the film will 
conquer the people, of the world >nd 
win win back tlie nation's' rtistic 
recognition in other countries: when 
immortal GrM-muny again larchcs 
across tlie scroeii.' 



Gierman Boycott 

Representatives of. the German 
gpvernment, headed by Councillor 
Feuermahn (former president of th© 
German film association), have 
been In Prague to confer with Dr. 
Piskac, head of the film section of 
the Czechoslovak inlnistry of com- 
merce, to lessen the boycott of 
German filrn^. 

Opposition of thei Czechoslovak 
government was aroused by the ac- 
tion of Germany which . refused to 
allow German actors to appear In 
'Gefiflan - language" ^fiims "made in 
Czechoslovakia, or to permit the 
showing of German-dubbed films in 
which refugees frpm Germany ap- 
pear. In view of the decided stand 
of the Czechoslovak film authorities, 
Gerrnany's draconic order has been 
^withdrawn; 



Reistnan Due Back 

Phil Reiaman, RKO's foreign dis- 
tribution chief, presently in Lon- 
don, is. expected to sail for New 
York sometime this week; 
^ Reisman has been on a tour for 
RKG, covering Italy, France and 
ilnglarid. 



lAUZIN DIES 

Paris, Feb. 17, 
Maurice. Lauzin, 36, Frenchman 
closely connected with American 
film business here, died Monday 
(11). He stfu'tea. with Suj)er-Film, 
TnirtTr^iTWn^^^^^ 

ti'ibution and then pi'oduction. . 

..Spent a long period in Holly- 
wood getting experience. Later 
went. to 'Warner P.ros., and last job 
wiis suporvi.siiig dubbing at the 
SaluJjert studios. 

Mme. Lauzin was killed in an ac- 
cident about IS Jiiontlis ago. They 
leave three yfjjung childrpiu^ 



16 



VARIETY 



Y4RIE¥¥ HOUSE BEVIEW« 



Tuesday, February 27, 1934 



MUSIC HALL, N/Y. 

They are piittlng all the eggs In 
one presentation basket at the Mu- 
6ic Hall this week, hut It Is a very 
attractive basket, so the experiment 
.proved a success. Makes for a 
smoother run than the . segrisgated 
numbers, which look so much alike 
in their isolated form. The entire 
stage program is Oscar Wilde's 'The 
Birthday of the Infanta,' 

Op^ns with a spot on a narrator 
on the chorus iplatform oh the left 
side of the hall: As she 'starts to. 



better at the mats and gathered 
momentum over the week-end when 
the Gable femme draw firmly as- 
sei'ted Itself. But . Friday opening 
ii|ight was no occasion for the tapes 
bfeing up nor the reserved $lv65 loge 
seats being sold but. Still it looks 
like a healthy gross' on the whole. 

.Stage draw Is all Gable, of course. 
Siib-bllled are Charles Carllle (New 
Acts), CBS tenor; Gbrden, Reed. and 
King, Minor and ^ Hoot,. Dorothy 
Crooker (New Acts) and Chester 
Hale Girls. 
Haleltea ojpen . with 'Got the Jlt- 



tell the fable the lights go up on a ters; a la^e Billy Rose Casino de. 
group of courtiers,- and iri turn oh paree treatmfent, where thei num^ 
the lltle Infanta sitting In a window ber w.as originally treated. Save 
iajid watching a parade In her'hbnor. for Gable and Carllle, .it*s a danc 
it forms a gorgeous: spectaqle with ingest presientatlon.. .Plenty of -It 
courtiers, citizens and soldiery | and in all slzes^ Gordon, Reed and 



matching in; solemn .procession her 
fore, the tiny prlrtceBS. It's true 
pageantry. . 

Throughout the play the voice of 
the narrator (Isabelle Herbert) is 



King with their ai3$orthient of terps 
and taps go the route In the book 
of legmania. Minor and Root, the, 
ballroom dancers from the . .Hotel 
"St. Regis,, dovetail Into a fan routine 



heard explaining the action, though on the long stairs by the Hale Girls 
the action requires little diagram- Dorothy Crocker's control dancing 
ming. There Is a ifete In. celebrar is In the. same categoiv. . Inclden 
tioh oiE the -royal, birthday. The tally, that stitir formation is a cap 
princess. In her glee over, the danc-: Itoi repeater, although an. embeN 
Ing of the fool, tosses him a rose. lishmeht and Improv^mient on the 
Being a fool, he presumes it 'to be flrist showing, with the feathers and 
a love token and eventually dies of the colorrlightlng combining Vei'y 
a broken heart. When this Is ex- [ effectively, 

plained to her, the princess orders | carlile's mike pre.sentatldn Is for 
her Major Domo to have mimes Intiula, as Is Gable's, the star essay 
without hearts to entertailn her in ji^g^ ohe of those thank-you-in-pef r 
future. Just a fragrment and per-, sohi frameups and 'going heavy fop 
haps over the heads of a majority pash routine. <3lene Ford, who fash- 
of the Music Hall patrons, PuV a jo^ed it, merely reached into the 
useful peg pn which to hang the. catalog fov the routine, which, while 
action. The second scene, breaks, to Lgflfective, is undistinguished and 
the courtyarfl of the castle, wltli a Urite. This topper-offer are those 
huge stairway rising across^ the gggngg fj.^^ 'Dancing Lady,' Ruth 
stage against a.blue cyke, with the j^^^teson and Charles Sylber effec- 
prlncess on the landing to enjoy the tj^giy original Crawford 

i „ +1,- ] and Healy assignments. The bver- 

K n*?', ^% ^t^^J'uJ'^^^^f^t.^X^ Sfl head mikes dick for the dialog plck- 

^^^}^^ \7 fS^^i /nfl m the three dramatic sequences 
and yellow, who do a formal and r ^ x w, v 

interesting dance. They are fol-r I In the olio (Miss) Tucker, Mc 
Ibwed by a Juggler/ who is none G^^re is the smitten sorority girl 
other than Stan. Kavanaugh doing who crashes on the stajse with her 
Ills familiar routine in parti-colored autograph book, asks Ga*le aboijt 
satin costume. His work with the hjs screen pash and emoting tech- 
balls and Indian clubs over effect- I nique, and sneaks In a clinch for 



the convinces 

The Gable presentation Is pre- 
ceded by clips from past releases. 
Incidentally so ephemeral is the life 
of a picture the titles, of most of 
em are . readily .recallable, even 

Sandor, with a gnrtesque dance that I 

AM ntit nBrtipiilitflv 9.T>neal to the 8^0"^ BUBfest spmethlnsr. _ Gable 



ively^ but this was one of those 
holiday ' audiences that didn't ap- 
plaud much. P6rhaps they were 
tired from having had to stand in 
line so long to get In. , 
Follows the fool,: dance by Oluck 



did not particularly appeal to the 
crowd. He gets the rose and re^- 
tires in favor of the Hoxyettes, who 
go through a drill in red and black 
hussar . costuiiies and jack boots 
with pointed tops. Nice manoeuver 
Ing and. though this was only the 
third, show, done in excellent form 



mentions 'Red Dust/, 'Hold Your 
Man' and 'Dancing - Lady' in one 
of those routine questions, 'Did you 
like ?', and concludes the ap- 
plause salvos with, 'How'd you like 
to i^ee some sceh^ from 'Dancing 
Lady?' (more applause).* 

rn^ri fltinT^^S S^ thW iik«^?hLm tine' in next week, interrupting the 
?L^««MiIr« >Ao 2ru. iS? nSnJv successlou of Mctro lu-person stars 
as. soldiers; too, and girls got plenty I ctartAri *Iyith iwav Rnhsotv 

of applause for their evolutions. 
"They wind up in one, with the orig- 



inal, street, set closing ih on them, 
and file off as the drop parts again 
to disclose a garden' consisting of 
a black cyke with three set pieces 
suggesting foliage^ apparently of 
slivered cellophane. This calls for 
another session of. Gluck-Sandor, 
and this was where the narrator 
came out strong in explaining that 



which started with May Robsoh, 
then Lionel Barrymore, Novarro 
and Gable. Al>e». 



PARAMOUNT, N. Y. 



Phil Baker, In his own revUe, an. 
elongated vaudeville act and not 
without some of the slowness of 
comedy flashes when they get to a 
. ^ , ^ . ..running time of 58 mInuteSr occu-- 

It was a grieving heart and not^a pj^g hard oak here this week, 
stomach ache which caused all. the j ^j^^ gg minutes has some high spots, 
convulsions. . - - but a lot of slow stretches also. 

Back to the street again for Jan The brightness comes in three 
Peerce in a song wlt^r the vocal ^iffereht positions on the show, 
chorus backing him ul>, then an Baker's main act portion with the 
idealized palace set with tall candles -hiant, butler and girl is one, while 
more suggestive of a cathedi'al. | surefire little tuirn. of Walter 



Here the dancer doies a mirror 
dance, seconded by Nicholas Daks 
as the refiection; he dies, the little . 
princess speaks his requiem, and a 
soft close-in,, which Is whfire. the 
xegulai's missed the usual Whoopee 



Dare Wahl Is another. Wahl 
stopped the show Friday night. 
Baker didn't. Runner-up for third 
place on the bill Is Gracie Barry in 
a couple songs. 'Sh^ has the poise, 
clearness of diction aiid the delivery 



finish. Which Indicates that the I technique That counts 
idea is good and perhaps the answer Baker Is in here at $6,600, not as 
to the Music Hall's quest; but that much as paid Mary Pickford and 
a more lively finish would be better p^adie Cantor, but more than given 
apipireciated. And while Gluck- Mae West* who took the gross to a 
Sandor is a finished artist, he does fancy hlgli with her picture, 'She 
not seem to fit in so far from the | Done Him Wrong; as a help 



recital hall with his stylized move 
nients. However, the" chances are 
that.' the big holiday crowd went 
home, and told .the rest of the folk 
it was a swell show. . It iSi it runs 
rather , short, libt more than 4Q min 
utes, entire bill running around two 
hours and a half. 
Featui-e Is 'It Happened One 



Baker will not do that business, 
though, with 'Death Tiakes a Holi- 
day' <Par). on the screen and better 
than fair draft, of Fredrlc March 
npme the house . should be' safely in 
the profit column, 

Baker contributes little more this 
week under his revue billing than 
a vaude act. Portion should not con- 



Mght (Col) the Silly Symphony siime more than 15 minutes at the 

and a Washington's Birthday sp6- most. This Is the session with the 

cial opening with a shot at Mt. Ver- audience plant, Harry 'Bottle* Mc 

non and running into the Washing- Naughtoh and Mabel Albertson, 

ton landmarks around Ne^ York These folks were with Baker on 

City. Not only timely but intierest- the Armour hour, so he reminds 

ing, and far better than the ustial the audience. 

blah of other years; They had them . Some of Baker's material goes 

lined almost over to Fifth avenue home, but much of it is creaky . with 

.for. the supper show^ but business acre. ' A few of the oldies' conxe in 

fell away, a little after the price was that clo.dng session, mainstay of 



upped, though still a full house. 

Chic. 



CAPITOL, N Y. 

The. Cap has^ hit its stride at last 
after One of those lap.ses which come 
with a combination, of circum- 
stances. On: top of :lhe .sti*ong 
Ramon No%'arrb last, week— ^in :per-^ 
'"son"ajia"oh"^he"sci''een— Clark'Tj^^ 
climaxes the" series of: Metro jn- 
person star appearances currently. 
Garbb's 'Christina' next week. 
Gable ish't on the screen, but that 
end of it is satisfactorily sustained 
by Robert' Montgomery in 'Mystery 
of Mr. X,' ' Gable Is competish to 
himself, his lodh-out film to Clolum- 
bla (with Claudette Colbert) hold- 
inff forth at the RV C. Music Hall. 

Friday night's biz was disappoint- 
ing; good, but no panic, but it war, 



the Baker performance, among 
them the one about the laundry 
which came back because they re 
fused it. the telegram; gag from an 
opposition theatre informing its 
business is 100% better since Baker 
Is at the Par. and when the girl 
wiggles the wagger, 'Youxv motor 
is running;' 

Miss Albertson, who up ahea<l 
doe.s^a number, 'Office' Girl Blues,' 
' wlh:=goo<3-au a ienc$^"l WiPsTufd^f airl'ir 
sold, tries to do a Mae We.st toward 
the last and flunks badly. She 
neither- looks the part very much 
nor has the Westian drawl to .go 
with it. 

Ah oi i t mid dle' a .siiHrH Trrr-'- nas- 
putin and the Empress' .flounders 
around precariously, taking up more 
time and space than it seems to 
J.u.stify in lauj,'h.q, or entertainment 
rif any other character. If demand- 
ing its pre.sence the conceit might 



be lessened by cutting the time con- 
sumed. It might have been much 
funnier, vut as stands It would need 
much in the way of doctoring to In- 
sure anything more than the nov 
eity It how contains* The-bptlfB 
might not be worth the results, if 
any. 

Ahead of this. Baker is also han- 
dicapped by material and lack of 
production. • The girls are on 'but 
once, at the opening and then stand 
around mostly as spectators so that 
Baker, can make ah early entrance, 
indulge In talk, play the accordion 
and work bits with other people, In- 
cluding. Miss ' Albertson, Miss Barry 
and his butler foil, McNaughtoni 

Exdhahge between Baker and Mc- 
Naughton brIngQ but a couple good 
laughs, dwarflhir by conipis^rlson 
anything that ha? occurred up to 
this time, with unit, now on some- 
where around 15 mlhutesii 

An agreeable part of an admis- 
sion . here this week Is Charles 
Prevlh's overture of Berlin mel- 
odies. :. Previnj who doesn't ■ usie. a 
baton. Is very: cute with his hands, 
and at times reminds of Rubliioff 
In his more acrobatic mbments over 
a pitful of musicians, who sit back 
in their chairs.placldiy~ and perhaps 
enjoy It all a little theniselyes. 

Sudden cold Friday evening 
wrinkled business a little after .a 
smart opening earlier in . the day, 
but at. the peak hour, house was 
near capa.city. Char. 

PALLADIUM, LONDON 

13. 

■ With Ethel Barrymore, booked In 
for fortnight,, falling to hold up first 
week, management was in a dilem- 
ma. Ba.rrymore quit 'by . arranger 
ment,' with Jack Hyltoh and Eddie 
Pola's 'America Calling' (a Joint 
booking) rushed in for quick return. 

Bill, as a whole, was over- 
burdened with dancing,' developing 
into a sort of dance mar athpn. 

The Sherman Fisher 16. Palladium 
Gals started It. Michel, assisted by 
sister iNan, two cute looking- kids, 
playing the xylophone, i and climax- 
ing with 'swift Russian steps while 
playing Instrument. Murray and 
MOoney, a couple of locals, with tlic 
comic on and. off the stage for a gag 
or two, also finish by dancing — they 
call It comedy dancing. 
' .Hazel Mangean Girls, just back 
from a continental jaunt. wOke the 
bill up. Girls Open in male attire, 
then, revert to natural outfits, going 
through some speedy aero steps, 
with barely any breathing space. 

Diamond brothers, who foilowed, 
proved there were any number o! 
dance tricks left oiit by the prevljoue 
offerings. Boys reveal a natural, 
aptitude In everything they do. No 
doubt about It, they have brought 
something fresh, which will takie a 
long tlme^lf ever — for the locals to 
eniiulate. The p lank gag (^missed 
'em') is stiiha big laugh, 

Jack Hylton, closing first half, 
rendered a couple new numbers. In 
eluding 'Night and Day,' the 'Gay 
Divorce' themer. by permission of 
Lee Ephraim, and a few Tzigane 
tunes, just to show the. extent ot 
his rifepertolre. 

Theh intermission, and anochcr 
troop on by the Palladium pals, fol 
lowed by Enos- Fraaere, who still 
insists on gagging while ' on the 
trapeze. Ftazere ia good In the lat 
ten but' some of his gags got ) 
dubious reception. 

Bob Murphy, with Dick and Dor 
othy, the only newcomers Jiere, 
Started slowly, with Murphy unde- 
cided how he was^ being recelvcJ. 
Kids began to do their stuff, with 
Dick's freaky voice finally deciding 
the issue. With a little revision, 
and leSis ol Murphy's flag waving, 
act has every chrnce of getting 
plenty of work here and becoming 
a popular feature. Reception at lln 
ish was excellent. 

(reorge Dooha,n, with husky .voice 
and some dubious ipatter. is lir.r 
worthy of the . next to shut niche 
His is Just a number two. offering 
at best. 

Cloislhg were Ppla's 'America 
Calling,' with same company as 
played here a fortnight ago.; Only 
.newcomers .were Dick . and Dorothy 
from the Murphy act. Boy did a 
Calloway impression in front of the 
Hylton band (used In the 'Calling 
outfit), and stopped the show. 

.Dorothy's Impression of Kate 
' smith was nearest to the real .thini 
done here. In years. . ' ' 

Show as a whole pleased .the cus 
tomers, with house about 80% ca 
pafeity, which was good, considering 
local fog. 




NEWSREELS 




EMBASSY 



Another two weeks should fairly 
determine the Embassy's future. 
The third. Saturday crowd Indicates 
a better, attendance. From the 
standpoint of the present policy 
therie is no reason , why ' the Emh 
shouldn't make . money. Pathe's 
editor, Harold Wohdsell, iS giving 
the house his personal attention, 
something which no reel he&d has 
ever done with a theatre. And the 
manner in which the house Is run, 
particularly the program, reflects, 
this, 

Currently t^e. bills in the twq 
theatres are almost neck, and neck 
In hews entertainment; Though the 
Luxer is using .virtually all of the 
Pathe national release, in addition 
to its selections .from other reels, 
Wohdsell is still able to tiirn out a 
Pathe show at the Emb which cbn- 
taihs news features not possessed 
by the Luxer. 

The Chicago kidnaper w:ho 
hanged himself is an Emb exclu- 
sive; The story Is well knitted, in- 
cluding an interview wth the Iowa 
publisher whose abduction wa3 
thwarted and . a talk with the ac- 
complice of the man who committed 
suicide. 

Thei bllizard was well covered.. 
Paramount, in the Luxer, kept Its 
crews on the ground hunting" up 
grounded ships and telegraph poles, 
while Pathe let its cameraman take 
a plane ride; oyer New York. 

Luxer used . Pathe's story on the 
boy who foileid a dairy bombing In 
Chicago, but failed to show another 
lad who shot it out with liold-up 
men in his father's restaurant, a 
clip which brought applause in the 
JJmb. 

Emb also scored with coverage of 
the Belgian situation in its week- 
end program. Old views of the new 
King and family were dusted Pff, 
with new recording mentioning the 
death of the. monarch. 

Pathe also, kept views, for . the 
Emb of the testimony of the former 
postmaster gehex-al before the 
Washington investigating ' commit 
tee. 

Emb devoted considerable footage 
ta an Ice classic at Lake Placid 
Notable feature of this clip was 
cameraman's ability to keep center 
focus On all of the performers, none 
of them' ever being allowed to slip 
but of frame. 

First known attempt to actually 
photograph bonafide fairies in their 
lair was flashed on the Emb screen 
Saturday. Audience at flrst seemed 
puzzled. When ' it became evident 
they were looking at the real thing 
—nances In a beauty shop— the 
hous e went dead silent. The queers 
dbing a btra ieii t wil l—probably - be 
yanked, before the end. Of the week, 
as the clip indicates that 



TRANSLUX, N. Y, 

Both houses are leading off with 
Pathe s review of Roosevelt's .year. 
It's ft subject Crammed with action 
and covering everything In slightly 
over a minute. 

Since Pathe went to the Emb the 
Luxer seems to be leaning to Para- 
mbunt for exclusive material; It 
also ha^ Universal frona which to. 
draw. Fox material, .so fiai^ at . least, 
being mia-inly of the magazine order. 

Parimbunt got some lad ^to pole 
his way across the harbbr on a tipy 
berg. The subject was different and 
the reporting got some laughs. . . 

Par also went to the trouble of 
interviewing. Ponzl, but got no 
statement as to his plans and had 
to rely on Its reporter. It had, also, 
some Intimate vleiws of the YIenna 
trouble not seen In any other rjeel, 
but no violence, . ' 

Fox had.a great chance, for com* 
edy with a Paris dbg restaurant. 
In the Luxer it was chopped down 
to a fiash, not giving the audiences 
enough' for a reaction. 

in the Mad Garden tennis match 
Fox, - used by the LuxCr, confined its 
yiews tP the idoubles,. while Pa;the, 
in- the Emb, featii'i^d the singles 
with greater clarity. 

Parampunt went one better than 
Pathe oh Rockefeller. It dug. up an 
interview With the . magnate, two 
years old artd tacked it on to the 
current materat. 

Interesting dog story was covered 
In detail by Par. Views . were In- 
cluded of courtroom with the 
canines on trial for biting, ahd a 
talk from the little, girl victim in a 
hospital bed, during which 'ishe held 
up a mangled arm. 

U had one of , its most sparse 
showings at the Luxer in months. 
Didn't have over, three, clips of a 
lesser news nature, dealing with 
Italian snow, college boys and Ba- 
haman racing. 

Pathe occupied a good portion of 
the Luxer program., This material, 
also in the Emb projection, num- 
bered: Washington plans to hit the 
16-miIe line In the stratpsphere; 
new type of plane; Interpr views Of - 
Monte . Carlo; trained pehguihs; 
Massachusetts' Ice; world's latest 
diamond find; Chicago road work-- 
ers; another -Jersey warning to 
autoists, 

Luxer Used Par's coverage of the 
airmail situation, including a plug 
for private airmails, by Rlcken- 
backer. Par also gave an Idea of 
how busy London Is In collecting 
old gold for smelting ahd shipment 
to America. Waly. 



register only when in a burlesque 
category. 

Model of the tri-boro bridge^ 
^enns3rlvahlaHjospit«l-flre.7and-Nr^fV- 
dog hero in bed were among other 
they Emb specials. Waly. 



PALACE, N. Y. 

Aside from being one Itself, the 
Palace needs .a belly laugh. 

'What chance the show has for a 
strong comedy angle this semester 
ai?pends=?orpDn"^Gl€fnTf""iEmd==Jenktns 
(deUce) and Jack Pepper (next- to 
closing). Latter turn has the fun 
nest bunch of stooges since Ted 
Healy turned up his chapeaux on 
this stage, but a Healy is missing. 

heir-^rst-appearanee^-ia-nat-uraUy- 
a laugh, but after' that, without a 
strong pacer, they've ju.st got their 
appearance, and that isn't enough. 

Novelty this week is confined to 
the fact that there aren't any acro- 
bats. Madie and Ray, ordinarily 



a deucer, open the flve-act layout 
with their standard hoofing and 
roping turn, breaking, right into the 
middle of the pit's overture. This 
was a smart move, for otherwise the 
drop-ins would have been long in 
becoming reconciled to the unusual 
opening. The type of audiences the 
Palace is gathering thes,©— days., is 
accustomed to nip-ups to sitart 
with. Otherwise it Is soup without 
antipasto, and Palace drop-lns can 
tell you about antipaisto. 

Around for a. long time, this 
mixed team is really a swell act of 
its type. 'Way back when they 
used to stop shows here. At this 
catching they were simply pleasing. 
It's not a reflection on them, but on 
the house. 

The one other twist the Palace 
uncovers is the spotting of Glenn 
and Jenkins No. 2. Going back to 
the bid days a.gain, this sepian. team 
in cork was . once .a standard, next- 
to-closer. Their gab, nrtueicai work 
and dancing is still In the pleasing 
category, but far from getting the 
heartier .type, of laughs they got; 13 
and. 14 years ago. 

Another change Is the Palace's, 
conception of a name. This week 
it's Mae Questel who . bears that 
specification here, .although in for- 
mer times she'd have been hardly 
more than just a supporting act. 
.Backed by a' male pianist, the 'Betty 
Boor' , girl is delivering three num- 
bers, two of them .<;pecials« and 
nev^ strongly. Once she loosed 
the baby voice, the audience ex- 
pected the Helen • Kane stuff, but 
did not get it. It's, a case of a 
Helen Kane contest winner chang- 
ing her color and going slightly 
uppity. In her finale 'Annie Doesn'.t 
Live Here Any More,' she. does an 
trlsh brogue, a Zazu. Pitts and a 
Mae WcKt— rbut not a boop in all 
three. 

Follow in.cr Jack Pepper and clo.s- 
-ing^the^h o w-=is= Jane t-te-=^Haeke 1 1 
and Dan Cfirthay, assisted by Don 
Hudson, baritone; As was always 
the case with Ml.ss Haokett's turns, 
this act is dressed and staged to 
perfection. The dances, including 

-hev-o^ld- 'death'-rput-ine,- arG;4i-n<ir-bu-t^ 
the introductory specials are not 
on a par. These are song-talked by 
Hudson, .,\vho in his' one straight 
singing number shows a good voice. 

Biz the opening evening was fair. 
'Carolina' (Fox) on the screen. 



FOX, BROOKLYN 

Producer Alex Oumansky c^ls 
his current show at the Fox 'Music 
in the Air.' Title doesn't mean a 
thing, but the show ' happehs to be 
a good one in spite of It. 

Opens with the girls in a nice 
precision number that actually has 
some precision. Tnat's hard to be- 
lieve about the Fox line, but there 
it is. Maybe Oumansky is a greater 
genius than has been realized. 

Al Shayne^ . the headliner, is 
spotted number two, and a good 
spot for him. too. He may be a 
headllner, but as far as the enter- 
tainment assembled here he's a 
number two act. A night club war- 
bler. Shayne . has come to consider- 
able local prominence recently pn a 
commercial over ohe of the Smaller 
New York stations. That -he. could 
become as prominent as he has oh 
such obscure air time speaks a lot 
for him. He Is a baritone with a 
pleasant manner and a healthy pair 
of pipes. The customers liked him 
and ivill most anywhere. Fact that' 
he'ig on so early, therefore, is not a 
pah/ but a proper . approximation of., 
the point. at which this show needed 
a singei". 

' Freddie, Berrens leada his band 
through a bit of nolse-makihg at 
this sector. He's having a tough 
time getting a band together for 
this stage purpose. He has them 
go through a hotchaipiece here that 
really means something. It's excep- 
tipnally good. But when the same 
band tries t.6 follow a singer, or 
dancer through .the show it's a 
marathon. : First finished gets 
fried hamborie. 

. Girls are back In heat Oriental 
costumes and a team does a good 
adagio dance. Name sounded (Some- 
thing like .Santoni and Pelini; Ber- 
rens'. enuncation of na mes is hone 
tDo"";g.6od:'~^■Xe~go':T'f't^^e^^^5i5^^^ 
quick to get it over with.. Probably 
from an audience standpoint in a 
house like this it •doesn't matter, but 
it's tough on the lads trying to 
write Up the sho.ws. without pro- 
•g.i'a'm ann'iTi'irlirrarar-pr-Trther -house 
lielp on names. 

Gayle and C.ar.son,..two boys who 
are good dancers and bad come- 
dians, and try a. little of both. The 
(Contihued on page 25) 



Tuesday, February 27, 1934 



FILM R E V I E W f 



VARIETY 



17 



, Death Takes a Holiday 

i Farmmount production and teleaae. Fm- 
turea Predrlo March and Svelyn Venabie. 
Dlracted by Mitchell Lelaen. Based on 
Slay by Alberto CaBella. Screen play by 
Maxwell Anderson and Oladya Lehman. 
-Photograph y by C hatlea ZAng. Art direc- 
tion by Hans Drier and Erast Fegte. At 
Paramount, N. T., weelt Feb. 23. Banning 
time. 7» mlns.. ^ . 

Prince SlrliK ,.Fredrlc March 

Ot<azla .Evelyn Venable 

Duke Lambert ............ Sir Guy Standing 

Alda... . . . i . . .> . .Katherlhe Alexander 



Ill\oda 

Stephanie. ...... 

Princess Maria 
Corrado.,.. ... 

Baron Cesarea. 
Erie.., 
Fedele . . . . . . ; 

Doctor VaUe. 
PletTQ .*••....*..*. 

Vendor. . . 
Maid . . . i". 



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...Gall Patrick 
, , . . . Helen Westley 
;. Kathleen Howard 

Kent Taylor 

....Henry Travera 

P. Huntley. Jr. 
. . . . . .Otto Hoffman 

Edward Van Sloan 
. . ; . . , Hector Samo 
....Frank Taconelll 

...Ahnia De Llnsky 



port. Walter CennoUy 1b the only 
other lilayer to gret much of a show, 
but there are a dozen with bit parts 
well played. 

MlBS Colbert makes hers a very 
delightful assl^ment. and Gable 
swings aloriff at sustained speed, 
^oth -t)lay— as- -though- ihey -xeall 
liked their characters, and therein 
lies much of the charm. 

'Tonleht' proves two things. A 
dean stpry caiii be funnier than a 
dirty one and the best way to dp a 
bus story Is to make them get . out 
and walk. Ch%c. 



Miniature Reviews 



Weighed as entertainment.. 'Death 
Takeji a Holiday* will tip high for 
6om6, hot so high for others. It is 
the kind of story and picture, that, 
beckons the thinker, and. for. this 
reason lei likely to have greater ap- 
peal among the intelligentsia. 

Out among , the Whistle stops It 
liaay fool like othera have, but un- 
likely that the significance of the 
theme and the fine manner in which 
it is carried but. will be. fully ap- 
preciated. Or under$tot)d. 

The title Is something else, too- 
Because It .had the word 'death' in 
It. Paramount tested the picture un- 
der another title; 'Strange Holiday,' 
in California. Results showed that 
this original titlei meant the moSt at 
the box office. 

Of pictures done since talkers, 
this one. reminds closest of 'Out- 
ward Bound.* Though that picture 
was widely conceded to be a work 
of cinematic art In all departments. 
Its reception around th& country 
proved ,yery spotty. 

Action of Picture Is laid . In and 
around a foreign estate, the gran- 
deur of which a:t times Is singularly 
Holly woodian but still of an authen- 
tic enough note to provide an effec- 
tive background. In th6 fine llght- 
, Ing and photography that baxdc- 
ground is greatly aided. 

Fredrlc March >^ is oh top, playing 
Death. Wantihgo to .lake a holiday 
from that role, hejwlshes himself on 
a duke and his' guests for three 
days, with death meanwhile stop 
ping throughout the world. 

Though highly fantastic, the plot 
provides many interesting situa- 
tions as Death in the disguise of a 
prince ipoves through a strata of 
love interest which must end after 
the three-day furlough. The clima: 
tears between Death's separation 
from the girl in the form, of life and 
the desire of this humanized, grim 
reaper to take her along; with him in 
the spiritual, bloodless sense. 

The tendency to sermonize, .iat 
times by lohig stretches of dialog 
that will go over the heads of many 
Hlmgoers, Is evident throughouti 
Picture ends on a soothing little re 
minder that, death may be even 
more pleasant than life, as March 
fades, from the flesh. 

March again turns in a skillful 
performance, here playing a for 
v~»igner in nn accent from which 
there is never .a brealT or slip. He 
has opposite him for main heart in- 
terest Evelyn Venable, who screens 
well. She's a tjrpe that can bear 
watching, ^ ' 

Others are Sir Ouy Standing, 
Katherine Alexander, Gall Patrick, 
Helen Westley, Kent Taylor and 
Henry Travers, all of whom bear 
out good judgment on the part of 
the caster. \. 

"Holiday* was a stage hit on 
Broadway. In New York and other 
big ^keys It should do well. Char. 

It Happened One Night 

Columbia' iproductloh and release, starring 
dark Gable and Claudette Colbert. Di- 
rected by Prank Capra. Story by Saipuel 
Hopkins Adams. Screen play by Bobert 
RIskln. Jos. Walker, camera: At Music 
Ball, N. T., week Feb. 22. Running time. 
105 mlns, 

Peter .Clark Oable 

Bllle ...i.; >;.... .Claudette Colbert 

A.lexander Andrews. ..... a .Walter Connolly 

Shapeley Roscoe Kama 

King Westley Jameson TboiAaa 

Danker ...... . . .;. ."ii . ... i. a-.-i .-i Alan Hale 



HIPS, HIPS, HQQRAY 

Radio production and', release starring 
Wheeler and Woolsey. Directed by Mailt 
Sandricb. Story, .. music and lyica by 
Harry Buby and Bert TCalmar. Dave 
Gould dance director. Max Stelner musical 4 
director. David Abe', photog. At Boxy,. 
New York, week Febi 22. .Running time; 
88 mlns. . ^ , , 

Andy WlUtama, .Bert Wheeler 

Bob Dudley. Robert -Wootaey 

Ruth Ettlng Ruth KtUng 

Miss Prlsble,...........i..-...Thelma Todd 

Daisy i a • • • .'i • I><''<»tby .■ I«ee 

Beaucbamp; . . .i *• . . .George Meeker | 

Epstein........... Jamea Burtis 

Sweeney. ................. 

Mr. Clarka ........... ... . • 



.Matt Brlgge 
.Spencer Chaxtera | 



Not too exacting lovers of stale 
jokes may forgive this one's trans- 
gressions, but they'll ■ probably be 
the minority, For general appeal it 
has little else besides- a generous 
display of hotcha femininity in vari- 
ous forms of peek- ii-boo dress, or 
undress. . . 

Story, by Kalmar and Ruby, who 
wrote 'the music also, has Wheeler 
and Woolsey going through the 
same motions all over again. This 
time in a beauty parlor. But there's 
a cliase, too^ coming at the 'finish 
and shuffled in with a crOss-coun- 
try auto race. There are such 'situa^ 
tions' as a racing car doing ski 
Jumps in the Rockies, and . flying 
over the other contestants in the 
home stretch by vii-tu-^ of helium 
gas in the tires. 

Wheeler and Woolsey are a cou- 
plfe of pitchmen, selling flavored lip- 
sticks. They pair ofiC with Thelma 
Todd, who owns a beauty parlor of 
the sort only Hollywood could im- 
agine, and Dorothy Lice, one of the 
shop's demonstrater. There's a vil- 
lain. (George Meeker), plus stolen 
bonds and a, couple of clowii detec- 
tives who call themselves Epstein 
and Sw^ney. 

To keep the groggy plot on. its 
ffeet the familiar Wheeler- Woolsey 
antics are worked overtime. That 
th.ey're always surrounded by look- 
ers Is quite an aid to their com- 
edy. For instance, when Wpolaey 
and Thelma Todd, do a gag 'spring 
dance* it's Miss Todd's gams that 
give the dance a reason for being 
in the picture, 

Ruth Ettlng is on briefly for one 
song, but It means that at least one 
number is well handled. Also, the 
Ettlng name gives added heft to the 
billing. Rest of the singing con- 
fined to love duets by the Woolsey- 
Todd and Wheeler-liee necking 
combos. . ~ . 

Dialog is from Dixie, but -a- few 
good bits, such as a pool table idea, 
counteract much of the chatter. In- 
side the beauty parlor the staging is 
excellent. In fact, the production 
all around Is much better , than the 
material provided. " Bige. 

Shadows of Sing Sing 

Columbia production and release featur- 
ing Mai7 Brian, Bruce Cabot. Phil Rosen, 
director. Story by Katherlhe Seola and 
Doris Maloy; screen play, Albert de Mond; 
camera, BenJ. Klelne. At the Mayfalr. 
N. T.. starting Feb. SO. Running time, 68 
mins. 

Muriel . ; a .» .Mary Brian 

Bob Martei;.........i........ .Bruce Cabot 

Joe Martel ...Grant Mitchell 

Rossi... ;. Harry Woods 

Angela..... Claire Da Brey 

Sll^k ; Bradley Page 

Highbrow... a. ...... ...a...... Irving Bacon 

Dumpy Dewey Robinson 

Murphy. a Fred Kelsey 



'Death Takes Holiday' 

(Par). Adaptation of the play 
-ofOhe. sameLnsjnLe^ . HiB:Kly_£^^ 
tastic, but well done, 
'it Happened One Night' 
(Col). Clark Gable and Glau- 
dette Colbert, helped by capital 
dialog and a certain charm to 
the story. A laughing hit that 
will mean important coin. , 

'HipvHipa, Hooray' (Radio). 
Wheeler iand WPoley in hut 
musical. Fiemme diisp^ay cliil®^ 
asset., Balance n. s. h. .. 

'Shadows of Sing Sing' (Col). 
Racketeer story without the 
racket. Program grade ma-, 
terial that should do fairly In 
thie seconds: 

'Myatery 6t Mr. X' (Metro). 
One of the best -made mystery 
mellers yet, with Montgomery 
in top assignment and strong 
siipport. .Will please 'em alL 

'Dark Ha^Srd* (FN), Ed 
Robinson as a ne'er-do-well 
gambler, with dbg racing as 
the feature. Too realistic iand 
unpleasantly motivated, 
much above avewige b.o. 
peal, but men win nice it. 

'Long Lost Father' (RKO). 
Has John. Barrymore for the 
lead but otherwise it's a mild 
piece with an unbelievable 
story. British background ioind 
dialog. imoBtly dull. Inferior 
stuff. 



DARK HAZARD 

First National production and Wainor 
Bros, release. Stars Edw. G. Bobltison. 
Directed by Al Green: screen play, naliih 
Block and Brown Holmes fronj novel by 
W. R, Summit; camera. Sol l^oUto. At 
Rlalto. N. T., week Feb. 23. Kainnlng 
time, 60 mlns, 

| Tlm Tlirne r . , : . . ^ - , ■ - 

.Marge Mayhew Genevlevo aobln 

Valeric. .Glemta Fnrrell 

Tex. . a . a ............ a , . .Robert Bairat 

Joe ' .Gordon Westcolt 

George MayheW. .Hobart CavnnnuKh 

Pres. iBarrow........... George Meeker 

Schulta.; Henr>- B. .WalthftU 

Bright. i . a a . a a a i . Sidney - ,Toler 

Mrs. Mayhew....,,^ ...Eitima Dunn 

; \ . . . . , WlUard Robertson 



SNUG IN A JUG' 

i^dwa.td_:._.-;^ob h>son I C| ack-and- MfCuilAugk. 



Fallen, 
i Mlss Dolby. 
Plumm'er.... 



Barbara Rogers 
....i.Wm. V. Mong 



MYSTERY OF MR. X 

• Metro production and . release, atarrlng 
Robert Montgomery; Elizabeth Allan and 
Lewis Stone, featured. . Directed by Bdgar 
Selwyn. From the 'BIystery or the Dead 
iNPollce' (Crime Club), novel by Philip Mac- 
Donald, adapted by the author; screen 
play. Howard BTmmett Bogera; . additional 
dialog. Mohckton Hblte. Camera. OUyer 
T. Marsh. At Capitol, N. T.. we«k Feb. 
23. Running time, 85 mlns, . 

Revel .. Robert Montgomery 

Jane EU^beth Allan 

Connor ^^•■«.°*S.'** 

March* .............Ralph Forbes 

Frensbaw ....Henry Stephenson 

Palmer Forrester Harvey 

Hutchinson fc.i.,,..lvan Simpson 

Mr. X , Leonard Mudje 

Judge Malpas ..Alex B. Frencis 

Willis • Charles Irwin 



One of those stories that without . 
a particularly strong plot manages 
to come through in a big way, due 
to the acting, dialog, situations and 
direction. In other words, the story 
has that intangible quality of charm 
Which, arises from a smooth blend- 
ing of the various Ingredients. Dif- 
ficult to analyze, impossible to . de- 
signedly reproduce. Just a. happy 
accident. 

It starts off to be another long 
distance bus story, but they get put 
of the bus before -it palls and it is 
hot handicapped by ' the restraint 
that locale always seems to impose. 

Plot is a simple one. The head- 
■trong, but very charming daughter 
Of a. millionaire marries a suitor of 
Whom her father does not approve. 
She quarrels with her father on the 
yacht oiff Miami, and the girl goes 
over the rail. She seeks to make 
her way to New York, with the old 
man raising the hue and cry.. Peter 
Warhe, who has juist been fired from 
- his -Florida- correspondent's _ Job, Is 
on the same bus." The stoiy is tnih 
and frequently Illogical, but the ac- 
tion carries It along so fluently and 
amusingly that there is small chance 
to take time out. to argue the plaiu- 
Ibilityi- ^ 

- But the author would have been 
nowhere without the deft direction 
of Frank Capra and the spirited and 
good-humored acting of the stars 
and practically most of their aup- 



Out and out racketeer stories are 
pretty well shot, but it'^ still pos- 
sible to rake over the aslies arid 
find some glow* ^hls Is a story of 
a secondary development; a love 
affair . between a racketeer's sister 
and the son of a detective, the lat- 
ter the camera-eye head of: the 
idehtificatlon bureau. 

Both sidea object, as also does 
Slicki second In command and am- 
bitious for the racketeer's position 
and his sister, as well. The boy is 
framed, but his father saves him 
through recourse to the depart- 
ment's flies. Novel twist, If an im- 
plausible -one, but not sufficient to 
make for deep Inteirest. The story 
Will slide Over in the number two 
spots, but without glory. 

Story is slow In getting under 
way, and a trial scene Is equally 
slow to end the action, the latter 
killing any chance the picture 
might have to distinction. Story 
never develops much suspense, nor 
does the writing gain interest for 
the leads. 

Mary Brian is rubber' stamp in 
'ttariittle^be has to- dorand -Bruce 
Cabot is almost as colorless as the 
boy. Harry Woods and Bradley 
Page get the gravy as the first and 
second gangsters, with Grant 
Mitchell about the only one who Is 
permltted-4o -act -hu man .- 

Settings are good, sound fairly 00, 
and dialog not so good. Censorship 
appears to be evolvlnff the noiseless 
racketeer. Cfcte. 



Plenty okay. Well made, plaus- 
ible, heavy on the romance, this 
mystery meller is replete with all 
the favorable elements for mired 
audience appeal, including a Raffles 
type of hero (Montgomery). 

•Mystery of Mr. X' is a titular 
improvement over the original novel 
label, a Crime Club (Doubleday- 
Doran), best seller of last suiumer, 
'Mystery of the Dead Police.' 

Screen treatment, whether or not 
a<yhe ring to th e ori ginal source . Is 
exceedingly worthy 'or audlenbe 
appeal in that the fans are in on 
every movement of the who-kllled-. 
cock-robin motivation, but sharing 
the surprise with Scotland Yard in 
the final denouement when the 
gentleman crook apprehends the 
murderous fanatic. Liatter had set 
out to kill 15 LiondoQ bobbles as his 
vengeance for 15 years' Incarcera- 
tion in prison. The score had 
reached eight victims when Mont- 
gomery in a double effort to square 
his cosncience through having 
stolen a valuable diamond, surrenr 
ders the bauble and also single- 
handedly iand in mortal combat 
overcomes' the mysterious Mr. X. 

The romance Is ably sustained by 
Montgomery and Elizabeth Allan, 
an ' ingratiating ingenue, quite pat 
for this type of casting, that of the 
.Scotland Tard Commissioner's 
daugliter; 

There's not a lagging moment in 
the 85 minutes which .are . packed 
with fast dialog and accelerated ac- 
tion, t^ot a little of it nitist neces- 
sarily be devoted to the build-up 
forepart as plausible premise for 
the charming crook ingratiating 
himself into a Tard commissioner's 
household. 

Between the expert Henry Stephr 
enson as the coihmlsh and Iiewis 
Stone as ah Ihspectoi:, there's 
naught wanting to. make these r6lc>s 
hold up plausibly and impressively. 
Casting throughout is equally ex- 
pert. Alec B. f^rancis making his 
minor bit as a Lohdon jurist and 
Charles Irwin (relatively new to 
pictures; he's the vet vaude monol- 
ogtst) likewise sustaining a minor 
assignment as an aide te the In- 

BpOCtOFe 

Cutting has been most judlcioua 
It's punchy and conclusive and yet 
doesn't beggar the audience's Intel- 
ligence.. An Instance of this is that 
frameup In the street where Stone 
BetB<hl8plantoaearch--Montgomer-y's 
person without makihg any direct 
accusation himsejf. 'Montgomery. Is 
abetted by Ivan Simpson, a highly 
expert character player who makes 
his limey taxicab driver assignment 
a .living-and...br£atlxlhg_ per Aonatloii: 
Ciamera artd general technic like- 
wise expert, all combining to make 
'Mystery of Mr. X' strong b.o. 

Abe*. 



Aa a novel, this one was a book 
of-the-inonth Selection and. a best 
seller; Maybe that's what's the 
matter with It as a flim:._ It's too 
realistic, too qlose to actual life to 
be very pleasant ehtertainmeht. 

From a film standpoint there has 
not been enough attention to mak 
ing the characters pleasant, so that 
It evolves a portrayal of half a 
dozen people, all of whom are je- 
pellarit. The one audiences are 
apt to like most is the ne'er-do-well 
gambler and his flip girl friend 
T^at doesn't sjpell much at the b.b. 
despite the fact that men, by . and 
large, ought to like it. 

It's an unusual pbrtrayai for 
Robinson, despite the fact that he's 
caist as a gambler. A big shot for 
a few moments, a bum moiit of the 
time^ he's always dbmlnated . by 
those ai'ound and near blin, instead 
of, as in his past pictures, being the 
head mah. He never manages to 
do the' right thing, and the director 
perhaps tried too hard ,tO build sym 
pathy for him. That wasn't neces- 
sary; Mistake ' was in neglecting 
the other characters. 

Genevieve Tobin, tot Instance, as 
Robinson's wife, doesn't get a fair 
break at all. She's a lovely* honest 
country '^5^rl, but entirely too fanatic 
about her purltanism to satisfy 
She should have been softened for 
film consumption, instead of which 
she is made even more, bitter and 
unequivocal than necessary; Thus, 
when she filially leaves Robinson to 
shift tor himself, and goes back to 
an earlier sweetheart, there isn't 
much audience sympathy for her. 

In the same way Glenda Farrell 
as a rough and ready race track 
femme is an in-and-out character. 
She's obviously immoral, she goes 
around with the wrong crowd. Is 
slangy and tough. Yet she's soft 
at the right time so that the audi- 
ence cannot help swinging towards 
her. despite realizing she's the 
wrong woman.' 

On the other hand there are humr 
her of things abOiit the picture that 
ought to help it go places In spots 
Where male aludlences predominate. 
Dog racing Is handled Impressively 
and with considerable effect. There 
are a lot of other exciting sequences 
which will keep It In reaching dis- 
tance of the males. 

Several good bit performances, 
outstanding being those of Emma 
Dunn. Sidney Toler. Gdrdon West- 
cott and Hobart Cavanaugh. Php- 
-tograpKy-and -production-good 



Talking Shorts 



Comedy; 20 Mins. 
Arena, N. Y, 

Clarlc and McCuUoujgh hit the 
lowest strata of meaninglefss non- 
siense in ^Snug In a. Ju .' .It's Just a 
lot of aimless filler. 

Some mprnlhg sometime ago 
soriie RKO exec must have , awak- 
ened to the fact tliat C&KI wet-e 
on the payroll and should be kept 
buisy. Accordingly gorrie . director 
must have been summoned Imme- 
diately and got to work immediate- 
ly. . For. if ever there was a short 
shot right oK the cuff it's this bit 
of melange, 

The crew must have been unusu- 
ally weary when they ploughed 
through this hit or miss. There are 
gags older than some of the hills. 
The would-be travesty has the boys 
l>elng discharged troin a jalli' where, 
accprdlne to inferences, the warden 
Is, or would like to be, a liance: 
Then there's a tough mugg at lib- 
erty. AbOiit the only idea the young 
thing conveys is the plastering of a 
town with reward sighs. 

C&M don't have to try, for silli- 
ness in this because everything 
about it. is forced. And a sprinkling 
of CN oVer some of the ga^s might 
not be a bad idea. Woly,. 



'THE MARCH Of CHAMPIONS' 

.Sportlidht 

9. Mlns. 

Tinies, Mow York 

Paramount 

Presented with: . an admirable 
sense, of showmanship by .Grantla.hd 
Rice who does the offscreen descrip- 
tive chatter, this statistical record 
in celluloid of certairi outstanding 
sport personalities should prove of 
fulfilling interest on any program. 

Of all the spot-ts heroes' shoWh, 
Babe -Ruth for the fleeting glimpse 
allowed of him as he hits a home 
run, makes the biggest Impression. 

Among other such .. sports heroes 
are shown as Jack Dempsey, Gene 
Tunney, Bill Tilden, Bobby Jones. 
Red Grange, the late Knute Rockne 
and his. Four Horsemen, Helen Wills, 
Glenria Collett, Johnny WeismuUer, 
Bobby Jones and ■ Gertrude Ederle. 

Photography : okay all the way. and 
Rice himself is sequenced both be-: 
fore Q^nd after for customers to 
glimpse in closeiip. Shan, 



Kauf. 



SIMPLE TAILOR 

(RUSSIAN MADE) 
(Silent) 

Wuticu Production and Amklno release 
In the V. S. Musical sound track synced 
la New York, plus English tlUes, but no 
dialog. Directed toy V; Vllner: "cenarlo. B, 
LazuriDEa At the Acme, N; Y.. week Feb, 
17. Banning time 70 mlns. 

Motele Splndler I. Mlndlln 

Rose (his sister) 

Shkliansky .....>.;... M. Llarov 



c Amkirio has dug this one out of 
the flies and Is shipping it around 
on strength of the recent upgrade 
in grosses registered by Yiddish 
films, due largely to thei excellent 
trade that 'Laughter Through 
Tears,' a Soviet Yiddish talker Is 
getting. 'Simple Tailor' will not 
help the cause of Amkino Or Yid- 
dish films; it's pretty old-fashioned, 
and -has very little, to offer. ' 

It's a Yiddish story about a 
talor in Russia' who volunteers into 
the Russian army at the beginning 
of the war and how terribly thei 
soldiers and plutocrats treated his 
family and himsell: as a result. 
Blatant propaganda against the 
upper classes that existed in Rus- 
sia in those days (sic) it Is not 
for a moment subtle. Has a few 
laughs, but hot enough to make up 
for its lack of erudition. 

Photography is nothing to brag 
about, and that's unusual in Russ 
pics. Kauf. 

LONG LOST FATHER 

RKO production and release, eUrrlng 
John Barry more. Prom the novel, by G. 
B. Stem, directed by Emeet B. Schpedsack 
Helen Chandler and Donald Cook fea- 
tured. Screen play by Dwlght Taylor; 
camera. Nick Musuraca. At the. Roxy. «. 
Y., week Feb- 16. Running tlm6 02 mlns. 

1 Carl Bell''".... John Parrymore 

Llndsey Lane. ;...;......;. Helen Chandler 

Bill Strong .i,..,.... . ;Dpnald Cook 

Tony Cteldl ng............ ..^ . JauLMOwbray 



'HONEYMOON HOTEL' 
Cartoon in Cinecolor 
7 Mins. 

Loew's New York; 

Vttaphone 

Hemipters are among the banes 
of human existence^ Scientists and 
entomologists, as a rule, are tho.se 
who are only interested about them. 
In 'Honeymoon Hotel,' however, 
rSmall-rCFUstaceans-and-entomostra^ — 
cans are sliown in Oolor and pro- 
vided with human simulations. 
They dance and sing and even ro- 
mance amid quaintly drawn struc- 
tures and settings of pumpkins, 
mouse traps arid vegetation. It's 
all interesting and humorous cari- 
cature of ihsect life, really a bug- 
house fable, tastefully produced 
ahd colorfully presented. 

The title of this short subject,, of 
course, is drawn from one of the 
more successful Warner musicals 
of the past season. This tune, 
'Honeymoon Hotel,' not only pro- 
vides the underlying theme of the 
short but very aptly provides the 
rythmic pitch for the heteropterous 
h.emiptetous gyrations, of a score 
or more of arachnids. 

Leon Schleslnger has been pro- 
ducing a good series of black 
and white bugology sketches among 
others through Warner Bros, re-- 
lease for some timei In 'Honey- 
moon Sotel,' he reaches a peak. 

•This Is one of the most interest- 
ing and unique cartoons he has 
made. Undoubtedly Schleslnger has 
devoted considerable time and ex- 
pense 'In perfecting it to such a 
high degree of quality. 

There Is the lurking thought, how- 
ever, that perhaps this one subject 
Is only an experiment, tf it is an ex- 
periment it should satisfy the mak- 
ers that good humorous and inter- 
esting cartoons in color is not an 
exclusive right. Shan, 



romantic lure and actlbii interest to 
warraht extended comment. 

The title Is an obvious one, of 
course, and tips the yarn. The yarn 
Is mostly uninterestlnga BarrymOre 
open^ as a manager for Liondbn 
nitery to Which, after certain talky 
events, his iong lost daughter shows 
up as a performer. A young Amer- 
ican loves her/ but for no logical \ 
reason she hops oiCE on a crazy spree 
Everything Winds 



Inspector. 



.an muw.,.-, , w^th a bad egg: _ 
TClirade^^liiir^^l T3 Jtay^bffcausB-^Borry more s -paternal 

Instinct comes to his daughtere'Ald 
Ii» lending his name to this opus, I In the nick of time. She is Charged 
I John Barrymore undoubtedly hands with theft and he skins a pal to 
it a little prestige, but hardly "If^^'^^P ^ „,ght club 

»0Ugh.-to-TOatt6rTr—The-pIctur-e-i8-a^l-perf6rmer-and Donald Cook as - the 
third-rater, needing support badly, hero arc both wrongly cast. 
It's not only badly made but it is motography is dull and the dla- 
too deficient In basic elements of I 



log ditto. 



Shan, 



18 



VARIETY 



Tuesday, February 27, 1934 

' I ' — ■■ 





• . . as the thieving, 
lying, praying hell- 
cat of the hills 
whose love set fire 
to the mountains, 

. , . an inspired perfor' 
mance by the amazing 
Hepburn! 





FROM THE PLAY 

"TRIGGER" 

BY LU LA VOLLMER 

A PANDRO S. BERMAN 
PRODUCTION 

RKO-RADIO PICTURE 
MERIAN C. COOPER 
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER 



ALWAYS 

PAT HE 




FIRST AND 
FOREMOST 1 



iUD A 



ROBERT YOUNG RALPH BELLAMY... MARTHA SLEEPER 

DIRECTED BY JOHN CROMWELL 



Tuesday, February 27, 1934 



PIC¥aRES 



VARIETY 



19 




By Epes W\ Sargent 



HoUywood-Plns 

Fort. Wayne. 

Hollywood premier Btunt which 
was directed nicely at Emboyd the- 
atre for "FaBhlon Follies of 1934/ 
Bob Burns- In from Chlcagqi:. help-p 
iiiS A. J-. Kalberer on general pub- 
licity. Main Idea tied in with Wolf 
&. Dessauer department store for 
costumes/ colfCures>. etc. The^ a 
wide, canvas was rnado of the town; 
"to uncover star doublesi . 

Ptir tlcular slant here . wh Ich . -got 
laughs was the way In; which some 
of the Impersonations w^re played 
■Up. Mae West arrived in police car 
with motorcycle escort; Johnny 
Welsmiuller, decked out in a leopard 
loin cloth; made a spirited dash 
through lobby; Garbo grunted much 
to the enjoyment of the side- Walk 
fans; Dietrich in tuxedo accompan-. 
ied by two plain clothesmen;. Laurel 
& Hardy pushing each other; a Blnig 
Crosby crooning at each and every 
suggestion before the microphone; 
Katherlne Hepburn, leading three 
little women In; Cagney lamnilng It 
on two blondes and last. but. not 
least someone Impersonating @ally 
Rand, . 

Fashion show on stage foUoWeq, 
^ tnidnlght preview of. feature attrac- 
tion. Premier stunt camie off -at 9 
o'blbck with the .'starsV arriving in 
a fleet of hew spring models. 



Progressive Tctaser 

For the advance on 'Catherine the 
Great/- U. A. took spacoiln the N. T. 
dailies for a progressive teaser. 
Opened A ith.' an .oblong' suggestlnjf. 
benday with three white =pajiels. In 
the lower panel Was the Word 
'great.' No other .text of any. kind. 
Second day the middle space car- 
ried 'the/ and on tlie third the full 
title appea.red. 

With so much, being said In other 
columns, about the play, it was an 
open secret from the first, but most 
persons were Inclined to admire 
themselves for their cleverness,, so 
the space had greater advertising 
value' thain the usual blurb. No real 
value as a teaser, perhaps, but a. 
grreat build-up, which was the Im- 
portant thing. 

This handles the situation more 
neatly than the omitted letters and 
hold£» value to the thing being ad- 
vertised more closely than the 
straight teaser. And there Js always 
danger that someone else may steal 
the anonymous space. . 

That happened, once In I«few York 
after thousands of dollar^ had been 
spent In a build-up. Fitted a stand- 
ard bran4' (SO patly that the makers 
swiped it, and only the Insiders ever 
learned that the concern paying . for 
the space never got a penny's value 
from it. 



Easter: Hats 

. Today is the'titxie to Jump In on 
the jnilliners :to tie to the;, Easter 
bonnets. This should.' be good for 
at least two weeks of window dress- 
ing and store stunts, Including a 
contest for the prettiest: home 
trimmed hat, this to Jbe decided at 
the theatre early In ^ Easter week. 
Make the pirlzes of sufficient value 
to drag out 'the ideas and sell the 
women in general the Idea of com^ 
Ing aTnd getting some, new slants on 
bohtaets. Best plan < to handle the 
idea is to provide a . screen behind 
which the contestants stand With 
bhly the face and hat showing, to 
permit concentration oh the top^ 

.Varliant of this idea Is the offer 
of .a ntilllner to build a hat accord- 
ing to the most Interesting sketch 
turcied In by tne Monday.:, of Holy 
Week. 

Windows should be largely pic- 
torial displays of. stars wearing 
hiats with , possible copies offered for 
sale. There Is also a good* opening 
for. cards suggesting that the latest 
models can be seen in the plays 
designated. Sometimes a store can 
be hooked tp the purchEtse of tickets 
to. be. given With' each hat sale, per- 
haps, allowing a discount, for the 
biilk- ticket sale. 

Mei^'s hats can . also" be made to 
hook In, islnce many wlir watit new 
hats for. Easter, but Unless the stores 
a,re quick to co-operate, better isave 
the! masculine head caterers for the 
straw hat season. 



Quiz Department 

There's a chance for a good velleid 
. advertiSemehtL in a quiz department, 
laid off to a, newspaper and run 
along the usual, lines of thb 'What 
do you • know?* departments now 
favored by many papers. 

Four out of each set of five ques- 
tions are on general topics and 
widely varied between geography, 
history, industrials, but there Is one 
question In each group relating to 
the current film or some coming 
feature, phrased to suggest a gen- 
eral InformatK-n question such as 
"What 19 the rame of the ncttees 
who plays. the lead in 'Cradle Song?' 
What is the nationality of Anna 
Sten, the new picture star?' Some- 
times there Is a more direct hook- 
up as 'Name three recent plays In 
which Ruth Chatterton, now at thie 
Gotham, has been seen.' 

House contributes two tickets a 
day for prizesj .the newspaper han- 
dling the decisions and awarding 
•the prizes, Infei'cntlal . advertising, 
but the manager finds from the 
questions asked of him .that- the In- 
terest is widespread. When thoy 
stop, asking him questions, he's go- 
ing to. cut off the tickets,. 

Guest Tickets 

Frequently managers piit on some 
lobby stuiit whereby a few persons 
may receive free tickets, .Often 
these gags are business : builders. 
One man, however* started . in to 
figure things out. He hated to see 
actual . money walk into his . lobby 
and walk out again, so, now, the free 
tickets, when he uses one of these 
stunts, is for ipome other perform- 
ance; gerierallj' the following pic- 
ture. 

Ke argues that he stands a chance 
of getting the recii^lent back more 
quickly tlian If the patron merely 
has the money saved from the cur- 
rent showing. A pass is still a pass, 
and the man or woman wi.th a free 
ducat wants to use it; generally 
bringing in one or more. paid, tickets. 

=Jn^any^.e.vciit- he'fl-s ure^of Jiis ._30c. 
the night of the' showing; mu.ch 
more certain than he would be of 
Ketllng the money for the nt»xt fea- 
ture, so ail of his presentation 
tickets are for some future date. 

.Seyns.._to__be.__ax^ept^]e_ his 

patrons, "and by sbme'everi preTefroU' 
to the immediate giicst admlssioa. 
Doesn't makft a maik^d cash differ- 
fnco. hut dollars nrb dollars thfso 
d.l.vs rven If thf-y'rc \v(irUi oiily <'0('. 



Ba^io Lessons 

Small timer in town With , a one- 
lung radio atatioh, has .found some- 
thing that for the moment is beatr 
ihg the old dancing .school idea. 
Part" of - the kid matinee Saturday 
mornings is devoted to a lesison be- 
fore the mike, with the youngsters 
taking their turns as pupils and 
either singing or recitliig. -Mike is 
hooked to. a loudspeaker at the rear 
of the -hall .and the kids are:. coached 
by the program director from the 
station; ' This is a° free hook-up, the 
director .. now and then spotting 
voices that will suffice to .fill In a 
half hour. NO pay for .the kids and 
they are distinctly told they're too 
young, but each mother has hopes. 

Children a,re nised' by the station 
for one period a week and so much 
Interest has been aroused the sta- 
tion has been able to sell off several 
1.00 word announcements during the 
period. ' Mostly to jsell children's 
needs, but the mothers are all list- 
ehing in to See if Samuiy- is beating 
their , own little Johnny, or whoever 
It may be. ' 

Coaching Is on the, level, with the 
other" children learning from what 
they hear, and there are hopes that 

tri--^jnriA gnmo tnlftnf mn.y hn «^PYft1- 



opied. - No 'Baby Rose Maries in the 
bunchy but Some may grow into it, 
and that's what makes the' gag at- 
tractive. 



Bridge Gags 



. Manag'er in a section wl^ere bridge 
is almost a disease has a good trade 
bringer that costs little and yields 
capital results. Each Thursday lie 
distributes, small . envelopes contain- 
ing a bridge* problem, most of which 
are figured but for him by a local 
expert. The following week the. so 
lutlon is flashed on the screen. No 
prizes or contest of any ° sort. If 
you want to work, on the Idea you 
can find the answer— and get a new 
problem — the following Thursday, 
Just that. 

He reports that his reason for 
believing it works is a better than 
former buslniess those nights and 
the fact that so many women come 
without escorts. Figures that it's 
the girl's .night out and the nomi- 
:nal 'head Of the house has to stay 
home with the kids- -while the real 
boss sliiJS around to the theatre for 
the ahs-vver and a new headache. 

Same man is planning a series, of 
morning talks on bridge through 
liont. Will use a short on bridge 
arid a lecture followed by a quizz 
and discussion; 

Too late to. use that scheme this 
season, but there's a ;siiggestion in 
the fact the same exhlb plans, to 
bring: back the. Bbbby Jones pic- 
tures about time the grass starts to 
grow on the links; That wIU be on 
a Tuesda.y night, to . give the; diads 
'a chance. 



M-G New Presi Books 

starting With 'Going Hollywood' 
Metro -Goldwyn has instituted .a 
new style press book; an improve- 
ment all down the line. Have added 
.color-print for many o£ the poster 
Illustrations and have added a col- 
brtype cover, usually the illustra-. 
tion of the window card. Have 
aW(:^"niW<»~frd"^dTyato 
rial throughout.- 

Previously aictro book? were ac- 
knowledgely the cheapest and poor- 
est of the press books, running reg- 
ularly to a skimp ciKht-page setup 
■\\-mi" nrrrTi-lovTind - w j t h -skct-i?hy-mfl:- 
te-rlal throughout. Only on the few 
.■specials of Uif; yenr and MpUo como 
throuKli 'Willi a moj-*» fxl<'Tisivc 



Vo Aerial Sinch, 

Reading. Pa. 

Too. genial cops ruined some good 
publicity for Ain Suzanne^* at 
Wilmer & Vincent's Embatssy. 

An aviator with a big lettered 
trailer streaming the niame . of . .tiiie 
picture across the sky flew as low 
both across the cHy and the suburbs 
that if there's anything in the law 
against flying . low over 'cities br 
towns he could have been pinched a 
dozen times. However, the cops 
thought it was just a pretty exhlbl-. 
tion of flying, and let it.go at that. 
There was no arrest^ ttitd :therefore, 
no police court or other legal pub- 
licity for 'Suzanne.' " 

Good Front 

Bernstein Theatres sends over 
Its announcement for the opening 
of the : hew I Granada theatre, Maid- 
stone, England; It's a nice-looking 
turnout, delnohstrating. again the 
advancement our. Brltlsii cousins 
have made in the. past decade. 

It's a six-pager On light card, the 
excess sheet folded over to make a 
front .i>age showing a Spanish, ac- 
cbrdlOnlst with 'Senores! Senorltas' 
above and below the .figure. .Lif ting, 
this sheet the accordion is cut 
away to display the legend 'the 
wonder theatre of Kent/ .Openitiig: 
still further shows a charcoal 
sketch Of the .interior with the 
legend as . above In icblor. The side 
pages are devoted to chat . about 
the', house, smartly i>re6ented, and 
the back piage shows the public 
service lines running into town .and 
a'blrdseye photo of the town itself 
showing the. proximity Of the the- 
atre - to the bus station and the 
parking lot. 

Neatly .done, ' in., gbod taste and 
solid iargitiment. 



Animal Stuff 

The 'This is no bull* and the jack- 
ass have made thousands of dollars 
for exhibitors from Times Squaie to 
the uttermost : ends, but .ah ,^xbib 
fbund a new angle when he put out 
a led goose bannered with.: 'Don't be 
a gbose. See /Duck Soup' &t the 
Arcade l>ef ore Saturday night.' 

Bird was bn a ribbon leash and 
was led by a,n attractive gobse girl 
who handed but heralds on the pic- 
ture. Now and then, to make it 
Interesting, she faked an escape of 
the goose and made a lot. of racket 
trying to recapture it, oh one occa- 
sion being helped by a bank ..presi- 
dent.. 

Led animals are always an attrac- 
tion, and the g;oose gives opportui- 
hlfy to substitute an attractive girl 
fbr the usuial male chaperbne of the 
four-rfobted stock. 

Variant of the idea is a dbg bn a 
leash blanketed 'Doggone if I 

Wouldn't like to. see 

myself,' the blank being filled In 
with the name Of the attraction. 
The better vlooklng the dog and its 
companion, the better the effect, 
particularly In -the larger places. 



YFW Bally 

Des Molnes; , 
:. Hale Cavariagh, manager RKO 
Orpheum, brought 'Forgotten Men' 
in for five days and placed it under 
auspices of Veterans bf Foreign 
Wars, which meant a paradb in thb 
loop every evening, with: the. baind 
from Fort Des Moines and all local 
patriotic units and organizations 
participating. The town likes noth- 
ing better than following a uni- 
formed band for' blocks and even a 
fife and drum will stop traffic any 
time. It was a natural for a big 
George Washington bpenlng. 



Local Critics 

New York city.. 

An an did In establishing what Is 
referred to as 'ideal .fairilly ehter- 
talnmerit,' M, J. Baranco, manager 
of the Audubon Theatre, is ihvitins 
civic leaders and other local not- 
ables in the Washington Heights, 
section to sit in oh Special previews 
of the house's presentations^. . Laud- 
atory comments bf the local -belebs 
on the showa after theli' 'editing' 
are advertised,, a la those of. the 
newspaper critids. . 

Stunt works well -both .Ways. The 
local celebs like to. be .called upon 
for th Id service, as ah indication bf 
their standing In the community. 
Theatre getting . a lot of publicity 
and gehuine gbod wUl for its self- 
appointed task in assuring the .fit- 
ness bf its shbws for the entire 
fairiily. 



For tlie Girls 



For 'Christina' 

Co-operating With a furniture or 
depa.rtment .store, a theatre might 
draw even more femmes to 'Queen , 
f^hflstiha' by hbldlhg an exhibit of 
■Mluplicates of the furniture used 
alike in picture and In homes today. 
Women are all potential interior 
decorators. 

And a Garbo style ishow. In the 
lobby a week, before showing this 
film, or during the showing, should 
fascinate the femmes. Somehow or 
Other the same collars and cuffs 
and siame' type of evening dress 
Garbo wears, in the feature- is 
modish just now. Even the wide 
brimmed, mannish hats, such as 
Garbo flashes, are popular. 




Salt liake City^ 
Ray Hendry, .manager of Capitol, 
moves up to theatres supervisor, in 
charge bf management and adver 
tising for entire L.. Marcus string of 
Utah and Idaho . houses, according 
to. announcement by Harry DaVid, 
general niahager. Hendry replaced 
in capitol by Claire 'Woods, resigned 
manager of Colorado theatre,. 
Pueblo. 



Rochester^ 
Cad9ret, Comerford 



William H, 
city manager, moving his ofllces to 
tlie Regent theatre building. John 
Cobb will come with him from the 

iirJ7 



'CapltoT as hoiise . manager, 
O'Neill wiU ihove over to the Cen- 
tury and Assistant Manager Bob 
Quackenmire will go to the . Cap as 
house manager. 

Manager Harry Royster. stays 
three more weeks at the Century 
and then to Par offices in New Tork 
for assignment. 



Charlotte, N. C. 
iFire destroyed the Sanders build- 
ing at Smithfield, housing a picture 

^jhJiMtra that aoa ta 650. Losa SiOO.OOO 



Davenport, la. 
The "Garden theatre involved in 
mortgage forclos'ure action for ^17,- 
000, the iactibn affecting the prop- 
erty, the 'Union Savings Bank ask- 
ing the appointment of a receiver 
to protect claims of the bank. The 
claim Is against A. H.'and Ann R. 
Blank and Helen D. and li. H. 
Cramer. Notes and mbrtgage, 
which orlglqally amounted to $70,- 
000, bear the date of June 10, 1918. 

Rlalto purchased, by Lawrence 
and John Brlchetto, and will be 
known , as the Crystal. Brichettos 
also own the Ritz. 



Canton, O, 
G. B. Odium, former Palace man- 
ager, has been named manager of 
the annual Canton Automobile 
Show, 

C. J. 'Vogel and George Davis, have 
leased the . Gra,nd theatre ' at "West 
Tarentiim, Pa., from WHUam W. 
Clark. They operate In, several up- 
per Ohio valley" towns. 

Bill Schell, who hM been xnah- 
ager of the Warioier Bros, Kenyon 
In Pittsburgh, has been transferred 
to the Ambrldge, Ambridge, Pa. 

C. J. Vogel of the I^iserty Amuse- 
ment Co., Pittsburgh, operating sev- 
eral small houses m Ohio and westl- 
em Pennsylvania towns, plans to 
remodel the house at Chester, W, 
Va., in the spring. 



Oklahoma : City. 
Moving Picture Machine Opera- 
tors Local 380, Oklahoma City, 
elected following officers at last 
meeting. Beet Bell, president; M. 
iA+^RImmle,=v;lce-pjjBsldeJit;^J?£rllll 
Parks, secretary* W. R. White, 
treasurer; Hy Berling, business 
agent; Jack .I^eyton, sergcant-at- 
arms; Inio Bucles, Harry Baker and 
George Adams, trustees. 



Milwaukee. 
Al Davis, exchange manager here 
fii)' Fox, Hhifts to I'hiladHphia I'"ox 
6 loe. 



Farmlngtori* la. 
Charles ' Jerinlngs, Columbus, .has 
acquired the Farmlngton theatre 
from Robert Brown arid will con- 
tinue operation. 



, New York.. 
Manhattan. Playhousei?, .which had 
a booking arrangement with Samuel 
Friedman regarding the other's two 
houses, Reguh and the Jewel, has 
taken over the . pair of theatres and 
will operate them In their -entirety. 



Rlalto . theatre, new Greensboro, 
plctiire hbuse, opened Feb, 23. 

Plans for rebuilding condemned 
Ashevllle city auditorium into mod- 
ern theatre-auditorium at estimated 
cost of $78,938 placed before Ash^ 
ville city council as CWA project. 



Chicago. 

-^en Rloomfield moves as manager 
bf B. & K. Oriental to the loop Mc 
Vickers. Charles Cottle comes into 
the Oriental from the south side 
Tivoli. 



Newark. 

Changes in the Warner Organiza- 
tion include Robert Lytell from as- 
sistant in the adviertlslng depart- 
ment to assistant manager of the 
P^ablan, Hoboken. Harry Vlsel re- 
places Lytell In advertising. Frank 
Holler from Ritz, Jersey City, to 
Roosevelt, Union City, replacing 
Geor»:e Allison. Artie Mafredonla 
from assistant at. the Fabian, Ho- 
boken, to . manage the Ritz, J.. C. 



Jdc 
dark. 



Steed's 



Birmingham. 
Norwood has gone 



I/Incoln. 

lA'TSE local election places Hatry 
Miller as president; Roy McGraw, 
y.p... Homer Hbtchkiss, delegate and 
M. F. 'Buza' Dewey, buslriess agent. 



, Seattle... 

Evergreen has reilnqulshed Holly 
theatre, ,Eugene, Ore., to George 
Hunt, who also operates Rialto and 
Criterion thiere. 

Moary Foiadare new manager at 
Liberty, Portland, for Evergreen 
theatres; being transferred from 
Wonatchee, where Marc Bowman 
handles the two Evergreen houses. 



Reading, Pa. , 
Stock in four Reading theatres 
could h ave been sbld at the prevail - 
infr market price, without loss, says 
Charles H. Weidneer^ attorney fbr 
Wiirner Bro.s. Theatres, Inc., filing 
an an.<?wfirT^to==a=sult=;brought-=hereT 
afjain.st the Warners by Triangle 
Erjtcrpri.ses, Inc., a theatre owning 
company, to recover .$7,'861. Triangle 
a.'-.serted that the Warners failed to 
deliver stock for four theatres here 



suited. The Warners deny the claim 
nnd .«<ay the shares could have bor-n 
sold without, lo.s.s, The ca.sft will be 
tri^fl by Jury in March court. 



Make 'Cm Sing 

Real or 'prop^ micrbplione might 
be set Up in the lobby for 'Sing and 
Likji It.' Advance news, publicity 
releases . and., ads could let it be 
known .tiiat any girl, or woman. . Who 
would step up. to the microphone 
and sliig one chorus of any song 
from the. picture would be admitted 
gratis. 

A radio .bontest might. have .the 
femmes striving to imitate Zasu 
Pitts' rendition of the sentimental 
mother song In this picture. 

With Flowers 

With the scene in mind where 
Ramon Novarro. sends Charles But- 
terworth. In. 'Cat and the f^lddle,* 
otit to gather roses for his sweet> 
heart. (Jeanette MacDonald),. girls 
arid women lea'ving a, club meeting, 
cooking school or even the theatre 
that will later show the plcftrre. 
might be handed a real or artificial 
rose bearing a. tag having the name 
of .the . co-operating florist and read- 
'FrtJni-JBanette-MacBoiraia-w'ho — 
you to. see . her- in- 'The Cat 



rng, 
urges 

and the Fiddle' at the theatre. 

Or, since music teaching is im- 
portantly wound Up with the plot of 
this release, feminine music teach- 
ers might be Interested in sending 
their, pupils to see the film If a 
chatty note, signed with Jeanette. 
MacDonald's Signature, be sent to 
them. 



Millinery Contest 

Milliners', association might spon^ 
sor a contest to reproduce duplicates 
of Jeanette MacDonald's pert pan- 
cake hat, trimmed . with feather 
touches, wbrn Iii 'Cat and the 
Fiddle.' Nothing to the making of it 
and for. that reason night school 
and high school millinery olasses 
might be intrigued with cbntest. Idea. 

With hat and placard. Identifying 
It in every milliner's window before 
film arrives, and entries exhibited 
In lobby or foyer of theatre, women 
should take wtgrmly to advertising 
the-little -super-beret on their own 
heads. 



'Harold. Teen' Sweaters 

High school girls, who wear 
sweaters hiabitually, should like the 
chance to purchase a duplicate; of 
the white, dark-abound, slip-over 
sweater siich as Is worn by the glrls 
In ' 'Harpld Teen/ Shop br depart- 
riierit store could advertise and give 
a window display. 

Chaplin Aids Pertwee 

. .Hollywood, Feb. 26. 
.I*re/Scott Chaplin, recently at Parr 
amount in 'Search for' Beauty,' goes 
to Columbia to work on the. script 
of an untitled yarn for jCarole Lom- 
bard. 

Cbllablng with Roland Pertwee, 
who concocted the orlg. 



mOORPORATE PHOTOG HBM 

Hollywood, Feb, 26. 
_ R.C.M. Productions, inc., has been 
incorporated^^by Ji'0"'CTyieTcer, J^r 
Van Bevereri and James Hahd- 



schiegl, 

Mercer ha« hoeh doing trick pho- 
tography aiid .'••poclal effects, for in- 



new organization Is to develop this 
flfld and provido for a wider scope 
of activity. 



VARIETY 



Tuesday, February 27, 1934 



PYTHON CAPTURES BUCK! 




The.a)x>ve drawing is one of a jperies by the famous artist J. 
Clinton Shepherd, sketched from an actual "frame" in the film 
'''Wild Cargo". There's no time for "stills'* in 'a world full of 
thriifsl 



The "man bites dog" story of newspaper tradition gets a new twist 
in the jungle when a 30-foot python attacks and captures Frank Buck, 
wrapping the man who brings 'em back alive in his death-dealing 
coils. Emergencies like this, however, are all in the day's work for this 
daring adventurer whose occupation is at once the most hazardous 
and fascinating of any man alive, for it seems that regardless of how 
ifigffiy m(Sirpeitetra 
thrills for Frank Buck. 

FRA NK! BUCK'S J'^WIL IT CARGO" 

Vail Beuren PtCKft^ F^adio Picture 

Directed t^y ^rmand Deni^ 

COMING SOON! 




Tuesday, February 27, 1934 



Morality Defense on Block Booking 



Can exhibitors censor their own bookinjgs and break the prover- 
bial block because they consider certain pictures, regardiegs of in- 
dustry and censor attitudes, immoral? And is the acknowledged_ 
elasticity of the Hays moral code, plus the fact that It Is beln& ig- 
hor6d by a portion of the Industry, sufficient to engender theise 
formulas In such a contract action? 

These are some of the questions which have arisen sinde a little 
ezhibitot in West Virginia won «. lower court decision by listing, 
aiuong his allegations, the charge that he did iiot play 10 features 
of a major company because he considered they were Immoral; That 
defense wa^8 sustained legally. 

The Hays Code, according to the record, while four years old, 
has not as yet h£id the occasion to stiand test In any court. Attorr 
neys for the rnajors contend that any Judge Would refuse to ad- 
xnit It into a contract action on the staid grounds of irrelevancy 
and imniateriallsm. This, they l?elieve, would hold even if ah ex- 
hibitor attempted to brlrife the code ihtO: court ^or interpretation 
as to his charges of immorality for the contract breach. 

The picture, laWyers hold, is the| best evidence. In other mia.jor 
circles this answer is augmented by claims that the public would 
have something to say and that eyery nine and a half major fea- 
- tures bear the endorsement of that public. 

In regard to any, -hypothetical Issue' involving the «ode major 
spokesmen, conceding that clauses now lend themselves to various 
interpretations, insist that there is no intention on th^e part of the 
companies to make self -censorship, literally foolproof by adopting 
specific and lengthy deianitlons goy^rnlnis interpretations each 

clause. . ■ 

They stress, as best argumeiit for cpntinuing the clauses, the 
comparatively little shelvlnjg of pictures by censors since the code 
became effective. Indirectly they feel that -heir own specialists, 
men who devote all of their tinie to picture moraiity frpm the inter- 
national viewpoint, are in a better position to ihterpr^t what's good 
and bad than a slhgfe theatre owner. 

As for exhibitors who feiel that the West Virginia deciision Is a 
i»eW key to contract breaking or the elimination of block booking, 
major spokesmen remind that such is the Judgment of only one 
court, which is now being appealed. 



WB Ms Tashions' Pic 
To RKO, Away From Loew 

Although Loew has the Warner 
product for Greater New York..fQl=-. 
lowing Warners' own Strand^ first 
runner, RKO Is to get 'Fashions of 
1934/ Circuit starts it in Greater 

New York March 9. . 

RICO approached WB on "Fash- 
ions' after playing the picture in 
two out-of-town situations and 
Warners obtained a irelease from 
lioew. 





WIRE HAYS ON 
TAX TIFF 



Shifts in RKO Executive Posts 
And Titles Chiefly Technical 



Creditors, Instead of the Trustees, 
Win Arrange Plan for Par's Reorg. 



of reorganization for 
Paramount Publix to take It out of 
the bankrupt state and pliace it un- 
der the wing of a hew- compainy .will 
formulated by the creditors 
thro.ugh their various committees, 
rather than by the trustees wht> are 
reported anxious to preserve their 
position strictly as agents of the 
court in adihinistering to the com- 
pany under bankruptcy. 

Understanding is that while the 
trustees expect a,, reorganization 
plan shortly, they ate taking no 
hand in forcing it nor its forma- 
tion. Instead of projecting them- 
selves Into Paramount on reorgan- 
ization. Inference is that the trustee 
trio, Charles D. Hilles, Charles E. 
Richardson and Eugene W. lieake, 
will prefer to take a position that 
may be considered as strictly neu- 
tral. By such :a stand, with a 
hahds-off policy oh development of 
plans looking to a reorganized Para- 
mount and, a subsequent discharge 
of the bankruptcy over the parent 
company, the trio will be waYdlng 
off chances of attacks against reor- 
ganization Itself. 

It is. estimated that by the end of 
May some reorganizational plan 
should be ready for consideration- 
If the various groups which w;ill bie. 
looked to for a plan of sonie kind, 
including creditor, bondholder and 
stockholder committees, have worked 
out something among themselves by 
that time, or even later, It will go 
direct to the courts for considera- 
tion. 

As tr'uistees of thei ba.rikrupt es- 
tate, itrwW^^t^^^ 

Richardson and Leake as a trio to 
offer an opinion, either in approval 
or disapproval, as representatives 
of the court. There ia no indica 
tion Just how soon the .various cred 
itox: committees may get together 
but each is closely Studying; the. sit 
uation and thinking it over. On.e 
presumption is that, ICuhn, Loeh. 
which has been surveying the 
Paramount situation, may have . a 
plan of its own for presentation to 
other groups.. These bankers are 
said to be acting Independently, 
formulating Its thoughts and plans 
away froni Paramount, particularly 
the trustees. 

Meanwhile, the Hllles-Richardison 
Leake trio Is moving rapidly in its 
bankruptcy adminlstratiort, straight 
enlng out affairs of the company 
so that a reorganization of some 
kind may be possible. The U. S 
Supreme Court decision nullifying 
fUIufe^-relvtr""aTTd 
broken leases has. pa;rtlcularly 
speeded things up, but it Js still 
viitually certain that therie wilt be 
some litigation under certain leases 
-slnce-^-they— v^r-y -so much In. nature. 
. and circumstance^. 

Hvhilo ri niajoi'ity of reorganlza- 
tlori wi.rk by the trustees has al 



Labor's Big L A. Pnsfa 



Holly Wood, Feb. 
Girding for whatsis described as 
•The most ihtenslve wfganlzation 
campaign in its history,': labor will 
stage a monster meeting at. .Labor 
"Temple Thursday (1). 

Part of the National A:P.L. drive, 
local campaign is first intensive 
effort towards organization in tradi- 
tionally open shop L. A. for several 
decades. 



Secirel Hays Powwow 
And Then the Boys 
Pack Thehr Cases 



Will Hays' first day back in the 
office after an ilhiess starting on tlie 
Coaist was the signal for activity 
First of all Hays sent out for some 
logs, he being the only film man 
with a srate in his offiiQe burning 
only natural wood. 

While picture headquarters was 
taking on the color of an Indiana 
woodshed Hays summoned all his 
boys together in a locked, room 
They remained whispering, for over 
one hour. After It broke up Dave 
Palfry man. hurriedly packed his bag 
en route for a sealed destination, 
reported to be Indianaipolls, At the 
same time Charlie PettiJohn packed 
his briefcase into an express bound 
for Columbus. 

All the ;exhibs,.;in. Ohio are con- 
claving today (Tuesday) the 
matter, of. taxation, especially the 
chance of open War with the big 
circuits. Pettljohn, representing the 
Hays: members, is hopeful of re 
turning with a,n armistice. 



Columbus, Feb. 2^. 
Emphatically denying any ulterior 
motives in withdrawing fronri the 
Hays organizatlbn and iasiserting 
that 'for the good of the entire In- 
dustry they tvere interested solely 
in the. complete repeal of all aidmiis- 
sion taxes,' the newly formed group 
of ihdepcshdent Theatre Owneris 6f 
Ohio (how over SOO members) wired 
to Will Hays on Fe^b. 23, comnxent- 
ing on last week's Vabibtt Story. 

The ..hew .association's officers 
were ■; especially aroused the 
statement that the maljor chain 
houses would fight the.indies out of 
business due to fact that indies 
were rtying .for Increased taxes on 
higher scaled admissions. .No truth 
to this in any form, the Indies as- 
serted. Tiiey further stated that 
Columbus attendance at first ruhs, 
where, prices were depressed, failed 
to gain, as claimed in story pub 
lisihed last week; Records show this 
true, and Loew*a Broad, where re- 
duced admishes were tried, is back 
and has ■ been- to old tops and hot- 
toms. 

Platform and policy and aims of 
the Indie association of Ohia are set 
forth ' as: TO repeal admisalon tax 
to plan, ways and means to abolish 
ail unfair percentage and preferred 
playing time demands, to protect the 
industry from all unfair legislation 
to protect members in matters per- 
taining to sound equipment patent 
litigation, to aibolish the score 
charge and music tax. 

Regional meetings are scheduled 
on March 1 Ih Toledo, March 2 in 
Lima, Mat'ch & in Dayton. March 9 
Ih Zanesvllle. March 12, la and 14 in 
Akron. YoUngstown and Steuben 
ville, with Cleveland, Cincinnati and 
Columbus meetings to follow. 

Officer^ of the association are: 
Martin G« Smith. Tbledo, president; 
Elmer Shard of Cincinnati and Sam 
E. Lind of ZanesviUe, v. p.'s; M. B. 
Horwitz of Cleveland, treasurer; 
and Pete Wood of Columbus, secre- 
tary. 



Canadian Theatre Men 
Oppose Sports' Movement 

Ottawa, Feb. 26. 
Canadian . Government is being 
Urged to create a Ministry of Sport.s 
and Recreation, with a special de- 
partmient to look after the athletic 
and amusement activities of the 
people. 

Theatre men look askance at the 
proposal, as they see in it a chance 
for the getting, up of more leglslar 
tive machinery which will do three 
tthingig at least: add to the cost of 
government; encpuragie sports in 
opposition to theatres, and establish 
a . lot of red tape * regulations in 
Avhich the theatres would become 
Involved sooner or later. 

The» place the sports ministry 
idea m the same category as the 
national theatre movement with 
more expense compulsion. 



Pix to Bring Up 




As to Ai 




A compromise is . icated ih the 
free air shows battle with film and 
legitimate theatres if radio admits 
no more free, spectators to broad - 
ciasts and charges an admission. 
Certain picture representatlvieia are 
willing to concede to radio as a box 
office competitor If the ether Is es- 
tablished on a professional, theatre 
basis as well as an Inter nilttent en ^ 
tertalner in the home. 

Hope of washing up the air com 
pleteiy from physical performances 
is abandoned by some of the Au- 
thority representatives designated 
to sit in the legit-fllms-radlo code 
conference scheduled for Washing 
ton March '6. 

The picture code wll play an im- 
portant part in the Washington 
conferences, the picture group be- 
ing, prepared td^ point to the prphi 
bltion of giveaways and passes and 
declaring that the same should pre- 
vail for a radio Which broadcasts 
before audiences. 



LEDERER'S IDEAS 

Won't Collect for Laying Off—Vi/o n't 
OK Routine Blurbs 



FOX-W.C. MULLS REORC. 
OF ITS N.W. SU6SDS 



Los Ahigeles; Feb. 26. 
Reorganization plaiis. for the Pa 
ciflc Northwest gubslds of Pox- West 
Coast and other properties in which 
the bankrupt circuit is financially 
interested virere alscufSsed at a two 
day session held here last week be- 
tween Spyros and Charles Skoura:s 
with Frank L. Newman; Al Finkel 
stein and Al Rosenberg who came 
down from SeattleVfor the powwow, 



Hollywood, Feb. 26. 
The eight, weeks' stay of Francis 
Lederer in 'Autumn Crocus,' legit 
play at the El, Capltan nearlng its 
end; it Is revealed that RKO'a im- 
port has been ofiC the .studio payroll 
al his requiEsst for t^^^^ 
Closing the ipcal run March 9, 
Lederer and company go to Frisco 
vv^ith prospects of staying there. 

Star says he has taken no picture 
salary for 10 We^ks and will not 
collect until RKO has a plcturje 
ready. 

Czech actor is at odds with the 
studio publicity department .l>eing 
in deadly earnest about his 'World 
peace crusade and; they wishing he'd 
stand for a line that he's finally 
fallen in love which he refuses to do 



K. C.'» Variety Club 

Kansas City, Feb. 26 
The. newly organized Variety 
Club 6f this city ,has started out 
I with 68 charter inembers and will 
hold .weekly meetings at a down- 
town hotel until permanent club- 
rooms are secured. Membership 
_wlll™be Jimlted._to. 



ready occurred, in obtaining relief 
under mortgages and bond issues, it 
is declared unnecessary that all of 
thls -Jcind jof work., on. thfi..pft.rt of 
the trustees be completed before 
creditors could advance a scheme 
for a reorganized Par. 



Officers of the new organization 
are president, Frank ,C. Hensler; 
Arthur Cole, C. A. Schultz, v. p.'s.; 
F. E. Ritter, sec,; Charles Shafer, 
treas. Board of djrector8:_ E. 
Rhoden, William '""WarhV,~'ilrwih 
Dublnsky, T. B. Thompson, Ralph 
I Libeau and Ia- J. McCarthy. 



Exhibs Can Almost 
See EyerTthmg in 
Fix Before Booking 



Minneapolis, Feb. 26, 
There's apparently a race on 
among local exchanges in the mat- 
ter of exhibitors' trade screenings. 
It's reaching the ' point Where tlie 
theatre owner has the chance to 
see on the screen nearly everything 
before he buys. 

United Artists , has. had the most 
screenings during the paist Week 
with Warners next. WB ia going 
out into various parts of the terri- 
tory to hold preylewia for exhibitors 
on March 6. 



i^bcent changers in; the titular 
sltipn.'j of RlvO .emcees' r|ecently An- 
nounced are said to have been made 
at the suggestion of Ben B. Kahane. 
Fact that public . announcement of 
the proposed shifts on the Coast, 
failed to hiefntion Kahane's part in 
the. contemplated changes, seems to 
have built up uncalled for conjec- 
ture all the way around. Kahari^ 
win probably return tP California 
the end of this week. 

Actually, Kahane. hasn't formally 
resigned as president of Radio Pic- 
tures, to which office J. Rv McDpn- 
ough succeeds, and .oflieially and 
technically he continues to be presi- . 
dent of the RKO distribution end 
aa well as the studio. 'The formal 
shift and change In' ppsitlons for 
Ned Pepinet, McDbhpugh, kalmne,. 
Merian C. Cooper arid Pandrd. S. 
Bermah ^yi^l be offocted with a 
Board meeting of RKO today 
(Tuesday) or tomorrow, according 
to accounts. 

McDohough, A. H- McCausland, 
Deplnct and Kahane arrived from 
the Coast Sunday (25). Definition 
of their futiire authority, for all, is 
expected, :.be discussed and de-r 
bided this week, including a new 
deal fpr, Kahane, 

Actually what prbnipted the shift 
in titlfi is that the original plan 
whereby Kahane was to ;lvave spent 
a definite part of his time in New 
York was never actually pUt into, 
effect, 

McDonpugh's elevation to the 
presidency of Radio Pictures is a 
technlca:! change as his position of 
executive v. p. of RKO and vice-' 
chairman of the Board of Radio 
Pictures already provided hint with- 
tlie authority oyer the picture com- 
•pany. , That was siet when' he first, 
came into RKO. 

Eastern Control of Stud i 
under the new alignment, how- 
ever, Kahaiie. will be a.ble to devote 
all his tinne to the Coast studlo. At 
the same time the shifts effect a 
closer financial control of studio op- 
erations ih'New York. That's some- 
thing RKO has long desired, With 
McDohough, heading actual opera- 
tions of RKO, M. H, Aylesworth, 
McDonough's chief, cah. now devote 
most of his time to financial re- 
organization pf RKO which is in 
the l offlng as receivership of the 
conipany is expected to be lifted 
this year, possibly by summer. 

Cooper as v. p. in charge of RKO 
prpductibn will be. top productipn 
executive under Kahane. on the 
Coast," but the burden of actual prp- 
ductioii will not be his so much as 
Pandro Berman's. 

The return.^ of Cooper to RlECb, In 
ah executive capacity, came 
through .the intervention of M, H. 
Aylesworth, RKO prexy. It had 
been previously planned for Cooper, 
following his recent exit ft^om the 
company as chief production exec, 
to come in as a unit producer with 
the contemplated unitization of the 
RKO studio. 



JOE COOZ SGSIFT HUDDLE 

Hollywood, Feb. 26. 
Gene Tow he and C. Grahanri 
Baker are en route to Chicago to. 
confefr with Joe Cook on yatn they" 
are writing- for .his first starring 
picture at Fpx. 



L. A. to N. Y. 

Edwin Carewe; 
Henry (iuttman. 
B. B. Kaharii^. 
J. R. McDonougii. 
Ned Deplniet. 
A, H. McCausland. 
O. C. Doerihg, 
Gordon Yellman, 

N. Y. to L. A. 

Russell Holman. 
Jeff Lazarus. 

Joe Weber — , . . ^ . — 



Jack Harvey. 
Milton Rai.<jori. 
Jcanette MacDo 
M. Marco. 
Joseph Bernhard. 
~"^ary~Mol:rrs." 
Bob Oillham. 
Ben B.. Kahan*'. 



COAST PHOTOGS PLAN 
COMPLETE CLEAN SWEEP 



Hollywood, Feb. 26. 
■ iSwlnglng:. into action on reprgan-. 
Ization plans of .ihternational Pho- 
tographers, Local 659, of the lATSE, 
a special steering committee of 80 
niet tonight (Monday) to get along 
with details whereby entire setup 
of the prganization . will be ^ re- 
Vamped and. the outfit .'cleaned of 
deadwood and former leaders -who 
no longer have the confidence of 
the rank and file o.f members. 

Tonight's, meeting was a star- 
chamber session in a hideaway hall 
and followed the first gathering of 
the stieering committee which, was 
held last Monday (19). 

Special representatives feel that 
early election should be called for 
hew officers, board directors and 
executive committee so that th© 
.slate can be lln«»d up. 

Fleming on 'Island' 

. Hollywood.. Feb. 26« 

Victor. Fl'.'nilnff la set to direct' 
'Troasiir.p Islainr for Metro, which 
Hunt Stromberg produces; Picture 
slated a.s a .special for the 1934-36 
profjrarri and eoes into production 
Tr'r-AT}'Pll'""wrtlr--Wallacc -Beery- an*- 
,Jacki'>. ('Dojii'v in top spots. 
Jolin Mahiri i.s scripting. 



VARIETY 



Tuesday, Fcbruaty 27, 1934 






YOUR 




"Solid gold entertauimeat. Qver-ruiimng with 
original and different' ahowniatfahip. Ohock full 
of entertmnment .eljementa* In many waya, it 
topa any one of itp' pired^cessorsv Story differs 
vividly from those iitilized in the previous pic* 
tures. Unusual entertainment made sensational." 

- M. P. Herai4. Feh, 17 



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See for yourself at the N. Y, Premiere 

HF^ehT-^iii^rr^or-at-W€i^ 
National Trade Exhibit Mar^h 6th, 

frith Kay Francis^ Dick Powell^ Dolores D(l Rio, At Jo/joti, 
Ricardo Cortex^, Hal LeRoy^ Guy Kibbee^ Hugh Herbert^ Ruth 
^ Donneliy^ Fifi D^O f jay ^ Louise Taxenda. Directed by Uoyd 
. Bacoft* Numbers created and directed by Busby Berkeley t 
A Fint National Picture* Fitagraph^ Inc. , Distributors, 



Tuesday, February 27, 1934 



P I C T ■ R E S 



yiRlETY 



23 



Music on the Screen 



NOTHING BUT CHEERS 
ACCORDING TO THE NW 



Croiiit apueai'B overdye for the orchestrators and musical con- 
ductors at the . picture studios on th^ work they are dplng. They 
play no \small part in almost every picture, and meanwhile have 
drawn little or no rfcpgnition. Any ..sort of a -pheck^up. will /reveal, 
that 90% of the film reviewers,, laity or trade, let alone the public, 
forget or Ignorie a score unless the release emphatsizes its melodies. 

There can he lio doubt that the boys handling the musical back- 
grounds for their studios have, as a whole, been doingr a- swell job. 
This is not only noticeable in the orchestrations they're providing, 
bill alao in their choice of instrumentation. You don't have, to 
see these .orchegti'.as to know , that there has befen no cheating on 
the. number of men employed or an jtttempt by those in charge 
to skip the tough spots. All you have to do is llsteui ahd if .there's 
a doubt then compare, the musical worknianshlp -In an average 
mitjor studio roldaso with thai of the newsreels. 

Helping pictures via music, of course, is hardly recent. It really 
traces back to 'The Birth of a Nation* and the score written for 
that first of the $2 features by Joseph Carl Brtel. No better 
score, incidoritally, has. slrice . been compiled for any film, jprqbably. 
only second to Briel's-woi-k for the 'Nation' was that for 'The Big 
Pai'fide' by David Mfendoza and William Axt, 'The Covered Wagon' 
and '.Wings' werie. other big- picturfes' to enjoy .exce|llent .musical' 
accompaniments, while among.'the more recent big releases 'Caval- 
cade' stands out on this aspect, But that's - not the point.. The 
achieveinent which .is worthy of current attention, 1^ that of 
orchestrators on their - wefek in and week out assignments. 

Goinjg back over re.cent month?, and keeping away from the 
straightymusicajs for the .mpmerit> the pictui'e which seems to be a 
shining example .for its musical score , is 'King -Kong' • (Radio), or- 
chestrated .by Max Steiner. Mempry and pllyslcal restrictions 
necessarily limit a summary on 'every picture which has come out 
of Hollywood in the. past six or eight months, but. It is logical to ■ 
presume that no regular release has contained a more ejppert .emp- .! 
tional biilidiip via music than 'iCong' did for the introduction of 
the giant 'gorilla. This yfaa truly a fine piece of lyprki both as to 
scoring and staging, and undoubtedly was respohsil>le ^^0 a .definite j 
degree for that picture's box ofhce success, although many were '.t 
seemingly tinconscioils. of it. 

But there have been other similai' coiitributions by these men 
which rate far above ordinary merit. The list Includes Leo Forbe- 
steln (WB), Al Newman (UA), Nat FJnston (Par), William Axt 
and Herb Stothardt, (M-G) and a few others. This 'contingent is 
unique in that they are not mere . baton wavers but are, in isiddition, 
orchestrators possessed' of a creative' ability capable, of scoring 
toy cinematic action, able to- arrange tlie thematic music and then 
see that it is properly recorded. ■ 

Of the sundry . contributoiT credits to any .film production this 
musical phase Is, perhaps, the least acclaimed although the indus- 
try, particularly in the >eaist, recognizes its worth/ Warners, for 
instance, ieveii carries Its painstaking musical buildups into the 
trailers which It makes. Often these are but sound tra.ck clips ifrdih 
its. features but the. recording has. been, so good in the first place 
that the inclusion, in th0 trailer gives the latter added distinctive- 
ness, :, 

This mating of proper thematic niusic to screen action has long 
been advpcated in the east by music men. So much so that some 
music publishers haiye mpVe thaii once clashed with their studios 
through accentuating the. Importance, the studio then being prone, 
to view the publisher's interest with isusplcions of a selfish plugging 
angle. But this is m'pre apt to crpp out wlien songs are included 
in a picture rather than when the music Is to be it background for 
story and action. 

As for the. straight rnusical pictures it is apparent .what these, 
skilled musicians halve done and are doing. Few Broidway tUne 
shows have had thie advantage of such orchestrations and none 
have equalled the instrumentation assenibjed to play production 
numbers staged for the camera. Bankroll and theatre pit size are 
significant in this Avlde disparity. 

The public often likes a picture while not knowing . exactly why. 
Many people never fully explained why they icept going back again 
and again to see 'The Birth of a Nation' and 'Big Parade.' Was 
it the music? And don't forget 'College Humor," of last summer, 
which a vast majority of the critics across , the country panned 
sand which, did sock business regardless. Just, recall the tiines in 
that film even unto the footl^all song which the- cheering section 
sang.. ^ 

Maybe the reviewers will -ultimately get ai:ouhd to paying some, 
attention to the merits of a picture's score, t)e the feature a musical 
or otherwise. They should, because Its no small cPntribution the 
studio maestros are making to pictures. 



i(!:innea.poIls; Feb. 26. 
John J. Frledl, Publlz division 
manager, with improving condi- 
tions, is opening two more, the Or- 
pheum, Minot, N. D., closed for 
more than year, and the Para- 
mount, Eau Claire, Wis:, a commer- 
cial building which, will be made 
over into a- show house. George 
Lan^ness .will mianage the Minot 
house, giving the circuit, two thea - 
tres in that town. 

New ihstiillations of . track sound 
equipment to replace discs are pro- 
ceeding at a- pace; which- promises 
to eliminate the. latter entirely by 
th^ end of the winter, according, to 
Mrs. Mabel Dietz, secretary of .the 
Minneapolis Film Board. In her 
last week's bulieti , Mrs. Dletz re- 
ported 18 su *.h installaflons, a Tec 
brd number for aiiy one week. 

There also , has been a. large gain 
In theatre operations during recent 
.months,' creating more play dates 
and- better business- for the ex 
changes. In January^ is year, the 
Film Board's .records show only 133 
theatres in the territory closed, as 
compared With 221 at the con-e- 
sponding time a year ago. 





NRA Amplifies That Sipatories 
May Always Fight for Rights 



Bullish Previews 



. lios Angeles, Feb. 20. 
Acute -shortage of preview 
product hit town last week- 
end, with one .Indie exchange 
bicyciing a solo print to three 
habes, 

Previews, were all bought 
from the exchange, with ■ thfe 
indie distrib figuring that he'll 
also book some mats next 
time. 



NW INDIES HIRE 
COUNSEL TO 
TEST NRA 



OF CA NOT 
YET SET 



WB's Multiple Adv. Campaign Idea 
As an Advance Test on New Releases 



Warner ros. is a policy 

on ne%y releases by advance engage- 
ments in a few; towns with different 
explpitation catnpalefns. Purpose is 
to determine .the .campaign best, 
BUited to the attraction and the in- , 
corporation of that .campaig;n Into a- 
supplemental press book; as an 
added service to WB theatres and 
Warner accpunts. 

WB Is convinced . that this feature 
of. distribution pays fpr itself In the- 
end and contributes to good w:ill 

with exhibitors on its books, War- 
ners started^ this Idea with the 
cross-country train stunt on '42nd 
Street,' widely conceded to have 
muant box offlce fpr that musical. 

The distribution department, head- 
t*d by Major Ab^ Warner and his two 
division chiefs, A. W. Smith, Jr., 
aivd Grad Sears, is committed to 
this— pollcy-^6f=te8tlng=-catnpalsns. 
from now on. S. Charles IClnfeld is 
to supervise different campaigns and 
through his. department build the 
supplemental pve.ss books based' pn 
the findings. 

CdmpfXny " will be pirepared to 
mako r«ii;infi:rs In roisters already 
p.ii ; l*-".! It.', the ropnlar merch.in- 
'I'i.-^ini: ini-.--- sliof't .'111(1 to either 



Instead of completing the field 
force the Code A^uthorily at 6:30; 
last (Monday) night (26) was re- 
ported considering reopening some 
of the boards previously announced 
as set, and to continue the meeting 
into the night. Bumbles of an up- 
set in parts of the zoning and 
grievance boards,, with, classiflca- 
tipn of theatre Owners appointed in 
some instances being raised, were 
heard in codistlc ranks oyer the, 
weekend.- 

A third deadline, Mai'ch 10,. was 
announced by Executive Secretary 
Flinn as approved by the C. A. yes- 
terday afternoon* Settlenaeht of the 
Allied suit gave rise to the belief 
In C. A. headquarters that 90% of 
the industry will haVe signed the 
code by then. Just 9,039 assents 
had been recorded as received up 
until Monday noon. Another 200 at 
the same time were being returned 
for corrected form. The. Jump in 
the numbei" o£ assents was chiefly 
due to the fact that iSeveral major 
circuits turned in Individual signa- 
tures for each theatre, whereas, iin 
til now, these houses have been un- 
der the NRA blanket by a general 
and single signature. 

Tonight pivlslon Administrator 
Rosenblatt was reported - to have 
presented no additional names for 
Government men on -the. field 
boards. Just ; prior to the session, 
codlsts reported that Rosenblatt 
until then had not sworn in any of 
the Government men and, that iin 
til he did so the boards, even if 
comiplete, could not function. 

At a fairly late hour no. report 
■was forthcoming from the flhance 
play up or down the people in thfe cofttmlttee, which, according to re 
picture, as determined by the test ports, failed to meet during the 



: • Minneapolis, Feb. 
Determined to fight the Code Au- 
thority's efforts to exercise any jur- 
isdiction over its members, North-' 
vrest Allied States* comprislnB In-, 
die exhibitors refusing to sign the 
code, has eng ged F: W. Murphy as 
general counsel to direct its bat- 
tle. - . . •• 
If any effort is made by distribu- 
tors to cut off independents from 
service foi^ not sighing the code, 
suit will be started immediately* it 
declared. Un^er any circum- 
stances, he asserts, the code's valid- 
ity Will, be tested In the courts by 
Murphy. Until such timoi however, 
the non-signers will continue tp 
live Up to the cpde'a provisions. 



campaigns. 

'Fashions' ushered In the idea, of 



past, week as was contemplated 
The C. A. after Its fifth hour in 



test campaigns. Five different cam- LeBsion was not ready at the time 
paigns were tried to determine the L^, report its attitude on the 10% 



most . practical 

'As the .Earth Turns' WlU be given 
three different tests on pre-releases 
at the Palace, Danbury, Melba, Dal 
lajs and Francis, Dyersburg, Tenn. 
This takes in a. large key, a middle- 
sized center and a small town.. Two 
different test campaigns will figure 
on .'Journal of Crime,' one for Phlla 
delphia, the other for Cincinnati. 



cancellation clause. 



FWC WASHING UP WITH 
PANTAGES, HOLLYWOOD 



Who Would Satisfy Any 
Judgment Vs. the C. A.? 



ilm code formula specialists fig 
ure now. that any party who might 
get a judgment against the Film 
Code Authority Would haVe to 'go 
on a hunting expedition to get. it 
satisfied,' 

The C.A., according tp picture 
lawyers, is neither a corporation 
nor a company and its members 
are individuals naiiied by the Gov 
There is an Inference 





URGED PRONTO 



f HpllywPPd, Feb. 

„..-g<)x -.We.qt- Coast- -is^ pre narin g.._te- Lernment 

\<'rite off cash advances and pay- hore that If anyone were to pay 
ments aggregating $48,000 to Pan- the question might be best sub- 
tages, Hollywood, as a complete mltted to Wa.shington. 
loss and sever relations with • The probability, however, is that 
house operation. sooner or later the code framework 

'T^ircultTs obligated by~agreeinentT wni "be- revised -tO". include such a 
to guarantee monthly rental of $3,- clause protecting C.A, members 
000 for another three months, aftor from the start, su6h as incorpor- 
whlrh it win be entirely waahid upi. .ated in the newspaper code, 



.LPS Angeles, Feb. 26, 
Immediate zoning for the X.bs An- 
geles exchange territory, instead of 
becoming operative «,t- the start of 
the new •season, is being strongly 
urged by local' indie exhibs/ with 
the matter being, given ^eripus con- 
sideration at ai meeting of 'the board 
of directors of the Southern 'Cali- 
fornia indie organization held last 
Wednesday (2l). 

Leading ejrtiibs here are bringing 
strong pressure to bear on Admin- 
istrator Sol A. Rosenblatt and the 
Code AuthPrity for authorization to 
the local zoning board to start 
functioning at once. Hope. Is held 
cut that the Government observer 
to be named to the zoning board 
setup, as well as to the grievance 
bo%rd, will be decided upon by to- 
day (Mori.), in order that zpnlnj; 
deliberations may start without 
further delay. • • 

Hojpe of exhibs Is that the some- 
what muddled situation as regards 
play dates In ,this' territory can be 
clarified, and zoning relief given for 
the remaining four to six months 

of .the .current seagpn; .^ ^ . 

A meanbershlp meeting of. i' *v 
exhibs :has been called for Tuesday 
(27) at the Hotel Mayfalr, at whlclr 
time the zoning problem will be dis- 
cussed from the theatre operatbr.':' 
standpoint. Proponents , of Immed? • 
ate zoning say local cpndltlons .aro 
much too serious .to allow the endu- 
ing months to go aloiig under 4jthv 
present setup. They. ' contend that 
actual, zoning can be ' a.ccompllshed 
In a comparatively short lime by 
the board designated' to undertake 
this task, arid that once the Gov- 
ernment observer; has been name-;', 
to each of the tWq local board.s, anj' 
further delay.«) in givinig relief tj 
real or fancied grievances will be 
unjust to the mass of indie oper- 
ators in this territory. 

Membership meeting next •week is 
ali-p expected tc discuss proUmlriary 
plans for the convention arid Indus 
try-get-together convention of t\v 
.M.P.'T.O.A. here early In Apri 1. 



Washington, Feb. 
Mean.s of pi'ovent^ng c ourt ob- 
struction of code admlniatratloh are 
belnfe perfected by NRA attaches, it 

was revealed last week shortly be- 
fore Gen, Hugh Johnson rhoved to 
reassure, film industry members that 
assent to the picture prict will not" 
a,ftect their legal rights and pvlvll- 
Iges. 

Facing stubborn refusal on the 
part of independents c to sign iilnv 
code acceptances arid, hesitation 
throughout the Industry, Johnson 
and General Counsel Donald R. 
Richberg .pought to remove doubts 
aboiit the effect of the agreement 
pn individual's charic.es. pf fighting 
for their own Interests. The code- 
the Johnson-Richberg proclama- 
tipn made clear, does npt prevent 
any member pf the film industry 
from .sotting UP any right which 
such member of the. industry may 
possess .'under 'gener . or statutory 
law against any arbitrary, oppresr 
slve. injurious, and unreasonable 
action, by a,ny adminlsti'atlye qfllclal 
pr agency un< the Motion Picture 
'.ustry C!0diB/ 

Neither will subnviaslon to 
code restrict the right of individual s 
to : suggest and press for modifica- 
tions or ariiendmcnts, NRA chiefs 
pointed out. Freedom- of irid.ep'end- 
cnt action, they said, is respected 
by the pact and the (3overnment. 

Holdoiits cannot be denied 'any of 
the rights and remedies,' according 
to ofllclal interpretation, except the 
privilege of filing complaints l>ef ore 
the Code Authority admhtlstratlve 
boards and committees, but refusal 
to assent to the pact does not pre- 
vent any individual from Interpos- 
ing a defense In proceedings be- 
fore subsidiary agencies or from 
taking and prosecuting 'any and all 
appeals . ; . to the same extent and 
In the same mainnor as* a member 

assenting.' 

Charge Only Assentor* 

Code Authority's right to Impose 
assessments for adriiinlstratlve ex-^ 
penses was upheld by Johnson- and 
Richbergi but only persons sub- 
Scribing to the pact can be charged. 
Emphasizing that assessments must 
be approved by NRA, the statement 
specifieally restricted purposes to 
which funds collected from Indus- 
trj' may bo put. Levies must be 
'reasonable' arid used only to help 
defray administrative ^ cpsts, 'hut 
nPt otherwise,' interpretation said. 

Without openly recognizing. insISr 
tence of various Industry members 
on the right to qualify their >c- 
cepta'nces, Johnson and Richberg 
backed up the C. A.'s ruling that 
isscnts must be provided on the 
perscrlbed form. Unless members 
accept the code under regulations 
of the C. A. they will be unable to 
lodge protests with c]learance and 
zoning b0.ar,ds or use mediation fa- 
cilities of grievance boards, , 

While Abram F. Myers, Allied 
States Association general counsel, 
was vigorously' denying trade re- 
ports that the Corigress Theatre vs. 
Code Authority suit has been set- 
tled out of court, high NRA- officials 
revealed Wednesday (21) that gen- 
eral amendment to all operative 
codes restricting legal liability of 
a^uthorlty • members has been pre-: 
pared and will ln^ offered to miscel- 
laneous industries In near future. 
]Proposlti6h*»^ prphably will be con- 
sidered at monster Code Authority 
sessions next month. . 

Although the matter , l)een 
shrouded in mystery, it was re- 
liably reported that general savings 
clause will specify that members of 
Code Authorities are not liable for 
acts of gellow-riaembers and Will 
exempt all members from damage 
suits except on account of their 
own deliberate actions.. 



Warners' 2 New Players 

Hollywood, Fcl) 26. 

Harry Tyler and Arthur Aylo.s- 
wort-h have — be'MT— contraflefl. -tr.v 
Warners. 

Former koo.s into 'Ki-ionds of Mi'. 
Swoeney,' hitter in 'DurU Tm\\-i i.' 



Readers Citr Now 



Waiter Reade Is now operating 
the City ThPalro, grind or 14th 
street, close to the Skouras' 
Academy of Music. Skouratie* lose 
a 1^200 weekly operating fee by the 
Reade tiFikeover as that's the Suhi 
paid . by. the City Theatres Corp., 
owners of the house to Skouras for 
Mand 1 1 h g:=niTTr-=-th ratr cr-^-Reade -=i n--?-= 
tends to fprnpletpty -renovate the 
theatre and ante the iscale. 

IIoU.'<ft was once under the Fox 
Moti-opolitfin. group. Skouras ha? 
•b'^n-frt>^mtinff-t-he^-flpf>t for tho paHtcr- — 
21 months unrtor an agreement With 
til'- riwiifi-.s, liut thi.i deal expired 
I) 1, uitlniiit hf'ing renewed. 



24 






LOUISE DRESSER • EVELYN VENABLE 







From Edward Noyes Westcoft's novel. Directed by Jomes Cruze 

Produced by Winfield Sheehon 



Tuesday, February 27, 1934 



VARIETY 



25 



FOX BROOKLYN 

(Continued from page 16) 
dancing sent them, over big. 



STATE, N. Y. 



So 



Lake. It's going to be a battle ot 
the giants and likely a three-way 

war, with the RKO Palace, the it's six acta again this week and 
State^Lake and the two B. & K. running ovetlong 1ft spite of " the 
— i. J A 11 I ioop spots yowling for ialent. If fact that encores are discouraged, 
big that Berrens haa to can on anything, It means a sharp plclc-up Several of the act? were urged to 
May Klrkland without announcing vaude Interest In this town and return,, but nothing doing except for 
her name at all. She's a plnt-slzeq likely elsewhere In this territory; I stuart and I«ashi who were heeded 
singer who ought to go places. Gute Pop as Chicago goes, so goes the ( for more time for the band to set, 
and knows how to handle jyrlcs. mldWest. apparently. 

Leavitt and lockwood are allowed Shows here continue to dontain a Acts on better terms than last 
the clean-up spot, which Is as It wealth of entertainment that's right 
.should be. This veteran comedy down the alley of these customers, 
team Is still there In every way and it's hokey, with plenty of songs and 
proved it here by mopping up. Not l dancing, and a minimum: of acrd- 
only that, but Ruth Lockwodd had batlcs and circus stuff. . . 
the nerve to try some new ma,terlal, Allen and Kent opened with a 

That's courage these days. She thorough tap-dancing act. It's a ^^.j^j^^j^g so It probably will stay 
does a takeoff on Mae West Which fow^^^ ^^^f^i^Wilf^^^Pi'i* overboard until the Friday change, 

is just about the best piece of busU and their parents. ^^tf^it^^Toung- Audience was. in a receptive mood 
ness the team has tried In years, sters get through with an ^expell^^ laughed and applauded with 

Doug Leavltt doesn't Ipdk much | tap routine, working up from; rf^^ ^^^^ 

crowd, which made it. pleasant for 
1 the acts; * ■ 

Maximo opens with a scven-min 
lite routine on, a riot-sd-tight wire, 
never comlnig off until he was 
through. As usual, the swaying got 



week, with, an Improvement in the 
effect, but with one band turn In a 
six^act shpw It's too long Cor those 
I Who were not raised on the old four- 
hour shows Keith: and Proctor lised^ 
to offer. Now much room for more 



like Wallace Beery opposite the and . easy hoofing to ll|htnlng stuff, 

Lockwood-West piece, but It's too they introduce the old folks for 

funny all around to deserve any tapping. Jt's a splidly built turn 

rarolne Criticism. that can fit anywhere. Announce- 
'Devll Tiger' (Fox) occupied the ments by the »fy, .are somewhat 

screen; there were at least three .ft«ted though A b^^^ 

shorts Saturday afternoon, running "y In his Introductions would lend a 
the show close to three hours. BI2! I more happy tone, 



in the downstairs sector only fair. 

Kauf. 



IMPERIAL, TORONTO 



achieved, conavimoii livo omuiios 
doing It, and the siunilipn appt ;u-.t'vi 
Jiist - about definitely relegaiea to 
the alley. Audience's lothargj', how- 
ever, must have penetrated Hull'iK. 
consciousness,' for he suililonly 
about-faced and .dished a rapid- nvc 
musical rhyme,. touching on buvK'." 
idiosyncracies in clever,- satirlo 
faishion. Mob awoke and stuck with 
him; ,HaU warmed further and 
stretched his monolog into 20 min- 
utes, saluting, hutrahihg and rib- 
bing the customers on their apparel, 
companions, reaction to his remarks 
about them, etc. He even got 
around to rhyming a pair of coup-, 
lets on VARiBTT's graces When he 
sighted this mugg lounging in. an 



Stanley, Pittsburgh 

Pittsburgh, Feb. 23; .. 
■ .VViUi 'Searoh for Beaiity' <Par) 
on the soreon and Ben Bernie on 
iho stutre. it's obvious that the did. 
maestro has his work cut out tor 
him this week. He'll have to do it 
ail and evevyj^ing seemed to con- 
spire against m&i at the outset. Oiit 
of Mianvi.vthei first thing he ran into 
here, wais a gale that by late after- 
noon had , assumed blizzard propor- 
tions. 

Second show this afternoon, down-^ 
stairs was. only half full,. That 
couldn't be chalked ofE against 
Bernie but it's a . toUgh thing just 
the same. With any .kind of break 
in weather he should have :given 



the biggest hand, though ."iot the 
Leon Navara is back in town I most difllcult trick, Maximo Is no 
after a long absence and took the gifted pantomlmlst,^ but his mug- 
deuce spot with his planb and chat- gingf helps along, though It some^ 
ter On the piano still a Wizard, what detradts from his smooth 
but Is handling his lines without dance steps without balancing de 
sufficient fluidity. He speaks with vices. - 
T..^^*^ 94 I a recitative manner and without Roy Smeck on for the second 

Toronto, Feb. 23. particular warmth. In an Intimate round with his banjo playing, which 
Problematical wliat an all-radio I house of this type an easier man- ha almost a novelty in these, saxo- 
.evue will hold stage draw, ner of speaking gets across better, phone days.. Good player and 
Vs„i„ cfvenrrti. la rinnnifl Hc Is Spending a lot of time mak- showmauly. Took a; bow atia 

Only maiquee stiength Is Donald I the people applaud to Indicate backed off with two unplayed In 
Novis, and he will be responsible^ Uhelr chplce for jazz or classics. struments on the piano. Audience 
for the additional shekels that may DeVito and Denny have added K^as perfiectly willing to take, miore, 
roll in Lad has a nice Densonallty wilder bits to their knockabout hoke charile Hill up for third place 
iQU in. i.aa nae a .nice per.5onaiuy I ^^.^ ^ roughhouse routine ^^^^ yAb. piano tak after Sig Spaeth. 

J that gets howls Ih certain situations, j^.g pretty much after, but better 
c hooses is numbers carefully. Are carrying a mess of excess bag^ (or this crowd, which enjoyed his 
sticking to sentimental ballada.-j-gage for .two particular laughs. U^^^ bf 
Stops the show with 'Trees,' flr.<)t Vaude half of th^e ^ntertainment (taking a hit act out of-Tiot so much, 
apologizing for the choice, and then Was completed by I^ester Alien ana j^j^g. Hoffman registered ,w.ith her 
cUnches with 'Mother Machree.- -Toy ce White running througlj a k^^j^j ^j^^^g j^^^ j^pt on the comedy 
Had to beg' off; string of songs and crossfire clo^^^^ 

Rest of the blU, however, with the ine. All«n is makmg thi-ee costume Ucts) in the next spot, but failed to 
exception of the Three Radio changes here for Impress stroh^^ 

1 straight dancing. Slao^manshlp 1^^^ ^ 

throughout backed by a rep that gtu^rt and Lash next to closing 
got ;a reception for Alien jg and ov^r solidly, particularly w4th 

Big surprise note of th^e ^how is ^ parody, which Is kept up to date 
Karyl Norman. ,as the f;Pe"*n,7,.*" I with «nn^ iiiirtlMona aa fast as they 
In the presentation half. . With a 
public that's sophisticated, to every 



aisle chair. Soliciting ;Suggestldns "^^1"^^^ ^ business br^akr fo. 
from audience, he spiei®^ a .poem gernie's definitely a name here. He^s 
Inclusive of them all arid powea — ^ ^j^^^^ ^he past, and has 
out With the mob .tucked into his i ^^^jg^^j^^jy j^^^ ^^^^ 
vest pocket iand the program s sue- every radio poll conducted locally, 
cess salvaged. . " Pittsburgh date ts one df two for 

Gldslng, in 'full,' an assurance of bernie to break his jump to the 
show's salvation, Alex Hyde s 16 coast, wherd he'is going to make a 
Musical Darlings, a good, versatile fljci^er for Par. Next week he's in 
femme ork of 11 pieces plus a four- Q^aha and then sunshine again, 
some df girl rhythm tappers that Stanley ls» giving 'iem Bernie, with 
clicked easily with two routines an.d „q production of any kind, and a 
supplied the only hoofing on the local radio acts tossed in for 

bill. Trio of bahdswdmen did a good measure. Bach Pittsburgh 
stint df harmony . chanting, And g^g^^^ion is represented^ Sara Heller. 
Ruth Bradley piped a pleasing num- from: WWSW, Betty Crulkshank. 
ber* while Ruth Brent capped the from KDKA, one of the Blues 
sbeciaity offerings with medley of Chasers from WJAS, and a so-and- 
pops iE>lped into mike. She's a looker go trio from WCAB. They're all 
with begulllngly winsome - person- singers and they Work one after the 
alUy and sweet throa,t-reeds. Hyde I other, which Isn't so. hot. 
does oke fiddle solo: Finale bit Thdre's nd denying the ieffectiye- 
oumberSbme, a big chunk of 1812 hess of Beriiie as a showman. He s 
Overtuce. Displays plenlture of tops every way, turning out, 30 min- 
band^s ability, but happier flash-, utes of informal syncopation and 
out might have been effected by chatter that brought ttie. generous 
switching the heavy Buss music response they deserved. His two 
Into earlier spot and uislhg a go-to- male warblers get quite, a workout, 
town hotsy tune as the blow-off Frank Pride particularly registerr 
piecd ing with a swell mike voice and a 

'Two Alone* (RKO),. Pathe clips flrst-rate stage personality, 
and pit drk overture complement 1 Bernie, howeyer, should insist 
the vaudeville. Biz lUfht second upon some production from^ house 

managements for outfit himself 



.Rogues, is local. .AH have' been, 
l^eard regularly on . local stations, 
or have madle appearances In . the 
nlte spots, so that bdx-offlce draw 
is doubtful. ' And[ there is always 



the point that If people want to 

listen to radio artists they can as- i t—v...-- : A^a-ar a 

«emble their own program through, thing. Norman nevertheless drew a 

out tlie evening by simply twirling sincere recejtiort and at the nmsn 

the knobs at home, had to give :em an encore, a song 

Bitter cold" weather prevailing of thanks and then a ""eech. He is 

herd and hitting theatre grosses se- "sing^the same ^ype f 

verely. Likely that Jack Arthur ha_s_added^a Mae We^^^^^ that 



with song additions as fast as they 
hit. Nance stuff at the opening 
didn't collect much, but they rocked 
In their seats at some later spots. 

Evident from the reception that 
Jao.ft""tlttle's -band Is a ^draw. Not 
only got a nod before he- stai'ted, 
but each number Was patteC, and 
in the medley, which closed the 



show opening day. 



PARAMOUNT, B'KLYN 

Parainount hM a big show this 
week; with plenty of .diversions, and | and" It^* to "BernTe's credit that he 
ought to get some business. 



with a couple of dames and a hdofer 
or two. That's sort of expected of 
band acts these days, unless they 
happen to be spdtted In a ,s6mi- 
vaude layout; Carrying the whole 
flesh portion In a deluxer Is a job. 



saw^ a chanca .to Ughtea up the tops air West imne^som^^^^^ 
purse strings, most df the nut gom^ ' ed with smacking. Straight down 

to Novls and the Three I^<Ji<> l^ *^h"tuS^^°"- the Two Daveys^ the Capitol, but closing In 

one of the few ficrobatlc acts jn ] stead of openlng th^^^ 



Rogues' No fortune was spent on 
the locals admittedly, remuneration 
for ether enterta;inment being what 
it Is hec^. 

Pit band is on stage under an 
alcove for opening, modernistic 
drops stressing a radio flash - motif. 
Twelve-glrl house line on for a 
strut routine, half the line In crlm- 



thls house. Their jtiggliner and 
comedy chatter caught on. IjOOV- 



ORPHEUM, N. Y. 



show here. 

Soft and riWeet band tone Is a nov- 
elty in vaude bands, but they liked 
it. and Little routines so that he's 
his own specialist, and the usual 
song and dance interludes are not 
missed. 

Stage show riins 74 minutes, with 



Nellie' With the newsreel and the 
trailers, the latter held to reason- 
able length lately. Business godd, 
but not extraordinary. Chic. 



HIPP. BALTIMORE 

Baltlmdre, Feb, 23 
Th sum total of entertainment 
embraced la . this flVe-act layout 
came close to nullification when. 



■ Stage end Is divided Into two sec- 
tlon.s, one house-staged Mid the 
other' a regular uiilt". Unit alone 
might have been . enough, .except 
that Brooklynltes are used to get 
ting, a lot of show for their quar 
ters. 

Starts off With an Eddie Paul 
overture entitled , 'The Concert.' 
This leadS'dit-ectly into one o' those 
living picture things. Stage Is oc- 
cupied by a large facsimile of a 
painting in which all tl\e characters 



gets away with it as well as he 
does, .. .. 

Aside from the feature, there s 
only Dave Broudy's short overture 
spotted before the newsreel, Which 
Bemle follows. Half of newsreel's 
footage. 1b devoted to trailer on 
Wdnder Bar,' coming attraction. 

CQTien. 



50 per cent. Duals 



sirui rouwne, naii me im« m vnui- i Between showings of 'Hi Nellie , ^ ^- i„vmit kllHne verv close 

son pajama suits and the others in (WB) there Isn't much to keep the the entire layout kni'ng veiy close 

bhick.\ Maurice Boddlngton^ of r^^^^^ ^ peppery mood. ' t^ree^^""' Feature is Hi, 
CFRB is announcer, and later does customers in » r^^*,^ . 
some voice change effects. Then Vaude entourage consists _ of three 
Marlon Brown out for two numbers standards and a couple of deiega- 
on a high stool, and Jimmy Namaro ., xhat may. some day, list them- 
next for a xylphone melange. Both "'i"" ^ li.^ AanVinn nf 'acta' 
locals got ^Ver nicely, but profes- selves .under the ^apfien of acts 
elonal delivery was missing until At Saturday's matinee the payees 
the appearance of Novls. Lad | ^f^pQ {q for an epidemic of thumb - 
socked, as mentioned. First injed- , ■ Wrtr that they couldn't 
tidn of comedy takes place t6ward twiddling. For "J;^,,^?"' 
the finale with the Three Radio be blamed. There wasn t much else 
Rogues' imitations and burlesqued ^^ey could do with the digits 

announcements^ **12* J^®"^. Honev Family, at least, started 1 after a bright start and promising 

blue, but scored. Glowing trio had \ Uroceedlnes with sdme- buUd-up, the mlddle-of-bill turn 

a hilarious time and response must [off the stage proceedings wun some j^nded with a duU thud and laid 
have pleased. thing solid In the way of acupiu Kj^^^^ ng^jgaait^tlng the two fo 

Everyone used a mike on the bliL ^^^^^ ^he teeterboard the sextet w acts to slave like Trojans to 

S^**''*H!2*J^?f if aYIk*.?! bounded and between shoulder hops collect and piece the fragments, 

medley, with Jack Arthur conduct- hounaea, ana ueiwoou o.. r . ... efforts the layout just 

ing, giep-out had Albert Steinberg the Honeys exhibited a sprWly Througyneir^e^^^ 

doing 'Mystery orLlfiB* as a violin Uga^jpt^e^^ of - somersaults, all of Operier, a brief but thovougiv six 

.KlB?M« Ae2n""Both iot ntee which went well with hdth kids and minutes of The 4 Cards, quartet of 

sang Kiss M© Again. »2i « fX? rin adults men exhibiting sound brand of 

applause. Feature Is 'B'^^®! T^^oV t^^ Inning the prop boys pedal and manual balancing, tum- 

*• shoved out a mike and out strode bimg and teeterboard routine. Mob 

a stocky little fellow in chef regalia pientee llkee and Jet 'em know It 

to unllmber Imitations of BIng Deudlhg, a satisfactory 13 mln- 
Crosby, Russ Columbo, Al Jolson I utes, Major, Sharp and Minor, har- 
Chlcago. Feb. 28. and the Street Singer. This lad, hnony trio of personable lassies 

. ^ - ^ *^^^ \^itii\,i^A vIb who billed himself as the Singing ginglng into a mike, and minus the 

J^^:9J^.JPJif3JS^Z^l^^^ sturdy baritdne which piano accompaniment familiar to 

openings from Sunday to *Tiday. N^j^^^ Itself nicely to the ear, but similar turns. Approximate the 

Friday iand Saturday under the old for Style and stage dep.6rtment the technique and routines of BosweH 
setup were the two weakest days of rating is minus zero. He could I sisters, albeit capable, on wn and 
th^ Tnifo-F Vt»x >.miBA iAAke<i benefit himself by getting some- | score novel hirsute and coiffure^ ef- 

the seven. Today the house looked oene g^^^^j^jj^jg hie numbers. The feet ih that they're brunet, blond 

great downstairs and indications are Ljijj^t in this case gets In the way. and titlan respectively. Thoroughly 
the switch will build the weekly lA.mong his Impersonations he comes U^rhet the customers' palates with 

gross and giv© the house additional closest with the Crosby bit. trio oi! pop ^ongs and then wha^k 

breaks In talent and pictureis. Fri- After the Singing Chef got away -em right on the button with niftlck 

day opening now gives the theatre nicely the Amaut Bros, piled their closer, an extremely well , orches- 

a chance to pick up talent direct fiddles and whistles for an pcca- trated and rendered 'Last Round- 

from other bouses without worry- slonal giggle, and the June Carrr up' number. That cowhand lament 

ing about the layoff stretch between Harry Martin partnership took dver has been, done to death hereabouts 

Friday and Sunday. Friday open- the' hext-to-shut burden. Miss Carr past six months and the gals, had 

ing also moves the house up a full showed- that she still has a nifty to dish something distinctive to 

week in protection on picture re- pair of tapping tootsies and, with socko. Palm-pdundlng enduring 

leases, wiilch means that the house the aid of stooge Martin, tried hard thi-ough three, bends, 

now plays pictures along with but Lq make the event a funny one. The With Jack Arnold (New Acts) in 

seven outlying theatres, instead df Uct needs a lot of material to give the trey, the whole works sagged 

sdme 20 nelghb spots as under the ^ comedy classification. He's a recruit from radio, and since 

Natacha Nattova topped off the Xmas has twice played the State, 
hour of quiet with a couple of.lnabe spllt-weeker. 'Twas a mls- 
I dance interpretatons. In tlie first 1 take Initially to pencil so patently 

half of the act she had a big prop a 16c nabe house act into a down 

rose to help give them ah idea of town spot. Came on to treble the 

what her terpsy twittering was all applause he got at conclusion, his 



(Continued from page 6) 
come slowly to llff ^as picked put | jg^gj. 75^ of their class nationally 
.. w ^ * 1 - doubling. Major producer.^ 



by vari-colored ligliits. , , Eventually 



violin. It's beautifully lighted and ao far as continuing a fight agalntt 
handled, and Well worth while. a policy in which their own box 

Action moves from here down to I office . Interests are so deeply 
the stage, where a couple dance a vdlved, the Indies observe, 
graceful number. The line of girls. Majors are powerless through the 

utes and doesn't seem as long. Indies were skeptical of some fly in 
Stager, and whoever manipulated the ointment when the majors v 
the lights, deserves the bows. agreed to omit all reference, to dou- \^ 

^^ewsreel comes here and then the jblea in the formula. Now they have 
unit. 'Hot Chocolates,^ a colored 50- ^he opinions of legal talent th'at zOn- 
mlnutfi ebpw (unit reviews). This, boards and grievance commit- 

some customers. twin feature policies. Double bi"- 

•Death Takes a Holiday' (Par) is ing, thev maintain, can be dissolved 
the screen feature and biz night only at the desire of the exhibitor, 
caught (Friday) oke. Kauf. | The theory that duals could be 



STATE-LAKE, CHI 



previous systdm. 

House I0 playing 'Counsellor at 
Law' (U) after it had played the 
Palace in the loop. Some doubt 
whether It's entirely wise to play a 
picture that has already played a 



vaude house. However, the indlca- [^. x v?hile for the last half she acknowledgment at entrance In- 

tlons here showed that this the atre ^ent.-ultra 'sciehtifl c on the Jolks. duc ed, no doubt by his ether antece- 

jnlght geraway^ithlt: - ^ K - of phosphorescdnt letters dents; he wai qUWdaih memlier 

State-Lake since Its opening last ^ ^j^^^^. gh© was going to Myrt and Marge cists. Assisted by 

summer has built its Patronage on ^ ^ ^ yvould happen if femme and male stooges, he dragged 

a solid fo"n<lf ion e^^^^ a demon inventor were able td con- out 14 minutes, sent half the mob 
tion is that It will hold on to It. .It " tv,.nf wnniri o.nn- I to slumberlahd and 'offed' to dead 



Tion is tnat it win noia on 10 11.. .At 7„r; ,.a,Urt thit would con 

lias .brought into the loop P^^ the^biig^^ -.^SumJi^belng^^ . . . . . „ 

who haven't been Inside the^ L In T^^jlat f^iow^^^ was a simply rou- Bob Hall entranced In clear 

ffi'-; neeirat"chlld;en ^ adagi? number and one quite position and It looked hopelo.s... 

ttiie a peeij at cnuaien, „„..v,^itinp- his exteninoraneOUs docgcvcl rh 



Xc:ci week the Oriental enters the 
losv-i.vioed vaUdelllm field. B. & K 
pilliiifi iliiit house against the Slate 



unexciting. 

"Tiirnout for the flrft 
about ave-i Bge. 



as 



clean.-up 
In 

ills .extemporaneous doffgfi-ol. rhym- 
Ings he set about telling tlif' mob 
what the three preceding ar(.-j had 



reached through zoning units, by 
having them slap a heavy penalty 
on houses doubling, is officially (ion- 

I ceded aa out: 

Key centers with their total of 
[thealtres and nuniber df houses esti- 
mated to be dualing are listed: 



Housefl 

68 C 
. 720 
541 

, . . l$o .. 

tiog Ariffeles ....«•••> BtT 

St-. IiOuItf ...... . .484 

MinneapolU ...k., ...>; 863 
Salt LAka Cltjr. ...;». S4S 

N«w Haven ... ..>•••• 176 

Saa Fi^nclBCO. .••..>, . 418 

<3reat«r N. T ....1,11ft 

268 
S82 



GRPHEUM, LINCOLN 

Llncdlii, Feb. 28. 

Headlining a fan dancer, Rdsita 
Royce, and backing it up with a 
pretty neat variety bill, emseed by 
Vlnce Silk, dead pan chatterer with 
everything his own way, this *»o*»se j Kanwai^m 
had the biggest opening day in the Milwaukee 
titree week^ vaude's been in. Lent, I ?'>«""*»*r.i0.re,., 
which has sorely socked the other 
b.d.' enjoyed a technical flooring 
at the Orph gate 

Chappell and the Rainer twins 
lead off with combination of musical \ Seattle . ^ ............ 1 

and acrobatic stuff, the latter much ............... 

the best. The Rainer boy, introduced SiSLo •*:::!:'.'.! WR 
as the lad Ripley claims is the only PhUadeiphi i ! I ! I ! ! . . 768 
one able to do a tap dance on his I The south x.ooo 
head, was a: nice sock. In the deuce, ( A'^"' • • • • • , JJ^ 

aiovahni and August (Stambec), v.-.. v-*?-"' »'"J* 

formerly a trio, play ^a couple of S^^ii' :.\\\'::.\\\*i.SSo 

nice accordions, and Giovanni apes I Cleveland ,b6b 

Ted Lewis on the clarinet, which is Denver . .. ... .... »90 

a fiashy. and noisy close. S!?,^***" * ' ' ' * ' * " * 

SUk,^ who had been trotting on i^lTira^ilpVuV * '.'.l ! ! 1 1 
and off with his apologies for the ' 
rest of the bill, domes oujt in his 
character, 'The Old Professor,' 
which looks strangely like Groucho 

Marx, His gags are not, new, by f)|;p^f|kr TMmiltfif With 
any means, but the way they're sold icarauig ttimi^ 

Swir?io. Moran for 'Mountain* 

Roslta ' Royce, plume waver, Htollywood, Feb. 26. 

helped a lot by the billing here on ^^h Metro again tossing 'Tisli' 
SyiJL^Rand^L«m|ha^^ 

the bli. Shea a local _ yT>„„«^ Mountain' 



87» 
612 
C24 

18,i4» 



Dual 
Pollclort 
400 
400 
SCO 
100 
SOU 
400 

2r.o 

150 
100 
300 
800 
17;-. 
2r,0 
400 
206 
200 
26ft 
ICO 
700 
200 
600 
300 
100 

ioo 

400 
409 



7,»7S 



the cause of me oiz. onva a. luutu 1 iT>„„^a Hfmintatn' 

gal Who's been playing all over the set ^Coming 'Bpund, the^Mountain 
upper mid-wdst, but in her home as next for 
town debut was a bit nervous and Polly Mbran. 
the dance choppy. Being the third Picture slated to start In laie 
ITannef .to. show here, t he, edge way Ufnrr'b wUh Charles Rei6 ncr_d lrect-_ 
rather dulled. Pic is 'Meanest Onr] j^^ . Although scvlpt has been 
(RKO) with Par piMorial and Uni- ^ by praduoei- Harr^ Ran', 

ver.sal News. Vaude proving both i , .. ' „„,„ji T>„it,r.r.i. wiw» 
gold mln** and life saver in this | Pi'O'^ "/'"f -'^t awnit Rol.snei who 
Kpot, (irvfy. HAW 



SIlfl'AVlff.' 



VAUIETY 



•fx- 







^^^^ < 








; The Song and Dance 
P Hits of 1934 

J FROM 

'FOX FOLLIES" 

"Our Last Night 

Together" 
"Baby Take a Bow" 
^ . ' "I'm Laughing^' 

"Broadway's Gone Hill 
Billy" 

FROM 

"BOTTOMS UP ' 

"Bottoms Up" 
"Waiting at the Gate 

For Katy" 
. "Turn On the Moon" 
"Little Did 1 Dream" 
."I'm Throwin' My Love 

Away" 

FROM 

"GEORGE WHITE'S 
SCANDALS" 

"You Nasty Man" 
"Hold My Hand" 
"Six Women" 
"Sweet and Simple" 
^'So Nice" 

"My Dog Loves Your 
Dog" 




w ! 

J With your profits in mind . FOX will not 

/ 

j 

allow its songs to^bc repeatedly plugged over the air 
, . . before the pictures show at your theatre. 

Only a restricted few broadcasts will be perrttitted 
, r samples to./e<we. the public . into wanting more. 

j.So that when '^Fox Follies," "George White's 
Scandals" and '!Bottoms Up" appear on your screen 
..^.ivi their great :song hits! will. have definite drawing 
power fat j^oMr^tex^oj^cer^. because they're new, firesh. 



^As^usual,iFOXfthinks-of you ! 






Tuesday, February 27, 1934 



PICTURES 



VARIETY 



27 



CALENDAR OF CURRENT RELEASES 



Harold Auten ^"'iMb B'way, n. v. c. 



Chesterfield 



«lo (German). Sensitive study of psychological difficulties. Elisabeth Berg- 

ner. Dir. Paul Czltiner. 93 mins. Rel. Feb. 1. Bev. Feb. 6. 
Iraaes de Pa^'la (French). Adventures of a girl who wants to be a star In 
Paris. Jacquelln Francell. Roger Thevllle. Dlr, Fedor Ozep. 82 mlns. 
Rel. Dec. 23. Rev, Jan, 9. 
Poll de CarDtte (Red Head) (French). A story of adolescence. Ro.l>ert liynen. 

Dir. Jullen Duvlvler. 96 mins. ReL Sept. 1. Rev. Dec. ?0 and May SO. 
•avaae Gold. Commander Dyott's thrilling adventures with savage hunters. 
Comm. Dyott. Dir. Commander George Dyott. 67 mins. Rev. Aug. » 

Ofllces: 1540 BroAdvviiy, 
New York. N. V 

Dance. Girl, Dance. uslca> drama. Alan Dlhehart. fDvaljrn Knapp. Ada May 

Dlr, Frank Strayer. 69 mlns. Rel, Sept. 1. Rev. Oct. Zl. 
In the Money. A prize fighter and his affairs with women, iiols Wilson. 

Skeets Gallagher, Warren Hymer. Dir. Frank Strayer. 66 mins. Rel. 

Nov. 7,. Rev. Jan. 9. 
Man ot Sentiment. How an old man holds a family together. Marian Marsh. 

Owen Moore. Wm. Bakewell. Christian Rub. Dir. Rich. Thorpe. 67 mli» 

Rel. Sept. IB. Rev- Nov. 14. 
Murder on the Campus. Mystery with a college background. Shirley Grey. 

Charles Starrett and J. Farrel McDonald. 
Rainbow Over Broadway. Musical romance. Grace Hayes, Joan Marsh. liucte.p 

Liittlefleld. Dir. Richard Thorpe. 72 mlns. Rel. Dec 23. Rev. Dec. 27 

First DivUion TiJi'ySff k v. 

Releases Also AJIIM, Chesterfield and Monogram 

Avenger, The. A district attorney seekS; revenge on the gang wtiieh *trsmed 
him to tw^niy years in prison. Raipt Forbes, Adrlenne Ames. Claude 
Gllllnguater. Dlr Edward Marlri. - 76 mlns. Rt.. Sept. 15.- 

roken Dreams. A father's devotion to his young son. Randolph Scott, 
Martha Sleeper, Beryl ercer. Buster Phelps. Dir.. Robert Vlgnola. 6S 
mins.. Rel, Dec. 1. 

By Appointment Only. A physician couldn't make up bis mind which ot two 
women h* loved the most. Lew Cody, SjUly O'Neill, MarceU,ne Day 
Dir. Frank Strayer. 66 mins. Rel. Nov. 1. 

Dance, Girl. Dance. Musical of backstage life. A small-time vaudevilliar. 
becomes a night club ptar. Evalyn Knapp, Gloria Shea, Alan Dlnehan. 
Eddie .Nugent, Ada May. Mae Buscli. Dlr Frank Strayer. 69 mins 
Rel. Nov. 15 

Oevirs ^'ate. ^ conttemned man. on the verge ot. execution, is mysteriously 
murdered. Peggy Shannon Preston Foster. Dir. Phil Rosen. 66 .nlnS- 
Rei. Sept. 1 

Eat 'Em Altve. Jungle super thriller. 6C mins. Rel. Feb. 1. 

Fugitive, The Secret service agents on the tral) of a half-million dollar mau 
robbery. Rex Bell. Cecilia Parker. Ditu, Harry Fraser 58 mlns. Rel 
Sept. 15. 

hie. French production of a de Maupassant ^Mory. Dubbed in English. A 
village paragon who lost bis virtue. 95 mlns. Rel. Dec. 26. Rev. 
.Ian. 9. 

He Coulan't Take It. Inside story of a process server who makes good with 
nls summonses and gets his man. Ray Walker, Virginia CherrlQ.. George 
E. Stone. Dir. Wm. Nigh. 64 mlns. Rel. Jan. 1. 

I Have Lived. A Broadway stage star ts faced with bUickmallet's on tbe eve 
of marriage to wealth and love. Anita Page, Allen Vincent. Alan Dine- 
hart. Dir. R. Thorpe. 69 mins. Ilei. Oct. I. 

in the Money. A goofy family, suddenly broke, pin their hopes on a Shake- 
spearean-minded prize fighting champ. Skeets Gallagher, Lois Wilson. 
Warren Hymer, Sally Starr. Dlr, Frank Strayec 67 mins. Rel. Jan. 15. 

Man of Sentiment. Playboy son marries a poor girl against his wealthy 
family's wishes. Marian Marsh. William Bakewell. Owen Moore. Dlr 
Rici.ard Thoipe 68 mins. Rel. .Nov. 1... 

Notorl6u8 But Nlc«. Driven from tbe man she loves, a giri finds solace In a 
loveless marriage with the king of the underworld. Marian Btarsh, 
Betty CompsoD,. Donald DtUaway. Bochelle Hudson. Dir. Richard Thorpe 
. 7« mlns. Rel. Oct. 15. 

. Ona Year Later. A young couple start their honeymoon on a train, and the 
following year finds them on the train under different circumstances. 
Mary Brian. Donald Dlllaway, Russerl Hopton, Will and Gladys Ahern. 
Jackie Searl. Dir. E. Mason Hopper. 66^ mlns. Rel. Aug. -26. Rev. 
Nov. 21. 

Phantom Brc^dcast. A radio crooner attain:, phorey fame when his accom- 
panist secretly does hla idnglng for him. Ralph Forbes .Vivlehne Os- 
borne, Pauline Oarbn. Dir. Phil' Roaeiw 71 mina Rel. Aug. 1. 

Rainbow Over Broadway.. Musical romance of an ex -musical comedy star of 
twenty years before who makes a sensational, overnight comeback In 
a Broadway night club. Joan Harsh, Grace Hayes, Frank Albertson, 
Lucien Liittlefleld. Dir. Richard Thorpe. 72 mins. Rel. Jan. 16. 

Sanaatlon Hunters. A tbllesre girl finds herself stranded In Panama. Arllne 
Judge. Marlon Burns. Preston Faster. Dir. Charles VIdor. Rel. Sept. 15 

Sixteen Fathoms Deep. Sponge diver thriller. Sally O'Neill, Crelghton Cha- 
ney. Dir. Armand Schaefer. 60 mlns. Rel. Nov. 17. 

Skyways. Adventures of a hot-tempered aviation pilot who gets Into one 
scrape after another. Ray Wallcer. Kathryn Crawford. Lucten Little* 
field. Dir. L«w CoHlnr. 72 mina Rel. SepL 15. 

Sweetheart of Sigma Chi. College musical comedy romance. Based on the 
lamous campus fraternity song. Buster Crabbe. Mary Carlisle, Sally 
Starr, Florence Lake. Ted Fio Rito and band. Dir. Edwin L. Marin. 73 
mins. Rel. Dec. 1&. ". 

Throhe of the Gods. Travel in the Himalayas. 65 mlns. Rev. Dec. 27. 

t 

tudlbs: BurbahK. Fim* NnfrSnnnl S^fflcesi S21 W. 44th St., 

CaHf. Pint national New Vor«. N. V, 

Bedside. Comedy-drama of a women's doctor. Warren William, Jean MUlr, 
Allen Jenkins. Dir. Robert Florey. 65 mins. Rel. Jan. 27, 

Big Shakedown, The. Dramatic expose of the cut-rate drug racket.) Bette 
Davis. Charles Farroll. Rlcardo Cortez. Dir. John Francis Dillon. 64 
mlns. Rel. Jan. 6. Rev. Feb. 3. 

Bureau of Missing Persons. Comedy-drama based on the activities of this 

little known department. Bette Davis, L«wls Stone, Pat O'Brien, Allen 
J<..-ikins, Hugh Herbert. Dir. Roy del Ruth. 74 mlns. Rel. Sept. 16 
Rev SepL IS. 

Convention City. The hilarious lowdown on big business conventions. Adolphe 
Menjou. Dick I'owell, Mary Astor, Guy Kibbee. Dir. Archie Mayo. 69 
mins. Rel. Dec. 30. Rev. Dec. 27. 

Fashions of 1934. Story of a style stealer set against a lavish background. 
AVm. Powell, Bette Davis, Verree Teasdale. Dir. Wm. Dleterle. 80 mlns. 
Rel. Feb. 17. Rerv. Jan. 23. 

Female. A drama ot a woman who does her own hunting. Ruth Chatter- 
ton, Geor<;e Brent. Ruth Donnelly. Laura Hope Crews. Dir. Michael 
Curtlz. 62 mins. Rel. Nov. H- Rev. Nov. 7. 

Goodbye Again. From the play. Comedy of a famous author who meets up 
with ao old fiame who Is married. Warren Williams, Joan Blondell, 
Genevieve Tobin. Hugh Herbert Dir. Michael Curtlz. 66 mina Rel- 
SepL 9. Rev. Sept. 5. 

Havana Widows. Two girls In Havana searching for auckers. Joan Blondell, 
Glenda Farrell. Guy Kibbee, RUth Donnelly, Frank McHugh and Allen 
Jenkins. Dir. Ray Enright. 64 mlns. Rel. Nov. 18. Rev. Nov. 28. 

I Loved a Woman. Based on novel by David Rarsoer. Story ot the affaire 
of an Industrial leader and an operatic star.' Edward G. Robinson, 
Kay Francis, Genevieve Tobln. Dir. Alfred E. Green. 90 mlns. Rel 
Sept. 23. Rev. Sept. 26. 

I've Got Your Number. Rowdy, rollicking story of the telephone trouble hunter 
who finds It. Joan Blondell, Pat O'Brien. Dir. Kay Enright. 67 mlns. 
Rel. Rev. Feb. 6. 

Massacre. Drama of the modern Indian and his conflicts with the white men 
Richard BarthelmesS, Ann Dvorak. Dir. Allen Crosland. 70 mlns. Rel. 
Jan. 13. Rev. Jan. 23. 

Son of a Sailor. Comedy of a sailor who gets Into a funny situation because 
of his habit ot telling romantic stories about himself. Joe E. Brown. 
Jean Muir, Frank McHugh. Johniiy Mack Brown and Thelma Todd 
Dir. . Lloyd Bacon.. =70 mina. ;Rel,. DcCl.??. Rev. Dec. 6. ^ 

Wild Boys of the Road. Drama ot the 'orphans of the depression.' Frankle 
Darro, Dorothy Coonan, Rochelle Hudson, Ann Hovey. Dlr, William A 
Wellman. 66 mlns. Rel. Sept. 30. Rev. Sept. 26. 

World Changes, The. An epic drama of a family through four generations 
Paul Muni. Aline MacMahon. Mary Astor. Donald Cook, Margaret Lind- 
say, Jean Mulr, Patricia EMlls. Dir. Mervyn LeRoy. 95 mlns- Bel 
' Kov. 25.- Rev. Oct. 3L - •- .i 

Studio: Fox Hills, P^-. Officesi 444 West 68th St. 

Hollywood. Cal. Nav«» York. N Y. 

As Husbands Go. 'When tidies Meet' with the sexes reversed. Warner Bax- 
ter Helen Vinson, Warner Oland. Dir. Hamilton McFadden, 65 mins. 
ol. Dec. 29. Rev. Jan. 30. 



These tabulations are compiled 
from information supplied by the 
various production companies and 
checked up as soon as posisible after 
release. Listing is given when re- 
lease dates are definitely set. Titles 
are retained for six months. Man- 
agera who . receiva service subse- 
quent to that period should Pre- 
serve a copy of the calendar for 
reference. 

The . running time as given here 
is presumably that of the projection 
room showings and can only approx- 
imate the actual release length {n 
those states or communities where 
local or istate censorship may result 
in deletions. Runmrig time in the 
reviews, aa given in 'Variety' carry 
the actual time clocked in the the> 
aitre after passage by the New York 
state censorship^ since pictures are 
reviewed only in actual theatre 
showings.^ 

WhTle every effort is made to hold 
'thia fist accurate, the information 
supplied may not alwaya be correct, 
eveti though official. To .obtain the 
fullest degree of exacting 'Variety' 
will appreciate the co-operation of 
all ma'nagers wfio niay note discrep-. 
ancies. 



Talent Flow 



(Continued from page 3) 

GalHan, French actress; Susan 
Kaaren, . chorus girl; Pat Paterson, 
iSngllsh actress; Charles Beyer, le- 
git; Nigel Bruce, legit; Sid Slivers, 
writer-actor hi vaude and musical 
comedy; Rosemary Ames, showgirl; 
and Jane Barnes, legit. 

Metro— Jean. Dixon, legit; Lteo 
Carroll, legit; Rofis Alexander, le 
git: Mrs. Pat Campbell, legit; Fay 
Bainter, legit; Ian Keith, legrlt, and 
Louise Henry, nite club entertainer. 

Warner — Donald "Woods, legit; 
Paul Kaye, legit; Joan Wheeler, le- 
git; Helen Lowell, legit; Pauline 
True, model; John Eldredge, legit'; 
Emily Lowry, legit; Colin. Clive, le 
git, and MaEgaret Hamilton, legit 
(one pic). 

Paramount — ^Lanny Ross, radio; 
Kitty Carlisle,, legit; Dorothy Dell, 
legit; Joe Morrison, radio; Eddie 
Craven, legit; Paul. Gerritts, legif; 
Mary Morris, legit, and Dorothy 
Stlckney, leelt. 

Radio — Ada Gavell^ stock actress; 
Arnold Korff, legit; Sara Haden, le- 
git (one pic) ; Marjorle Ly tell, legit 
(one pic); Jean Connors, RKO 
beauty contest winner, and Mar- 
garet Hamilton, legit (one pic) . 

Signing of talent by the. pic com- 
panies on the N.T. end would have 
probably been much more extensive 
had not the companies mainly 
sought juveniles and ingenues, and 
paid little attention to the char- 
acter people except in rare cases. 
Coast casting directors flerure they 
can get all the characters they want 
in California, but find new faces In 
the way of the. younger actors and 
actresses hard to get there. 

Although there are cloise to 40 
hits in the legit theatres, there has 
been a notable shortage of young 
leading men and women in these 
plays and the companies have had 
to stray to the by-ways In their 
search for young talent. All of 
them ha'Vre been testing chorus girls 
and boys and artists' models, with 
Paramount straying into the radio 
field and yanking a couple of the- 
handsomer tenors, Lanny Ross and 
Joe ' Morison. 

However, of all the people sighed 
here, none of them are of as great 
importance to theatre b.o.'s as 
Helen Hayes, Walter Huston, Mir- 
iam Hopkins, Katherlne Hepburn, 
Roland Young and Laura Hope 
Cr6ws are to picture b.o.'s, who are 
or were in legit this season. They 
were legiters before they went pic- 
tures. 

Mrs. Pat Campbell, and Colin 
Olive, the former signed by Metro 
and the latter by Warner, were the 
only legit b.o. personalities signed 
thi.s season. And both were in flops; 
Mrs. Campbell In 'The Party,' and 
Colin Clive in 'The Lake.' 



Berkeley Square. From the stage play ot the same title. Turn back the 
years type of play. Leslie Howard. Heather Angel. Dir. Frank Lloyd. 
87 mlns.. (roadshow time). Rel. Nov. 3. Rev, Sept. 19. 

Carolina. From Paul Green's stape piny of laist season. .Tanet Gaynor, Lionel 
Barrymore, Ro.bti Young. Henrietta Croaman. Ir. Henry King. 82 
mlns. Rel. Feb. 

Charlie Cnan's Gr«atest Case. Another adventure ot the Chinese sleuth. 
Warner Oland, Heather Angel. Dir. Hamilton MacFadden. Rel. Sept. 16. 
Rev Oct. 10. 

Coming Out Party. Origihal done by the Lasky unit. Frances Dee, Gene 
Raymondi Alison Skipworth. Dir. John Blystone. Uel. Mar. 2. 

Devil Tiger. Wild animal yarn made in Asia. Marlon Burns, Kane Rich- 
mond, Harry Woods and natives. Dir. Clyde E. Elliott. 60 mlns. Rel. 
Feb. .16, Rev. Feb. 13. 
Doctor Bull. From the novel, 'The Last Adam, Will Rogets, Louise Dresser. 
Dir. John Ford. 76 mins. .Rel. Sept. 22. Rev. Oct. 10. 

Frontier Marshal, The. Familiar theme of the unknown cleaner-up. John 

Wayne. Dir. Lew. Seller. 66 mins. Rel, Jan. 19. Rev. Feb. 6. 
Qood Companions, The. <Brltlsh made.) From the Priestly novel ot an Eng- 
lish concert troupe: Jessie Matthews. Dir. Victor Saville. ReL Sept. 4. 
Rev, Oct. 17. 

Heir to the Hobrah. From an old stage hit by the late Paul Armstrong. 
George O'Brien, Mary Brian, Dir. Geo. Marshall. 72 mins. ReL Feb. 9. 

Held That Girl. Original story. James Dunn, Claire Trevor. Dir. Hamilton 

MacFadden. 66 mins. Rel. Feb. 16. 
Hoopla. Talker version ot The Barker, stage play made as a silent; Clara 
Bow. Preston Foster. Rich. Cromwell. Dir. Frank Lloyd. 86 mlns. 
Rel. Nov, 30. Rev. Dec. 5. 

1 Am Suzanne. Novelty story with puppet sequences. Lilian Harvey, Gene 
Raymond, Plccoll M.irlonettes, Yale Puppeteers. Dir. R. V. Lee. 99 
mlns. Re). Dec. 22. Rev^ Jan. 23. 
I Believed In Vou. Ori^nal story. Rosemary Ames, Victor Jory, John Boles, 

Dfr Irving Cummings; Rel. Feb. 23. 
I Waa a Spy., lBHtlsh> Based on the story by Marthe MacKenna. Hertiert . 
Marshall, Madaleine Carroll, Conrad Veldt. Dir. Victor Saville. 83 mlns. 
Re|. Dec. 1&. Rev, Jan. 16. 
JlRimy and Safty. James DUnn, CIsiire Trevor. Dir. Jas. Timing. Rei. Nov. 24. 
Rev. Dec. 19. 

-Last >Trali. The. Zane Gray story. Geo. O'Brien, El rendel. CI Ire Tre'Vor. 

Dir. James Timing. 60 mlns. Rel, Aug, 26. Rev. Jan. 28. 
Mad Game. The. SperiCer Tracy, Claire Trevor. • Dir. Irving Cummings. 73 

mins. Rel. Oct. 27. Rev. Nov. 14. 
Mr, Skltch. From the story 'Green Dice." Will Rogers, Zasu Pitts, Rochelle 
Hudson, Harry Green. Eugene Pallette. Dir. Jas. Cruze, Rel. Dec. 29. 
Rev. Dec. 2Z. 

My i-tps Betray. Lilian Harvey's second U, S. release, but the first made. 

From the play by John Bafderson.- Lilian Harvey, John Boles, -Ea Bren- 

de'. Dir. John Blystone. 70 mma Rel. Nov. 10. Rev; Nov. 7. 
My Weakness, Musical. Utfan Harvey, Lew Ayrea Dir. David Butler. 74 

mlns. Re*. Sept. Rev. Sept. 26. 
Olson's Night Out. EI Brendel's first feature. Barbara Weeks, Walter Cat- 

lett. Dir. MaK St. Clalr. 70 mlns. Bel. Nov. 17. Rev. Jan. 9. 
Paddy the Next Best Thing.' From the stage play. Janet Gaynor, Warnet 

Baxter Dlr, Harry Lachman. 8S mlns. Rel. Sept. 8. Rev. Aug. 22. 
PUorimage. Mothea tore from a new ang^le. From the L A. R. Wiley story. 

Henrietta Grossman. Heather Angel. Norman Poster, Marian Nixon. 

Dir. John Ford. 96 mina' Rel. Aug. 18. Rev. July 18. 
Power and the Glory, The. Jesse Laslcy's *narrataffe' story. A man's career - 

4r nasbbacks. Spencer Tracy. Colleen Moore. Dir. Wm, K. BowarO. 

9H mine. Rel. Oct. 9^ 
Shangha> Madn ess . Uagaslne atory by F. U. firennati. River pirates on a 

Chinese stream. Spencer Tracy. Fay Wray. Dir. John Blystone. <• 

mlns. ReL Aug. 4. Rev, SepL 26. - 
Sleepers East. From the novel by Fredk. Nebel. Wynne Gibson, Preston 

Foster. Dir. Kenneth MacKenna. 69 mktm. ReL Jan. 2&. 
Smoky. From the novel by Wi!t< James. Victor Joey. Irene Bientley, Franola 
^ Ford. Dir. Eugene Forde. 66 mins. ReL Dec 8. Rev* Jan.' 9. 

Wails of Gold. FroBfr Kathleen -Norris' novel. Sally Bilera. Norman. Foster. 
Die Kenneth MacKenna. Rel: Oct. Iff. ' 

Worst Woman in Paris, The. Z^sky production for Fox. "Eltle ts explana- 
tory. Benlta Hume.- Adolphe Menjou.. Heleir Chandler. Dlf. Honta BelL 
76 'mina ReL Oct. 20'. Rev. Nov. 28*. 

Fceulec Astociatei ^^'^^Jl'Vfrk^.Sil v. 

Kiss of Araby.. 6riglnaK Sahara atory, ot rBitish army and Biff, with love 
interest. Maria Ai/bsi^ Walter Byron, Claire Windsor. 13tt. £fitt Rosen. 
Rel. Aprtt 21. 

Love Past Thirty^ A woman^a struggle against the lura of youth for the man 
she loved! Alleen Prlngle, Theodor von Elta, Gertrude MessInKer, Phyl- 
lis Barry. Dir. Vin Moore. 73' mlns. Rel. Jan. 27. 

Marriage on Approval. Novel. The conflict between the old generation and 
the new in the- realm of lore and matrlnutny. Sacbaca^ Kene, Donald .. 
Dlllaway. Dir. Howard Higgln. Bel. Nov. 20. 

War ot the nange. Tom Tyler western. Dir. J. P. McQowait, 9Qt niteia ReL 
Sept. 22. Rev. Dec. 12. 

When a Man Rides Alone. (Monarch.) Tom Tyler does a modem Mbls. Hood 
with a gold mine. Dir. J. P. McGtowan. 66 mlns. Rev. Dec. Vt. 

Gaumont-British ^26 wst 42nd st.,^ 

(BRITISH MADE) 

Channel Crossing. Drama. Matheson Lang, Constance Cummlners. JQlr. MIU 
ton Rossmer. 68 mlns. Rev. Oct. 81. 

Falling for You; Comedy drama. Jack Hulbert. Cicely Courtheldce^ ' Dir. 
Jack Hulbert. 71 mins. Rer.- Aug. 4. 

Ghoul, The. Thriller. Boris Karlofle. Dir. T. H. Hunter. 73 mins. Rel. 

Jan. 1. Rev. Jan. 30b 
Orders Is Orders. Comedy of American making film In British army. James 
Gleason, Charlotte Greenwood. Dir. Walter Fbrde. 70 mins: Rev, Aug. 18. 

Mm lAsfitf* Offlcee: RKO BldO«, RacOe City, 

raajeiiic vei'ir city 

Charhirng Deceiver, Tha.- (Birltlsh made.) Romantic drama of Cinderella type. 
Constance Cummings and Frank Lawton. Dir. Monty Banks. ReL 

Dec. 8. 

Curtain at Eight. Story of a iiiuFder mystery by Octavus Roy (3ot)en. C. Au-; 

brey Smith, Dorothy MackaHl. Paul Cavanagb. Dir. IS. Masaai Hopper. 

72 mlns. Rel Oct. L. Rev. Feb. 13. 
Divorce Bed. The. Divorce- racket exposed; Edward Arnold, John Miljan. 

Dir. Hobart Benley. JReL Jan.. 16. 
Morning After, The. A merry mix-up ot International spy systema. Ben 

Lyon and Sally Biters. Dir. Allan Dwan. ReL Jan. 1. 
Sing, Sinner, Sing. Torch singer marries a millionaire. Paul Luka% Leila 

Hyams. Dir. Howard' (%rhity. 74 mina Rel. AuC- L 
Sin of Nora Moran, The. Woman Is framed to shield the biflher-upe. Ztta 

Johann. Alan Dlnehart Paul Cayanagh, John MllJan, Dir. PbU Gold- 

btone. Rel. Dec. 12. Rev. Dec. 19. 
You Made Me Love You. <Britlsh made). Farce comedy of the taming ot 

a spitfire wife. Thelma Todd and Stanley LupbKk - Dir. Monty Banks. 

Rcl. Nov. 24. 



RQach's New Gang 



Hollywood, Feb. 26. 
Hal Roach has started the fourth 
of hi.s 1933-34 series of Our Gang 
comedies with Gus Melns megglng. 
"~if>ic has only three fofmer mem- 
bers of the Gang, Spanky McFar- 
landii -'Tommy Bond and Stymie 
Beers, with balance of youngs1«*s 
newcomera. 



Studios: Culver City, 

CaHf. 



Metro 



omeesi 1840 Broadway, 
Mew York. N. V. 



Beauty for Sale. Faith Baldwin's 'Beauty.' Otto Kniger, Madge Evans. Una 

Merkel, Alice Brady. Dir. Rich. Boleslavsky. 86 mlns. Rev. Sept 19. 
Rel. Sept. 1. 

Bombshell. Jean Harlow as a harassed picture star with Lee Tracy her 
publicity man. Tranchot Tone, Frank Morgan, Ted Healy, Una Merkel. 
Dir. Victor Fleming. 98 mlns, ReL Oct 13. 

Broadway to Hollywood. Three generations In a stage family. Alice Brady, 
Frank Morgan, Madge Evans, Russell Hardle, Eddie Quillan. Dir. Wli- 
lard Mack. 83 mlns. ^Rev. Sept. 6. Rel. Sept 16. 

Cat and the Fiddle, The, From the successful musical play by Jerome Kern 
and Otto Harbach. Ramon Novarro, Jeanette MacDonald, Frank Mor- 
- gan, -Charles Butterworth, . Jean Hersholt. _VlYienne . aegaL- JDLr,L =Wil- 
liam K. Howard. Rel. Feb. 9. 

Chief The. Ed Wynn an a simpleton of the gay 'nineties. Dorothy MackalL 
William (Stage) Boyd, K/Ile Ellsler, C. Henry Gordon. Dir. Charles 
Rlesner. 68 mlns, Kel. Nov. 3. Rev. Dec. 5. 

Dancing Lady. Jamea Warner Bells^h's Saturday Evening Post story. Joan 
Crawford, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone, Fred Astaire, Winnie Llghtner, 
-Ted Hf'nly. Dir. Robt-.- Z. -Leonard. • 00 mins. Rel. Nov. 24, Kev. Dec, 6. 

Day of Reckoning. Bashed on Morris Lavlnc's story, 'Hall of Ju.stlce. Rich- 
ard Div, Madge Evans, Una Merkel, ConWay Tecrle. Dir. Charles Bra- 
bin. 70 mins. Ilel. Oct. 27. Rev. Nov. 7. 

(Continued on page 29) — .... 



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VARIETY 



THE FAN 
DANCER! 



Tuesday, February 27, 1934 



Only Leo can do it! 
Week after week the 
biggest STAR names 
on your marquee! 



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P I C T ■ R E S 



29 



CALENDAR OF CURRENT RELEASES 



(Continued from page 27) 

Inner at Ight. From the Btag« play. All Btiir cast headed by Marie 

Dressier and John Barryoiore. . Dir. Geo, Cukor. Roadshow length IIQ 
tnlns. Rel. Jan. 12. Rev. Aug. 29;, 
imo. Love anid hate In the Icelands. Native cast. Dir. -W. S. Van pyksL, 
.Rpadshow length, 120 inlns. Rel. Jan, 13. Rev. Nov.. £1. 
Itlve Lover*; Robert Montgomery and Madge Evans as. the ioyers In a 
story "most of whose iaction takes place- oh a tranacontlnontal bus; Nat 
Pendleton, C. Henry Gordon, Ruth Selwji-n. Dir. H. Boleslavsky. $4 
mlns. Rel. Jan. 5. Rev*. Jan; 16. 
Going ' Hollywood. Marioin Davles chases a radio crooner tp the studio. 
Marlon Davles, Blng Crosby. Dir.. Raoul Walsh. 76 mlns. ReL^Dec; 22.. 
Rev, Deo. 26. 

i-ler Sweethea'*t Chrlstopheir Bean. The Brba'dWay play by Rene Fauchois and 

Sidney Howard. Marie Dressier^ Uonel Barrytnore, Helen jMiack, Dir. 

Sam 'Wood.; 90 mlns. Rel ; Nov. 17. Revl No.^r. 28. 
It Happened One Pay. Based on the hovel iiy ilarjorle Bartholomew Paradls. 

Lionel Barr>-more, Fay Balnter, Mae Clarke, Mary Carlisle,. Dir. W. K, 

Howard. Rel. Feb. 2. 
Laudhing Boy. Ramon Novarrb in the title role. Based on the Pulitzer Prize- 

winning hovel by Oliver. La Farge. Lupe Velez. Dir. W.. S. Van Dyke; 

Rel. Feb. 9. (Tent) 

the Baron. Jack Pe'krl brings his radio characterization to the screen, 
flmmy Durante, Zasu Pitts. Edna May Oliver. Ted fiealy and bis 
stooges. Dir. WalUr Lang. 70 m|ns. , Rel. Oct.. ^^2^^ Rev. Oct; 31. 
Men In White. Picturization Of the successful Broadway stage play of hos- 
pital life. Clark Gable. Myrna Loy, Jean Hersholt. Dir. R. Boleslavsky 
Rel. Feb. 16.: 

•lyiystery of the Dead Police; Based on the Crinie Club novel by Philip Mac^ 

fionald. Robert Montgomery, Elizabeth Allan, Le\vls Stone. Dir. Edgar 

Selwyn; Rel. Miarch 2. 
Night Flight. Air story of a South American flight ftom the novel by 

iSalht-ExUpery. John Barryniorei Helen . Hayes, Clark Gable.. Lionel 

Barrymore, Robt.- Mohtgbihery, Myrni Loy. Dir. Dayld Oi Selznlck. 89. 

mlns. Rel. Oct. Rev, Oct. 10. 
Id Hannifaai* May Robison as a Wall Street niani Lewis Stone, Jean 

Parker. Dir. C, Rlesner. Rel. Jan, 26.. 
Pththouae, Arthur Somers Roche serial. Warner, Baxter, 

Mvrna Loy, Mae Clark. Dir. W, heL .Sept, 8;, . Rev. bept. 

'1?. . ■ ■ . .:. ■ '■' 

rUeflghter and the Lady. Max Baer,: heavyweight contender, and Myrha 

Loy In the title' ro;es. Prime Camera, Jack Dempsey,. Walter Huston. 

Dir. W. S. Van Dyke. 90 mlns. Rel. Nov. 10, Rev. . Nov. 1>. 
Queen Christina. Greta Garbo as the seventeenth behtury queen who was 

brought up as a boy. Lewis Stone, Ian Keith, Elizabeth Young. Dir. 

Iloubeh Mamoullari. 90 mlns. Not yet released. Rev. .Jan. 2. ' 
Should Ladies Behave. From the stage play, 'The Vinegar Tree.' Lionel 

Barrymore, Alice Brady. Dir. Harry Beaumont. 89 mlns. Rel. Dec 1. 

Rev. Dec. 1^. 

Solitaire Man. Crook atory. wltli plenty of punch. Herbert Marsliall, May 
RoDson. Elizabeth Allan, Ralph Forbes. Dir. JacTc Conway. 62 mine, 
Rel. Sept. 22. Rev. Sept 26. 

Sons of the Desert (Hal Roach). .Laurel and. Hardy attend a fraternal con- 
vention. Din Wm. A. Selter. 65 mlns. Rel. Dee. 29; Rev. Jan. 9. 

Stage Mother. From Bradford Ropes" nOve"i oi stage life, Alice- Brady, 
Maureen O'SulIivan, Franchot Tone, Phillips. Holmes. Dlr, Chas. R 
Brabin, 85 mlns. ReJ, Sept. 29. Rev, Oct 3. 

Is Side of Heaven. Domestic drama from a novel. Lionel Barrymore, Fay 
Balnter, Mae Clark, Una Merkel, Tom Brown. Dir. Wm. K. Howard. 
78 mins. Rel. "Feb.. 2. Rev. Feb. .13. 
Tugboat Annie. From the Saturday Eye. Post, sierles. Marie Dressier, Wal- 
lace Beery. Dir. Mervyn LeBpy. 88 mlns. Rel, Aug. 4, Bev. Aug. IB. 
Turn, Back the Clock. Story of a man who relives his past. Lee Tracy, Mae 
J Clerk, Pegg> Sht^nnon. Dlr, ,Edga> Selwyn, 80 mlna. Rel, Aug. 2B. 
■ Rev. Aug. 29. - 
Iva Villa. Wallace Beery as the famous Mexican bandit chiefi Fay Wray, 
Stuart Erwln. Dir. Jack Conway. Riel, Feb. 23. 
Women fn Hie Life, This. Criminal lawyer, deserted by his wife, sends to the 
chair the man who stole her. Otto Kruger, Una Merkel, Ben Lyons 
Dir. Geo. B. Seltz. 74 mins; Rel. Dec, 3. Rev. Jan.. 30. 
You Can't Buy Everything. Story of a domineering old womin.. May Robson, 
Jean Parker, Lewis Stone; Dir. C. H. P.elsner. 72 mlns. Rel, Jan 26; 
Rev. Feb. 6. 

6048 Suneat Blvd:, M^w^^^m^wit^ Offlcc: R. K, 0 Building, 

Hollyyvood. Cal. iVlOnOgraitl Rockefeller Center, N.Y.C. 

Avenger, The. Vengeance In prlsor Ralph Forbesv Adrlenne Ames. Dir. Ed 

Marin. 72 mins. ReL Aug. 26. Rev„ Oct, 10. 
Beggars In Ermine. Lionel Atwell, Betty Furness. Dir. Phil 
Black Beatity. Horae story. Alex Klrkland. Esther Rail Phil 

Rosen. ' 70 mina. Rel. Aug: 10. Rev. Aug. 29. . 
roken Dreams. From Olga Prlntzlau's story, 'Two Little Arms.' Martha 

Sleeper, Randolph Scott, Buster Phelps. Beryl Mercer. Dir. Robert Vlg- 

aola. 68 mlns. Rel. Nov. 15. Rev. Nov. 28. 
Dovll'a Mate, The. Convicted murderer who diiss in the _elect£lcj chair , ahead 

of the shock. Peggy Shannon. Preston Foster, 

mins Rel. Aug. 16. Rev. Sept. 26. 
Fighting Texan. OU coiintry story. Rex Bell, Lua;na Walters. Dir. Armand 

Schaefer. 66 mins. Rel. Aug. 6. Rev. Aug. 1. 
Fugitive, The. A $600,000 mall robbery. Western.^ Rex .Bell, CecUia Parker 

Dir. Harry Fraser. 64 mlns. BeL Aug. 10. Rev. Sept. 26. 
Qalloping Romeo. Western story. . Bob' Steele. Dir. R, N. Bradbury, 64 mlns. 

Rel; Sept. 1. Rev. Oct. 81. 
He Couldn't Take It. Stoiry by Dorc SchaTg. Inside story of process serving 

racket. Bay Walker, Virginia Cherrlll, George E. Stone, Dorothy 

Granger, Pa,ul Porcasl. Dir. William Nigh. Rev. Dec. 11. 
Lucky -texah, The. Western story of a main accused of the murder of his 

John Wayne. Dir. Paul Malvern. 66 mlns. Rel. Jan. 22. Rev. Febi 13 
Mystery Liner. Noah Beery, Astrld Alwjn*. Dir. William Nigh. 

Rel. Dec. 19. Rev, Nov. 28. 
Inbovtf Ranch. Adventures Of the welterweight, champ of the Pacific Beet. 

Rex Bell. Cecelia Parker. Dir. Harry Fraser. 69 mins. Rel. Aug. Zi 
Rangers Code. Texas cattle ranger story. Bobe Steele. Dir. R. R Bradbury, 

65 mins. Rel. Sept 16. Rev. Sept 26. 
idora of Destiny; Western scrap about water rights, with some big flood 
Btuff4" "John Wayne.- Dlr; R. N. Bradbury; 68 nrtlns. 

Dec. 12,. 

Sagebrush Trail, The; Lone Star western. John Wayne, Nancy Shubert 

Dir. Armand Schaefer. 63 mins. Rel. Dec. 16. ReV; Jan. 9 
Sensation Hunters. Society high life. Arllne Judge. Preston; Dtr 

Chas. Vidor. 76 mlns, Rel. Sept; 2Q. Rev. Jan, 9. 
Ixteen Fathoms Deep. Sponge diver's romance. Sally O'Neill, Crelghtqn 

Chaney, Russell Simpson, Maurice .; Black, 

mlns. Rel. Jan- 1. Rev. Jan. .23..: -.^ 
Skyway. Aviation pilot's ship-to-shore line. Ray Walker. Kathryn Craw 

rord, Dir. Lew Collins. .67 mlns. Rel. Aug. .22 
Sweetheart ot Sigma Ch|. College musical. Mary Carlisle, Buster Crabbe 

Dir. Ed. Marin. 80 mlns. Rel.. Oct. 1. Rev, Nov. 14. 
West of the Divide. Lone Star weslterii. John Wayne, Virginia Brown Falre 

Dir. R. N. Bradbury. 
Woman's Man. Hollywood inside story. John Halliday. Wallace Ford, Mar 

guerite de la. Motte. Dir. Ed-ward Luddy. 

: 5861 Marathon St., Paramount ' Jufv-ri'^N^'v 

Hollywood, Calif r«r"™*»M"^ New York, N. V 

lice jh Wonderland. The Carroll story visualized,, Charlotte Henry and mpst 
of the Par. stars. Dir. Norman McLeod. 76 mins. Rel 
Dec. 27; 

All of Me. From the stage play, •Chrysalis.' Fredrlc March. Miriam Hopkins, 
Geo. Raft. Dir. Jas. Flood; 70 mlns. Rel. Jan. 26, Rev. Feb. 6 
Ig Executive. Story of big business from Alice Duer Miller's story. Klcardo 
Cprtez, Rich. Bennett, Eliiabeth Young, Sharon Lynn 
Kenton. 70 minfl, Rel. Aug. 18. Rev. Oct. 8. 
ic Song. Dorothea Wieck's flrst Hoilywopd -roductipn. Mother Move oj 
---===--^nuir-for-=a=fOTmdllnB-^n=a-^panish-^ 

Standing, Louise Dresser. Dir. Mitchell Lelsen; 78 mlns, ReL No 
Rev; Nov. 21. 

Design for Living. Adapted from Noel Coward's play. Fredrlc March, Gary 
Cooper, Miriam Hopkins, Ed. E. Hortbn - 
Kelease not set. Rev. Nov. 28, 



Geo. Raft.: Cltve Brook. 
Somnes and Alex Hall, 

Dorothea Wieck,. Alice 
Rey. Jari, 2S. • 
Loves in a small towh^ 



Guy 
Rel. 

rady. 

Gary 



■Rel< Oct. 10. Rev 



Dir. Armand Schaefer. 69 



Dir. Earl C 



Dir. Ernst Lubitsch. 90 mins 



QIH Wltheut a Room. Americans In Paris, Chas. Farrell, Chas. Ituggios, ; 
Marguerite. ChurchllL Gregory RatofE, Walter Wolff. Dir. Ralph M\iri)hy. • 
72 mins. Rel. Dec t. Rev. Dec. 12. 1 
(iolden Harvest. Story of the mlddlewestem farms, and Chicago wheat pu 
Rich. Arlen, Chester Morris. Genevieve Tobln. Dir. Ralph Murphy. 7i 
mins. Rel. OcL 22. Rev. Nov. 7. 
Hell and Hlflh Water, Waterfront story with * O; S. Navy backgroutsdinB. 
Rich. Arlen, Judith Allen, Chas. Grapewin, Sir Guy Standing. Dlr 
Grover. Jones and Wm. Slavens .McNutt, Rel. Oct 27. . Rev. Dec. 19. 
His Double Life, (bowling.) Light comedy. Lillian Glsh, iRol rdung 

Dir. Arthur Hopkins. 68 mlns, : Rel. Jan. 12. Rev. Dec. 19, 
I'm No AngeL Mae West original. Mae West in tights a^ a Hon tamer. 
_i Cary Grant, Edw. Arnold, Ralf Harolde. Dir. Wesley Buggies. 8« mins 

ReU .OcL M. Rev. Oct. 17. 
Last Roundup, The. Western *rith a Zane Grey title and a new story; , Ran- 
dolph Scott, Monte Blue, Barbara Addrtis, Fred Kohler. Dir.. Henry 
Hathaway. ReU Jan. 26.. 
Lone Cowboy, The. Western with Jackie Cooper a^ the hero. From a: Will 
James, story. Dlr^ Paul Sloaln. 68 mlns. Rel, Dec. 1. Rev. DeC' 6. 

Midnight Club, The. I<ondoh Jewel thiieves. 
Standing. Allsbh Sktpworth. . ir. Geo. 
July '-;8. Rev. Aug. L 

Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen. Farcical play. 

Dir. Alex. Hall. 67 mins. Rel; Jah. 12. 
One Sunday Afternoon. From the stage play. . , . 

Cooper, Fay Wray, Nlel Hamilton. Frances Fuller. Dir. Louis D. 
Lighton. 68 mlns. Ret Sept, 1. Rey. Sept, 6. . 
Searcii for Beauty, The. iPseudo-physlcal training yarn to display winners In 
Par's international beauty contest. Buster Crabbe, Ida Lupino, "Tpby 
Wing, Jasi Gleason. Dir. Brie Kenton. 77 mips. Rel; Feb. 2. Rev. 
Feb. 13., 

iSlttIng Pritty, Backstage story smartened iip. Jack Oakle, Jack Haley. 
Ginger Rogers, Thelma Todd, Gregory Ratoft. Dir. Harry Joe Brown, 
80 mins. ReU Nov, 24. Rev. Dec; 5 ' 
Tike a Chance, Roland & Brice production of the stage muslcail/ Jas. Dunn. 
Cliff Edwards, June Knight, Lillian Roth. Dlr; Lawrence Schwab. 80 
mins. ReL Oct 27. Rev. Nov. 28. 
This Day and Aije. Revolt of the children against politics and gangsters. 
Chas. Bickford, Judith Allen; Dir. Cecil de Mille. 82 mlns. Rel. Aug. 
25. Rev. Aug. 29. 

Three Corherft Moon; From the stage play.; l>oine8tlc problems 6I a. mildly 
insane family. GlaUdette Colbert, Rich. Arlen, Mary Boland. Dir. EU 
liott Nugent.. 70 mins. Rel. Aug. Rev. Aug. IB. 
Thundering Herd, The: Upper class western with the_usual _ingredlentsi 
Randolph Scott, Judith Allen, Buster Crabbe. Noah Beery, Ray Hatton; 
Dir. Henry Hathaiway, 67 mins, Rel. Nov. 24. 
Tlllle and Qus. Keeper of ft Chinese resort and her brother, an Alaskan, bad 
man Come back home to claim their inheritance, a battered ferry bpat. 
W. C. Fields aiid AUlson Sklpwbrth. handlie the comedy wUh; plenty oi 
opportunity. Dir. Frahcls MarUn. 67 mins. ReL Oct 13. Rev. Nov. 14, 
Too Much Harmony. Usual ba^Uge story; Bing Crosby. Jacje^^^ 

Gallagher, Harry Green, Ned Sparks. Judith AUen. Dir. Eddie Suther- 
land. 70 mins. ReK Sept 16. Rey. Sept. 26. ,. 
Torch Singer, the. Unwed mother doubles as a cabaret hotche and a radio 
mother talker. Claudette Colbert, Ricardo Cortez, David Manners, I^da 
Robertl. Dir. Alex Hall and Geo. Sommers. 70 mlns. ReL Sept «. Rey. 
Oct. 10. 

Way to Love, The. Chevalier, Incognito. fin«a romance^with a Ftenc^^^ 

nival troupe. Ann Dvorak, JBd, Everett Horton, Minna Qombell. Dir, 
Norman Taurog. 83 mlns. ReL Oct 20. Rey. Nov, 14. 
White woman. Tropical story with a brutal • ^iit? 'k ng'^f 

Chas. Laughton, Carole Lombard, Chas. Bickford. Dir. Stuart W: Ikcr 
66 mins. Rel. Nov. 3. Rev. Nov. 21. 

D-:;-,.,.:^^! Offlce: 1270 Sixth Ave., 

rrincipai Neyir vork, .y. 

Jaws of Justice. (Principal.) Kazan, the dog, »n a melodrama of th^^ 

west Mounted Police, with Richard Terry and Ruth Sullivan. 64 mins. 
ReL Dec 16. 

Thunder Over Mexico. (Principal), v Elsenstcin's Mexican mde Picture over 
which there has been BO much controversy. All native cast 60 mln 
Rel. Nov. 16. Rev. SepL 26. 

Studios: Hollywocg,, R,K,0. Radio ^"^KiSi^^iJ^lc. 

Ace of Aces. A pacifist goes to war and becomes a great aviator with ft lust 
for killing. Rlchai'd Dlx, Elizabeth ^llan, Ralph Bellamy. 78 mins, 
J. Walter Ruben. ReL Oct 20. Be!,v, Nov. 14. 
After Tonight. A beautiful Russian spy iallsjn love with an Austrian spy 
but they place duty to their countries above love. Constance Bennett 
Gilbert Roland. Dir. George Archaihbaud. 72 mins. Rel. Nov. 10. Rev. 
Nov. 7. 

Aadle Appleby, Maker of Men. A woman reforms, two^ of the men -in her 
life; making a genfleman of the rbwdy and a rowdy of the «S?*1^JP^, 
Wynne Gibson, Charles Farrell, William Oargan. Zasu Pitts. »*»'■* 
Sahdrich. 73 mins. ReL Nov. 3. Rev. Oct 24. 
Ann Vickera. From the Sinclair Lewis novel. , Irene Dimn, Walter Huston, 
Conrad NageL Dir. John Cromwell. 76 mtns. Rel. Oct 18. Rev. Oct. 3. 

Bed of Roses. A girl of the streets reforms because of ^^^^^°7^-^^9l I 
Mississippi boat man. " Constance Bennett, Joel McCrea, Pert Kelton. 
John Halliday. Dir. Gregory LaCava. .67 mhis, Rel. July 14. Bev 
July 4. 

Before Dawn. Taken from Edgar Wallace's last niyatery noveL Stuart Er- 
wln, Dorothy Wilson. Warner Oland. Dir. Irving PIchel. 61 mins. Rel. 
Aug. 4. Rey. Oct 24. 
Blind Adventure. Adventul-ea In London during ^one ; foggy night Robert 
Armstrong, Helen Ma«*. Roland Young, Ralph Bellamy. Dir. Ernest B, 
Schoedsack. 63 mlna. Released Aug. 18. Rev. Nov. 1. 
Chance at Heaven. The rich city girl who dazzles the country boy and miar 
rles him only to send him back to his small town sweetheart Joel 
McCrea, Ginger Rogers. Marlon Nixon. Dir. William Selter. ^ 78 mlns 
Released Oct. 27. Rev. Dec. 27* 
Deluge, The. Odd story of the world after a second_deluge. Peggy Sliannpn, 

■ lIolB Wilson, Sidney Blackmer, Matt Moore. Dir. Felix B. Fei 
Sept. 15. ^ Rev.. Oct 40. 

Dbuble Harness. A girl who got ber man. Ann Harding, William 

Dir. John CJromwelt 70 mlns. Rev. July 26. 
I^lamlna Gold. Adventures In the oil fields of Tampico. Bill Boyd^^ Mae Clark. 

Pat^Bri*^^^ by Ralph Ihce. 68 mtas. Released Sept 29 

Flying Devils. Triangle In a flying circus. Arllne Judge, Bruce Cabot Ir 

Russell BlrdwelL 60 ztalns. ReL Aug. 14. Rev. Aug. 29. 
Flying Down to Rio. Musical extravaganza which takes place In the air above 
Rio de Janeiro? Dolores Del Hio, Gene Raymond, Ginger Rogers, IVed 
Astalre. Rabul Roulien. Dir. Thornton Freeland. 89 mins. 
29. Rev; Dec. 27. 

Goodbye l^ove. A butler and his master both become . Involved with gold 

■ ^di^g^. Chartle Ruggles, Verree Teasdale, Mayo Methot Sidney Black 
mer, Phyllis Barry. Dir. by H. " " — - 0-1 
Nov. 10. 

HIPS, Hips, Hooray. Musical girl Show^ Bert Wheeler,. Robert Woplsey. Ruth 
■ Ettlng,^ Dorothy Lee, Thelma Todd,. George Meeker, Phyllis Barry 
Mark Sandrlcb. Rel. Jan, 19, 
If I Were - Free. A modern romance of Wo people, dlaappolnted in marriage, 
who meet and try to find happiness together In their way. Irene Dunne. 
Clive Brook, Nils Asther, Henry Stephenson. Dlr; Elliott Nugent. C6 
minsJ ReL Dec. L Rev; Jan. 9. 
Little Women. Talker version of the Louisa: Alcott story. Katherlne . Hep 
burn; Joan Bennett, Paul tukaa, Frances Dee. Jean Parker. Edha jWae 
Oliver. Dir., Geo.. Cukor. 117 m lis, Rel. Nov. 24. Rev. Nov. 21.. 
Lost Patrol, The. A detachment of British soldiers lost on the Mesopptamlah 
desert are attacked by unseen. Arabs with dramatic results.: Boris. Kar 
loft, Victor McLaglen. Wallace Ford, Reginald Denny, Alan Hale. l.>i 
John Ford, ReL Jan, 12. 
Man of Two Worlds. An Eskimo, his iiluslona shattered by a glimpse of Lon 
don civilization, returns to his own people and is brought back toTeallty 
by his Infant son.' Francis Lederer, Ellssa Landl, Henry Stephenson, 
Walter Byron, Steffi Duna, J. Farrell MacDonald, Sarah Padden. Dlr 
J. Walter Ruben. 92 mins. Rel. Jan. 26. Rev. Jan. 16 
Midshipman Jack. Annapolis story. Bruce Cabot, Frank Albertsbn, Arthm 
Lake, Betty Furness. Dir. ChrJity Cabanne. 70 mlns, Rcl. Sept. 29. 
R6v. Nov. 21. 

Morning Glory. Backstage story of a country . girl's rise and fall. Katberinie 
Hepburn, Doug. Fairbanks, Jr„ Adolphe Mcnjou, Mary Duncan. Dlr, 
Lowell Sherman. 70 mins, Rel. .Aug.; 18. Rev. Aug, 22. 
No Marriage Tleis. From an unprbduCed play. Satire on advertising agencies,: 

:Richard Dlx, Ell zabeth. , Allen. . D l r; J. J^^^^ 

11. Rev. Aug. 8. ' 



incorporations 



-, Duck Saup...^Macx- -Erothets! 



'.„nc4iaeivalcaU^,.-^RaiUiel To^^^^ Du 
•ey.- 69 mlns. JleT.T^ov. .Ke^^n^TSV: 23r 



Eight GIpIs in a Boat, Love in a girl's schort. Douglas Montgomeiy. Kay 
.r(,hiison. Dir. Rich. Wallace. 8B mlns. Rel. Jan. B. Rev. J*n. 16. 

Fou. Frightened People. Mixed quartet In th« J"n»l«f,, C'*"<';ti"rt«^°\^^^^^^^ - 
b.-it M;u'r.l.,'ill. Mary Ploland, Wm. O.irgan. Dir. Cecil de MLle 



Ral 



NEW YORK 

iiy. 

(ittcllo ltr(>i««roasiliis Corp., ^cw York; 
ir,-.,nexitl br.oaili-iisttnB ,. buslupss ;. t-apltal 
sio'ok, 200 shares, ho pur value. . EUyiHe 
Crimnser, 303 t?nutU i;»h stroet, New- 
.drk,. N. J.; Thelma Marciuos, . C lilb- 
fcrty plat<e, Weehawken, N, -.T. ; anrt plit- 
ney. R, Nussehfeld, 425 -Rlv.er.slil^ dr'.ve, 
New Torlt. 

Stemtont JProducttons, Inc.; aniua<>r' 
me.nt enterprises ^nd prcparrttlou of pub- 
ItcatlonB; capital stocUi 100 shares, no 
par' Value. ' Mary, C. ■ Monahah, I.IUIan.- 

C. erny and Edward J. : Clarke, all of . 15.2 
West, 42d Btre.et, New .York.' 

.'Mark Kcwninn,. Inc.;- vaudci-ille, plays, 
etc;;, capital stock, $20,000. Heleh. Sher-- 
man, BSi .Greiine avenue; 'Morris -Klm'- 
niei, 1280 -St. johna place;, ami. Uose 
LeVlton", . 1*2 Sumner 'avenue, all ■ .of 
Brooklyii.' 

niien-In-Rome, Inc,; viaudeyllle; pidys,, 
etc; capital 8toclt, |6,000. Jack^Hymnn, 
204 "West 8lBt street; George Smlthfleld/ 
Astor Hotel; and Bertha D. Vinegrad, 
1440 Broaa*a:y, all of New York. 
' ShuRoId' Theatre?;. Iho.,. Manhattan; 
ptcturea, vaudeville, etc.; capital, stock, 
*20,000: Emanuel Schulmaft, Maurice 
Goldstein and". Morris Ludmercr. all of 
71 Temple , street, Long Island City. 

Gentlewoman. Ino., theatricals, pic- 
tures.- :p1ay8, etc.: capital 'stock, 100 
shares, no par value. Cheryl Crawford, 
433 East 51st street; Harold Clurman, 
Hotel Brcvoort, and l«e Strassberg, 28 B 
West nth Wrect, all of Now Tork. 

N. .Y. Amity Exchionite; pictures; cap- 
ital stock, 13,000. Helen Neugewlrt7, 
Harold T)ubllrer and Evelyn IlabiTioWltz, 
all of II Park place. New York. 

Kraplre Circus Oi^eratlnr Corp., Al- 
bany; business' of ojjoratlng .A circus: 
capital stock, IBOiOOO — 4,000 shares, $10: 
10,000 common, $1. Frank Snyder, Red 
Hoolc; Frank H. Stowell and Rena 
Bftker, both of 6 South Pearl street, Al- 
bany.' ■'■ '■' ' ■ . ■ . 

314 'Flatbnsh Avenae Amnsentenl 
Corp.; pictures; capital, stock, $10,000. 
Mildred M;' Herman, 227 Ridgewood ave- 
nue; Simon Gurton, 217i: East Eighth 
street; and. ■William B. Walker. 60 Court, 
atreet, all of Brooklyn. 

John A. Sohnltc. Ine.; pictures, playa, 
vaudeville, etc.: capital stock. 100 shares, 
no par value. John A. Scbulte, Alexan- 
der A. SohuUz and Carolyn 'Wolfensfeln. 
all of 1664 Broadway, New York. 

Central Opera Bouse Becreatlon, Inc.; 
capital stock, $600. Arnold Kahn, Max 

D. Bluestone and Morrlsi Zwerlitig; all of 
29 Broadway. New York. ,. : 

Electrtoal lAboratories Company. Inc.; 
radio business; capital stock, : $10,000. 
R. liowell "Walcutt, Mary. D. Walcutt 
and W. 3. Harklns, all of 141 East 2Bth 
street. New York. 

WelUncton Displays, Inc.; pictures, 
playa, etc.; capital stock. . 100 shares, no 
par value. Seymour Stone, Daniel S. 
Weilss and Ullton "Vernoft, all of 51 
Chambers street, New York. 

I»u-Har, Inc.: pictures, plays, etc.; 
capital Btock, $1,000. LUUan Potashkln, 
Edw. Collins and Samuel Cohen, all of 
16 Court street, Brooklyn. • . . . 

IHvUIa Manufaeturlns Co.; musical In- 
struments; capital stock, $10,000. Frank 
Fa-villa, Hiarcules. FavlUa and Anthony 
Qaleterla, all bt ?91 Broadway, New 

York. ' ^ . ^ 

Peerless Film Processing Coip.; pic- 
tures; capital Btook, 300 shares — 100 pfii. 
$100;. 200 common, no par value. Albert 
O. Bondy, 280' West 106th strisot; Harry 
Ernest Rubens and Jeanne Rnbenn, 
Sevfenth avenue, all of Now York. 
Change of Capital 

Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc., 
New York; 1.60,000 shares, no pax value, 
changed to 760,000 ahares, 86, , 

Brooklyn Broadcasting^ Corp., Brook- 
lyn: $10,^00, changed to |76.000.^ 

Change of Directors, Provi 
- ' Etc^. 
International Newsreel Corp.^ 
American Radio News Corp. 
Parainonnt NewB, Inc 

OKLAHOMA 

Oklahoma City. 
iWarlow Athletic Cldb, Marlow, Capi- 
tal stock,, none. Incorporators, Elmo 
Gandy, Roy Bi Martin and H. R. Gandy. 
Foreign 

Western Badio Telegiapli Company, 

Delaware. "Una Leo Roberts, service 
agent, Oklahoma City, Capital In Okla- 
homa, $10,000. 



Dir. 



Judgments 

(Name of debtor is first; 
creditor and amount follow.) 

Staniird Bound Kecordloff Corp.; 
iumbia Phono Co.; $8,642. 

John -Rlngllng; Madison 
Corp;; $C5i213. . 

Steeplechase Amna. Co.; 
$10,181. 

RKO WILLING TO LET 
HILLSTR^T,L.A..GO 

Oscar OJOknow, Harry Arthur and 
Fax-West CoastI amohg others, 
have held • conversations -with .RKO 
1 relative to a takeover of the RKO 
Hillstreet in Los Angeles. It's been 
Indicated that RKO Is willing to let 
thel. Spot go, but the terms must be 
: right, a.<) RKO has an estimated in- 
vestment In the ii. A. house ot 
arbiihd $1,5.00,000. 

far as the Palace, New Yoi'it, 
[goes there ig every iiidica,tioh. tiiat 
RKO aims to keep the spot, and so 
far indications are that the sanie 
RKO attitude goes tor the Frisco 
(Golden Gate. Last-named theatre 
Is doing too well for RKO to con- 
sider ,elvinB up the spot, s^ccoriiinB 
to omrlal definition. 



Liione) Barrymore, May 
72 mlns. Rel. Sept. 8 



Xi^\v .Tr.n .'to 



One Man's Journey. Country doctor achieves , fame. 
Robson. Joel McCrea; Dir. John Robertson. 
Rev. ,Sept. 6. 

Rafter Romance. A story of Greenwich Village. Ginger Rogers, Norman 
Foster, Geo. Sidney, Laura Hope Crews, Bobt. Benchley. Dir. .Wm 

- -'-^-'-Seft€rr'^76"inlngr-'»elr Se^^^ Jan, ID. --r- ■ — 

RIaht to Romance, The. A famous woman beauty specialist docldes to i^o ot. 

- , a spree and becomes Involved In a sp-rles of exciting advcuturi .v An; 

Harding, Nils Asther, Sari Maritza. Ir/lng rjchel, Dlr, Alfred S;.t.'- .i 
«T mlna. Bel. Nov. 17. R<»v, Dec. I?. 

(Continued on pa«« 31) 



WHIIAM'S D^Y 

Hollywood, ^Feb. 

AV'aVrdn William will not 
ayallaJ^LQ J.orlC^..B.\^P^ 
patra' until he has cleaned up Tfi^ 
work In 'Dr. Slcmlr.a' (WB). 

'Monica' go^s Into work 
(Monday). 



floll.vw'ood. Feb. 26. 
U ilpU a.'iiDLT.-r ;tr;a Robin ar 
I'.-i-.-f-Mii^ni! s'.'ii-kirm on the- music 

■•JMlf' .Xf.iUOO.' 



0 



VARIETY 



Tuesday, February 27, 1934 





Says Hollywood Variety: 



'^With smart direction, a brace of supe- 
rior performances and with an intrisuing 
story presented with fresh dressing, it 
will take care of itself in ail spots as di- 
verting comedy drqma « • .^Countess' is 
lavishly presented/^ 



Says Motion Picture Herald: 



the story has novelty, action, plenty of 
thrill and excitement as well as love 
interest and comedy.^ 






with 



FAY WRAY 
PAUL LUKAS 

Patsy Kelly, Poul Page, Carmel Myers, 
Reglnold Owen, Robert McWode, 
RIchaNl TuckerStory byWolter Fleisch. 
Dliect««i by Koil Freund. Presented by 
Carl laemmle. 

A Stanley Bergerman Production 




" ,' ' ' ', ''&/, 



' '',/,-• ' ' ^ 







Step out with UNIVERSAL and- 

Edna Ferber's GLAMOUR •vicki 
Bourn's 1 GIVE MY LOVE • 
LEW BE mZY^ LOVE 
BIROS^ • THr P001I ittC^^^^^ 




Now In preductfoli 

___will!^ _ 



MARGARET 
SULLAVAN 

|Douglas Montgomery. 

DIrtcter, 

FRANK 
BORZAGE 



Tuesday, February 27, 1934 



PICTURES 



VARIETY 



31 




(Continued from page 29) 

Son of Kona> Further Adventures of Oarl Denham, the director who brought 
KliiB Koris to civilization, this time with the Son of Kong. Rohert Arm- 
strong, Helen Mack, Frank. Belcher, John Marstoh. .. Directed by Bmeat 
B.. Schoedsack.. 69 mlns.. Bel. Dec.r22. Bev.. Jan. 2. 

Wild Birds. An orphan girl and a young boy who escaped from a, reformatory 
fall in love and try to escape the inhuman .farmer who keeps them 
enslaved on bis farm. Jean Parker, Zasu Pitts, Tom Brown^ Arthur 
Byron, Nydla Westman, Beulah Bohdl, Wllliard Bobertson, Emerson 
, Treacy. Dir. Elliott Nugent,. Bel. Jan. B, 1934. 

United Aftirt. "JiSirVSScJ'ffi V. 



Advice to the Lovelorn. Boniance and adventures of reporter who edits the 
agotiy column and eventually exposes the driig racket. Dir. Alfred 
Werker, Bel. pec. 1. Be.v,.pec. 19. 
Itter Sweet.. ( rltish madiej. ; Noel Coward's' operetta^ , Romance of wealthy 
English beauty who elopes , to Vienna with her mu&ie teacher. Anna 
Neagle, Fernand Graavey. Dir. Il^rbert Wilcox. 9B mlns. Bel. Sept. 
22. Rev. Aug . 29. 

lood Money; The ball bond racket With a love angle. Geo.. Bancroft, Frances 
Dee. Dir. Bowland BroWn. 66 mine. Bel. Nov. 17. Bev. Nov. 21. 

Bowery, The. Story of the rivalry between Chuck Connors and Steve Rrodle, 
famous Brooklyn Bridge jumper. .Wallace Beery, Creorge Raft,. Jackie 
Cooper. Fay Wray; Dir. Bkoul Walsh. Bel. SepL 29. Rev. Oct. 10. 
roadway Through a Keyhole. Walter WlnChell's story of Broadway. Con- 
stance Cummlngis, Buss ColUmbo. Paul Kelly. Dir. Lowell SherDpan. 
90 mins. Bel. Oct. 13. Bev. .Nov. 7. 

Emperor Jones. Eugene O'Neilfs' famous drama of a Pullman porter who. 
becomes ruler of a West Indian island. Paul . Bobeson, Dudley Dlgges 
Dir. Dudley Murphy. 80 mins. Rel. Sept A. ; Rev.. Sept. 26. 

Gallant Lady. An unwed mother who pays- the price of silence in order to be 
near her child. Dir. Gregory. La CavaJ Ann Harding, dive Brook, 
Otto Kriiger, TuJlIo Carmlnati. 82 mins. Bel. Jan. 5. Bev. Jan. 23. 

Henry VIII (British made). Henry and his six wives. Chas. Laughton. Dir. 
Alex. Korda. 93 mins. B61. Oct 16. Bev. Oct 17. 

Masquerader, The. Based on John 'Hunter Booth's .adaptation of Katherlne 
. Cecil Thjrston's novel. Cousins of Identical appeairance change places, 
with intrigulne political and romantic results.' ° Bonald Colman, EllssI 
Landi. Dir. Blchard Wallace. 76 mins. Be^l. Sept 1. Revi Sept. 6. 
oiilln Rouae'. A talented wife proves her ability by a clever, impersonation 
ruse. Dir. Sidney Lanfleld. Constance Bennett Fxanchot Toiler Tulho 
Carmlnati. 70 mine. Bel. Jan, 19, Bev. Feb. 13. 

Nana. Adaptied from the Zola novel With Sam Goldwyh's new star; Anna Sten. 
Phillips Holmes, Mae Clark, Lionel Atwill. Blch. Bennett Dir. Dorothy 
Arzner. .87 mine. Bel. Mar. 2. Rev. Feb. 6. 

Palooka. The son of a prizefighter follows In his father's footsteps. Dir. Ben 
jamln StolofC. Jimmie Durante, Stuart Erwln, Lupe Velez. Rel. Jan. .26. 
Oman -ScandalB. A town simpleton transported In a dream back to the 
grandeur that was . Rome. Dir. Frank. Tuttle. Eddie Cantor, Ruth 
Ettlng^, Gloria Stuart 91. mlns. Rel. Dec. 29. 



City. 
Cflif. 



Universal 



cea: 730 Fifth Ava., 
New York, N. V 

V.' Schertzlnger. Rel 



Miscellaneoiu Releases 



Police official cleverly 
Dir. Arthur Hoerl, SG 



Before MornlhB. (Oreenblatt) From a stage play, 
traps a murderess. Leo Carlllo, lH)ra Baxter, 
mina. Ber. Nor. 21* 
Bio Chance, Th*. (Eagle.) Prizeflghter-soclallte story. John Da,rrow. Mema 

Kennedy. Dir. Al. Herman. 63 mlns... Rev. Sept 6. 
Carnival Lady. (Qoldsmith-Hoilywood.) Carnival background for a triple love 
story. Boota Mallory, Vincent Allen. Dir. Howard Higgln. 67 mlns. 
Rev. Dec S. 

Crl Inal at Laroa. (Helber.) Edgar WaUace, mystery story, British made, 

British cast. T4 mlns. Rev. Dec. 27. 
Dawn to Dawn (Duwo^ld.) Rural story In a foreign settlnjs. SB mlna. Rev. 
Jan. 9. 

Faithful Heart, The. (Helber.) BriUsh made. Romantic story of a faithful 

love. British cast 66 inlna. Rev. Aug. 22. 
Film ParadOr The. (State rights.) bid clips and hew material assembled by 

J. Stuart Blackton. 62 mina. Rev. Dec. 27. 
Gisolettea of Parls^ (Equitable.) Gold digger story in Parisian locale; .Madge 
Bellamy^ Natalie Moorhead. Din Alphonse MarteL . 69 mlns. Rev. 
Oct 17. 

Hell's Holiday. (E;uperb.) CompIlatlott of war scenes. 90 mliia. Rev. July 18. 
Her Forgotten Past. (Mayfalr.) Society girl marries hier chauffeur then weds 

a lawyer believing her first husband dead. Monte Blue, Barbara Kent 

Dlr; Wesley Ford^ 66 mlns. Ret. Nov. 7. 
Her Splendid Folly (Progressive). Studio girl impersonates a star In Holly- 
wood. Lillian Bondu Beryl Mercer, Theo. von Elts. Dir. Ralph Blaek^ 

60 mins. Rev. Nov. 14. 
/Important Witness, The^ (Tower.) Story with a. gangster touch, but mosUy 

done In a long distance bus. Noel Francis. Donald Dillaway. Dir. Sam 

Newfeld. 63. mine. Rev. Sept 26, 
Laughing at LIfa. (Mascot) Story of a gun-running adventurer. "Victor Mc- 

Laglen, CdnchlU Montenegro. Ruth Hall. Dir. Ford Beebe. 71 mins. 
_^ Rev. July 18, 

Marriage on Approval. (Monarch.) In Which a girl gets married in the first 

reel and finds it out in the last Barbara Kent, Donald DlUaway. Dir 

Howard. Higgln. Rev, Jan. 9. ^ 
Neighbors WiVea. (Syndicate.) Domestic murder problem. Dorothy^ Mac 

kaill, .Tom Moore. Dir. Francis Natteford. 66 mine. Rev. Oct 17.. 
Police Call. ' (Showmen.) Ring story . with art adventure' a,ngle. Nick Stuart 

Mema . Kennedy. Dir. Phil Whiteman: 63 mina. ReL Aug. Rev. Aug. 29 
Public Stenographer. Title tells the story. Lola Lane, Wm. Collier, Jip 

Dir. Lew Collins. Rev. Jan. 30. 
secret Sinners. (Mayfair.) Chorus girls and a song writer. Slie^Cfarron, Nick 

Stuart Dir. Wesley Ford. 58 mins. Rel. Oct., 20. Rev. Dec, 27. 
Ship of Wanted Men. (Showmen.^ Crew of refugees fight over a gjrl rescued 

in mld-oceah. Leon Waycoff, Gertrude Astor. 

minis. Rev. Nov. 21. 
White Face. (Helber.) British made crime story from an Edgar Wallace 

book. AINBritish cast. 65 mlns. Rev. Dec. 6. 



Foreign Language Films 



(Note: 



1. Rev. 



Beloveds Musical. John Boles^ Gloria Stuart Dir. 

Jan. 29, Bey. Jan. 30. 
Bombay Mall. Edmund Lowe Production. Dir. Ed. Marin, 
. Jan. 9. 

By Candlelight. Sophisticated comedy-drama. Paul Lukas, Elissa Landi, JNils 

Asther, Esther Balston. Dir. J^mes Whale. 70 mlns. Bel. Dec. 18. Bev, 

Jan;- 9. , ' ' ' i 

.Counsellor itit Law. Drama. Johd Barryittore, Bebe Daniels; Dir. Wm. 

Wyier. BeL Deo. 25. Bev. Dec. 12. 
Cross bounty Cruise, Comedy-drama. Lew Ayres, June Knight, Alice White. 

Dir. Eddie Buzzell, 78 mins, ^el. Jan. .15. Bev. Jan. 28. 
ilun Justice. Western. Ken Maynard. BeL Dec: 18. 

Hor First Mate. Comedy. SuminervlilerPltts. Dir. Wm. Wyler^ Rel. Auft: S. 
Rev. Sept. 6. 

Horse Play. Comedy. Siimmervine-Deylne. Dir. Ed Sedgwick. Rel. Nov. 27. 
I Like it That Way. Musical. Rodger Pryor, Gloria Stuart Dir. Harry Lach- 
man. Rel. Feb. 12. 

Invisible Man. Mystery-drama. Claude Rains. Gloria Stuart Henry Travers, 

Una O'Connor. Dir. James Whale. : 70 mlns. ReL Nov, 13. Bev. Nov. 21. 
Ing for ■ Night. Comedy-drama. Chester Morris, -Alice White, Helen 

Twelvetrees. Dir. Kurt Neumann. 78 mlns. BeL Oct. 30. Bev. Dec. 12. 
Ladles Must LoVe. MuisIcaL Broadway story. June Knight, NIel Hamilton, 

Sally O'Neia. Dir. B. A. du Pont 60 mins. BeL Sept 25. Bev. Dec. 6. 
Love, Honor and Qh, Baby. Comedy. Slim SummerviUe. Zasu Pitts, LucUie 

Gleason, Veree Teasdale, Donald Meek. Dir. Eddie Buzzell. 63 mins. 

Rel. Oct 16. Rev. Oct 31, 
Madame Spy. Drama. Fay Wray, Nils Asther, Dir. Karl 70 mlns. 

Bel. Jan. 8.' BeV. Feb. 18. 
Idnlght. Drama. . Sidney B*ox, Henry HuU, Heggle. Dir. Chester 

Erskine. Bel. Jan. 22, 
Myrt and Marge. Musical. Idyrtle Vail, Donna Domerll, Eddie Foy, Jr., Ted 

Healy, Grace Hayes, J. E^arrell MacDonald. Dir. Al Boasberg, 

Rel; Dec. 11. Bev, Jan, 23. 
Only Yesterday^ Dramatic love story, John" Boies. Margaret SuUavan, Beg^ 

Inald Denny, BlUie Burke. Dir, 

Rev. Nov. 14. 

Saturday's Millions Football story. Robt. Toung, Leila Hyams, Johnny Mack 
Brown. Dir. Edw, Sedgwick. 76 mlns. Rel. Oct 9. Rev. Oct 17* 

Secret ot the Blue Room. Mystery draima; Lionel Atwill, Paul Lutos Gloria 
Stuart Dir. Kurt Neumann. 61 mins. Rel. July 20. Rev. Sept 19. 
. Iceberg. An Arctic expedition is stranded in Greenland. Rod LaRocaue, 
Gilbert Gowland, Leni Reifeiistahl Dir. Tay Garnett 117 mlns. (road- 
show). Rev. Sept. 26. 

Strawberry Roan, The. Story of a wild horse and his conquest Ken May- 
nard, Ruth Hall. Dir. Alan James. Rel. Oct. 26. Rev. Dec. 12. 

Trail Drive. Ken Maynard western story of a cattle drive. Dir. Alan James. 
69 mins. Bel.' Sept. 4. Rev. Jan. 9. 

Studios Burbanic.^^^ Warner Brothers °"'"'''aS'Y??£S,V. 

Captured I Behind the scenes in' a German prison. Leslie Howard, DouglM 
Fairbanks, Jr., Paul Lukas. Margaret Lindsay. Dir. Roy del Ruth. 
72 mlns. Rel. Aug. 19. Rev. Aug. 22. 

College Coach. A football story with a new twist. Dick Powell, Ann Dvorak, 
Pat O'.Brlen and Lyle Talbot Dir. William A. Wellman. 77 rnlhs. 
Rel. Nov. 4 Rev. Nov. 14. 
Israeli. Political drama of. England. George Ariiss, 
fred Green. .S8 mlns. Re-rel. Dec 16. .. 

Easy to Love. A frothy farce. Adolphe Menjou, Genevieve Tobin,, Mary 
Astor, Guy KIbbee, Edward Everett Horton. Dir. William Kelghley. 
61 mlns. Rel. Jan. 20. Rev. Jan. 16. 
ver in IVIy Heart. War thenie story, but without conflict angle. German- 
American husband and an American wife. Barbara Stanwyck, Otto 
Krii&er, Ralph Bellamy. Dir. Archie Mayo. 70 mlns. Rel. Oct .28. 
Rev. Oct- 17, 

Finger Man. A petty gangster finally breaks away from his gang. James 
Cagney, Mae Clark and Leslie Fenton. Dir. Roy Del Ruth. Rel, pec 9. 

FoDtlight ParadiB. Gala musical With backstage locale. James Cagney, Joan 
Blondell, Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell. Dir.: Lloyd Bacon. 129 mlns. 
Dances by Busby Berkeley. Rel. Oct^ 2. Rev. Oct 10. ^ 

From Headquarters. A crime drama with a. murder committed right In head 
quarters. George Brent, Margaret Lindsay and Eugene Pallette 
William DIeterle. 63 mins. Rel. Dec, 2. Rev. Njv, 



Dir 



Studio Placements 



21. 



Dir. 



Havana Widows. Comedy of two . burlesque queens on the makeiln Havana. 

-■ — - — — — ..^ — ' — Rel, Nov. Jo. 



Paul MunI, 
Rel. Jan. 20. 



Joan Blondell. Glenda Farrell. Dir. Ray Enrlght. 62 mlns. 
Nellie. Comedy-drama of a newspaper iove' columnist 
Glenda Farrell, Kathryn Sergava, Dir. Mervyn Le .Roy. 
Rev. Feb. 6, 

House On 56th Street. Drama of a gambling lady, Kay Francl8,^.Ricardo 
Cortez Gene Raymond, Margaret Lindsay and Frank McHugh, Dir. 
^ Rob^ Florey. _68 mlns. _Re^ Dec, 23. J^v.^Dec^ 6, 

"Kenhel^MuinSer^l^^^^^ 

murder. William Powell, Mary Astor, Helen Vinson, Ralph Morgan an(l 
Eugene Pallette. Dir, Michael Curtlz 76 mine. Rel, Oct 28. Kov. 

Lady KlMer".^" Jimmy Cagney bats 'em around again. Jas. Cagney, iMae Clark, 

Leslie Fenton. Dir. Roy Del Ruth. 67 mins. Rel. Dec. 6. Rev. Jan, 2. 
:§on~of- a 'Sailor: — 0omedy--<>fr a-4Ffvolou9-BaHoTr--Ioe -E^3r.dwn^jaiE.-.Lloyji- 

Bacon, Rel. Dec. 23. 
the Man from Montefey. Western drama. John Wayne. Rutb Hall, Dir 

Mack V. Wright 67 mlns. Rel. July 22. Rev, Aug. 22, 
Voltaire. Life Of France's celebrated wit and phllosoDhcr. George Arllss. 

Doris Kenyon. Margaret Lindsay. Dir. John Adolfl. 72 mlns. Kel 
Aug. 6, Rev. Aug. 22. 



Because of the slow movement of foreign films, this list covets one 

year of releases.) . . . 

(Moat of theae available with Bngllsb titles.) 

Bsriln-Aloxanderplats (Ger) (Capital). fV^ne «rlmo drama._ H el^^^^ 

George, Maria Bard. Dir. PWl Jutal. 90 mine. Rel. May 1. Rey. May 16 
Bettelstudent, Der. (General.) (Ger.) Operetta. Dir. Viktor Janson. 80 

mins. . : Rel, Oct 16. ^ ^, 

Cruk Y La Espada, La (Sp) (Fox), Historical romance. Jose Mojlca. Dir. 

Frank Strayer. 76 mine. ReL Feb, 1. 
Dsr Brave Suehder (Ger) (European). Fast comedy. Max Pallenberg 

Fritz Kortner. 90 mina Rel. April. 1, Rev. April 4. 
Deux Orphelins, Les (Fr) (Blue Ribbon). Costume melodrama. J^vette 

Guilbert x>ir. Maurice Tourneur.. 90 mlns. Rel. Feb. 1. Rev. Fen. 16. 
Dos Noches (Hpffberg) (Spanish) Musical. Conchlta Montenegro.;. Dir. Car- 
los Borcosque. 66' mlns. : Rel. May 1. 
Donna d'Uns Notts (Portole) (Italian). <Court adventure. *;»ncesca Bertlnt. 

Olr. Marcel L'Herbler. 86 mlns: Rel. March L Bev. Blarch 14, 
DrsI Tags Mittslarrest (German) (Capital). ^Fast German farce with all-stai 

cast Dir. Carl Boese. 80 mins. BeL May 1. Bev. May 28, 
CIns Llebesnaeht (German) (Capital). Farce. Harry Lledke. Dir. Joe May 

82 mlns. BeL May L Bev. May 23. • 
Eine Stadt Steht Kopf (Ger) (Capital). Farce. ir. Gustav Gruendgers. 70 

mins. BeL Jan. 16, , ■ i 

En Glad Gutt (Norwegian) (Scahdinavian). . From BJomson s novel. ir, 

John Brunlus. .80 mlns. Rel. Nov, 15,' 
Enemies of Progress (Russ) (Amkinp)._ I^st of the_Czarist generals. Dir. 

Beresnyeff. 85 mins; Rel. Jan. 15. Rev. Jan. 16. 
Es Wird Schon Wieder Besser (Ger) (Ufa). Farce. Dolly Haas. Dir. Kurt 

Gerron. 66 mlns. Rel. JSin. 1. ^ . , 

Frail Lehman's Tochter (Ger) (General). Melodrama. Hansl Nlese. ir. 

Karl Heinz Wolff. 82 mins. Rel. Oct 16. 
Frau Von Der Man 80Hcht (Gerinan) (General). Mady^^^ 

drama Dir. Viktor Jansen. 76 mine. Rel. April 16. Rev. May z. 
FraulSr^Faisih VerbuS^ (Ger) (Capitel). Musical coniedy. Trude Ber- 

liner. Dir. B. W. Emo. 70 mlns. ReL Jan. 15. ^ 
Frechdachs, Der (Ger) (Ufa), Romantic comedy. Willy Fritsch, ilia 

Horn, Dir. Carl. Boese. 76 mins. .Rel. Jan. 1, 
Frochard, La et Les Deux Orphelins. See Deux Orphelins. 
Galavorsteliuno. Die (Ger) (General). Mystery Comedy with 

AdalbW the B^^^ Dir. Fredrlch Zelnlk. 87 mins. 

Qefahren Der Llebe (German) (Madison), Sex drama. Tony lEyck 

Dir. Eugen Thiele. 66 mlns. Rel. May 1, Rev. May 2. 
Grosse . Attraction, Die (Bavaria) ((Ser.). Drama is show biz. ichart! 

Tauber. Dir. Max Relchmann. 70 mins. Rel. Aug. 1. 
Hell on Earth (Ger) (Garrison) (dialog in five languages), Hor of war. 

Dir, Victor Trivas. 80 mins. Rel. Jan. IB.. Kev. aeo. m. 
Hellseher, Der (Ger) (General). Farce, Max Adalbert Dir. 

Rel.. Sept 1. 

Hsrtha's Erwachen (Protex) (Ger.). Delicate life problem, 

• Lamprecht 96 mlns. Rel. March 10. Rev. March 14. 
Heute Nacht Eventueil (Ger.) (General). Musical comedy. Dir; E, W 

80 mlns. Rel. July 1. ' «r 

Hochtourist, Der (Ger) (Ufa), Romantic comedy In Alps. Otto Wallburg, 

. Dir. Alfred Zelsler. 70 mins.. Rel. Jan. IB, _ 
Horizon (Russ) (Amklno). Jewish search for home. Dir. Lev KuIeshoT. U 

mlns. ReL May 10. Rev. May 16: „. u 

Uh Glaub NIe Mehr. an Eine FramBavarla) tper ^ Llf e of a s^^^^^^ Richard 

Tauber, Dir. H. Relchmann, 60 mine.; ReL OCt L Rev. Oct, Z4. 
Island ot Doom (Russ) (Amklno). Two imen and.a woman on s. desert isle. 

" Dir. Tlmonshenko. 90 mins. Rel. July IB. Rev. Juiy 18 
Ivan. (Garrison) (Rues,),. Transformation of peasants. Dir, 

mins. ReL iFeb. L Rev. March 7, 
July 14 (Protex) (French). Sentiment to music. Annabella.. 

76. mlns, Rel. Oct 15. Rev. Oct. 24. , ., , 

Kocvettenkapltaen (Ger.) (General). Military farce. " m ns. Rel, April 1. 
Lachende Erben (Ger.) (Ufa). Farce. Max Adalbert Dir. Max Ophuels 

77 mins. ReL Nov. IB. - 
Laubenkclonle (Ger.) (General) t>bal. Kei 

May 16. Rev. June 6, . u 

'■'"•'S;i;.,"srG.''SK.i?.'''«.n^ 
^"•"RScaM^^^^^^ ~- 

Liebiing von WIen, Der (Ger.) (European^. Stelz musical. VViliy Forst 

Geza von Bolvarj. 75 mirts. ReL -lune i 
Luegen auf Ruegeri ( (General). Farce. 

Jansen. 80 mlns. Dec. 15. 

Luetigen Musikapteh, Die. (General) (Ger.O 
Dir. Max Obal. 80 mine, tlel. May 30. 
M (Ger) (Foremco): Powetfu) dramatic study 



music. Max 
Rel. Dec, 1. 



Eugen Thleie. 



Gerhard 



Emo. 



Hollywood, Feb. 28» 

Harry Holman, 'One Man's Wo* 
man,' WB, and 'The Quitter,' Ub-t 
erty, 

Arthur B deson,. lenaer, 'Hapinf 
Family,' WB. 

George Barbler, 'Often a Brid»^ 
grciom,' Par. 

Ben Hendricks, Jr., lliy Beyam 
Stlngaree,' Radio, 

William Frawley, 'Witching Houi/ 
Pai". 

Frank Albertson, 'Head ot tb* 
Family,' 20th Cient 

Glnser Rogers, untitled jplc wltli 
Janet Claynor, Charles Farrell, 
Jiinmy Dunn, Foz> 

W. H. Hanemann, Glenn TryoB 
writing screen play of 'Great Amer-- 
can Harem,' for Lou Brock prpduc- 
ticwi. Radio. 

Lumsden Hare, 'World Moves On,* 
Pox. 

Frank Moran, Charles Levlnsozw 
•Show Off,' Metro. 

Jphn David Horsley, 
School,' Riadid.. 

Barbara Rogers, 'Way 
Pish,' Roach. 

Erwln Gelsey, Paul Gerald Smith 
scripting 'Earthworm Tractor," WB. 
Edward Gargan, 'Friee Gold,' Fox. 
Charlotte Henry, 'Hiead of the 
Family,' 20th Cent. 
. Donald : Ogden Stuartj 
Barretts^ M-G. 
Ned Sparks, 'In Conferenqe,' 
Berton Churchill; Noel Francis, 
Strictly Dynamite,' Radio. 

Reginald Shefflled, 'Of Human 
Bondage,* Radio. 
Helen Freeman, ie McKee,' 

M-G;.'- 

Arthur Stone, Edwin Mordant, 
•I'll Tell the World,' U. 

Henfy "tl\e Key,' 

WB. 

Gordon Wescott, 'SaivV'dust,' WB. 
Maidel Turner, Happy' Family,' 
WB. 

Maude Eburne, 
Terror,' WB: 

Piske O'Hara, 'Worid Is 
Fox, 

Alison Skipworth, 'Great Magoo,' 
Par. V 

Henry Stephenson, Lucien Little- 
fleld, •Thirty Day Princess,' Par. 
Joseph Berne, on an orig. for U. 
Eddie Nugent, 'Merry Andrew,' 
Pox. 

John Mack Brown, Earle Foxe, 
'St. liouis Womiin,' Screencraft, 

Maude Turner Gordon, Claude 
King, 'Stolen Sweets,' Chesterfield. 
Thonias Jackson, 'The Key,' WB. 
Hobart Cavanaugh, 'Now I'll Tell' 
Fox. 

Mary Nash, 'Uncertain liady,' U. 
WiUard Robertson, 'Operator 13,' 
MGM. ^ ^ 

Joseph Cawthbrne, 'Head of the 
Family,' 20th Cent. 

Barbara Baroidess, "World Is 
Ours,' Fox. 

Russell Hardle; ' 
•Sequoia,' MG. 
. Phillips Holmes, 
Par. ' 

Willard Robertson, Reginald Bar- 
low, Francis McDonald, •Operator 
13,' Metro. 

Dudley Digges, • •World Moves On,' 
Fox. . 

Mona Barrle, •Too Many Women,' 
Fox. 

G. P. Huntley, Jr., •Now I'll Tell,' 
Fox. 

Geneva Mitchell, • •Springtime for 
Jlenry,' Pox. 

Al . Ray, directing •St Louis Wo- 
man,' Screencraft. 

Chic Chandler, William Bakcwell. 
•Party's Over,' Col. 

James Bqrke, 'Odd Thursday,' 
Fox, and 'Sadie McKee,' Metro. 

Sam Ash, 'We're Not Dressing,' 
Par. 



83 



ir. Rene Clair 



Ma^ 



Ir. 



Rev, June 13. 
Otto Wallburg. 



Dir. Viktor 



96 mlns. Rel. April 1. Rey. April 4 arid April 18, 
Marlus (Paramount) (French)i Marseilles satire. Dir. 

103 mlns. ReL Jan. 1. Rfev. April 25. 
Meisterdetektiv, Oer (Ger) (Eavarla). Mystery satire, 
"---^Frank=^Scltzj^^T5-miiiS^^Rel?7-Feb.-^4 T^^- 

Melo. Sec Harold Auten. 

Milady (Genoral) (French). Sequel to Three xMusketeers, 

marit-Berger. 120 minS; IVel. Sept 1 
Mirage de Pari*. See Harold Auten. 



1 farce. Camilla Splra. 
Peter Lorre. Dir. Frit? Lang. 



Alexander Korda 
Ir. 



'Rev. Sept, 12, 



la- 



Mllei-'NllDUCbe iPrench) (Prote x). Charmin g love fltory. 

David. 90 mlns —ReinSov. 15. 
Mol Wujaszek z Ameryki (Poll-sh) (Capital). Musical 
Rel. Oct 16. 

Mond Uber Morokko (Protex) ( See Clng Gentlemen Maudit 

(Continued on page 34) 



Ralmu. ■ Dir. Chas. 



comedy. 120 miris. 



Hollywood, Feb. 26, 

Radio has bought pic r'Ights to 
'By Your Leave,' N. Y: play by 
Gladys Hurlburt and Emma Wills. 

•Holland Day Sauce;' orig written 
around the actor's stomping ground 
at Hollywood and Vine in Holly- 
wood,' ha:3 been sold to Par by 
Francis Paragoh. 

La.ird Doyle has sold his orig 
•Strange Roads,' to U, for Margaret 
Sullava.n. 

First novel by Ethel Tdrrier, 
Way Ticket,' to Par. 



Contracts 



Ray Wrilkor signed by B. F. 
Scliulberg to a personal contract 
for 'Thirty Day Princess.' 



TITLE CHANGES 

Par no llkee title of 'The Man 
Who Broke His Heart,' one so long 
It presents advertising and manjuec 
problems. The chan ge for release is^ 



to 'Wharf Angol.' 

Metro ha.s set 'I^azy River* as re- 
lease title for 'Louisiana,' finished 
rocently by Geonre Seltz with Rob-, 
prt Young and Jean Parker in top 
spots. 



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Tueadaj, February 27, 1934 



Biz and Thermometer 
Down in Denver, but 
'Good Dame/ 9G, Oke 



Denver, Feb. 26. 
'Worst snowstorm of winter hold 
Ing on two days looks: good for an 
other costing "theatres plenty of 
money, although Orpheuni doing as 
good Sunday night as for past six 
weeks. Misikes third successive 
Saturday with- blizzard, but other 
times weather was' nice by , Sunday. 

'Moulin Rouge' had been booked 
day and date M Aladdin and Den- 
ver but was conceled at last ihiii-. 
ute for Aladdin and doing only av- 
erage. 

At the Denham, Sylvia Sidney 
and Fredrlc March, . both formerly 
here at iElitch's in stock and still 
popular a!nd , film teamed -Hiltb 
smooth-running' stage show, would 
have done two grand more if snow-: 
storm had not hit.' 

Estimates for This Week 

Aladdin (Huffman) (i.SOO; 26-40) 
— 'I Am Suzanne* (FOx). Viola K. 
Lee at the organ. People sidestepped: 
marionettes which, were oyer-sOld 
in publicity. Around ?3,500. Last 
week 'The Right to Romance' 
(RKO) did a little better than av- 
erage, finishing With |3,'700. 

Denham (Hellborh) (1,500; 25-30- 
40) — 'Good Dame- (Par), with stage 



show. Nice ^9,000 and would have 
enjoyed piore if weather had fa- 
vored. Last week 'Six of a Kind 
(Par) pleased Denver, and even 
without a stage show did more than 
average, |6,500. 

Denver (Huffman) (2;500; 2B-3B- 
50)— 'Moulin Rouge (UA). Edna 
Dodd at th€i organ. Around $7,500, 
Just so^so. Last week 'Queen Chris- 
tina' (MG) proved disappointing 
and flnished with $8,000, and al- 
though above average Nvas way be- 
low expected gross.' House, was 
opened .early for extra show on two 
days but demand was off and; extra 
showing was discontinued, 

Orpheum (Huffman) (2,600; 25- 
.35_50> _ 'This Side of Heaven* 
(MG); stage show with Al Dyons, 
Stage, gets lota of credit for $12,000. 
Last week 'Hips. Hips, Hooray' 
(RKO) with Dorothy Lee in person 
took In $14,000. 

Paramount (Huffman, (2,000; 25- 
40)1— 'Easy to Love (WB) and 'Sons 
of th§ Desert' (MG), split, although 
iJl'anhed to hold latter film over for 
three days of . following week. 
Not hot at $2,500. Last week 
'Cross Country Cruisie' (U),. on a 
full week, took in $3,000, little 
above average, 

rant in 'Worlds 

Hollywood, Feb. 26. 

Lawrence Grant' has been set for 
Tli Tfe.ll the World' , (U) in which 
Gloria; Stuart arid Lee Tracy are 
featured. 

Edgar Sedgwick will direct 



Amnsanent Stocks 



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6% 
17% 
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93% 
17% 
26% 
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3% 
2% 

10% 

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72 
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Summary for week ending Fieb, 
STOCK EXCHANGE 

Sales. Issue and rate. Hlsb. 

9,800 Atnerlcan Seat. . 7% 

3,100 Consol. Film' .6% 

7,800 Consol. Film pf d. (60c.> . 17% 

600 Columbia P. vtc... 27% 

2,900 Bastman Kodak (3) .i.,. 93 

6,900 Fox, Class A 17 

68,800 Gen. Elec. (40c.) 28% 

60.900 Loew (1). 33% 

200 Dp pref. (6%) . Ol.Vj 

1,200 Madison Sq. Garden.. ...... ...... 4 

800 Met-G-M pref. (1.89) 24% 

84,000 Par-PultUx, ctfs. . 6% 

10,700 Pathe &cclianKe........ ......... 8% 

6,400 Patlie;' Class A... ........... ....> 17% 

70,000 Radio Corp......; 8%. 

42,000 RKO '. ..i.......... 4% 

10 Universal pref...;..... 82 

82,200 Warner Bros. i,, 7% 

26, 100 ' VTeEtlngbouEe '..'..,.....< 41 

6,i00 Technicolor ••• 

700 Trans Lux 



1378,000 Gen. Thea. Eq. '40........... 

15,000 Keith O's, '46 

37,000 Lrf>e\V' 6'8, '41.. ..............i 

10,000 Pathe 7's, '87.......... 

32,000 Par-Fam-l«Bkjr G's,^ , 

46,000 Par-Pub 6%'s, '60...... 

6,000 RKO debs 6'8 

100,000 Warner Bros, O's, ' 

OVER THE COUNTER, N. 



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PRODUCE EXCHANGE, 

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10,500 Par-Publlx 



6% 



4% 



4% -1% 



"FIRST TIME ON BROADWAW 

DALE RHODES 

ICKING Ml 

This Week (Feb. 22\ 
Rpxy, New York 

Personal irection LEW WEISS, ^69^ B'yf^y, 

Thanks to F. & M., ^ ie; Kaye arid Sammy Rousch 



Orph, LincolD, R50Q, 
Santrey Unit Hdp^ 
Cantor m $5,000 



Lincoln, Feb. 2i5. 
Odd booking finds the Lincoln and 
Stuart both playing what might he 
called dubious stuff In the week Just 
passed,, and this week pouriiig it on 
with a couple of ace .draws to stab 
each, other In the heck. Cantor's 
'Scandals' will have everything Its 
own way. In spite of Lent and locaii 
lack of enthusiasm for his broad- 
casts. 

Vaude at the . Orph Is .standing 
'em up and the laist half biz there 
is almost unbelievable for the out 
of the way house. RialtQ Is step- 
ping from flrist-run Indie stuff to 
3rd run, three-year-olds which will 
take the house but of competlsh 
even at a dime. Bob Livingston's 
Capitol, with varliety screen bill and 
one-act of flesh talent, for. 16c Is 
doing very well for him. Town is 
not In favor of -diial bills even with 
good shows. Liberty Is not panning 
out as a grade A secohd-riinner. 

Estimates fbr This Week 
Colonial (LTC) (760; 10-16) 'Son 
of Kong* (RKO) okay looking to 
$1,500. Last week 'Blood Money' 
(UA^20C) and 'Wheels of Destiny' 
(U), i^pUt, Just fair $800. 

Capitol (Livingston) (860; 10-15) 
'By Candlelight* (tl) and 'I Like It 
That Way' (U), split; Policy of 
adding singer, . or organist will probr 
ably be continued, because clicked 
big last week. Pretty good $1,500 
expected. Last week 'Beloved' (II) 
and 'Poor Rich* (RKO), split, with 
added organist, clicked $1,400. 

Lincoln (LTC) (1.600; 10-16-25) 
'Hips, Hips, Hboray* (RKO), with 
Wheeler and Woolsey strong here 
should take the house up to nice 
$3,000. Last week 'Eskimo' (MCT) 
fooled the boys and for nice $2,600. 

Orpheum (LTC) (1,300; 10-15-26) 
'Emperor Jones' (UA) and 'Damaged 
Llveis' (Fox), with Henry Santrey's 
'Soldier's of FortuiDte' unit on stage, 
split, appears able to get $2,500, 
Last week 'Morning Glory* (RKO), 
and 'Meanest Gal' (RKO) with 
vaude, spilt, was an oke $2,300. 

State (Monroe) (600;. 10-16-25) 
'One Man's Journey' (RKO) should 
pay bills with an $800. Last week 
'Berkeley Square' (Fox) was blotto, 
after going in and out all week,^ 
$600. ^ 

Stuart (LTC) (1,900; 10-26-40) 
'Roman Scandals' (UA). No reason 
why pic won't get a sensational 
$6,500. Last week ^Fashion Follies' 
(WB) couldn't fool 'emi., A n.s.g. 
$2,200. 

PITTSBURGH 

(Continued from page .7) 
'I've Got Your Number.' Doubtful 
of $3,000, miaybe a little more with 
a let-up In the cold. 

Estimates for This Week 

Davis (WB) (1,700; 25-36)— 'Bed- 
side' (WB) and 'Tillie and Gus 
(Par). Feeling the effects same as 
the rest and will be lucky to wind 
up with $2,400, n.B.h. Last week 
'Beloved' (U) and 'Last Roundup' 
(Par) okay at $3,200 for start of 
dual policy. Davis pictures, inci- 
dentally, being dayran-dated with 
Regent, small-seat nabe house in 
East Liberty. . 

Futton (Shea-Hyde) (1,750; 15- 
25-40) — 'Should Ladles Behave' 
(MG). Opening today (26) for three 
days only, putting house back on 
regular Thursday 'opening sched- 
ule (1) with 'Sons of Desert* (MG). 
Fulton*s bookings have been pretty 
hit and miss of late, but should 
lapse back into some degree of con- 
sistency now. Last .week 'Palooka' 
(UA) fell off after nice start, col- 
lecting around $5,800 In six days. 
- -Penn . (Loew's-UA) (3,300;; 25-40- 
55-60-75)— 'All of Me'. (Par) and 
'Century of Progress' reVue. This 
is one town where the nudists have 



(Tlddlsh). Comedy. 
Rev. April 26. 



CALENDAR OF CURRENT RELEASES 



(Continued from pa,.<>,>3 31) 

Morgenrot (German) (Protex). Submarine warfare's oriielty. 

Uolcky. .80 mlns. Rel. May 16. Rey. May 23. 
Noe LIstopadowa (Polish) (Capital). Historical romance. Dir. j. Warnecio. 

96 mlna. Rel. May 1. Rev. May 2. 
Patriots, The (Ru3s) (Aihklno). Dir. B. Barnett< 80 mlns. 
Poll de Carotte, See Harold Auten. 

Potemkin (Ruas) (Kihematrade). Soiind version of . BlBensteln's classlo. 
mlna. ReL April 4.. 

Quick, Koehig der Clowns (Ufa) (Ger). Comedy. , Hans Al 

plr.^ Robert Slodroak. 80 mlns. Rel. Dec. . 

Return of Nathan Becker ' CWorldklnoV (iRusslan) 
Shpiss and Mllman. 72 mind':-. Rel. April 1. 

Rosier de Mme. Husson. See He, First Division. 

Salsoin In Kairo (German) .(Ufa). Musical, comedy. Renate Mueller, Willy 
Frltsch. Dir. Relnhold Schunzel. 80 inlns. ReL Dec. 15. Rev. Dec. 25; 

Sang d'un Poete (Fr) (Rlcci). Jean Cocteau's'ldea of modern fllms. 60 mini. 
Rel. Nov. 1.. Rev. Nov. 7. 

Seampolo (KInematrade) (Geri) Cinderella romance. Dolly Haas. Ir. Hans 
SteinholT, 83 mins. ReL April 1. Rev. April il. 

Schlcksal der Renate Langen (Ger) (General). Domestic drama. Mady Chris- 
tians. Franz Lederer.. pir. Felix Guenther. 70 mlna. ReL, Oct. 15. 

Schutzenkoenlg. Der^ilGer.) (Bavaria.) Max Adalbert, Gretl Thetmer; 
Franz Seltz. 90 mlna Rel. April 15. Rev. May 9. 

Shame (Amklno) (Russ). Problems of new Russia; Vladimir Gardln. 
Sergei Yutkevltch. 76 mlna. Rel. March 1. Rev. .March 14. 

Sohn Der Welsisen Berge (Capital) (Ger.); Alpine drama. Luis Trenlcer, 
nate Mueller. Dir. Mario Bonnard. 76 mlns. ..ReL. Oct^ 15. 

Song of Life (Geri) (dubbed Ehgilah) (Embassy). Art and photography. pr«« 
dominant Dir.. OranoWsky. 70 . mins. ReL . April t. 

Sovlsts. on Parade. (Russ.) (Kinematra:de). Historic record of current Rus- 
sia. 66 mlns. ReL Feb. L Rev. March 7. 
Storch Hat Uns Gietraut, Der (Ger.) (General). Lll Dagover;_ ir. Hermaa 
Kpsterlitz. 80 niins. Rel. Nov. 16. 

Tausend fur -Eine Nacht (Ger) (Capital). Max 

Mack. 70 mins. ReL . Feb. 1. 
Theodor Koerner (Ger) (General) Historical drama. Dbrothea Wtecks. 
Dir. Karl Boese. 80 mlns. ReL May 1. Rev. May 16. . 

Tod Uber Shaniihal. (Gei:.) (DuWorld). Mystery play of Ameri<»ins in Japan. 
Dir. Rolff Etandolf. 76 mlns. ReL Dec. 15. 

Traum 'von . Schonbrunn (Ger.) (General). Musical. Martha Bggerth. 
Johannes Meyer. 86 mlns. .Rel. ^ay 16. Rev. June 6. 

Traumendtf lVlund, Der. See Melo, C|aptain Auten. 

Trols' Mousquetalres, Les (GeneraM (French). Duma's classic, with songs. 
Dir.. Henri DIamont-Berger. 128 mlns. ReL May 1. Rey.. May 9, 

lihM es. Leiiehtet' die Puszta' (Ger) (Ufa). Musical romance. Wolf Albach* 

Retty. Dir. Heinz'.-Hllle. 80 mlns. ReL Jan. 16. 
Victoria uiid ihr Hussar. (KInematrade) (Ger). Viennese opi&retta. Michasl 

Bohnen, Dir. Richard Oswald. 90 mlns. ReL April 1, Rey. April U. 
Volda Volga (Fr.) (dubbed English) (KInematrade). Adventure of a Cossack 

;lEtobin Hood. 70 mins. ReL Dec. 16. Rev. Dec. 26. 
Walisrparadles. (Ger.) (Capital). Musical comedy. Oharlotte Susa. Dir. 
Friedrick Zelnick.. ReL March L Rev. March 7. 

Wandering Jew (Jewish American) (Yiddish). Terror of Hitler regime. Bern 

Ami. Dir. George RoUand. 70 mins. ReL Oct. 16. Rey. Oct 24. 
WIe Sag l^h's Melnen Man? (Ger) (Ufa). Farce. Reniite Mueller.. Dir. Reln« 

hold SchuenieeL 70 mlns. ReL Jan.. 15. 
Wenn Die Llebe Mode Macht (Ufa) (Ger). Comedy with music. Renats 

Mueller. Dir. Frank Wenzler. 80 mins. ReL Nov. 1. 
Whither Germany? . (KInematrade) (German). DlfDeultles .ait life. Berth* 

Thlele. Dir. S. T. Dudov. 71 mlns.. ReL April 16. Rev. April 26. 
Yldlshe Tochter (Tiddlsb) (Quality). Old-fashioned Tlddlsh drama. Tiddlsk 

Art and .Vllha Troupes. 76 mins. Rev. May . 23. 
Ylskor (Yiddish) (Gloria). Revamp ol elleht Maurice Schwartz. Dir. Stdner 

Goldin and George Rolland^ 80 mlna ReL May 16. ReV. June 
Zwel Gute Kameraden (Oer.) (General). Military musical. Fritz Kamper 

Dir. Max Obal. .76. mins; ReL Nov. 16. 



Key to Address 

Amklno, 723 Seventh Aye. 
Bavaria Film. 489 Fifth Ave, 
Blue Ribbon Picts., 164 W. 56th, 
Capital Film, 630 Ninth Ave. 
DuWorld Films. 729 Seventh Ave. 
Bmbassy Plcts., 729 Seventh Avs. 
European Film, 164 . West 66th; 
Foremco, 1660 Broadway. . 
Garrison Films. 729 Seventh Ave. 
General Foreign Sales. 729 7th Ave. 
Gloria Films. 630 Ninth Ave. 



H. HofCber?. 729 Sevetjth Ave. 
Jewish American, 630 Ninth Ave. 
KInematrade, 723 Seventh Ave. 
Madison Plcts.. Ill West 67th. 
PortaliB Films, 630 Ninth Avs. 
Protex Trading. 42 E 68th, 
Edward Rlcd, 66 Fifth Ave. 
Quality Plcts., 630 Ninth Ave. 
Scandinavian Films, 220 W. 42d. 
Ufa, 729 Seventh Ave. . 
Worldklno. 1601 Broadway. 



never been able to catch on and 
outlook for this combo isn't so forte. 
Maybe $15,000. That's red of a deep 
hue. Last week 'This Side of Heav- 
en' (MG) and Cab Calloway's band 
around $21,000. 

Pitt (Schaffier (1,600; 15-25-40)— 
'Sigma Chi' (Mono) and 'Broadway 
Peek-a-Bbo' unit. House has 'em 
coming regai'dless and apparently 
In the dough to stick, for. a time 
anyway. Has struck off a profit- 
able level despite welter of competi- 
tion and turning up in the black 
consistently of late. Current . outr. 
look is for $7,500 anyway, and that's 
okay. Last week 'Broken Dreams' 
(Mono) and 'World's Fair Scandals' 
around $7,200. ' . 

Stanley (WB) (3,600: 25-40-60)— 
'Search Beautsr* .(Par) aiid Beri 
Bernle. Weather costing house 
plenty but $18,000 a tribute just the 



same' to old maestro's b.o. draft. 
Last week . 'Candlelight' (U) and 
'Artists and Models' tab better thah 
$17,000. 

Warner (WB) (2,000; 26-35-50)— 
'Got Your Number' (WB), Good 
comedy programmer but too much 
to overcome including absence of 
marquee draw. Will be lucky to 
get by with $3,000. Last week 'Man 
of Two Worlds' (RKO) about the" 
sanie. 



in 'Sweeney' 

Hollywood, Feb. 26. 

Ann Dvorak has been spotted op- 
posite Charlie Rugg^es in .'Friends 
of Mr. Sweeney' (WB). Starts to- 
day (Mdiiday). 

Sam Bischoff is the producer, with 
Edward Ludwlg telling: 'em how. 



HAL. 




16 WEEKS MIDNIGHT FOLLIES, LONDON 
34 WEEKS KIT-KAT GLOB, LONDON 
8 WEEKS GASANOVA CAFE, BERLIN 
22 WEEKS LE PERROUQUET GAFE, PARIS 



AND 



AN 



NOW HELD OVER 
FOR A FOURTH WEEK 
AT BILLY ROSE'S 
CASINO DE FAREE 
New York 



irection NICK AGNETA 



RADIO'S WIZARD OF THE STRINGS 



ROY S 




ECK 



EXTRA ADDED ATTRACTION 

This Week (Feb. 23), LOEW*S STATE, New York Next Week (Match 2), PAR AMOUNT, , Brooklyn 

P4>rKonnl Mnnn^omcitt, MARRY A. ROMM. ROMM-MKYRRR-fl'ESTRy-BrHKriNO. Piirainount DilUainff, New Yoil; 



Tuesday, February 27, 1934 



P I C T 



[ S 



VASIETY 



95 



Milwaukee 1st Runs Ready to Quit 
Ad, Plrice Agreements as Biz Fades 



Milwaukee, Feb. 26. 
theatres about 
ready to ^qult agreement on 

policy iind prices and get back to 
competitive^ fundamentals. Have, 
discovered that eight weekia of no- 
flght agreements have hurt the box- 
offices and that It's impossible for 
theatres to get together ttild sleep 
with each other and still the 
public's Interest alive; 

Milwaukee downtown theatres got 
tbgethfer last month as . the Down- 
town Quality "Theatres, Which' in- 
cluded the Alhanribra, Garden, Wis- 
consin, Palace, Strand and Warners. 
They inade iseveral advertlsihg and 
policy agreements. First that each 
hpusie was to. spend not- ntjore than 
$600 weekly for advertising. And 
during Lent each houso is held to a 
$450 weekly ad budget. This cbm- 
pares with $1,0.00 and $1,600 budgets 
before the agreement. 

These $500 budgets a.re to be used 




THE FAMOUS 
CANINE COIVl£DIAN 

PETE 

THE ORIGINAL 
''OUR GANG" DOG 



"I/ed by hit mait«r .Htfiy Lucenay 
fpeUf went tbrough' aU Unds- of stunta. 
This Mt U • bis hit." 

BOSTQM AMERICAN. 



fOB OPBN VAT^B 
Wire or Write 

CHAS. V. YATES 

1660. Broadway New Tork 



in thl.s way, for five days in the 
week the houses are grouped to- 
gether irt a calendar ad and altoited 
one f\nd a half Inches daily in. this 
calendar. On Thursday aixd Friday,^ 
day before, and day of opening the' 
houses are allowed to use individual 
ads for. spread but all must come 
within that $500 weelt;ly budget.. 
No Annie Oakleys 
Houses must issue no passes for 
window cards, the merchants must 
accept them for goodwill only. If 
not, no go. Newspapers are allotted 
only 30 passes weekly. Only the 
three dailies are allowed any ads 
from these six houses. No foreign 
papers may get advertising despite 
the fact that the foreign papers 
hkve a larger circulation in Mil 
wauHee than the: .Bngllsh paper^i. 

Tlteatres may not .use radio in- 
dividually. Next weenie the theatres 
will get ^ogethee oh' one station: for 
group plugging. 

Theatres' cannot stress prices or 
make references to prices, idea is 
to wipe out the present pirice-cbn- 
stilpushieBS of the MilWiaukee public 
Theatres may. not a^lvertise that the 
show coming in is from .a, $3.30 
musical, aiid particularly mtist not 
advertise that the show will play at 
'no Increase In prices.' 

Thesie theatres c&n't state that 
their show is 'the best show in 
town.' Not even allowed to say 
that 'If it's, at the Whpsis, it's the 
best show in town.* 

And these six firstrrun theatres 
are 'taking It on the chin currently 
Business gets progressiveily worse 
From preisent Indications looks like 
they win call the thing oflf and get 
back to straight competitive busi- 
ness. 



Birmingham Tax 

Dwindles to 1% 

Birmlngfiain. Feb. ?B, 
After repeated threats; to close 
every theatre in town with the ex- 
ception, of about four, the city com- 
mission reconsidered the proposal to 
place , a. lO'H tax on box-office fe-; 
ceipts and instead Is expected to. 
pass a 1% sales tax. Swarming 
down on the commisision came 
everyone from ushers; to managers., 
asking what about their jobs, if the 
tax passed. 

The 1% will probably hit theatres 
and other amuserhehts, but theatres. 
call.it a victory. "The ordinance has 
not yet been relieased, but not much 
chance that amusements will be left 
put. 

Ordinances placing thei 10% on 
baseball, nite clubs and circuses had 
ialready been passed, but will be re- 
peaied as soon as the sales tax bill 
goes through; This nieans tliat Bir- 
imihgham will not be deprived of 
•cii-cuses this year. 



Chi Distriks Likely to Okay 14-35 
Buying Groups as Circuit Riyak 




ExUbs Peeve at 
Unioirs Badnng 
Of Legit Stock 



Rochester, Feb. 
Theatre operators here are. com 
plaining because the stagehands' 
union Is backing the stock, season 
at the Lyceum. Claim that in ef- 
fect the union is competing with the 
film business with Its. members 
I working at much lower wages. 

The union, which Is putting up 
the cash for the stock season, re- 
I plies that its workers stand a 
chance of making more than the 
I union scale on the co-operative 
1 basis, and that thei enterprise gives 
1 employinent to a number of its 
menibers ptherwlse unemployed . as 
well as a seven-piece orchestra, 
I ushers and offlce staff- 
Manager Hattie LiUtt picked the 
cbmpany and Is given full author- 
ity over the union employes. 



Effigy Show Sei 



Messmore Damon's animal 

effigy show, 'World a Million Tears 

Ago,' Sunday (25), wound up a six 
weeks' run at the Warner, N. T. It 
returns tb th& Chicago Fair JUne 1. 

Between now and next summer, 
the iNIes'sitiore & Damon people have 
contracted to place displays in de^ 
partment stores around the coun- 
try, following an experiment in that 
direction at Morgan's. Montreal. 

Builders of the 'Bring 'Em 
Back Alive' house front at the May- 
fair, N. Y., Messmore & Damon 
have contracted to make floats for 
tVank Buck's second picture, "Wiid 
Cargo,' soon to be released. 



Saperstem Re-elected 
Allied Prexy in Clu 

CJilciago, .26. 

At the annual. Election of the 

Chicago Allied States association 

Aaron Saperstein was rcrelected 
president of the organization by 
unanimous Vote- 
Two additions were made to the 
directors board, Joseph Stern and 
Van Nomiskos, to fill the places left 
vacant by the deaths of Freddiei 
Cleveland and Floyd Brockell. 



.Indicalions ylng 
circuits which were outlawed this 
year on film row will be back in 
forde for the next .yeaj''s buying 
season. Those fllni exchanges- 
which were hottest against the buyr 
ing circuits this y^ia.r are. those 
which are mpst In favor of them 
now. They are learning that buy 
inigr circuits are necessary for quick 
decisions and bulk business with 
individual contractors causing more 
headaches than the extra returns 
are worth. 

With buying circuits which cov- 
ered the majority, of the indie thea- 
tres in this territory the exchanges 
were able to settle. difEerehces over 
the phPne and with quick satisfac- 
tion. Now the exchanges are loaded 
daily witii exhibs trying to secure 
changes in deals, which: they agreed 
to three mpnths ago. 

Particularly the exchanges would 
now like, the backing of the buying 
power of this, combine circuits for 
pressure against the afTlliated cir- 
cuits. Affiliates are causing plenty 
Pf worry among many of. the ex- 
changes by neglecting them on th^ 
icontriact end ; • and with no balance 
of power through indie amalgamated 
buying groups, the exchanges arP 
left with no place to turn. I^ast 
year the exchanges could pit the 
buying groupia against the circuits 
for eatisfaictory deals. This year 
they have- to take what's ofEered, 



Ye Olde Barkers 
Banned in Front 

Of L A. TheatresliocAL mmm by 

APP. DIV. VS. ITOA 



BEN BLUE 

WABNim BBOS. COMBDI&S 
Dir. JOB BITKIM 
USO MOBBISON, Ageaey 




R O X Y 

NEW YORK 

INDEFINITELY 



RUBE 
WOLF 



lios Angeles,. 
'Barkers and ' sp^Ielers have come 
under pollcei ban following com- 
plaints from citizens and adjacent 
I business houses. 

Sweeping order. Issued by Chief 
of Police James E. Davis,, bans the 
spielers from In front of theatres 
with the Main Street sector de- 
scribed as the most annoying. The; 
barkers have been allowed to chirp 
I for many . moons. 

Downtown honkey-tonks will 
I especially be hit by the order, al- 
though, the ispleling practice has 
also invaded many pf the neighbor- 
1 hopd districts. 

.Edict has been, served on all the- 
I atre operators with a warning that 
the spieling and barking Is a nuis- 
ance, and further violations will re- 
sult in prpsecutlon. 



Local 306 scored another victory 
over the Independent Thealtre Own- 
ers of America in its war over oper- 
ator booths in Grreater New York 
on Friday (23) when the Appellate 
iDivisipn unanimously upheld the in- 
junction pendente lite granted the 
week previous by Supreme Court 
Justice Collins, compelling theatre 
owners to observe the code and 
branding the Allied Operators as a 
company union- 

The injunction Is an advance step 
In the suit of Harry Sherman, presi- 
dent of 306, against ITOA, its mem- 
bers and Allied Operators, . seeking 
damages totaling $1,000,000 on 
grounds of effecting a conspiracy to 
ruin Local 306. 



CLARK CABLE 



IP 



SERVICE 





- 1460 Broadway New _Yprk_Citjr 



Cajin Pic's N. 0. Premiere 



. New Orleans, Feb. 26. 
Loew's State here staging world 
premiere of Metro's 'Ldzy. River' 
March 10, the William Faulkner 
story of the Cajin country of this 
section.. 

Will be augmented with special 
publicity. Manager RoiiJney Toups 
figuring on bringing In 20-30; Cajins 
from the Bayou section of Lafltte 
and Manilla village where many of 
the exteriors for the picture were 
made, 




A Subsidiary of 

FANCHON & MARCO, Inc. 




NEW YORK 
This Week (Feb. 23) 



Mgr. Pinched, but Nudie 
Picture Is Exhibited | 

irmingham, Feb. 26. 

The arrest of Rufus Davis, man- 
ager of a house at Dpthan, failed 
to stop the showing of a nudiiit 
picture there the other day. 

Arrested upon orders pf the 
mayor, city recorder and city coun- 
cil, he made bond and ^continued to 
show the film. 



PAE HOLDING GOLIOMB 

Hollywood, Feb. 26. 
Jpseph GoUomb has cdmplated 
the Bcrj pt 'In . Conference' for 
Charles R, Rogers-Paramount and 
stays to do A story based on an 
original Idea conceived by Bayard 
Veiller. Morris agency handled the 
deaL i- " " 



36 



VARIETY 



RADIO 



TuAsdaj, l^«bruBry 27^ 1934 



Advertising Agencies Now the Key 
To Free Acts for Clubs in Chi; 
kdies, Merchants, Get Subtle 



Chicago, Feb. 

That befneifit. racket hais moved 
over iroiri: iVgit aiid vayde to radio, 
wherii they, are now, learning what 
real pressure is, . espedlAlly when 
that pressure la from agencies and 
merchants. In the old days the 
club or get-together wanting free 
entertainment went to friend vaude 
booker or booking manager to put. 

. his prjassure against the acts. 
But with clubs now, all radio-mirid- 
ed theV are battling around, for new 
angles. For three years they hus- 
tled around trying to find the real 
top in radio. They tried 

bookiiig offices, announcers, station 
mainagers and program directors. 
But none of these;. were the right 
pressure guy^<**s^ 

Finaly they got around to. the 
agencies, and' presto: they had 
found the right combination. An 
eyelash wirik .frbm the agency and 
everybody in the business from .per- 
former to station owner J.umped to 
attention .witb a yessir.* - And now 
agencies are the: big bad bugaboo- 
as far as • performers and stations 
are concerned for asking favors, in 
personal entertainment for their, 
clubs and gatherings and always 
free o.f chargei. 

Every time anybody is putting on 
a party and wants to strut real 
talent without forking out* iCor it he 
runs tp some agency friend who 
puts, on the pressure. Station man-^ 
ager .and i)erformer are literally 
forced to acquiesce to these de- 
JKSrvds foip fear of hurting future 
business relations; Usually the 
pressure, gp^s from agency to sta- 
tion manager with the. station Send- 
ins its ace performers, and usually 

r meaningless gatherings. 
The Femme Aniile 

"Wgitnenls-plubs all have a cute 
angle now for getting the best radio 
talent for nothing for their weekly 
get-together, in their requests for 
talent free .they always mention in 
a by -the -way manner that after all 
these same wpmen's clubis could al- 
ways start boycotting the station's 
children's ' shows If they -weren't 
friendly; 

And business -men's luncheons 
are a cinch. If they want a radio 
yddeler , or two for :ehtertainment 
they no longer call for a club booker 
and shell out some coin for the tal- 
ent. They how phone the first sta- 
tion, that comes to mind and ask 
for talent. And call it a iEorm of 
audition by telling the station man- 
ager that there will be say 1,000 big 
merchants tCt the luncheon and if 
the talent catches oh it's certain 
that at least one merchant will want 
to go on the station with that. show. 

Getting to be a headache all along 
the line. 

WSOC CHARTS PHONE 
CALIS FOR 20 DAYS 

Charlotte, N. C, Feb. 26. 
For a period of 20. days WSOC 
made a record of all telei>h6ne^_caA^^ 
concerning programs, aixd tabulated 
these. Of the 3,789 calls, 'Dancing 
by Request' led with 1,046. "Vic 
and Sade' head the list of Inquiries 
.cpncernihg network offerings. 
V A one-day one-program record 
'was seti on January 30, when 154 
calls asked; what time .the Presi 
dent's birthday speech would be 
broacicast. 



ONLY 



^ OF TAXES 
SPENT ON RADIO 



lie Hague,: Feb. 19. 
Dutch govei'iiment announces that 
it intends to levy a, tajc on radio 
receiving sets. " Per set it would 
come to about $1.25 . (at par) per 
year ahd prpbably tax will bring in 
$750,000. 

Not only the ; broadbastlng asso^ 
ciatiohs, who live from .if ree do- 
nations^ and fear that; these will 
shrink, when government, collects 
this tax, but alsb whole radio trade j 
is against it, Already a turnover 
tax of 4% is levied with 5% extra 
on luxurious radio-sets, so trade i? 
iieayily taxed. 

Fans point out that Ini- other 
countries such as England the low 
tax is used, by government to run 
the broaidcasting,.^jati6ns. In- Hol- 
land, however, brbadcasting, would 
continue tp be maintained by the 
associations, who live from coritrl- 
butipns by fans and the tax to be 
distributed : 1 - 3 . for technical Ini- 
provements. of radio, 1-3 for Ex- 
chequer and 1-3 for Art; associa- 
tions state that Art already . profits 
highly from radio in Holland by 
extra engagements for microphone. 



Super-Collossal 



Pittsburgh, Feb. 26. 
When a reverse chargy 
phone dall from a distant sub-, 
urb came In to WWSW the 
other da.y, Elsiei Wyland, of tlie 
studio staff, accepted, thinking 
it wais one of thie saiesmien 
phoninig in somiethlng impoi'- 
taht.. 

At the other end of the: line 
came the voice of a desperate- 
ly Beripus young man.: 

'What'll you pay me to cpirie 
in and teill Jokeis over your sta- 
tion?' 



NBC SIDESTEPS 




Toronto Stations Deny 
Labor Overworked or 
Underpaid as Charged 



■ Toronto, Feb. '26. 
Warning will, be served on the 
Dominion government under the In- 
dustrial Disputes Investlgatibn Act 
if the condition of radio engineers 
In . broadcasting stations here is not 
Improved, according to officials of 
the Toronto Distinct Labor Council. 

They charge that commercial sta- 
tions, as well as those operated by 
the Federal-appoihted Canadian 
Radio Commission, are paying .flrst- 
ciass engineers In many Instances 
from $12 to $15 for a 70-90-hour 
week. Claim was made that at 
tempts to organize the radio engi- 
neers had been met by acts of in- 
timidation on the part of employers 
and that the men desired organisa- 
tion but were! even afraid tp attend 
meetings for this purpose. 

Managers of Toronto-operated 
radio stations denied that first-class 
radio-engineers were receiving as 
low as $12 far a 70-90-hour week 
It was claimed that the minimum 
wage paid engineers on CRCT and 
CKNC, the two government sta 
tlons, was $110 a month and that 
the pay here averaged $1,746 per 
annum. This niinimum wage paid 
byi CKCLi was $30 for f. 44-hour 
week, it was stated. Workers on 
CRCT and CKNC did 48 hours J 
week and had one full day off, inan 
agers oif these stations claimod 
Denials, were general ' that em 
plPyeps . : were threatened ^yith 
mTssaT if tried to orgatilz'e; 



Ch 

26. 



Williams to Reincke, 
Ellis Agency ih 

Chicago, Feb. 

Russ Williams moves into the 
Rihwcke - Ellis - Younggren - Finn 
agency here to take over the radio 
department. 

Williams was formerly radio exec 
at the Erwin-Wasey office. 



-*Red Davis' Ends 




CKCL Defies Canadian Connnish 
Over Ban on Ford Broadcast 



NBG'^ CHAPERONS 



Effici 



Expfirts Eavesdrop' 
Salesmen 



oh 



NBC: rejected an appioiich 
made In behalf of the Boswell Sis- 
ters. Proposition , entailed 
ta.ining schedule -for the tHo, but 
NBC declared itself against doing 
any business with the girls until 
they have settled their conti'act iiJif- 
ferehces with the CBS Artists Bu- 
reau. Boswelld have, been offered a 
commercial with an NBC release, 
but before . accepting they want to 
be sure that. Columbia won't, start 
injunction, proceedings. 

Threesome feel confident that 
CBS will refrain from any litigation 
as long as they confine their air ap- 
pearances to Columbia. Bpokihg 
contract between the Boswells ahd 
the network has a year .from this 
June to go. Girls walked piit of thei 
agreement several weeks ago on the 
ground that the CBS Artists Bureau 
had not amply looked, after their 
commercial and personal appearance 
Interests. Connie Bosw.ell ls current- 
ly doing a. solo on the Camel show- 
Team . figures that the CBS Artists 
Bureau won't sue for commissions 
on this engagement until after its 
expiration. 



Selling staff of the NBC Artists 
Service are now accompanied by 
efficiency .experts when they go 
calling on ad agencies! and theatri- 
cal bobking offices. E. e.'s are part 
of the I'radeway, Inc., staft which 
.has been rjetained.by the web to fln^ 
out ,what Is wrpng with its artists* 
service as <vell as the prpgram de- 
partment. 

Traveling arbund with the ar- 
tlstjs* bureau's . reps: Ii^ supposed to 
give the TrajJeway prober's an op- 
portunity to observe how the for- 
j mer make their approaches, the 
; methods they use In selling . their 
; lalent and the buyer's reactloa to 
It all. Instructions given the 
bbokei's demand, that the efficiency 
Experts be Introduced on, all such 
calls as Mr. and So-and-So of NBC; 



Loughran Joins L&T 

Chicago, Feb. 26. 

Basil Loughran of the Chi NBC 
production staff rrioves over to the 
Lord & Thomas agency. Will work 
under Lew Goodklnd, now In charge 
of the agency radio department. 

Loughran will, concern himself 
with' the actual production of the 
agency shows. He comes in fol- 
lowing the departure of Henry Sel- 
Ilnger as head man , of the agency 
radio bureau. 



Ben Pratt Goes East 
As Assistant to NBC 
Vice Pres. Mason 



Chicago,^ 
nabie to find a spot in Chicago 
for Ben Pratt, former titular head 
of NBC's midwestern press depart- 
ment;, Niles Trammel has. arranged 
for Pratt to go east' M. H. Ayles- 
worth. is making a spot for Pratt 
at Trammel's request. 

Ppsltioh of Pratt In NBC has been 
unique. Sincei the end of the 
World's Fair he seems- to have been 
without definite ' assighnieint. Pre- 
viously and for. some time he held 
the title but not the job of manager 
of the publicity" section. Originally 
he was : in the production depart- 
ment. 

. Pratt moved tp New York 
Saturday (24). It is .'understood he 
will becpme assistant to Frank 
Maspn, v.p. in charge pf press. 



Daniels Agency Folds 

Bpston, Feb. 26. 

Geerge Dianiels & Sen Advertise 
ing Agency, of PrpVidence is in. the 
pr.pcesS of liquidating their busi- 
ness, which means that Frank Wes- 
ton of that; agency will soon, be out 
of a job. 

For the ' past , several years this 
agency has been'-- Identified with 
various New England radio 
counts. 



Charlesworth Defends CRC 



license faces 
CKCL the Ford 

It^otpr prbgram. . last night in dis- 
pbedience of -minute .wire.- 

from; Heiitor Cjh^iiilesw'brth forbid- 
ding, the broadcast. High Interest, 
awaited last night's broadcast Inas- 
much as this is the Arst time th&.. 
federal-appointed, commission has 
ever been •defied; Wires started! to 
buzz as spon as the Ford program 
was heard on the air. 

Commission forbade same 
broadcast over CKCL last week and 
Instructions wfere^ obeyed after 
beat0d' telei)hbnlc conversations be- 
tween. CKCL officials and the CiRC 
chairman. Last night, CKCL de- 
cided to go ahead with the broadr 
cast ahd see what happened. 
Plenty has and Is going tp. Henry 
QpQderham; president pf thcs pffehdr 
Ing station says: 'If we are suipd. 
for brbadcasting the, program, vie 
will lea:ve it : to the courts ito de- 
oide.' 

Fprd" prpgram was priginally 
booked to come oyer CFRB, the 
Columbia outlet here, but*, accord- 
ing to Harry Segv^rick, manager .of 
CFRB: 'We would have carried the 
progranx if we had bad the time 
open but our schedules were filled, 
for Thursday evening anid the Ford 
pieople apparently ' sought another 
outlet.' 

It Is Charlesworth's contention 
that NBC and CBS each get one 
Toronto outlet only. The broad- 
casting, of the. Fprd program over 
CKCL would give CBS two outlets.. 
He says: 'If two Statlpns cannct 
carry the American prdgrams con- 
tracted for, we do not intend to 
allow new outlets.' 

Regarding the 'farming out' of 
the Ford progrrami Charie5wpi:th 
says: 'We intend to take action in 
this matter. We told them last 
week to cut that prb^am but they 
have' gone ahead. We will see what 
our powers are.' 

Ambng the powers of thei coiii.- 
nilsslon is the recomnaendation of 
the suspension of a station license, 
according to the Canadian Radio 
Act. 



.Operators of private radio, sta- 
tions in Canada must have^ It gov- 
ernment license, Justice Armpur 
ruled last week, after Radio Inspec-* 
tor R. G. Gppdthg and the. Attorney- 
General of Canada sotight an ap- 
peal on the decision Pf Magistrate 
Smith, wiio- had previously ac- 
quitted Archie F. Glgnac, lawyer, 
of the charge. Case Is remltt(ed to 
the magistrate In question with the 
Instruction to convict Glgnac of il- 
legally establishing a radio statipn. 



Chairman Thinks Much Progress Has Been 
Made, Conditions Bettered 



NEW TIME BOOKER 
GETS BOWEN ACCTS. 



Beech -Nut may turn to a musical 
tyi)e of shpw for the spring and 
summer. Meantime the fpod pack- 
er has decided not to renew for the 
'Red Davis' s6rlal oii NBC, though 
the account has found this one of 
the most popular shpws it has ever 
backed. . 

Expiratfpn date fpr the Davis 
script is March 23, which will make 
It a run o£ 26 weekSr 



Spptbroadcastirjg, Inc., makes the 
latest time placing^ firms to be 
formed in the New Ycrk area, Or- 
gariizafiqii, which is headed by 
Douglas Ward, is bo-ing used by the 
Street , and Finney agency to clear 
its spot uUsiness on the Carter 
medicines and Forty Fathpih Fish. 

Placement of these accounts had 
previously been handled by Scott 
Howe Bowo I, Inc., with some BO 
stations involved. Bovren office 
claims that the asslgjiment of 
these accpunts to Spotbroadcastihg, 
Inc., constitutes a violation of con- 
tract and if business is . done with 
stations which .carried the S&F 
IlisW^whetrThey'^we^^ 
S-H-B it will bring suit . against 
the agency. 



Cadillac's Added Month 

Cadillac's opera and concert name 
series on NBC has been extended 
for another four weeks Renewal 
takes the program up to April 8. 

Original contraet was for 13 
weeks. 



26. 

-• Fpllpvyihg political attacks oh the 
floor of the House of Commons,' in- 
stigated/, .by complaints of radio 
listeners In Various constituencies., 
the services pf the Canadian. Radio 
Commlssipn will be investigated by 
a parliamentary c.pmmittee. 

Staunchly defending himself de- 
spite the Impasse, Hectpr Charles.-, 
worth, CRC chairman,; told radio, 
scribes during his flying visit here 
that the Canadian Radio Commis- 
sion' Is fulfilling its aim by the 
establishment of continental and 
regional networks that cover the 
Dominion from coast to coast and 
use no advertising in their pro- 
grams. At the same time, he stated, 
the ComniLssion lis exchanging pro- 
grams with the United. States, and 
some of the finest American fea- 
tures, are being carried over Com- 
mission networks so that these may 
be,.heard :^by _,pp33^es3 Pr3 Qf -the_^^^^ 



est receiving sets. Preylpuslyi he 
claimed, these prpgrams were avail- 
able tp pnly those In the central 
sections of Canada. Through, a spe 
clal exchange arrangement, these 
'outstanding NBC ahd CBS pro 
grams are secured without cost. 

Charleswcrth claims that natlpn 
alized radio In Canada has been 
manifestly efl[lcient and economical, 
as impossible under any other sys- 



tem. The fiirst desire wjis Canadian 
broadcasting for .CJanadlan listeners 
and freedpm frpm deptendence pn 
f preign sources fpr radip entertain- 
ment. Thei .Canadian Radio Com- 
mission is now providing - 35 hours 
a. week of distinctly Canadian serv- 
iceT says Charlesworth. 
. Another aim, of the Canadlaii 
Radip Cpmmisslpn has been the 
fairer distributibn of advantages of 
radio other than commercial broiad- 
casting.; While large centres iart- 
jpyed a duplicatibn of radio service, 
great areas of populated Canada 
were starved for radio entertain- 
ment. The comniercial system • re-r 
lied upon advertising for revenues, 
and this was centred in the urbah 
communities of Torpntp, MPiitreal 
and Ottawa. Today, says Charles- 
worth,. this entertainment is avail- 
able to listeners living In. Isolated 
cpmmunltles in the prairie prov- 
inces and the maritimes. ,A natioh- 
bulldjng_. forc e,'^^ 

is .the broadcasting of prpgrams 
frpm Halifax and Vancduver that 
are heard In Mpntreal and Tprpntp, 
and vice verso. ' 

System calls. f(Jr a capital ex- 
penditure pf $3,260,000 and an an- 
nual operating expenditure of 
(2,600,000 to be financed by a re- 
ceiver's license fee of $3 and an an- 
nual governmejit subsidy pf ?1,000,- 
000. 



Otta,wa, Feb. 26. 
Dominion, rbadcasters Associa- 
tion^ with a claimed membership of 
40 independent radio stations iacross 
Canada, ha^ come forward with a 
resolution to the Canadian Govern- 
ment urging the disbandmeht of the 
Canadian Radio Broadcasting Com- 
mission in April when the act es- 
lablishlng the Commlsh expires. 

Association urges the granting of 
a governnient charter to a body to 
be known as the . Canadla,n Brbad- 
casting Corporatipn tb have full, 
powers over broadcasting ih Canada 
pn c non-pplitical basis. ' It asks 
that the present government-owned 
statlpns be . spld or leased to pri- 
va.te- operators so that all units 
would ..be on an equal footing, with 
the right tp negptiatie contracts fpr' 
commercial, religious, political 'or 
other, programs without int^srfer- 
ence or. restriction. 

P r p p p 3 e d cprppration- set-up 
would be headed by , live 'governors' 
representing each section of the 
country, aided by an honorary ad- 
visory committee of .five, in eaci* 
pippvlhce. At least: one member of 
each provincial committee would be 
a repreisentative pf a.radlp station. 

Dominion rpadcasters Associa- 
tion has withheld its list of mein- 
bers because of the fear Pf reprisals 
.on the part of the government com-^ 
mish in case its, life is extended be- 
y6nd^April-=by— a^.=^enewal=of~tha=- 
enablIng statute. 



NESTLE, extends; 

Ne stle 's choc olate (C orllss-Ii,a- 
mbht). has renewed for another • 15 
weeks oh NBC's blue (WJZ) , net- 
wbrk, 

Ethel Shutta, Don Bestor and 
Walter O'Keefe, who started pn the 
prpgram last August, remain. 



Taesday, February 27, 1934 



RADIO 



VARIETY 



87 



VAGARIES OF SURVEYS 




Chicago House-to^House In- 
terviewers Find Public 
Glad to Discuss Radio 
Likes and Dislikes 

DAY AFTER FAVS 



Chicago, Feb. 26. 

In a survey of surveys it is dis- 
covered by a large radio company 
that most people don't know what 
they like oh the rkdio, don't rememr 
bet what they listen to and don't 
know why. 

For instance, it is learned from a 
personal house-tOrhoUse' canvass 
that 95% of those questioned about 
their preferences in niusic state 
that they prefei- high-class music 
to jazz. Yet the radio in that house 
at that time is tuned in on a wah 
wah lowdoWn . honky-tonk jazz 
band. Survey discovers that sonie 
people are not honest .with themi^ 
selves.;, They say things they doii't 
beileve. but which tiiey. think sounds 
ritzy. They pose and don't practice 
what they preach. 

People, howevcK, like to be inter- 
viewed, about their preferences on 
the. ether. They take it very seri- 
ously aind treat it wlth^ great - Im- 
portancev They get very official, 
and soon start giving orders, that 
Bo-and-sp ought to bel off the air, 
and that they think soihe sponsor 
should grab such-and-sUch. They 
also want to know the politics of 
the radio Industry and soon start 
asking confidentially how a person 
goes about getting on the. air. 
. This fact of taking Interviews 
setiously makes the survey busi- 
ness a difficult, and slow process. 
The radio company handling this 
survey, for Instance,. jCound that no 
matter how industriously the can- 
vasser worked it is Impossible to 
see and question more than 24 peo- 
ple in a day. and often as few as 12 
people. 

Reasons for this are mkny. In 
the first place, house-to-house can- 
vasses reach women altoiost exclu- 
Bively, and .the only times a woman 
Will answer questions are from d : 30 
to noon and from 1:30 ta 4 p/m. Be^ 
fore school time the housewife Is 
.busy getting breakfast for the fam- 
ily and bundling the kids off to 
their lessons. At lunch hour the 
kids are back again, and after four 
o'clock the wife, is busy with the 
children and preparations for sup- 
per. Which gives a surveyor about 
300 minutes daily and about 10 min- 
utes for each interview. 

As far as the most popular pro- 
grams are concerned it is not so 
easy to get at the real truth. Be- 
cause radio listeners are as fickle 
and changeable, as chameleons. 
Their tastes change from day to 
day. -On Mondays they prefer Ed- 
. die Cantor, because they heard him 
yesterday -.and " enjoyed the islrow. 
On Wednesday they prefer Ed 
Wynn, or Fridays they are certain 
the . Vallee show or the Maxwell 
House program Is their heart's de- 
filre. On the day following any star 
program that program immediately 
becomes the choice of 75% of the 
people. 

However, if forced to .state their 
first and second prefer'ences people 
Will name. the same type of shows in 
both instances. Thus people like 
drama, or cpmedy, or speeches, or 
muslci and both their first and sec- 
ond choices will contain two drama 
programs or two comedy shows, 
and so on down the line. Typical 
first and second choices are 'Myft 
Md .Marge' a^Qjj f j^^ 'G.oldberes,! or 
Eddie Cantor and Joe Penner, 
Others voted .first and • second for 
Blng Crosby and Wayne Kiiig, 
Glance through the survey re- 
veals a surprisingly high number of 

Jf^tesj£or.;yviyrt^and; Marge,! ,!Rise^Qt 
the .Goldbergs* and Father Cough - 
lin, Howiever, it is noticeable that 
favorite programs are • concentrated 
in certain sections of the city even 
Into blocks. One block of hbuses 

-^irvot6"tor"Eaai6 cantor, thi; noxt 
'or the Barn Dance. Wliich indi- 
cates that people discuss the radio 
and each influences the other 
through word-of-mouth to listen to 
particular shows. 





(PARTI 




SURVEY) 


Hour of 


— •4 

ss 

» -c 
Ji 5 

.Favorite. E It 
oiaiion ^ ^ 


A. P. Bbardmah 
G833 Loomls Blvd. 


Philco 


Red 
Davis 


Dfingei'o.us 
Paradise 


4 


WMAQ 4 


W. Jv Cphley 
6843 Lopmis i3lvd. 


Atwater 
Kent 


Father Cpughlin 


AVLS Barn 
Dance 


1 


WLS 

KYW 4 


U. A. Neitzke 
6843 S. Ada Ave, 


Philco 


Joe 

Penner 


Father 
Coughlin 


3 


WCFL 
KYW 3 


Radford 
6827 S; Ada Ave. 


Kellogg 
Spartan , . 


Father Coughlin 


Rondoliers Kinder- 
garten iHpur 


6 


WMAQ 
WGM 3 


Anthony McGoleni 
i6842 Loomis Blvd. 


Spartan 


Red Hot & 
Low Down 


Eddie- 
Cantor 


: 5 


AVON 

WMAQ 5 


H, C. Yandel 
6826 Lpphjis Blvd. 


At-water 
Kent 


Father 
McGuir<!| 


Father ' 
Coughlin 


3 . 


WCFL 
KYW 


R. J. Spain 

6824 .Loomis Blvd.- 


Atwater 
Kent 


Myrt & 

Marge 


The 

Goldbergs 




; WENR 
WMAQ 4 


S. A. Hill 

6825 TjQO.mls Blyd... 


Majestic. 


The 

Goldbergs 


Rudy 
iJ'allee'' 


4' 


WMAQ 8 . 


E. Graham 

6816 Loomis Blvd. 


. Sonora 


Carlos . 
Molina 


Dr. 

Springer 


3 


WMAQ 
AVCFL 5 


J;. Gregory 

6839 S. Pauline Aye. 


Buckingham 


The 

Goldbergs 


Myrt & Marge 


3 


WMAQ 6 


E. Ellis 

6835 S. Pauline Ave. 


Kennedy 


The Barn. 
Dance 


■ B6ttv- &■■ 
Bpb 


2 


WLS 5 


J. Virglp • . 
6827 S. Pauline Ave. 


Philcp 


Dance 


Sanri . 


: '2' 


WLS 

WENR 5 


R. Porcarp 

6807 S, Pauline Ave 


Atwater; 
Kent 


Ti^flfl v'n ■ 

Children 


Bushman 


6 


WMAQ 
WGN 5 


Dr. L. Mastandrea 
6801 S. Pauline Aye. 


Philco 


The 

Goldbergs 


Eddie 
Cantor 


4 


, WMAQ 11 


■A. Cozzle 

6810 S. Pauline Ave. 


Midget 


Thp Barn 

Dance 


■ Eddie 
Cantor 


2 


WMAQ 
WLS 9 


A'. Lurgio 

6812 S. Pauline Ave. 


Phantoni . 


Red Hot &' 
Low Dowii 


Eno CrimA 

Club 

1 1 


6 


WCFL . 
WMAQ 3 


C. Prosapio 

6830 S. Paulina Ave. 


Philco 


Eddie ' i 
Cantor 


Joe 

Penner 


4 


WMAQ 
WGN. . 7 


J. N. Tprtorell 
1758 W. 69th St. 


Atwater 
Kent 


Dr, Springer 


Symphony ■ 
Concerts 


4 


WGN 4 


N. Moecker 
1818 W. 69th St. 


Majestic 


Dr. Bundesbn 


Myrt & 
Mai-ge 


6 


WMAQ 
WGN 6 


J. Miilliean 

6914 S. Honore St. 


Aerial 


Barn- 
Dance 


Myrt & 
Marge 


3 


WLS 

WMAQ 3 


E. T. Riedel 

6916 S. Hpnore St. 


Atwater 
Kent 


Uncle Bob's Chil- 
dren's Hour 


The 

Goldbergs 


4 


KYW 

WMAQ 4 


P. Dohertv 

6920 S. Honore St 


Radiola 


The 

Goldbergs 


Father 
Coughlin 


2 


WMAQ 
KYW 8 


G. Lewis' 

6922 S. Hpnore St. . 


: Majestic 


Symphony 
Concerts 


Barn Dance 
Opera 


3 


WLS 

WMAQ 2 . 


W. Pallraco 

6933 S. I^bnore St. 


Ria.diotrope 


Drama 


Myrt &■ 
Marge 


3 


WBBM 
KYW 4 


S» Egan 

€930 S. Honore St^ 


Atwater 
Kent 


• Betty and Bob 


Dr. 

Bundeson.. 


2 


WENR 
WCFL 6 


F.' Probo 

7006 S. Honore St; 


Majestic 


Biner 
Grofiby 


■ Wayne 
King 


2 


WMAQ. 3 


J. Grretrorv 

6839 Pauline Ave. 


Buckingham 
Bunghimllan 


The 

Goldbergs. 


Myrt & 
Marge 


3 


WMAQ is 


E. Ellis 

6835 .Pauline Ave. 


Kennedy 


The Barn 
Dance. 


Betty & 
Bob 


2 


WLS 5 


J Wlrerlb 

6827. Pauline Ave. . 


Philco 


The 

Barn Dance 


Singing 
Sam 


2 


WLS 

WENR 6 


R. Porcaro 

6807 Pauline Ave. 


Atwater 
Kent . 


Today's 
Children 


Francis X 
Bushman 


6 


WMAQ 
WGN 6 


Dr. S. Mastandrea 
6801 Pauline Ave; 


Philco 


The 

Goldbergs 


Eddie 
Cantor 


4 


WMAQ 11 


A Cozzie 

6810 Pauline Ave 


Midget 
Majestic 


The Barn, 
Dance 


Eddie ' 
Cantor 


2 


WLS . . 9 


A ■ Siivcrio 
6812 S. Paulina 


Phantom 


Red Hot & 
Low Down 


Eno Crinie 
Club 


6 


WCFL 
WMAQ 3 


6830 S. Paulina 


Philco 


Eddie 
Cantor 


Joe 

Penner 


4 


WMAQ 
WGN 7 


A Ijpnza 

1753 W. 69th St. 


Majestic 


Wayne 
King 


Jack 
Pearl 


3 


WMAQ 6 


6842 Loomis Blk. 


BremertuUy 


Red Hot &, 
. Liow. Down . 


Eddie 
Cantor 




WGN 
_ „WMAQ . . 5 _ 


H C Yandel 
6826 Loomis Blk. 


Atwater 
Kent 


Father 
McQuire 


Father 
Coughlin 


3 


WCFL 
WGN 3 


S. A. Hill 
6822 Loomis 


RCA- Atwater 
Kent. 


Myrt & 
Marge 


The . 
Goldbergs 


5 


WENR 4 


P .T Havnea 
6816 Lopmis . 


Century 


Uncle Bob's 
Hour 


Father 
Coughlin 


2 


WM 

KYW 4 


jv.. .iv. ocneiiing 
6806 Looniis 


Sonpra 


Opera 


■Sy'mphpny 
Cpncerts 


2 


WJJD 
W'GN 2 


H" J. O'Mallev 
6815- Loomis 


Majestic 


Fred Warlng's 
Orch. 


Eno Crime 
Club 


4 . 


WMAQ 6 


H Blasceln 
6817 Loomis 


Philco- 


Variety in 
Music ■ 


Amoa «fc 
Andy.' 




WLS 7 


Irvine; Albert 

5^27 Univer.sity Ave 


Philco 


Jacit 
Benny 


The Fire Chief 
Ed Wynn 


2 


WMAQ 4 


Wm. Conners 

4718 S. UnivcL'sity Ave. 


Silver tone 


Dream 
Ship 


First' 
Nights 


3 


WGN 

WilAQ € 


Mrs.' Amelia-Prank- 
5041' Dorchester. Aye,. 


Majestic 


Synnphony 
Concerts 


Father 
Coughlin 


3 


WBBM 1 


Mary Brown 
Public Library 


Majestic 


Eddie Cantor 
Phil Baker 


Myrt & 
Marge 


2 


WMAQ 5 


Jane Gowol 

-P ubil c- Li b ravy - ^ - - 


_P1l11co_^..„ 


Rudy 
„ vallee 


The 

Goldbergs 


3 


WMAQ 3 


G. Wasserstrass 
2632 Eastwood 


Silvertone 


The 

GoldbergiB . 


Amos & 
Andy 


6 


WMAQ 2 


A. P. Boardman 
6833 Loomis Blvd. 


Philco 


Red Davis & 
L. Orphan Annie 


Dangerous 
Paradise 


.4 


WMAQ 4 


W.- j; -eonley 
6843 Loomi.s Blvd. 


Atwater 


Father 


Barn , . _ 




WLS 


Kent 


Coughlin 


Dance 


1 


KYW 4 


J. A, Riley 

6845 Looinls Blvd. 


Span on 


Myrt & 
Marge 


Betly & Bob 
True Story 


4 


WMAQ 
WKNR . 5 


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DOC BRINKLEY 
IN MEXICAN 
JAM 



Doc Bi^nkley's station at Villa 
Aclina oh th0 border, in a' jam -with- 
the .Mexican government. Mi istry 
of communications arid .ii)ubli<5' 
works, announces thiat the , Doc's 
plant v/ill be lieaviiy fined as it has 
been. tr.Tnsmitting by remote control 
programs in Ehjrlish from Milfor , 
Kan., without Mexican authoriza- 
tidri.. More trouble is in prospect 
for rinHley, as the Mexican gov- 
ernment, has discovered that he 
lises the Villa Acuni . station to. 
broadcast medical propaganda with-.' 
out his being, prpperiy licensed to 
practice medicine in this land. 

Bririkley has been granted a fort- 
night, in which to convince tlie gov- 
ernment that he is licensed to prac- 
tice, medicine, in". Mexico. If such; 
proof is not forthc.-)mlng, the sta- 
tion's radio concession Tvill be sus- 
pended for a oxonth and pei'haps 
oaricelled, tlie. ministry warns. 



.Legislation pending in Washing- 
ton will bar remote control bi'oad- 
casts from Anierlcari^ soil except 
Federal Radio Commission permis*,j^ 
sioui 



NBC CBS REPS 
VISIT OTTAWA 



Herbert Akerberg and Donald 
Withyconib, stations relations ririan- 
agers for CB^. and NBC, respec- 
tively left Sunday (25) for a good- 
will trip to Ottawa. Stay will pri- 
marily concern itself with working 
out with the Canadian. Radio Cdni^- 
mission another schedule of inters?, 
national program exchange. 

While across the border, 
will also visit their 
tion allies. 



PHILLY LOCAL WANTS 
SAME SET-UP AS CHI 



Philadelphia, Feb. 26. 

Philly Musicians' Uhion, Lbcail 77, 
is girding for a battle -with - the 
town's radio stations,, following ulti- 
matum from Romeo Cella, newly 
elected president. 

Among the demands Cella will 
seek to enforce are thie following: 
1. That all local, stations be re- 
quired to employ union men for 
house orchestras. 2. That no sta- 
f leh' b^ aUowed to foilo-w with com- 
mercial announcements any dance 
program prigihating frorti a local 
restaurant or night club. . 3. That 
studios must employ union miisir 
clans for the purpose pf operating, 
radio discs. 

Goal of .Cella is tp force; Phila- - 
delphia stations, to accept radio 
conditions now. existing in Chicago. 
Although efforts have been malde. in 
this direction beilore, they have 
rarely been successful, prirnarily 
duo to the muslclan'ia wllUhghess. 
to accept jobs at. loAver than union 
scale. 



NQCKELSOFWCE 
UP FOR CONGRESS 



Chicago, Feb, 

=^^Edw<ii'd=NHNo<?kels,;=seopetar-y-^Of-= 
the Chkrtgo Federation of Labor 
and gnfdin/T factor in. the affairs of 
station WCFL, is in the race for 
one of the Illinois congre,<?,sional 



Has a"niU)Vinc!cd his cahdiaacy for 
the Dcmor-ratic nomination for the 
lOth dfstrict, which includes the 
northf-'rn pfirtlon of Cook. county 
uJiJ LjK'c ('niimy to tl;o jK'irth. 



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VARIETY 



R A n to 



Tuesday, February 27, 1934 



4 As and ANA Takhig Over Crossley 
Reporliiijt hit No Oniige n System 



Authority the Co-op6ratlve 

Analysis of Broadcasting, frequent- 
ly refei'red to as tlh'e Crbsalejr Re- 
will March 1 be assunvfed 
jointly py *the Anierican AssociaT 
Advertising Agencies and 
the . Association of National Adver- 
tisers, will ibe, organlised 
corporate identity 
and undergo a cha.nge of name. 
Ai'chlbald M. 'wiU cbn- 
; to direct and 
radio.' - 
.. will .thereafter do ' 
cpntracting with the joint agency- 
advertiser "board direct , instead of 
with Crossley; Move also relieves 
Crossley;«f . the. selling and political 
phases entailed in the operatioh of 
the survey, 

■figured ..that with t^^^ two 
490urces reispbnsible for it .flnancii^l-- 
iy, the service will be ablis ta.malce 
some Improvements, among , them a. 
jnore spe.edy- return on the popular- 
ity dkta' collected from correspond- 
ents. 

There is no intt ntloh ;of in&kihg 
any changes in; the survey's sys- , 
tein of operation. Recollection br' 
guessing- niethbd will be retained 
Intact. Supervising committee will 
be composed of 'thiree advertiser 
members and two . agency ' subr 
sccibers to the aetvlce. 



Nebraska Exec Shift 



Rep. Prall (Dem.) 



lilncqln, Feb., 

•.Union Holding Co., which has 
KFAB, KFOR and KOlL, underwent 

:i:eorgaT»i2aiton tills week i^fter .-the 
death of h;,.E, Sidles,. about 'a month 
ago.' ■ 

Charles. Sttiart was made presi- 
dent of the company, with A. L. 
Beghtol remaining a&i. president of 
KFAB, with Dee Dirks, vice-presi- 
dent and general manager, of., all 
three stations; 

President A. Beghtol, KFAB, 
announced last .week station is cOn- 
sldering' moving studios to the Lin- 
coln hotel . froni: the Cornhusker. 
where it how is. Cramped quarters, 
at the laittec and need of an audi*- 
tlon studio is mostly responsible. 

KfOR is already quartered at the 
Lincoln, so it would make .tliei iiotel 
the seat of general offices- for aill 
radio holdings of the Union Holding 
Co. here. 



FRG Ki^ell 



Washington, Feb. 26. 

Long expected message of 
President Roosevelt recom- 
menciinjcr to Congress tlie. crea- 
tion of a' Fedei'al Communica- 
tions Coitimissloh merging au- 
thority -over wires, cables, and 
: radio came , Monday (today). 

Establishment o^ agency 
would vdissolve the Federal 
Radio Commiissloh as how set 
up. Several of the latter's 
members, will likely receive ap- 
polnfmeiit to the new commun- 
ications board. 




as 




1934 Chi Fair 



TOO MANY PERSONALS 
PREVENT AIR DATES 




ts 




ADPointee 



Washington, Feb. 26. 
.Twenty-four hours after lie said 
he ha^d just learned of the vacancy. 
President Roosevelt nominated Rep. 
Annlng S. Priall, of Staten Island, 
Hi. T., to succeed William D. L. 
Starbuck ks a member of the Fed- 
eral Radio Cominlaaion. 

Selected to represent the thickly- 
populated first zone, Prall was a 
dark horse and his appointment 
a major surprise in both Cbnigres- 
Bional and- broadcasting circles. 

Even the day before Prall was 
picked, the President refused to tip, 
declaring at ai press conference 
Wednesday (21). that he "had just 
learned Starbuck's term was up, 
had no names under consideration 
and was undecided whether to fill 
the post immediately or await Con- 
gressional action on general com- 
munications problems. 

Otiier individuals reputedly .under 
cchslderation -by administration 
, patronage-dispensers Included Eddie 
Dowling, whose chances, lieyer were 
taken seriously by those' in the 
know, . and Herbert L. Petty^ radio 
nian for Democratic National Gom^ 
mlttee and present commission ^C' 
retary. 

A pemocrat and member- of Con 
gress for 10 years, Prall has been 
a relatively - inconspicuous party 
wheelhorse and conservative mem 
ber 'of HouSe Banking and Currency 
Committee. Never previously con 
hected with broadcasting or. Inter- 
in leglslatic .1. Pertaining, to 
communications, as far as Is known 
here, new commissioner Berved 
three years as president oif New 
York school- board and about s 
year as commissioner of , taxes be 
fore entering Congress. 



Pittsburgh, Feb. 26. 
Hbneyboy and Sassafrass, black- 
face script act Imported by KDKA 
from southwest, and middiewesti 
have been booked for $o many per- 
sonal appearance^ in theatres 
locally, by IjBC Artists' Service that 
they have had to cancel tiieir 
night-time sustaining program. In- 
stead^ they have- switched to noon 
hour on, KDKA. Boys have been 
mopping up with their personals 
and in great demand in surrounding 
territory. 

In evening spot of Honeybby and 
Sassafrass^ KDKA is now using five 
times weekly Dan and Sylvia, with 
WMAQ, Chicago, for five ' years. 
Sponsored out there, .at .various 
times by Willys-^Motor, Nlvea Face 
Cream and Chicago 'Daily News,* 
tiiey're auditioning commercials here 
now. 



Booth, Day for B&K*s 
*Blue Jay NBC Show 

Chicago^ Feb. 26. 
Wade Booth and -Dorothy Day 
have been set on the new Bauer and 
Black show by Donna Parker. B. 
& B. show will start on the NBC 
Blue web next month for a coast- 
to- coast ride. 

Will plug the B. & B. lue Jay' 
product. ShbW will be a combo of 
music and drama with Dorothy Day 
slated to write the skits and act in 
em. Both Miss Day and Booth aire 
from legit. 



Chicago, Feb. 

Coupl of romoters here are 
working on a television angle for 
the Worid's:;Pair this summer. Tele- 
vision talk iiasi sl.umped mightily in 
the past two years with Saiiabria 
au'l Western! ". Television quiet but 
televisiou is now thinking of a big 
revival thrbugh , exploitation alonev, 
with Oriental yillagfes, midways arid 
fan dancers. 

Angle here is to have a huge 60- 
foot televisfion screen hung over tltt 
Floa.ting Theatre .for televised pro- 
grams from a local station. Pro- 
mbter-s havf been contacting station 
managers to dellve;- free entertain- 
ment tht*bugh. their station for 
simultaneous broadcasting and tele- 
vizing. But stat*oiiS so far havi 
been charj', feeling that they them- 
selves won't get anything out of the 
promotion. 

-All that the television boys are 
offering is additionai publicity 
which isn't eriouigh lor the sta.tibns. 
Promoters ' are talking that they 
must get 1100,000 for their end out 
Of the te'.evisloh idea and are sell- 
ing that idea for that .much coin .to 
some commercial $ponsor; So far 
there h.av6 been no takers. 

Indicated that the result will be 
an indoor televlsloh demoh^tration 
for 25c admission, much after the 
manner of the Sanabrla demonstra- 
tion vduring the past two years in 
theatres, department, stores and 
such. 



Berger^s Show Moves 

Los Angeles; Feb. 26. 

'Forge of Freedomi,' weekly his- 
torical dramatization that has been 
Written and produced by Hal Berger 
over KFAC, goes to KMTR, Holly- 
wbod on a year's arrangejrnent. 

This is the second- progriam frbm 
KFAC to go to the Hollywood sta- 
tion within two weeks. Other w.ias 
the nightly 'In -Laws,' which had 
been on KFAC for two years. 



Bernie Stage Auditions 

Pittsburgh, Feb. 26. 
vWtBen Bernie, playing -at Stanley 
theatre this week, pulling a Paul 
Whiteman, staging local , radio au- 
ditions with the winner to get a 
-featured spot on old maestro's 
Pabst program tomorrow night (27). 
When Whiteman was here last year, 

tured over WCAE Here, and gals 
will be candidates again In compe-. 
tltion. If they win out, they'll go 
over a rival station for WJAS car- 

- Jriet-the- JBewUe.-PMgram-^ece^ .. 

In his act at Stanley, Bernle'e 
using four local radio acts all week, 
So-and-So'g one of them, Sara Hel- 
ler from WWSW, Betty Cruikshank 
from KDKA and male singer from 
KQV'ii Blues Chasers. 



'Cal. Melodies' Back 

Los A^E^dles, Feb. -26. 
'California Melodies,' first regular 
program to emanate from the. coast 
over the CBS network, returns to 
the chain from KH J tomorrow (27) 
after being taken off several weeks 
agoi ;.. 

It will be a 15 -minuter in future 
instead, of half hour as formerly. 
Features Ray Paige's orchestra. 



TOMMY BIGGS lAimS 

Pittsburgh, Feb. 26. 

Tommy Rlggs, formerly of 
WCAiS's Rlggs and Moke, one of 
most popular of local i>adio teams, 
"haa -laird ed"=a^26-weekly^~conimercial 
over KDKA with Fels Naphtha co 
■Rlggs has been on his own with 
KDKA for some time now, splitting 
with Moke several months ago. 

Rlees' act ii_ 'Uncle Bbb_^and 
Betty,' in which he does a 'talce-bi¥ 
On six-year-old youngster. ' Used 
.the same thing during hey-dey of 
Rlggs and Moke. Since doing a 
single, he has been one of KDKA'S 
regular sustaining artists. 



Wants to Wear Badge 

Fort Wayne, Feb/ 
Gunnar :Elliot, . sports .anhouhcer 
over WOWO for past ten years, is 
coming out for Allen County sheriff 
in the spring primaries. 
Station will campaigrn for him. 



IVoyidence Is Plenty Confused 
On Sponsorship of Headliners 



Prbvidence, Rhdde Island, the fifth 
city be canvassed by yARiETT's 
'Do Fans Know Sponsors.?' 
tibnnalre reveals 
dency to Wrongly Identify 
vertiaer. Amos . Andy es- 

caped association with adver- 
tiser other than their own. i'oyl- 
dence follows tabulatlbhs of - Hart-; 
fori, Minneapolis, Charlotte, N. C., 
and Birmingham in Varibtt's series. 

Bbake Carter, 

Casa Loma' orchestra. Easy 
Aces are not listed in the count tor 
the Rhode Islahd capitol/ Fiill list 
submitted by VARiErrr includes .25 
well-known headliners or programs 
with the public asked to designate 
the sponsorship. 

Providehce, with pronounced 
French-Canadian racial strata and 
a large foreign-speaking colony, is 
rat^d a poor to so-sb !show tpWn'. 
Majority of its film theatres plav 



two motion pictures at 
missions. 

A mill, town with wages never 
very high and the I. Q. of the com- 
munity not exceptional. Providence 
is served by three radio stations. 
WEAN (CBS), WJAR (NBC), and 
WPRO. They are the only stations 
in the two-by-four state. 

Best showing to date oif the 
Wayne . King orchestra is in Provi- 
dence. There. Is a certain amount 
of variance ,city-by>-city as between 
the public's familiarity w:ith adver- 
tlserSi Providence was surprisingly 
product-niinded on the Metropolitan 
opera cbmpared to other cities, but 
reversed the percentages on several 
others. At the conclusion of 
VARIBTT'S present series the. findings 
will be combined for a grand na- 
tional tally. National at least this 
side of the Rockies. Because of 
time and programming differences, 
no attempt has been madie to include, 
the Pacific area, . 

New week: Indi 





ram doonsor 




PROVIDENCE, R. I. 

Questionnaire iahuiated from following*. Houseioives, lA; clerks, 25;. 
lihrarian, 1; policemen, 2; artist, 1;. janitor, 1; student, 1; chauffeur,. 
1; telephone girl, 1; salesmen, 5; oil dealer, 1; tailor,. 1; firemen, 2; 
barbers, 2; executives, 4; designers, 2} stenographers, 6; secretaries, 2; 
engravers, 2; laborer, 1; carpenter, naval of ficer, i; ' wright, 1; 
undertaker. 





(91 REPLIES) 








Sjwisor 


Sponsor 


Sponsor 




Cotrectly 


Wrongly 


Not 




Named 


Named 


Known 


Maxwell 


8i 


1 


9 


£d ^A/ynn .* . . • • 


*79 




11 


Eddie Cantor 


78. 




12. 


Rudy Vallee ............ 


•••••••»••••»• 6& 




21 


Wayne .King Orchestra 


63 




85 








40 


Amos V Andy 


50 




41 


Sums and ^Allen ....... 






44 


'Rise of Goldbergs' 


37 




62 


J.essica .Dragoriette 


so 




66 


Metropolitan Opera 






62 


Jack Benny ........... 


• .••.•«••■• 4^ • 2X 




6S 


Will Rogers 


• .«•• '20 




69 


Harry Horlick ......... 






69 


'March of Ti.me' 


18 




66 


Paul Whiteman 


11 




74 


Bi ng Crosby ........ 4 . . 


f ■ 10 




75 


Phil Baker 


• • t 4 ••••• • < 




&4 


Olsen & Johnson 


4 




84 


> Joe Pehner 


• •f« •'••#'••«••• 




86 


Clara^ Lu.and Em..... . 


••••*'••••••••• 




76 



72 U. Remedies Discs 

Chicago, Feb. 26. 
United Remedies through Harry 
P'Neil last week commissig.ied 
I>ick Voynow of the Columbia 
phonograph company here to turn 
out some 72 r&dio discs for two 
products, Peruna and Acldinef' 

Figured that at least 24 of the 
masters will have . the Pickard 
Family, now on WJJD, and anbther 
24 with the Barti Dance hUl-biIUe$ 
now on WJAS In Pittsburgh. Tal- 
ent for third 24 mietsters not set. 



A| Shayne Bankrapt 



Al Shayne, on The Sally's Fur- 
shop stanza, WMCA, last week took 
the bankruptcy way out with a 
petition in tlie New York Federal 
Court. Schedule ga,ve his liabilities 
as $.S>,d63 and assets, none. 

Filing of the petition came on the 
eve of Shayne's,.opening at the Fox, 
Brooklyn. Shayne's other cun*ent 
connection is- the King Terrace 
niterle, 

Judgments taicen sigainst htm 
make up $3,800 of the liabilities. 
Another $1,000 is due for. . rent. 
Shayne's present residence , is the 
Hotel St. Mioritz. 



WIBG, PhiDy, Ofers Time Free 
For Cost of Union Musicians 



Philadelphia, 
-Reorganization, of WIBG, as an; 
Outlet for local labor unibns, will 
be contested for breaking of radio 
code regulations. Present set-up is 
similar to WCFL In Chicago, but 
idea of niew station manager, Tom. 
Harkins, to give free time to any 
sponsor emplo3ring_.uhlon:.muacliEUiS. 
is meeting plenty of opposition. 

Harkins, former commercial head 
of WCAU (1934-29), knows the. lo- 
cal ether situation from the inside, 
and plans to use' alliance with union" 
heads for snaring publicity. How- 
ever, with Signing on of Lane 
Bryant, PhiUy women's store as a 
free advertiser using union musi- 
cians at union scale for three 16- 



minute shows weekly, other studios: 
are planning protests. 

WIBG. a 100-watt indie, with new 
studios in the Sylvanla Hotel, arid 
transmitter in Glenslde, Pa., riiises 
a peculiar situation. Although It 
operates from a central iPhilly loca- 
tion and has a fair coverage in 
town, its real audience is in the^ 
Montgomery county (suburban) dls 
^trictn^^Tho^^^statl on -^clal nlsr-4here-- 
"fore, that .it dbesn't come under the 
metropolitan code, and is exempt. 
But local broadcasters' comeback is 
that this hew account is a central 
Phllly one— and that the su bUrl? can 
"he e"ainy covelvcFBy" any local st"a- 
tlon; further that WIBG's applica- 
tion for ah increase to 600 watts, 
if successful and using free adver- 
tising Idea, will cause plenty of 
unfair comp6tish. 



SPONSOR CONFUSION 
EXPLAINED BY FAN 



Detroit, Feb. 18.' 
Editor Variett: 

Tour questionnaire, 'Do fans 
know sponsors?' Perhaps the same 
situation exists in those cities can- 
vassed as here. We have what I 
believe Is termed in radio parlance 
spot announcements. They are so 
frequent apd in some instances so 
Intei'woyeh in a' spohsored progrb^ltt 
the result is. confusing. For 
stance, the Lowell Thomas program 
carries two gasoline advertiae- 
merits, first the local one and then 
immediately following we liear 
about the same piroduct (gasoline) 
so how are we to know who is really 
the sponsor.? 

If 1; am listening, say to Baron' 
Munchausen, ahd during what 
seems part of the program . I hear 
some local product inentioned; hpw" 
am I to know that lliey are not l?oth 
paying the Baron? Maybe the lis- 
ener isn't dumb or .unihterested, 
just confused. 

Margaret Clai/pool. 

'Paradise* Winds Up 

Autliors ol" the 'Dangerous Para- 
dise* serial which Woodbury face 
powdep=is-su ppoi»ting-on- NBti^havja. 
been advised to bring the yiirn to 
a finis with the 72iid broadcast, 
slated for tl-e sacond week .In April. 
Commercial has decided hot to ex- 
tend th e, run of this show beyond 
tlili'-"date b'u"t to come back to "KBC' 
in. the fall with another script using 
the same principals, Nick Dawson 
and !Elsie Hltz. 

'Paradise' affair is now on its 
second 13 -weeks. 



Tuesday, February 27, 1934 



B ADI 



VARIETY 



39 



SAT. NIGHT 





ORGY 



Pittsburgh, Feb. 26. 

That station men often can tiake 
leasons In showmanship from ad- 
vertisers has been Illustrated in the 
case ofv WJAS here, of which H. J. 
Brennen IS; general mtthager and 
Robert Thompson commercial man- 
ager. Harry O'Nell, of the United 
Hemedles Company, Chicago, gave 
WJAS the lesson in radio show- 
niahslilp. ^ 

United Remedies w:ent on WJAS 
several mionths ago on behalf of 
Peruna, Acldlne, . and other burp 
ByrUps. Agjtlnst 0?Nell's judgment 
WJAS supplied the programs ac- 
cording to the station's own ideas. 
Mall was wanted but was slow,, 
amounting to onlV 15 and 20 letter.s 
a day. 

O'Neli, disgruntled, told the sta^ 
tlon to forget about the deal. Bob 
Thompson, of WJAS, went to Chi- 
cago to try to save the business^ 
He explained that after all, WJAS 
was a metropolitan station and 
therefore not a mail-puller, that 
WJAS listeners didn't waste their 
time writing letters. 

Hok* or Nothing' 

O'Nell gave Thomipson alterna- 
tives, either to forget about the. en- 
tire deal or to go down into the 
hills of West Virginia, and pick up 
& couple of hill-folk families. O'Nell 
Insisted that they be the genuine' 
thing without contact with the out- 
side world. And then for Thompson 
to . put them oni the station, . 

WJAS sputtered and fussed, but 
with O'Nell Jt ' wa43 a case of 'or 
else.' One week later WJAS wired 
O'Nell that it had located the hill- 
famlUes that O'Nell wanted. 

Mall the first day was something 
like 250 letters, the day following 
800 and it built to over BOO letters 
daily. After three weeks the two 
hill families, billed as 'Barn Dance 
Prollc,' are getting vaude offers. 



MAN-IN-STREET STUNT 
GETS WJSV INTO JAM 



Washington, Feb. 26, 

WJSV, -local Columbia outlet, 
found itself in the middle of a bitter 
Ught over Capital street car service 
as a result of a man-in-the-street 
broadcast to get opinions of the 
public on car and bus travel. 

Stunt was pulled last Tuesday 
(20) on corner announced twa. days 
In advance. Bob Trout, announcer 
handling the broadcast, was 
swampfed with wlllihg talkers. Out 
of 11 who voiced sentiments, a,ll 
were enthusiastic in praise of car 
companies. 

Daily News, which has been lead- 
ing the, flght lor imjproyement, 
cracked forth next day with a stOry 
which intimated carmen had planted 
stooges on the spot, and opinions 
were- biased, " ~ 

On Wedhesdiay gag was repeated. 
Same corner; was used, but no, an- 
nouncement was made in advance. 
Trout explalhed over the air that 
repetition was put on to test accu- 
racy of charges that first broadcast 
was fixed. Second tlirie nobody voir 
iunteered to talk, and eight out of 
.11 bitterly denounced c?ir lines, one 
was non-committal and two were 
midly favorable. 

Dally : News gave repeat stuiit 
three , col. yarn breaking off page 
one, giving verbatim questions, and 
answers; 



Lasting 



Hollywood, Feb. 26. 

After listening to one install- 
ment of the serialization of 
•Anthony Adverse* over KFWB, 
J. P. McBvoy remarked: 

'That's, the only air program 
I ever heard that will last,' 



SENATEPASSES DILL 
BIU;WAXER PROTESTS 

Washington, Feb^ 
Senate last week approved the 
Dill amending Federal Badlo 

Act a;nd giving the Radio Commis- 
sion power , to approve or ban piping 
of programs across the nation's 
borders; 

Aimed at Mexican high-powered 
transmitters established by persons 
denied U. S. licenses, bill was 
passed with only a few minutes' 
consideration and without debate 
except an explanation by its author. 

Senator Dill termed the measure 
•rather imperative' and designed to 
'put a stop to the defiance of the 
Commission so far as we can by 
law.' 

Opposition to-, the measure was 
heard Thursday (22) by Hou^e 
members when George W. Dan 
Junas, president of. a New York 
c6ncern manufacturing electrical 
transcriptions, pointed to the dlfll- 
culty which; would be experienced 
in controlling use of recorded pro- 
grams. 

BLIZZARD TROUBLE 

storms Make Meetinfl Prooram 
Schedules a Problem 



Dyerwhelining B u 1 k of 
Rural Radio Letters Writ- 
ten for Saturday Nite Pro- 
grams^Due to Farm Lis- 
teners Who Take Scrib- 
biing Seribusljr — City 
Folk Have Outgrown 
that Writing Urge. 



WOC's PRC Setback 



Davenport, Ia„ Feb. 26, 
Fedei'al radio commission has re- 
voked andf suspended an order per- 
mitting the transfer of station 
Jj^jCK, Carter,Mke, la., to this. 
and^ to ' bi^adcast undor brlgirfST 
woe. designation! 

Four stations filed protests, or 
notice of intention to protect rights 
from interference. It Is likely that 
■a-'hea»*ing--Tnr'thB"Tjrotcst'S-'W'iIl-'»be 
held during March. In the mean- 
time preparations for the station to 
eo on the air have been practically 
eompleted. 



Nation-wide blizzards created 
considerable havoc during, the last 
vireek among radio stations due to 
failures or close calls in meeting 
program schedule's. In New York 
several early morning acts, includ- 
ing May Singhi Breen and Peter de 
Rose, who live in the suburbs, 
moved to New York hotels so as not 
to miss out. 

Leo Reagan and Dick Benvenutl, 
who live in New London, Conn,, 
but broadcast over WICC, Bridge- 
port, left home 12 hours ahead of 
their broadcast to insure arrival, 
due to the disrupted traffic service. 

Snowbound performers in several 
instances In the east just couldn't 
get to the mike. Stations had to 
improvise as best they could. 

NBC page boys and others who 
battled their way through blizzards 
to get to work found that disci- 
pline is discipline, even durin: 
emergencies. NBC rule that one 
inThute latV meani? one hour added 
at quitting time remains in force 
regardless of suburban train sched- 
ules. 



VINSONHALER JOINS 
BADGER REGIONAL 



Omaha, Feb, 26. 
Max Vinsonhaler leaves to take 
up post with North American 
Broadcasting System in Milwaukee, 
regional net, in charge o'f station re- 
lations. Until KOIL was purchased 
by Union Holding Co. Vinsonhaler 
was studio director for the station. 
Since has held position with Bozell 
& Jacobs, Inc., local advertising 
agency* 

Vinsonhaler and his Wife, Pauline 
Hoplcins, were well-known as the 
WTtcfrali^plSyers 
Babe skits, and will take their pro- 
teges to the new position made 
tlirongh George Rocsjjler, also for- 
mprly of KOIL 



COIN-ENCLOSED MAIL 



John She 
Bureau ta 




zes 





Chicago, 

Radio mail ijs now coricehtrated 
almost' Wholly on Saturday niehts 
Estimated that 8B%-90% of all 
Sunday letters from 'hinterland 
sources today are written on Sat 
urday ©venihg responses and the 
rest of the mail dribbles in the \rest 
Of the week. 

All due to the Increasing fact 
that letter-writing Is now the fa 
vorite pastime of the farming ele 
ment. City folk pretty well wrote 
themselves out as radio fans more 
than three years ago. Fbr them the 
novelty Is gone. 

For years while the city homes 
had electricity, and radios the 
farms, had to be content with the 
phonograph.. But.' now the farms 
listen lii regularly on their leisure 
hours, which com© in the main after 
six o'clock on Saturdays: 

Thl9 hJis been the reason too for 
the vast spread of the Stiturday 
night farm programs. Every key 
station in the farming country now 
has a Saturday night Jamboree. 
Names don't make any difference 
as long as the entertainment is 
strictly hill-bUly. 

Home Touch 
Typical' letters to these stations 
aiways bring out the fact that the 
family doesn't get a chance to tune 
in on the air any day but Saturday, 
During the, week everybody gets to 
hgi with the chickens because 
they've got to be up at sunrise. But 
on Saturday nights everybody sits 
up until 10 or 11 o'clock arid the one 
thing they all can tutte in for en- 
joyment is the barn dance pro- 
grama. 

And these people are the ones 
who are still expressing their ap- 
preciation of these shows by taking 
pen in hand and scribbling a note 
of thanks to the station or to the 
sponsor. And these people will go 
further, and enclose coin for tne 
sponsor's product, usually a simple 
household gadget or a stomach- 
soother. 

Advertisers have already wised to 
the new setup and the great ma- 
jority of . sponsors seeking mail or 
enclosed-please-flnd response are 
moving their shows to Saturday 
night. This follows many futile at- 
teMpfg t» ger'coln miil frbm m.etro- 
polltan areas With metropolitan 
shows. 

Stations, too, are putting anr 
nouncements for mail-pulling ideas 
on Saturday nights only when the 
sponsors, allow tbiem the privilege 
of spotting announcements at their 
pleasure. 

Seems to be the result of a per- 
fect tie-in between the Saturday 
rilglit listener and the Saturday 
night type of show. The only 
chances to get mall from city peo- 
ple are from the yokel type of lis- 
ener and this type must, be appealed 
to with hill-billy music. This has 
been proven time and time again 
during the past year by patent 
medicine outfits. These bottle-cure 
companies have all switched from 
high class music to Strictly hill* 
billy stuff to attract coin-enclosed 
letters or Inciulrlng mail from Oielr 
potential customers. 

Spitalny's Girl Band 



will be taken over by Harold Fair, 
only recently returned to KOIL 
after network and o.her radio work 
around Chicago. 






Down South 



Cbarlottle,. N, C,. Feb. 26. 
Jake Long, a negro who ' 
hauled liackages back . and 
forth between the WBT 
studios,' in the heart of the, 
city, and. the transmitter, sev- 
eraV miles in the country, 
doesn't senre in that capacity 
now. 

One of the packages going 
from the studios and blfices to., 
the plant last week was a new 
tube that had just come in 
from New York.- It was 
wrapped in newspapers. . , The 

~ boy in the oince cautlohed Jake 
to handle; the. package With 
great care. ' On the way out 
his' curiosity caused him to 

- take a peek at the contents" of 
the bundle.. 

He 'was sure that what he 
saw was a bomb and was ter- 
rified. Passing at the mo- 
ment over a bridge he hurled 
the package iritb a mill pond. 

Later . Paul Rosekrans, chief 
eriglneer for the station, aided 
by a helper, recovered the tube 
by using farm rakes. Arid now 
Jake doesn't work there iiny 
more. 



Phil Spitalny has an all-femme 

mr-.ir w. -..N orchestra which he'.<j organized for 

-rIladIo..depar±nveni_At_,a4..:.aB«.lSi?-y-~:^ 



girl band for conimerclal work; 

Spitalny is set for two weeks with 
it at the Capitol, N. T., starting 
Friday (2). 



No Newspapers, 
Paris Gets 1^ 
News Via Radio 



Paris, Feb. 17. 

Radio, with news broadcasts, kept 
Paris tipped Off to events during 
the general strike Monday (12) 
when newspapers, among other 
things, failed to appear. All sta- 
tions except the Post Oflice (P.T.T.) 
and Radio Colonial worked. 

Striking post office workers in- 
vaded P.T/T. studios early in the 
morning and .stopped the prograriis, 
and Radio Colonial was forced to 
shut down, in tiie afternoon when 
its employees folded arms. 

Radio Paris, Radio L. L., Eiffel 
Tower, Poste Parlslen and most 
provincial stations were on the air 
all day with half-hoUrly news bul- 
letins. Radio dealers set up loud 
speakers in their doorways to give 
the news to street crowds. 



Boston, Feb. 26. 
As a result of the agi'ecment 
made iiy the . press associations and 
the radio networks, concerning the 
broadcast Of .' news, , John Sbepard^ 
3rd, president of the Yankee Net- 
work; is cancelling ail news broad- 
casts over his stations effective Feb. . 
■28.' 

On March 1 he Inaugurate 
his o'wri news gn,tiierlng seWice. He, 
has appointed Richard , D. iSj'ant, 
former political repbrtier. fbr tiie 
Boston Transcript, aS; editor of the 
new bureauv iGrant has beeri heard 
over the stations for the past sevr 
oral montiis in political and news 
talks. Grant is now forming' a city 
staff made- up chJeflly of former 
newspapermen and .has set up his 
city room fi't the studio head- 
quarters. 

The same news sch>:!dule of four 
periods a day on both WNAC and 
WAAB 'Will be followed under tiie 
new setup;. A couple of these pe- 
riods w'ill be fed to member sta- 
tions of the Yankee Network. Grant 
intends to have these stations act 
as correspondents and' fill, hinfi in 
with New England news. 

When cancelling his present tle« 
ups with the local newspapers, 
Shepard stressed the fact that<'IV« 
had no. quarrel with . the Ideal shei^ts 
which have served so well in the. 
past, but he thought that cui:tall- 
Ing their schedules ■would not be 
giving listeners complete satisfac- 
tion, so, . therefore the new news 
service. 

Grant went to the State House 
trying to get desk space In the press 
room there.' but was turned down 
by the press executive committee. 
Then Shepard tried to buy the State 
House , news service .which was re- 
fused him. 

Others At Is 

Station WBZi the NBC unit .in 
Boston, 'Will continue as at present 
with sllgh't modifications in- form- 
ula. They are. serviced by the 
Christian Science Monitor and the 
Springfield papers.' 

WEEI intends to go along just: 
about as is. They broadcast news 
from the city room of the Boston. 
Globe. They will cbntinue to give 
local news ■which means within a 
radius of thirty miles of Bosto'n. 
On the 12:l6 p.. m. and 11:16 p. m. 
broadcasts the station intends to 
have the AP bulletins included. 



NEWS BROADCASTS IN 
ENaiSH FROM MADRID 



Madrid, Feb. 17. 

Lester ZI ren, United Press rep 
iiere, is doing a regular daily broad- 
cast of iSpanlsh news in the English 
language from Mladrid over. EAQ. 

It's the first time an American 
newspaperman has broadcast 
European news in the~ English lan- 
guage a.3 a regular feature on the 
Coritlnierit and is getting ^ a heavy 
play, from the American colonies ajl 
over Europe. 



Too Busy 

Waterloo, la,, Feb. 2C. 
Harry . Shaw, operating WMT, a 
member of the state NBA board 
and administration representative 
on the national code authority for 
radio broadcaster.s, has resigned as 
chairman of tho Black Hawk 
county NRA compliance committee. 
=^Broadca8t-=^' an dx^;=radIo 4-commlttee= 
activities, neccsfiitatlng his being 
in Wa.shington, D. C. "frequently 
compelled his withdrawal from the 
local NRA executive post. 



Dodge Motors. is framing a series 
of 100 one-mihute dramatized blurbs 
for spot broadca.sting. \V;j]t<^r Ciaig 
Is writing them. 



Los Angeles, Feb. 26. 

Twenty-one stations are so far 
lined up in the co-operative news 
gathering orgarilzation> that had its 
beginning' here when KNX Stirred 
other western stations into revolt 
against the chaln-ne'wspaper pact 
on air hews dissemination. The or- 
ganization will start operating 
around Mar. 1. 

Understood that, cities represent- 
ed ^with ^-Stations . in . .the., bulletin 
service' aire Los Angeles, with KNX 
and KFI, the NBC outlet, 
Francisco, Portland, Seattle, 
kane. Salt Lake ' City, Deriyeri 
Minneapolis, Chicago and tiie sta- 
tions tied in .with the New England 
Yankee networks 



Freeman Lang Status 
Makes WOR Cautious 



WOR, Newark, faded out the riiu- 
slcal portions of the' Dr. J.. W. Rbiss 
kennel rations prpgra,m latiM 
Wednesday (21) when the station 
learned frorii the Music Publisiiers 
Protective ABsocIatlori that the 
show's recorders, Freeman Lang, 
had not applied fOr the requifed 
license, 

Statlori's copyright vihccker 
cQuldn-t= ldeniify,.^he^^ompo5ltlona=.^ 
used , and he decided jiot to take any 
chances on broadcasting them. 



Walter Cratg has been retained by 

,thc. , ,. Bpylo-Zi|jrqd.t . .. ag.eri New , 

Yof4{7'tO lake over production on 
the Borrah Mlnnevltoh show for 
Reld's Ice cream over WOIt, New- 
n rk. 



40 



VARtETY 



RADIO REPORYS 



Tuesddjr* February 27, 19H 



PAUl, YAW»TZ 
.Gps9i0 
15 Min*. 

COMMERCIAL ^ 
WINS, New York 

Paul Yawitz Is the Broadway col- 



GEORGE GERSHWI 
Music 
15 Minsi 
COMMERCIAL 
WJZ, New York 
Geoi'ge Gershwin's value to Feen- 



ARMANO COSMETIC 8HOW 
Charlie Agn^w Orchettr* «nd 

Symphonic Girle 
Diee 

COMMERCIAL 
^yGN, Chicaflo 

Badlo disc commercial that tries 



umnist on the N. Y. Sunday Mirror, amint (laxative) Is somewhat less 

While only doing single column ened by his recent eiMdemlc of guest I to be different but succeeds In mei-c- 
weelily, conslderlngr the Sun. Mir-, appearances on other programs. My being dull and stupid. For the 
ror's over a l.OOO.OM circulation GershAvlh has done yeomen duty for j Armand company's Symphonle face 
(about twice that of the daily aiver- Real Silk, Ipana, Binds; and Flelscto- powder this show 1$ as helpful as a 
age), that means something for Yia- m^^ J load of bricks. In an .attempt to ^® 

wita on. namie and circulation value. it wbuld seem, moreover, that In ritzy and aristocratic it gets mean- 
Just to keep it ih .the family, his presenting Gershwlii on a program Ingless and Irritating 
commercial is WINS, Hearst's designed for the genera! public the Much Is made of the fact- that 
Ni T. station. . sponsor Is taking too much for theria was a home, ini Salisbury, 

Yawltz his iio cincii chore. It's a granted, Gershwin is famous around England, owned by Carl Weeks the 
seven-day routine at the same 6:30-1 Times Square, and its counterparts K^i^er in 1680 and th6 young Carl 
6: 45 p. m. period,' an okay spotting' [ elsewherei, but there is some r©a- weekei who ijrdugiit that house over 
for th6 type of faniiy circulation the son to wonder Just how. much regis- to Des Moines in 1923. From then 
Arisonia Shoes people want to reach, tratlon the name -makes^upon «ie tj^^i.^ la discussion of 'Oh, that 
If the men aren't home at that din* hoi pollol out in pshkosh a^nd El- j^ygiy Dyck.' Cooing over 

ner hour, it^s a nifty tlihe to centre hilra, paintings that can't be described or 

femme interest, anyway, end since This does not: mean that Feena- I visualized over the loundspeaker Is 
Ansonla ciaters chiefly to femmes, mint has bought ian entertainer of 1 ho way to hold Interest or respect 
the time and the type of gossip no value. It Is Intended primarily, for. the advertiser; The fact that 
which Tawltfc featwei makes it I as a criticism of the failure to In- Carl Wee^^ a house, piece 

douhiy okay an 'round, \ trodUce Gershwin or 'sell him.' It's by piece,, from Bngland to : Des 

It's not a ■llpshod perlodi l)y any h*®^"er taken for granted that he Moines does not sell Symphonle 
means - It evidences careful prepa- needs no introduction and that Is a face powder, no matter how flatter- 
ration' throughout, probably aUe- position not wholly tenable outside inig to -the ego of the advertiser 
mented by adverting trcrlptists on the Sophisticated belt himself. Entire episode forms ft 

top Of Yawitz's own flil-in material. iOorishwin talks between numbers, pointless and irritating background 
The columnist is presumably respon- What he talks about is how he camel to a show that wobbly all; oyer the 
Bible for the chatter as It rolls In, to vfrrite his various numbers. I place and npt once proves enter- 
but the manner m which the skein 'Siiwanee,' . for example, emierged ■ta.lhlner* 

of scenario Is maintained. Is prob- whllo he. and Irving . Ceasar were But the worst Is yet to come, 
ably supplementary from the ad rolling up Riverside drive Ifi a taxi, p^-gt there's that dialog bit that has 
sponsbr's end. It's a sort of plotlet The Hudson river presumably sug* I^cqbio tl>'«adb In the past six 
with comedy varifittlonii sUch aa the l gested It. These little program notes inonths through cbhstant use by 
two office boysj the dialectic Borlis I make for color and human Interest g^g^^^ companies, toothpastes, 
(who ; incidentally sports one. of the I and are showmanly. Orchestra gen- breakfaJit foods and soup manu'fac- 
nlftiest Gregory RatOff brogufes on I erally picks up the second chorus^ I turers; It's the sketch In which the 
the air and in Itself Is something | Commercial copy Is neither worse g^l admits that It was (in this in- 
new ethereally), plus the abstract I nOr better than the average fori stance) Symphonle face powder that 
Miss Feathersby (the sec) and Vel- | laxatives. It's a pipe that aa soon r^^^ j,g, husband. It's done stupidly 
ma (Miss Forrest); another feinme I as radio can again afford the luxury done In a manner that gets a 



aide. 



SILVER WEDDING GUESTS OF 

HONOR 
With 6 Spotted. Shows 
15 Mine. Each 
COMMERCIAL 
WCAU, Philadelphia 

Originally scheduled for nve dif- 
ferent shows isicrbss the board at 
11:15 p.m., last minute change 
spotted them zig-zag through the 

Initial stanza of the series, was 
tiie Melstersinger on Monday at 
11:15— an Arthur Tracy Idea, with 
a violin repllGtclng the. accordion. 
Picks numbers nicely; with good 
change of pace. Tuesday iat 8; 46,, 
featured the piano dUo of CarlilO 
and Ix>ndoh, and the* KniCkerbock- 
efs song trio. Marie Carllle: 
wari>les a number, -with the showls 
high spot reached . when, she's 
backed UP by the three boys. A 
good fast-moving, pirogram, :16 
on Wednesday, catches the town's 
recognized Lee Sims' equivalent 
Ben Greeinbiatti a neat piano ram- 
bler. Mello-cello Idea Injected to 
relieve monotony. Greehblatt has 
large local following. . 

CBiS show of .Larry Tate, a nifty 
baritone, and .Paul Mason's, band 
get Thursday program at 10:.8O. 
Tate' . m.c.'s the , aircast, with a 
sp'eaking , voice too- Blng Crosby-lsh, 
but .lilce Just the same, .Boy Is 
easily the studio's pet crooner, get- 
ting terrlflc buHder-Upper. He and 
Mason's :unit: work well. Last of 
the qulntiet of . shows Is . a muislcal 
corniedy revival Idea ' with ..George 
Johnson and Marie BuddC'— Friday- 
at 8:00, Johnson, patt of the FOur 
Shbwinan quartet,, is only a fair 
solo Voice, btit MiEirie :Bu'dde. carries 
him, having a professional touch 
which Johnson lacks^ 

All 'shows are spotted between 
good network - programs, but lose 



As the columnist's legmen, spies, fii,*?*®'*,^?^'''^^'! «"i ^S*^®,. ^"i®* 



programming. General run of tal- 



ne^^ conio^ best the station^ affords, but 

avers polnts^upposedly washing- ^ 5^^^ it holds at- Indlvldu« shows tend to be empty. 

xr.«™«^ achSSttlne liltin^^^^^ P*?^ 

acn-upsettmg irritants. lmm. '^^^^^ doesn't wear well, week's line-up so that each program 

Misa Lincoln Is etrlctly a novelty can have band accompaniment to 

DONALD OENdLAGER sinefer. ~" 

Talk \ Throughout the disc , the commer- , 

Sustaining cial copy Is long and stereotyped TH E VILLAGE NUT8MITH 



-ton, Broadway, . Holls^ood,. etc.~ 
Tawitz relays it In the form of a 
patly phrased Iteni which he dic- 
tates to his stenog for setup In col- 
umn form. He supplements the 
straight news with isome eplgramat- 
Ic observation or other topper- 
offers. In' the style of hls .columnlz- 
ing lilttle Red Book.' 



WGY, Schenectady I p.ronouhcOd by one of the poorer I Ted Dpolittle 

Oenslager, ia .young scehic artist a^nnburicers, , . ^ v ., l Comic chatter, Impersonttlob* 

I who has designed a number of re- I COpy Itself goes overboard while M5 Mins. 
.jiftYawIti has a nice speaking voice cent Broadway productions as well straining for originality. By long COMMERCIAL 
and an assured address/ Pferhaps as several for the Metropolitan stretches of Imagination worked WBT, Charlotte, N. C 
his telephonlo response to. hia call- opera Company guested on 5ie the stratosphere in the face powder Ted DooUttle, ex of the late Amal 
ers is a bit too tart for mike nnctlon, women's Radio Review over WBAF copy. Something like Symphonle 1 gamated network, arrived In Char, 
euch as 'Hello, Delaney, what's .on and the NBC red network I powder being as advanced as lotte via a Washiiigtoh, t>. C„ ata 

your mind?' but that's but ian lad- Address with Its Inside' stuff on stratosphere flights, though the puff tion. He worked gratis in oonnec 
^^S^ TT^hn »ifu , the manner In which the speaker itself ™ not that direct In ; its tlon with the President's Wrthday 

The Hebe Boris with his gosslp-r aehlevpd certain effects for learned I metaphor. party broadcast, here and was im- 

hls ambish Is to bc a columnist-- gSwresSaSv o^^^ comes at the flnish when mediately signed by the local At 

provides not a little of the comedy ??Sr^and-?t3 analyses of the differ- tho announcer proudly states and water Kent radio distrtbutor, 



SWIFT VIGORO GARDEN 
Norsemen, Karl Schulte Orchestra 

Mario Chamtee, Bob Brown ' 
30 Mihs. 
COMMERCIAL 
WMAQ, Chicado 

For the fourth consecutive 3ea.s()n 
Swift: has climbed on an NBC band- 
wagon to prepare' the public's mind 
Cor. the spring and garden seasoii, 
.Show lis for the S"wlft Vipbro by- 
product, a fertilizer. Though a fer- 
tilijseri it takes a classy Sundav ?,0- 
mlhute net\York pi'bgram to get its 
message across to the swankier 
trade. , 

.In the foii'r years there has been 
hardly any change, in the program 
or Its style. Each year, the main 
backing of the show is operatic 
warbling... In former year's the show 
used li new guester each Week. This 
•3'ear thie. . programs .wlU be d i vided . 
between two operatlcS, .Mario 
Chamlee and Coe Glade. Througli- 
put there will be the Norsomt-. 
quartet and the Karl Schulte di- 
rected orchestra, and, of course, th 
Master Gardener. 

Each year the program hits for 
a space of 15 weeks which . takes 
the listeners into the heart, of tiie 
planting season. And Is directed at 
the higher income brackets, at those 
who ha've gardens and who wlU 
spend shekels f bi' a row of mairigold. 
The suburban type Is -the idea. Arid • 
that potential customer is rightly 
construed by the J. Walter Thomp- 
son agency, as being best touched . 
to the heart by a, concert style pro- 
gram. 

'Show has developed an excellent 
tieup angle, by. inviting various gav- 
deh clubs ;to. be. present at tlie studi 
for the broadcast. At. the first pro- 
gram three such, clubs were repre- 
sented. . 

Chamlee sings cleanly, ..though 
somewhat lacking in depth on the/ 
flrst show.; He did standards such 
■as krelslet''s 'Old Refrain' and the 
•Vesta la Gubbla,' from 'I Pagliacci .' 

In several Of these he is backed 
by the Norsemen quartet who later 
step out for themselves With 'Des- 
ert Sung' selections and liphtcr 
pieces. 

In. tlie ir'6nte.r of the progi-am 
oomes the Master Gardener for 
-four .minutes of garden chatter, 
dardiener is sta,rting. < to ooze with 
sentimentality and was practically 
In tsars oyer his return to the mike. 
3Ut this saccharine ooze will likely^ 
be done avyoay with in later prb'^ 
grams when l\e g^ts down to actual 
gardening problems. 

It's a good program a,ll around 
and suitable to Its product and cus- 
tomer. To many, it is the' harbinger 
of spring. Ooid.' 



Ansonla wisely conflnes Its ad 



ences in designing for the theatre reltenites that Armand company, of pooUttle-Atwater Kent serliBS, 
.ana on^ra. was interesting but I DBS MOINES, presents this show, sponsored by GasgowrAlUson Gom- 
splel to fore and aft. and permits KaiJSS nSS^deUvS^ the Paris, New Tork or even Chicago pany. southern distributors, is 

Tawitz to consume fully 12 of the 2SS SS? dffflSjult ^^^^^ He be okay for the locale of as booked on an unllmltsd run for 16 

15 mins for his chatter. As a dally "f^J^JaS Tuesday and Thursday 

aJr assignment that makes It no Kt* ■ gaaoa for But Des Moines Is hope- nights at 8:45 o'clock and Sunday 

cinch, and that it m^ntalns parity J;^r the^ associated In the public's afternoons at «: 45 o'clock, 

isthe moro commendable. While ^r!"^ e"im clearlv Joco. mind with com, hogs and mllk^ to | Doollttle's Is a one-man show of 

WINS has' been coming along In the wuiiv-i»« v*"*" ^ • — 
metropolitan N. T. area the fastest 
among the Indle stations, Tawltz's I jAMES A. REED 
intensive application rates wider I Address 
BCope<T A dally gossip radio 'column' ! is Mins. 
must have a larger field around New | COM M ERCI AL 
Tork, on the theory that the dally WJZ, New York 
Broadway columnists have a similar sx-Senator Reed of Missouri 
scope, although it's safe to assume gpoi^e as the last of four speakers 
that even a small radio station like o„ ^idlo time bought by the fancl- 



mean anything to" a metropolitan nut comedy, quick chatter — ivaude- 
lady when it comes to cbsmietlcs. vile styles— and a good liiie of voice 
Statement of that City as the locale imitations. Impersonations cover a 



of the face powder makes for 
harmful association of ideas. Gold: 



BRIGHT LIGHTS 
Musical Revue 
30 Mins. 



WINS may account for more 'circu- fully-named National Association I Sustaining ■ . 

re Ub's field, for thO Protection of the Child, I WCAU, Philadelphia 



latlon* than the average 

What's more, it's easier to consume I Home, T^hurch ajid School. Behind I This la one of the shows done 

the chatter audibly than otherwise, I thtft mouthful of righteousness is an I from the station's auditorium studio | gram was ah imltatioh of a Helen 



wide variety of stage and radio 
characters; with ah occasional song 
to his own jtccompanlment. He 
claims 60 voice imitations and uses 
as many as a dozen oii a single prO« 
gram. He Is good enough to con* 
vince numerous listeners^ that more< 
than one person is running the pro^^ 
gram.' 

A bright spot on the opening pro 



organization opposed to the child | with audlencei held over from a Kane boop-ardoop song, catching 
labor amendment To them It Is al- | popUlar Woman'n Club feature, the shrill, childish quality of that 
ways 'the so-called child labor | Virginia Baker, half Of the CBS Uroice to perfection. The advertising 
amendment.' I Bill and Ginger act. m.c.'8 the pro- la judiciously placed, with Just a 

Addresses are of Importanco not I gram, which uses back-stage idea »mention of the sponsors and their 
for themselves or for the specious j as the central theme, doing only Iradlo at the opening and closing, 
and shallow arguments adyanced l> fair job, Interspersed with two song Doollttle puts his crazlness over, 
about the farmer's parental au- ] numbers. Evidently she misses Lyn | and is likely to click in these parts 
thorlty over his son's labor, but for | Murray, her partner, badly. The 



especially as dramatized and sce- 
narlzed by Tawitz. Aheh 

PET CLINIC OF THE Al 
Dr. W. J. Roes 
Talk 
10 Mins. 

COMMERCIAL 

WpRpNawark I the' uses to which radio is' put A | Baxr Sisters, a Tocal dUo,'V warble. I (jyQ.|j noQe mijsiCALE 

Dr, W. J. Ross Is the mixer Of his mOre reactionary, progress-defying I nicely, but spoil all the effort when critarion Quartet Orchestra 
own brand of pooch chow and to speech than the ex- senator's could Ions of the team trleii a poor so- Y£ r?."! ^ " ' 
Jell It by the air route he has had hardly be Imagined. NBC might I pruio obbllgato, on the second ' """■* 
recorded a series Of tO-mlnuce | well keep this instance In mind for I chorus. Tom Kelly, an Italian 
plattiers with himself doing a spiel rebuttal purposes if charged with | dialectician, with HUgh Sutherland 
On the characteristics and Ilis of suppressing: criticism of the MRA.|a8 stntlght-man. Inject some com- 
the species; The atmbuneer hnttdies it Cfin neVef be "said that'" Kelly, 
the plug, whlqio. holds that a canine I doesn't provide the other fellow I although sustaining a good dialect 
like his master requires certain ble- with a chance to l^ve his say when lis handicapped by poor material 
ments in his daily diet .add gives a spieler So but of step with mod- land slow delivery^ while Sutherland 



em thought Is given free rein. 

Land. 



assuranco that all these are to be 
found In the Dr. Ross casserole. 
■ Dog specialist divides his disser- 
tation Into two parts. The flrst, 
dealing with the peculiarities of a OLD MAN 8UNSHI 
particular breed, he prefaces with I Bob. Piercii 
some remarks on the love of man I Talk, Sbhgi 
tor his dog and Tice versa. Second 16 Mine; 
half of the talk describes some ail- | Sustaining 



1 is much better In his regular job 
as the studio's staff dramatic actor. 
I A fake dance routine, done with 
sound effects for benefit of the 



COMMERCIAL 
WNEW, Newark 

This Is the new Jersey station 
formed by combining, two .former 
stations! And this pr-^ram one of 
the first commercials. 

It's a nice, agreeable musical 
quarter-hour handled by a studio 
combo plus a mile -i^uartet. Selec- 
tions range from 'Down South' to 
Frank lichar. It's easy to take 



audience, follows-^gettlug • I ^^^j^pl^SJi, 

simple, straightforward, brief sales 



Ifcwn them but flopping for the 1 ^P«Cla»y commendable is the 



I uAii. ' vL lue ueaurtpea aume wit- i ousvaining 

I ment Indigenous of the dog and the WOR, Newark 



Sunday brieakfast. 



At the half-way mark tho show spiel. Dugan Bros, announce four 

takes a flash-back to the supposed facjts. first they've been In busln^^ 

back stage for soma meaningless since; 1878, second, .they service a 

With the station s official plenl- I ohatter between members of the cei^ln area, third, they 

potential? Of go<3wilL^^^^ then ii fiide again with an but whole wheat and unbleached 

th^ Wddles? Uhcte DonTs ork number by Paul Maiwn's house white flour, fourth, they mate a de- 

trexpand over the sa^e Vave^ band. Show slows more than ever | lldous 25.cent^ coffee ^rjng. Weal foj 
an hour later, this dispenser of the when a Frenchle, played by Arthur 
sun's rays Is careful about poaching I Bryan, does a seven minute turn 
on the other fellow's preserves. Old on a comic explanation of card 
Man Sunshine's routine is strlbtly tricks. Idea Is funny, but too much 
of juve appeal to avoid any confllc- ad Ubblng coupled with a direct play 

tlon of Identity in the youngster for the audience applauserulnspos- 15^ Mi 

.mind he has added to his act a sibllltles of humor. The revue COMMERCIAL 

Irene Thlrer, former New Tork barking dbg and a portpourrl of closes with a. neat ballad from W MCA, New York 

N6WS film critic,' more recently gags culled, from the Joe Miller George Johnson, and a band num- |. Ilsa Wine store 
press agent for thp Rlalto, Times I library, I her. 



symptoms that gd with It, Material 
Is interestingly put. Giveaway on 
the program Is a booklet on dogs. 

Odec. 



.IRENE THIRER 
^Im Gossip 
IS Mins. 
Sustaining 
WNEW, Newark 



And that's all 
Land. 



GEORGE A. ROSETTE 
News Commentator 



JOSEF RENALD 
Palm Readi 
6. Mins. 

COMMERCIAL 
WOR, Newark 

Josef Renald seeks to ' escape the 
soothsaying arbma that derives from 
the word palmistry by. billing him- 
self as a hand analyst. R6ga;rdlesa 
of the' swap In nomenclature it's the 
same old routine. Renald is doing 
his act Tuesday and Thursday af« 
ternoons in behalf of Schaefel Bros., 
confector of the. LaCrosse line 
manicure articles. 

Rehald doesn't crowd - much line 
reading into the program's five- 
mlnute run. His Job Essentially is 
that of giving them a taste of what 
they may expect after they, have 
sent him an impression of a hand 
along with the carton top of any 
liiaCrosse 26.0 article. During the 
two minutes the stanza allots him, 
Renald performs astutely. Privy to 
the fact that his femme clientele is 
more Interested In the connotations 
of the line of Venus than the va- 
garies of the tributary he dishps 
them a. ihess of sex chat tor about 
the morem of Venus in Mac West's 
palm. It doesn't have any extra- 
ordinary sex macnetlsm or Jt. On 
the other hand, Peggy Hppltliis 
Joyce's head Una is more deeply 
etched than the bOart line and front 
this Rehaid makes the dedurtion 
tha,t she is never ' swayed by. , aer 
emotions. Oder. 



bankrolls . this 

^ ^ quartet hour sub-billed 'Behhid the 

Square,-brlngs-a-chattyrr-infornaalr| ---hTs' 

big name-saturiated spiel to the air. much in common with that of Tony Of rehearsing, and this show ob- a slight tendency to altei'natelr 

She knows her stuflt and her per- Wons. in addition to imitations, the I vlously had little' of It. Production talk too slow or too fast biit will 

aonallties and her manner of speak- WOR edition of Old Man Sunshine I is handled in slip-Shod fashion, probably solve the question of 

Ing Is pleasant. specializes In rhymes with comedy especially In th* fading of flash- tempo easily. 

She dotted along a girl singOr as Intent He also deals out hhrthday backs; one pause was long enough Meanwhile he dispenses an en- 

_ ■gueatl-star.^iFt^ig^^yeiy^ and intelligont ruTi_a lng 

esDeclally with' only d,n organ for or so commercial tags already at- 1 dial. Geneiiany,. the run orialent comment on the day^s happenings, 

accomnaniment tached to Uncle Don's stanza there's is Just fair, and the poor spotting Having a mind, obviously aware of 

Scheduled Tuesday and Friday, room on this outlet for an assistant of numbers leaves the thirty mln- the trends of the-, times he is both 

«xls!3 Thirer provides th6 kind of uncl«. Perhaps that's why WOP. utes badly unbalanced. Pirogram is liberal and inipartlal, ^ , , 

^ogram that pleases and stimulates has added Old Man Sunshine to ,t9 a w^ tpAtuT% MrUxs ««oh All to d its an excellent local 

lots of ^lks Land. I late mat nea bchedule. Odec. 'Wednosdaj' at 3;3a» commercial. Land, 



CRAZY CRYSTALS SHOW 
Gene Arnold and Commedor«« 

Quartet 
30 Minutes 
COMMERCIAL , 
WMAQ, Chicago 

Crazy. Crystals started on the 
ether almost two yearisi ago and 
then on radio discs. Sponsor aero- 
planed a TOxas quartet up to Chi- 
cago from the spring* resort and 
platterlzed some 22 discs In about 
10 hours. Those discs and the show 
were brutal. 

This time without discs the type 
of show remains the same but it is 
a much better job technically and 
from the entertaihrnent point, of 
view* Present program should be 
able to hold the audience w^hp would 
buy Crazy Water Crystals. 

In the old-time show buslnea.i 
there used to be the medicine show. 
With a style and type of entertain- 
ment and salesmanship that was in- 
drviduaI"^aha^dlsflivctr=^-Wltlt-^^ 
coming of radio there is now the 
patent medicine show and its style 
of entertainment and salesmansliii> 
can be catalogued. Outside of the 
laxative shows which are getting 
light-^Thd— Bvoadwwlslj" treatjpnMiL, 
the patent medicine snow of the 
herb medicine class means enter- 
tainment aimed at the sniall-t own, 
S'*rmlng type audience; It's eitlier 
(Conlinuocl on page 41) 



Tuesday, February 27, 1934 



A D I O 



VARIETY 



41 



Inside Stuff-Radio 



Piiul M, itus, who two years ago started out to orgauiiie ii. third 
«-.hain, has wound -.iip with a .regional link spoitod through Wisi-oiisin. 
To this Bx'oup he hits applied the name he picked for the original ven- 
ture, the North Anierlcan Broadcasting .Syateni. Titus' .loop also in- 
cludes a Btati'on in Mlnneapblls, WRHM, and it ie hl.s intention to 
«xtend. the aMliation to Iowa, npx'thern lUlnbiis and western Michigan. 

Other stations already membered among .the" -NABS are AVHAD, Mil- 
waiilte^, "WCLO, Janesville, WHBL. Sheboygan, WHBT, Green Bay. 
W^BH, to, ^rossi WOMT, ManitowbG, WIBIT/ Poynehe and WTAB. 
5au Claire, 



James F; Healy, newscaster for the Albany Times^Uniiph, claims that 
a Variety story concerning himself an^ Chet Vedder, tVOY annbuncer, 
was wrong In reporting that, they were . oi"dered tb. discontinue their 
mutual kidding oyer the air. As. to Healy's phllosbphy and poetry 
beliig- ordered out, he saj's reason for the ohange'is that he ims sold 
this angle, to a, cpmmerclal. 



Mtiry Plckfprd, in a special radio vehicle written by: Rupert Hughes, 
beiilg off ©red to advertising agencies by Clark Getts. Price per 
roadcast is mehtlpned as , $7;500. 

, Part of the prpposaV'as submitted to the agencies calls for a mei*- 
chandizine tie-up In the' form of a contest with pi^izes for the best 
essays as to the nature or type of story that the star siiould lise when 
next, doing a picture. 



IMdle ttickenbacker turned WJSY Washington stunt brbadcast into 

ance to take rap at administration's air mall , policy liast Saturday. 

tatlon rigged up short-wave stufiC in plane flying over city, and put on 
3 3- minute jprbgram.. 

Idea was to havd; Arthur Godfrey, announcer, ^o description of flight 
with, Rickenbacker being introduced to give broadcast a big nante. .Rick- 
enbaclcer talked long about air mail situation that Godfrey never got 
a chance. 



ill Irwin, the ■ author,' expressed himself as humiliated and discom- 
ted as the .result of ' guest appearance for Tjnderwood typewriter 
a week ago. A public speaker of high rank,, Irwiii had just gotten over 
a cold a day or two before. His riehearsal was perfect but no sooner 
did he get before the mike than a .seiies of laryngitis 'frogs' made it 
ligh going. '-^ -■ 

..t5pdrisbr' took th it was Just one of those 

ings. 



As agencies have become wised up to the paybfC; for song plugs by 
music publiahers to band leaders and in setting the salary for a unit 
under top rating, sonie of them are taking this item into consideration. 
Similar understanding prevails now as to the cutTih proeedure and the 
Hgdncles with clients who do close ijudgetlng oh talent are not averse to 
taking advantage of this custom also when paring the barikd coist. 

Orie aErency that started a dance combo off at $750 found that the unit 
'was doing better than this sum from publisher sources and on the re- 
newal of contract clipped the salary , to .IB'OO. The band stayed: Another 
agency learned .that a;. name aggregation It was paying |1,760 a broad 
caisjt had dralvm in "one month over $4,600 from cut-.ins and straight pay- 
offs .and it refused to renew at niore than $1,000 per program. In this 
Instance , the bahdman. elected to quit, 



Sddie cantor has made it convenient for X)ave RubinofC to extend 
is stay at the Rbosevelt Grill,. Hew" York, Until the middle of April. 
Comic had agr.eed to prolong his current run on the Chase & Sanborn 
stanza until April .16 with the understanding he would do the last four 
shows from Hollywood, necessitating RubinofC's accompanying him 
Coastvrard. But when Cantor iieard that RubinofC had received a renewal 
ropositibn from' the hotel he called off the Coast plan. 
Extension of cantor's contract, mearis tha* Jimmy Durante, won't 
: make his entry oh the coffee packer's while untir Aprl^. 22.'. RubinofC 
Is due to settle down, in Hollywood while Durante remains with the 
■how. 

Standard Brands lias also rescinded its objections to NBC's -picking 
Rublnoff .iip from the hotel nightly* RubinofC go.es on 'the network's 
'sustaining schedule Wednesday (28) with the understanding he, is not 
to do any violin sololiig. 



Traveling acts which istop off at WGY^ Schenectady, N; T„ for broad- 
casts usually do fib with the idea of plugging theatre engagements within 
a 160-mlle radius. Howbver, Hank Keene, leader of a hillbilly turn 
working oh WQT daily, had a different objective. 

Keene has a tent show and is requesting listeners to get In touch with 
local organizations which might wish to book. 



. During, the snowstorm crislis In Connecticut WICC, ridgeportrNew 
Haven outlet of Yankee web, did a good piece of work in . advising lis 
teners uhisible to get newspapers, of food and fuel conditions, school 
schedules, need of trucks and ihanpower to clear highways, etc. Station 
opened mikes to local newspapermen, who relayed wire bulletins. 

WICC has been scheduling four local newsflash peirlods dally, flve-miri- 
ute spots being filled by Bridgeport 'TimesrStar' and 'Post and Tele 
jgram,' with Yankee web not accepting new press-radio news service, 
station will Join with rest of New England network In using, the Yankee's 
independent hews agency.. 



Warbler, who after 10 years in radio recently got his first commercial 
has the CBS press department burning because of his refusal to accept 
further aid from this quarter. Network's p^a.'s tabbed him as going 
Hollywood when in one day he refused to. supply theni with pictures for 
publicity purposes and a . request that he take part in oho of those buildup 
stunt interviews. 

V/ First reaiBdh he gave was that he was too l)usy to engage in_ 8ijch fol 
'derol.' lAter he declared that now that he has arrived he can afford to 
ire his own ress agent and. let /htth take care of all personal ballyhoo 



Pond's epotllght advertisements . in the' New York diailles for Maude 
Adittois' broadcast .of 'Peter Pan* were unusual in quoting a. daily 
review of thel star. Quotes,, so common in theatrical ads, are not used 
In radio attention-callers as a rule. 

Pond's excerpted the: New York Evening Post comment that Miss 
Adams 'grives radio a rare beauty and significance.' 



Radio Reports 



(Continued fi'om page 40) 

a barn dance, a hilly billy or dog- 
gerel Edgar Guestlsh poetry. 

'Phis show contains the simple 
music of the Commodore quartet 
and the poetry-with-a-lesson from 
the tongue of Gene Arnold.. Four 
such poems does. Arnold read In 30 
minutes, and each poem teaches a 
bigger and brighter lessoii. 

For those who. are perhaps '40 
years old and niore; for those who 
are not sophisticate,, for slnoiple folk 
who want easily understood and 
familiar' tunes- and simple rhymes 
that pass for ' poetry, thiid Is the 
show. These, are the people . who 
will .be pleased by thie simple hymn 
that; finishes the show.- These are 
the people who will find , this show 
quiet, restful entertainment.. These 
arcs the people Who . are the most 
likely customers for Crazy Water 
Ci'ystals. It is not fair to compare 
this show with the brighter pro^ 
grams on the radio for the majority 
of the people who will buy this 
product, will refer this show. 

Gold. 



THE CUB RfPOATER 
Serial Sketch 
Sustamjng 
15 Mini. 

WGY, Sehehectady . 

Sketch, presented by the WGY 
Matinee Players,. is/heard one after- 
noon weekly. It Is virtually a two- 
character -affair, dealing with, epi- 
sodes in the lives of a newly mar- 
ried couple, . Jerry Jackson, cub re- 
porter, and Doris; his .wife. Moist of 
the action is .eoncerned with their 
struggles, humorous and 6eml- 
tragic, to 'get by' on Jerry's weekly 
salary of- $40, or to supplement it 
with Income from other sources. 

Skit is mildly entertainingv 
Pi'obaby has a special appeal to 
women, inasmuch, as it deals with 
budgeting and. other problems faced 
by the.average housiewlfe. Script is 
rather smooth and , the acting is 
competent. Stanley Buello pla.ys 
Jerry and Patricia Sheldon his bet- 
ter half. At tinies. Miss Sheldon 
speaks too rapidly:. 

It would be better to newspaper- 
bill the sketch as 'The Cub Re- 
porter' or 'The. Newly Weds.* The 
name 'WGY Matinee Players' sug 
gests something more pretentious 
than a two-pieople sketch. In fact, 
it serves to.' recall the days when 
WGY's acting troupes, tanked as 
leaders in the field of radio drama.' 

Jaco. 



Paris, Feb. 
Musicians and other radio per- 
fbrmersi in national conference at 
Salle Pleyel Monday (12) registered 
a kick against music " publishers, 
whom they accused of getting lions 
sh£tre of pay for broadcasting; Per- 
formers and even authors ^8hould 
get bigger .cut, conference resolved. 

Meeting also pronounced for 
grreater development of out-of-town 
broadcasting: statlphs, which now 
are too deP^ndetnt on Paris; confer- 
ence said. Government' subsidy out 
of radlo; taxes asked for. provincial 
stations to enable them to build up 
orchestras ahd other performinig 
units of their bwni. 



JAN SAVITt 
Violinist 
Sustain! 
15 Mins. 

WCAU> Philadelphia 

A novel idea in yiolin-lsms, the 
smart melodic tune of thie day, cou- 
pled .with the -beauty of the semi- 
classic, serve to , Introduce a new 
series by Jan Savitt, violin Virtuoso 
of the Philadelphia orchestra. 'tJsIng 
ultima sophisticated copy, the show 
is. evidently meant for a class audi- 
ence, but should catch a complete 
round of the dial for the selections 
of tunes reach from the outlandish 
technique of 'Doln' Things' to the 
clear .strains, of Kreisler's 'Schon 
Rosmarln.' 

Savitt, wcll-knowh . aa a Philly 
maestro, in addition.. to his work 
with the Stokowski tmit, clicks 
nicely with his own Impressions of 
seldom heard tunes, treating them 
with a freeness of style rarely found 
on the air; The ideia of fifteen min- 
utes of violin. Bolo, in the modern 
genre, is uniisual. ' There Is no 
announcement as to the names of 
songs, merely program . notes in a 
Jagged, Ben Hecht style, wblch al- 
lows for a unique smoothness. .. 

Show is spotted well, airing aifter 
Boake Carter's local news progrram 
which holds a 'tremendous Philly 
following; ' Thurs., at 11:16 p. m. 
Few more weeks on the ether will 
^tamp it as the most appealing sin- 
gle on the station, and a great com- 
mercial-bet. 



Bergh Predicts Advertising Agency 
Trek to Cheaper, Saner Holywood 



PARIS TALENT COMPLAINS 



Share Too Small-i— Music Publishers 
Get Edge 



WCBH, BETO, SEEKS 
WOMEN ANNOUNCERS 



.Baltimore,--; . 2<f. 
WCBM is conducting a series of 
auditions over the air, with the pub- 
lic to act as the jury- Purpose is 
to weed but from a.grpup tff would- 
be feniale annpuncers twb or three 
candidates to go on the station staff 
permanently. 

WCBM'ai theory Is that programs 
of .essentially feminine appeal will 
be ' presented . best with fenainine 
talent. 



Chicago, Feb. 26. 
Attempt will be made by WGN, 
Chicago Tribune station, to us6 
women " annpuncers through the 
early morning periods. 



Pppulai" Mechanics, the magazine, tqrhs. lts attention to the poesl- 
-blllties of radio broadcasting evading government regulation in the 
^event such measures became unbearable.. 

Magazine pictures a transmitter situated on a huge fioatlng buoy 
moored at sea b«yond the 12-miIe limit and free to broadcast at will. 



American Federation of Musicians, in a complaint to the NRA Ad- 
ministration, charges that KS'TP. NBC affiliate in St. Paul, has violated 
the NRA Code provision relating to the prohibiting of stations, while 
'broadcasting by remote control over a network, from ' inferrins that 
DUoii- 'broadeast— is-being-pai d f o r l ocal lF ^ ^'^r -. T > - .^.....^vi.^..- — 



John McCormack sails for South Africa March 18, four days after 
doing his la«t broadcast on NBC for Yinoe mouthwaMi. Jbhik Charles 



ARTHUR WARREN ©jRCHESTRA 

Restaurant LaRue 

Dance Music 

15 J^int. ' 

Sustaining 

WNEW, vNewark 

. Restaurant .XaRue is a rather 
ritzy eating, establishment on the 
gold standard side, of Fifth avenue, 
New York. It is, however, not 
known, to the general public. Nor 
Is the orchestra. 

Okay dahsapatlon is dispensed by 
the Warrenites.' There is aonae ' in- 
cidental. Tocallzihg, also okay. 
Around the dinner hour it offers an 
agreeable interlude. Where WNEW 
is tuned in this period will probably 
keep it that way. Limd. 



WROL, KNOXVlLLE, IN 
WLW, WHAS, TIE-UP 



Knozyille, Feb. 2«..- 
Statioh WROLi, owned and oper- 
ated by Stuart Adcock, has made a 
tie-up with WHAS in L>ouIsvllle, 
and "WXiW, In 'Cincinnati. 

Choice programs from the two 
stations are picked up by short 
wave and rebroadcast over 'WROL, 
Couple of commercial : programs 
have been set from companies oper- 
ating in both Knoxville and. Cincin- 
nati and KnoxviUe and Louisville. 



Arthur Bergh, head of Lynnfil .& 
Mitchell's radio . dopartmenti pre- 
dicts that by the beginning or next 
season, eVery. agency doing . an akP' 
preciable amount of n^.twork broad- 
easting will have -a branch Office 
with ah aces production man 
charge . planted on the west 
Bergh returned last week from 
weeks' stay in. Xos Angeles, where- 
he had gone px*imarliy to get Old 
Gold's new shoW' with Ted Florito. 
and Pick Powell started. 

Two factors, says Bergh. ..that 
have worked against/ originating 
from Los Angeles have: been pretty 
much overcbme.: Plcture.Tiam.es aye; 
of a more reasbnable frame of mind; 
when rating their air value and they 
no longer, quote, anywher froni 
$7,500 to $10,0 OQ per program when 
approiached about a mike ass ign - 
ment. Screien ~ persoriaytiesi , .avers 
Bergh, have become convinced that 
that sort of nioney. is ~not: in the 
radio cards and .tha,t brpadcastlngi 
like every other mediuni of enter- 
talnmeht, has reached its salar 
limits, .. 

Hollywood, opines Bergh, is filled 
with a variety bf talent that oian do. 
a Ibt to perjk up ether entertaiiir 
ment; and now' that the networks 
have reduced, the liiie charges, from 
the coast by two-thirds the adver- 
tiser with the few bundrfed. thus 
saved is in a position to improve 
his talent setup all around^ Letup on. 
the opposition from picture studios 
agalhst their contractees going on 
the air commercially, says Bergh, 
has been slight. 

Among the . agencies other than 
Lennen . & Mitchell with producers 
in Holly wobd are J. Walter Thomp- 
son and Young ^ Rublcsim.. 

Jack N;els6n left Saturday (24) fot* j 
Los Angeles to take charge bf the 
Lennen A Mitchell shows originat- 
ing from the west coast. To accept 
this assignment Nelson quit his 
producer ConneCtlbn witji the Joseph 
Katz agency. 

Prior to joining the Katz firm, 
Nelson was with Lord & Thomas. 
-Programs, he'll supervise from .the 
west coast are. Woodbury soap with 
Bing Crosby and Giis Arhheim, and 
Old Gold with Ted Florltd and Dick 
Powell. 



Geo. Moskovics Sticks to 
Biz End at KFAC-KFVP 

Los Angeles, Feb. 26. 

George Mbskbvlcs, general man- 
ager of KFAC-KFVP, the Auburn- 
Cord stations here, has divorced 
himself from production activities 
at the- stations to devote his time 
exclusively to the commercial end. 

Calvin Smith; chief technlclanii 
gets the prbductlph operation of the 
stations added to.his current duties. 

Chauncey Haines, former, musical 
director at KMPC, Beverly Hills, 
goes to KFAC-KFVD in the music 
spot, replacing Roy Bailey. 



EUROPEAN MUDDLE UP 



Wavelisngth . Jam ' Starts Another 
Radio Conference 



The Hague, Feb. 19. 

International Broadcasting Union 
has called a meeting for February. 
26 at Geneva, Switzerland, In order 
to discuss a way to get out of the 
wave -length -tangle. Meeting prob- 
ably to last until March 3. 

At last confab in Luzerh ho cbm- 
prbmise was possible and Holland 
refused to get off its 187 6 -metre 
wave, and' Luxemburg was also un- 
wlillng to let its wayClength go. Is 
chaos in the air, which as is now 
hoped, will be avoided In future. 



Thomas steps into the session March 21 for a four week rUn. Program 
will then foldi for the season. 

Same account, Charles R. Warner, .withdraws the Warden Lawea '20,000 
Years In Sing; Sing' serial (Sloan's Lihlihent) from NBC March 14 with 
the intention bf bringing it back in the fall. 
^-Half-'hour-^now-occupied =by ince^wilLbe^jsetained.^^ 
for a 13-week ballyhoo of the iatter's deodorant brand, Non-Spi. Pro- 
gram hasn't been picked. Cecil, Warwick & Cecil is the agency on the 
account. 



....,jaiXR,-.HolteJfMiJ^.k«_inaugurated_a^^ engaging staff or- 

ganists on two webks' • tngagemehts. Oliver" ■VVallaf-e ha5'"siart(-3'"an<r 
two weeks later Price Dunleavy goes "on. Idea Is to utilize a rtozpn or 
■o UtctA efffanlfts and rotate them on the fortnl(.'htly plan. 



B. FAIRFAX MAY ADVISE 
ABOUT ALL BUT LOVE 



Controversy between NBC and 
General Foods over the right of 
radio, to advise listeners as to how 
they should cbnduct their private 
lives has been patched up and the 
Beatrice Fairfax series which G.P. 
has picked for LaPrance washing 
powder .will make its debut, as 
previously scheduled, March 10: 
CpDunercial, however, has been im- 
pressed with the. necessity of avoid- 
ing any mention or reference tb sex 
matters in the Fairfax scripts. 

Argument caipe iiix after the net- 
work haid. verbally okayed the con- 
tract for time. . NBC became leery 
of the ' prograni intended for La 
France when it got a squint at the 
title, 'Beatrice Falrfaix's- Advice on 
Marriage.' It . asked to see .some 
sample continuities bh tiie shpw; 
and oH looking them over , decreed 
that the contracts were contrary to 
NBC policy. Young & Rubicam, 
the agency oh the -account, wanted 
to knpw how .come, and the NBC 
high-ups i>olhted out that it was 
the opinion of the network that 
radlb could not delegate ' to Itself 
any authority for advising the pub- 
lic, about their personal problems 
or for telling them how to conduct, 
their private lives. 

Agency rejoined that if sUch was- ' 
the policy NBC could only recently 
have adopted it. After the adverr 
tiser's fep had cited several such 
programs that NBC had broadcast 
in recent months, the network's 
exects relented, but warned that^ 
esttra precaution was to be taken In 
keeping out the sex angle from 
scripts dealing with marriage prob- 
lems. 



Peggy Fears Eyes Radio 

™Peggy-^Fearft-Is=^now^of£erlng=het^ 
services ais a warbler to radio. CBS 
has declared itself as amenable to 
taking her oh for^ a buildup, but 
without making any coin guaran- 
tees. 

rrbdUcer-a<;triBs^ manager, tteriirl " 
Da^and, has also submitted her to 
SBC. 



42 



VARIETY, 



R A • I O 



Tuesdaf, Februar;^ 27, 1934 



Air line News 

By Nellie Revell 



..Inability to accommoilate the number p£ touiisls wantine. to tour th 
NBC studios has caqsed. the network, several tinies withi^i the past 
month, to turn away business. Only a certain number can go throueh 
the: s:tudlbs within an hour, since otherwise the crowds are. too large to 
handle a:nd elevators, studios and halls get jammed, up. NBC's answei; 
to the claim- it Js taking away business from Other-ends of show busluess 
is tiiat the tour, lasting, but. an hour, leads to people .spcri nionoy at 
Bj-oadway pictures a.iid eating places >ifter the i a<llo trip, 

McCormac.k. tQ Africa 

. John McCormack leaves for Africa in threo' weeks and .Toh .Cimries 
Thomas takes over the Vince program, which has nvo weeks to go after 
Mr. McCormack's. departure. 

Colonnades Squawks 
Although the Colonnades of . the Essex House receives plenty of pub- 
licity on the air and -newspapers on the origination of the Camel 
broadcasts from that place, the management objects to the. Invited visit- 
ors who witness the broadcasts. Say.-? thoir regular clientele objects to 
other ffc.ie adnxissipris. 

IF'alrnoiiye Stock Company 

Paimoliv<i program starting on NBC; March . 20 i& the first time a radio 
stock cpmpany has been tried, with a different twist in that while ^ne w 
plays will be done each week, sustaining interest In the fetors ..taking 
the lead's wUi be esta.blished to carry the audiehce interest front week 
to week Bill Bather is writing the adaptations and shows to be Included 
are 'EileeiiN \ in H6od', 'Birth of a Nation? and 'Four Horsemen of 
the Apocalypse'. Several oi'iglnal plays may, be. introduced also, 

' ine's Sound Track 

, Jr.> is the iOst commercial: in the east to buy thie Pathe 
is'ewsreel radio sound-track for the air. Sound, track is mad6 the same 
time the neWsreel Is shot and will be edited, with a cohimentatOr added, 
for AbsorWne; . Etadio reel, handled by Jesse Butcher and Nick I)awson, 
will be 'spotted on eight easterrt; stations. It's not. allowed on the net- 
works since regarded as a transcription. 

Dawa-Butterworth Combo 

George Daws, of th6 World-TeWgram, and Wallace Butterworth, an- 
nouncer, Will present a series of sponsored programs three times Ave'ekly 
over-the CoJunlbia shortly. Idea will be based on Did You 'Know That ?, 
a sustaining .weekly giving iiiformation about .radio artists and answers 
to fan (iuestions, written by Fred Wite, Jri, of the CBS press department. 
VAitiBTi has a departnient under the same title., 

SKprt Shot* 

InternatLonal Silk Guild is planning a radio campaign to foster the sale 
of genuine Bilk Instead of rayon. Their show, at present, lineup, includes 
Xavier Cugat with his orchestra, with Ray Heathertott singing. ...Since 
DUke Ellington, was called for a second picture, while on the coast, it 

means an original eight week visit will be stretchjBd to IB Billly Hillpot 

and Lenny Hay ton have rented a Manhattan penthouse together. ., . 
Ariene Jackson Will begin her third, concurrent eommercial over NBC 
next Tuesday . ; . .immediately after I>onaId : Novis appeared .as a guest 
star for Ipana,. he started Ws own commercial for Colgates. . . .Goodman 
Ace sang f<>r tbei first tlmie on the air ttie other day.... Victor Toung 
lahded the Chevroleit .prograjfn, while Jack Benny gets the General Tires, 
account.. ..Jack Arthur and the Crusaders quartet of WOR were invited 
to «o theit stuff at a stag party at the White House Saturday night. 
Jack had laryngitis and couldn't go, but the quartet Went. .. .Sylvia 
Altman's Young Artists' Trio Teturris to local NBG outlets this week- 

Hfer brother Julian, 15, is making recordings for Liancaster Seed Co . 

Fred Iiightner and Sadie Burke auditioned by CBS last week, .. -Adams 
Hats, has taken over Five Star Final on WMCA..,.A igood material 
writer. Who hasn't befen found, is keeping Robert Woolsey and Bert 
Wheeler from doing a three time a week shot over. a chain from the 
coast. . Sponsor is ready and willing. . . .Alexander Grey will give two 
concerts in April, onei with the University Glee Club at . the Waldorf 
Astoria, another at Pennsylvania State College; his alma-inater. . . .The 
Four Bards, on WHN in a program of vocal harmony, have appeared in 
vaudeville as the Silvertpnes. 



Just Talk 

;Nino Martini may leave th6 Seven Star Revue. Sponsor is to decide 
about renewal before March 1 . . . .NBC has a new sustaining act, the 
Sijaerlan. Singers, starting March 4.... Andrea Marshj former solOiat with 
Ted Weems recently was heard oyep NBC from Chicago, iha,y be signed 

by .the CBS artists bureau for a buildup Jack Berger's band members 

celebrated elsht years of association last. Week.... Jane Fronian, Don 
Ross, the Showboat quartet, and Ohman and Arden's orchestra are mak- 
ing recordings, . directed by Waiter Craig, for Rexall. Shows, use three 
announcers, Basil Ruysdale, Fred Utell and Millie June.... Two new 
musical revues start this week at WOR. One will star the De Marco 
Sisters and Marie Gerard on Fridays. Other will be classical with the 
cast to be selected.. . .Vincent Lopez's sponsors held auditions last week 
for group singers and a girl vocalist. Ajnong^thpse tried out were ^ the 
Rdndelliers,- Scamps, Sizziei-s and; Rhythm Boys. "Girls "were 11^ 
Frances Langford and Cat^jlifte Rich. 



Gossip 

Loretta .Lee, soloist with George Hall, has retui>ned to tiie Taft after 
a 'month's vacation in her native New Orleans. .. .Lee Leonard, giving 
anvNBO.^udition. ^Tuesday, was qalled,'the fpllowing morninjg for a .cpin.- 
. mercial auditionv . ! .W.6R taking cbns^de^^ more flobr space this week 
.... ill "TobacCio is giving Leth Stevens and his bahd his second public 
audition on Its ..CBS program March 3,. i . IGeorge. Givot is playing yaude- 
Viiie in. Detroit for RKO... .Fox Fur Trappers leave NBC after this 
week's show . . , .Hobart Bosworth, picture actor, looking for a radio spot 
... .Clare.nce Nordstrom, from pictures, Lionel. Stander, from legit, Joseph 
WatSpij,' from yaude, arid the Radio Rubes from a . little of each audir 
tioned by J. Walter Thompson. .. .Leah RAy is coast bound soon ior film 
WOrkv . . .Freddie De Vaux and; his orchestra od WHN claim to be the 
youngest hand on. radio. They average nineteen years. . . .When Adele 
jtE^jinsbn, the Wilma Deering of the Buck Rogers, programs, was in a 
r^diO accidient and suffered temporary loss of meniory, as part of the 
pnogram, kids -wrote in all kinds of letters, suggesting medicines, how 
she was . getting, along and When she would be well... 



tand .By 

Jack Pearl has been given a coast to coast network by Royal Gelatine, 
7S"'3uffip=rW"^9^1JtfftlCfMfffTirf 
studios recently to hear Freddie Rich plan an all-BloOm program It 
tobk Phil Spltalny three months to locate and assemble 32 feminine 
musicians for. his new radio idea. The unit, opens at the Capitol this 
Jfcidayi, . .Guy Lombardo and. his band ard siated to go in the Waldorf 
ro.pl, ijiils.. spring and summer. They will continue on the White Owl 
commercial Indfeflnitely . . . .NBC has dolled up its guides with a little 
mord silver braid to differentiate between guides and pages. . ; .Babbo 
theme soiig, 'Glow little bath tub, glimrapr, gHmmor,' prodnr*'a a gen- 
^rkl laugh in and around radio. 





Chicago Neighborhood Survey 

(Continued from page 87) 














Favorite 
Program 




Hour of 
Interview 


Favorite 
Stati 

: 1 : 


Number 
In Family 


C. Sittler 

8142 Champlain 




Philco 


Cantor 


Children Hdur 


a 


WGN 


. 5 


R. A. Neitzke 
6843 S. Ada 




Phllco , 


Fr. Goughlin . 


Eddie 
Cantor 




VVUJ.' li:.. 
KYW 


3 


N. Radford 
682T S. Ada 




:Sparto]t 


Coughlin 


TCInilArerinFtATi 'Rniofk- '' 

Hour Cairion . . 




WGAS 
AVENR 




Geo A. Brady 

811 N.. 8 th Ave., May wood. 


Victor. 


Carlo*! ' 
. Molina 


Crosby 




KYW 


-6 


E- D.-. Coleman ' 

9.1 8 N. 2d Ave., May wood .. 


Clarion 


Andy 


Carter 


.4,. 


., WMAQ 


3 


Evan S. Essery 

241 S: 17th *Ave., May wood 


Philco 


Eddie Cantor 


Pearl ... 


3 


IUTT C 
WJjH 

WMAQ 


B 


Louis Grecco 
1442 S. 20th Ave. 




SteWart 


SviTirfcliinriv 

Concerts 


Operas 




WON 


8 


Roy Kf uner 

1410 S. .I3th Aye.. May.wQod 


CroBsley 


THa ■ 

Goldbergs 


Mu.sio 


■. 


WENR' 


6 


Harry M. Minter 
410 S. 19th Aye. . 




Majestic 


Crosby 


X lie 

Goldbergs 


2 


WMAQ 


. ■ ■2 ■ ■■ 


O. Combs 

^126 Champlain Aye. 




RadlOla 64 . 


Prograni . 


Vallee 


2 


^VMAQ 


, 3 


L. , N. Larson 
8138 Chaniplain 




Philco . 


Institute 


Men's Quartet 


7 


WMBI 


6 


Herriian Guebert 
834 Forest Avfe. 




.-.Kent; 


■ 'Rati 

Beirnle 


.Marge 




WMAQ 


6 


F. P. Halplu 

1180 S. Lyman Ave 




■ If W n LOJk 

Kent 


. Mollnas 


A 1T1 rkci ' jQr ' 

-Andy- . 


5 


KTW 


2 


E. H. Mary . 
1130 Wash. Blvd. 




Majestic 


Glen 


Bob 


6 


WLS 


4 


Geo. I. Talley. 
12 Pleasant Aye 




Si* AWfi 1*1" 

Warner 


Goldbergs 


Vallee 


4 


WiUNR 


6 


A. W. Marten .. 
936 N. Taylor Ayei . 




Heritage 


Goldbergs . 


Irma 
Glen 


8 


WMAQ 


3 


Math S. Krump 
442 Hannah ,A.ve. 




Warner . 


varios 

Moiinas Orch. 


iiiaoie 
Cantor . 


6 


KYN 


» 


Robert Roos, Jfr., 
946 N. Lombard Aye. 




Kent 


w fiui s ino 
News? 


Joy 


2 


WEiSTR 


2 


E. H. Thomas 

421 N.- Humphrey Aye. 




Majestic . 


& Em 


iKvyrt oc 
Marge 


6 


WBBM 


B 


F< J. Swatcek 
333. S. Taylor.. 




No IJame 


. Amos OS 
Andy 


xiuine service 
Program 


3 


WENR 


6 


Miss Lanhihan 
6341 S. Oreeii 




Majestic 


Marge 


1 ne 

Goldbergs 


4 


WMA 


. 1 


Mrs. Miller - 
6341 S. Green 




Philco 


irisn. 
Music 


« atner 
:.Coughlin 


4 


KTW 


3 


Mrs. Wolf ■ 
63B1 S. Green 




Majestic 


■^Tayn© 
king 


r irst 
Nlghter 


6 


Wbbm 


6 


Mrs. H. Simpson 
6419 S. Greeni ' 




RCA 66 


jDeiiy oc 
Bob . 


seen 
Parker 




WMA 


T 


DeNble Gamahl 
6352 Green 




BremertlUey 


xraui. 
McCIure 


x'lnio 
Pete 


4 


KYW 


« 


Mrs. Connelly 
6205 S. Green 




Clarion 


XNews i^urrenc 
Topics 


oympnony 
Orchestra 


-% 


WGN 
WMAQ 


2 


Anton Liaux 
6153 Green 




Majestic 


Settlers 


^T^Vki^ Oaii«*^ 

±-ne ^ourc 
Dr. Springer 


S 


KYW 


2 


6621 Maryland 




Philco 


Bernle., 


onpw 
Boat 


4 


WGN 


8 


6612 Maryland . 




Gray 
Bar 


. Dolby 


.Parker 


4 


WtiN 

WENR 


3 


6616 Maryland 


- 


Philco 


Hour 


T%0 i*n 

Dance 


t 


WLS 
WCFL 


3 


6626 Maryland .. . 




RCA 


jx e w s s 
Nights 


± ne ■ 

Goldbergs 


2 


WGN 
WENR 


2 


T> T. ■ Tlrfi A Roll ' 

8101 ' St. Lawrence 




Radioia 


±.no 

Goldbergs 


.xvu.oy 
Vallee 


6 


WGN 
WMAQ 




8116 Champiiiin 




Clarion . 


l>D.OK- 

Review 


%^An 

jnLen s 
Quartet 


.4 


WENR 
WMBI 


4 


8122 Champlain 




XNO 

Name ■ 


J. ne 

Goldbergs 


jjamroscn 
Symphony 


4-- 


WMAQ. 


2 


8126 Champlain 




Radioia 64 


V tiriexy 
Drama 


xvuay 
Vallee 




WMAQ 


3 


Tv N ■ 'Tj9.rnoTi • * 

8138 Champlain 




Philco 


.JVLOOQy 

Institute 


jMLen s 
Quartet 


7 


WMBI 




XT . .will<a.mfl 

Jtm>» WJlIlcXlllO 

8^06 Chaniplain 




Howard. 


E. C. Hill 


a r. (./Ougniin 
Boake Carter 


2 


WBBM 


2 


8210 Champlain 




xteiiance. 


The 

uOiuoergs 


Singing 
Lady 


6 


WENR 
WMAQ 


4 


8211 Champlain 




RCA 
Victor 


Kobar 

n r. .i^ougnun 


Irene 
wicKer 


4 


WGN 


3 


820t Champlain 




-jfniico- 


. Stoopnagel 

OE JdUuu 


Globe 

j._^i.r.o.tter.. .^u— 


— 


_-KYW 


V_ 


ti* i>ra.nii 

6869 Calumet . 




x^nuco 


Barn ' 
Dance 


Eddie 

oancQr 


6 


WLS 
WMAQ 


6 


El F. Kelly 
685T Calumet 




Majestic 


J! acner 
Coughlin 


xvoses oc 
Drums 


3 


WLS 

WENR 

WMAQ 


4 


L, Larson 
6847 Calumfet 




Majestic 


iiiCiaie 
Cantor . 


(J . o. juarine 
Batid^" 


6 


WMAQ 
WGN 


5 


Dr. Warshaw 
402 E; 69th St 




Philco 


"Rati 

fiernle 


nni%A T2av«A*h 

J. ne ■ i>ciron 
JacH Pearl 


3 


WMAQ 


4 


E. Larson 
6909 S^ Park 




Silvertone 


of Airs 


■ r^fi 4 1 WAn 'a 

^niiaren s- 
kindergarten 


2 


WLS 


3 


J. Moakler 
6911 S. -Park 




otewart 
Warner 


dantpr 


Jack Benny 


8 


WGN 
WMAQ 


6 


C. Gorman 

2617 Eastwood , 




Sparton 


Amos & Andy 


tf^nAi*A 

^pera 
Music 


.3 


WMAQ 


7 


J. J. Stromberg 
2623 Eastwood 




Radioia 


^'^lo ii*ci T .11* 

&. Em 


ivxuuay 
Institute 


3 


WLS 

• VV JLuJDl 


3_ 


R. Dieck 
^631 Eastwood 




Crosley 


of the Air 


' OtiAi*n 

MUslc 


2 


WMAQ 




C. Stillwell . 
2647 Eastwood 




Temple 


X 1 VUIIUCLJ' V vivo 

of Experience 


Eddie Cantor 


2 


WBBM 
WGN 


2 


Ed Elliott 




. ouperneierO'* • 


vJKLyri. oc 


^nuctreii-8. xirt 




WGN 




U?nS5 EasTwood"" " 




clyhe 


Marge. 


SkTppy: ' ■■ ^ 




^^WTSTAQ" 




Wni.. M'^.rshall 
4622 Virginia 




RCA 


Symphony 
Concerts 


. Operas 


4 


WGN 


3 


E. Langschmidt 
4636 Virginia 




Spartoti 


Dream 
Ship 


The 

Goldbergs 


4 


WMAQ 


2 


J. Regan 
4644 Virginia 




Hadlola 


Myrt & 
Marge 


Betty & 
Bob 


1% 


WENR 
WMAQ 


6 


Jens Juergensen 
2670 Eastwood 




Majestic 


German 
Program 


Good 
Music 


1 


WMAQ 
W<^N 


1 



Taesday, Ftibrnary 27, 19^34 



RADIO 



VARIETY 



43 



RADIO SHOWMiUISHIP 

(Merchandizing Stunts and Program, Tieups) 



OTJTSTAirpiNG STIiHTS: 

JUNIOR RADIO CHORUS 
(STAtlON WCBM, BALTO.) 



Baltimore, 
Preparatory to launching a new 
radio program (sustaining) WCBM 
has worked out an iEirraheement 
•with a local 'afternoon newspaper 
wbich gives the staitloh two impor- 
tant aids. First, the . program gets 
off -In a cloud of publicity. ^ Second, 
the problem of obtaining the talent 
Is simplified. In both instances it 
Is felt the possibility of attracting 
sponsorship is vastly enhanced. 

Newspaper prints application 
blanks daily and a column of ex^- 
planatory instructions. There will 
be 70 boys and girls under 17 se- 
lected to , form the Junior Radio 
Chorus Bind present Sunday after- 
noon singing programs. 



King of Ih^trumentalists 

EDDIE 




Prince of Entiertai 



BROAPCASTING 
EVERY SUNDAY 
11 P.M. - - - WJZ 
COAST-TO- COAST 



Featured Nightly 

HOLLYWOOD 
RESTAURANT 

N E W Y O R K 
Courtesy of 

RUDY VALLEE 



ight Business' 

New York. 

Not half so funny to radio listen 
ers as apparently to the invited 
audience - is the Olsen and Johnson 
program of. late. While the audlr 
enc^B sound as if paroxysms! of mer- 
riment are induced by the nutty 
costumes and on-the-spot c' tics of 
the ps\i ,, little, of this comes across 
the kllocyples. 

Two of the most canny laugh 
f etcher 3 of the variety and musical 
comedy, stage, the pair may be pay- 
ing too high a price in radio public 
popularity for the privilege of mak- 
ing Swift dealers and patrons laugh 
in theatres or halls. Maybe Swift 
wants it that way, but a comedy 
combination that has been bringing 
the house down theatrically for 
years ought to be more memorable 
than the recent average .of Olsen 
and Johnson. 

Of Course . a large, measure of 
their success In the past restia upoii 
visibility. They have been not so 
much gag-tellers as gag-illustra- 
ters.' What the theatre calls 'sight 
business' la palpably not transmut- 
able Into radio-electric pulsations 
It would appear that the auspices of 
the program should recapitulate 
their problem for their own clarity 
of. mind and possibly revise -some of 
the comedy so that ■ listeners will 
get a clearer mental picture of the 
didoes. As it Is the public is not 
sharing in a good deal that amuses 
the invited audience. 



ORIGINAL 




COLLEGIANS 

I.ate Fentnres of 

/'Fifty Million Frenohmen" 
"Three's a Crowd" 

NOW 

"ROBERTA" 

NEW AMSTERDAM 

NEW YORK 



THE 



SIZZ- 




, jSltxllqc for NBO 
U'nrner Shorts 
. VIotbtr BecOpds. 
TtiMitrea Everywhere 

Further in<«raatiM: 
HAROLD KEMP, NBO Artlft BurMS 
Radro City. . New York City. 
Pcnbnal blr«tton; CHARLES A. BAYHA 



LITTLE JACKIE 

HELLER 

Mob.. Taea., Fri., 4:16 P. M. 
Wed. 4 to 4;80 P. M.. OST 
Sat. 4:80 P. M., NBC 

Manaarement NBC, Chlcagro 
Per. Rep.( HERMAN BERNIB 
New Torh City 



Tulent Scarcity 

Birmingham. 
Conscious of the, dearth of talent 
in this section of the country, Sta- 
tion WBRC la trying to . discover If 
there^ Isn't . some unsuspected nia- 
ter'ial awaiting exploitation. Ac 
cordingly. Bill. Young is 'Holding au 
ditlohs every' day with the- patience 
of -Job and the hopefulness of an old 
nriaid. . 

For houre on end Young listens to 
amate:urs, hillbillies, and mama's 
pets. Most of them seem to favor 
'Coming .Round the Mountain' as a 
sample of their wares.. Auditions 
some days have lasted two and 
three hours so numerous afia appli^ 
cants. 

But If only three or four possi- 
bilities are dls6overed after all the 
troubl* the station figures Itself that 
much better equipped to attract 
commercials. 



pals of all schools to allot 15 miin- 
utcs to each broadcast. 

Current events of national and in- 
ternational importance will be 
dramatized. Happenings that may 
have seemed dull and stale on the 
pages of textbooks will spring to 
life through each loud speaker. 

Adoption of radio as ah effective 
method of Instmctlon Is a part of 
the progressive policy of the Port- 
land public school , admlhistration. ' 

Besides news dramatization, the 
production department, of KEX , has 
planned interviews with nationally 
and Internationally famous person- 
ages when they visit Portland. 

An advisory cotincll of ten school 
prlhcipals has been appointed ami 
will collaborate with the KEX pro- 
duction department in planning the 
programs. Station stands to gain 
local prestige for Its trouble. 

Mayor's Odd Fan Mail 

Charlotte; N. C. 
Mayor Arthur H. Wearn, who 
spends a half houi^ each week mak- 
ing a report to residents of the city 
over WBT, has developed quite a 
mail from fellow mayors over the 
country who Want to ^ know with 
what success such a prbgram meets. 

Mayor tells the people what the 
municipal administration is doing, 
trying to do, and why. He has 
found, > he is telling: . other mayors 
Who Inquire, that the . broadcast 
strengthens the relatipnshlp be- 
tween the people: and :the city ball, 
promotes understanding, and aids 
the city government In quickly 
'selling' any program to the tax 
payers.. 

Orphan's Cry 

Waishlngton. 
- WJSV scored nice scoop, iSaturday 
(17) by rounding np principals In 
abandoned baby case and putting 
works on the air to discourage fur- 
ther such ideas in mother's heads, 
Kid w:as left In rest-room of M^t, 
local, movie house. Announcer in- 
terviewed theatre matron,, , police' 
woman, gal from- Public- Welfare 
Board, and physician at i clty hos'-. 
pital. 

Big kick was having kid cry. oyer 
the air. No response frbm mother 
yet; but one listener called up right 
iaifter program to adopt waif-. 



New Busmess 



New York. 
Cities Service doesn^t take one 
step at- a time. It takes two. Ac- 
cordingly the commercial copy on 
Friday (23) Instead of describing 
one brand new gasoline, which 
might ordinarily be considered- suf- 
ficient tax upon the hoi . polloi's 
memory, describes two Just out 
engine-feeders. One is super and 
the other is hyper-super. Both are 
warranted fit accomplices in break- 
ing speed ordinances. i . 

A pretty good rule of all 'show^ 
manshlp and merchandizing might 
be supposed to be simplicity. Yet 
more than a few radio programs 
habitually load their commercial 
copy, with enough material for. a 
brochure. Another gasoline, Esso, 
recently came close to setting an 
all-time record in the matter of In- 
volved, complicated, and Chinese 
puzzle-like contests. , 

Cities Service's twin announce- 
ments on their twin gasolines, one 
flrie and the other splendid, are 
verbal 24-sheets of magnificent sta- 
tistics. Assurance Is given that be- 
fore' bringing out these two astound- 
ing combustibles Cities Service .in- 
terviewed 500,060 motorists, prob- 
ably at the corner of 42d street and 
Broadway on alternate . Tuesdays, 
made .25.0,oa0. tests .on running 
motors, while waiting for trafifc 
lights .to , change, and held 4,000 
Dtflce conferehces. This is a rea- 
sonably literal approximation of the 
afctual' sfales spiel and a fair' render- 
ing of tbe rfia,ctlons possible. 

.program, of course, remains one 
of the best on the . air with Jessica 
Dragonette, Frank Parker, and that 
nifty q'uartet providing much to 
edify and delight. 

ie-Up 

Portland. 
Books and jpenclls will be placed 
aside by Portland public school 
children every Wednesday morn- 
ing while radio waves carry drama- 
tization of Important news events 
from KS3X, directly into the classr 
rooms. 

Arrangements for this offlcial use 
of radio by the public schools were 
completed with Superintendent C. 
A. Rice and orders Issued to prlncl- 



Stunting 'Buck Rogers' 

Ne'W York; 
iLatest exploitation twist of the 
kid serial backed by Cocomalt on 
CBS Is the formation of Buck 
Rogers and Wllma Deering (hero- 
ine in the ficrlpt) Clubs. To be- 
come eligible to membershiu all the 
kids have to do Is drink the product. 

Profeiam to date has dealt In two 
giveaways, each, intended to be of 
educational Import. First was a 
planetary map so that the juve 
listeners could follow the . serial's 
adventures. Other .consisted of an 
illustrated book retaUliilg the etory 
Of the central character's life. Kids 
who applied for first offer were also 
sent broadsides urging them to re- 
port on weight charts enclosed the 
results of a month's tria.1 of Coco- 
malt. ' 



CARLILE 

CAPITOL 



BROADCASTING 
WABC 



NOW 



NEW YORK 
(Week Feb. 23),. 



Pet<6onal 
Manager 

LEW COOPER 



Irthday SttifF 

Pittsburgh. 
WWSW. carrlies a daily s6r'vice to 
listeners sponsored t>y a . baking 
company. . Program- Is called 'Liucky 
Birthdays.' At noon, the 'birthday 
song' is played, followed ;by the 
Birthday. Man paying tribute to fa- 
mous men and women born on that 
day and then extending happy re- 
turns . to those who send in their 
birthdays. 

Baking company sends a cake to 
every one thus greeted. 

Sun it's Tie-Up 

New York. 

Sun Oil and Western Union tied 
in on telegram congratulation stunt 
for Lowell Thomas' broadcast Of 
last Friday (23), Thomas orig- 
inated his program . that night from 
WU's home office building in New 
York and in return the telegraph 
company arranged .to ,'have..the Hs- 
tenerd ,wlre In withoUt/chargfj their 
appreciation of the Sunoco affair. 

Western Union had these mes- 
sages ready- Written with 15 
samples listed for tiie fan to choose 
from. All the listener had to do 
was' call WU and designate the 
prepared congrats number.' Signifi- 
cant on this list was the. message 
reading, 'Your Sunoco new^. broad- 
cast whets my appetite and I enjoy 
my newspaper all the more.' 

Okeletoh Orchestra 

Charlotte, N. C. 
SterchI Furniture Company cut 
expenses on Its program over WBT, 
and by so doing discovered 'some- 
thing new in the way of a pro- 
gram — and something that has been 
a hit with listeners. 
.Dance orchestra for the period 
was stripped down to the rhythm 
section. This, with a singer, con- 
stituted the show. Abbreviated 
band has brought in a good mail. 
Jack Farr .has been doing the sing- 
ing, ' , 



WATERLOO, lA. 

National Bank, flve-minute pro- 
gram, three times per week, eve- 
ning, for year, placed locally. WMT. 

Copper Hatchery, 95 flye-mlhute: 
periods on co-operative, jplaced di- 
rect. WMT. 

Underload Candy Co., announce- 
ments; placed direct. WMT. 

Palace CJoffc<«r*i three flve-mihute 
programs, placied locally. WMT. 

jpr. O'Shana, three months on co- 
operative program, plated direct. 
WMT. 

Kellogg Bales C?b., announcements, 
placed direct. WMT- 

Big Shoe Store, three- months, anr 
nouncemehts on cdroperatlvOi placed 
locally. WMT. 

Sproto Furniture, announcements, 
placed locally. W^IT. 

Cedar Tire. Co., announcements on 
co-operative program, placed locally. 
WMT. 

Chariiber of Commerce of .Btt 
huqUe, announcements, placed di 
rect. WMT. 

, Oliver Farm .Equipment, an- 
nouncements, .placed direct. WMT. 

Porfc Paint & Glass Co., announce- 
ments on cO-operali"ve program, 
placed IboaJly* WMT. 

Cal j. Millar Drug Co., announce- 
ments, placed locally. WMT. 



CHARLbtTE, N. C. 

L. W. DriscoJl, General Electric 
refrigerator distributor, one one- 
hour prbgr^, place<i direct. WSOC. 

Grace Beauty Salon, 13. announce-, 
inients. WSOC. 

idelevoyle Cafe, 13 announcements. 
WSGC. " 

Sol * Tetifier, announcements. 
WSOC, 

Moose, Inc., two 15-mihute pro- 
granns. WSOC. 

Heath, Motor Cottipani/, :. distribu- 
tors I»iymouth,- ipeSolo;' Auburn and 
Cord' caM,' -announcements 
WSOGJ 

CXarh Brothers Chewing Gum Co., 
Pittsbuirgh, Pa., , series of 30 I5rmin- 
ute transcriptions, Tuesdays . and 
Thursdays, 7:30 p.m., from Feb. 13, 
through May 24, 1934, placed by Ra- 
dio Sales, Inc., NevK York City 
WBT. . 

Glendale Shop, Charlotte, N. C, se 
ries of 100-word, announcements on 
Fridays beginning Feb. 16* 1934 
placed locally, WBT. . 

Lucielle Shop, Charlotte, N. C, se- 
ries of 13 15-minute programs 
Thursdays at 4:45 p.m., beginning 
Feb. 22, ending May. 17, 1934, placed 
locally. WBT. 

Queen City Employment Agency, 
52 one^minute 'announcements, Mon- 
days, Wednesdays, and Fridayis, day-' 
tinie from March 2 through June 29 
1934, placed locally; WBT. 

Shaio Distributing Co., Charlotte. 
N. C, series of live talent. 15-minute 
evening •programs, beginning Wed- 
nesday, Feb. 21, 1934 at 7:30 p.m 
placed Ipcally. WBT- 

Southern Radio (7brporat<on; Char- 
lotte, N. C, 13 two-minute an- 
nouncements .daily except Sunday, 
beginning Feb. 16, 1934, placed lo 
cally. WBT. 



of diEdly temperature report and one- 
minute daily announcement for 13 
weeks. Placed by Albert P. Hill, 
KDKA. 

. Crazy Water Cryst^Js Co.; quaxr 
ter hour hill-billy program weekly 
for 13 weeks. Placed by Carpenter- 
Rogers. KDKA. 

TTaWtocr Remedy Co., 26 one-mih- 
ute" 'daytime announcements. 
WWSW. : 

Dr. Edvrin T, Meyer, eye special- 
ist, three Sr-minute progrnms weekly 
for 13 weekis. Placed direct, 
WWSWi . 
; Carol Shop, six announcements 
weekly for In definite period. Placed 
direct. WWSW.. . . , 

Pitt Publishing Co., one 15-mlnut6 
prbigram and 100 spot announce- 
ments. Placed direct. WWSW. 



BOSTON 

Gillette Safety Razor Co.. 24 16- 
minute programs, started Feb. 22, 
throug h R uthrauft &. Ryian, New 
York. WBEI. . ^ 

Jordan Marsh Co., 12 15-mlnUte 
prbi^ams (Warted Feb. -21, through* 
Harry M. I^^st, Inc., Boston. WEEI. 



Mi iaturt! Spaghettt 

Philadelphia. 
On April 9, at 10:15. a. m., the 
team of Bill and Ginger— a CBS 
act, sponsore.d by a spaghetti Arm— 
will add one male youngster to the 
program. The bacy will be namfd 
'Noodles' in honor of the apon.sor. 
Show originates from WCAU in 
(Continued on page 4C) 



DENVER 

Crazy Water Cfi/«toI«, 60 15-niln- 
ute programs, two- weekly, KOA. 

Hemphill Deisel. Engineering 
School, 10 15-mlnute programs. 
KOA. 

De^p Rock Water and. Bottling 
Co., 10 one minute spot announce- 
ments. KOA,. . 

lokelp, 26 flve-minute electrical 
transcriptions. KOA. 

Piggly-WigaJv, 13 ' 15-minute pro- 
gramSi one a week. KOA. 

PORTLAND, ORE. 

Walker Remedy Company. Water- 
loo, Iowa, through Westou'-Barhett, 
jnc.,- 26 one-minute announcement?. 
KEX. . 

Associated Commercial Company. 
13- 15-mlnute program, service, thtee 
months' duration. KGW. . 
• J a c k-ih-the-Box, announcement 
service. KEX* 

Hill Brothers, through N. B. Ayer 
Agency, 26 flveTminute transcrip- 
tion^, dally, except Saturday. KGW. 

NEWARK, N. J. 

I. 4t P. stores (Seminole Tissue), 
39 weeks, begln.riing Mturch 2, Fri- 
day a. m., 15 minute -i-ecordlngs with 
Phil Harris. WOR. 

R. H. Macy & Co., 26 weeks, start- 
ing Feb. 26, renewal, Monday to Fri- 
day inclusive, 15 minutes, 'Five Star 
Final With Martha Manning,' WOR. 

Runkel Bros., renewal, 13 weeks, 
starting March 5, Mondays, half 
hour, 'Maverick Jim Dramas.' WOR, 

Dugan Bros, of New Jersey, 13 
weeks, three 15-mlnute evening pe- 
riods a week, musical, -Home Sweet 
Home.' WNEW. 



PITTSBURGH 

Fels and Co., quarter hour pro- 
gram by 'Uncle Tom and Betty,' 
twioerweekljr^for^e-wcekSi— Placed - 
by Young and' Rubicam. KDKA. 

Commercial MiUing Co., renewal of 
participations in Home Forum pro- 
.gram through March 2. Placed by 
Karl Behr. KDKA. 

(Jood Luck Food Co., twice week- 
ly particlpntloh In Home Foruni 
program for 13 Avecks. Placed by 
JInghe«. Wolff and Co. KDKA. 

Freedom Oil Wo'ks Co., renew 1 



Hi There ! 

rwiON WOR 

MONDAY and FRIDAY 
6:45 P. M. 
for 

Cushman ^pns 
Biakeries 





.personal, irection 
S^dLEY BROWN 



WHILE IN BOSTON 

'Variety Said 

''WOWING 'EM FOR 
RECORD HOLDOVER" 



8-8>'33 




**the Painter of Songii^' 

LILLIAN JAY at the Piano 

This Week (February 23) 
LOEWS, JERSEY CITY 

JOHNNY HTDE 
William MpiTls ACraejr 



Dick 
Leibert 

^ A t the C^onsgle ^ 

Radio City Music 

BROADCASTING 
8 to 8:30 A, M., WEAF, Daily 
11:15 to 11;30 P. M., Mon., Tues., 

Wed., Thure., WJZ 
11:30 to 11:45 A. M., Sun., WJZ 

Manairenient - 
MILTON STAY IN 



44 VARiETY 



RADIO 



Tuesday, February 27« 1934 



COMMERCIALS 

WEEK OF FEBRUARY 26 

This Department lists sponsored programs on both networks, 
arrahged alphabetically under the advertiser's name.' 

AH. time; is p. m. unless otherwise noted. . Where, one advertiser 
has two or more programs they are listed consecutively. 

Art asterisk before niame Itidicates advertising agency handling 
account. 

Abbreviations:. Su (Sunday); W (Monday); W 
(Wednesday) ; Th (Thursday); (Friday) ; Sa ( 



- 



ACME LE.%D 
0:3V-!Su-WAIlC 

B(1 Mc'Connell 

•Henri. H-Mc 

AFFILIATED PD'S 
rLo.ufa Fhilipe) 



l-TarWAliC 

Princess Marie 
♦Blackett 
AMEK ROLLING 
10-F-«VJ2 . 
Tbe iron Master* 



Hi There 

! 




I Fbrgot to Mention 
I'm Also Starting on 
NBC Blue Network 
Tuesday, March 6, 

for 

PALMER HOUSE 

CHICAGO 





Pierflonal Direction 
SEDLEY BROWN 



DISTINCTIVE DRAMATIC 

, Programs . 

CREATED AND PRODUCED 
ADVERTISING AGENCIES 



BOB WHITE 

PRODUCTIONS 

833. Mq. HichlKan AT.enue, Chicago 



THE GREEK AMBASSADOR 
OF GOOD WiLL 

GEORGE 
GI VOT 

On. tour with condensed 
version "New Yorkers" 

Sole Direction 

HERIVIAN BERNIE 
lfll» nroadwey New Torb- 



ABE 

LYMAN 



AND HIS 
CALIFORNIA ORCHESTRA 

COAST-TO-COAST 
WABC 

SUNDAY, 2:30 p. in.-8 p. 

WEAF 

WCD., 
8:30 p. 



m. 



4 p. .m. 




Joe Piarsons 

JBadlo'a Koir Voice 
INCLAIR MINSTREL 
Srer^ HoUdsr. • F> M.. N.B.O. 
OHIOAOO 



•B.. B.. D. & O. 
AMKR rOIIACCO 

(Ltickv Striker 

1:05-Sh-WEAF 
Metropolitan Opera 
'Liiclft di I/'meim'r' 
Lily Pons 
Nino Martini 
Gulseppl De Liuca 
Leon Rothler 
Iflldia Vettorl 
Aino . Tedesco 
•Lord & Thomao 

AMERirA> on 

l-So-WABC 

jack Deinny- 
Jos. Katx 

ASP 
0;3O-M-\«'EAF 
Harry Horllck 
Frank Parker . 
Paris ib Peart 

ARMOtR 
:30-F-WJl 

Phil Baker. 

McNaushton 
Mabel Albertson 
Roy Shield 
Merrle-Men 
Nell Slatere 

M. W. Aver 
B. T. BABBITT 

l:30-Sa->l'ABC 
Mary Small 
Lnndt 3 :& W 
Peck 

A. 8. BOTLS 
(Floor S^i^x> 
l:30-9n-WABC 
Lazy Dan" ^.c. 
Irving Kaufman ^ 
lackett 
BARBASOL 
8:80-H-Ta-Th-F- 
WABC 
Edwin C. Hill 
Grwln Wawey 
BAYER 
9:80-Sa-««'E.AT 
.tTrank Munq 
Virginia Rea 
Ohman & ' Arden 
Bert Hlracli 
Haensch«ii Oro 
Blackett 

BERCn-NTTT 
8:4ll-M-W-F-WJ2 
Red Davis' 
Jack Rtfselelgb 
CurtiRE Arnall 
Marlon Barney. . 
Elizabeth Wragge 
Eunice Howard 
Peggy Allehby 
Johnny Kane 
•McO-Erlo 

Bisonoi. 

2-SniWABC 
Helen Morgan 
Albert Bartlett 
•Blackett 

BOVRJOIS. 
8-So-WAB(f 
'Evening In Paris' 
Knth Harrington 
MUt Watson. 
Claire Majette 
Nat Shtlkret 
•Redfleld 

BORDEN 
1Q:45-Ta->VJZ 
•Magic Moments* 
Vee Lawnhurat 
Muriel Pollock 
Mnrcella Shellds 
Walter Scinlon 
Jane Elllnon 

8-Sn-WABC 
'4& IHn. In H'lyw'd' 
Mark Warnow 
Cal Torke 
•Toung & Rublcam 
BRILLO 
l2:S0-Su-WABC 
Tito Oulznr 

•F. Presbrey 

BRlSTOL-AITEBS 
0-W-WEAF 
(Ipana) 
Ipana Troubadours 
Gene Raymond 
Lcnnte Hayton 
^Pedlar & Ryan 
9;30-W-WEAE 
(Sal Hepatlica) 
Fred Allen 
Paula Hofta 
Jack Smart 
Irwin Delmore- 
Mary McCoy 
Ferde Grofe Ore 
♦Benton & Bowles 
CALIF. PACKINO 

0:30-M-WEAF 
H Barrett Dobbs 
I^orlc & Kh'bocker 

QUSftete 
M Wilson Ore 
•Thompson 
CAIaSODENT CO 
12-Tu-WJZ 
Marley R Sherrls 
•Thompison 

CAMPAONA 
n:30-au-Tl'JZ 
•Grand Hotel' 
Ann - Seymour 
Art Jacobson 
I>on' Ameche 
Betty Winkler 
Gene Rouse 

.lO^F-WEAF 
■First ■ NIehter' 
June Moreilltb 
Don- Ameche 
G-irlton Brlckert 
CMlff POuhter 
■Ej Sagerqulst Ore 
(D.D.D. Ointment) 

1 :30-Th-"\V.JZ 
'Romantic M'l'dles' 
E Sagerqulst Ore 
•Aubrey Moore 
CARltORUNDCM 
9:30-Sin-WAKC 
Edward d'Anna' 
Francis Bowman 
•F. H Greene 
CARLET'N-IiOVEY 
(Father John) 
7:l.'J-W-WjZ 
Muriel Wilson 
^roRir"Herflclf "-^"-^ 
H Sanford's Ort 
•Cecil Warwick 
CARNATIDN-RHLK 

10-M-WKAF 
Oene Arnold 
Lullaby Lady 
M L Eastman 
Jean Paul King 
•Erwin. Waaey 
CENTAUR 
(Fletcher's^ 
8:.H0-WtWABC 
Albert Spalding 



•Touiig & Rublcan 
a :45-M- \V-I< - W JSAJr 



•Toung ft Ruliicam 
CHAMBERLAIN 
(Hand Lotion) 

7- Su-WABC 
Eddie South 
Jack .'Brooks 
•Ruthrauff-Ryan 

CIIAPPEL BROS. 

7:45-80- WABC 
Rin Tin Tin' 
Don Amecbe 
Bob White 
V-rglnla Ware 
Johnny Ooas 
Jack Daly 
♦ilOBerp & Smith 

CH.ARiS . 
1:16-WtWABC 
tiouella Parsons 
Raymond Paige 
•John L. Butler 
CITIES SERVICE 

8- F-WEAF 
Ornntland Rice . 
Jessica Dragonette 
Cavkllere . 
'Lord.,& Thoma? 

. CLIMALINR 
" W-Tu-Th-WEAI" 
Harold Stokes 
Gil Page 
King's Jesters 
Frank Hazzard 
♦W. S. Hill 

CVTEX 
0-F-WJZ 
Phil Harris 
■Leah Ray 
*J. Walt. Thomp. 

. REX COLE' 
S :46-TCil-TIi-WEAy 
tti Qole M'talneere 
•Maxon 

COLGATE-PALM 
(Colgate Dentifrice) 

9- Sa^WEAF 
'G'Ig'te Ho'se P'try'. 
Donald No via 
.Frances Langford 
Arthur Boran 
Don Vborhees 
Brad Browne' 
•Toung & Rublcam 

. (Super, Sude) 
tO:16-daUy-WJZ . 
'Clara Lu & Em' 
Louise Starkey 
Isabelle Carothers 
Helen King 
*Lord St T'homaS 
CRAZY CRYSTAI^ 
2-6a-WEAF nad 
12 dally 
Giene Arnold 
*McC-Erlc. 

B. B. DATIB 
(Baking Pow d.) 
lO-W-f-WEAF 
•Mystiery Cher, 

John McPherjon 

9:45-Tn-Th-WABC 
J<>hn McPherson 
'Mystery Chef 
6-M-Tn-W-Tbr 
W.ABC 
•Buck Rogers' 
Curtis Arnall. 
Adele Ronson - 
Edg&r Stelhl 
Joe Granny 
Walter Tetley 
.Mian Devltt 
Georgia . Bnckeu 
Elaine Melcholr 
Adele Klein 
Hill Shelley . 
Henry Gurvey 
Hnrry Swan 
Lionel Stander 
F.mmet Gowan 
Pea trice Allen 
•Ruthrauff , & R. , 
D-L ft W COAL 
iv:4»-i'u-'rii- w Am. 

'Little Italy* 
Hiram Brown 
Ruth Torke 
Rose Keane 
A'.freil Corn 
Ned Weaver 
Jo9 Melghan 
•Ruthrauff- Rra n 
CONT. BAKING 
8-M-W-F-WABC 
Scrappy Lambert 
Frank Luther 
Vivian Ruth 
•v.... B., D & O. 
CORN PRODFCTP 
10:4.'?-M-W-F- 

WABC 
(Kremel. Etis.) 
Wlll^ Osborne 
Pedro -de Cordoba 

9- an-WABC 
f Lin It ) 

■ Jane- "Froman 
Erjio Rapee 
Nino Martini 
Julius Tanneh 
•Hellwlg _ 
CREAM WHEAT 

10- So-WABC 
Anse'T Patrl. 
•J. WhU. Thomp 

KX-LAX 
9:30-M-WABC 
'The Plot Phow' 
Gertrude :Nlesen 
Tsham Jones 
•Kat/ 

FIRESTONE 
(»;30-M-WEAF 
H. Firestone. Jr. 
Richard Crooks 
.T#awrence Tl.bbett 
Wm. Daly Orchl 
•Swecnv-.Tames 
FITCH 
7:4B-Sh-WEAF 
Wendell Hall 
•K. W. Ramsev 
FR»r.TDAlRE 
10-Tn-WEAF 
'Sbth Parker* 
Phillips Lord 
•Ofvor 

FORD MOTOR 
8:.1ft-Th-WAnC 
9:30-Sa-WABC 
Fred Wiring 
Ted Pearson 
--*N;^-W-.- --Ay er 
OKV, n»MN« 
5t30-Su-WABC 
.rulln Sanderson 
'iTank Crumit 

*B.. n n. & o. 

GENERAL ClOAR 

9:.'?0-\V-WABC 
Ouy l.onibnrilo 
Purn^ St Allen 
•J. Wait. Thomp, 
OENKRAL FOODS 

11:41>-TU-U'K.AF 
Frances Lee Barton 



(Jello) 
Wizard of Oi* 
Nancy Kelly 
Jack Smart. 
Junius Mathewa 
VVllllnm Benham 
•Toung & Rublcam 
0-Tli-WE.AV 
(Maxwell) 
Cha^ Wlnnlnger 
Lanny Ross .- 
Anette Hanshaw 
Conrad T'hibault 
Muriel Wllsoii 
'Molasses 'n' Jan'ry 
Gus Hnens'chen 
*Benton-B6wleB 
lO-Sa-iVABO 
'Byrd Expedltidn' 
•ybunjr & Riiblc«in 
GENERAL SlILLS 
3:S0-Dall.v-WABC 
Jack Armstrong. 
All American Boy 
4-Dnily-WJZ 
'Betty & Bob' ' 
Ketty Chun'hlU 
Don Ameche 
Betty Winkler 
Art Jacobson 
Carl Brlckert 
Louts Roen 
rKlackett 

GESfERAL MOTOB 

(Bulck) 
9:llI-M-F-WABO 
Howard' Mareh 
Andre Kostelanes 
•Campi-Ewnld 
(Chevrolet) 
10-Sii-WEAF 
Jack Benny . 
Prank Black 
Mary Livingstone 
Frank Parker 
(Pont la c> 
9:S0-Sn-W,ABO 
Ray Paige ' 
kay Thompson 
Rhythm.-Klngo 
Black RiVap'dy (?t 
(Cadillac) 
e-So^WEAF 
G Martlnelir. 
GUy P Harrison 
•Canip-Ewald 
OTASMOBILB 
9:15-Ta-F-WABC 
Ruth Ettlng 
Johnny Green 
•B. B. D, & .O. 
GULF 
9rSo-WJZ 
Will Rogers 
Revelers 
Bmll Coleman 
•Cecil Warwick 
HEALTH ' PROD'tS 
(White Cod) 
2-Sa-IVJZ 
Bar X Ranch' 
Carson Robleon 
Buckaroop 
7i30-M-HV-F-WJ» 
(Feenamlnt)'^ 
Geo. ' Gershwin 
Louis katzman 
•Wm. Esty 

BECKER n-O 
0:1S-M-W-Thi- 
WABC 
•H^Bar-O Rangers' 
Bobby ' Benson 
Nell O'Malley 
Florence Hallan 
Billy Hallop 
John Barthe. 
•Erwln-Wasey 
EDNA HOPPEB 
2:15-M-Th-F- 
WABC 
•Helen Trent* 
Lester Tremayne 
Virginia Claric 
Karl Ileube 
Dolores GiUen 
Jack Doty 
♦Blackett 
H^ J. HEINZ CO. 
lO-M-W-F-WJZ 
Jcsephlne Gibson 
•Maxon 

HOOTER 
4:30-Sn-WE.Ar 
Edwafd Dnvles 
Chicago a CapelU 
Joe Koestrer 
ErWln-Waeey 
HORLICK 
B:30-'ru-Th-WJZ 
Dr H -Bundeaen .. 
^Lord & Thomaa 
HOUSEHOLD 

8- Ta-WJZ 
Edgar A Quest 
Alice Mock 
Job Koestner'B Ore 
•C. D. Prey 

HUDNUT 

9- F-WABC 
Jack Whiting 
Jack Denny 
Jeannle Lang 
Three Rascals 
•B. B. D. & O. 
HUDSON MOTOBS 

10-Sa-WEAF 
Sat Night Party* 
B A Rolfe Ore 
IjCW White 
•Blackman 

HUMPHREYS 
(Remedies.) 
10:15 A. M.-M-W-F- 

12:15-Sa-tVEAB' 
Mornlnp Home C 
Fob Emery 

JEDDO COAL 
7:ltt-Th-FrSTWJZ 
."Bon Quixote' 
John Brewster 
Wllbert Seagram 
Mark Smith 
Allen Devltt 
Louts Hector. 
Helen' Dumas 
Leigh Loveill 
•N. W. Aver 
.lERGEN'S 
9:30-Sa-WJZ 
Walt. WlhcheU 
»J, Walt. Thomp. 
JOHNSON ft SON 

(Floor Wax) ^ 
11 :9U> yt - i n- w ahc 
Tony Wons. . 
Keen an & Phillips 
*Ncedham, L. & B. 
KELLOGG . 
5:30-DaUy-WJZ 
The Sln»;lTig Lady 
Irene Wicker 
Allan Grant 
•N. W. Ayer 
KRAFT-PHENIX 

10- Tll-WEAF 
P Whiteman Ore 
Al- Jolsoh 
Deems Taylor 
Ramona 
Peggy Healy 
Jack Fulton 
♦J. Walt. Thomp, 

KOLYNOS 
7 :11J-M-Th-F-WABC 
.TusrPralri— Blir"^ 
Arthur Hughes 

•ninckett 

LADY ESTHER 
S-Su-WEAF 
10-M-WABO 
8:30-Ta-WEAI' 
Wayne KInc'a Oro 
•Stack-Ooble 
LAMONT-CORUS8 
r Pond's) 
9:S0-F-WEAr 
'Maude Adams 
Victor Young Ore 



(Nestles) 
8-F-WJZ 
Ethel Bhutta 
Walter O'Keefe 
Don Bestor Ore 
♦J. Walt. Thomp. 
LARUS 
CBdgewortb) 
10-W-WEAF 
Corn Cob Pipe Club 

of Virginia 
•BBD&O 

liEHN ft FINK 
(Hind's Cream) 
10:80-Sn-W£AF 
Walt Disney 
Nat Shllkert 
♦RuthraulC & R 
UGOBTT-MYEB6 
(Chesterfield) 
9-Dally-n'ABC 
Phlla fiymph 
LUXOR 
"(Armour') 
«:30-Sn-WEAF 
•Talkie Pic Time' 
June Meredith' 
John Qoldswortby 
John Stanford 
Gilbert Douglas 
Murray Forbes. 
•N. W. Ayer 
LORILLARD 
(Old Gold) 
tO-W-WABC 
Ted Florlto 
Dlok Powell 
♦Lennoh & M. 
LOUDEN P'CKING 

(Doggie Dlnn<>r). 
. 6:45-Th-WABC 
•Stamp Adventures' 
Reginald Knorr 
Carl Eoyer 
♦Mattcson. P. O, 
MANHATTAN 

SOAP CO. 
lI:S0-Th-WJZ 
Harriet Lee 
Edward Kennedy 
•Peck^ ■ 
jr. W. MAKBOfV 
(Oil Shampoo) 
l:15.-Tii-Th-WABC 
Joan-. Marrow 
Bob Nolan . 
Eddie House 
♦Placed direct 
MET. LIFE CO. 
6:45-Dnll.v-WEAF 
Arthur Cagley. 
DB. MILES LAB'S 
(Alka^Seltzer^ 
10:30-So>WJZ 
WLS Barn Dance 
Ridge Runners 
Mac A Bob . 
Clarence Wheeler 
♦Wade' 

NOLLE CO. 
7:S0-M-W-Tii^ 
WEAF 
Roxanne . V. allact - 
William Edmonson 
Shirley Howard 
(}uy Bonham 
Wamp Carlson 
Dwight Latham 
•Stack -Goble . 
VtSSi. MOORE 
ll:80-W-tVEAr 
Betty Moore 
Lew W hite 

HITELLER ' CO. 
10:4lli-M-W-F- 
WABC 
•Bill & Ginger' 
Virginia Baker 
Lyn Murray 
•Hellwig 

NAT*L SUGAR 
• :S*-M-WJZ 
Melody - Singers 
Joseph Pasternack 
♦Gotham 

OXOL 
10-W-F-WABC 
Dave. Bunny ft O 
Bunny Coughlln 
Dave Grant 
Gordon Graham 
•J. L. Prescott 
OXYDOL 
(Prbct'r A Gamble) 

S-dally-WEAF 
•Ma Perkins' 
Virginia Dayne. 
Margery Hannon 
Karl Hubel 
Wir Pornum 
Chas. Eggleston 
♦Blackett 
PACIFIC BORAX 

P:SO-Tlt-WJZ 
'Death Vall'y Days 
Tim Prawley 
Joseph Bell 
ILdwln W Whitney 
Lonesome Cowboy 
JosenK Bonlme Ore 
♦McCBrlck. . 
PEPSODENT 

7- DaiIy-WJZ 
Amos 'n' Andy 
Charles Correl 
Freeman Gosden 

(•Rise • of Gbld'> 

8- Dally-WJZ 
Gertrude Berg 
James- Waters 

9:S0-Tn-Th-Sa- 
WJZ 
Eddie Duchln 
♦Lord & Thomas 
PERFECT CIRCLE 

2:S0-Su-WE.AF 
Ohman and Arden 
Edward Nell 
Arlene Jackson 
♦SIdener. V & K 

PHILCO 
V:48 dally ex. Sa 

Su-WABO 
Boake . Carter 
♦P. W. Armstrong 
PHIMP MOBRIS 
8-Tu-WEAF 
Leo Relsman't! Ore 
Phil Duey 
•Blow 

PILLSBURY 

10- 'SO-Datly-WJZ 
•Today's Children' 
Irma Phillips 
Walter Wicker 
Bess Jbhneota 
Irene Wicker 
Lucy Glllman , 
Fred Von Amott 
Jean McGregor; 
•Hutchinson . 

11- M-W-F-WABC 
•Cooking Close Up.p' 
•Hutch Inaon 

PABRT 
•-TutWEAF 
Ben Bernte Ore 
•Matt-Fogn rty 
PLOUGH. INC 
10-W-WJZ 
Vincent Lopez 
king's .Testers 
Adele Starr 
Tony Caboooh 
♦Lake-Splro'C 
RALST'N PURINA 

•Adventures of 

Tom Mix' 
Artells Dixon 
Percy Hemua 
Winifred Toomey 
Andrew Donnelly 
10:30-!lru-WEAF 
Mme Bylvlo . of 

Hollywood 
♦Gardnei' 

REAL SILK 
7-Sa-WJZ 
Ted Weems Orcb. 



BUDDY WINS OVER BUD 



Shays 



Suit Against Rogers 
missed by Court 



Dis- 



The two band-leading, Buds, 
Buddy Rogers and Bud Shays, who 
engaged In litigation over the theme 
song, 'My Buddy,' no lc>nger are 
tlfflhg. Juiatice Philip J. McCook, 
In N. T. Supreme Court, threw 
out Shays' suit against Charles 
(Buddy) Rogere. 

Shays: complained that Rogers 
had adopted his radio slgnaturie 
song,. 'My Buddy,' and ialleged that 
was unfair trade competition. The 
court' sustained Rogers In that any 
dispute o'ver the usage o£ the song 
had to be Instituted by the . tech- 
nical copyright owner of 'By Buddy' 
(written by GuS Kahn and Wal- 
ter Donaldson and published by 
Remlck) and hehcei he granted 
Rogers' motion to dismiss the com- 
plaint on the ground that It $etB 
forth no cause for action. 



Hillbilly Spot Importe 4 
From ^ew York State 

Charlotte, N, C, Feb. 26. 
WBT went all the way to Roches* 
ter,. N. T., for four musicians t<* 
produce Carolina hillbilly music to 
suit the Carolina hillbillies. Pro- 
gram Is for Crazy Crystail and th» 
^Tew Tork hillbillies go on for 12 
IG-mlnute proerrams a week. ' 

Tlvelr 'good-ole mountain 'muslt^ 
; 8 suiting the natives of the Caro- 
lina hills perfectly. 



John Riiyff* operator of a Loq An- 
geles bar, has. been named in a. Fed- 
eral couijt complaiint filed by ASCAP 
a.nd Shapiro & Bernstein Co.^' 
charging violation of music copy- 
right. 



(jharles Lyone 
♦Erwln-Wasey 

BED STAB YEiXS'T 
11-Ttt-Th-S-WEAT 
Ednia Odell 
Phil Porterfleld 
Irma Glen 
Earl Lawrence 
BEMINOTON 
8:S0tF-WABC 
•March, of Time' 
♦Bm B., D. & o. 
B. J; BEYNOLDS 

'(.Camela) . 
lO-Tto-Thn-WABC 
Casa Loma .. - 
Connte Doswell 
Stoopnagle & Budd 
♦Wm. Esty 

RIESEB CO. 
(Venlta Shampoo) 

6:16-Sa-WABO 
Tom JktcLaughlin 
Ted Black 

5:ia-Sn-WEAF 
T6d Blaok 
Vincent Calendo 
^Giimblnner' 

BITCHIE 
(Eno Salts) 
8-TU-W.-WJZ 
Eho Crime Club' 
Spencer Dean 
►N. W. Ayer 
SEA LSD ro WER 

S-M-tVJZ 
CllR Soubier 
Morln . Sisters 
King's Jesters 
Harold Stoke'e Ore 
♦Grace ft Halllday 
SILVER DUST 
7:30-Tn-Th-Sa- 
WABC 
Phil Cook 
♦B. B. D. ft O. 
SINCLAIR 

9- M-WJZ 
Oene Arnold ' 
Bin Chllds 
Mao McCloud 
Joe Parsons 
cuff Soubier 
Harry Kogen 
♦Federal 

SMITH BBOS. 
9:46-Sn^WJZ 
Billy HUlpot 
Scrappy Lambert 
Nat ^hlll^ret's Ore 
♦Ho'Tiitn r -Tarchor 
SPABKS-W-CO. 
(Sparton Radios) 
Dick Hlmber . 
Frances Lan^ord 
3 Scamps 
Joey Nash 
U. 3. Adv, Corp. 
SPftATT'S PAT. 
7:4B-Tu-WJZ 
Don Carney's Dog 

Stories 
♦Paris ft Peart . 
STAND. BRANDS 
(Chase ft Sanborn) 

8-Su-WEAF 
Eddie Cantor 
Rubtnoff' 

(Baker's) 
7:30-8n-WJZ 
Joe Penner 
Harriet Hllllard 
Ozzle Nelson Ore 
8-W-WEAF 
(Royal GelV 
Jack Pearl 
Cliff Hall 
Peter Van Steeden 
Kathleen Wells 
8-Th-WE.AF 
(Flelschmahn) 
Rudy Vallee and 

His Conii. Tank* 
•J. Walt. 'ThOmp. 
STD. OIL (N. X.y 

8-H-WE.AF 
Socony Sketches 
Arthur Allen 
Pctker Fennelly 
Kate McComb 
Isabelle Wlnlocke 
Ruth Russell 
Robert Strauss 

B.. B.. D. & O. 
STEBIJNG PROD 
8:30-W-WEAF 
(Phillips Mag) 
Waltz Time' 
Abe Lyman. Ore 
Prank Munn 
6 da>Ily ex. Sa-So 

WABC 
'.Sklppy' 
♦Blackett 

SUN OIL 
6:46-Dnlly-WJZ 
Lowell Thomas 
•Roche- Wllllftms 

smFT 

(Butterfleld) 

10- F>WABO 
Oiseh & Johnso'h 
King's Jesters 
Harry Sosnlck 

(Vlgoro) 
'Garden Party' 
Mario Chathlee 
Coe Glade 
Karl Schulte 
•J.. Walt. Thomp: 
TASTYEAST 
12:18-Sa-WJZ 
Baby 'Rose~Marle=- 

7:30-Ta-WEAF 
Arlene Jackson 
Green Bros 
♦Stack -Goble 

TENN. CORP. 
(Loma Plant Pood) 
10:80-Su-WEAF 



Don Vflbrhees 
•Hanff-Netzger 
TlDiSWATEB 

(Tydol> 
1:30-M-WADC 
Jimmy Kemper 
Hummingbirds. 
Robert Ambr.ustei 
*Lennoti-Mltch 
UNDERWOOD 
8:30-Tli-WAHC 
Alexander Gray 
Nat; Shilkfet 
Mary . Eastman 
tMarchand 

U. 6. tOB.ACCd 

(Dill's Best). 

7-Sn-WEAF 
Half H r for Men' 
Pic Malorie 
Fat Padgett 
Roy Cropper. 
Josef. Bonlme 
♦McC.-Erlck. 

UNION CENTRAL 

S-Su-WABO 
'Roses ft Drums' 
Elizabeth Love 
George Gaul 
Robt 1 Hulnes 
Blaine CorSnef 
•J. Walt. Thomp. 
VADSCO S.ALES 
7:30-Th-WJZ 
r.DJer Kiss) 
Micha«I Ilartlett 
♦L. H. Hartman 

WANDER CO. 
(Ovaltlne> 
. 6:45-DalI,v-WJZ 
Little Orphan A" 
Allan Baruck 
Henrietta Tedro 
Ed Sprague 
Stanley Andrewt 
Shirley Pell 
♦Blackett 
WARD B.AKING 
6:4S-Sii-WABC 
7:S0-Sa-WABC 
'Family Theatre' 
Cecil Lean ' 
Cleo May Held 
James Melton ' 
Billy Artz 
WM. B. WARNER 

9-W-WJZ 
(Sloan's. Liniment) 
Warden Lawes 
(Vlnce Mouthwash) 

9;30rW-WJZ 
John McCormack 
Wm. M. Daly 
♦Cecil, Warwick 
WASEY PROD. 
12-M-W-Th-F- 

WABC 
8.30-Tu-WABC 
Voice , of- Exp'rlence 
♦Erwln Wasey 

B. L. WATKINB 
9-Su-W.IZ 

Tamara 
Davis Percy 
Gene Rodemlch 
Men About Town 
TBIackett 
WELCH GRAPE 
:40'-W-8 :16-Su-W.I7 
Irene Rich 
♦Kastor 

WMEATENA 
7:16-Dally-WEAF 
•Billy Bachelor* 
Raymond Knight 
Alice Davenport 
6:46-S-WARC 
4:4B-M-Tn-W-Th- 
^ WABC 
Happy Minstrel 
♦McKee- Albright 

WILDROOT 
4Ufi-Sn-WEAF 

Vee Lawnhuriat 
John Segal 
♦B. B.. D. ft O. 
WOOOBUBY 
8:30-M-WABC 
Blng Crosby 
Lennle Hayton 
Mills Bros 
Kay ' Thompson 
TLe'nnon ft M. 

8:S0-W-F-WJZ 
•D'ngero'us P'r'dlee 
ElPle Hltz .. 
Nick Dawson' 
WYETH CHEM. 

(Jad. Salts) 
1:30-Tu-W-Th-F-! 
WABC 
'Eaey Aces'. 
Goodman Ace 
Jane Ace 
Mary Hunter 
♦Blackett 

WRIOLEY 
7-M-Tb-F-WABC 
'Myrt ft Marge' 
Myrte Vail 
Donna Dameral 
Eleanor Rella 
Vincent Cblemdn 
Karl Huebl 
Helena Ray 
Ray Hedge 
Dorothy. Day 
Geno.:.ICr£tzinger^^ 
Reginald Knorr 
Karl Way 
♦B'rancea Hoopst 
. WORCESTER 
(Salts Toothpaste) 

6t4S-V-WABO : 
Zoel Parenteau'9 O 



JACK 
BENNY 

WEAF 
10.10:30 P. M. 
EVERY SUNDAY 

CHEVROLET 



PROGRAM 



ARMOUR * JESTER 

PHIL 
BAKER 

EVERY FRIDAY EVENING 

WJZ, NBC NETWOBK 

w y:obk 4 . 

.10 P. M. I « 
E.S.T. 

I Thr 



NEW y:obk 

9:30 
E 



CHICAGO 
330-9 P. M. 
C.S.T. 
Thre 8t«tlMi WENR 



PARAMOUNT, New York 

(This Week, Feb. 28) 



Studio or ft Singers- Carl Von Auberre 



♦Cr oot 

TEXAS CO. 
9:30.Ta.WEAV 

Ed Wynn 
Graham McNamee 



♦Fuller ft Smith 

YRASTFOAM 
.2:80-Sn-Wra 
Jan Garber Ore 
•Haya McFarland 



HARRY 
MgNAUGHTON 

ALIAS ''BOTTLE" 

THE ARMOUR HOUR 



WJZ, NBC NETWOBK 
9:80-10 P.M.. £;S.T. 



PARAMOUNT, New York 

(This Week, Feb. 23) 



sm 

GARY 

Radi Versatile Baritone 

CUNARD HOUR 

10-10:30 P.M. very Tuesday 

WJZ 



SHIRLEY 
HOWARD 

The Star of 

^^THT^MOrariBHOW- 

NBC-WEAF, Mod;, Wed., Tliurs. 
7:80 P. M, 



HeadIi ing the Roxy, New 
York 

This Week (Feb. 22). 



Tuesday, FebruaJy 27, 1934 



RADIO 



VARIETY 



43 



, 1 1 I I 1 in Ml M -^i 



fH-nii iiii + i n-MJi 11 T I 1 i.i-M rrnnn i t i n 1 1 rm vr 



RADIO CHATTER 



New York 



Harry McNaughton telling his 
nalB he'B in radio for keeps. East 
lor six broadcasts after a BoUd 
ether year ii» ChicagOj^- 

Benny Leonard on WHN's sports 

^'weSfe'Revell Is golnfir oh NBC for 
two sustaining quarter hours to do 
a. fan magazine of the air tolli. She's 
on WJZ at 2:46 p. na. Tuesday , and 



LEON 




ARMOUR PROGRAM 

1»:30-'10 V. M., TtelDAtB 
WJZ 

WABO 

liMly M, UtrXU H«M. N«W Viril 

Sole pirectloD lIEBlIAii BSaRMIB 
1619 Broadway. Kew York 



CONRAD 
THIBAULT 



Wednesday, 8:30-9 P.M. 
WABC 

Thursday, 9-10 P.M. 
WEAF 




and his 



DANCE ORCHESTRA 
•t the 

HOTEL ROdSEVELt 

^BHr TOBK 

IGHTLY 



WEAF at 4:16 Friday afts. It's a 
repeat booking for Nellie. 

Rich&rd C. Patterson, Jr., NBC 
executive r. p.,. left Thursday (22) 
for the coast. May straighten out 
the legal tiff between Earle Anthony 
(KPI) and the web while there. 

Chauncey Parsons, enroute to. 
Chicago, stopped off in Pittsburgh 
to. guest on the /'Pittsburgh .Va- 
rieties.' After first show was held, 
over for Ave more programs. 

Dick Powell has been renewed for 
three more on Did Gold. 

Eldora Stanford auditioning for 
NBC. 

Hiibbell Robinson, Young & Riibi- 
cam radio exec, leaves this week for 
a swing through the South in behalf 
of Borden's. 

LUcky Strike is auditioning for a 
program to take the place of the 
Met opera "series, even though NBC 
doesn't know where it will find an 
evening half-hour spot to accom- 
modate the. account. 

Ed Sullivan, News columnist, 
goes into the Plough show, oh NBC 
tomorrow (Wednesday) night as 
m. c. First batch of guest artists 
he's furnishing . include Helen Mor- 
gan, Ted Kohler and Harold Arlen. 

NBC is now auditioning Nancy 
Garner paired with Celia Branz. 

Alton Cook, World- Telegram, 
points out that, many fans habitu 
ally are unable to tell Ben Bernie 
from Jack Benny from Jack Denny 
because of name similarity. 

Clark Getts recovering from 
grippe. 

Ruth Delmar, 'pre§s agent-de- 
scribed as a New . Rochelle debu- 
tante, sings front the Village Barn 
over WHN. 

Pola Negri will sing for . Under 
wood typewriters and eschew verbal 
dramatics. 

Paul Whiteman. who guest-con 
diicts the. Cincinnatti Symphony 
March -6 will take several of his 
men west with him. Besides Man 
ager Jack Lavln Cihcy will see. 
Mike Pingatore, Chsurles Strlck 
faden. Prank Traumbauer, and Roy 
Bargy. Adolph Deutsch goes ahead 
to rehearse and arrange details but 
will be back at ° the Biltmore to 
pinch -hit for Whiteman. 

Dorothy Atkins will have more 
singing assignments with . .the 
Whiteman band the week Peggy 
Healy plays the Fox, Brooklyn. 

Percy Deutsch of World Broad 
casting officially confirms start of 
sustaining library service March 1. 

Walter Craig" busy making . series 
of waxings. 



Ing the smartest eommercisi copy 
in town, Subbing between jobs in 
keeping sponsors hSLppy and con- 
tented. Felln's chow, on the up- 
grade under her direction. 

New Philly sheet, the Pennsylr 
vanta Weekly News, will try an air 
build-up for a. gal news commenta- 
tor; outfit buying three fifteen-min- 
ute spots on WIP. Paper owned by 
Paul Gottlieb, wee secretary to ex- 
mayor Harry Mackey. 



South 



Bahimore 



La Grippe has Jack Lederer feel- 
ing bit low. 

Lee Timmohs now carrying polo 
handicap of three. 

Maurice Schwartz, In with legit 
Yoshe Kalb,' spieled quarter-hour 
of dramatic readings in Yiddish 
and English over WCBM. 

John Iledeman, : signed by WCBM 
to train incipient. Junior Radio 
Chorus. 

Cn eve of fiftieth anniversary, 
Johns Hopkins U Glee Club aired 
its initial ether concert over WCAO. 

Steve Zarmsla, WCBM's 'King o' 
the Keyboard,' recovering from 
emergency.; appendix opp. 

Bob Maslin, Jr.; WFBR p. a., on 
va'cash in Florida. 

Lee Mossbauer, local compoiser, 
had latest pair of songs given first 
ether airing over WCAO last week* 
Charles Pifrcell,. WCAO an 
nouncer, has . sllppeoL engageinent 
rock on finger of May Lamb, also 
of station. ;. 

Alice Joy played a one-day en^- 
gageniieht aboard the Paradise Ship 
in Troy. 

Another of Boston's smart sup- 
per clubs has stepped out on the 
air. The Broadwiay, which opened 
the other night, ' is shar ing bands 
with listenenrs over WBZ, Boston 
Sammy Liner and his orchestra are 
furnishing the. music. 

Carleton Dickerman of the WEBI; 
Boston, announcing staff began his 
ninth year of .announcing work (all 
at WEED Saturday. 

Charlie Hector and his orchestra 
returned to the air this week from 
the Club Tourairie, Boston. Sev- 
eral weks ago the dub was doing 
so much, business they . decided they 
did hot need radio. 



Des Moines 



to 



^ 4BN iflli 4BBi JiiW "fl^^ 

FRED ALLEN'S 

^ SAL HEPATICA REVUE ^ 

with n 

PORTUIND HOFFA W 

JACK SUABT s 

ntWIN DELMOBB S 

MART McCOT OD 

iSCBAPPir T.AMBEBT W 

SONOSMTITHS ^ 

FERt)E GROFE'S MUSIC 
Material Fred Allen and 
Btarry TageBd 
WBAF 

Wednesdays, 9:30 p.m., B.S.T. 
W Manaeremeht Walter Baichelor 

i'^ ilflliiilSlli KSiBi NSli ifilM il 




NORTON 

JACK CURTIS 

CURTi 

Palace Theatre BIdgi New York 



'TODAY'S CfflLDREN" 

Written by Irn^ Phillips 

Sponsored by 

Pillsbury Flour Mills Co. 

NBC-~WJ2 10:30 A.M. 
WENR 10:15 A.M. Daily 



PUladelphia 



Dr. .Iicon. Levy, just back from 
Florida,*, returning for more sun. 
: WPEN. after Sammy Daroff, the! 
town's biggest coat and pants man- 
ufacturer, to warble a weekly sus- 
tainer. 

Keystone Auto Club, becoming 
air-minded again for a big show.. 
Understood little outlets have a 
chance; . 

Paul Mason; WCAU musical di- 
rector, out with a sickness, Paul 
NefC swinging the' baton in the 
meantime. 

Phyllis Foster, WDAS Interviewer, 
daughter of former theatre operator. 
Gal scooping other outlets on guest 
stars through personal contacts. 

Local laugh concerns Jerry Crow- 
ley, WIP program chief, who has 
made application for . the Russian 
consular service. Crowley back from 
the Capital, but wo't talk. 

Larry Tale, signs With N. Y. agent 
for three years. Bill Paley, CBS 
prexy, and Ralph Wonders bring- 
ing kid over mny way, as result of 
network spots from WCAU. . 

Wilbur Evans, former Atwater- 
Kent audition winner, now doihgr a 
beer commercial on WLIT, pointing 
toward N. Y; World Broadcasting 
said to be readying a show. 

Powers, Gouraud, local man-' 
abobt-town and .opening night air; 
reviewer of thieatre offerings, gets' 
big billing ad from all houses, and 
plenty of razz from press critics. 

Carol Irwin, WCAU scrlpter, do-, 



PAT KENNEDY 

(The Unmasked Tenor) 

Sponsored ' by 
Paris Medicine Co. 
WON4 ChJc(«co, Dolly 
1:30-1 145 P M. CST 



THE 
KING'S 
JESTERS 

Personal Management 

PAULKAPP 

DORING^llSTERS 

CreatorN of a New Trio StyTe 

CBS SWIFT REVUE 

as PBOOKFIELD DAIRYMAIDS 

PH., 10-10:30 P.M. EST 
VfOa, Chlraffo' Trlbnne Station 
M' Weeks, Berlnning; Nov. 1 
Kxrlmxtre Wr. P.^tT. IfAPP 



Mid-West 



Mary Hayes latest' addition 
contiunity departhient, WOC-WHO 
Assists' Dr. JjjW Flangan, depart 
ment chief. 

Al W. 'Triggs; if or islx months at 
WIAS, Ottumwafi la., has r^eturned 
to KSO, Des M(^lnes. He will bfe 
chief announcer if or sports broad; 
casts and speeial | events. 

WOC-WHO has a new piano team 
in the Rex Plane' Duo. Consists of 
Oliver Scott Of Itlidkey and Oliver ■ 
and Marge Kephart, of Vic and 

WOC-WHO win entertain l,600i 
lumbermen and material dealers in 
convenfibn in D^s Moles Feb. 27, 
28 and 29. Show of 14 acts with 60 
performers will be under direction 
of Irving. H. Grossman, artists bu- 
reau chief, who was formerly in 
show business. •; 

WOC-WHO continues hillbilly 
with still -another show, called the 
Country . Store, . every noort hour, 
with half hour Tues., Thursday, and 
iSat, and forty-five minutes Monday, 
Wednesday and Sa^turday. Program 
includes the Four Star Rangers, 
Dan' and Ken, Mississippi Cotton 
Pickers, Louisiana Lou, Hs-rmonica 
joe, Grandpap J'e|?ke and Stan Wid- 
ney. Sponsored I by United Reme- 
dies. 

Jackie Merkle, ; six-year-old psy- 
chic, vfho has jiist concluded en- 
gagements at KSO, Des MOlnes,; 
and WKCR, Cedar Rapids, la., will 
open a four-day engagement at the. 
loM'a theatre, Waterloo, la., Feb. 
22. On March 12 ;he returns to KSO 
for a two -week engagement. 

More than 20,000 men, women and 
children went ..to Skelly. Oil st% 
tionk ill Des Moirjes" to' iget a "ph.oto-' 
graph of 'Speed' Robertson, offered, 
in SlcoUy's 'Air Advetures of Jim- 
my Allen,' over . WOC-WHO, Des: 
Moines. The station also received ^ 
1,897 letters from; listeners In towns! 
where Sltelly gas' is not sold. 

KSO has a new show called mu- 
sical potpourri, featuring Bernie 
Lowe's i orchestra, the Three Jays, 
Brooks knd Plerson and Max Kro- 
mer, harpist. 

KSO has followed up Its mystery 
gossiper with a mystery piano 
player, whose prograni is listed as 
'Elmer Plays the. Piano;' and every- 
one's asking 'who is Elmer,' Instead 
of 'where is Elmer.' 

Prairie Ramblers and Vntay Mon- 
tana played a 46-mln: program on 
WOC-WHO Feb. 22 while en route 
to theatre engagement in southern 
Iowa. Now starred on ,W1S Barn 
Dance, , but originated at WOC, Dav- 
enport, and glad to see old WOC 
friends now In Des Moines. 

LIeut,-Gov. N., G. Kratsohel of 
$owa now on the ,alr over WOC- 
WHO "wlin^^a-serler^Of^Weckly^r^^ 
fiddroRses. The lieutenant-governor 
is now in the spotlight of the na-* 
tion ilirough his recent Indictment 
in FPflfral court for maladmlnlstra- 
fion of PWA. Through .ftpecinl 
-wires addresses will also bo i 
l.rr,ftflra.st from WMT, Waterloo. I 
\'\y<t i.s ."JO.OOO-watt and latter 1,000- 1 
ftatfohp,. bo«h with Ftntip-wiiV- ' 

1' M\ !• irC*>. 



Marie Davenport, now Mrs. 
Thomas Harrill, but still secretary 
to WB'T's . general manager, 

Pete Martin, xylpphpnlst, George 
Frazier, pianist, and Margaret Ches- 
ick,. soprano, have built up an act 
that has now gone commercial over 
WBT, Charlotte, N. C. 

Bob Mitchell, for three years or- 
ganist for WBT, Charlotte, C, 
now in Jacksonville, Fla. 

Grady Cole, hews comnientator 
for WBT, Charlotte, N. O , has third 
sponsor, Cole Manufacturing Com- 
pany (no relation). 

Educational broadcasts, such, as 
radio school ahd. music appreciation, 
occupied 217 hours of time last year 
over WWNC, AsheviUe, N. C, a 
survey ishows. Of this time 91 hours 
originated locally, 

"WKBC, Birmingham, has installed 
crystal microphones, according to 
Steve Cisler, nianager. 

On "Washington's blrthdayi. Wil- 
liam A. Schudt, Jr., celebrated his 
first anniversary as manager of 
WBT and his 14th anniversary In 
radio. 

Colonel Harry ^one, station man- 
ager of WSM, was the guest of 
honor in a 'Ye Old Time Party' which 
was Jglven by Mr; and Mrs.. laasses 
White. About 40 members of the 
staff were invited. 

Delmore Brothers, . Alton and 
Rabon, on. the Grand Old Opry on 
WSM, join hands with Zeke Clem- 
ents, and his Broncho Busters, who 
have 'jUst returned to. WSM from 
an extended tour on one of the na- 
tional networks. They open a new 
series of programs each Saturday 
night iit 10:3,0 o'clock. 

Beasley Smith, rorchestra director 
and producer of many musical acts, 
has formed a trio ..known as 'The 
Three Music Makers' with Oplo 
Gates and Rod Kent. They broad, 
cast each Wednesday night iat (5 : 30 
p.rh. broadciasting from studios of 
WSM, Nashville. 

Rod Davis and his associates arc 
heard each week through WSM. 

Freddie Rose conducts his song 
shop on the air, broadcasting from 
the studios of WSM on. Tuesday 
night at 6 p.m., Thursday at 10:15 
p.m. and Saturday at -6: 80 p:m; 

'Sklppy,' German tumbler, on 
Nashville's WLAC, was recently on 
dally program presented by Crazy 
Water. 

Meinbers 6f the Nashville Experi- 
mental Theatre iare tiresentihg . 9, 
series, of ..dramatic episodes over 
WLAC. Episodes heard Monday and 
"W^edhesday at 6 p.m. . " 

Lois Albright, classical pianist, 
broadcasts over .WLAC^ Nashville, 
Sunday afternoon^ at 6:46, 

'The Apothecflxles* comprising 
Nashville's joSidest conimercial pro- 
gram, conipleted ' their 132hd con^- 
secutlve broadcast over- "WltAC thl? 

W£^ 



National Iowa night, March 7 will 
go on the air from WSUI, through. 
WOC-WHO. Des Moines, 8:30 to 9 
p.m., in recognition of President 
Walter A. Jesup, University of Iowa, 
who leaves to become head of the 
Carnegie Foundation for the Ad- 
vancement of Teaching. 

Al Wt Triggs. In an announcing 
spot with WIAS, Ottumwa, Iowa, 
now consolidated with. KWCR, 
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, back at KSO, 
Des Moines. ' 

Reggie Martin steps up from 
chief announcer to assistant man- 
ager of WKBB, East Dubuque, 111, 
WKBB, East Dubuque, 111., Is 
proud of the fact that its complete 
(Continued on page 46) 



Charles Godwin, WKY, Oklahoma 
City, staff , announcer, is engaged. 
Happened a few days ago. 

Clouse-Stone Shoe Company be- 
gan, a' new radio program- on WKY, 
Oklahoma City, Sunday, Feb. 18, at 
1:30 p. m. It's §, 15-minute period 
of gossip about the stars, starlets, 
fllnis and fanfare, of Hollywood.. 

L^rge numbers- Of school teachers 
attending the . State Association 
meeting In Oklahoma City last 
week visited the stucliOs Of KOMA, 
and werie entertained by KOMA 
management with special- programs. 

Glenn Hardle, formerly at KMTR, 
is now announcing at KNX. 

Marshall Grant is the . new staff 
organist at KNX. Replaces New- 
ton Yates. 




B 



"RADI 




IMJC' 



COLGATE HOUR 
WEAF— COAST-TO-COAST 

9 P. M, EST. Every Saturday 



IRENE 
TAYLOR 



.RbCKWELLO'KEEFE, 
RKO BIdfl., Radio City, New York 



There 
Once More ! 

P. S.— rm Also Playing 

LOEW'S PARADISE 

NEW YORK 
(This Week— Peb. 23) 

P. is. 2— And in ^Sunday 
NIphts at Nine' at the Bar- 
blzon-Plaza Concert Hall, 
Weekly 



RAY 




Personal irection 

Medley brown 



HOTEL PIERRE 




DENNY 



AND HIS ORCHESTRA 




WBAF 
Taes., 12:30 A.M. 
Wed., 11:80 P.M. 

• 

Sat., 12 Midnight 



AinerleaB Oi| Co.. 
WABC 
Bun., 7 P;H. 
. • 

fUehard Hadnut 
WAHO 
FrI., 0:30 P.M. 



I sham 
Jones 

Orehestra 



COMMODORE UOtSL, V. S. 

The bis allow Bponnored b} 
SX LAX eVerr Honilay, 0:30- 
10 P.M. SastauMnK — Tuesdays, 
TharsdAys aSa Friauft, lliSU- 
12 P.M.; Satnrdayn, 11-11:10 
P.M.. eoast .to coast. WABC 

Dlreotlon 
Colombia BroadcaBtlnc System 



L E O 

ZOLLO 

AND HIS MUSIC 

Monday-T-.l-.riSO P.M„ NBC 
Saturday— 6:l6r6:30 P.M.. NDC 



PlayliiK NiKbtly 
BRNJ.IMIN FRANKLIN IIOTK 
Philadelphia 

ManiiKeinent , 
NBO ArtlfttH' Burean, New Torki^^ 
PerflonnI Rep.— L]<;W CHI DD 



VIVIAH JANIS 

"ZIEGFELD FOLLIES" 

Sole Dir'ection 
HERMAN BERN! 
1(110 Broadway 
New Vorli City 



46 VARIETY 



RADIO 



Tue^daj, February 27, 1934 



Radio Directory 



'(At a convenience for: readers unfamiliar who's who ^ in Radiot 

'Variety' prints below a directory for New Verk, Los Angeles, 
San Francisco^ and Chicago.) 



New York City 

(Stations wJZ-NyEAF) 

60 Rockefeller Center 
Circle 7-8300 

M;. H. Ayieswonh,. President. „ « 
RlCbard C. Patterson, Jr.. Bsecutlv* V.-Pv 

A. L. Adhbj, <.-P. and Oen. Atty. 
George Bnsles. V.-P. on Artlsti: Service. 
John F. Royal. V.-P. pn Programs. 
ROy C. Wltiner; Vi-P. on East Dtv. Sales. 
Frank Mason, V.-P. on Public Relations 
Mark Woods, Treasurer. 
Xewle MacConnaph, Secretary. 

Alfred fl. Morton, Bus* Mgr., Program 
Dept. 

Uoyd Thomas, Mgr. Local dales. 

W. C. Roux, M«r.. Local Sales Proniotlon. 

H. F.- M^Kebn, Auditor. . 

H. F. Kellyi Asst. Auditor. 

e. W. Horn. Qeh. Engineer. 

Frank Mulleniri Agricultural Dir. 

J. deJara Almonte, Evening Operations., 

Bertha Bralnard, Program Mftr, 

O. Wv Payne, Operations. 

R. J. Telcherti, Asst. to Treas. 

Oeparttnent Heads 

Donald G. Shaw,. Esistem Sales Mgr. 

ThOB. H. Belvlso, Music Ubriary. 

W. D. Bloxham, Purchasing Agent.' 

John R,. Carey, Service Supervisor, . 

O. B. Hanson, Mgr.. Plant Operation and 
Engineering ' Dept. ' 

Rutli Keeler, Personnel Supervlpor. . 

Donald mtbycomb. Mgr. Sta. Relations. 

Paul F. Peter. Mgr. Statistical Dept. 

O. W. Johnstone. Mgr. Press, Relations 
Dept. \ 

Harold Kemp. Artists Service Popular | 
Talent' ' . ■ . '. 

D. S. TutbllU Sales Mgr.. Artists' Service. 

.Qulnton Adams, Office Mgr. 

B. P. H. Jsme». Sales Promotion UsT. 
T. .O. Babln, Eastern Service Mgr. 

Mrs, Franceis Rockefeller King, Mgr. prl> 
Tate entertainment. ' 

CBS 
(Sitation WABC) 

48B Ma<ltaoB Ave. 
Wtckersham '2-20Q0 

William 8. ^Paley, President. 

Edward. Klauber. Executive V.'P. 

Sam Plckard^ ' V^i-P. 

B«gb KendsU Bolce, .^P. ia Charge M I 
.Bales. . : . _^ 

Lawrence W. Lowman, V.-P. on Opecia- | 
Udns. and Secretary. 

.M. R. Runyon. Treasurer. 

Karl Knipe. SalM Mgr; 

'William H. . Ensign, Asst. ' Sales Mgr. 

Julian Field, Comm. rrogram Dir. 

Julius S. Seebacb, Proifram Operations. 

B. J.. Oude, PubUolty. 

Edwin K. Cohan, ; recbnlcal Dir. 

Paul White, NeWs.Broadtiaatlng. 
Paul W. Kesten. Salte Premoti^a. 
John J, Karol. Market Research. 
'W^ M. C. Qettlnger. fiales Deyeloi^ment 
John S. Carlisle. Productlbn Mgr. 
Frederic- P. WlUls, EducatlomU Dir. 
JuUus Mattiteld. Husk: LIbraty. 
Hugh Cowan. Commercial Engineer. 
Marion R. ParaOnnett, Dramatic Dir. 
.-Ralph J. Wonders. Mgr., Artists'; Bureau: 
Peter De Lima, Mgr. ot Contracts. 
Paul Ross. Mgr. Perflonal Bookings. 

WOR 

Bamberger . Broadcasting Service, Ibo. 
1440 Broadway- 
Pennsylvania 6-8368 

Alfred J. McCoBker, Station Mgr. 
A. A. Cormier, Sales Mgr. 
Walter J. Neft, Asst. Sales Mgr. 
X^wlB Reld, Program Mgr. 
George Shackley, Musical Dir. 
Robert I. Wilder, Program Dir. 
J. H; Poppele, Chief Engineer 

Wl 

American Radio Mews Corp. 
114 B. 68th St. 
Eldorado D-6100 

Bradley Kelly, Station .Mgr, 
Philip F.° Whltteui sales Mgr; 
H. F. Bldwell, Production Mgr. 
Vincent Sorey, Musical Dir. 
H. Harrison, 'Acting Program Dir. 
George Wleda. Press. 

Wmca 

, Knickerbocker BrQadcastlng Corp. 

Donald .Flamm, Pres. -. 

Operated, by Federal Broadcai^^ng Corp. 

roadway at 63d. St. 
Columbus 6-6060 



-P. In charge of 



John T. Adams, Pres. 
Talbot O. Freeioan, 
Commercial Dept. 
Clendcnnlng J. Ryan, Jr., V.-P. 
James K. N orris. . Treasurer. 

A. J. Adams, .Executive Aas.t to Pres, 
Harry Carlson. Program Dir. 

Jack' Bicker, Production Mgr. 
Robert Hood Bowers, Musical Dir. 
Charleys Martin, Dramatic Dir. 
Harry Pdscoe, Continuity Dlr, .' 
Frank Hennigs, Mgr. Artists' Bureau. 
Robert 6. Wood, Dr. Public Relations.- 
Fratix Mnrk, Chief Engln^r. 

WLWL 

linWersal Broadcasting Corp. 
416 W. 60tb St. 

^ .Columbus 8-7080 

H. F. Riley. Dir. 

J. P. Klernan. Business Mgr. 

B. W. Bjork. Sales Mgr. 
George O'Brien, Program Dir. 
Rudolph Forst. Musical Dir. 
Joseph Del^pie. Chief Engineer 



John Whalley, Office Mgr. . 
Roy Shield, Chief Musical Dir. 
C. L.. Meniser, Production Dlr, 
Sidney Strots, Program Mgr. . 
Alex Rdbb, Asst. P.-ggram Bfgr. 
Sidney Strota. Artists MKr._^ 
Willis Cooper. Continuity E4,, 
Frank Mullen, Dir. of AsrlciKltUre. 
Judltb Waller, Educational Dir. 
Kenneth Carpenter, Sales Mgr. 
Bin Hay. Local Sales Mgr. 
I. E. Showerman, Sales Service Mgr. 
E. C. Carlson; Sales Promotion Mgr. 
Howard Luugens. Chief Engineer. 
M. W, Rife. Chief Field Engineer. 
B. R. Donges, Maintenance .Mgr. 
I only).- . ■■ , . ■ 

Al Wllilamson. Publicity Mgr. 



Wrigley Bldg. 
Whitehall 6000: 

(Station WBBM) 

H. Leslie Atiass, Vicfr-Pres.; In Charge. 
J. J. Ktiig,' Asst. to Vlce-Pres, 
Leonard Erlksop, Western. Sales Mgr. 
J. Kelly Smith, WBBM Sales Mgr. 
nob Stephenson, WBBM Asst. Sales Mgr. 
Richard Elpers, Sales Research Dir. 
Walter Preston, Program Director. . 
Deloa Owen, Program Operations Mgr. 
Holland Engle, Asst. to Program Director. 
Ray Appleby, Dramatic Prod. Mfer. 
Don Remard, Music Prod. Mgr. 
Howard NeumtUer, Music Dir. 
Henry Klein, Continuity Editor. 
FranK Falknor, Chief Eitglheer." 
Bob Kaufman, publicity Mgr. 
Effle Marine Harvey, Bducatlohal Dir.. 
Ray Black, News Service' Mgr. 
Arthur Wlsner, Community Concert Mgr. 
McCIure Bollows, Columbia Concert Mgr. 

KYW 

Stratlss Bldg. 
Wabash :4040 

Homer Hogan, Gen. Mgr. 

Parker Wheatley, Production Mgr. 

Harold E. Bean, Asst. Production Mgr. . 

Rex Maupln. Musical Director. 

H.. E. Jlandiill, Chief Engineer. 

U Taer Turner, Publicity Dir. 

WCFL 

Furniture Mart 
Delaware. 8600 
John Fltzpatrick, President. 
Edward N. Nockles, Gen, Mgr. 
Frankllp Lundqulst Bus, M^: 
Maurice Lynch. Treasurer. ' 
. Howard Keegah, . Production Dir. 
Eddie Hanson, Musical Dir. 
Howard Keegan, Chief Announcer.. 
Maynard Marquardt. Chief Engineer. 

WJJD 

Lake and Wells Sts. 
SUte .6406 
Ralph Atlads, .den. Mgr. 
Art Linlck. Commercial Mgr. 
Joe Allabough. Chief Announcer. 
WL8 

1230 W. Washington 
Haymarket 7600 

Burridge Biltler^ President. 
Glenn Snyder, Gen. Mgr. 
George Biggar, Program Mgr. 
D. R. McDonald, Adv. Mg^. 
Tom Rowe, Chief Engineer. 
Clementine I<egg, Artists Mgr. 
Hal O'Halloran, Chief A'nnouncet, 
Julian Bentley, Publicity Dir. 

WGN 

Drake Hotel . 
Superior. .0100 

W. iB. Ataoforlane, Gen. Mgr^ 
Quln Ryan, Station Mgr. 
George Isaac Commercial Mgr. 
Edward. Barry, Production Mgr. 
Adolph Dumcnt, Musical Dir. 
Carl Myers, Chief Engineer. 
SYank Scbrelber. Publicity Dir. 

WGES 

128 N. Crawford 
Van Buren 8000 

Genie Dyer, Station Mgr. . 
Charles Lanpheieur, Production Mgr. 
Joseph Brubaker, Chief Engineer. 
John. Van, Musical Dir. 
Don Crosnor, Chief Announcer. 

Wl 

201 North Wells. 
State 6466 

Raiph^ AtTass. President. 
Frances Kennedy. V.-P. 
Frank Morrow, Program Dl 
John Murl, Mtislcal Director. 
T. McMurray, Cblef Engineer. 
Art Jones, Chief Announcer. 

Advertisihg Agencies 

, Lord St Thomas— Henry SelUnger^ 
J. Walter Thompson-rTom Luokenblll. 
Erwln-Wasey— William WeddelL 
N. W. . Ayer-W. G. McGuIre. 
Crltchfleld^Frank: SteeL 
McJunkIn*-Frahk Steel, 
BBD&O— George May. 
Bla^kett-Sample— M. H. Peterson. 
Henri Hurst McDonald— Art Decker. 
Hays MacFarlandr^Nate CaldwelL 

Los Angeles 

KHJ 



Hollywood-Paradise 

Digging New Shows 

Joe Moss wajits Harry Bicbinan 
to follow Rudy Valle© at the Holly- 
wood restaurant. Vallee sticks until 
April or May. 

Buddy Rogers stayed only five 
W^dks, his contracted period, at the 
Parfidlse restaurant, A new show, 
specially authored hy Irving Caesar 
dhd .Sam Pokrasa, Opens there 
March Z. Aunt Jethlma wiU be fea- 
tured. Roger Wolfe Kahn and Oss- 
zle N^elson's orchiestrds are among, 
those being considered.... 



FroficSf'Ohicagp, Barns 



Chicago, Feb. 26. 

Frolics Cafe, famous for years as 
ace . nlte club of town on Twenty- 
secbnd street, completely destroyed 
by flr6 last night. 

Was one of the few, pre-prphlbl- 
i tlbn spots to operate throughout. 



Radio Showmanship 

(Continued from page 48) 
PhiUy, with the script penned by 
Arthur Bryan. 

Hsl4>inii Uncimployed 

' Boston. . 

In a constructive and practical 
undertaking planned to benefit un- 
employed- mualpians of vBpston, a 
series of nightly programs presented 
jointly by the Bay State Brbadcaat- 
liig Corporation and the Boston 
Musicians Union, Local Number 9, 
were started over the Yankee Net- 
work last. week. . 

Selection of the musicians com- : 
prising the orchestras to be heard 
Is in thei hands of union, officials, 
and the entire personnel, with thje 
exception of the leaders, will b$ 
made up. of those members of the 
union wiio are dt present , unem- 
ployed. It Is planned to give a dif- 
ferent type of program each week. 



Chicago 



NBC 

Merchandise Marl 
superior fiBOO 

(Stations WENR— WMAQ) 

Trammel, V.-P in charge. 
Sen Kaney, Asrt. to V.-P. 
P. O. Parker. Asst. Gen, Mgr. 
Fred Weber, Station Reloflons 



'Chuck' Simpson, anhountier with 
I WNOX, KnpxviUe, iias been pro- 
I moted to chief aninduncer for thie 
station. 



KFWB 

Warner Bros, .Pictures Corp. 
Warner Theatre Bldg. 
-. Hollywood 03ie. 
Gerald Klngl Gen. Mgr, 
Chester Mlttendort. Commercial Mgr... 
Jack Joy. Program Dir. 
Johnnie Murray. Charge Vaude Programs: 
Kay Van Riper. Charge Dramatic Prog 
Les Hewett Chief EnRlneer. 
Frank Murphy. Supen-lslne Engineer. 
George Fischer. PublloUVw 



Western Broadcasting Co. . 
Paramount Studios. HoltywooA 
Hempstead 4101 
Guy C. Earl. Jr., President. 
Nayfor Rogers, V.-P. and Gen. Mgr. 
Carl B. ^Issen. Commercial Mgr. 
Kenneth. C Ormlaton. Technical . Super- 
1 visor. 

Drury Lane, Progralm Mgr. 
Wilbur Hatch. MusK^l Dir. 
Da've Ballou, Publicity. . 

KNPC 
(Beverly Hille) 

.MacMIIIan Pet leum Corp. 
0631 Wllsblre Blvd. 
Crestvlew 8101 

Jack Kelfer, gen. mgr. 
Veiva Darling, publicity. 
Cbauncey Haines, musical director. 
Forrest BarnCa. program mgr. 
John Mclntyre, trafOc and productloh 
mgr. 

KMTR 

KMTR Radio Corp. 
. 01B Ne. Formosa, Hollywood 
Hillside 1101 

Reed B. Calliater. Piesldent. 
Gus Mack, Gen. .Mgr. 
Van C. Newklrk, Prod. Mgr.. 
Salv^itoro Santaella. Musical 

KGFJ 

1417 So. Flguerba Street 
Prospect 7780 
.B^n 8. McGlosbon, own0r; 
Duke Hancoclc. Mgr: 

Fireside Broadcasting Co 

KRKD 

941 South Spring Street 
Madison 117S 
Frank Dbherty. President. 
V. O. Fretag, Gen; Mgr. ' 
Del Lyon. Sales Mgr. 

KTM 

Pickwick Broadcasting Co. 
214 So. Vermont . 
Exposition 134.1 

Charles Wren, Pres. 
George Martinson. Manager. 
C. B. June-«a Production Mgr. 

KFAC-KFVO 

Los Angeles Broadcasting Co, 
046 Mariposa Ave. 
Fltzroy 1231 

B. ' L' Cord, President. 
George Moskoyls, Gen. Mgr. 

San Francisco 

NBC 

(Stations KGO-KPO-KYA) 

Western Division 
_lU;.Sutter St. 
Sutter 1920 

Don B. Gllman, V.-P. and Western Dlv 
Mgr. 

C, It. McCarthy, Asst. Iv. Mgr. 
Lew Frost, Prog. Dir. 
Harry Anderson, Sales Mgr. . 
A. H. Saxton, Mgr. of Plant Qperatiohei 

I and Engineering. 

Lloyd B. Toder, Press Dir.. 
H. J. Maxwell, OfDce Mgr. 
William Andrews, Chief Announcer. 
Cecil, Underwood, Prod.. Mgr. 
Roy Frpthlnghara, Sales Promotion Mgr. 
Meredith Wlllsoni Musical Dir. 

KYA 

088 Market St.. 
Prospect O4D0 

Edward McCalium,. Station Mgr. 
Lynn Church, Prog. Dir. 
Harty Bechtel, Chief Announcer, 



Public as Jury . 

Rochester^ 
WHiBG Is fuiining the 'Trial 'of 
Vlvienne Warie' in six . episodes as 
a contest In co-operation with the. 
Times-Union and glviiig $100 prlzeti. 
for best answers ds to whether she 
was guilty or innocehti. 

The Judge, district attorney, 
lawyers and. reporters are taking 
the. parts .grratis ds d stunt,. 

FebiP'uary's Children 

. Rochester. . 
Uncle Dan, who redds the comics 
oyer WHEC on Sunday mornings 
and conducts a.' birthday club for 
children, is making . perspiidl ap- 
pearances at special morning shows 
dt the RKO Palace theatVe- -A.11 
members of the club wliipae birth- 
day Is In February, go free this 
month, others pay, C6medies, car-, 
tobh and full-length feature, on the 
program sponsored by, the Demor 
crat & Chronicle, 



(Columbia Don Leei Broadcasting 
1070 West 7th Street 
Vandyke 7111 

Don Lee, President. 
C. Ellsworth Wylle, Gen, Mgr. 
Raymond Paige, Musical and Program 
I Dir. 

Paul Rlokenbacber, noductlon Mgr. 
Kenneth Ntles, Asst. Prod. , Mgr. 
=^iHeil).ert.JIEIthetepoon,JCtafflcJMgr.:^- . 
Arthur J. Kemp. Asst. Adv. Mgr, (KHJ 
Les.Welnrott, publicity. 
ThomfM Lee Artist Bureau, Ted Brenn, 
mgr. 

KFI and KEQA 

(NBC outlets) 
Oatle C. Anthony. Inc. 
1000 So. Hope sueet 
' Richmond 6111 

Earle 0. Anthony, President 
Arthur Kales, V.-P. and Gen. Mgr, 
Ol.cn Dolh*«rg ProgTflrn Dir.' 



KFRC 

(Don Lee-C:olumbla outlet) 
1000 Van Ness Ave. 
Prospect 0100. 

Fred Pibst, Don Lee Gen. Mgr. 
HarrisCn Holliway, Station Mgr. 
Winiam Wright, Prog. Dir. 
Arthur Kemp, Sales' Mgr. 
Al Cormack, Technical Dir. 
Claude SWceteq, Muf^ica) Dir. 



runton.& Sons, owners) 



1880 Bush St. 
Ordway 4148 

Ralph Bruhton, Mgr. 
Rnlph Smith, Prog, Dir. 

KTAB 

116 O'Farrel .<;ti. 
GarOeld 47( 

M. E. Roberts, Mgr. 
.Frank. X. Oalvin, Prog. 



ysterious Oppositi 

New York. 
A cook, book is about to be pub- 
It shed by the conservative house of 
Lonlrmans Gi-eien written by radio's 
•Mystery Chef .' However, the 'Chefs' 
sponsor, R. B. Davis Co. (baking 
powder), is reported very chary of 
what would ordinarily be deemed a 
swell opportunity for publicity tie-, 
ups. 

Which appears to be just another 
sample of the unpredictability of d 
topsy-turvy business^ 



NEWARK 

(Continued from page 8.) 

at Proctor's while Earle us^d to 
sing at the Mosque. 

Estimates for This Week 
Branford (WB) (2,066; 16-5B), 
Hi JSrellie' (WB) and "Can't Buy 
Everything' (MG). Opened the holi- 
day with smashing business and 
taking eight days. Should be nice 
at $11,000. Last week on six days 
I've Got Tour Numbier' (FN) and 
'Women in His Life' (MG) good 
with $9,300. 

Capitol (WB) (1,200; 15-25-35-50), 
Big Shakedown' (FN) and. 'Let's 
Fall in Love,' On eight days okay 
with $5,000. Last week six days 
Massacre' (FN) and 'Eight Girls' 
(Par) fair at $3,800.. 

Little (Franklin) (299; 30-40), 
Zwei Gute Kameraden' (Tobls). As 
this, spot draws more than the rest 
from out of town, had weather 
hurts more. Trying a German dra- 
matic club for. one night and a 
zither club ior another.. Unless they 
save the day only $600. Lost week 
'Kongress Tanzt' (Ufa) weak at 
$500. 

Loew's State (2,780; 15-75), 'Cat 
Fiddle' (MG) and 'Midway Nights' 
on stage. -First. Chicago Fair show 
to. hit here and drawing more than 
the_ pic,- Should take $14,500. Last 
week 'This . Side Hedvfert' (MG) 
feeble with $10,000. 

Newark (Adams-Par) (2,248; 15- 
99), 'Bolero' (Par) and vode. Show- 
ing d bolero contest through a tle- 
up with the Ledger. Opening well 
and should bie okay .with over $13,- 
000 on. eight days. Last week, 
•Search Beauty' (Pdr) got nowhere 
with $8,00«. 

Proctor's (RKO) (2,300; 25-36^ 
40-55-60-75-85), 'Sujz&,nne' . (FoX) 
and ' j'eehwlch Village Follies' on 
stage. Would . be big in good 
weather and will be okay with $15,- 
000. Last week 'Husbands Go' (Fox) 
and Buddy Rogers unit good with 
$16.0(M). 

Terminal (Skouras) (1,900; 15- 
25r40),. 'Man Two Worlds' (RKO)) 
and 'Rainbow Over Broadway* (FD) 
with 'Man's Castle' (Cbl) dnd 
'Straightaway* (Col) split. N.s.h. 
and looks like a weak $3,500. Last 
week 'Flying Down Rio' (RKO) and 
'Hold That Girl* (Fox) very nice at 
$4,700. 



Nuthin' Could Be Finer 
Than to Be in Carolina 



Charlotte, N. C, 

A number of western Not-th Caro- 
lina tbeatre. and nlgrht club owners 
were made defendants In suits filed 
In United Stdtes district court here 
last week by Gene Buck, president 
of the Anierlcan Society of Com- 
posers, Authors, and Publishers, 
acting as plaintiff along with the 
Individual publishers of some hal^ 
dozen popular songs. Violation of 
copyright provisions Is, alleged.' 

Defendants in the four acti 
WlUlani and WUUs iUiodes, pi 
erfordton; C. ^3. felantori, of Char- 
lotte;. L.. C. Rose, of Mount Holly; 
and S. K. Telton, of Splndale. 



Radio Cha tier 



(Continued from- pae;e 46). 
proEfrdm schedule Is prliitcd in the 
■Catholic Ddlly Tribune' only daily' 
paper of that denomlhatlori. 

John GlUin, W.OW boss, trl 
to' Chi on business. 

, Royce Colon, formerly KOIL, now 
Springfield, Mor 

•Ted Malone's. Between the Booki 
ends wds reriioved from the westi* 
ern Columbia .network three -weeks 
ago. This week it returns because 
there^ was too much fan objection* 
Let tdrs smothered the western ata- 
tlohs and KMBC; the .polnt of orig- 
ination. 

La-vvrence Sherwood,, former . 
sas University singing proljessor 
turned anilOuhcer, is building 5,0- 
plecB stafE chorus on KMBC to be 
used on various local programs. 
Called Midland Melodic Choir. . 
. .Olsen arid. .Johnson, and Barney 
Oldheld are • the -latest celebs to be. 
interviewed on KMBC, Kansas City. 

Judge Thomas V. Holland of the 
Municipal Court, inaugurated a new 
sei'les of flve-nilnute discussions, 
'Glimpses of Life in a Great City,' 
twice d week on KMBC. 

Bob MsGrew's Hotel Fort Ues 
Moines orchestra, which has been on 
sustaining schedule for WOCtWHO, 
starts new commercial hdlf hour on 
Sunday nights for. Western Grocer 
Co. Guest artists, the Melody men, 
Garnette Arrlck, harpist and. vocal- 
ists. McOrew also director of t>e8 
Moines School of Fine Arts. 

A member of the Jnlbr Leiague, 
X>es Moines, interviewed . Uday 
ShahrKar, famed India, dancer, 
over KSO. 



Marx Bros. Start 

Marx Bros. ((Jroucho and Chico) 
step into th6 American OH show on 
CBS this Sunday (4). It's on a week 
to' week basi^ with the account 
holding options up to eight weeks. 

Pair's last air contact was the 
Standard Oil combine (Five Slai 
The.T.tre) of lost season. 



East 



winter sports carnival ddvertis- 
Ing is given a new source of Incom* 
to Vermont stations this winter. 

Cjlenna Galllson is becbming on* 
of the most, popular feminine slng- 
ers'.on WDEV, Waterbtiry, Vt^. 

Burlington (Vt.) Dally, News has 
a new circulation ' manager and la 
now plugging the paper over its 
station, WCAX. 

Newark News Radib club bul- 
letins are broadca,st dally over 
WDEV, Waterbury, Vt. 

Donald Glynn, tenor. Is back od 
the air over WCAX, Burlington, Vt. 
. No wonder Mary O'Neill and 
Warren H. Flood have been going 
to the wrestling, matches. They'r* 
going to be married; Mary is radio 
columnist for the Albany Sunday 
Knlckier booker Press and Floodie is. 
assistant sports editor, . Th^lr's is 
an office romance^ Knot will be 
tied in April.. 

Dorothy Mansfield, pianist, and 
Ellen Buchanan, Odntralto, form 
program from WGNY at Chester, 
N. Y. 

Danny Dwyer, of the WESG, Kl- 
mira, commercial department, has 
turned broadcaster. 'Interviewed by 
Leo BoMey/ ©ahhy' l:dld abouT the 
business end of radio. He formerly 
was with We^L, Syraciise. 

Meihorizlrig cldssical numbci's 
with the aid of the Braille sji^stem, 
Eugene Moses, blind pianist,, is a fa- 
vorite of tuners-ln on.WGLG, Hud- 
son Falls, N. Y. 

. Ciiirley Johnson took bis orches- 
tra from ithe studios of WESG, Bl- 
mlra.' over to the Keeney theatre aS 
an ddded stage feature, 

WESG, Elmira, Intends to deter- 
mine who Is the best old time fid- 
dler in southern New York by con- 
ducting a contest for, fiddlers over 
the age or 50. 

Leonard Allen, NBC tenor, went 
back to Plattsburgh, N. Y., his old 
home town, to tdke part in a con- 
cert. 

NBC Radio Haymakers topped a 
recent vaude bill at the Capitol, 
Binghamton. 

WB^a Philly Counter 

Philadelphia, Feb. 26. 
-=!ivraxiPrevaV,-Warners^muslc=>^n^= 
•roseiitatlve, in tpwn to organize 
local sheet miislc distribution. 
. picture . outfit has acquired the 
McCrory music counter and Charlie 
Hahn will takia charge this week. 



. Arthur Johnston and Saih Cos- 
low have written an original tune 
for W. C. Fields to warble In 'You're 
Telling Me (Par), 



Tuesday, February 27, 1934 



MHSIC-NITE CLUBS 



VARIETY 



4T 



Most Played on the Air Last Week 



To familiarize the rest 6/ the country Mth the tunes rnost sung 
and played on the air around N etc Ydrlc. the foUovcing ia the com- 
pilation for last week. This tabulatHon will continue regularly. 

In answer to Inquiries, these plugs are figured on r Saturday' 
thrdugh-Fridaif week, regularly. 

Tabulation in turn is broken down, into two divisions: Number 
of plugs on the major networks (W BA^ and WJZ of the NBC chain, 
and W ABO, key station of CBiS)^ along. wMh the total .of plugs .on 
.New York's two full-time independent stations— WOR and WHIG A. 
Data obtained fvom 'Jtadio Log- compiled by Accurate Reporting 
Service. 



•Let's FiilL In Love* 

'Carloca' 

-•In the "Valley of Tester 
'Smoke Gets In, Your Eyes' 
•Coffee In the Morning'. .. 
'This Little Piggy Went 
IThere Goes >iy . Heart' . • • • 

•Over Somebody Else's Shpiilder'. 
in - the Shelter . rom a $ho\Ver' 
•Love Locked Out' . . . , . .. 
'Do Tou Miss Me Ton! 
•Night on the Water' 
'Wagon Wheels'.. 
'Without That Certain, Thing' 
'You Have Taken My ll^art'. . ... . 



Mar 



WEAF 






WJZ 


WOR 




WABC 


WMCA 


Total 


24 


19 


43 


. . 23 


8 


31 




22 


31 




« 


30 




11 


29 




■12 


28 




12 


26 




13 


.2'6 




14 


26 






25 






24 






24 






22 






20 






20 



LE COQ D'OR,. N. Y. 

Le Coq d'Or is French.-for Golden 
Rooster. It's a Russian type rea- 
taurant situated in the former 
Janssen's uptown Hofbrau, more re- 
cently Tony Sarg'p Bohemia. This 
new venture hopes to get over oh a 
bargain equation. That's its best 
chance. 

The $1 dinner wiU be the big draw 
as it's a Riasslan-type table d'hote 
wrhich also includes a choice of a 
.MaVihattan, Martini of Orange blos- 
som cocktail. That's, a now low In 
food prices considering the cabaret 
trimmings that go with it. 

These Include the swell George 
Sherban gypsy ensemble which 
played for luncheon sessions In the. 
Terrace Room of the Hotel New 
Y'orker plus Gene Edwards' straight 
dance combOi -plus Mtne. Valery 
(formerly of Chauve. Sourls) head- 
ing an operatic ensemble, plus a 
vodka school of comedy entertain- 
ment paced by Konstantlne Shayn 
(who is mentioned as formerly of 
the Bluie Bird theatre, another type 
of Russian Chauve Sourls). 

That's plenty for $1. It's quantity 
ahywcijc. Quality depends. Sherban 
is plenty olciy even If . the Coq d'Or 
is too big for him. Edwards' music 
is too forte and should be toned 
down, especially those traps., Ed- 
wards is the one who tried out that 
black-ahd-whlte (colored and white) 
dance music idea. 

One of the best draws the spot 
nas is that ingratiating moujik at 
the door who bows you in and^put 



MUSICAL POIMT 

Canadiari Performing Rights Sues 
on Five- Bar Infringement 



Inside Stutf-Music 



he's an asset. 



Abel. 



' Vallee is the hottest tin piari alley topic these days, not so much 
for the business he's dbing at the Hollywood restaurant on Broadway 
but due to the manner in Tvlilch he's maintained, his standing as a draw. 
.Jt is considered remarkable for a consistently broadcasting performer, 
In view of the intra- trade knowledge that that's the thing which l)reaks 
mdhy artists very shortly after the tnike medium has made him famous; 

Analysis of Vallee's pyramiding draw incliides- the merit of his weekly 
broadcasts ^ and that'he realized some, years back that cropni cpuldn't 
stand alone and that he hiad to become sbinething else besides just a 
croonlnig band leader. As, 'a result, after much trepidatipn when he 
essayed his first stage lines In George White's •Scandals,' he developed 
that Into a comedy asset through- going in for mimicry. 

Just like Broadway started ribbing Max Baer that the street was get- 
ting him, when only those around him know, that he'll stand long 
(Stretches with, his ai-m tautly upraised lifting a dumbbell just to keep 
lilB muscles In' ironed condition, similarly Vallee's dressing roomi habit is 
keeping iiis mimicry in condition. FPr instance, Noel Coward's recordings 
are Vallee's guide on the Engllshmah's take-offs, .as also disks of other 
Artists .'Whom he personates. 

Rudy Vallee's -v^^eekly share from the Hollywood restaurant is funnlne; 
over.|6,b00 for himself and liand. They're guaranteed $4,400 and Joe 
Moss splits 60-50 with Vallee over $17,000. grPss on. the week. Nltery has 
been hitting over $20,000 regularly. 



lut'Scaling to Get Aerial Wire 
Becomes Mabit of London Bands 



While rates for 'the hotelis^ with dine and dance rooms have been jacked 
up appreciably, the, American Society' of Composers, Authors and 
Publishers has taken a beiilgn attitude toward the small restaurants ] 
and cafes 'whose lilusic is derived from phonographs and radio sets. 
Latter spotiB are in the majprity of cases now gri'anted licenses •without 
the payment of even a nominal fee. ASCAP's board of directors figures 
that this- poliey will, hi addition to garnering the organization goodr 
will, steal, the thunder of those -who charge it with oppressive tactics. 



How songs have miade bands through close association of idea Is' too 
well known. 'Japanese. Sandman,' •Whisperin ,* 'Valencia,' 'Song of In- 
dia* and •Rhapspdy in .Blue' obviously conjure up Whitemai,n as natural 
aBSOclation. George Olsen had. 'Who* and ;.'Horses, ' .Horses' as musical 
trademarks fpr quite a -while and 'Last Round Up' (via Joe. Morrison, 
Olseh's protege) stood the band in good stead recently to. furtiier revive 
Interest. Saine goes for almost any Pf the name bands, apart from the 
iBong thernes or. signature, songs which they all go in for. 



Ray Noble, British bahdman, who sells well in America on the Victof 
label, is a regular HMV (His Master's Voice) house maestro. He's com- 
parable tP Nat Shilkret as the American Victor company's lab maestro. 

What's little known on this side is that Noble's HMV recordings ("Victor 
In the U. S. and Canada), are m.ade expressly 'with an . eye to the Ameri- 
can market. Very few of his records are released in England arid most 
of the Noble dance disks for the British market are tunes locally, known. 
, Noble-!HMV's idea differs from Ambrose, Hylton, et al., who. If they 
happen to turn out a particularly nifty British dance recording, ship the 
master over to U,* S. for: the American market. 



. , ing: Crosby's x'uhswick ,- in England are.: tops. Degree . of 

British Interest In Crosby, as a result, has prPmpted , sundry; offers ifor 
bookings abroad ^hlch avvalt only his. freedom from Holly wood film con- 
tracts. Pictures,' too, have furtliered Crosby's interest abrpad. ' 

Same equation of dl.'sk popularity figured in bookings for the Boswell. 
Sisters, Marion Harris, EHirigton, Gallowaly, etc. 



Trial board of the New York, musicians union held last week , that 
Abe Lymfth dldh*t owe Herb Tay weeks' salary but kgreed that 

there \\ras $25 coming to the arranger- trPmbonist for a recording date. 
<Jlaim that Tayipr lodged with the board included ah Item, of $700 which 
Taylor contended was coming, to him In lieu of two 'weeks' "notice. 



L'Escargbt D'Or, N. Y. 

very thing Very Frenchy^ these 
days. This handle riiearis the Golden 
Snail, it's typicaUy Fraincalse In- 
cluding the highly seasoned snails, 
a native Gallic delicacy, prepared 
at this penthouse nltery after the 
SJtyle of the original Parisian Es- 
cargot. There's supposed to be a 
family relation as well. 

This was a hideaway until the 
regular ABC likker license came 
through. Therie ..is the same col 
ored threesome around the portable 
piano and lots of extempore enter- 
tainment. Depends on the night you 
catch it, in the main. AJ>eh 



PAR AND U ARE MIXED 
IN ON TWO SONG SUITS 



Writers of two popular songs, .'All 
of Me' and 'I Found a Million-pbllar 
Baby in a JFive and 't'en-Cent Store 
are proceeding aigafhst Paramount 
and Ujiiversal respectively for al 
leged usage of title or song material 
without proper penhission. No legal 
suit has been started In either case 
as yet, but attorneys aire dlscuss|lng 
the matter. 

•All of Me' Is a,n Irving Berlin,, 
Inc:, tune written by Gerald Marks 
and Seymour isimons. It's also the 
title of a recent Paramount film re- 
lease\ Par says the Berlin firm 
okayed the use of the title (a snatch 
of the song is utilized for fadeout 
music), but Marks and Simons con- 
tend that the publisher did nPt have 
the dramatic rights to the title or 
song context and that these were 
retained by the tunesmiths. Par 
meantime went ahead in the midst 
of this technical tangle and released 
the picture. 

Julian T. Abeles, a,ttorney for 
Simons and Marks,, is waiting for 
Lou piamond, head of Par's music 
department, to get back from the 
coast and take it up further. 

Abeles Is also acting for Billy 
Rose in the 'Million-Dollar Baby' 
matter a&ainst Universal. Song 
was written by Rpse, Harry Warren 
and Mort Dixon. Remick had been 
gr.ahted only the publica.tion rights, 
th e songwriter's retafnTng : alT^. dra- 
matic rights^ Warners paid the 
writers- for the . dramatic usage of 
the song In one picture, but Uni- 
versal, in making an 'Oswald' carr 
toon, dramatized the ditty, but 
didn't make any financial arrange- 
ment with the songwriters. U con-: 
tends that its. bla.nket synchroniza- 
tion rights contract iirotects It, but 
this Is disputed, under the dramatic 
material clause. 



TprontOi >. 26... 
First case bf Its kind ever to be 
brought against the Canadian Na- 
tional E.Khibition or any" fair , in 
Canada is the action of the Ca- 
nadian Performing Rights Society 
in claiming $500 damages because 
the C.N.E. bandi^ during an elephant 
act in the vaude bill, admittedly 
played four or Jive bars, fl've 
months ago of •\yalkin' My Baby 
Back Home.' Judgment has beeii 
reserved. 

David GhisTiPlm,. bandmaster, tes- 
tified that music for various 
animal and acrobatic acts, was 
handed to him and that rwaliiln" 
was part bf a medley. Answering 
the charge that the number uyas 
used without permission or pay- 
ment- of fees, defense contended 
that the amended copyright act per- 
mitted the petformarice of copy- 
righted music, H. T. Jamioson, 
president of the Canadian Perform r 
ing. Rights Society, claimed that he 
had acquired the rljerhts for . the 
numl>er from British and American 
music publishers. 



PaMt, Shernian Drop 
Casiiio at 1934 Fair 



LondPUj Feb. .26, 
Same situation which Inspired the 
Apieflcan Federation of Musicians 
to go; after, cut-scaling bands In 
New ■jfork, those bands which iacr 
eepted almost any . Broadway berth 
just to get a radio buildup, bbtalris 
here. ,, 

Local bands -of 14 men are ac- 
ce,ptinig: as low as $B50 a .week in 
estaurants or cafes just for, ia, Brit? 
sh .Broadcasting CP.'s Wire. Such 
wire- pnly pays, about $200 and 
hence doesn't make up for tlie cut- 
rating, but the BBC wire Is, deemed 
a valuable exploitation asset by the 
bands for benefit of future engage- 
ments. 

British , bandsmen are alSb gPing 
through- the. same evolutions as 
their American confreres pn . sal- 
aries ak well as disks. Phonograph 
reCPi'd sales, that were .20,000— a. 
pretty fair average— are now 5,000, 
rather good under eixisting circum- 
stances. Unlilte the' AmerlPan alibi 
that the radio Is a killer, this can't 
be the excuse in England, as the 
BBC governs Its dance music broad;^ 
castings with, a highly restricted 
schedule for limited hours. The 
rest of the day. Is given over to. lec-^ 
tures, educational features, etc.* 
with danceoloigy on the air waves 
cpritrolied. 

With- the cut-rating, a ,$l,000-ai- 
wceic^ engagement for a band Is 
pretty high now, and it has the top 
oirchestras upset since the price dif- 
ference Is sp great that it seems 
bound -to Influence bonifaces to 
favor "the lower-figured orchestra. 



Chicago, Feb. 
Pabst and the Hotel Sherman 
management will not be in on the 
"W'orld's Fair Ca^lnO' this year 
Building p-wriers are now dickering 
with several other beer, manuf ac 
turers to take-over, the dine, and 
dance spot for the exp,6 this sum- 
mer. 

Sherman management Is urider 
stood to have cleaned close to $150, 
000 fPr its end last svmimer, while 
the. Pabst. beer people barely 
cleared its overhead, 



Coast name band, with considerable of an air rep, Is rapidly acquiring 
adverise criticism from booking managers because the leader and most 
of his men are. almost constantly hitting the" booze. 

On several recent stage appearances condition of the bandmen .has 
even been apparent to the custohiers. 



Jos. N. Weber to L A, 



TEXAS 



BANKBUFtCIES 

Gal-vestbn, Feb. 26. 
Hollywood Grill, in Houstpn, 
opened about six months ago by 
Jake Friedman and Mack Howard^ 
"haff=^tll©a"^g- voYug^ary 

petition listing assess of $2,399 and 
liabilities of $16,000. 

S. J. Gaido, operator of one of 
the oldest restaurants on Galveston 
heach, has also found- th« -ffotnfr-t«H Knight 
tough since the free lunch Idea has 
been revived and has filed a bank- 
ruptcy petition. 



FiiSADISE BEyUE SHORT 

The entire Paradise restaurant, 
N. Y„ floor show, has beeji signed 
via Joe Rlvkin for an Educational 
short.,. 



Joe Weber, president of the Amer- 
ican Federation of Musicians, left 
fpr the Coast Thursday (22)., He 
'was expected to arrive In. Los An-, 
geles today (Tues.) to look over the 
Hollywood hiuslc situation. Will 
return east irt a couple of weeks. 



Spbkane's New Spot 

Spokane, Feb. 26. 
New Hofbrau; night spP.t, Is open 
under Henry lAngeloh and Jack 



Letus Bailey's six-piece orchestra 
will officiate plus floor entertain- 
ment. 



WEEKS FOB TEXAiS 

Long Beach, Cal., Feb. 26. 

Anson Weeks band Is currently 
at the Fox West Coast and then 
hops for Galveston. 

Opens In that Texas town, March 
9, at the Hollywood Dinner Club. 



Set Fowler-Tamara 

Denver, Feb. 26. 

Following a long engagement . at 
the Hotel Mark Hopkins, San Fran 
Cisco, Fov/ler and Tamara, dance 
team,, open - March 17 at the; local 
Cosmopolitan hotel. 

Booking set by Music 
tlon of America: 



KWIN ORDERS CHANGES 
IN MUSIC PUBS' CODE 



FONDER JACK BOBBINS 

Among the matters slated to re- 
ceive attention from the directorate 
of the American Society of '.eom- 
pbsersi Authors and P'ublishei's at 
its monthly meeting Wednesday 
(tomorrow) Is the . re-election of 
Jack .Robblns. He was inducted 
last spring to fill out part of the 
unexpired term of E. F. BItther, 
who had resigned. 

Robblns* term on the board 
wound up Dec, 31, and at the Janu- 
ary meeting it was decided to put 
oft vbting on an extension until a 
larger representation bf the direc- 
torate were present. 



First "hearing for the trade on the 
pop music .publishers' code wlU be 
■ held in,;Washingto,n March 8, Com- 
mittee ' responsible for the document 
has been instructed by Payson 
IrWin, NRA deputy administrator 
for the -publishing industries, that 
sev,eral revisions, will have to he 
made.. 

• Irwin in a talk with John.. Q.. 
Paine, chairman of the Music Pub- 
lishers'- protective Association, last 
week . .averred" that it would be 
necessary- to. reframe the bribery 
proyifelph',' so , that its phraseology 
would: conforni to the language o£ 
the criminal statutes . contained In 
the National Recovery Apt. As the 
proviso now stands, said Irwin, 11 
has no teeth. 

Aiiiother - clause in the code that 
needs rewording Is. the one dealing 
with liibpi:. This "provlsioA, as re- 
phrased, will . declare that if the 
state labor law Is more favorable, 
to the employee the latter will take 
precedence over labor requirements 
of the NRA. 



EASSEL'S $1,600 GBOSS 

Knoxville, Feb. 26. 
Art Kassel and his band grossed 
.$1,600 at thei -ehilhowee park • ball- 
room Idst ■vt'eek. 

Announced that Kassel would re- 
turn here March 9, .hut uhderstbod 
his tpur has been rearranged, and 
another name band will be sub- 
stituted. 

Noble/ Slssle played the Nahhee- 
iyayli (Sjirlng Corn Festival) dances 
at the University of Tennessee, 
Feb. 22-23. 



FIOBITO'S SHORT 

Lo.s Angeles, Feb. 26'. 

Closing at the Hotel St. Francis, 
San Francisco, March .6, Ted Fiprito 
band comes here to do a short fpr 
Metro. Band also opens at the Am- 
bassador hotel, March 19. 

"Veloz and . Yolanda, ballroom dan- 
cers, go into the Ambassador same 
evening, being brought here from 
Miami. 



Col. Cuts Okeh Price 

Chicago, Feb. 26. 

Columbia, phonograph returns to 
the cheap record field by slicing the 
price on its Okeh disc to 35c retail 
or three for a buck. "This takes the 
place of the previous Harmony disc 
on the Columbia schedule. Mdve on 
'cheaper discs follows the lead set 
iby the Brunswick 35c Vocalioa 
iplatter. 

Dealer price, ^on Olteh d 
3,1c, compared with previous 45c 
scale for the 76,o price. 



An Aid Friend 

HAROLD STERN 

and UlA Hotel Montolair 
Orchestra 
Broadcasting, via .NBC 
chain, continue to gain 
hew admirers becaxiie. they 
play the Tunes of the 
'XiAes via. they should be 
played. Hear them offer: 
"WE'LL MAKE HAY WHILE 
THE 8UN SHINES" 
JUST COULDN'T TAKE 
IT BABY" 
"TEMPTATION" 
"DANCING IN THE MOON- 
LIGHT" 
"THE MOONLIGHT WALTZ" 
"AFTER SUNDOWN" 

ROBBINS 

MUSIC CORPORATION 
■III 199 SEViBNTN AVENUE 
■III • • < NEW YORK • • 



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V A U D E V i L L C 



Tuesday, Febraary 27, 1934 



Circttif Booking Heads Wfll Take 
Cohesive Action on Agents' Code; 
Ethics lEnslave Actors -Morris 



Booking heads of the circuits ar« 
getting together this weelc for cph- 
certed action on the 'code of ethics,' 
submitted last week by the National 
Association of Theatrical Artists' 
.Representatives, rather than make 
any decisions for or against the 
dDcuinent on tlieir own. 

Meeting, from accounts, will be 
held in one -of the major booking 
offices,. Bcokfers will ejcpress the 
attitude of their respective theatr^ 
department^, as well as the book- 
ing of fleeis' \iew8. Meantime, none 
would commit himself on the pro- 
posed 'code,*- all stating Saturday 
(24) that thiey 'hadn't got around 
to reading* the document, which was 
submitted to them following, an 
agents' Jneetlng Monday night C19). 

At the agents' meeting the 200 odd 
artists reps in attendance pledged 
themselves to the 'code? after it was 
read to them by the NATAR coun- 
sel, Julius Kendler, and discuissed 
.frbin the floor by the members. Ob-^': 
Jectlon was made to the fact that 
the 'code' was submitted to the Mo- 
tion Picture Code Authority before 
delivered or read to the member- " 
ship, but it was recalled the board 
of directors; which drew up the 
•code,' had been given permission to 
release it at the previous meeting. 

/Code' was sent to the Motion Pic- 
ture Code Authority with a request 
that it be embodied in full or In 
part in the revised vaudeville sec- 
tion of the Picture Code now In the 
course of being written. 
Following the first reaidlng of the 
:*teode,' numerous independent agents^ 
•with Phil Coscia doing most of the 
sp^kln?, decried It as marking the 
flnlah of the Independent agent 
'Coacia declared he would 'flght the 
code tin I die.' But after a retalia- 
tory speech by the NATAR presl 
deii.t, Arthur S. Lyons, the Iridic 
agetita; Including Coscia, switched 
and voted for the 'code.* 

In iiis speech Lyonis gave the 
members his word that If the 'code 
of ethics* lis rejected he wfll quit the 
agency business. Before the 'code* 
can be effective It must be accepted 
by^uity and the American Feder- 
ation of Actot-s (ABA)« as well as 
the actors in general and the varl 
ous booking offices aind, casters. 
Choice Agents Still Out 
Xyons declared he was informed 
that the WlUiain Moirrls agency is 
prepared to spend $30,000 'to fight 
the code of ethics,' and proceeded to 
challenge the Morris office to debate 
the question. Morris office is one of 
several major agencies that have de- 
clined to join the NATAR or sub 
spribe to the 'code of ethics,' Others 
are NBC and CBS artist buteaus, 
the Simon office and the Romm, 
Bestry, Myers & Scheuing combine. 

Morris office ridiculed the $30;000 
■tory, but issued a statement aniEi: 
lyzlng the code of ethics' and giving 
its reason for objecting. Theme of 
the Morris statement is. that it 'en 
slaves' the actor. Statement fol 
lows; — 

'Code' a Menace. 

Throughout the 37 years of its 
existence, the William. - Morris 
Agency htaff' never deviated from, 
the principle that the vaudeville 
actor, first, last and always. Is 
the sole dictator of who shall repr 
resent him in his booking negotlr 
ations, and that this right and 
privilege on the part of the vaude* 
vlUe actor must hot at. any time 
be interfered with by any .organ- 
ization of artists' representatives 
or personal managers. 

The proposed National Associa- 
tion of Theatrical Artists' Repre- 
sentatives is therefore, In the 
opinion of the Morris Agency, a 
direct zhenaqei to every vaudeville 
actott particularly the smallrsal- 
aried vaudeville actor. 

Furthermore, they propose a 
uniform authorization betweien the 
artist and the artist's representar 
:^tlve, and that this uniform au- 
thorization is virtually a contract 
whereby the actor gives the agent 
the sole ands excluisive tight to 
represent him in every branch of 
show business, without the agent 
glvinisr the actor anything in re- 
tu rn for this , exclusive authority^ 
otKer 'tiiaiii pronaliieslo ServiT Wm 
faithfully and lotfijllgenuy. 

Whereas; in the opinion of , the 
Morris Agency, the vaudeville 
agent, in consideration for this 
exclusive authori ty, should guar' 
antee the actor a filiKlmuiin Ot~2d 
weeks during the year at his sal- 
ary, and that, furthermore, the 
vaudeville agent should be in a 
position to furnish proof to the 
(Continued on page ^3) 



Bert Levey Boosts diib 
Spottings with Imports 

Lios Angeles, Feb. 26. 

Bert Levey vaude agency is ex- 
tending Its club activities, and is 
booking considerable Imported tal- 
ont both for club affairs and vaude. 
Agency's current :5-act show In Se- 
attle comprises four New Tork 
turiis brought ori by Levey for 
Coast dates. 

Levey leaves early this week, for 
Seattle for a confab with house 
managers on Frank, L. Newman's 
Northwest circuit iHrith a view to 
yaude exi>a;nsion. in that territory. 





EtHics-Minded 



Since his brother Arthur 
iieads the agents* association, 
Sam Lyons is yery much 
ethics-minded. 

So n^uch so that when he of- 
fered Louis K. Sidney of 
LoeW's a clgarot he cautioned 
the execs, 'Now pliMuae don't 
misinterpret this as a gratuity 
because toniorrow you're 
gonna give me back a clgaret' 
(excepting that Sam gave it 
out in tha,t Litvak brogue Of 
his). 



Battle for Loop Supremacy as 
B&K Sends Oriental to Vaude 



CODE SENT TO 
ROSENBLAn 



Data complied by the Vaudeville 
Committee, in a month's, investiga- 
tlori for the Motion Picture Code 
Authority, was submitted to Deputy 
Administrator Sol A. Rosenblatt 
yesterday (Monday), after wiilch 
the committee disbanded and w;as 
dismissed. 

Further action rests with Rosen- 
blatt, who, from: the evidence sub- 
mitted, can amend the present 
vaudeville section of the Picture 
CodC;, which has been deemed In- 
adequate< Among alterations re- 
quested of the Administrator is that 
by the Prdducers' Association, 
which asks relief from the $3 dally 
laybfE salary requirement for chorus 
girls and from the necessity of pay- 
ing full salary on break -in dates. 

Whether or not the present vaude- 
ville section of the code Is amended 
or changed, it Is reported likely a 
permanent committee will be set up 
to work with the Code Authority on 
vaudeville problems, and also pos- 
sibly receive complaints pertaining 
to vaudeville violations. 

It is expected that the permanent 
committeie will consist of an inde- 
pendent theatre operator, circuit 
theatre operator, indie booker, cir- 
cuit booker, agent, producer, chorus 
girl repriesentatlve and ah actor. 

Investigating committee,, whitdi 
disbanded yesterday after turning 
in a quite lengthy report to Roaen- 
blatt, comprised Joseph Bernhardt, 
Louis K. Sidney, Leslie Thompson, 
Sam Dembow, Jr.; jack Partington, 
Marty Forkins, Charlie Maddock 
and Henry Chesterfield. 

UNITS MAY CET SOLO 
NITERS FROM WARNERS 

Dependent upon an okay from the 
district' managers to" the territory. 
Warners may open about nine one- 
night stands to the units in Penn- 
sylvania. The shows . are under 
consideration to play the spots^ on 
a percentage basis. 

Towns figured as possibilities are 
AUentowri, Altoona,. Chester, iJrle, 
Harrisburg, Johnstown, Lancaster, 
McKeesport and Wheeling. , If any 
deal with the. producers goes 
through, the number of show^ to 
be played in each town on the one- 
day stainds . will depend mainly on 
the size of the town. 

The circuit has started booking 
the revues in Its regular vaud- 
fllmers. 



Not Enoagb Units 
So Hempstead Str. 
Kx in Last Halves 



What one theatre manager thinks 
of regulation vaudeville is summed, 
up in. the fact that the Rlvoli, 
Hempstead, L, I., went straight plc-r 
tures oh flrst-halves this week. 
Matty Fox, manager, decided on 
this policy when he found too diffi- 
cult to secure two units a week. .He. 
figrured the straight pix a better 
medium than a vaude coribo for 
keeping hla patrons satisfied . arid_. 
coming to the units the last-halves. 

Fox contends that present-day 
vaude dbes not oaeaLsure up to the 
entertainment standards hlia pa- 
trons demand, and/ rather than give 
them a bad show the first half, fol- 
lowed by & eood one the last half, 
he cut the stage end out entirely on 
Mondaiys, Tuesdays and Wednes- 
days; to play only the units on first- 
halves.- 

Besides managing the Rlyoli, Fox 
also books its shows. , This despite 
that the Skouras house has a con- 
tract with the BKp booking office 
which is still taking commissions 
from the acts without booking them. 

Pat liooney uidts goes in March 
2. ■ 



Stanley, Pitt, Off Stage 
End for Jokon Picture 



Th^ Stanley, Pittsburgh, which 
commenced staigeshows only two 
weeks ago, goes straight pictures 
again Friday (2) for at least two 
weeks with the showing of 'Wonder 
Bar.' 

Combo policy will be resumed fol- 
lowing this film. 



Warners' Ayon, tJtica, 
Stage Show Experiment 

Utlca, N, Y., :Feb. 26. 
expctrlnient with stage shows 
is being made at Warner's Avon. 
Beginning Saturday (24) for four 
dttys the stage bill consists of joe 
and Eddie with Tom I^wis aiid the 
Lang Sisters, both aets from WGTr 
and Hart and Smith, . dancers.- 

Cary LMsman, manager, says If 
the response Is there, stage pres- 
entations occaislohally ■<viil be added 
to tho films. 

Other stage shows in Utlca are 
at the yaudfllm Colonial and stock 
burlesqiie at the Majestic. 





And % to Loew s 




RKO Reopens Snbnrban 
Towns to Week-End Vane 



-=RKG-ia 6pening-up-lts WestChes 
Iter county straight- pictures thea^ 
trea to stageshows on Saturdays 
and Sundays only. They'll play 
single acts or attractions, probably 
j confining them selves to radio turns^ 
White Plains started this week 
I with Peter Higgins, and Yonkers 
I commences over the next weekend 
The RKO Westchester towns have 
i been out of vaude for over a year, 



Wallace Beery may be next on 
the list of Metro picture names 
booked for stage dates at the Capi- 
tol, New York, and possibly other 
Loew picture houses. If booked, 
he will follow May Robson, Lionel 
Barrymore and Ramon Noyarrp, 
who have already played the Brbadr 
way week, and Clarke Gable, who's 
there currently. 

All receive their regular studio 
(picture) salary plus a percentage 
split with the house over , a certain 
gross. Percentage arrangement 
va,rles with the player and theatre 
pltj^yed. 

Paramount also contemplated a 
series of personals by its contract 
picture naimes at the Broadway Par, 
but stopped after playing Gary 
Cooper and Miriam Hopkins. Mary 
Pickford also played the Par re^ 
cently, but at $10,000 and not on a 
studio booking. 



Insiile StuI-^Vaude 



Actors' Betterment AasoclaUon last week wais turned down by a Joint 
council of the various theatrical charity organizations when it requested 
that the ABA be recognized as the official clearing house for benefit 
shows and funds collected therefrom. The request was directed to the 
Actors' Fund, <3atholic, Jewish and Episcopal actor guilds. Stage Relief 

ABA'S plan, submitted by Ralph Whitehead, Involved establishment of 
the ABA as the Joint benefit bureau for all the stage benevolent societies 
and the collector of receipts. In return for a percentage of monies col- 
lected for services rendered. . • 

Opinion of the various fund heads, and given as the reason for the 
turndown, was that the ABA as an organiizatlon is 'too. young' and has 
not yet estabUshed Itself as sufliclently responsible to handle the com- 
bined benefit funds of aU organizaUons. Frank Gilmore, of Equity, who 
attended the meeting, concurred in this opinion. The various guild and 
fund heads are reported talking of qirganlzirig their own mutual benefit 
board, to be known as the Theatrical Benefit Association, to Jointly 
police and collect from benefit shows themselves 

Appearing with Whitehead at the fund heads' meeting were Charlie 
Moscbni and Pat Rooney. 

New clause rubber-stamped on all RKO vaudeville contracts, by which 
acts release the circuit from Code violations, was inserted on advice of 
the RKO legal department ^ . . 

Clause reads: 'In order to Induce the exchange (RKO) to enter Into 
this contract, and as part of the conslderifitlon for so doing, the artist 
represents and warrants that he will comply In all respects with the 
provisions relatlne to minimum compensation and wiarklhg' hours, pro 
vided for In the Code of Fair Competitioii for the Motion Picture In 
dustry in presenting the act, artists , or attraction described in this agree 
ment.' 

Whether the clause actually absolves the booking office in the. event of 
violations is at this date a matter of opinion, and may not be decided 
until a case Involylng the booking oiaaciB presents Itself. No vaudeville 
code violation h^ yet come iip to set a precedent for future guidance 
In cases of that sort Meanwhile the general, but . not legal, assumption 
is that all parties involved in a violation must prove Innocence, regard- 
less of contract clauses or the signing of releases by actors who may 
or ma,y not know what they're signing. 

The Interpretation of ja^'tah^ 
did not come from him.' As" reported, the opinion was thiK geherally 
expressed within thO trade and erroneously credited to the executive 
secretary of the Motion Picture Code Authority. 

interpretation was to effect that there is no longer In existence a tab 
show' in the . old sense, but that any show, 'tab' or otherwise, playing In 
"arpnstnre "theatre would come under -Jurisdiction of the Picture' Code. 

Question came up ove^ the complaint of two bhorus girls against Harry 
Delmar's 'Revels' tinit (Show claiming It classes as a tfib*. and therefore 
outside the Picture Code's Jurisdiction. 'Tab' shows are speolflcally « 
eluded from the vaudeville aectlon of the Picture Code. 



Chicago^ Feb. 26, 
tt's an open battle now between 
Balaban & Katz and the Jones, 
Llniclc & Schaefer loop theatres, 
with B&K . niaklng two moves In 
qiiilck! succession against J.L.S. First 
was. the acquisition of the legit Gar- 
rick for pictures. Now comes the 
order to shift the. Oriental back to 
stage shpws March 2. 

WhlliB the World's Fair trade and 
general pick-up. i i.. given a^. the. rea- 
son for the shifts In policy, behind 
B&k's mov,es is the build-up of the. 
Jones holdings in the loop. Under 
the new. setup Balaban & Katz will 
pit the grind Oarrick against the 
Jones' Woods, while the Oriental 
will line up ajgalnst the State-Lake. 

In between there is the, McVick- 
ers, which Jones, Linlck & Schaefer 
turned over to B&K several years 
ago when J.L.&S. retired from ac- 
tive show business. But now, with 
the comeback of the. !flrm throu.nth 
the State -Lake and the Woods, the. 
McVlckers is the center of a. new^ 
battle. B&K this month renewed 
its hold, on the house for another 
three months, but the firm Is still 
undecided about the final, disposi- 
tion of this property and the hbuse 
may revert, to the. Jones holdings 
In May. However, with. B&K now 
using vaude in the Oreintal, Mc- 
Vlckers will now get the ace pic- 
tures Instead of being forced to 
divide them with the Oriental. 
Peculiar . Spot 

All indications pliace the . Orien- 
tal in a peculia.- spot, . since B&iEC 
not puttlng_yaude In this house 
ust for' vaade's sake. Circuit is 
using vaiU4e to put through several 
totally .foreiKti ,angles» such ias the 
Jones competition, the McVlckers 
and loop supremacy. 

The fact that they are . opening 
the house during Lent, when the 
firm is folding 'vaude In a couple .of 
outlying theatres until Easter at 
least. Is the tlp.ofE on the competi- 
tion single. House Itself Is an ad- 
mittedly tough booking problem. It 
has never been a successful vaude 
house and lacks the intimaoy of the 
State -Lake, where acts are close 
to the audience "and easy to get, 
across. 

Theatre slated to pla.y six acts, 
dnd a line of girls with pictures at 
40c. top. Win be booked through 
the local Wllljam Morris office by 
Nan Elliott, who also buys for somo 
10 neighborhood w.eek-end houses. 
Brings the number of fiesh houses 
in the loop to four. 

B&K top house in the loop is the 
Chicago, which will naturally get 
the first call on material, with the 
Oriental forced to make ends meet 
with what it can. 



is 



Saranac Lake 

By Happy . Benway 



Edith Cohen leaving for rooklyn. 

cured. 

Bill Canton bedslded by his sister 
who excursioned from N.Y.C. 

Leonard Cowley anticipates leav* 
Irig Our' hilltop city. 

Archie Gouiet made the grade on 
the oke side. 

Doris Gascolgne visited by. the 
boy friend; Tddks lMjfle 

Pontlac theatre how- issuing 
monthly passes to the showfolk 
curers. 

Tommy Vicks is now curing be- 
tween cure periods. 

John MOntalese leaving the lodg* 
and win resunie the ozonlng at 
North woods s<an. 

Leonard Orotte; Loew manager* 
Is sending out IhYltes for homo- 
cooked meals, and they are great 

Bridge is the san's hobby. 

Jack NlcoU In .bed« 

Alice Carman, .after ia. mess of 
trouble. Joined the pneumo-thorax 
gang. F'lrst routine of injecs proved 
successful. 

Drrothy Wilson, a much-ln-bed- 
gal, bedslded 'by her mother. 

Frank Farrell, who walked around 
with a bum appendix, lost it. 

The most wonderful spot in these 
air mountains Is Camp Intermission. 
■--We ather , normal -again; it'e^onlyL 
10 below zero. 

Stella Barrett, bedslded by her 
mother, la picking up. 

W. L. CoUette, of Charlotte, N. C 
doesn't miss a chance to help the 
sick. Thanks, Bill! 

Leo Massimo, who mattered the 
care, poetically inclined. 

Write to those you know 
8aranao« 



Tuesday, February 27, 1934 



VAUDEVILLE 



VARIETY 



49 



4,000 AaORS WORK WEEKLY 



RKO Unbends, Gwg Non-'Name 
Units First Circuit Booking 
Break; Loew Only Holdout 




Units >re Anally on , the upbeat, 
with ail but one of the circuits 
now beginning to show more than 
lUBt a distant interest. The ex- 
ception is l-oew. The last to swing 
Into line was RKO, which unbent 
last week 'and set the 'Melody Mad 
Parade* (Johnny Perkins) into the 
Palace, Chicago, as a test case. 

Paramount the weelc before lo.os- 
ened up and slipped thfe same show 
four weeks, to opeii March 9 at the 
Michigan. Detroit, and follow Into 
Buffalo, Toronto and Montreal. 
This circuit Is riegotiatlhg with 
Marty Porklns for the Rae Samuels 
unit and the 'Goln' to Town' bolored 

revue. • , ^ 

Warners lis also after the shows, 
and has offered 0. L. 6z, producer 
of 'Parade,' three weeks at the 
Earle theatres In Washington and 
Philadelphia, and the Stanley, Pitts- 
burgh. This Is not set, due to th<^ 
RKO and Par bookings and RKO'f 
request that Oz hold the unit's time 
open until the Chicago date is 
played. 

Fanchon & Marco and Wmi Mor- 
ris booking offices have' become In- 
terested In the cohesive stage shows 
and last week sought units for their 
respective houses, 

RKO'0 booking move Is the most 
important to the unit producers, as 
It is the first encouraging sign 
from that end. Previously that clr- 
cult's bookers and -theatre oper- \ 
oXotB had practically thumbed - 
down the mlnnie revues, maintain- 
ing they would Stick to vaude, bcr ' 
cause it'B cheaper, the switch in 
Qplnlbn came after a study of the 
Interstate ETOsses, where' the units 
have doubled and tre-bled the takes 
against a comparatively, sniall jump 
In overhead. 

Shortage of Acts 
Another factor in making RKQ 
change Its collective mind is the 
growing shortiage of acts for ortho- 
dox vaude shows. Thisf has been 
especially noticeable, at the Palace, 
where repeats have been frequent 
and faces oin the stage too familiar. 

Considering that vaude has de- 
veloped no new bx>. acts in the last 
few years, the ops aire beginning -to 
wake to the units as a new idea 
in pop-priced, entertainment,, and 
maybe their theatres' only apparent 
stage savior. 

The one thing that has yet to be 
overcome is the operators' demand 
for 'names.' They have yet to be 
convinced that 'nameless* units will 
eventually build a theatre's patron- 
age If holding a high entertainment 
average. Right now they can only 
see topliners and keep suggesting 
they be booked to bolster the units. 



Barton Tops Short 



James Barton will headline in the 
next iE. M. Glucksman's (Mentone) 
two-reelers, liidh run in- vaude 
show fashion. ' 

Another, completed last week, has 
a cast consisting of George Givot, 
Ed iSulllvan, Bloxik and SuHyi Sid 
Gary and Ben Pollock's orchestra. 



14 Resident Houses Employ 
705>^27 TravelinK Unit 
Stands Use 860 — 851 
Acts (2,127 Persons) 
Regular Vaudie 



ABA Reorganizes on Union Basis 
As American Federation of Actors; 
Fred KeatingrPres.; Joe Laurie^ VP. 



in 



NEXT TO PICTURES 



RECORD OFFER 
OF $250,000 
FOR ROXY 



Five major booking offices repre- 
.5entlng as many theatre circuits 
laid 25 weeks of stag*; bookings at 
•$10,000 a week. In the lap of S.. L. 
Rothafel (Roxy) last night (Mon-. 
day). If the former Radio City 
Music Hall miaestro accepts it will 
be a deal - involving morei money 
than any straight salary stage book- 
ing record— 1250,000- 

Rothafel returned froni Plnehurst, 
N. C, where he had been vacation- 
ing, Saturday (24) to sign papers If 
everjrthlng was agreeable. Bookings 
had been 6xranged between Charlie 
Morriison, representing Rothafel as 
his agent, and Boris Morros of Par- 
amount, who Is handling the rout^ 
ing for the circuits. 

If the deal Is finally closed, Roth- 
afel win open March 30 In Boston 
for the 25 weeks contributed by 
Paraniount, Loew, RKO, Warners 
and the Hoblitzelle-O'Doniiell thea- 
tres In the south. Rothafel will be 
assisted by his stage 'gang,* selected 
by himself. He will also stage the 
show. 

Deal calls for a week's layoff 
after every five weeks of , work, 
Rothafel figuring he may need the 
resf periods. He will broadcast lo- 
cally m every toWn played, and 
troupe -win carry Its own advance 
man. 

N. L. Nathahson has made an of- 
fer of percentage onie- niters a.crioss 
Canada to follow the ciixiuit book- 
ings. 

Hangry Actors Cited 
W&en Albany Blue 
Law Stifles Shows 



are approximately 3^700 
actors of all grades; from chorus 
girls to i^rlncipalis, currently (em- 
ployed each week in the. organlzei? 
and known Vaudeville and i>resehta 
tlon theatres in this country, ac 
cording to. an' exhaustive survey 
compiled by the Motion Picture 
Code Authority in Investigating the 
vaude business: for. code revision 
purposes. 

Suryer probably is the. most thor 
ough ever made by or for vaude 
and Is complete but for the pmis 
sion of some California stage time, 
and other scattered time bookfed out 
of Chicago, Philadelphia and Der 
troit. Code Authority's estimate, 
plus unofficial but approximately 
correct figures on playing time not 
accounted for, wolild place the 
number of working performers In 
the variety theatres at 4,000. 

The number Is- surprlslnffi con 
sidering; the variety stage show's 
steep ' decline In the past few years 
At 4,000 actors, vaude. Is still em- 
ploying more people than , any other 
branch . of tiie ■ theatre .except pic- 
tures.. 

-Residttnt Theatres 

According to the CA figures, pre- 
sentation theatres with resldeht 
chorus lines now number 14 and 
employ approzlniuitely 706 persons 
th their shows weekly. These the- 
atres play stage shows of three to 
five acts, plus the permanent com- 
panies. They' are, with the. number 
of resident people- given: 

Parambunt, N. T. (24 girls); Pa- 
ramount, Brooklyn (24); Buffalo, 
Buffalo (21); Michigan. Detroit 
(16); iChlcago, Chicago (20); Cap- 
itol, N. f. (24) ; Roxy. N. T. (24) ; 
Orpheum. Denver (16); St. Lbuls, 
St, Louis (18); Warfleld, iSan Fran- 
cisco (18);. Paramount, libs An- 
geles (16); Ambassadpr, St.. Louis 
(16): Imperial, Toronto (16); Music 
Hall, N. Y. (125 to 150). 

27 Unit Houses 
Theatres playlnp traviellng unit 
shows, but not regular vaudeville as 
a general policy, number 27, ac- 
cording to the OA. Aioiig with the 
average number of Individual act- 
ors they employ, they are: 



Debnar'sSelf-MadeAct 



Ruth Delmai", daughter of . Jules 
Delraar, makes iier stage debut this 
week as a singer in the floor show 
at the Village Barn, New York 
She has been singing over WOR. 

Miss Delmar's father booked the 
Keith southern route .for so many 
years it • came to lie gen.erally 
known as the 'Delnidr time.' 





THREAT OVER 





As Storm Maroons Bus 



The blizzard of last week almost 
was fatal to the 33 colored members 
of Baron Lee's 'Creole Follies' when 
their bus stalled in snowdriifts on 
Jericho Turnpike, five miles frbm 
their destination, the RiyoHl, Hempi 
stead, L. 

They left New York 7:30 Tuesday 
morning, with the storm still rag- 
ihg,'and became marooned at 10:30. 
It wasn't until 11 o'block that night, 
nearly 13 hours later, that they were 
rescued by Matty Fox, manager of 
the RivoH> wiio headed a sofirchlng 
party in a sleigh. 

AVliPii found, one igirl's arm was 
frojien and one of the mualc.iahs^as 
suf£tn-lng from hemorrliages. After 
beinsj revived and warmed in 
HemystcaG, the troupe rehearsed 
^-thcir^actruTirtlte'-staiS^^^ 
all night long. 

The toushpst part of the rescue. 
Fox. said, was getting a\ sleigh. 
Thoy were^at a pi-fniiuni and rent- 
IneXox A?., Jt»ieLJk§.:§tm9.-- Th.e^ entire 
section of Long Island around 
Hempstead was marooned by the 
storm anil nobody noticed that the 
stage sliow wu.s not on tap at the 
Rivoli Tuesday (20). 



AjJbany, Feb. 26. 

An admission by Police Chief 
David Smurl that he didn't know 
the Capitol was staging Sunday 
vaude shows was a feature of his 
order prohibiting them in all the- 
atres. The edict followed . an at- 
tempt by the State, stock burlesque, 
to presertt ah eight-act Sunday bill. 
Actually> the State took a double 
wallop; for police also forbade Sat- 
urday midnight, hurley shows. 

Following the bd.n tlie Capitol ad- 
vei'tised that the vaude shows: Would 
be witlidrawn. entirely at the end 
of this week. It cited the acute un- 
employment conditions facing per- 
formers and said 'they re wilHne 
to work any time, ahy hours, to ob- 
tain a bare living for themselves, 
and their families.' 



Unit Rarnst grming. 

Pittsburgh, Feb. 26. 

•World's Fair Scandal.s.' feaiturini? 
Texas Guinan*s gang and Midget 
Village Follies, b a r n .s t o r m 1 n g 
through Beaver Valley in this ter- 
ritory following Its engagement la.st 
week at Pitt. 

Show, owned by Jack Fine, split- 
ting 12 days among' Rochester, 
Beaver Falls and East Liverpool, O. 



Theairo 

Boiston. Boston ....... ^ .. . 

Orpheuriii Cedar Rapids. . 

Palace. Chicago . ; . 

Rko, Cincinnati : . . . . 

Paraniount. Cleveland . . 
RKO, Syracuse . ... 

;Rk6, Rochester . < . 
Keith's, Providence .....*. 

RKO, Onriaha . 
RKO, Miiineapblis . 
>ialn. St.; Kansas City.... 

Rivoli^ Hempstead. L. i... 
iDpwhtown, Detroit ....... 

Keith's, Davenport 
Keith's, Columbus ..... ... 

Pitt, Pittsburgh .... > . , , . . 

Lbew's, Washington 

Paria'mourit,. Dallas , 

Ft. Worth, Ft. Worth... r. 
Paramount, Hou.^ton 
Waco, . Waco 
Pat-amount, San Antonio 
Earle, Philiadelphia 

Earle, Washington > . 

Million Dollar, L.'At,...., 
Alarbro, Chicago 
-OrplTCtfnTr°MemphiB 



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860 

Spotr Booked Towns 

Not included with the above are 
63 towns in the middle west that 
play spot-booked units for one, two 
and three- day stands. Employment 
figures on them Vary greatly and. 
are not estimated. Their shows 



Omaha, 

Person of Sally 

Raihd at Paramount here brought 
strongest flood of opposition against 
theatre since its opening seven 
years ago. Dx'.astle order came 
from Bishop Joseph F. Rummel of 
the Omaha Diocese forbidding any 
member of the Catholic faith from 
attending the show under 'pain of 
grievous sin.' 

Bishop sent copy, of his long let- 
ter to eachi of city's 36 churches 
ordering It to be read at all serv- 
ices on Wednesday and Friday.. 
Week ago he comrnunleated with 
Mayor Roy. N. To wl asking an In- 
vestigatloui ahd subsequent letter 
to churches followed when he got 
only a forni letter In reply from 
the ofllce of the mayor; 

Comeback of .Manager Goldberg 
was that the Bishop was hasty In 
judging before. • sliow had opened 
and Invited him to opening show. 
Bishop declined offer and asserted 
■hlB objections were based on the 
reputation of the dancer, the nature 
of the advance advertisements and 
a report given him. of the trailer 
being shown Week previous. 

Letter of the Bishop while directed 
at the Rand act also referred to 
other sensational shows which, the 
town has had and remarked about 
lack of censorship here, 

Along' same line and previous to 
actibn of -Bishop, Protestant min- 
isters also took action in appoint- 
ing committee of three as local 
b*ard of censors. Its purpose is 
the investigation of all shows, both 
film and vaude, but was brought to 
a head by scheduled appeara.nce of 
Miss Raind. 



CU Last-Halves 



Chicago, Feb, 26. 
B. & K, Tivpli and Uptown the- 
atres go bafck to vaude this Friday. 
Start with three-day last halves, 
but , expect to be full weeks by 
Easter^ 



usually number about 20 people. 
Towns are: 

Marinoite,. Eau Claire, Superior, 
Janesville, Cshko.sh, Kenosha, Wa- 
tertown, B?»rab6b, New London, 
Waupaca, Wisconsin Rapids, Marsh- 
field, Antiffo, RhinelandtTi Portage, 
Berlin, .Sturgeon Bay, Burlington, 
Ripon, Ft. Atkinson, Wauke.sha, 
West Ellis, Wvy.st .Boncl, Two Rivers, 
Ncenah, Ch>p)>owa Falls, Waupun, 
Dodge^:i^ e.^ a^.,Wl^:t ^^j»^^l^ 



American Federatl<Ai of Ac.tors Is 
the new, unionized title of the asr 
soclation of vaudevlllians originally 
organized as the Actors' Betterment 
Association, The new organization 
has beeh designated to receive the 
American Federation., of Labor 
charter, which the Associated Actbrs 
and Artists of America (Four A's) 
Is expected to turn over this week. 

AFA title was adopted a,nd. a set 
of oipcers elected at a .irtass meei- 
Ing in New York Friday nlglvt (23). 
Actors' Betterment Association will 
continue to function^ biit only for 
the' purpose of controlling benefit 
shows, 

Fi'ed iceatlng was elected presl* 
dent of the AFA, which is the first 
:actlve vaudeville union of actors 
since the White Rats faded ,15 
years ago. here lai a close con- 
nection between the two, since .the 
document Which tlie^ Four A's has 
promised to deliver to the AFA Is 
the old White Raits charter. 

Other AFA Officers are: Job 
Laurie, Jr., first vice-president; 
Victor Moore, second v.-p.; Pat 
Rooney, third -pi.; Guy Magley,' 
fourth v.-p.; Charlie Moscpnl, treas- 
urer; Rialph Whitehead, executive 
secretary. Eddie Cantor, who was 
honorary president of the ABA, la 
ditto for the AFA. 

Council (aroups 
• Council consists of 81 members, 
Including the seven officers; and Is 
divided Into fovr groups, whose 
members serve from one to four 
years. Thei officers are .«I1 In for 
three-year terms. 

In. the council groups are: Four 
years. Belle Baker. Chaz Chase, Con 
Colleano. Alan CorelH, D«ke Elling- 
ton; thre^ years, Ul Brendel., Eddie 
Garr^ Billy Gaxton, .Max Gruber, 
Jack. McLallen, Dick Sexton; two 
years. Bob Hope, Prank E. Lynch, 
George Olsen, Sophie. Tucker, Al 
Warner, Sid Williams; one -year. 
Doc Baker, Benny Davis, Kitty 
Doner, Jed Dooley» Charles Judela, 
Joe Novelie, Julius Tannen. 

Reorganization bf tho AFA on 
strictly union basis, wais among the 
'legal changes' required by the Pbur 
A's before the A.F;L. permit could 
be Issued. Among charges recently 
made against the ABA by Its former 
counsel, Irvine Schneider, was one 
to the efCect that the Xba could not 
operate as a lihlon because Its state 
charter classed It as purely an anti- 
benefit organization. Reorganized 
and as the AFA, the ABA member- 
ship how has applied for a separate 
New York charter In which Its 
status as a union Is set forth. 
ABA Retain* Charter 
ABA retains the original charter 
In continuing aa the benefit control 
adjunct of the APA, _ Its officers re-, 
main the same. Although Bobby 
Clarke has resigned eis president, no 
effort hais been made to replace him. 
Ted Lewis, a.s first vlce-presldeht, 
automatically moves up Into the 
prejjidency, but It lis expected the 
adniinistratlon of the ABA'a affairs 
will l>e left to Whitehead. To a 
large extent Whitehead has been 
running the. ABA by hlmseli. 

Of the officers. Whitehead will be 
the only one under salary, with the 
amount to be fixed by the council. 
Whitehead was supposed to receive 
a nominal figure of $50 a Week from 
the ABA, but iiasn't collected any-r 
thing for the past coiiple of months. 

AFA starts out with the ABA's 
membership of 400 practically in- 
tact;. Its Initiation fee Is $5, and 
dues $12 a year* payable semi-an- 
nually. 



St. (Moml, Kof.lifi.ster, ' Winona,^ 
Au.stin, Manl;r>to, .Mboft Lea, 
.Crofk.ston. J.M]]uili. AVihjiar, Ffrgus 
Falls,, all Minnr^suta. 

«ioux Fall.s, Mif()i«^l], Huron, 
Aberdeen, nil Siaiili Dakota.- Grand- 
Fork s ariil Fa/yo. N. .D, 

E.scanab.'i, Mai-qnettr'. Iron Kiver. 
Clad.stono, I.«hpemln(f, IronwooO, 
(Conli lU'd on page 51) 



Charlie Withers, who retired two 
years ajco. Is staging a comeback 
proparatoi-y to heading a unit under 
<:;harlie Maddock's management. He 
broke in hi.s 'Op'ry Ilbuse* In Ell:?a- 
beth over the week-end to get It In 
.sh.'iTie. 

Witlier.<! spent mo.st of his retire- 
ment lime V catloning in England. 



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V AO DEVI LLC 



Tuesday, February 27, 1934 



NEW ACTS 



8Y0NEY MANN 

Singing 

12 Mine.; Two 

Orpheium^ N< Y. 

Miss Manp was recently one of 
the featurbsVof a cominercjlal broad- 
cast locally over WJZ. This called 
for quite a billing splurge here, 
with a trailer, heralding h6r as the 
'Sunshine Cruise, girl with the Violin 
voice,' preceding her. appearance: on 
the stage. The 'vloUn voice' is a 
niezzo- soprano.. nasally pitched, and 
sounding remarkably like a stringed 
Instrument when she hums into the. 
mike. T.wo. pianists, who solo with 
•Carioca,' act as . her accompani-; 
.'jneht. . 

The last rostrum appearance for 
Miss Mann was In George White's 
'Melody' last year. Previous to that 
she was in vaude and night clubs, 
but never before In vaiide as a 
ingle. With the possible exception 
pt a better choice in clothes, she's 
okay for arny theatre playing variety 
as it is today. 

•Three songs are in her r6p;, with 
these split by, the pianists' session. 
They drinoUnce. their bit as a. spe- 
cial arrangement; which is hardly 
necessary, especially when the num- 
ber they play has received such 
wide exploitation in 'Flying Dowii 
to Rio' CRKO). Miss Mann sings 
'Lets Fall In Love,' 'Dark Eyes' ard 
^After Sundown.' She has a cos-~ 
tume change between the first two 
and the last, but . it is hardly any 
improvement over her first gow;n. 

There's enough novelty in her 
voice to impress audiences. She di.^ 
her^ 



ROSE MARY >ind* FRAZl 
Songsi Piano 
-10 Mins.;. One 

G. O. H., N. Y. ^ ; 

Although hot filed in the records, 
femme of this: mixed pair. Rose 
Mary; a blonde, suggests experience. 
Todels soprano while Frazier bari- 
toiie's.and not so good. He's per- 
sdhable in tux and light hair but 
be appeared when caught to be 
suffering from a' Cold. Mayhe under 
bounder physical conditions the pair 
could show to better results, al- 
though none the less they , were re- 
ceived heartily as the deuqer on a 
ifour-act layout Sing classical duets 
and semi-st&ndard solos; a type 
that may not prove generally ac- 
ceptable especially In view of the 
calibre of the pair's voices. . . 

Manner of presentation is formu- 
liatlc, the two w^lklhg on singing 
from the wings. Then they plant 
themselves down centre under " a 
bright spot That singing trot-on 
not so likable. Snati.. 

mills; SHEA and RbSSi 
Acrobatics, Comedy 
10 Mens.; One 
Academy* N. Y. 

Ground tumbling and acrobatic 
turn of Mills and Shea, first found 
by VAiRiErrT' In 192B, Is now Mills 
Shea and Ross, with comedy of 
more ■ modern application as relief 
from straight acrobatic routines. A 
fair little act, it manages to qualify 
for No. 2. 

At first the trio threatens slaps, 
falls and all that sort of thing a la 
Mills, Kirk and Martin, This is 
held down to a minimum, however, 
boys relying' more for" novelty and 
laughs from acrobatics, comedied up 
a little. Mixed in are many stunts 
of a legit nature, best a rollover by 
two of the men with one perched olt 
the back Of the Other after the fash-; 
ion of riding horseback, • Char, 



JACK PEPPER (6) 
Singing, Stooges 
1$: Mins,; One, Full 
Academy, N. Y. 

Returning to vaude after a brief 
experience in legit with Shuberta' 
'Ziegfeld Follies,' Jack Pepper, is 
now doing a full-stage act with, five 
stooges as a coinedy band. He: 
formerly ,worke,d in onevtvith two 
stooges, one of whom, a funtiy-lbok- 
Ing character. Is absent from tiiB 
present, lineup. 

None of Pepper's five stooges can 
compare with one of the two muggs 
he formerly had in either comedy 
appearance ,or ability, yet the act 
is fairly good on entertainment 
yiilue. Without knocking anyone 
out of seats. It will get by okay* in- 
viting ho complaints. 

.Opening in one, where he does a 
pOpi Pepper brings On his stooge, 
band, mixing around to conduct and 
In other ways supisirlnduce laughs. 
Trick instruments iBgure somewhat, 
reminding of the Brittons, while 
freak delivery other\^lse leans the 
act in- a comedy direction. The 
trunipet solo is accompanied by 
barnyard imitatlonsj for instance. 

Group finishes in one, with song, 
dance, comedy and novelty bits. 

Pepper- bills his. bunch as Al Lents 
and Society' Buds. 

Closed show- here. Char. 



COLB Y A N p M U R R A Y R E V U E (6) 
Dance Flash 
14. Mins.; One, 
State. N. Y, 

D4nce flash built on a ballroom 
pair and a trIO of hoofers with- the 
sixth person for a vipHn o.bbligato 
for one number. More of a ball- 
roorh duo with the relief trio fill- 
ing i , though the latter are all good 
in their own right, . .. 

Opens with a snappy number by 
two girls and a mart, some song 
and more dancing. Then the first 
of the ballroom . series, straight 
dancing; . One Of the girls back for 
a solo' stepping; and the twosonie on 
again for the imitative dance In 
which the girl apes the man until 
he stumps her by putting, his, hands 
in his pockfits. Everyone Knew 
that it would work up either to that 
or the companion, bit :of turning up 
the trouser legs, so it did not score 
as strongly as a ' srtiooth- dance 
movement might have done. Man 
from the trio back for some excel 
lent hoofery, then the girls and 
finally the ballroomiers back for. the 
brief finale. 

AH good work, but it is not a 
revue, and Could be knitted into 
sopiething better than the present 
set-up. Doesn't make the most of 
what it has, but pleases as Is. One 
special drop, for no reason in PW" 
tlcular, jirid house drapes In . qrie and 
two- ChiCt 



DOROTHY CROOKER 
Control Dancer 
4 Mine. 
Capitol, N. Y. 

Dorothy Crocker •was an ■ early 
terp spot in the Capitol presenta^ 
tion. She's a control dancer, work- 
ing throughout on one foot, with her 
other linib going through rhythmic 
control positions, 'steps' and genu- 
flections to the repeated Choruses 
of Duke Ellington's 'Sophisticated 
Lady.? Anyway the tune didn't be- 
come too tiresome; which in itself 
Is something. 

She does about 4 mins. of this, 
perhaps a minute or so too much 
but it's not • boresome. She looks 
nice and dresses ditto. Aheh 



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General &Kecutive Offices 



AN N E X 



160 WESX 46^ ST* 

BRyant 9-7800 NEW YORK CITY 




OBNEBAL .MAMAGEB 

MARVIN H. SCHENCK 

BOOKINO MANAOni 





JACK ARNOLD (8> 
Comedy, S)cetch, Song 
14 Mins. 

Hippodrome, Baltimore 

Strictly split-week nabe fare. 
Arnold, recent figure In Myrt and 
Marge (Wrlgley's) CBS series, rely^ 
Ing. apparently altogether on what- 
ever rep he acquired on ether to put 
him over-ln yaudeviUe. 

Unbilled femme and; man open in 
argumentative bit that ahoWs wom- 
an neglecting dinner preparations 
to bend the ear toward Arnold on 
the radio, with husband's fretting 
objections When G|he learns that 
Arnold is doing a iatlnt -at a local 
theatre; snatches husband's hand 
and drags him QfC That's , to iserve 
as ihtro, Arnold now, entering from, 
wings to conomencei banal spiel that 
holds as premise the eagerness of 
radio actor to play vaude that he 
may hear the applause his efforts 
induces. Interrupted by femme 
who's doubled into audience plant; 
wants , his autogrjiph. mounts i-os- 
trum to get it and engages in dull 
comedy routine with Arnold -and the 
man as straights. Arnold, at. their 
combined pleadings, consents to re- . 
act ■■ courtroom address he : made in 
role of D. A. over CBiS. • Femme and 
man dive bel^ind curtain and, thus 
veiled, speak the lines Of gal on 
trial and judge- on beiich against 
Arnold's ten-twenty-thlrt' styled 
histriontic barrister harrangue. 

After that, pair «merge from be- 
hind traveler and /ask Arnold .. to 
sing iBi song, 'How Can . I Go On 
Without Tou.' He complies, with 
feirtnie .joining in chorus. Lack 
voices. . ., 

Whole act misses . fire bompletely. 
No material, no staging; no pro-, 
ductlon. Arnold well-grOonied in 
ijrey. biz suit; femmie .oke in street 
garb; man oke in blue, serge. 

CHAftLES CAnULE 
Tehop 
6 Minh. 
Capitol, N. Y. 

CarlUe iff a CBS tenor. He wOrks 
conventionally, huddling a mike and 
Is preluded by ihlcrophonlc an- 
nouncement of his CBS affiliations. 

He sings, three numbers, in. rich 
and pleasant voice, including 'Smoke 
Gets in Your Eyes' from 'Roberta' 
which, being . a currently running 
production number, makes It, sur- 
prising that copyright permission 
was granted. 

Carlile is engaging but not as 
potent as some of his predecessors. 
He Is a bit shy of iinctlon an^ poise 
which should come to him with in- 
cretuslng stage experience. He's still 
a vaudfllm novitiate whp. .lllte *rtost 
air entertainers, as soon as he ac 
quires a little ether buildup, in 
eyltably Is; booked tor some personal 
apt>a. ^ 
Perhaps a wing collar for that 
dinner jacket Instead of the turn- 
down linen might be a good idea; 
tails suggest themselves as best to 
bolster his front.- Carlile also might 
not hug the mike so assiduously. 
These nicetfes bii poise may make 
all the difference from being Just 
a fairly engaging vpciallst to some- 
body of Btage importance. H® Ijas 
the potentialities. -^.ftel 

WEIST and STANTON REVUE (7) 
Comedy, SinginOr Dancing 
16 Mins.; One and Full (Special) 
Academy, - N. Y. 

George Welst and Ray Stanton 
are oldtlmers In the revue line. In 
thelt present offering* •with new 
people, they have the makings of 
what might easily become a unit, 
with added iscenes and perhaps a 
line of leg lifters. There is much 
of an entertaining quality in the 
revue as payed here at a running 
time of 16 minutes. If never carry- 
ing Out an ambition to. grow into a 
unit, it remains good vaudeville. 

Opening In one, which serves to 
bring on Welst and Stanton, plus, a 
couple of the girls, the aptlon moves 
to full fpr comedy scenes, comes 
back to One later and finishes up on 
a return to full stage. Blackouts of 
a novel nature, without any dirt tO 
dress, flgiure in the full stage com- 
edy number^. 

Welst and Stanton work a. cross- 
fire seission In. one prior to the close 
which Is St.. James infirmary and a 
set-piCce 'upstage, against, -which 
company as patients, nurse, doctor, 
etc.; all dance an eccentric as they 
deliver dialog. 

Act was .well recielved dbwn -here, 
when xaughti- 

COmpany Includes Bernice Goes- 
ling, Patricia MorlCy, Lu Luclen, Ed 
West and Billy Valentine. Char. 

DEMNATI TROUPE (7) 
Acrobatic 
7 Mins.; Full 
Academy, N< . 

Formerly arbtind as the Demnatl 
Harlequins, with troupe at that time 
numbering six people, the Demnatls 
have given up their clownish attire 
and attempts at comedy,. With re- 
sultant improvement. 

Though the tumbling on the close 
brings on a spasm, that's pretty 
lon g, _in_e ver'y_.ot.he r..re3 p.ectjth e .act; 
is now good opener mateflal. Tum- 
bling no longer stuck in at random 
throughout routine, Demnatls going 
In more for combinations and en- 
durance. 

The four-high combination pre- 
sents a picture, as does the endur- 
ance test in which one of the men 
supports his six comrades in effec- 
tive posing. " 

Did well here Saturday after- 
noon. Char. 



UNIT REVIEWS 



BARE FACTS OF 1934 

(WISCONSIN. MILWAUKEE) 

Milwaukee, Feb. 28. 
In this town the billing, la 'Bare 
Facts of i960,' Just 16 years aheaid 
of the date because , so many others 
pre-vlous shows carried the 1934 tag. 
With that i^ngle to be considered it 
might not be a bad idea to continue 
the 1960 line for' other dates. 

Caught -on the second show of Its 
first breiak-in day. the show ex- 
hibited plenty Of entertainment and 
a ioad of piosislbilities. With a cou- 
ple of changes that are. certain , to 
be Instituted before .its break-in 
-week is completed this unit ishould 
be among the top shows turned out 
of Chicago during the current , unit 
frenzy. 

Sammy Rose has given the show 
production that^ builds everything 
in, front of it. The bulk and basis 
of the show are therie. Those 16. 
girls in the line have youth and 
looks and. their routines have every- 
thing.' They are already rehearsed 
to a fine point Of -'precision With 
Rose's dance ideas containing plenty 
of lilt and . smooth motion. Much 
of . the click, of- the .unit :rests pn. 
the ankles and curves of these 16 
gals." . 

Running 69 minutes when caught, 
unit devoted one .excellent minute 
to a new idiea in trailer presenta- 
tion. Show opens with a good smart 
eirtect, two pianos oh either side of 
the stage" picked out With baby 
spots, while on a dark, scrim • is 
projected, a small clip of selling 
copy in introducing the unit. In- 
stead *• pt merely announcing the 
acts the trailer goed . into a^ seUIng 
plug for each act. Gives the unit 
a step-up. that starts It. off oh the 
right foot. 

.At the two pianos are Lee Leroy 
and Irma liyon. Pianos are on the 
stage for the greater part of the full 
stage effects, ..the chorus and acts 
often working., between them. Gives 
the unit .a smart touch.. Later on 
the two pianos are centered for 
their own specialty. : 

Loads of material in the show for 
small i^peClaltles. A bit more doub- 
ling by some of .the acts, wouldn't 
be out of the way. Nell Kelly is 
too .good a performer to be allowed 
to do her one act and off. Miss 
Kelly took the center of. the run 
ning time for her* regular vaude 
turn and managed better results 
with it than she has done tn some 
time. Also on for one sequence is 
Orvllle Stanim, in for a Tarzan and 
acrobatic production number which 
can.be played. up. His partner. Miss 
LaRiie, is holding down two- spots, 
qince in. the production sequence and 
once for her acrobatic dance/ the 
latter particularly good. 

For singing and dancing there are 
two acts. Three Royce Sisters 
carry the warbling duties through 
three or four pop tunes besides rie; 
turning occasionally to accompany 
the chorus or some. production num- 
ber., Rochelle Bros, and Bebe hoof 
cleanly; working front of the Chorus 
in the opening and closing numbers. 
They mix In a smattering of acro-^ 
batic clowning that steps up their 
work. 

Burden of the comedy for this 33- 
peirson unit falls on Buddy Lake and 
two assistants, the Comely Lee Bel- 
mont for s.a. and Al Shuder. Miss 
Belmont besides working with Lake 
and In the blackouts has her own 
spot for some dancing and singing 
while! Snyder has a pantomime bit 
for his own. 

Lake is being depended on . a bit 
too much in the present setup. He's 
m.c.'ing and working in blackouts, 
skits and crossfire routines. Much 
of his material comes froni a good 
memory. One comedy turn added 
at about next-to-closing for 10 
minutes and relieving -Lake of the 
necessity of being around those ex- 
tra 10 would be one Improvement. 

For a break-lh'flrst day this show 
was okay and could go on in its 
present f^hape. But with additional 
shaping this week it looks surefire. 
It finishes on a military production 
nuntiber on the deck of a battleship 
for a fine finale by the ,'ohOrus and 
dancing acts. Loopi 

,Ash as Ojpposish 

Chicago,. Feb;. 26, 
Paul Ash has been booked for one 
week In the State-Lake, Mai'ch 16, 
as opposition to the Oriental, his old 
stamping ground, which goes vaude 
this Week. 



HIGHLIGHTS OF 1934 

(CAPITOL, ALBANY) 

Albany, Feb; 26. 
Here's a unit Without a chorus 
among the cast of 19, which com- 
prises 16 men and only four Women. 
Even with the lack of femmes 
'Highlights of 1934' Isn't without en, 
tertainment qualities.: An orchestra, 
of 13 men and 'leader tops wltii a 
buxom blonde,, who Is a knockout, 
not only In looks,, :but ad a dancer- 
as well. 

Band Is Irving Sewett's Callfor- 
nians, led by Sewett, who also owns 
the show and acts as m.c. Aside 
from standing put as a- musical ag, 
gregatlon, the orch has versatile, 
musicians, not .so forte on sintring, 
but Who put over a punch with their 
dancing;. Show is set In a eye. 

Like the two Other units which 
have played the Capitol recently, 
'Highlights' is weak On comedy. 
With ' a better line of gab, Sewett 
cOuld sew up the laxighs .wlth his 
clever impersonations of Jimmie 
Durante and Ed Wynn. 'So-o-o.' aU 
Ways seems to be good for a laugh, 
but that's about , as far' as Sewett 
gets. 

Nlfty.looking blonde 'can sing^ but 
in dancing she .ea^cels, doing acro- 
batlb and toe solos and giving the . 
boys k gOod look at her njsarly un- 
dressed toi'so. She .is. Muriel Gardr 
ner and has; plenty Of talent arid 
class. 

Lillian Robejrts, blues singer, 
turns put Several huniberis In A-1 . 
style, but It wouldn't do her ariy- 
harm to not follow, a Worthwhile 
number with a driink, -song "encore. 
Latter is all right, but would fit 
better in a solo spot' instead. Both 
women are stunningly .gowned. 

'Three other principals are LiiciUe 
Gray and Msirlon Harding, dancing 
team with nothing put of the ordi- 
nary. And' Rudy Horn, eccentric 
dancer, 'who ought to have more 
than just one spot. 

Musicians, singly, doubly and as 
a foursome with the two girl danc- 
ers, do a variety of steps that can't 
fail to garner approval. Band holds 
down a couple of spots, but the kid- 
ing could be eliminated, for the orch 
has .a wide range of instruments- 
and solo work by individual ■ihem- 
;bers is more than adequate. In fact, 
a couple of more spots Would help> 
It's a . snappy outfit that can play 
and With , mOre comedy talk sand- 
wiched in to provide added breath- 
ing spells it- ought to do more alone. 

Show only needs- a chorus of' a 
few girls and Improved - comedy to 
set it out as a Worthwhile unit, but 
as it stands now its status as such 
seems doubtful.. In fact, it would 
prove ah excellent floor show pr 
vaude flash act: ■ Sewett said he was 
going from Albany to New York to 
show for Loew's, 

HOT CHOCOLATES 

(PARAMOUNT, B'KLYN) 

Of the original Connie's Inn revue, 
which went, to make up this imitj 
there is only Peg Leg Bates left 
Entire, new cast and production haa 
been built around him) although the 
old title sticks. As far as entertain- 
ment goeig, there is still only Peg 
Leg in the show, all the rest being 
Just fair to middling trimmings. 

One thing all colored shows should 
have is speed. This one hasn't even 
got that. It's, slow to the point of 
boredom; badly routined, and there 
isn't very . much talent." 

Beyond the fact that the show is 
too slow there is the matter of tal- 
ent distribution. Plenty of dancing, 
not enough comedy, and no singing 
to speak of. Two male trios |or 
hoofing purposes seems to overdo 
that end of it. Perhaps one of them 
could be dropped and a good crooner 
installed. That's? what's needed. 

Show carries . one ' tricky back , 
drop In front of which Is massed 
Leroy Smith's band; It's : a good 
band of the soft, insinuating', type. 
Maybe it could get some pep up If 
the entertainers .in front shOwed 
any. Show opens with the line of 
girls. 12 of them, . In .a fair wiggly 
number and Baby Cox, a diminutive 
girl making believe she's singing a 
song. Later oh she does some wig- 
gling which iS' passable. 

Lucky . Seven Trio is three, male 
hoofers along usual .lines. They 
know their stuff, though nothing 
that hasn't been seen before. Band, 
13 "men and the leader, does Its stuff 
(Continued On page; 58) 



MAXIMO 



TH IS= WEEK (FEBr23)" 



LOEW'S STATE, NEW YORK 
Next Week (Mvch 2), VALENCIA, JAMAICA 

Opening . Ringling, Bros., Barniim & Bailey, IVIadison 
Square Garden, New York, End of ISIarch 

Direction, JACK MAN DEL 



Tuesday, February 27, 1934 



VARIETY 



51 ,^ 



Varietv Bills 

NEXT WEEK (March 2) 
THIS WEEK (Feb. 23) 

Nunieralfl in . connectipn with bills be»lpw indicate 
show, whether full- or split week 




NEW YOKK CITY 




NEW YORK CITT 

Coots & : Sibley 
XF.oup to... All) 
: ■ , ■ (23) 
Maldle & Kajr- 
Olenn & Jenkins 
jSetty Boop 
Jack Popper Co 
Hackett & Carthay 
Academy 
1st half (2-E) 



D£S MOINES 
vKelth'B 

-Bt half (27-1) 
Olsen & Johnson 
DBTROIX 
Downtown <£> 
New Torkera 
(23) 

3 ' Jacks 

Sid Page Co . 

Slngln* Sam 



DORQTHY CROOKER 
NOW 



At the 
OAPIToi.. NEW TORk 

laced by LEDDY A SMITH 



Eton Boys Co 
Buck & Bubblds 
(Three to fill) 
. 2d half (6-8). . 
Connie's Chooolatee 
2d half (27-1) 

5 Emeralds 
Jack' Arthur. 
I<eW' Parker Co 
Jack Sidney Co 
Barto & Mann 

1st half (3-4) 
Eddie White 
Don lioe fis Trtadina 
(Three to flll) 

1st half (24-28) 
"Wing Wah Tr. 
Brooks & Fllson 
Radio Acea 
. Bert Walton 
.Holene Denlzbn . 
BROOKLYN 
Albee (2) 
Flfi D'Orsay 
Benny Rubin 
. I>onnateIla Bros Co 

<■I^vo to mi) 

(23) 
4 Trojans 
Vox & Walte 
De Marcod ■■ 
Buck & Bubbles 
liierenues 

Madlfwn 
Ist half (2-6) 
King Brawn 
(Four to flin 
1st half (24-27). 

6 Blgins 

Greg'ry & R'ymond 
.Virginia Bacon Co 
Hunter ft Percival 
Peplto' 

Prospect 
let half (24-27) 
Olvida Perez 
Mills Shea & Rosy 
DeMay Moore ft M 
Roy Sedloy 
Faradtse. Rev 
Tllyon 
1st half (3-4) 
Rome .ft Shannon 
(Three to nil) 

1st haU (24r26) 
4 FantinoB 
Ralph Rogers. Co 
Joe B Howard 
Jones & Rae 
Radium Rev 
BOSTON 
Keith's (2) 
reenwlch Follies 
(23) 

. Arthur Petley Co 
' Lewis & Moore 
Gregory Rat'oft Co 
Et'a Moten 
Meyer Davis Ore 
, CEDAR RAPIDS 
Keith's 
2d half (6-8) 
Isen & Johnson 
•CHICAGO 
Palace (2) 
Russian Revels 
Hunter & Percival 
Howard Marsh - 
George' Bcaity 
GretanOB 

(23) 

Morton Downey Rv 
CLEVELAND 
Palace (2) 
Johnny Perkins IT' 

(23).. 
New TorkerB 
COLUMBUS 
Palace (2) 
..Morton .Downey. Rv 
DANVILLE 
XiBcher (4r6) 



Sam Jack Kauf m'n 
Nat BruBllolt 
DUBII<|UB 
Keith's 

2d lialf (6-8) 
Mills Blue R Bd 
XT. MADISON . 
Iowa (4^) 
Marie- Purl TJ 
- OALE8BURO 
Orpheum (6-^7) 
.WI>S Dance 

HEMPSTEAD 
Rlvoll 
let half (24r27) 

Craay Rev - • : ' 

LEAVENWORTH 
Orphenin (4) 
'Sailing Along' 
MINNEAPOLIS 
Orphenm (28). 
Mills Blue R B4 
NEWARK 
Proetor'B (2) 
Arthur Petley Co 
Frank Richardson 
Gregory Ratoff Co 
Wills & Davie 
Rlm'acB Orch 

. (23) 
Greenwich Follies 
N'W BRUNSWICK 
Keith's 
Isi.halt (24-26) 
Juggle lAnd 
Rio ft West. 
B ft B Newell 
Artistic Rev 
FATERSON 
Keith's 
. let halt (2-6) 
4 Trojans 
Stone ft Lee 
Harry J Conley Ce 
Cookie Bowers 
Kitchen Pirates 
. ^.d half (6-8) 
Alice JoV: 
Sidney Page 
Nell Golden Ore 
(Two to flll) 

2d half (27-1) 
James' .Evans Co - 
Frank Melino. Co 
Buster Shaver 
Solly War,d Co 
F Henderson Orch 
PROVIDENCE 
Keith's (2) 
'Midway Nif^ts' 
ROCKFORD 
.Coronado (8-10) 
•Temptations of '34' 
ROCHESTER 
Keith's (23) 
Kay Hamilton 
Paul Sydell 
Johnny Woods 
Hudson Wonders 
Gillette & Richards 
SIOUX CITY 
Keith's 
1st half (2.4-27) 
Olsen &' Johnson 
ST. JOSEPH 
Electric (2-S) 
'Sailing Along' 
ST. PAUL 
. Keith's . 
IBt half (2-5) 
Mills Blue R Bd 
TRENTON 
Capitol 
. Ist half (2-6) 
Clark & McCuHo'gh 
(Three to flll) 

2d' half (6-8) 
Gossips of 1934 
2d half (27-1) 
Mills Green 
Rlmac's Orch 



Paul Nolan Go 
Yvonne. Cyr Co 
Rchard & .Hurst 
Frank Melino Co. 
Dillon & Parker R 

2d half (6-8) 
Larry Saunders Co 
Ranee ft Gordon 
Meredith' ft .Snoozer 
Bernlce ft Walker 
eUlTord Wayne Co 
Gates Ave. 
ist half (2-6) 
Homer Romalhe 
Meredith ft Sno'ozer 
Carlton ft Ballew 
Burns ft Ktssen 
Bernice ft Emily . 
Kipg King ft King 

2d half (6-8) 
8 . Orantos 
Buddy Doyle 
Bill Stilly Co 
Stone ft Lee 
Yasha Bunch uk Co 
Metn^Utaa (2) 
I<ee ft Rafferty . Rv 
Arnaut Bros : 
May & Carroll 
Rltz Bros 

Valenc 

Maxinio 

RuBB Elmer ft A 
Harry Burns Co 
Bmil Bbreo 
Duke McHale Co 

ATLANTA 
Georgia (2) 
AmoB 'n' Aiidy 



OFFICIAL DENTIST TO THE N. V. 

DR. JULIAN SIEGEL 

PARAIHOUNT BUILDING 
Tills Week: ilari7 Bomm, WUlIam. Cohan 



WLS Dance 

DAVENPORT 

Keith's 
1st half (3'^6> 
Iseii ft Johnson 
DECATUR 
Lincoln (4'S) . 
Temptations of '34' 



Lew. Pollock's Co 
. 1st half (23-26) 
Martin ft Martin 
Talonl ft Merit 
YONKERS- 
Froctor's 
iBt half (3-4) 
Annie Judy ft Zeke 




NEW YORK CITY 
. ^ Capitol (2) . 
Phil Spltlany Ore 
Hudson' Wonders' 

Roulevard 
. Ist half (2-E) 
Larry Saunders Ce 
Buddy Doyle 
Billy Sully Co 
=L£uryJfUclL^Ca 



Yasha Buhchuk Co' 

2d half (6-8) 
Van Cello & Mary 
Yvonno Cyr Co 
Harrison & Elmo 
Medley ft Dupree 
Naro Lock ford Co 
■ Orphenin '— 
1st half (2-6) 
• Orantos. 
Kay Hamilton Co 
Medley ft Dupree 
Freda & Palace 



Sotlor ft Wllld 

2d half (6-8) 
James BvanB Co 
Carlton ft Bullew 
Burns ft KlBsen 
Lorry Rich Co 
Bernice ft Emily 
KlHK icing * King 
I'unidlHO Ci) 

JEaUl^JJulnn- C«= 

De May Moure ft M 
Studrt ft T>nnh 

.Songwrltijris I'arade 

8t4k(e (2) 
Honey Fam 
Gordon Rood ft K 
Conrad Thibault 



BALTIMORE 
Century (2) 

Century of Progr'ss 
BOSTON 
Orpheum (2) 
Ed Bluin ft Sla 
Klrby .& Duval 
Buster Shaver '. 
George & OUve. 
Zoup Welsh Co 
Ching Lln.g Foo Ji- 
(One to nil) 
CANTON 
LoeW'B • 
1st half -(2'B) 
60 M'Vn I''ronchm'n 
COLUMBUS 
Broad (2) . 
Lionel Bfvrrymore 
JERSEY CITY 
Loew's (2) 
Jaiie ft May 
Gypsy Nina . 
Harry Howard Co 
Gay & Reiss Rev 
NEWARK 
State (2) 
Mayfalr Rev 
Jimmy Rrlerly 
Michon Bros 
Dave Jones Co 
PROVIDENCE 
. LoeW^s (2) ' 
Osakl ft T(tkl 
Thorrlert" 

P'rsythe S'm'n &.F 
Lamberti 

Jans ft Lynton Rev. 
WASHINGTON . 
Fox (2) 
Artists ft Models 



Paramoiint 



NEW YORK CITY 

Paramonnt (2) 

CoBsacks 
Jack Haley 
Benny Rubin 
Flfl D'Orsay 
Soviet Dancers 

BROOKliYN 

Tiarambant (it) 

Sally Rand 
3 Sailors 
Bill ' Aar'onson 
Roy Smeck 
Oracle. Barrle 

AUSTIN .. 

Paramonnt (2) 

I<et'e Go Places 

BUFFALa 

Buffalo m 

Ray Saxe 
0 Danwilla 
NeU Kelly 
Peter Hlgglna 
Dolly. Arden 

^CmOAGO 

Chicago (2) 

Duncan Sis" 
Con Col lea no 

(23) 
Shaw ft Lee 
3 K SlB 

Kay Katya ft K 
A Robblns 
Evans Girls 
Cherniavsky 

Marbro (23) 

Benny IJaviB 
Jackie Green' 
Edith Mann 
Tony A'ngelo 
Bobby Lane 
J ft J Bla:ir' 
Arkansas Travelers 



Sonthtown (2) 

Benny Davis Co 
Uptown (23) 
Ted Lewis 
Doris .Dcane 
Esther Pressman 
Mildred Gaye - 
Snowball* Whlttler 
Carroll ft Shalita 
Dixie 4 

DAiXAS 
Paramount' (2). 
Words ft Music 
DETROIT 
Michigan (2) 
RoBcpe Atea Co.' 
FORT WOR'TH 
Paramount (2) 
Sweet ft Low Down 

HOUslroN 

Parainoant (2) 
King's Scandals 
MONTREAL 
Loew'a (2> 
Radio Rogues 

OMAHA . 
Paramonnt (2) 
Ben Bernie Bd 
SAN ANTONIO 
Paramount (2) 

Iiet's Go Placea 
TORONTO 
Imperial (2) 

California Revela 
Doy Dietrich Co 
Clyde Hagar 
TULSA 
Paramount (2) 

Goln' to. Town 
WACO 
Waco (2) 

Rae Samuels' Rev 



Warner 



EIJZABETH 
Rite 

1st half (26-29) 
Crystal 3 
.Irving Edwards 
California Revels 
Masters ft Gautler 
Chas Withers Opry 

2d half (30-1) 
Lew Pollock Co 
PHILADELPHIA 
Earle (2) 
Alex Hyde Rev 

(26) 
Ruiz ft Bonlta 
Whitey ft Ford 



Lulu McConnell. 
Belle Baker 
PITTSBURGH 
Stanley (26) 
Ben Bernie Ore 
WASIDNGTON 
Earle (2) 
Stanley Bros 
Whitey ft Ford 
•Betty Boop' 
Reggie Chidlfl C>r4 
(26) 

Cooper ft Pickert 
Earl LaVere ^ O'B 
Mildred Bailey 
Ben Blue 



Fanchoii & Marco 



]jfB:W YORIt CITY 

Rosy (2) ; 
Kramer & Boyle 
Falls Reading ft B 
Elka 

(Others to fill) 
BOSTON 

MetropbUtan (2) 
Will Mahohey 
Iiucille Page . 
Sinclair ft Day 
Verna Burke 
(Others to flll) 

DENVER, COLOi 
Orpheum (23) 
Jerome Mann 
Erner ft . Fisher 
D'Ormonde 



XOS ANGELES 

Paramount. (22) 
Glene Sheldon • 
Louis Zlrigonl,. 
Harver ft Eleanor 
Iilef Erlcknon- 

PHILADELPHIA 
Fbx (2) 
"The. Little: Show 

SAN FRANCISCO 
Worfleld (23) 
Petit ft Doiiglaa. 
Grenadiers ft . L 
Vanderbilt Boys 

ST. LOUIS 
St, Louis (2) 
Student Prince 



Independent 



Joe^PhUllps-eo- — |rJojfiBe-.-Whlte - — 
Enrica ft NovelJo 
(One t<i flll)'_ 
BROOK LVN 
Bay Ridge 
iBt half O-S) 



BALTIMORE 
Hippodrome (24) 

Maior' Sharp ft M 

rk--A rn ol d=^- ■ .- ".^^ 
Hob - Hall 
Alex Hyde 

CHICAGO 
State L^e <23) 
Lester Allen 



Karyl' Normeb 
DeVlto ft Dennr 
> Daveys 
Leon NaVara 
Aiieti * Kent 



DETROIT 
State (24) 

4 Gyrols 

Armat e! n g-.jSi=.MooX!L 
Lorcna & Jean 
Nolan & Kenny 
ST. Louid 
Aml^Msador (24) 

Johnny Perkins 
Ruth Petty 

42— ArfBtoczata . 

Jerry ' ft Grande 
Vera Watete 
Nellie Burlc 
Betty Weems 
Terrell ft Fawcett 



i\lgnnquln Hotel 

Cookie F'rchild Ore 
aijk King 

AmbasBador otel 

Panchp's. bro 
Bai-Mui;ctt« 

j«>on Hcdou 
George Marchal. 
I>lerrotte 
Millard ft Anita 

Ooo.rijette'..'.' 
4 ''Apaches '. 
Raclia Grch 

Barney's 

Frank Furrel's Ore 

Uctiux AVts 
Luolen La Riviere 
Thomara Doriva 
Clara, Larinova-'- 
Inez La Vail 
Clbthl«l Berryeasa 
Noi-mah Astwood 
Sllts^ri '-8^ Marl 
Maurice Shaw Orch 
Lopez's. Hawilana 

lit more Hotel 

Paul Whiteman Or 
Jack Fulton 
Jiobf. Lawrence 
Roy Bargy 
Peggy Healy 
Fiofia Armstrong 
Bam on d 
Rhythm Boys 

Casino dei Paree 

Htilland ft June 
Gertrude NieBeh 
Eleanor : Powell 
Cardlni. 

Hihda Wassau. 
Hal Sherman. 
Don Redman Ore 
Ben '.'Pollock Qrch 
Casino: Town . Club. 
Bcni Fletcher 
Gypsy Markovs, 

Cayefliu Basque 

Nan 'Biakston 
Harrison, ft Fisher 
E Madrlguera Ore 
Central P'h Casino 
Eddy Oucbli) Ore 
Ma.urice ft Cordoba 
Frances Maddux 
l^ddte Garr 
Chapedn Rouge 

Peppy, de , Albrew 
De Marcos 
Marian Davla 
Galli-Galll 
Godoy's Tango Bd 
Dick Gesparre'B .Or 

Club New Yorker 

Jack Bees Ore 

Club Rlchman 

Jkck Mason Rev' 
Lido Glrla Ore 

Commodore otel 
iRham Jones Ore 
leabel Brown 

Cotton Clab 

Ci C Rev - 
Jimmy Lunceford O 

Croydon 

Charles Ecltels Ore 

Delmontco'e 

Al B White 
Beatsy Donher 
Janis WllllamB 
Val Vestdff 
Naomi orton ft 
Modernistic Revels 
Lynn Dore 
•Joe Venutl Ore 

I Chliro 

Tan CO ft Lorca 

Las: AJedas 
Adeline Durao 
Orlando Rlcarde 
A. B.C. 8 
Pilar Arcaa 

El Morocco 
Jos. C. Smith Orch 
Menendez Ore 

Essex House 
Glenn Gray: Ore 
Gallngher.'s 

Chester Doherty 
Rosalie Roy 
Muriel, Ellis 
Gerty Dwyer 
Bert Goodman 
Medisco ft Michael 
Al Fields Orch 

Golden Snail 

(L'Escargot D'Or) 
Marie ' . 
Louis Rabetand 

Gov. Clinton Hotel 

Enoch Light Ore 

Ua-Ha Club 
Danny Healy 
Jack White 
Jerry Bergan • 
Lillian Fitzgerald 
Roth-.Andrews O'cli 

H'lyw'd itestanrant 

Rudy Vallee Orch 
Eddie Peabody 
Ann tiester 
Eleanor Tennis 
Randall^ ft . Capler 
Don and Betty 
Drucitla Strain 
Gene MarVey 
Jerry '.Lester 

. Hotel Dixie 

Art Kahn Ore 

Hotel Edison 
Raglnsky Ens 

otel Gotham 
P Van Sleeden Ore 
Josef Szlgd'tl Ore 
Hotel ; Lexington 
Jack Little Ore 

Hotel Madison 
jolly Coburn Ore 
Hotel McAlpln 
Sam Bobbins Ore . 

Hotel . Montdalr 
Harold Stern Ore 
Mario & Flpria 

Hotel New. Yorlcer 

Charlie Davis Ore 
David ft H Murray 
Hausten' ft: Hard en 

tealS'Ttahe"" ^ : 
Ruby Wright 



Jackson's Bendev'urt 

Eddie- Juckson- 

elly's 

Higgens ft Yarnclr 
OHlauIta 
Rita. Ronnud 
Sterling: Sis 
Jeanno: McCavlloy' 
De iio'pe:i! 3 
rio . 



4f000 Working Actors 



Hotel PennBylVanIa 

Geo. Olsen Orch 
Ethel Shutta 
Bob Rice 
IS9 Mori-leon 

Hotel Pierre 
Jack Denny Ore 
Hotel Boosevelt 
Rubinotr Ore 



Ma 

Osgood Sis 
Joe .Cnpella GrC 
Kings. .Terrace 
Gladys Bcntiey I 
R'b'rl'RS- WlUlame 
Phil Scctt . . 
red,. Brown Orch" 

Malson Royaie 

AhtQbal Cubans; 
Marlboroiigh House 

Galli-Gallt 
Vivian Vance 
Michael Zarin Ofo 

Mayfalr Yoicht Club 

Walker O'i^eill. Ore 
Dwlght Fiske 
Madison 
Jolly Coburn's Ore 

Mori's . Best 
Eddie Davis Ot-c 
Moulin Rouge. B'kn 
Larry McMahon 
Connie; Lang 
El'eanore' Gardner ' 
Frank Morey 
Martin Trlni Orcb 

Murrnir's,. 
Johnny- Howard 
Bobby Rririn-'; 
Edith Lowe 
Mitzy Rouss 
Hammer & Sledge 
Ethel Agid . 
Leah Lazarus''. 
Jim Josephs Orcb 

Park Lone 

Sidney Ross 
Palels Royal 

3 SilTtons 
Edna Sedgwick . 
Peggy Strickland 
Betty Kean . 
Loo'mlB Sis 
Nltza Vernello 
Dohald Stewart 
Caperton ft Blddle 
Gary .ft . Dixon . 
Bmll ' Coleman Ore 
Val Olmah Ore 
Paradise - 

NTG 

Buddy Rogers 
Felicia Sorel 
Ann Lee Patterson 
Needa Klnkald 
BrUno ft Manon 
Earl, Jack ft. B 
Johnny Hale 
Iva Stewart 
Park . Central otel 

Ozzle Nelson Ore 
Harriett Hilllard 
Adair ft Richards 

Place Plqnaie 

H Rosenthal Ore . 
D ft D Fltzglbbona 
Don Alphotiso's Ore 

Plaza Hotel 

Granville Walker Or 
Restanrant La Rue 
Arthur Warren's 
Rltz Tower 

Nat Harris Ore 
Russian Kretchuna 
Kuznetzoft ft N 
Samovar 

Mme. Nlcoilna 
Radneff . 
Simon Philipoff 
Mon'negro ft Dorlta 
P Zam'a Gypsy Bd 

Savoy-Plaza 
Freddie Martin Ore 

Simplon Club 
Frances- Langford 
King's Jesters 
Wm Farmer Ore 

Sherry's 
Harry Bush Ore 
Mario ft Flario 

St. MorltB Hotel 
Leon Betaaco Oreb 
Margarlte ft Leroy 
Alex Botkln Orch 
Nlcolina 
George Veroil.a 

St. Regis Hotel 

Vincent I>opez Ore - 
Minor ft Root 

Surf Club 

Jack Myers Ore 
Charlotte Murrie 

Taft Grlil 
Geo Hall Orcb 

Tavern, B'klyn 
Eddie JacksoD' 
Jack. Murray Ore 
Tic Toe Club. 
Gypsy Nina 
Billy Castle 
aenev Tie- 

Tuscany otel 
'Bela Loblov Ore 
Vanderbilt Hotel 

Joe Moss Orch . 
Ward ft- rioJ)klnB 

Village Barn 

Schorr Bros 
Paul TYem^lne Bd 
.Eddie Pritchard 
Josh ' Medders 
Marion M'ullina 
Ruth Dclmar 
3 Octaves 
Lee 2 

VUlnge Nut Club 
Cllft Clifton Rev 
Nutsy Fagan 
Ztra Lee 
Lila GainCB 
LI la Lou 
Allyn Reece 
Henry Lawea 
Alexandria ft Olsen 
Milt Splelman. Ore 

Waldorf.'ABtqrla ~ 

X, Cugat Ore 
E. Madrlguera Ore 

=^WOTtr="8lIr-ClDb=?^ 

Frank Farrell Orch 

Weylln Hotel : 

Michael Covert Ore 

Wivel Cafe 

Amy Atklnaah 
Jack Wick 
Lillian Lorraine 
Ami Pavo 
Maldie DU Presne 
La £alle Orch 



(Contiiivunl from pii^c 49) 
Iron !iIountain, (iruiul Kapids, all 
Michi 

Reguiar Vaudeville 

Ueoognized rCBUliiUou 'UiuU^vUle 
thijatres, plAyins what the CA. 
eport calls 'personality shows,' are 
emplpylnff approximatoly Sol acts. 
Report reaches its. estimate by niul7; 
tlpylnf? this by t\vb and a half, on 
the customary a.ssumptidn thn.t 
vaudeville .acts' personnel averages 
two arid a halt persons. These 
theatres as listed lii the report,, 
along >vith their bobkers, are: 

RKO (AfthuF Willi, ill Howard, 
Danny Freundllch, booker.s)— P.al- 
ace, N; T., 6 a;cts; Academy of Mu- 
sic, N. T,, ,10; Albee, Brooklyn, 5; 
Proctors,. Newark^ 5; Rog-ent, 
son, 10;. total, 3C. 

Prospect, rooklyn, lb acts; i 
son, Brooklyn, 10; RKO, New 
Bruhswick, 4; Capitol, Ttentori, 
Audubon, . N. Y., 10; 'lotal; 42. . 

illy Diamond, .Chicago-— State, 
Detroit; 6. acts;. State- jjake,:. Chi 
cago, Rp.^eland State, Chlbiai^o, 
5 (Saturcl^ and Sunday); Oriental, 
Milwaukee,. Wi:&.r 5 . (Sunday) ; total 
acts,' 2S.'' , " \ 

Metropdlitari xthange, Boston; 
John Connolly, booker.— Brockton, 
Brockton,- 7 .f,cts . (3 days) r Stadium, 
Wbbrisocket, 7 (3^ days); • Para 
mpunt, Newport, 7 (3" days) ; Gates, 
liQweil, 10 (split) ; Bijou, Bangor, 5 



CHICAGO 



BiBinarck Hotet 
(Walnut Boom) 

Dick Cunlifte 
Parker Gibbs 
Elnio Tonner 
Red ingle 
Tt-d Weems Orch. 

t ' 

Boulevard Room 
(Hotel Stevens) 

Irving Gegnon ' 
Ruth Broughton . 
Chas Agnew OrcQ 

lackiiawfc 

Ea;rl Rlckard' . 
Hal Kemp Orch 
'Sklhnay' Bnnia 

Cafe deAlex 

Wade Booth 
Imperiall 3 
Lenore Lynn 
Marian Garner 
Earl Hoffman Orch 

Chez Paree 

Sheila Barrett 
Deering DavlB- 
Louise Brooks 
Jack Waldron 
Martha . Raye 
Barbara Blaine 
Miss Harriett 
Henry Busse- Ore 

Club Leisure 

LucIO' Garcia 
Billy Meagher 
Joe Manhl's Orch 
Betty Chase 
.Tack Sexton Jr • 
'Sugar' Harolds Or. 

Club. I« Masque 
johnny Man gum 
George Oliver- 
Billy RIcharda 
Jean XAMarr ' ' 
Edna Leonard 
Eddie Morton 
Al Garbell 

Club Boyale 

Lee Morse 
Billy Gray 
Wynne Wayne 
Molly . Sun 
Al'x'nd'r ft Sw'ns'n 
Joan Andrews 
Fritz Miller Ore 

College Inn 

Zelda Saiitley 
Edith Orlffln 
Doris Hurtig 
Fran.kle Masters Or 

CongreBS Hotel 
(Joe Urban Boom) 
Art Kassel 
Robert Royce 
Cherie ft Tomaalta 
Carlos Molina 

ColOBlmo's 

Jillla Lyons. , 
Dorothy Henry 
Deronda ft Barry 
Enrico D'Alba 
Eddie Deering 
Countess Borlska 
.SIgnor Barsonl 
Art Buckley . 
Bob' Tlnsley. Ore 

Club Aloibttni 

Phyliss Kerry 
Patsy. McNair . 
Gloria Starr 
Eddie Roth Ore 
Drake Bote) 
Slavic Ballet 
Stanley Hickman 
Blltmore 3 
Frances. Wilier 
Harriet LIndgren 
Ruth Lee 
The Cru."5ader.s 
Earl Biirtnett. Ore 

Edgewater Beacb 

Esther Todd 
DeRonda ft Bar 
Art Carrol) 
Hob Sylvester Ore 

Frolic's 

Frank. - Hamilton 

Myrah Lang . 
Marie ft Elliott 
Ntkki NicOll 
Elaine Manzl 
Hank ' Llshon Orch 

(Hotel LaSallel 

Art . Kahn Ore 

HI'Hat Clab 

Sunny Gaer 
Tvonne Nova 
Virla Vaughn 



Rick ft^ Snyder 
' Dotty Myers'. 
Effle . Burton'. '■ 
George Pet.rcihne Or 

E^9 Clob 



Billy Brahnbn 
Half-Pint jAxon 
Ed Casey Ore 
Leon La Verde' 
Earl Partello 
George Oliver 

MfiroRt'9 

Rolando & Verdltta 
Owen Gordon 
Neecee Shannon 
Marge & Marie. 
Virginia Buchanan 
Bob Wyatt 
Maurie Moret Orcb 

Club Mlnnet 

Adellna' Dossena. 
Sylvia . Lee..' ~ 
Harry Mack 
Ho,rry Moon 
Phyllis Nbble 
Itudy Davidson 
Frank She.-'nian 

Moulin Rouge 

Fib Brady 
Gil Wells 
Allen ft Louise 
Madge Klefer 
Harry Byron 
Walter HaBtlngs 
Charlie Craft's Ore 

Mural. Room 
(Brevoort Hotiel) 

Earl 'Estea 
Edgar Rice 
Stan Rlttoff Orcb 
JaroB SlB 

''Oi»era Club'' 

Edwina Mershon 
Laurence Salerno 
I'om Gentry Orch 
Jose-. Rivas Orch 
Pierce ft Harris. 
Palmer House 

Duflln ft Draper 
Rosita & Ramon 
Lowe Burnoft .ft -W 
Gale Page 
4 Callfornians 
Stanley Morner 
Abbott Girls 
Richard Cole. Orcb 

Paramount 

Molly Sun 
Helen O'Shea 
Jack Waldron 
Julia Garrlty 
Nellie Nelson 

Playground 

Dot Culbertaon 
Peggy Paige 
Joe .Little 
Adele GouT 
Don- Elkfns 
Jimmy Frances 
Mllored Uoliii'- 
Lou hot el Ore 

Ralnbo Gardens 

Bin Aronson 
Shannon Sisters 
I..afay.ette ftL'Verne 
Cburttess' E V Losen 
Keller ft Field : 
Gaylene Sisters 
Dorothy' ThomaB 
Jules Stein Ore' 

Sainbvar 

'Allen Reno 
Carter Bros 
Jack HauB 
Marge' ft Marie 
Lyle Smith Orch 
Muriel Love 

Terrace jOard.en* 

Rome Vincent 
AInsIcy Lambert R 
Glyde Lucas Ore 
Via iMgp 

Bobby -Graham 
Crane Russell Orch 
Zita ft Marcelle 
Jack Housh 
Wanda Ray 
Al Handler Bd 
- - lOO^Cldb - 



Edna . Rush 
Virginia Hevy 
Billy Gray 
Myra Langford 
221$ Club 

n.B.B. 

Henry nermah " 
Mario & Elliot 
Kuby Abbott 
.Vla'leline Tluimas 
Don Fernando Ort- 



(3 days); Wollaston, Wol.iaston, 5 
(Saturday only) ; Rlalto, Roslindale, 
(Saturday only);. Stfand, Dor- 
chester, 5 (Thursday only); God- 
man. S«iriare. Dorche.ster, 5 (Thurs- 
day dnlyj ; Kgyptlanj ' ri&htbn, 6- 
(Fri<.l?iy only); Central Square,. 
C^anibridsc B (Friday, only) ; Em- 
bassy, "NValtham,. 5 (Friday only) ; 
Colonial; Kfatlck,. 5 (Friday onlj;.);. 
Paraniount, No, Adanis, & (SAtur- 
day only) ; Allston, Allstbn, 5 (Satr. 
urday only) ; Shawmiit, Roxbury, 6 
(Friday only); Morton, poi-che,stier, 
5 (Friday only) ; Saloni, Salem, 
(Friday,, and- Saturda,y,) ; North , 
Shore, Gloucester, (Saturday' 
only); total, 106. 

Ross. Frisco, Boston— ir.mplrc, Fall 
River, 7 acts (3 days) ; Keith*s, 
Pot^tland. Me., 14 (SPlit)'. .fiaicty, 
Boston, itass., 10 (split) ; Capitol, 
Lynn, .Mass., 5 (full) ;, Capitol, Paw- 
tucket, R. I., 5 (3 days) ; total. 41V 
A; . Dow-^P.enri, Wllkes- 

Barre, .,(2 days)'; Capitol, Sbrari-^ 
ton (2 days) ;. Capitol, pinghamton 
(2 days) ; 'Strand,' Endicott (2 days) ; 
Enjoy, Johnson City (3 days); 
Capitol, Ppttstown . (3 djays) ; ■Pa:ra- 
molint, Newark - . (ifuU) ; Stanley, 
Brldgetbn (Satiu-day only); Fox, 
Burlington (Sunijay only); Oxford, 
Plainflpld (2 daysi); Paramount; 
Lonef Branch.. (2 days); Majestic, 
Perth Aniboy (3 days); roaidway, 
Kingston (2 da,ys) ; Paramount, As- 
bury Park (i days); St, James, As- 
bury Park (2 days) ; Majestic, Jer- 
sey City (3 splits); ,Mt,' Morris, 
N. T. (2 splits); approximaitely 125 
acts. 

RKO Boston (Doc -Breed, bboker) 
—Loew'ia- StateV Boston, •. B 

acts (Sunday piily) ; Dudley,: Rox- 
bury, Mass., 5 (Friday only) ; War- 
ren, Roxbury, Mass;, B (Friday 
only) ; Academy, .Fall iv«r, Mass., 
6 (3. days) ;. Albert, Berlin, N. H., 
5 (Sunday only); Empire, New 
Bedford, Mass., 6 (a.diaya); Capitol; 
Concord, N. H., 5 (3 days); Auburn, 
Auburn, Me., 5 (8 days); Colonial, 
Haverhill, Mass., 5 (Friday only); 
total, 46. 

Paul Savoy, Bostons-Colonial, 
Lawrence, 6 iacts (spilt); Orpheuin, 
.(iardner,-6 (2 days) ; total, 11. ' 

Marcus Lbew Bdoklng Agency 
(Marvin Schehck, J. H. Lubln, Sid- 
ney Pier moht, bookers ) — Boulevard, 
N. Y.. 10 acts (split)'; Orpheum, N. 
T., 10 (split) ; Paradise, Ni T., 5 
(Jfull); fetate; N. Y,, 6 (full); Bay 
Ridge, ' Brooklyn, 10 (split) ; Gates, 
Brooklyn, 10 (split);' Metropolitan^ 
Brooklyn, B (full); Valencia, Ja- 
maica,, 5 (tail) I Century, Baltimore, 
5 (full); brpheuni, Boston, .6 . (full) ; 
Broad, Columbus, 5 (full); Loew's, 
Jersey City, -5. (full);. State, Newark, 
3 (full); Loew's, - Providence, 6 
(full).; Loew's, Syracuse, 6 (full); 
FoJc, Washington, 4 (full); total, 100- 
Pally Mar.cus— Fox, Brooltiyn 
(full); Allen, JHartford (3 day.s); 
Cameo, Hartford (3 days); Apollo^ 
New Ybrk (full); State, Middle- 
town (3 da,ys); Glove, Glovefsvllle 
(3 days); Rialto, Glens Falls. (5 
days); AVoh, Watertowh (i days); 
Howard, New Haven (3 days); -Em- 
bassy, Portchester ' (8 days) ; Em- 
press, South Nbrwalk (3' days); ' 
Broadmoor, Bloomfleld (Thiitsday 
-only) ; Majestic,. HaverstraW (Satur- 
day only); approximately - ^0 acta 
weekly. 

Arthur Fisher— Liberty, Elizabeth 
(3 days); St. George, Staten Island, 
N. Y. (3 days); iPitt, Pittsburgh 
(full) ; Community, Hershey (Thurs- 
day only) ; ?ay Shore, Bay Shore 
•(Saturday- and Stinday) ; iPatchogue, 
Fatchogue (Saturday and Sunday) ; 
Alden, Jamaiba: (full) ; Re*, Rutherr 
ford (3 days); Royal, Rekdlng (3 
days); approximately 61 apts 
weekly. 

Godfrey & Llnder— Lyric, Allen- 
to^yn (6 days) ;-. Colonial, : Butler 
(Saturday only); State, Nanticoke 
(2 days); CplPnlal, Philadelphia (2 
days); Monroe,. New York (full); 
Circle, New York (4 days) ; Lyrlc; 
liindicPtt (2 days); Colonial, Utica (2 
days); Rose, Troy (2 days); Capitol, 
Albany (full); Falby, Brboklyn 
(fiill) ; approximately 1'6Q actei 
weekly. 

Abe & Jpe Fefnberg— Pay's, PrPvl- 
dence, 6 acts (full); State, Poii^h- 
keepsie, 4 (3 days) ; Parambiint, 
Peek.skill, 4 (2. days); RJtz, New- 
burgh,. .6 .(3 days); Parampunt, 
Stapieton, S. L, 5 (4 da.ya) ; Para-, 
mount, Middletown, 4 (2 days); to-, 
tal, 27v , 

"Wm. ^orrls . Ofllce^^ _(X»awrencg_ 
^rpTTer'n^ooTcei^— lilpi^^ 'BuiC- 
falo (occasional units);, ishea's, To- 
ronto (occaislonal units); Palace, 
Akron (occasional units) ; Rialto, 
Amsterdam (occasional units); Pal- 
^ace,-Mam-hofitOF-(«cQasional unit«){ 
Indiana, Indianapojls . (ocbaalonal 
units); IJIalto, Lculsville (occa- 
sional units) ; approximately 35 acts. 



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15 YEARS AGO 

(From VARmrT and Oilpper) 



lioeW^circiilt nuirthereid 100 houaes 
and every one broIc6 Its own record 
Washington's birthday. Marpus 
I^ew stated hfe would have another 
100 by the end of the yean 



Several prbducers running them- 
selves ragiged •trying ■ to , obtain 
Broadway houses for special film 
showings. All stages occupied by 
shows that, were in the mdney. 



Joe Schenck made a contract with 
Pai^amount for Fatty Arbuckle .cbin- 
edles at |125i00.0 each. To gross 
$3,000,0,00 in as many yeats. Never 
cplnpleted because of Arbuckle's 
trial. Some pics left on the shelf 
by Hays.' edict. 



Inside Stuff-Pictures 



Advance comment pn incoming pictures points out that the public is 
in for a surprise, and :j)oasibIy a welcome one, in that the choristers in 
these musicals will be fully clothed. Features concerned are /Wonder 
Bar' (\VB) and the batch of tunefllms Fox is about ready to launch. 

In tiie case of Warners this changeover in costuming beqam^ effective 
at the time of the preparatory conferences ph 'Fashions of 1934.' On the 
Fox end the about face didn't come about so easily but sufficient per- 
suasion was brought to bear on the lone balking; producer, from the 
east, ap thivt he ?ilso flhally fell in lliie. The tipys talked him out of his 
original hunch of hanging scahtity clad. Ussles from, chahdeli 

it any of the lildustry'a NRA appointees think they can stall, or take 
their job lightly they'll be at liberty before they realize It, The Code 
Authority is already, making this , part of the code clear. 

Zoning and grievance boards can't pass the buck. If they try to un- 
load all of their grief back oii the C. A, the C. A. In turn will consider 
such boards incompetent and replace the entire forice in the derelict 
territory. Also, If any NRA official Is found igullty of Insubordination 
he will be promptly ya,nked and thus, Btlgmatlzed before the entire 
Industry. 



Inside Stuff-Legit 



Parents of Baby LeRoy, under contract to Paramount, are set to ask 
the Superior Court to appoint aw admiiiistrator for the infant's estate. 
Purppse of . the mpve; ls said: to be to "have the present cpritract under 
Which baby earns arpund $7B a w'eek, set asld^ and a new, paper executed 
In Its place. 

Reported thait the parents, feel the infant is being used too frequently 
by - Paramount and ^that the weekly envelope _should. Increased. In 
size, Present cphtracit ls^=a seven-year agreement and has six to riih. 

Purine the last few days of 'Moulin Rouke' (UA) at the Blvoll, N. T„ 
the house was evidently tryinjg to keep the picture a secret from its au- 
dience. Anyone sitting uipstairs behind tho three-row front section 
muflted a great deal of the dialog due to the sound being held diown. 
Theatre could have tabbed It by nbtlclng that the laughs were only com- 
trig from downstairs. 

And there were people in the balcony, tod. "Maybe the booth had set 
the vol time for the matinee and then Just forgot. 



Caruso^s picture put into ah Ital- 
ian house In N. T; as a test. Re- 
ceipts dropped below, normal. 



Loew's irclei and For Academy i 
both started dual billing. 



Irony , has planted a group of plastic nudes, just outsldo the executive 
office of the i3(ays' quarters In the Libuls B. I-iayer building in HoUyT 
w'ood. ,' prominence of the plaques is being commented on, especially 
lii view of the Ha:ys censorial, stress, heavy at this time. 

Plkques show a picture director and. ■ cameraman photograhplng a 
group of niide actors, . iiien and women. Figure of the director is more 
Haysian in having a palr of knickers. 



Legit was raiding the burley 
ranks and the road men were blaz- 
ing. Had real comedians in those 
days and Broadway needed them. 



When one of the male screen stars paid his first visit to his home 
office in New Tprk, a stack of photos a co^P^® high awaited his 

autograph. .One of the office boys there .has a knack of copying signa- 
tures: and offered to do the work for the player l>ut wais turned doWn. 
Later the boy sold his own signature stills of . the star tp curiosity 



Biggest amount of newspaper space in thls'and many previous seasons 
was garnered by the opening of 'Four Saints In Three Acts', at the 44th 
St., .New York. Every paper devoted from two to three columns to it for 
review purppaeig, and a few papers even putdtd. that. 

Management figured on playing it safe so sent reviewers' tickets to 
drama critics, music critics, art critics and book critics* World-Tele- 
gram and Journal ha4 It covered by both the drama and the music men, 
Thus, in tlie World -Telegram an entire page was given over to reviewing 
the play, that Including two reviews, a three column cut of a scene In the 
opera and, some regiilar theatre ads. Brooks Atkinson of the Times didn't 
catcii the show, It i)elng handled verbosely by OUn DowneS, the music 
crltic» and sime was true of the Herald Tribune, with Percy Hammond 
taking a rest.. .' •':„ . .. ' ... 
, Bernard Sobei of the Mirror sat through the piece and gave his opinion 
aai sole arbiter for his paper, as dlld also John Mason BroWn bf tiie Post 
and Burns Mantle of the News. Leonard Llebllns, niuslc man bf the 
American, handled it there, and W. J. Henderson was tlie Sun's Judge. 
Robert Garland of the World-Telegran^, split his chores with Pitts San- 
born ..and 'John Anderson of the Joilrnal divided his assignment: ith 
H!arriette Weber. 



Most populous play yet. attempted by the Theatre Guild is 'They Shall 
Not Dlfe»' Royale, N. T,y a melodrama based on . the Scottsborp case. Pro- 
grsiia lists i64 characters and with extra people there.are 86 In tiie com- 
pany Actually . 28 players 9x6 classed as principals. 

John Wexley, who came to BroadWay attention several seiasons back 
through Herman Shumlln's presentation of his 'The Last • Mile,' wrote 
'They' in April and May last., year, securing most of his . Information 
througrh conversations with ' actual participants, including Samuel W. 
Llebowitz, the New yorlc attorney, for the defense at Decatur, Ala.; and- 
Ruby Bates, the Kiri who reversed her testimony. Transcript of the. tes- 
timony was not received In New York until Augniist, after Wexley sold 
the play to the Guild.;; 

Attorney Llebowitz was. present at the prenriiera last Wednesday .(21) 
with his wife, who was in tearsi 



Professionals, residing on Lpng Island and . other suburban points' had 
their, troubles reaching Broadway last Tuesday (20) when the first of. 
two severe snow storms struck New Tork. Some were unable to leave 
their homes because of snowdrifts from tovtr to six feet high.. 

Denis; King, playing In 'Richard . of Bordeaux', came In from Great 
Neck on a departinent store delivery truck, Frank Otto CQu^r People'), 
taxied part -of the way and then managed to~ board one of the few trains 
operating, Frank Tours, orchestra leader for 'As Thousands Clheer',. and 
WiUle Nortohr Music Box theatre manager, never got out of doors. 
' pttOtDlehl, electrician at the Music Box, started at 9 a. m. from Rose- 
dale, L- I.I wUh a friend In a flivver. Both had shovels. He reached the. 
theatre at 8:20 that night. 



^ Shuberts toying with the Idea of 
razing the old Winter Garden and 
building a three-theatre block to 
fill the . entire sector. Didn't, aii<l | 
glad of it now. 



Marga,ret Perry, daughter of Antoinette Perry (Frueauff) and who 
recently married Windsor French, Cleveland newspaperman, was 21 last 
week and spent most of her birthday with attorneys transferring to. lier 
lAter the boy sold his own signatured stills of the stair to curiosity | possession an inheritance estimated to total |2,000,000. Major portion of 

the estate Is said to have been placed In trust at her assent. 
FUm houses on the Coast are reported pracUcally 100% on code en- I French has been given a roving European assignment by- the Cleveland 
forcements. Of the many complaintis received at Log Angeles NRA Press and hl^ yrite will accompany him abroad. They will return hi 
offices most of the kicks concern the production end of the Industryi the fall at which time Miss Perry will likely return to the stage. French, 
Chief complaints so far filed agailnst exhlbs in Coast territory concern Who covered pictures and night clubs for the Press, Is expected to Join 



Kicks at the growing tren4 toward 
loud newspaper advertiislng. Topper 
was 'A sleepless night With Peggy 
Hopkins' to seU a new; ifiuslcal. That 
was before the pictures . got hoti 



the giveaway practlcoi Which Is rapidly being eliminated. Very few] 
complaints made on wages or working hours In the theatres. 



the N. .T. W^rld- Telegram; both papers being controlled by Scrlpjis- 
Howard. 



To give Edna Best^ English actress, a break.. in her first American 
picture, 'The Key,' she is being vcyaAe giiest of honor at nlghtly~c6mbl- 
hatlOh dinner-rehearsals of this Warner feature, 



George Tyler was after Daly*fl 



theatre. Difficulty lay In. the fact I meg; .; Robert Presnell, supervisor, 
that the theatre and dressing rbbnas | other members, of the cast, 
owned by different estates^ 



w.ere 

House was shortly torn down. Too | 
far downtown, 



50 YEARS AGO 

{From, OKpper) 



Rules covering Broadway legit shows call for ringing up the curtain 
at the advertised time but sonie leeway is presumed for opening , nights 

or when Inclement weather Impedes traffic. Several producers, however, 

:]^ehearsalS have been held at the homes of Michael, Curtlz, Who will I hew to the line even then, all persons unseated when the curtain ascends 

William Powell, CoUn CliVO' and I not being permitted down the aisles until the scene is over. 

Theatre Ciuild has been more punctilious in this, respect than most 
others and rang up on 'They Shall Not Die* (Royale^ N. T.) While a fiock 
of first nlghters were not yet in the house. .None were seated uhtll the 
act was over and . there were plenty of isquawks. Grumbling of first 
hlghters kt Guild premieres is not unusual, 



Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer has sent a circular letter to all exhibitors noti- 
fying them of six changes in Its contract films. Firm has cancelled one 
jdhn Rarrymore film, one Beery-Gable, and„the three Lee TracyS. 

Company has substituted one picture tor Jeaneftei MacDonald; one 
Spei^cer Tracy^ one Montgomery-Beery vand two 'marquee' clastilflcation 
films.. 



*Green Pastures' opened on Broadway (Mansfield) Feb>. ^6, 1980, and. 
celebrated Its fourth anniverseuy performance yesterday (Monday) at 
Ohio U, Athens, O. It was the 1,466th performance for the colored casit. 
United Artists Is following the Sam Qoldwyh campaign on Anna! pastures' has had an in and out career In ^ 
Sten In which yarK^us adjectives were applied to the hew star, for Jimmy tonr. It Is aimed for southern spots and It is expected that business will 



Boston hasebair fans Were splut 
terlng because the price oif season 

116 for grandstand seat to aU games. 



Durante In 'Palooka,' With such single wofds as 'seductive' and 'alluring' 



Price after season opened went up. 
Idea was to get the Initial bankroll. 



Impression of the parody has been. good, 
trade press for 'Palooka.' 



Slame Idea was used in the 



improve, show haying demonstrated Its draw below the Mason and Dixon 
line earlier in the season. 
Plans call for a repeat on Broadway during the seastin of 1934-35. 



Dorothea Wleck's name omitted from billing of 'Miss Fane's Baby Is 



EingUsh pit system was tried With 'A' Hat, A Coat, A Glove' at the 
Selwyh, N. but failed to get across. Plan In general was that all 



Henry E. Abbey's opera company Stolen', at Majestic (Poll); Bridgeport. More than one exhibitor In this tickets for the lower floor unsold 16 minutes before curtain time, could 
SrlSg SnSnnltl? giv^a Sieflt neck of the woods has heard antl-Hltler complaints registered against be had for 99c. 'Hat' lasted but a week and a half, being yanked when 



Par's German star. 



playing 

for the flood sufferers. All of the 
women stars w©nt through the audi 

ence coliectlng. Pulled In $6,000. i .Hays committee of arbitration ordered the word 'Follies' out from the 1 
Mapleson, who was dated but had I ytle of Warhers' 'Fashions of 1934,' after Fox protested as detrimental 



the picture rights were sold. 

Some London theatres retain the pit system which explains people 
standing in line all. day for the hit shows. In. some theatres over there 
the pit . has refirulatlon seats, in others it is merely a series of henches. 



failed to show, sent a 
$4,000. 



check for 



to. its annual 'Movietone Follies.' Fox argued that WB had inserted] 
the 'Follies' into the title of Tashlons pf 1934' after picture's release. 



Henry Irving: such a draw In 
Baltimore that half the gallery Was 
reserved at $1.60. Lower fioor was 
$2.50 and a $2 balcony. Big prices 
tor those days. 



Metro declares it did not participate With; Warners in bidding for 
'Hat, C6at and Glove' up to $40,d00 and stopping when $60,000 was. asked. 
Radio bought it for $26,000r a niuch lesser ptice than the script could 



Columbia is squawking again oyer ^ the ^^ar- system rating ^c^f^pic^^^ ^^^^ for prior to Its Broadway debut. 



by the N. T. Dally News reviewers, It was precipitated by Col's current 
release, 'It Happened; One Night', receiving but 2% stars from the News. 

Company Is said to have protested to Col, Patterson, publli^her of the | 
News, with little satisfaction, 



Metro, like other film companies, had the original script 
but wasn't Interested untll.lt could see the production. 



W» W. tJoie showing a telegram 
froni his agent In; Burmah telling 
oie the purchase of an elephant 
'much, whiter than the one recently 
shipped from here,* meanlnjff Bar- 
num's. 



National Board of Revlew'ti choice of the 10 best releases between 
December, 1982 and i933, are 'Berkeley Square,' 'Cavalcatde,' *Llttle 

Women,' 'Mama Loves Papa,' 'She Done Him Wrong,' 'State fair.' 'Three, _ 
Cornered Moon.' 'Topaze,' 'Zoo In Budapest' and a cartoon, -The PIed| J?"*^;!?®^^ 
Piper.' 



Estimates for the takings of Eugene O'Neill's drama, 'Days Wlthput 
Bnd'i. which closed a seven-week New York .engag:ement Satur(|ay (24)., 
were under the actual grosses. Show averaged $8,000 for the first five 
Weeks -which had the Theatre Guild's subscription support. Sixth week 



Highest take was the fourth week, $8,500. 



Poster printer Just closed a con- 
tract with a circus for 1,000 300- 
sheet stands. Not a .misprint. Clr- 
. cus stands were large .those days, 
but could be split. 

Van Amburg show offered for sale 
at Amenta, N. t., March 20. Small 

jtrlck-wlth. _Only, two e^^^^ 
83 head of stockV 



Entire Code Authority will not attend the convention of C A.'s called 
by General Johnson for Washington commencing March 6. 

Secretary John Fllnn estimated that probably a committee of four or 
five would represent the picture body. 

For added scenes to 'Scarlet Empress', the Matlene Dietrich picture at 1 
Paramount; JPseph von Sternberg gave the pasting office a tough task in 
picking rider's. He asked for six men who would not Object to being | 

driiggedr.on-.^the-.grpund:^af ter^ajunninjg^horse.,^^ - . _ 



Costumes for 'Richard of Bordeaux', Empire, N. ., were designed from 
the famous Bayeux tapestry In France, The original colors are faith- 
fully produced. 

Encyclopedias indicate that Rlchiard was effeminate but the play, 
except to those familiar with English history, does not so indicate. 



Pat Harris and Kohl & Mlddleton 
pooled their museum I nteres|ts, ; Gave 
them four his mUse.ums With which 
to flghfemoller opposltlonu 

Theatre In Ketchum, Idaho, 
crashed under the excessive weight 
'Ti^itl ^now. Pretty thorough wrecks 
the total loss -was only- $5,000.- 



John G. Flinn, executive secretary, got a real 'buy' for the Code Au- 
thority in its headquarters In Radio City, paylng^ appfoxlmately $3,400 
for use of a half floor for the flrst year. 



t'heiatre owners, of Ontario are honest men, . according to Canadian 
government records J A special report to the legislature regarding dls- 
crepencies in. amusement tax returns reVealed shortages of only |1.H 
in .the tax piiyments of theatres since 1930 as checked with the hoxofflce 
figures for the throe years. The statement was produced oa a request 



Lawrence Schwab, currently in Florida, is making plans to return to 
Rroadway production add will have one or two .shows next season. 
Schwab Is due noirth In the sprlnj^ and prior to play production will 

lstfpefvliie""^h(rMm^^ 

Coast. Schwab is financially Interested In that show. 



for informatloh regarding possible delinquency or shortcomings on the 
part of the theatres but the 'outstanding accounts' are practically 
nefirllgible. 

Metro is ohastislnjf John Gilbert again. The 'Queen Christina' (Garbo) 
trailers mentloa oU th» feature male support but Gilbert. 



Tuesday* February 27, 1934 



LEGITIMATE 



VARIETY 



53 




SUBSIDY FOR 




When Is a Stock Co. Not a Stock Co.? 
Equity and NRA Trying to Fmd Out 



"What is and what Is not a stock 
company has aroused some cohtro- 
verey between Equity and the offi- 
cials of th^ NRA. Upshot jg that 
the range of. stock presentatlona 
must be newly deidned by mea!ns. of 
an amendment to the legit code. 

Difference of opinion arose in' the 
legit code atithority sessions. "Wil- 
liam P. Farhsworth, deputy a«3min- 
Istrator, took the position that 
istbck is istock only when In a defi- 
nite stand, but tha:t when the same 
company travels to other cities it 
no longer is a stock outfit. He 
baded that yiewpoiht on the tact 
that the code does hot i recgonize 
traveling shows as stock. Robert 
Straus, who succeeded Farnsworth 
on thei CA for the NRA as a repre- . 
sentative of the public, is of the 
skme opinion. 

Equity, ho.wever",\atated th^t there 
are several classiflcatiohs of stock, 
including the ne>vly-developed ro-" 
tary stocks. This consists of sfend- 
Inig tli.e same show over a wheel of 
foiir or five stands such ks that 
opei'ated in the middle west earlier 
■J-hls- season by Arthur Oberifelder 
and at present in the east by Wee 
.& Leventhal. ^ 

Other labor interests did not 
agree ^yith the Equity idea. It was 
pointed out by the scenic artists' 
vnion that itis poeple got less money 
from stock than from regular or 
road attractions|. Stagehiandis also 
questioned the rotary stock rating, 
and in some instances this union in- 
sisted that the shows be manned 
by road crews. 

Because of the. clashes stock ac- 
tivities will probably be amplified 
in the legit code when changes dome 
up for consideration March 21. 

One case which may not await 
the new definition,: if such is agreed 
on, concerns 'Dangerous Corner,* 
which ended a road tour in Wash- 
ington, D. C, recently and resumed 
as a stock outfit in Philadelphia 
over the weekrciid. 

Management declared the show to 
be rotary stocli, show to be played 
in three other stan'ds, and Equity 
agreed. 

One of the actors, Gavin Muir, 
however; thought otherwise and. de- 
clared he was entitled to tWo weeks* 
salary in lieu of notice. He refused 
tb go on at the final performance 
In Washington until paid oft, and 
that held the curtain for about iO 
minutes. Management (Wee & 
Leventhal) preferred charges witii 
Equity. 

Actor's contention that the show 
was not stock was not considered 
So far as Equity was concerned a 
member had taken matter into his 
own hands Instead of placing his 
claims before the association and 
his action might have Impaiired the 
performance. He was therefore 
ordered to refund the money ($200) 
to the management. 

Muir subsequently filed claims; for 
salary for extra Sunday perform- 
ances on tour, but has not repaid 
the ihoney. Because of that he 
faces suspension unless the ;view 
point of the NRA officials calls for 
further consideration of the case. 
Muir said he agreed to refund the 
salary if the council so drdered. 
Why he has not is understobia tb be 
explained by the NRA stand in the 
matter. 

Muir filed complaint with the 
Code Authority, resulting in the dis 
cusslons over stock and the diverse 
opinions as expressed by Equity and 
the stage hands' uriibn. Actor's 
case was not acited on, it being 
agreed that until Equity disposed 
of the case one. way or another, the 
CA shbyld not act nbr did it feel 
disposed at the time to interfere 
with a matter between Equity and 
one of Its members. 



Definition 



Broadwa.y couldn't quite fig- 
ure out what 'Four Saints in 
Three Acts,' the Gertrude 
■Stein-'Virgll Thomson affair at 
tiie 44th Street, N. Y., was all 
about, even after wading 
through the welter of notices 
from drama, mtisic and oper 
reviewers. 

Finally one observer made a 
concise - de.flnitibn by .rating -it^: 
'A colored, musical, mystery 
ighow.' 



Want Cam No^^^^ 



Hollywood, Feb. 2ft. 

James Cain, author of 'The Post- 
man Always Rings Twice,' has had 
three offers from New York pro- 
ducers to dramatizei his novel. 

According- to William Morris, Jr., 
Sam H. Harris, Arthur Hopkins And 
Jed Harris are after It. 






SHOWS 




Idea Credited to Williain H. 
Charlton of NRA-^Fund 
of $1,000,000 to Draw on 
and Group of Recognized 
Legit . Mianagers to Pass 
on Productions— 50% of 
Profits Back to Fund for 
Financing - — Dpwling, 
Hopki and Pembertoh 
Mentioned. 






CO-OPERATIVE BASIS 



Virtually an entirely new set of 
casts for the CWA shows being 
presented in New York, school audi- 
toriums, aiding unemp 1 o y m e n t 
aniong legit actors, is being ar- 
ranged by the Civil Wofks Service' 
at its headquarters, .80 . Eiighth av'^ 
enue (14tii street), N. Y. 

That means tiiat actors who have 
received five, six. and seven weeks' 
pay (including rehearsals) will be 
informed that they must make way 
for other unemployed players. Rb- 
tating the unemployed group was 
not unexpected, because only 5% of 
the total number of applications 
could be taken care of. 

Drama division of the CWS has 
George Junkin in charge. He called 
in Earle Boothe, former colonel in 
the A.E.F. and producer of 'Is Zat 
So' and 'The Shannons of Bi'oad- 
way^' to. act as aide. Boothe stiated 
that the stage directors will con- 
tinue to cast the shows, using those 
who regristered but have not re- 
ceived engagements. Managers will 
also select the plays, which will re- 
place some of those now being" per- 
formed. 

It was charged In Washington 
last week during a hearing on the 
Dickstein bill that aliens (British 
citizens) were being used in some 
CWA shows, 'A Midsummer Night's 
D^eam' being named as the show 
which held the most. That at least 
several in that cast, are aliens was 
Indicated and since the CWA Is iri- 
t.pnded to aid citizens only, they 
win be replaced. Charge was later 
withdrawn in Washington, as a 
mistake. 

However, 150 actors will continue 
to appear in 12. CWA shows. There 
are normally from one to three re- 
placements daily, those withdraw- 
ing to accept better 3pbs._ . 

George Kelly yanked his 'The 
Show-Off' from CWA usage, owing 
to 'inadequacies of the productions.' 
Author contended the; shows had 
been so rapidly gotten tog'ether that 
they were not being projierly pi'e- 
sented. Dr. L. B. Sharp, of the 
CWA,. i-eplied that there is a def- 
inite educational value to the show- 
ings and since the theatrical re- 
quiremertts of a child are. ias rigid 
as an adult, the simplest things 
educate best. Dr. Sharp added that 
many school students ha.ve been nl- 
splred with a love for the. theatre, 
as shown by letters received from 
them pince CWA shows started. 

In addition to 'The Show-OflE,' 
'Meet the Wife' and 'The Curtain 
Rises' are off or about to be sup- 
planted. 'The Servant in the 
House,' 'Cappy Ricks' and a third 
play, to be selected, will be uped. 
Boothe is being assisted by Kath- 
erine . Clu gst one. a nd_Jj.eorge ^Bur-^ 
ton.' 



Some Fun 

Max Gordon will call time out 
Wednesday (28) to disappear Into 
a hospital for. a minor operation. 

He'll be around again In 10 days, 
And what a time showing that scar 
to the casts in his four shows. Then 
to Europe on March 28. 



Federal support of show business 
Is being sought since the passage 
of the National Recovery Act and. 
its allocation of $3,300,000,000 for the 
purpose of carry ln.g forth this 
movement. liozehs of proposals as 
tb how and why the governriient 
sHbuld help the stage have been 
ma^e to Washington. Indications 
now are that some form of support 
will be forthcoming, probably in 
the direction of subsidies, a, Euro- 
pean idea.. 

To date the only form of federal 
aid to show business Is the unem- 
ployment relief -idea of. the Civil 
Works Service, which is financed 
by the NRA geileral fund. Shoivs 
without charge are being ' presented 
in high school auditoriums. Back- 
ing of new productlonis with the 
promise of rehabilitating Broadway 
and the road-, with an accpnipany- 
ihg increase in .employment Is, 
however, believed to. be the real 
solution . to the . theatre's unemploy- 
ment. 

William H. Charlton, an execu- 
tive in the New York NRA head- 
quarters, is reputed to have placed 
before President Roosevelt a pro- 
posal which seeks the loan of 
$1,000,00() from the gbvermnent for 
the purpose of establishing a na- 
tional theatre organization. Plan 
in general would form a group of 
the better known leglt producers 
who would pass on plays of aiiy. 
manager seeking production sup- 
port from the fund, while an ad- 
visory board of prominent patrons 
of the theatre would also be formed. 

Works Both Ways 

The proposal Is like several 
others which have been put forth, 
with and without government sup- 
port. Producers would receive the 
required flhaiiclal backing, aiid In 
return the organization would re- 
ceived 50% of the profits, the other 
half going to the producer for his 
efforts. Of the organization's share 
10% would be devoted to the man- 
agerial board of control for expenses 
and salaries, 40% going back into 
the fund. 

lUndjeratppd a . derailed summary 
of shows produced on Broadway 
wPuld tend to prove, that If 
bunched there would be consider- 
able profits, and therefore the orig- 
inal fund would In the eiid be. re- 
turned to the government Intact. 

Plan In a general way would b'P 
cP- operative between the govern- 
ment: and the showmen. It wq.s 
drawn up by JHermah Gantvoort at 
Charlton's suggestion, it is stated. 
Former produced several, shows on 
Broadway, although he has been in- 
active the past several seaspns. 

Three producers are mentipned as 
having; okayed the Idea. Arthur 
Hopkins, Brock Pemberton and EJd- 
die iDowllng. 

Hopkins'ldea 

Hopkins affirmed that the legit 
theatre as a commercial project or 
conducted by Individuals is on Its 
way out, but' .said he thought that 
with government support It could 
be revived. 

"^erST3m6nr^iRr"haj-be«H^^ 

in the leglt cbde authority, agreed 

that the proposal was a good one. 

Dowiing, however, while favor- 
ing support from Washington, dis- 
avowed any Idea of personal par- 
ticipation. He stated he did not 
seek, nor would he accept, any fed- 
eral backing, being able to finance 
hi 5; own productions. 

l,"nfl«>r«tood that owling sent 



iononlake'^ 
Expect Further Code Protectidn 



Salary Checkup 



In January Equity examined '■ 
actors' contracts, copies of 
which are required to be filed 
with the assbciatiori by nian- 
agers. jpurppse was to check 
up on. salaries and to discern 
, whether the minimum sti- 
pends, as established by . the 
leglt code, were to the dis- 
advantage of actors as claimed. 
Result -was \j decision - that 
the agltatlbn against the i 
of the minimum Was not war- 
ranted. 

; In a period apprpxiniating 
five months 93 .shows were 
presented and. contracts to 
,1,355 players Issued. Of that 
number 1,259 called" for sal- 
aries in excess pf the $40 
weekly minimum. While it 
was revealed that the man- 
agers were not lavish there 
were no indications that the 
producers were attempting tb 
establish the minimum figure 
as a standard salary either. 

Of the 96. players engaged at 
less money than the regular 
minirnum, 73 were iuriior 
members, of Equity having 
less, than; two years' stage ex- 
perience, 13 were juveniles 
(under 14 years pf age), and 
10 were extra people in one 
show. Contracts for the lat- 
ter were signed before the code 
started operating and the dif- 
ference . was later paid the 
actors, the cpde being retro- 
active as regards salaries. 



Ross Alexander Tolls 
Secret Wedding Bells 

Ross Alexander, Juvenile, and 
Aleta Freel, Ingenue, pulled a sneak 
marriage In East <i>i:ahge, N. J., last 
Tuesday (20), the day before Alex- 
ander left for the coast aiid the 
MGM lot. The ceremohy took placei 
at the home of the bride's sister, 
Mrs. Stuart Benedict. 

All of the N. Y. dallies missed the 
story, although a coupile of the 
Jersey papers covered. .Metro's 
publicity department did not release 
a line, the pic execs figuring .It 
would be best If the public knew 
Ross only as a single feller. 

Alexander was last In 'No Ques 
tions Asked,' while Miss Freel re 
cchtly closed In 'Double Door.' 



As pYevlouSly indicated, NRA dep- 
uty administrator "William P. Farns- 
worth declined, tb .uphpld charges 
against Jed Harris, whom the leglt 
Code Authority had charged wit 
violating the regulations in manipu-. 
latio'ns of tickets for the recently 
withdrawn "The Lake? Washington 
did not beliisve the evidence cojriclu- 
sive enough to warrant disciplihar 
reconimendation. 

What.W.aa C.ojiMdjer^d^more Imppt^ 
tant/ln connection with the same 
manager ahd attraction were reports 
that the three months' tbur of 'The 
Lake' (closed) had beeii withdrawn 
upon payihent of a luhip sixm by. 
Radio Pictures,, which has Katha-' 
ririe Hepburn, the Show's ^tar, 
under contract. Again Washington 
was not convinced. 
.. Charge Inyolved a violation of the 
section of code which fbrbids 
picture producers from buying off. a 
show .and shortening its. engage- 
ment. The-ciause was framed when 
it was shown that stich proceedings 
heretpfbre had caused uneniploy- 
nient of legit actors and therefore 
was an unfair practice. 

Farnsworth had communicated 
with Harris and the. film cpncern, 
both denying any such transaction. 
An added report was to the effect 
that Miss Hepburn made the deal 
and paid Harris off, which holds 
some weight because of the star's 
disinclinatipn to tour in 'The Lake.' 

Code does not cover that angle, 
but at: the forthcoming code hearing, 
the restrlctloh clause ;Will probably 
be amplified to coyer its possible re- 
currence. Equity, ' too, . Is interested 
In the supposed uncovering of that 
evasion of the code and will prob- 
ably adopt a rule whiPh would com- 
pel players to go on tour under rea- 
sonable conditions. 

At the CA Session last week it was 
proposed to adopt a rule covering 
the entire country on the matter of 
throwaways, which would be barred 
everywhere as they are- on Broad- 
way. Such a restriction will be in- 
corporated in the legit code eventu- 
ally, but the CA rule wbul4 become 
ef^ctlve before the code hearings 
are held and changes adopted. 



Metro's '^md" 



'The Wind and the Rain,' current 
at the Ritz, N. Y., was bought for 
pictures by Metrp rights going for 
$15,000; English show is presented 
by George Kohdblf aiid Walter 
Hart. 

Managers niade a cut rate deal 
with Leblang's recently, . whereby 
show was guaranteed frPni loss. 
Agreenient balls for the agency get- 
ting a share of the iilm money; 



word to the White House voicing 
that sentiment. Actor- manager was 
active in the Roosevelt campaign 
and is on cordial terms with the 
President. He denied he suggested 
the million dollar plan, as stated, in 
Washington dispatches. 

How the chief executive now 
vieWs the theatre's idea of govern- 
mental support is a guess. Yet 
early laiat summer when the matter 
of financing Broadway was sug- 
gested by Crosby Calge, the an- 
swer was that there were no pro- 
visions under the law for such sup- 
port. At that time President Rpose- 
velt^--8aid--4hat^=Ifr -flhoW^busIness= 
would get its house In order and 
adopt a code that would gain Such 
ends he had little doubt that plenty 
of private backing would be ob- 
tainable and that he might even 
recommend Just' that. 

With the NRA nPw supposed to 
be okaying federal support, how- 
ever, a way for getting suhstantlal 
punnort is b^-li^-vPd Hk^-lv to rf<Ji)U. 



Helen Morgan Spotted 
In memory' on Coast 



Los Ageles, Feb. 26. 

Bclasco and Curran are bringing 
Helen Morgan west within the next 
couple oie weeks to play the lead 
part In a new Pla-y* 'Memory,' by 
Myrbn Fagan. Piece will be rushed 
to follow 'Double Door,' current at 
the Mayan». Fagan will /start for 
the coast this week,: with Imniediate 
production pontemplated. 

Homer .Curran Is back from 
Bfroadway, where In addltioh to' lin- 
ing up 'Memory' and Miss Morgan, 
he also secured the coast rights for 
'She Loves Him Not,' also skedded 
for early production here by B&Ck 



Blaney's Co^t 'Biog' 

With Alice Brady 

Hollywood, Feb. 26. 

Harry Clay Blaney has closed a 
deal to produce S. N. Behrmari's 
piay, 'Biography,' at the BHtmpre 
here the first week in April. Alice 
Brady will star through arrange- 
ment with Metro. 

Danny Wells wi|l stage the . pro- 
duction. 



Wynn Gives Out 

Bridgeport, Feb. 26, 
=^kldS^m^lil2u=t5y"Fairfleld'^lia<lTf^ 
time of their lives wiien the blizzard 
blew Federal eixpress, crdck New 
Haven train, into town and kept It 
therie, wllh Ed Wynn aboard, for 
12 hours. 

Wynn obliged via the entertain- 
ing and autograph route. Rest of 
.paSfionpcrs hiked through the snow 
to a likker store and forgot their 



54 



VAiUETY 



LEGITIMATE 



Tuewlaj, Vehmnj 27, 1934 



Plays on Broadway 



THEY SHALL NOT DIE 

Melodrarba in three acts, presented at tbe 
Royale, Fieb. 21, by .the Theatre Oulld; 
written by John Wexley; staged by PbUlp 
Moeller. - 

Deputy Sheriff.. TYent .Ralph Theadpre 

X«wis Collins . ..i. : . , Bob Ross 

Virginia Rosa.....«.. ..Linda Watklns 

• Lucy Wells, . . . . . , .Ruth Gordon 

Lutlier Mason. ; ... . . . .... . . . .Hale Norcroas 

Roberts ..Qeotge R. Hayes 

Kteywobd Parsons^ ...Al. Stokes 

Roy ■Wood... ...... Allan Vaughan 

Andy Wood ...... ^ ...... k .... . Joseph Scott 

.Oliver Tully, ......... ....Robert Thomsen 

Dr. Thomas . ... . . . , .George Christie 

Ciaptaih Kennedy; .... ,-. ,. . rederlck Persson 

Mrs. Wells....... 

Russell Evans. . . .;. . 
Lowery- ; , i . .' .■ . . ; . . . 
WlUinm Tread well. . 
Jtov. Wendell Jackaon 

Warden Jettrfea. 

Rokoff' 1. ...y. .......... i 

Cheney '. ... . . ... . . . . . . . . 



; Helen Westley 
, ..v. v.tDean Jngger 
....Carroll Aahburn 
.... Brandon Peters 
Fred Miller 
.Vao Curley 
.Louis John Latzer 
.St: Clalr. Bayfield 



Nelson 
Nathan O. Rubin 
Mr. -Harrison... . 
Frank • TraVers, , ... . .'. 
Judge' 



...^Ersklne Sahford 
Claude Rains 
Frank Wilson 
. . .Dougiaa Gregory. 
Thurston Hall 



Dr. Watson;..;.,. Rol^rt X Lawirence 

Attorney General , Dade Ben Smith 
Circuit iSoUcltor Slade.......Carl Eckstrpin 



Theatre Guild cdmpletes Its Ifith 
season With a. brace of .t>lay8, re- 
puted - to— be-- in r- the r- prppagahda 
class. Fii-st to arrive is 'They Shall 
Not Die* and due in Is 'Racies' with 



the case, was present at the 
premiere and doubtless got a real 
kick out o£ the performance. His 
admiration for Claude Rains, who 
played Rubin, his counterpart In the 
trial was undisguised. That Rains, 
ah iSngJlshman, could thrill the man 
Llebowitz is alone ah. accomplish- 
ments • 

It took a heap Of courage for 
Liebowitz to invade the heart of the 
Klux country to accept such .a case 
and he must have., been convinced 
that the accused are not guilty. It 
took as much courage for . Ruby 
Bates to get on the stand and re- 
cant, too. If there was a miscar-, 
riage of justice, 'They Shall Not 
Die' may be a powerful influence 
in correcting a wrong before it is 
too late, . •.. • 

There were a number of out- 
standing performances: L»inda Wat- 
kins as the wanton Virginia Ross, 
is said to be faithful copy of 
the original chat-acter; Ruth Gordon 
a^ the other girl, tortured over the 
lies she told, until Anally under the 
.protection of a cleanly youth, she 
<:'6mes from nowhere tp . tell the 
truth; At Stokes as Parsons, the 
boy on trialj doesn't say much but 
his actions and the sullen glances 
of hatred at his White persecutors, 
are telling bits; Ben Smith as the 



Nazi background. 'IW is^ the . v- ^ - j^^^j^^^^j^^ ^^^^^^ 
strongest if not the best of propa- ] 6; Thurston- Hall jis the Judge; 



phones that the divorce is off aa t* 
the marriage with {Curt And so 
into the final scene in the smoking 
room of the S.S. .Ultima. .About to 
sail fritsa Bremen. Sam listens to 
Fran's flighty chatter, Eiuddenly caU- 
Ihg iCor his bag, refusing to sail 
with his wife, realizing ho cannot 
live with her until she 'stops grow- 
ing younger.' That brought down 
what seemed to be an entirely satis- 
factory curtain, the steadfast Dpds- 
worth going to the villa by the sea 
—and the intelligent Mrs. Cortright. 

Huiston looked the ideal Dods- 
Worth; He should enhance a stage 
tep^ that will doubtlesa make him 
more valuable tO Hollywood later 
on. Fay Bainter is the splendid 
running ihaite Fran, a- part, that 
gathers little sympathy and which 
eould have, been over-played. There 
Is a flock of cbaracters, hone 
weighty except the two leads, but 
in chief, support are Frederic Wor- 
lock as Israel, Kent Smith as Kurt 
Maria Ouspenskaya as his mother, 
Nan Sutherland as Mrs. Cortright, 
Harlan Briggs as a small town 
banker. Ethel Jackson as his wife, 
Charles Halton, .Leonore Harris, Hal 
K. Dwson^nd among the bits 
there was .noticed Nick. Adams. 
(Yorke and Adams). 

•Dodswsrth* should take Its place 
on Broadway as a play in the seune 
proportion -that the. novel was a best 
seller. AgUn Robert Sinclair shows 
his stuff as a stager and again Gor- 
don proves"^ himself a showman. 

/bee. 




Evening's Entertainment 

New Haven, Feb. 19. 
IRevu* la two attts Mid mventeen «aenea. 
Staged, produMd and jpresented by Ed 
Wynn for ono performaaoe at 8hub«rt, .FA. 
19. EHaloff by Ed Wyaa, dances by Sara 
Mildred Straues, codtumea by Veronica, 
nrlth aeta by Oden Waller. . SUrrlng. Ed. 
Wynn and teatadag Jwdk Powell, ' Serge 
Flasb. Adler and Bradford, AIlc» Dawn, 
Olga, Andre. Hiirry and Fi>anlt Seaman, 
David Robel, Al Baron, . Leonardo Dl Xia 
Mdrl, Sara, .MUdred -Strauaa Dancera, and 
.Taininy Trent brcbtatra. 



Helen . Westley as Lucy's Urifortii 
nate mother. . 

The Guild's production is all that 
it should be. The scenes are quickly 
shifted. Direction by Philip Moeller 
admirable ail the way through. Sue 

Ltion 1 
tbee. 

DODSWdRTH 

Comedy-dramia; in three acts presented at 
the Shubert.Feb; 24 by Max Gordon; adapt- 
ed from -Sinclair Iiewls" novel. by Sidney 
Howard.; Walter Huston starred; staged by 
— . .. „ . , Robert' Sinclair. .. 

of the accused has been found guilty skntuel Dodsworth. .....Walter Huston 

but the case is not over— 'They Shall Sales Manager . ...,...?.... ..Arthu^^ uttry 

Not Die' is the ringing curtain line i^x^'^!^::::::-::\::::i^'Sr^ 

of the defense . attorney from New Henry E. Hazzard......... . Charles Haltori 

York— and the actual case will likely Fran Dodsworth......;* .Fay Bainter 

~ .....Harlan Briggs 



4 SAINTS IN 3 ACTS 



ganda shows, .prcdUced to the hilt. 
It is raiclal to an. extreme which Is 
one reason; why it probably will not 
be a -financial success biit. is no 
mere fiUer-in for the Guild by any 
means.^ 

It is Wted by a^horde o^ play-l c^f;:ir:o^ no^ Is., ^! "^Sffi 'Sr"SKsr fJS 

ers, mostly white but with some } plenty worth while - ■ - - — — 

colored actors, l^ogram lists 64 ' 
characters, including a half ' dOzen. 
doubles but irith 28 parts Important 
in telling the story of. the Scotts- 
bbro' case, nine negroes facing the. 
electrK; chair in Alabama, charged 
with the rape of two stray white 
girls on a freight train. Twice one 



reach the U. S; Supreme Court. 



niomas J. Pearson. .. 
.. . J. • i Mrs... Fearson. .......... 

It. is the second play on the same i^j^^y jjiKee. 
topic, 'Legal Murder' (closed) hav- I Harry McKee 



Opera In four acU and a prolog with 
Words by Gertrude Stein and music by 
Vlrgll Thompson, presented by Harry 
Moses (by arxaiigement with the Friends 
aiid Gnenttletf of Modern Music) at the.44lh 
St^ Theatre,: New Vork, Feb. 20. ScenaHo, 
Maurice Grosser:' choreography. Frederick 
AsKtoji: . settings and costumes, Florlne 
Stettheimer'! production,. John Houser^an; 
orchestra, .conducted by- Alexander S.mall- 
ens. Sung by an all-Negro cast headed by 
Edward MattbewA, Beatrice Robinson 
Whynei. Bruce Howard,. Altonell . HInes, 
Abiter Dorsey- and Lico.nard Franklyn; 'Lim- 
ited engagement for twp weeks, $3.80 top. 



...Ethel Hampton 
.Mervln Williams 

5^c.n^"Sr«olf th"e^lSlf S''\ral^o T^^^^ dentlemen. lK^mX'r.18 
n comparison, the latter play « a Locicert ...^..,:j6hn wiiiiams 

botch. It too had the trial as the Edith Cortright Nan Sunderland 

bfe scene but there is no comparison A. Hurd.:..... ....... ..Hal K. Dawson 

- -- ■ — - - '.t-- 1 Renee De Penable.. I,€onore Harris 

Arnold Israel. Frederic Worlock 

Kurt von Obersdort. . . . : Kent . Smith 

Cashier J. H. Klngsberry 

American Mother . .... .Marie Falls 



.. 'Four . Saints in •Three . Acts' is 
about IT saints and has four acts 
and a prolog. It is called In the 
program and other billing 'an opera 
to be sung.' The first few lines are: 
'To know to knOw to love her so. 
Four saints prepare, for saints. It 
BthS'jrckSSrt i makes It well\fish. Four, saints It 



and If 'They' doeis-viiot land the 
lesser work will har^Jy be blamed. 

Plays with conirlQiVerslal themes 
generally ejcHe Sp dlfferenc^ of | ^^^SJ^^IIIIXIIb^^^ 

opinion. 'They,/»nall Not Die, .is information clerk Ralph Slmone 

triply racial in that there Is the I Baroness von Obersdorf. Maria Ouspenskaya 
conflict between the whites and I Teresa., 
blacks in the South and the feeling 
against the defense attorney by the 
Ku Klux Klan element because he 
is a Northerner and- Is of the Jewish 
faith. In addition there- Is a politi- 



.Flora. Franslell 



makes It well fish.' It*goes on like 
that,, without any more sense than 
that, for the rest of the evening.. 
In spite of which If will probably 
make isome money. 

There is Ukely to be a lot of dis- 
cussion about this production; a 
good '90% of the audiences Is cer- 
tain to be completely mystified by it 
and at least 60.% of the audiences 
Is likely to be definitely annoyed. 
(Continued on page 60) 



New hit came to Broadway Satur- 
day (24) night when 'Dodsworth' 
was greeted .at the Shubert by one 
— •^i; ^^-c v ^ * *i. i-*.^--^-* i of the smartest audiences of the 
cai conflict because of the Interest season— despite the exodus to Flo- 
ot radicals, said to have influenced r^^^ 

the lawyer in accepting the case. ^^ Sinclair Lewis' absorbing 

This factor is written down though ^f an American middle-aged 

its presence may create some feel- couple who toke their first real 
Ing amongst average play-goers not vacation upon his retirement from 
inspired with Taclal antagonisms. Uhe business of making motor cars 
First act, that, of a local jail de- Und gnd up by splitting, as fash- 
velops the alleged frame-up between ^^^^^ t^e stage by Sidney How- 
the sh^srlffi and warden who are de- Urd. Max Gordon dr^w a prize 
t^rmlried that the colored boys be ^|jen he copped the Lewis yarn for 
charged with ra^. Virginia Ross the stage and the presentation of 
(Victoria Price of the actual case) I 'Dodsworth' is one of the outstand- 
arid Lucy Wells (Ruby Bates, the 1 productions of the season. 
Other girl who changed her .story it is enacted in 14 scenes which 
and swore they were not molested gu^^ ^rid off without much 
by the colored boys, at the second | waste time and enacted by a geh- 



tflal) are mill workers. The Ross 
glri. easily falls for the' sheriffs 
promise of a new dress and some' 
money and agrees to swear they 
were violated. She forces Lucy to 
tell the same story. . 

Brutality depicted in the scene 
cornea close, to the limit. Beatings 



erously peopled cast, well selected 
It brings back Walter Huston to 
Broadwayl Huston's contribution 
to Hollywood has been okay but he 
could not get across with feminlhe 
fllm audiences. AH la forgiven 
as indicated by the women among 
the first nighters liking his per- 



Current Road Shows 



administered the cringing colored formance as much as the men. 
boys about routed the .question .Book plays are not often- fertile- 
among first-nl^^^^ for the playwright, but 

things constituted stage naelpdra- K^^j.^ jg the exception, probably the 
matics. The^authpr, John Wexley, prst sitice .'An American Tragedy.' 
who wrote 'The Last Mile,' knows .fortunately 'Dodsworth* isn't tragic, 
his stuff and the rough stuff may be I jt may be classed among those can- 
authentic in some Instances If not I didates Of being tJie 'great American 
in this case. Second act showing 1 piay/ not a radical rating in light of 
Lacy's- poverty-rlddon home andean- the fact that Lewis copped the 
other jail scener both of which j^obel prize with one of his novels, 
seemed over-written, mostly sup- 1 Sam Dodsworth is a Main streeter, 
plies atmospheife. , At the point, tpo, 1 ^ real guy who knows he's a hick, 
romance comes to Lucy and later could stick to making cars at 
her regeneration, in some, nieasure U^eavy money but feels his wife Fran 
at least. ■ earned a trip to tJurbpe and so has 

Last act in which Nathan G. ^e. their daughter is safely mar- 
Rubin a New York criminal lawyer | j.^^ ^nd why stick around Zenith 



when there is so much to see 
abroad. It is a right idea, so often 
adopted by Americans who have 
made the grade. 

Fran has her own money and 



takes . the : case at. the urging of a 
communist and a colored attorney 
and the trial scene which is the 
major part of the show, consumes a 
full hoiar. The conduct of the trial, 

rulings from the bench, interference 1 maybe that is one i-easbn why she 
of the state's attorney general, tur- strays, but the point Is not stressed, 
moll among spectators despite the sam can take.it and that is the part 
presence of troops all goes for melo- of his dharadter that is mostly ap- 
dramatic light and shade of no little 1 pealing. He is disturbed when she 
" ■> interest. has ian affair with the banker 

There were four summations , In Arnold Israel, even- going back home 
.==^=the-actuai-trlal-and:=there=are-lour^Lto^let-her-have-^^^ 

in the play. Despite the fact, Rubin ig a limit to any man's patience, 
provesi through Lucy that the testl- Here is a fellow who wants to keep 
mony of the Ross girl was false and the companionship of the mate who 
they had not been attacked and has been his for over 20 years. Even 
despite the fact that other wit- | when she proposes divorce that she 
nesses testify similarly, there was 
tio doubt from the laughter of the 
Jury that the accused Hey ward ^♦ar- 
sons would be found gtillty, and that 
cued the dramatic finale line./ 

Samuel W. Llebowitz, the. crack 
New Tork attorney* who defended 



Week Feb. 26 
'Autumn Crocus/ Erlanger, Phlla 
delphia. 

'Autumn CrocMft* (Coast), El 
Capltan, Hollywood. 

Cornelia Otis Skinner* Selwyn, 

'Curtain Rises/ Cort, Chicago. 
^Dangerous Corner/ Hollis, Bos- 
ton. 

Ed Wynn, Carlton, Providence 
Feb. 25-26; Auditorium, Worcester, 
Feb. 28 ; Capltalt Albany, March 1 ; 
Civic Centre, White Plains, March 
2; Shubert, Newark, March 3. 

'Elizabeib Sleeps Out/ Stude 
baker, Chicago. 

Eva Le' Gal lien he Repertory 
Roosevelt Auditorium, San Jose, 
Feb. 26; High School, Fresno, Cal., 
Feb. 27; Auditorium, Sacramento, 
Feb. 28; Pacific Little Theatre 
Stockton, March 1; Auditorium 
1 Oakland, March 2-3. 

'Goodbye : Agai / Broad Philadel- 
phia. 

'Green Pastures' Athens, O., Feb. 
26; Victory, Dayton, Feb. 27-28; 
Weller, ZanesvlUe, March 1; Park, 
Youngstown, March 2-3. 

'Hold Your Horses/ Grand Opera 
House, Chicago. 

Katharine Cornell Repertory, 
Baylor University; Waco^ Texas, 
Feb. 26; Worth, Ft. Forth, Feb. 27; 
Shrine, Oklahoma City. Feb. 28; 
Convention A n d 1 1 o r 1 u m, Tulsa, 
March 1; Kansas State Norjnal, 
Emporia, K^hs:, March 2; Arcadia. 
Wichita, March 3. 

'Sailor Beware/ Mayan; Los An- 

-'Ten Minute rlanger, 
Chicago, 

'Terrible Turk/ Playhouse, Holly- 
wood. 

'The Perfumed Lady/ Plymouth, 
Boston. 

Walter Hanipden Repertory, Er- 

langer-Columbia, San Francisco. 
'Yellow Jacket/ Trembnt, oston. 



may wed the . German Kurt yon 
Obersdorf Dodsworth hesitates— 
maybe she ought to think it over. 
His solace and contentment In the 
villa of Edith Cortright in Italy on 
the Mediterranean Is natural. So is 
his disappointment when Fran tele- 



Stock Okay in la. 



^ ^ JWaterloo, la,, Feb. 2 ._ 

^ topk has "Breeff "weTconied- • b'ack 
to the Wateloo, and fairly good 
business has been the result, Old 
and new stuff has beeni clicking, 
with aud^lences more responsive 
than ever to this type of entertain- 
ment. 

The 10, 20, 80 (scale may have 
something to do with It, or the 
fact that it has been a long time 
since stock has played the town. 



Wynn calls this one 'An Bvenlng's 
Entertainment' and the title tells 
;he whole stOry<; If the flesh fare 
fans do^'t respond to this bill, then 
the <>utlook for this type of ehter- 
talnmeht is pretty hapless. Wynn 
gives them enough in the .flrst act 
to offset the $2.60 top charge, but 
goes right On with a few more 
knockouts in stanza two, It's a 
case of almost to much stuff , in one 

Wynn doesn't attempt to kid the 
public into thinking he's offering an 
entirely new show. In his opening 
Speech, he frahkly states that the 
show is composed of material from 
Laugh Parade/ 'Simple Slmoii/ 
Grab pais* aiid a fe\i^ Others; topped 
off with some talent that's never 
been with, Wynn before, Show ran 
almost three hours but Is due to be 
slashed to two and a half: 

It' wsisi an inexpensive thing to 
produce, but not . so easy to 6arry. 
Cost Wynn only $11,000 t^» put the 
show oh, ais most . of his stuff came 
from the storehouse, but initial cost 
is not his problem in this case. His 
nut Is so high it means he will have 
to -sidestep the ordinaryrsized legit 
houses in favor of the four- or flve- 
thousandr&eat; iauditorlum In his 
toiir of one-, two- suid three-night 
stands. . His opening here, prac- 
tically a sell-out of the l,700Tseat 
Shubert, represented hardly more 
than an 'evOn break. At present, 
Wynn has about seven weeks time, 
with additional bookings depending 
on how rrexaco feels about letting 
him wander around. 

Maybe Wynn. has started some- 
thing. Fred Stone^ ih from New 
York to catch the opening, was 
called to the stage hy Wynn. Stone 
statedi he came on to see . hOw the 
new entertainment idea appealed, 
as he Intended to break out sim- 
ilarly with his own tribe If he felt 
the crowd would go for such a bill. 
When questioned later oh the . mat- 
ter, he stated . was just an Idea 
and he had done nothing definite 
on.lt. 

After an overture, with Tommy 
Trent bOys playing ex- Sec. Wood- 
in'af 'Fire Chief march, as an Intro, 
Wynn is on In one to explalu what 
the entertainment Is all about. Bor- 
rowmg from "Laugh Parade,' action 
shows troupe of hungry actors In 
a cage, with keeper tossing 'em raw 
meat When they've bhd enough, 
show gets going. With David Rebel 
doing a combo tap-.and-Russlan 
routine, over big. Working on 
full, black- draped stage In white 
clothesj hoofer makes a nice opener. 

Stage opens to two for Wynn's 
'Funch and Judy' turn, another 
'Parade' products In rehearsal 
■comic worked this In full, with line 
of girls for atmosphere, but act was 
better as played solo with liothihg 
to detract from comedy angle. 

Number three is an interpretation 
of the 'Shadow Waltz,' by Sara 
Strauss Dancers, making their 
American debut. . Girls (16) work in 
full, with multi-colored baby spots 
at foots throwing their shadows 
against a blue eye. Effective aiid 
well received. A 'Stage Door' bit 
follows. This Is the skit that served 
to Intro Jeanne Aubert in 'Parade' 
and it does the same here for Olga 
Andre; Miss Andre tops the scene 
off with a song, whlbh is her weak- 
est point. A neat looker, with per- 
sohalltyi the pipes are sw^et but in- 
effectual. ' 

Back to dancing again with Adler 
and Bradford. . Adagio team, • asr 
slsted by Robel and Leonardo Dl La 
Mori, have the house gasping at 
their manhandling of pint-sized 
femme member. ' Work in . full , be- 
fore a modernistic skyscraper drop, 
girl doing a bit of toe work in ad-, 
dltion to . the tossing. . ' ' . 

Primarily a laugh show, Wynn 
has his- Comedy Well placed every 
other turn, which brings In the 
Harry and Frank Seaman acro.stufC 
at this point for a near . riot. 

Wynn ' saved the number eight 
.spot for the debut of his prptegee*' 
the blues- warbling Alice Dawn.. Kid 
Is a comer. She has looks, person- 
ality, youth and a voice (although a: 
lilt nasal in the high spots) and 
with all that, she's bp'Und to gei 
over'. Main objection to her opeh- 
Ihg. was too much build-up spiel 
from Wyrih, who. should let the 
audience dp a little Of its own dts- 
cbverlhg. Also, she was on too 1 n:!. 
__lN ,ox t numl)ler_.is., the 'Movlg^ Pal- 
ace' bit^from' 'Laugh Paradel 



iroutine of eocentrlo steps while di- 
recting, but not stirong enojugh for a 
curtain- closer. Program listed Sara 
Strauss Dancisrs to work with Trent 
as finale, and as caught at dress 
rehearsali this was a more effective 
cllmaxer. 

At intermission, Texaco falls heir 
to some grand free publicity when 
Wynn announces that In act two he 
will do a broadcast scene and 
wants .the audience to act as they , 
do at his NBC parties. So a troupe 
of local fire lads In uniform dis- 
tributes Texaco Fire Chief hats and 
everybody . Is happy. Ihcldentally, 
T^caco has no. flnaincial finger In. 
the pie, as the purse-strings are 
handled '^exclusively by Wynn. 

As an opener for act two, Wynn 
is on with his trick camel for some 
gagging with Olga Andre. It's fol- 
lowed by Serge Flash whose jug- 
gling draws a. good hand. Back to 
ciTm.edy again lor the broadcasting 
9lt, . which . doesn^t register so hot. 
Wynn himself must have realised it 
wasn't, going so well, as he cut It 
at the end of act two of . one of :hls 
threoract operas. 

Sara Strauss ' Dancers . return in 
an eccentric :. routine : called. ...'.The. 
Maniacs' Ball/ It's okay tiU the 
fiiiale,. - which Is queered" by two 
spoken lines thai might better be 
left unsaid. Next on is the Jack 
Powell drumming turn. Wynh> opens 
the' act with sbme preliminary gag- 
ing iind Powell then. lifts 'em off. 
Jielr palms with his stellar work. 
As a- next-to-:clo9er, Wynn- revives 
his plano-pn-airbicycle novelty, with 
Alice Dawn doing the planp-slttlng- 
warblin& Off to heavy applause. 

For finale, StraUss Dancers march 
on from Urst entrance In military. 
Outfits, their most sti'iklng .cos- 
tumes, and lead parade of actors 
back Into the cage. Wynn re-in- 
troduces the talent, which takes a- 
farewell bow by lifting a bit from 
their individual routines. 

Show drew a big house, despite 
blizzard, and received plenty of 
f ayorable lobby .Comment. Bone. 



THE TERRIBLE TUHK 

Pasadena, Cal., Feb. 20^ 
Comedy in tbr«e act^ and. five scenes. 
Presented by the Pasadena Gommnnlty 
Playhouse Assn. and Seymour Roiblnnon at 
the Pasadena Playhouse, Feb. 20. WrUten 
by- ^Beatrice Bla^kmar and Bruce Gould. 
Staiced by Seymour Robinson. 

Shirley CuUen.;...; Wlllard Sea 

Kurt Brucnlne. . . » T. Arthur Meade 

Pete .Collins Woodbury 

Harriet Mrs. Bert Humphreys 

Western Union Boy. Wilfred Sanfor4 
Mike Weller. ........ i...... Richard Abbott 

tew Turk....... ..Vincent Sherman 

addle .Alan Sanford 

Bitrbette Tea sdale Charlotte Evans 

Manila Xielgh, ........ .Rosemary De Camp 

Fireman. . .-. •. .Bert Morris 

Sybil Ash. Sheila . Mannors 

Anthony Todd.. ....William Barclay 

Olenn Mount... ......John Huntington 

Georee. Mac Rae. Loiils La Vole 

Jlmmte Dale . , . . ; John Newmyer 

Nathaniel Pete Hill....... John Dobbs 

Mrs. Hill ..................Edith Drake 

Ernst Braiin i. .James Wade 

Berta......,^...^ Reisrlna Kahn 

Bartender..... ........John Dbyan 

Mrs. Washburn Thayer.. Ethel Phillips 

Schnabel. George Selk 

Jacoby , . Ben Blair 

Newspaper Photographer.-. -..John Newmyer 

Abo. ..v.. .Walter Qerlng 

Mr. Coulter .....Elmo Cerrutl 



In 

'Parade,' scene was a setting for the 
.song, 'You're My Everything,' but 
with the song . out here, skit is 
largely a waste of time; 

For first part finale, Tommy 
Trent's boys, who have been work- 
ing In the pit, mount the stage for 
a couple of hot numbers in full set 
in orange" and gold^ with band plat- 
form about halfway down. Num- 
bers are -okay, with Trent doing a 



Here's rich fodder for roadway, 
where they know their theatre and 
some of Its unique personalities. 
Story of. a successful if somewhat 
erratic main stem legit producer,, 
who is easily recognizai:e. play 
should have no trouble clicking 
when taken to the metropolis, but 
just how it would fare in the sticks 
ia. pi;oblematIcal. . 
Presented for, the first time In the 

(Continued on page 63) 



Stebbinft' 'Britche*' 

Charlottle, . . Cn :?eb. 26, 
•Tight Britches,' by Hunert Hayes 
and John Tal"tor Fopte,, will be 
produced In New York by Laurence 
Rivers, Inc., it became known here 
with a visit of RpUin Stebbins. and 
Miss Miriam Doyle. . 

Miss .Doyle, dlredtor of 'Pursuit 
of Happiness,' now playing in New 
York, said that 'Tight Eritches' 
would be staged In New York. in tbe 
fail. 



Syr. Stock 50c top 

•yracuse, Feb. 26. 
In a final' effort to solve Its pat- 
ronage problem. Brace Conhitig's 
civic stock today .(26) halved its box 
office top to fifty cents. 



WAITING FOE CORNEIX 

Llricoin, Feb. 20. 
_-jvatharin-0-Cornell andCo- isS^^^^ 
for the Liberty here for a inatiiice 
and night; show, Monday; March 12. 
Engagement advance is being 
handled by Florence Gardner, local 
.promotress. 

Liberty at present is operating 
under a spilt week, dual bill pic 
policy. Deal for the house was 
made ahead of present policy, so 
still holds. 



Tuesday, February 27, 1934 



LEGITIMATE 



VARIETV 



55 



AUEN TALENT BAR UKEY 




Bitter Bickering Highlights 
Committee Session-^Legit 
Personages Testify Ac- 
tors For, Everyone Else 
Against— Laurence Laihg- 
Brooks Atkinson, 
Marc Connelly, Morrie 
Ryskind Testify 



HAYS' STATEMENT 



Wasjiirigton, Feb. 26. 

Jj^ndorsemieiit of the. Dlcksteln 
allen-^actof bill by tho House Im- 
njigratlon Coihniittce was indicated 
last veek, followlnie: Initial set of 
bearings -which Involved heated 
oontrpyereles over the need fojr for- 
elgin stage and film talent, bitter 
oritlclsm of ' ' productions^, and 
casual slaps, at the motion picture, 
industry, ' 

Mass of telegrams and letters 
j'avoring and opposing the bill wa? 
read Into the I'cco.rd today (26) 
.when the committee resumed hear- 
ings. 

Array of witnesses, exclusivelj' 
from the legit, lined up at the. first 
.•session last /week in the usual 
fashion with prod ucisrs and . dra- 
rnatists objecting to having to 'go 
to the Labor . Department to cast 
our plays' and actors demanding 
government protection from, foreign, 
cornpetltlon. Measure would place 
foreign actors under contract- labor 
provisions, wlilch require evidence 
of domestic shortage of skilled labor 
to obtain Immigration permit, and 
would restrict" exeihption to per- 
sons of. 'distinguished merit' or 'su- 
perior talent.' 

Frequently taking over the whole 
show, , talkative and inapassioned 
committee members bickered, quar- 
reled, scrapped and argued with 
each other and witnesses. Heps. 
Wledeman of Michigan and Schulte 
of Indiana waved scalping knives at 
the film industry. Chairman Dlck- 
steln .of New Tork accused pro- 
ducers of smuggling In fake actors 
to get around immigration quotas, 
and Rep. Dies of Texas insisted 
American actors can do anything 
foreigners can do. 

Film spokesmen failed" to appear, 
although Hays' representatives 
occupied front-row seats and 
squirmed, under "Wiedeman's and 
Schulte's assaults on Hollywood, 

Lahgher Snappers 

Committee wrangling was marked 
by ludrlcrous remarks from Dies 
and snapper replies by Lawrence 
Langner of the Theatre Guild ; Rep, 
Cellar of New York, who appeared 
as a witness; and other theatrical 
spokesmen. Dies at one point wanted 
to know '"What is this- Guild, any 
way?' aiid again said he saw no rea- 
son why alien talent is necessary 
to 'imitate' Shakespeare on Ameri 
can stage. 

Opposing witnesses got under^^the 
skin of both Dies and Dlcksteln, 
with the rangy Texan— who con 
fbssed hlis only tripis Ir.pm hi 
tive state were for the purpose of 
Mming to Washington— insisting 
only effect of measure would be to 
keep out hams whom producers 
don't want, while a Tammanyite 
yelled for reallatci'y legislation to 
«hut out foreign actors Whose, coun- 
Iries apply restrictions .to Ameri- 

• ■nns. 

Session got off. with hot argu- 
ments when Cell'fer, first witness 
"•barged 'selfish interests, are behind 
I his bill' and bluntly stated com- 
inittee members don't appreciate 
ihe great havoc .that would be 
-^A\n-oTrgtTt=^-OT[-"tire!" art^^ 

• nd the industry of motion pic 
iures.' Meriibers jumped on thjeir 
•N'ew York colleague immediately 
•lomanding to know what cultural 
•stimulus would be lost If no for 
' ign talent were admitted. 

Noting that European nations 
•iiibsidize theatres, while this coun- 
try places obstacles In the way of 



dramatic development, Celler tried 
to" shame the committee members 
by pointing put that eriactmertt of 
the nieasure \yould be like 'taking 
c.plpris from ah artist.' Seeking to 
Illustrate his point,, he explained 
that reniioval of any of the British 
cast from 'The Shining Hour' would 
'mar its perfection.' Committee had 
last laiigh on this, howevefi when 
Brooks. Atkinson, Times drama 
critic, .. gave his opinion that this 
British play is 'not of tremendous 
Importance but is good entertain- 
ment because well oast.' 

'What Would Wo Lose?' 
Jumping into the fight, Rep. 
Dirkscn of Illinois Wjanted to know 
how much the American public 
would, lose if 'Shining Hour' were 
displaced by ah. American produc- 
tion. Celler retorted that no Amer- 
ican play' can displace it.' Wledeman 
.concluded that Celler doubts Amer- 
ican .actors can pbrtray English 
charficters, which precipitated a 
new squabble. 

'Wherever^ an American a,ctor can 
be hired, that abtor should he 
hired,' Celler agreed, 'but th^re are 
parts which. :call for alien actors — 
Americans could not portray them 
adequately.' 

Resentrnent at the idea of foreign 
actors coming to the. U. 'S., making 
a fihanciai . clean-up aind going 
home, was displayed: when Celler 
listed celebrities who would not 
have been adhiitted had the Dlck^ 
stein measure been on the record 
years ago. After the. New York 
legislator had recited Charlie Chap- 
lin as a 'perfect example of piersons 
little known abroad who made good 
here, Wledman shouted back, '"They 
kept good Americans from develop- 
ing SiS actors.' 

Celler listed Gieorge Arllss, Marie 
Dressier; H. B, Warner, Garbo, 
Nprma Sheai'er, Ellssa Lahdi, CliVe 
Brook, Walter Huston, Ronald Col- 
mah, Victor McLagleii and Mary 
Plckford as other examples of the 
beneficial results of a liberal Im- 
migration p61icy, 

Unemployed 
'Do 3'ou know any reason why we 
should cater to foreign actors when 
Equity Is keeping actprs iallve In 
New York hy the hundreds and we 
ha.ve a terrific unemployment prob- 
lem in Hollywood?' Weldemah 
wanted to know. 

Dlcksteln chimed in with an al- 
legation .that., 'they'., brought, in 
'thousands of so-called actors who 
were not actprs at all? as well as 
budding geniuses. Remarking that 
^the whole world' has barred Amer- 
ican talent, Dlcksteln commented 
that 'we've been a lot of saps.' 

Celler's point that the bill would 
close gates to potential stars , was 
lost in the shuffle, but the com- 
mittee reacted strongly to: his 
charge that 'glorified clCTks' pass 
on entry applications in consular of- 
fices. 

Tilt over the ability of Lynn 
Fontanne followed Celler's remark 
that the Dickstein bill would have 
prevented her entry, originally, with 
Wledeman declaring 'I'm unwilling; 
to have Lynn Fontanne and Charlie 
Chaplin taking our American mil- 
lions put of this country and keep- 
ing American- born actors out of 
Jobs.' ' 

Discussions proceeded more calm 
ly with the appearjance of Lawrence 
Langner, who Insisted New York 
producers are '100% for the Amer- 
ican theatre, but that without fpr- 
elgn talent more "theatrical unem- 
ployment would result. Stressing 
theatre mftrtality in the last decade, 
the Guild spokesman said real trou- 
ble is a lack of high-calibre plays 
and shortage of talent. 

Gallery^ Laugh 

Wrangling with Dies, Langner 
drew a big gallery laugh by opining 
that 'if you ^ere on the stage the 
public, wouldn't pay a nickel to see 
you.' 

Striking the keynote of the oppor 
sition, Langner testified. 'We don't 
want to go to the Labor Depart- 
ment to cast our plays,' and charged 
that It- is physically impossible for 
either Labor ofhcials or consular 
attaches to determine, whether ftr- 
ei^h actors are 'distinguished' or 
Wa^ess'^'MnTerim'^alenti*- -More 
eign names, wete added as Dies de- 
manded a list of those wlio came in 
as stars. and as regular immigrants, 
and other committee members 
wanted to know which have become 
naturalized citizens .since gaining 
popularity. 

Fllm-leglt rivalry appeared when 
Lnngrier testified 'that the fa^t is 



wd people of the thea:tre tnake a 
personality and the movies Immedl- 
ateiy taJce them away.* After 
Wledeman.. had charged film pro- 
ducers "With ■ 'milking* the theatrie- 
going public, Langner agreed that 
If the committee would 'give us a. 
law by which iio actors can be 
taken from the theatre none of us 
would be here tpdaiy^,. 

Declaring the bill is 'quite un- 
necessary' as well as 'based on a 
fallacy^the Idea that actors are the 
same as carpenters,' Langner said 
Equity restrlctlohs wiere sufflclent 
to make certain that foreign talent 
does nbt take jobs which should go 
to natives; l^beatre Guild repre- 
sentative said he much preferred to 
deal with Equity than with the La- 
bpr Department, remarking that ?lt 
Is inconceivable that the Labor - De - 
pairtmeni can know as much about 
this as Equity/ 

Atkinson's Ideas 
Coming in. for a passing rib about 
reviewers' digs at 'the hinterland' 
and the 'provinces,' Brooks Atkin- 
son, dramatic critic . of the N, . Y. 
Times, pointed out that the theatre 
is not . primarily for the actors or 
managers; the public is the final, ar- 
biter,' an^ said public demand re- 
quires employment of foreign tal- 
ent to provide necessary degree of 
realism. 

During AtklnsPn's appearance, 
Schulte,: former Indiana theatre 
.owner and member of I.A.T.S.E., 
Joined Wledeman. in. denouncing 
bedroom plays' anid 1)egan asking 
why George.M.. .Cohan doesn't pro- 
duce more plays. Atkinson was or- 
dered to 'ask COhan to write mpre 
plays and save use from these par- 
lor, bedroom and bath fa.rces.' 

'It's no reflection oh our theatre 
that we need , the Insplratlpn of 
broadening influences frpm other 
parts of the wbrld,' Atlt^nspn de- 
clared. 'I don't see what's to be 
gained by making a failure of a 
play -^hich might be a success if 
properly cast. We are entitled, to 
the best, and I doii't see why we 
should give up the brilliance of our 
theatre now. I feel thei effect of this 
bill will be to cripple one part of 
our lives.' 

Connelly's Views 
Plea for freedom for playwrights 
came from Marc Connelly, Edward 
Childs Carpenter and Mprrle Rys- 
kind, speaking on behalf of the 
Dramatists' Guild. 

Warning that the bill will 'saddle 
anPther burden on a priecarlous 
venture,' Connelly attacked Dies' 
arguments that American actors 
can play foreign roles convincingly. 

'There are artists In the theatre 
in America who Pan play parts 
within their artistic' range as well 
as foreign artists,' Connelly said. 
'But only an.a,ctbr with an. enorm-- 
ous ego thinks he can play any 
part,' 

Dlrksen tried to. pin Connelly 
down with the statement that -if 
we merely circumscribe the field of 
your romantic limaginatlpn, you'll 
recognize the limits,' but Connelly 
insisted playwrights must h© en- 
tirely iCree 6f restrictions on mate- 
rial and replied that such ia. policy 
would 'put a gag on. the articula- 
tion of American art.' 

Denying that foreign competition 
is., responsible for theatrical ui^^^ 
ploymehit, 'ConniBlly asserted that 
'nothing Is stopping the American 
actor except the limitations of his 
ability.' 

Ryskind Wise-Cracks 

Fear that a 'young beautiful girl' 
in foreign theatres would become 
an old w0man befpre the Labor De- 
partment cpuld act on an entry re- 
quest was expressed by Ryskind, 
who said. In answer to DIckstelh'S 
accusations, that If 6,000 fake ac- 
tors have been smuggled In, the 
fault ileis with ; immigration au- 
thorities. 

Deploring such smuggling, Rys- 
kind bickered with Wledeman over 
the definition of 'reputable' ma,nager 
who, the dramatist maintained 
would respect ImmlgratioA laws. 
Asked to define a 'reputable' man 
agrer, Ryskind demanded that the 
Detroit representative define a 're 
putable Congressman.* 
^^ 'Is a .mana ger , whp puta^ on th ese 
sexy, lewd shews a reputable niah 
ager?' Wledeman queried, 'if he'il 
pander to the sex Impulse of the 
American people, then he'll pander 
lo his pocketbook.' 

Idea that 'if the playwrights can't 
write for the American actor, it's 
time we got new plajrwrlghts' camo 
from Frhiilte Who again wanted to 



know why Cohan 'doesn't write any 
more of his good jplays.' 

Equity for It 

Led by Frank Qllimpre, Equity 
representatives endorsed the bill 
but suggested ah amendment to 
permit entry of complete companies 
pf : foreign actors under restrictiphs 
insuring their departure as a uiilt. 

Agreeing that talented aliens 
shpuld be admitted for limited en- 
gagements, Giilniorc explained 'ac- 
tors feel they should be permitted 
to ihake their art a natlpnal one' 
aiid insisted that aliens with only 
normal talent shpuld not be allowed 
tp . enter 'In times like these.' He 
said 'It stirs us deeply to ■see for-, 
elign a.ctOrs frpm lo^yer classifica- 
tions playing parts we can play as 
well.' 

Lambs' Petition 

A p.etltipn In support of the, bill 
bearing signatures of .70 members 
of . the Lambs clUb ' was: prcisentcd- 
by Robert I. Haines, who con-- 
demned producers for being ' -. 
sessed with the fetish pf type cast- . 
Ing* and discouraging versatility. 
Haines asserted he has seen many 
native sons 'convey convincingly all 
nationalities.' 

Haines displayed no sympathy 
with the idea that puttine^. up the 
bars w;ould shut out potential : stars 
and said that 'budding geniuses' 
siiould develop aibroad and then 
come in as actors of 'distinguLshed 
merit.' An adequate supt>ly of for-, 
eign actors is available at present 
In Hollywood, the Liambs clUb 
spokesman said, maintaining 'addi- 
tional alien actors are neither 
hieeded nor wanted,' 

Detailing the unemployment prob- 
lena, Paul M. Turner, Equity coun- 
sel, said the alleged 'trouble' in 
securing able talent Is; due to lazi- 
ness and Ignorance on thei part bC 
producers. Producers, JHalnes com- 
plained, 'don't know actors and are 
too lazy to go and get them.* 
Griffin's Point 
Picture of actors 'fighting for 
their professional life' was sketched 



by Gerald Griffin, representing the. 
Catholic Actors' Guild, Green Room 
club/ and N.V.A,, who said Impprted 
talent is used to save •payi'bll ek- 
pohses. If the bars were put up. for 
10 years, : lie opined, . both Holly wood 
and New "Tork tipuld .struggle along 
okay,- 

First day ended with sharp pokes 
at the film industry by Schultev In- 
diana raenniber shouted that 'the sole, 
opposition to this i^ill is coming 
from the motion picture industry,' 
.which Impprts' foreign 'actors 'to 
reap the harvest, , only for . their 
selfish selves, their greed, their god 
of money.' Schulte maintained that 
the film Industry h^s thrown 'mil- . 
lions of people: oUt of work In thiB: 
legitimate theatre' ahd that foi^elgn 
talent is exploited 'oply to, bring In 
revenue for the International mo- 
tion picture pirOducers.' 

Second.. Session 
- Insisting' acting Is 'not an art — 
It is a profession; a calling, if VoU 
like but riot an art,' Prank McCpr- 
mabk iasserted, yesterday that sev- 
eral, years ago New York 'began to 
be- flooded with English actors , and 
that Is why I aiin oh the CWA dole.' 

Passage . of the bill In ord<^r to 
provide 'tariff protection'., for the 
theatre was iirged by Brandon Ty- 
nan, who" remarked the Dlcksteln 
measure would 'give the same pro- 
tection to actors you give tb-ma;» 
terlals and young Industries.' Con- 
demning foreign influences ivhich 
have' 'colored our ' taste,' Tyhan. said 
the crying need Is for 'more vibrant,; 
youthful, optimistic' plia.ys. 

Noting the American public will 
pay $600,060 ifor building up Anna 
Sten, Tynan saldi 'look at what the 
American actors cism do when they 
get a chaiice,' and opined Ann Hard- 
ing, Katharine Hepburn, and Helen 
HiEiyes .could do just aa fine a Job. 

Aft6r Tynan declared 'we have 
enough here from all countries o£ 
the world to last two generations,' 
Rep. Dlcksteln Suggested If Amerl- 
(ContlhUed on pdge 62) 



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Who Has Made a SENSATIONAL HIT 

At the DORCHESTER^H0TEL, .tOND{)N 

in the New York Midnight FoHies 



Management: LOUIS SHURR 



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'VAiU£tK*S' IX>SDON prriCE, 
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FOREICN SHOW NEWS 




^ Salary Cuts for ToEes/ 
Other Shows, as Paris Strike 
Continues to Wreak 6.0. Havoc 



Paris, Ffeb. 
>Vli)it a week for show busjniess!; 

shut dP'Wn Monday 
uriner the general strike, !and 
glad of the chance, because ' most 
were ' - 

Tuxi Strike still goes on,; no 
end in sight, fleeting drivers 
refused consider bomprohiise^ 

for t,wO 
inning 

iforget it ever had taxis. Piretty 
bad for this town, which used to 
depend on them more than any 
other "l-y in tiie world. 

Combined j«ith rioting, whi con- 
tinued up to Monday night, the 
strike made it almost; impossible, 
tor legits to go oa; As for night 
clubs,' they flatly gave; up. the strug- 
gle while people wei-e flffhtiiig in 
the streets and closed . their doors, 
kyeri -With the streets quiet, impos-r 
sible to run a nltery without taxis 
to T)ririg the suckers there and back. 
Number of . people owning cars In. 
this town i^n't big enough to mat- 
ter,, and even they didn't go -out 



X»ndoii Play Possible 
For Ethel Barrymore 

London, Feb. 
After playing but one of the two 
weeks for Which she: was .cpntrjacted 
at the Palladium, Ethel Barrymore 
expressed a desire to appear here, in 
a play. 

She is understood to have entered 
into negotiations foi- such ah apr 
pearance with the Haymairket man- 
ageirhent. 

DAMITA SHOW BUMPS 
INTO TOUGH BREAKS 



German Film Bisf 



Liondon, Feb. 17, 
•Here's Hbw/ the Nisbett and 
Walker reViie, which opened tbe 
ppei^a House, Manchester, prior to 
going to the Sayllle theatre, en- 
countered several- tbiigh breaks, 
-liily i)amita, the femme. r, 



(Continued from page 16) 

the creation of a. film bank under 
the direction of the FUm Chamber. 
This bank was instituted for the 
purpose of providing, wotthwhll* 
producers with necessary capital, 
at mbderate Interest -charges, foi* 
the production of films, and repilaces 
the system of film financing which 
operated without discipline aind. at 
hieavy costs to '.horrowierH. 

Then the Chamber voted to dlsr 
continue the practice 6C showing 
two feature films. ai,t each perform- 
ance^ a system which^ it was al- 
leged, Jeopardized production in- 
vestments throughout the world. 

A third point of considerable Im- 
portance yas the fixation of min- 
imum entrance prices. This was 
ordered chiefly tb eliinlnate cut- 
throat admission prices among 
competlner theatre owners operat- 
ing, lii. the same localities; tiut also 
to provide preferential entrance 
prices tor the unemployed, members 
of the uniformed .ranks, and so 
forth. 

Censorship 

To .meetthei dem hds of the Nazi 
•code-pLjnorals.^ensDjrship. was Ten- 
dered conside.abIy .sharper and to 
the Importer was found to be vexa- 
tious. It has wprlied consistently, 
however, and . la equally' severe on 
domestic product .as on th0 im- 
ported, Fre-ceriaprship, by the In- 
spection of films prior to tbelr sub- 
mitta:i to the Board of Censorship, 
or . the reading of maiiiuscnpts or 
sbenarios by members of the Sce- 



proved on bpCrii 

audibie in a big. theatres with no I narlo Advisory Bureau of the Film 

_^ 'mikes,' She could barely be heard. Chamber for a stipulated fee. Is 

fbr fe^rthVircare would, be s"topped I with audience b^cpmirig impatient | provided for f s a^,*^eajis bt 
and overlurndd by the roughnecks. I during her appearance. " 

Legit managers with big payrolls in the midst of it all, one of the 
are asking casts to accept 60 per- iaudience suddenly became 111; with 
cent pay cuts in order to keep, the jiurses and doctors rushing around 
shows open. FoUes Bergere, where | ia the auditorium. It looked like 

the curtain would, have tb .be low- 
ered. But the bpening night was 
ruined; anyway. 

Chances for . the show to redeem 
Itself on its London premiere are 



the take has dropped about half 
since ~^e trouble started, is one of 



thbse- trying this solution. 

:Piaylious^s nourishing small casts, 
haven't yet. come to this, but they'll 
have , to do something soom . Porte: 
Saiht Martin. Alhambra, Ambigu, 
Renaissance and .Gaite-Lyrique, all 
near' Republlque section, closed for 
safety ^several days during and since 
the riots. 

.-Houses near subway statioiis or 
bus stops are less^ afflicted than 
others, and the biggest drop is In 
orchestra seat sales, iii all cases. 
Several, theatres are. still able to 
igef people upstairs — the crowd 
which wouidri't, take artaxi anyway 
and is less afraid of getting, beaten 
up than the fur-clad, BtlfE-shlrM 
and bejewelled class customers. 

Film lioiises feel It a bit less, 
but they suffer. American concerns 
who put out Important releaises dur 
ing the troubles are walling. Unl 
versal released 24 prints of TBaqk 
Street,' dubbed, one of its best bets 
of the year, In the neighborhood 
houses and suburbs' right when 
things were popping. 

Not pniy have grosses coUapaed, 
but salesmen are unable to make 
exhlbs'sign up under present con 
ditlons of unrest. ."No .one wants 
to do any business, they'd rather 
wait and isee what happens l>ef ore 
committing themselves. 

■Come around next week' Is the 
universal answer. 

Feeling is, however, that it' can't 
last. As one Frenchman In the biz 
puts it, France is like a sick kid — 
runa i02 fever one night, for no: 
particular reason, and the next 
morning is back to normal and 
playing around in~ the back yard 

Springlike, weather has been here 
for the past two days, too, and that 
is unfavorable to riots. The French 
like to enjby spring. 



quoted at 50-50. 



ielgud's Loss 

•Spring. 1600,' the Emlyn Williams 
play, pr(fsented. by John Gielgud at [films over that of the previous yeai' 
„. ..-^ Following table, shows the situ 



dlillcultles with the Board of Cen 
sors and as an, aid in determining 
the types of films' and stories that 
the. German public may; be expected 
tb appreciate. 

During 1933 the German market 
adhered closely to the minimum 
consumptive capacity set up by the 
Film Contingent Law;., Thus 213 
features were passed by the^ Board 
of Censorship during .1933^ Sls com- 
pared with 210 in 1932. The foreign 
supply totaled 92 films, as against 
83 in 1932 and 138 in 1931,. Ameri- 
can films in "1933 increased by ii 



Flood of Foreign Acts in Japan 
As Show> Biz Reaches New He^hts 



By 



Shaftesbury, was due tb fold after 
a fortnight. But week-end busi- 
ness took a apuri, .a,nd show Is now 
being hield over. 

This is the fii'st venture of Giel- 
gud; arid he is said to have lost 
around $20,000 thus , far. Not likely 
h 'ill get his money back. 



atiori concerhing foreign imports, 
by countries, as compared \Yith 1932 
and 1931: 



Teddy Joyce, who caime all. the 
way from Hollywood to visit Eng- 
land, succeeds Roy Fox and his 
band at the Kit-Cat, commencing 
Feb. 26. The engagement is said 
to be an indefinite one — three 
months, at least. 



Country.- 

rnlted States. 

Prftuce ....... 

Austria 

Hungary 

Italy 

I Czechoslovakia 

Denmark . . . , . 

Poland . t 

I Finland 

Switzerland «. 

England 

Russia' 



rest Imported' 



12 
10 



Totals 
Cernlan 

Totals . 



02- 
121 



S» 
127 



FLURRY OF QUICKIES 
ANNOYS HUNGARIANS 



EVEN TICKET PURCHASES 
ORGANIZED IN GERMANY 



Berlin, Feb. 17. 
y order of state -commissioner 
Hlnkler, as leader of the Prussian 
theatre commission, the 'Deutsche 
Buehne' — only party organization of 
theatre patrons, counting about 1, 
000,000 members — has been be 
stowed witli the monopoly of organ- 
izing theatre -ticket subscription in 
Prussia. A similar regulation for 
the whole Reich la probable, now 



BudapiiSt, Feb. 17. 
Pesti Szinhaz, small theatre dark 
for months, opened again with 
'The Dishwasher,' play by Torek 
and Embd, somewhat remmiscent of 
'Hairy Ape.' In spite of good press 
hotlces. theatre closed again after a 

week for lack of Jun49' ^ ^ 

Feeling is high against producers 
who come from nowhere and leave 
their companies in the lurch after 
a few days because they haven't 
capital to go on with. 

Siime story in Varbsi Theatre, 
rented by Hlavacs, ai Jeweller, 
whose ambition was: tb figure, as 
aluthOr, composer, director; and 
angel for. hla, hopeleasly amateurish 
musical, 'AWgels. In Barracks.' Ab- 
solute flop. Hlavacs walked out and 
back into his jewelry, store after 
five days. 



210 

Export trade suffered consider 
ably frOm the boycott of German 
product, incident to tbe ariti- Semi- 
tic situation; the general -world 
depression; and the. depreciation of 
currency in some of the German 
film markets. This, it is felt here, 
i.'*,- however, rapidly being cleared 
up. 



Theatre Habits 



Hero Restaurant 



(Continued from page 1) 

ness. Despite all efforts to attract 
trade the legit theatres simply can't 
get them into the house. Only on 
matinees, again, are the legit spots 
able to do any business and no legit 
show can operate oh just two ca 
pacity shows a week. 

That the legit men realize that 
night business is shot hei'e Is slg 
nallzed by several Chicago nq^na 
gers cutting out some nl^ht shows 
to add matinees. 

But as far as the picture business 
la concerned, It seems to be coming 
out . ' of the depression bn the 
strength of matinee trade. This Is 
true, of Chicago and also seems, the. 
case for the middle- west at. large 
Belief here is that if the east and 
west Will look Into the matter 
they'll prbbably find the aame re 
suit. New York is probably among 



Paris, Feb. 17. 
Cafe Weber, near the Madeleine, 
I for yearis an after-theatre favorite I the few exceptions, 
for thbse who want quiet Welsh To stave oft the falling in night 
that the Federal States have been I rax*ebit, was the real high point of I business several theatre nien are 

lEarlsxioting. jaie=.only._caleJn=towja. auggestlhg^ 
Old orgahlzatibns ' are biily to be to take in wounded, it was organ- | switch Its traditional admission 
maintained If, and as long as, neces- i^ed as a firist-aid post, with doctors 



BURTON CRANE 
Toklo, Fel», 
Coincident with a iremendouci upi- 
surge In theatrical buslnew here 
has come a flood of foreign acta. 

In addition to the 10-plece Jerry 
Wood band, Lucy Martin, i)bn: and 
Sally jenhlngis, Fumlko Kawabata 
and Betty Iriada, all here for some 
.Weeks, a new contingent Is Invad- 
ing the Far East. First In Import- 
ance Is a 23-persoh revue troupe 
which Henry BelUt Is taking for a 
swing arouild Manila^ Hongkong 
and Shanghai, returning to this 
country for an Osaka openihg 
April 1. 

Then there is Dave Sterling, Jazz 
band maestro from the purlieus of 
Chicago, who breezed through here 
last Week on the way to the Hotel 
Modeme. only class spot In Harbin. 
Manchukuo.. Tola and Paul Birot 
Hungarian dance team, hit town, a 
few days ago iand-.'dpen ".Hatm-day' 
(3) at the Nippon Gekijo for a: 
Week, 

Ttpgers Segure .and the Williams 
Four (qolored close harmony)- have 
i>een playing specialty acts lii dance 
halls aiiout the city and will split 
up In a day or' bo, Segure and the 
girl leader returning' to' Shanghai 
for an extended engagement, at the 
Canidrbme nltery. 

is Up 

Toklo shpAv' business has been 
looking up. ^ince the latter half of 
December three new theiatres have', 
opened. These are the Nippbii the- 
atre, the Takaradznka Girls' theatre 
atid the Hibiya theatre. First plays, 
films with a 40-mihute stage show. 
Second plays revues only. Tlilrd is 
opening its doors today v^ith .an an- 
nouncement of all-foreiSn films.. 

Nippon has been playing to tre- 
miDiidous business at the highest 
scale any film house In this country 
ever dared charge. Cliaplin's 'City 
Liights'_jCIJA) Is being held oVer for 
a third week. Last. Sunday it was 
ground through four times. From 
noon tb 7. p.m., at least ^000 persons 
were continually queued up In front 
of. the theatre. House went the 
linilt on exploitation. WTien prints 
arrived from the United States a 
dbzen imitation Charlies met the 
boat and got plenty space in the 
dallies. Instead of .'disbanding the 
group, Nippon Gekijo kept them at 
It, clowning, up and down the main 
thoroughfares. House , seats 4,000 
and .can accommodate perhaps 1.000 
more standees 

Effect of three big .new theatres 
opening up in the Gln2a district 
2^ I within 200 yards of each othef and 
282 I in direct competition with the Im 
perial, Hogakuza and Cinema Ginza 
film houses and the Kabuklza* 
Tokyo Gekijo and Shimbashi Em 
bujo, iieglt and revue houses, has 
been to make 'the Ginza definitely 
the amusement section of tTie capi 
tal. 

Sh.ow-Cohsci 

And the public has become 
markedly show -conscious. Kven 
with this competition, all the other 
Ginza district houses are playing to 
better business than In months. . So 
far it is hard to tell how the Asa- 
kusa and ^hlnJuku amusement dis- 
trict theatres ha've been affected, 
but film ':exchange men seem - to 
think the upturn has been general. 

Henry Bellit revue chugged into 
Yokohama harbor on the afternoon 
of Jan^ 24 and- chugged out. again 
bn the Tatsuta Mani: oh the morn- 
ing of the following day, Bellit has 
sold It. in Japan ai; an RKO show 
and in a speech at the Has'okuza, 
■where the. company put on an in- 
formal show for/ the- bookers, Aer 
ciared- that, While other foreign re- 
vues might come tb this cbuntry in 
the future,, they 'would., be ilo good 
unless they also were RKO. 

Featiired are the Misses Florence 
Allen, Vera Am'azar, and Charlotte 
Siegrist, Mrs.. Rose iSiegel, Eddie 
Conrad, Bobert Rhodes, Bobb Dale 
and William P. Moran. There is a 
chorus line; Claude Lapham, mu- 
sical director; Earl Edwards, dance 
director, and Albert Weiser com- 
plete the company^ 
_Theylve^ sone tb^Manila, wliere 
Feb 



deal more publicity than the cont^ 
pany, for he la the composer of. the 
first graAd opera with a Japanese 
libretto. It was produced in the 
Hollywood Bowl last June and mu- 
sical and shoW circles here have 
been mighty curious about it Ten« 
tatlve.. arrangements have been 
made to have the' 10 arlaa^ pirelude 
and - ballet music recorded by the 
New Symphony orchestra and'.lead« 
ing vocalists for the Columbia 
Phohogniph Company and at least 
two organizations are soundiiig out 
Lapham's ide'as on performing roy^ 
alties through a representative herec 
BeUlt's revue is an interesting ex- 
periment, here, and 'w:ill undoubtedly 
pep up the Oriental showr world, aU 
though ..it Is hard to see how he'a 
going to maice : out with it, when 
one consldeirs the nUt he must be 
carrying and the limited amounta 
■which* J apanese theatreis can afford 
to pay. . 

"Gebrge 'Hori; another Americtth- 
bbrh Japaiie&e. performer, is head^ 
ing ah act at the. Odeonza in .Yoko- 
hama. Five persons in. tap;danclng. 



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138 



NEW fflEX UW TO CURB 
PROFESSIONAL INFLUX 



Mexico City, Feb. 2C". 
Thespians, other professional en-- 
tertainers and sportsmen may only 
enter Mexico when they aire hired 
by amusements enterprises func- 
tioning in • this land, and can only 
remain here one. year, according to. 
the new Mexican" immigration law. 

Hiring companies must apply to 
the state department for permits 
to admit foreign entertainers and 
present labor conti'acts for them, 
with, applications, the no.w law 
further provides. 



Newspaper Yam Inspires 
Both Kahnan and Abraham 



Budapest, Feb. IV. 
Emmerich Kalman planning three 
new muslcials. 

He Is wor ing on libretto based 
on 'Bbys Available/ Bus Fekete 
novel, which is to be entitled 
^Dancer of the Queen' in the stage 
version.. Next he proposes to coni- 
pose The Sun Shines,' Zllahy prose 
.play, which was a hit here some 
years ago. 

Third will be 'Sing-Song Girl,r 
Japanese background plot^ based oh 
a news item which •was. in all papera . 
recently,, about a geisha girl with 
whom a Japanese admiral fiell iii . 
love and marriedi Curiously enough, 
the same story also inspired Paul 
Abraham, who Is writing the score 
to musical based on the same plot, 
to. be called, in his case, 'Pearl of 
Yoshlwara.' 



sltated' by economic reasons. The arid nurses, for two. nights running. 



'Deutsche Buehne* will be the only 
authority to arrange special per- 
formances for. the organizations and 
corporations' In the institutions it 
controls. All theatre leaders are to 
become members of the local board 
of the 'Deutsche Buehne.'. 



Doorman and waiters, ajl helped, 
and ambulances in front of door 
were as numerbus as taxis in nor- 



scale so that matinee prices are 
{ above the present night scale and 
to raise the week night tariff to the 
[ same level as the v.'eekends. 

Out in the wilderness there is a 



mal times. Drinking went on all yelp from stores, restaurants, etc., 
the while,' but pn the second floor which depend on evening downtown 
only. About 35.0 injured were fixed trade. The wall is thgit the streets 
up at Weber's. ' are now almost deserte^d at night. 



they open Feb. 6. After playing 
Hongkong and Shanghai, they will 
hit Osaka April 1, play two weeks 
there undei; ShociciUu auspices with 
the Jerry Wood band, nd . then 
come with the band for a week, or 
possibly two. Into Toklo. Will play 
the Dotonibori Shockikuza in G-salca 
and the Imperial theatre here. 
While here, Lapham got a great 



Foreign Review 

Margarita y Loit Hombre!^ 

('Margaret and Men') 

- Madrid, Feb. 17. 
Com^Miy In tiiree acts and bIk scenes, by 
Edgar Neville. 'Presented at Benavente 
theatre Feb. 9. Cast of 2S, . Incladlnc Car- 
men Carbdnell, Ahtonlo Vice, Enrlaue Vicaj 
Manuel Parle, Amparo T". 'Vlllegas, Coat- 
chlta Fernandez and Porflrta .Sancfaieit.' - 



Edgar Neville, 'who once used to 
be in 'Hollywood, dug down in the; 
trunk and pulled out a simple^ iii- 
^atlatlng piece about the ugly 
ofBce. gjirt 'W'ith no bX, wbb lost, 
her looks in an autombblle acpl-" 
dent and was beautifled and popur 
larlzed by beauty dbctbrs. Starts 
slow, but picks Up speed, to. lose , it 
all in the final scene when It lagged 
and appeared incoherent'. A little 
tightening up- would help and can 
be easily managed. ' 

Neville seems to have the knack 
of. keeping production on the move 
without overflo'wing the. st*ee with 
people, a weakness among mbSt of 
the local scribblers. Audience liked 
the tear- jerking sentimentality and 
well-^spaced gigs, . 

.Enrique Vico, playing a chauf- 
feUF;-= and- Amparo- >Villegas=aA;=Jiift^ 
mother .stood out. Carmen Garbo- 
nell. starrin.cr, did a good job, hut 
her hefty proportions detracted 
from the looks of the new-faced 
office beaut. But the men seemed to 
like the avoirdupois. They do in 
these parts. 

Piece was translated several 
vrars acrn into Kngliah by William 
brake, hut hasn't seen the light in 
New York. yet. 



Tuesday. February 27, 1934 



1. E C I T I M A ¥ E 



VASIETY 



57 



Rave Notices, but 'Alibi in Chicago 
Straggles at $8,000; 'Rises 3^26 



Chicago, 

Only entry Into the legit field last 
•week was 'T6n Minute Alibi,* which 
despite excellent notices, all arotirid 
and the backing 'of the American 
Theatre Society, looks weak. \ Indi- 
cations of some build-up, however. 

Show last week got the bright 
•Idei^ of appealinjgr to the: government 
tor assistance iand sent along a let- 
ter to . Washington reciting its 
jnerits for some governmental sub- 
sidy. That the play needs outside 
donations doesn't figure as good 
publicity anyway you look at it, 

Cornelia Otis Skinner comes into 
the Selwyn toiilght for a week of 
impressions with advance sales par- 
ticularly encouraglhg. 

Smiall overhead houses are just 
going.along; the Cort.wlth 'Curtain 
Kisea' very nicely and the Stude- 
baker with 'Elizabeth Slieeps Out' 
liot quite as nicely. 

'Ktold'Your Horses' is in , its final 
week currently and goes out Alarch 
9 after a profltable run. 

Estimates for Last: Week, 
lizabeth Sleeps Out,' Stude- 
baker (C.-l,250; $1.50) (6th week). 
Aroiihd $2,000 now With Lent and 
regular gross letup. Worrying, along 
and hoping for Easter. Will keep 
oh ti-ylng as Ibng as humanly pos- 
sible. 

'Hold Your Horses,' Grand (&£- 
1,207; $2.7B) . (7th week). Had a 
good time of it. Extenided run after 
cast took a 10% nick- At 116.000 is 
mUKing money at present. .Slated 
for St. Louis next. 

Cornelia Otis Skinner, Selwyn 
(Crl,040; $2.20). One week only for 
the Skinner impressions, opening 
tonight (26). > Indications- okay, 
especially for the. matinees. 

'Ten Minute Alibi,' Erlanger (D- 
1,318; $2,20) (2nd week). .May go 
beyond scheduled two- week stay if 
the pickup is there. At ptesent 
box-d^ce pace "fcah't stand it. De- 
splteT practically rave reports from 
the dailies the house got hardly 
more than its subscription at $8,000. 

'The Curtain Rites,' Cort (C-1,- 
100; $2;20) (7th week). Going along 
nicely and hurt less by Lent than 
any other show In loop. At $3,600 
pace now and still making profits 
for everyone concerned. 

■ • ^ '. 

Old-Time Stiiff Okay 

Seattle, Feb. 26. 
'Old. Town Hall' is doing well, 
with Walter Seigfred and Biert 
Hayes In charge. Thpy took over 
the interests of Bill MdCurdy, of 
Portland. 

. 'Uncle. Tom's Cabin' is on stage 
this week and looks set for run. 
Biz good except Sundays and .Mon- 
days. 'Cabin' is ixow in 3rd week. 

Old time mellers with old time 
music hall atmosphere prevail. 



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Shows in Rehearsal 



'SWeet Bells Jahfiled' (Ben- 
nett and Taub), Elliott. 

'Anniha* .('Tereisa').' . (Shur 
bertsX, Shubert* 

'Beloved Riyal' ('Etierine;), 
Forrest. 

'Too Much Party' ('Week- 
End Love') (Jay Strong), 
Masque. 

'Fresh Faces* (Dillingham- 
Janis), Vanderbllt. 

. 'Races' (Theatre Guild), 
Guild.- 

'Pure in Hiart' (Aldrich and 
de Liagre), Moroscb.. 

'Gentlewoman' (Group The- 
atre), Brpadhurst. 

' in- Sweat' (Montgomiery 
tiern), Harlem. 



HAMPDEN 16 G'S; 
LA. 





Russian Ballet $2,700 
In Three Shows, Seattle 

Seattle, Feb. 26. 
PavleyrOurainskey .Russian b&Uet 
played to fair biz at .Metropolitan, 
two nights and mat grossing estl-' 
mated $2:700. Company liked, 

K^ijt Thomson, Met mgr., reports 
next.' bbbklng, Walter Hampden, 
around "Ma:rch < i20 for three days. 
This is Hampden's third annual 
tour. 



NO SHOWS, PITT 
CALLS IT A 




Hollywood, Feb. 

Walter ilampden wpund iip an 
eight-'day stand at the Blltmore 
with Shakespearean repertory to ' a 
healthy 116,000. House went dark 
until £/Va Le Gallienne moves in for 
two weeks starting March 6. . 

At the El Capitan 'Autunin Cro- 
cus' continues tp hold strong, with 
the final two weeks in sight; Mayan 
opened last .Mondiay (19) with 
Nance O'Neil in 'Double Door* and 
while trade for first six days was 
slow the heavy attraction garnered 
around $4,000. with a growing ad- 
vance indicating a better outlook on 
the second week. 

'Hairy Ape/ revival at the long 
dark Masdn; did not develop any 
great amount of interest iand scant 
$2,000 spells the story. It will stick 
foi: at least anothei: stanza,., al- 
though the house rent is paid for 
four weeks. Hollywood Playhouse 
continues its normal gait of around 
$2,000. 

Femmes continue to give FVancIs 
Lederer, at the El Capitan; an ex- 
cellent play and an extra mat on 
Washington's Birthda.y helped keep 
the gross considera]3ly over the $5,- 
000 mark. It probably folds March 
10 to open the following Monday 
in 'Friscp:. 



Pittsburgh, Feb. 26. 

lAat-minute cancellation of 
*Do«We Door,' which folded Satur- 
day night in Boston, leaves the 
Nixon without an attraction again 
this tveek and; for that matter, 
without another thing in sight for 
the remainder of *the season; Even 
the' gray beards can'1; . remember 
\vhen Pittsburgh has had such a. 
distastrous Legit year, a. year that, 
unless something unexpected turns 
up, is ,as goPd as over now^ 

It used to be V that a few dark 
weeks were anticipated. Now they 
pbpi up over night: Three shows 
definittsly , pencilled in with irt . the 
last month have been pulled, with- 
out , warning. Others, besides 
'Double Door,' were 'The Lake' and 
'Let 'Em E^at Cake.' 

Mohey'-makers have been few and 
tar between. .Only. 'Follies' and, Le 
Galiienne walked away with a profit 
outside . of American Theaitre So 
ci%ty serieis; Of latter, only three, 
'Mary of Scotland,'. Hampden ahd 
'Ah, Wilderness' made any real 
dough. Two others, 'Trip to Press- 
burg* and 'Ten Minute Alibi,' , stag 
gere'd out oh the losing end. Other, 
'School for Husbands,' was an in 
betweener. 

General opinion here is that 
wealth . of name tabs In pop price 
movie houses, condensed things like 
'Scandals,' 'Artists and Models' and 
'Vanities,' haven't helped general 
situation any. 



MGM STUDIOS 
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BALIORE LEGIT 
THRU FOR YEAR 



Baltimore, Feb. '26. 

To all appearances' legit,, as far as 
this burg is concerned, has. been put 
away in lavender for the rest of the 
season. 

Ford's, UBO spot. Is still shroud- 
ed and there isn't a definite booking 
in Bight. Guild's 'School for Hus- 
bands' and Joe Cook in *Hold Your 
Horses' appeared as possibilities a 
bit back/ but sliding grosses both 
have suffered In recent weeks on 
the road augue closing before cus- 
tomers here could be accorded a 
whack at them, 

Charles Emerson Cook Players 
folded Sat. (24), after 15 weeks of 
stock at the Auditorium. Company 
started well, and during January 
built to some really important 
grosses, hypoed by a four- week 
stint of guest-starring by Florence 
Reed, old fav hereabouts. Since, 
however, takings have been slim, and 
lessened by inclement weather and 
advent of Lent, a. material , factor in 
this town, one-third Catholic. 

Cook is mulling a possible reorgan- 
ization of his troupe for a new. try 
after Easter, but deemed unlikely 
lieil go through with It. 

Leaves the burg the moist. inactive 
legit year on x-ecord. with all three 
legit show window.'?. Ford'.s, Auditor 
rium and the Maryland blacked out 
indo finitely. 



MILWAUKEE 3FESTIVAIi 



Milw ukee. feh. 26. 
A flve-wepk dr.amatic festival will 
be .'spon.'jored . by the Society of 
AlUf*d Arts at the Pabst theatre 
April 8-May 12. Ttobert Henderson 
plays to be offered. 

A subscriptipn plan will allow 
patrons to select five of the six 
wiU be in oharpe of production. 



Boston Active 



Boi3ton,.Feb. 26. 

Harry Wagstaff Gribble registers 
a triple play ita the week's only 
pipening, tonight, being author, pro- 
ducer, and 'director of 'The Per 
fumed Lady,' Plymouth theatre. 
There remain over from last week 
'The Yellow Jacket,' Clayton Hamll 
ton revival at Tremont; and 'Dan 
gerous Corner,' which opened Wash- 
ington birthday matinee, at Hollis. 

To the Boston Opera House a 
week from today cpmes Jeritza in 
the Friml opUs now titled, 'Anniha.' 
. Metropolitan Opera Co. comes to 
BostPii for a week at Boston Opera 
House, beginning April 2. ^ 



Gordon s 'Dodsworth' a Hit Despite 
Those Bad Broadway Blizzard Blues 



ENGAGEMENTS 

Louise Latimer for Alney Alba, 
'When , in Rome.' 

Fred Malcolm for WiUard Dashi- 
ell, 'Queer People.' 

Wlllard Da,shiell, 'Dark Tower' 
(touring). . 

Nina Bryant, King Calder, Doro- 
thy 'Vemon, 'Three and One' (tour- 
ing). 

Philip E. Truex, George Allison, 
Richard Barrows, 'Too" Much Party.' 

Roger Pryor, Miriam Jordan, 
'Men in White,' El Capitan (L. A.). 



Broad \v ay has the l>lizzarU blmv. 
Twice within tsix daS's severe ssnow 
storms raged. J<Mrst fall started 
Monday of: last week and tied up 
trafllc until Wednesday niglit. .llesL- 
dents could not reach the .city fronV 
the suburbs but there 'was a thaw 
for-, one day— Washington's Birth - 
day (Thursday) .and theatre alten- 
dahce was big. Intense cold folv 
lowed and the week's grosses \vore 
mmediately affected. 

Sunday (25) another;, storm, 
started and was still going strong 
Monday evening, weatlier fore- 
caster admitting it was of blizzard 
proportions. Theatre attendance 
was written down during the aftcr- 
nopn. 

During the past 34 days there 
were 31 days' when: tlie temperature 
was conslderaibly under the freez- 
ing point and the average was 15 
degrees. Advance sales protected 
the hits but. there were many can- 
cellations in the agencies Monday 
(26) and tlie ticket specs were re- 
lieved that they were not left hold- 
ing, the bag with buys, for the first 
time since the ticket regula- 

tions started. 

New hit arrived .Saturday (24) 
night iat the Shubert when 'Dods- 
worth' bowed in and. won excellent 
notiqes. Show can gross $*23,006 at 
$3.30 top but the sttli-m will prob- 
ably prevent it reacliing big money 
this week. 

'They Shall Not Die' arrived at 
the Royale, drawing somewhat di- 
vided comment. One of the best 
propaganda plays yet presented, its 
Chances are somewhat doubtful be- 
cause of racial issues.* 

'Four Saints in . Three Acts,' a 
colored- cast opera at the 44th 
Street, with a set of Left Bank 
lyricd, drew raves f i*om the .music 
critics and heaps of space. Reac- 
tion at box ofHce hot so hot. About 
$12,000, just half of what tiie man- 
agement expected. 'The Shining 
Hour' has a good chance, getting 
close to $11,000 its first full week. 
'Richard of Bordeaux,' also an Eng- 
lish import, drew over $10,000 and 
should fare well also. 

'Queer People' stopped at the Na- 
tional, Saturday, playing less than 
two weeks; 'By Your Leave' closed 
at the Barrymore; 'After* Such 
Pleasures' stopped at the Bijou; 
'Legal Murder* disappeared from 
the President. 'Wednesday's Child' 
will close at the Longacre this 
week, house to get 'The Pure, in 
Heart* next week or March 12. Only 
definite premiere for next week Is 
'Too Much Party,' Masque (also 
called 'Week-End Party' and 'Case 
History').. Also due iii is 'Fresh 
Faces,' mentioned for either (he 
Fulton or Vahderbilt. 

Estimates for Last Week 

*Ah, Wilderness/ Guild (22nd 
week) (CD-914-$3.30). With bad 
weather again no gain on week 
from Washington's Birthday influx; 
estimated over $13,000 again^ 

'All the King's Horses,' Imperial 
(Bth week) (M-l,468-$3.30). Ex- 
cellent holiday business encourag- 
ing gross going tp $12)000' or bet- 
ter; should sticks 

'As Thousands Cheer/ Music Box 
(22nd week) (R-l,000-$4.40). Still 
capacity; only variance in revue's 
business Is number of standees; 
usual eight performances to $27,000. 

'Big Hearted Herbert,' Blltmore 
(9th week) (C-991-$2.75). Has been 
grooved around $7,000 which Is 
profitable for this type of show; 
date indefinite. 

'Broomsticks, Amen,' Little (4th 
week) (D-634-$2.76). Curious drama 



All Cut-Rates 



in 




Shiibert Hpiiies Dark but Planning Re-^ntry 
—Broad, Erlanger $7,000 



Philadelphia, Feb. 26. 
Legit houses using the cut-rate 
and 40% tax-bn-pass rackets have 
the field all tb themselves, here; for 
a, couple of weeks. Two Shubert 
theatres (Forrest and Chestnut) are 
inlying off, perhaps to look the situ- 
ation over aind decide. What's to be 
done, and the Garrick, which had 
two and a half fine: weeks of 'Dods- 
worth,* won't relight until next 
Monday when 'The Yellow Jacket' 
comes in. 

in the meantime, . the Broad has 
='Ct'6odbyejp"Againr^ probably— for^twp' 
weeks and with the extra aid of 
Foniin auspices which means two 
guaranteed houses (Wednesday and 
Thursday nights), and the Erlanger 
has 'Autumn Crocus' which was 
having packed and ;|ammed houses 
last week at the Broad despite bliz- 
zard.s and below-zero weather. 

"Three and One* with JacqueUnr 
J.ofifln featured, follows 'Crocus' at 



the Erlanger n.ext Monday. Both 
houses have been averaging between 
$6,000 and $7,000 according to the 
managements. Absolutely accurate 
check-up difficult because of three 
kinds of priccs-^regular $2 .seats, 
half-price seats (unreserved)- .sold 
an hour before show time and al- 
ways varying in number, and the 
pasfi .seats on which 40% tax Pnly 
l.s collected. 

. Fprre.st rellght.s on March 12 with 
the Shubort.s' new operetta, 'Annina' 
starring Jeritza, bpor.a star. On tlie 
same night, 'Dark Tower' with Jes- 
=sie=^-Royee=-=Ijandis=^and-=Ale.^ander- 
Clark come.s to the Tiroad. 'On the 
19th, the fhcstnvit reopens, with the . 
final Guild .show of the subscription 
season — 'Raf'cs,- fcal\jring Mady 
Christians. 'Wife Insurance' is 
booked at the Broad on that date. 

Understood that .when Broad at- 
tractions <;li( k, Ihcy will be shvt up 
to the Krlanx'"!' ?tft<'r a ."inglp week 
at Ihf more (•(Milr.'illy I'lrtiU-d hodsc 



\vith iiulk'Uted lihiited iippoaj; >\ iih 
I ut rates the osiimatell piu-C $3,000; 

'By Your .Leave,' ' Uanyniore. 
Wivhdiawn Saturday; jilayod less 
than live -vveek ; was rated having 
.L'liance. 

•Dodsvvorth/ Shubert (.Ist week) 
(CD-l,387-$3.30). Opened Saturday 
(24) brilliantly; noticies lauded Sin- 
clair Le\vlST Sidney, Howard, drama 
and looks like standout; can gross 
$23,000. 

'Follies,^ Winter GSarden (9th 
week) (R-l,493-$4.40). Gross lead- 
er's strength liatter . end of week 
holding psj.ce over $30,000; counted 
am#ng expectant summer stayers; 

'Four Saints in 3 Acts,' 44th St. 
(2nd week) (O-l,323-$3:30). Rave 
notices front music critics bUt busi- 
ness not hot; started with $4,000 
first iiight at $6.60 top; in seven^ 
times about $12,000;. announced for 
two weeks", but may stay. 

rieeh Bay Tree,' Cort (20th 
week) (CD-l,024-:$3.30). Run en- 

agemcnt to ndoderatc; money but 
profitable; expepted; to. last well into 
spring; , 

'Her aster's. Voice,' Plymouth 
(19th week) (Gt1,042-.$3.30), An- 
other sticker that should play into, 
warm ,weather; last week" fairly* 
good ai'ound $9,600. 

'Mary of Scotland,' Alvin (14th 
week) (D-l,387r-$3.30). Most con- 
sistent big grosser among dramas; 
as high- as $25,500; last week $23,- 
000. 

' 'Men in White' Broadliurst (23rd. 
week) (D- 1,1 18 -$2.76). Can 8tay= 
into summer, but may play some 
road dates because of picture ver- 
sion due in; $13,000 and pver^ 

'Murder at the Vanities,' Majestic 
(26th week) (R-l,776-$3.30). Mys- 
tery meller holding on and now 
aimed for Easter; $10,000 estimated. 

'No ore Ladies,' Morosco (6th 
week) (C-961-$2.76). One of Broad- 
way's brightest comedies probably, 
hampered by weather, but doing' 
nicely at $12,000' gait. 

'Pursuit of Happiness,' AVon (2lst 
week) (Cr830-$2.76). . Run comedy. >. 
moderately paced; rated much bet- 
ter than gross, but up last week to 
$7,000. . 

'Queer People,' National. With- 
drawn last Saturday; played less, 
than two weeks. 

^Ragged Army,' Selw.yn. (Ist week) 
(D-l,067-$3.30). Premiere Monday 
(26); postponed from last week., 

'Roberta,' New Amsterdam (15th 
week) (M-l,717-$3.30). Developed 
Into musical hit. after playing three 
months to fairly strong grosses; 
nearly $29,000. 

'Richard of Bordeaux,' Empire 
(3d week)' (D-l,076-$3.30): Matinee 
strength indicates feminine draw ; 
first full week topped $10,000, .and 
moderate money engagement ex- 
pected. 

'Sailor, Beware/ . Lyceum (23d 
week) (C-l,413-$3.30). Another run 
show which, should last through 
spring; estimated around $12,000. 

'She Loves Me Net/ 46th St. (23d 
week) (C-l,413-$3.30). Cbmedy 
leader aimed for summer holdpvelr; 
paced around $20,000 and cleaninj^ 
up.. 

'Sing and WhistI*/ FultPn (3d 
week) (C-913-$2.76). Cut. riate deal 
may hold this show In for a time; 
business slight; estimated .around 
$3,000. 

'The Shining Hour/ Booth (3d week) 
(D-708-$d.30). English drama looks 
set for fair run; first full week takr 
ings were close tb $11,000. 

'The Wind and the Rain/ Ritz 
(5th week) (D-918-$3.30). Picture 
rights sold (Metro) ', another Import 
from London but mildly paced; 
about $4,000, with cut rates, better 
than even break. 

- JThey Shall Not Die,' Royale .(2d 
week) (D.-900-$3.30). Opened last 
mid-week ; , propaganda drama . im- 
pressive biit controversial theme 
may handicap chances; protected 
for time by subscriptions" (Guild). . 

'Tobacco Road/ 48th , St. (13th 
week) (D-969-.$3.30>. Gratuitous 
plugging by dailies has liushed 
drama up to profitable' proportions 
but not big; $7,500. 

'Wednesday's Child/ Ix>ngacre 
(7th weejj) (CD-l,919-$2,75). Final 
week; though business went to $8.- 
ooa last week, small profit; .'The 
Pure In Heart,' next attraction list- 
ed, March .12. ,. > .. 

'When in Rbmi6/ 49th St: (1st 
week) (C-710r$2.75).. Presented in- 
dependently (Gebrge Smlthfield)^ 
written by Austin J, Malor; ppeiis 
tonight. 

'Yellow Jack,' Martin Beck (1st 
week) (D-l,214-$3.30)., Presented by 
Guthrie McClinMc; adapted by Sid- 
ney Howard and Paul de kruif frPm 
latter's book, 'Microbe Hunters';, 
opens Thursday (1). 

Other Attractions 
■ * 'San Carlo Opera,- Caslnoi limited - 
engifigcment dated to end this week. 

Peace on Earth/ Civic Rep the- 
atre (14th Street); final week's an- 
nounced. 

'Aft«r Such Pleaaui-eS/ Bijou; 
cloHod Saturday after t'WP weeks- 

'Legal Murder,' President; .abrupt- 
ly withdrawn. 

Ballet Russe, St. James; retur 
<liitf opens Friday (2>, 



58 



VARIETY 



LI¥EKA¥I 



Tuesday, February 27, X934 



Scribblers Want Subsidy 

Unemployed Writers* Association 
^as been formed with th6 idea of 
getting ' work for the scribblers 
around the country. Want govern^ 
_ment to establish a subsidy and in 
'other ways help the boys and girls.. 

Figrured that ., there are ., about 
6^000 writers in. New York alonief 
who need financial help. Want th^ 
government to provld^ money out 
of CWA funds so that the writers 
can be given .$30 a Week for a pe- 
ripd of one. year. In rouhd' num- 
bers tliey tfiihk $7,Bd0,0Q6 would do 
thestriclo They point- but .that, al-- 
mo^t><ialC,-the money should go tb 
New Yprk, because most of the 
writing Industry is centered in New 
York. 

In a broadside the group sent put 
week, they sai. , 'We demand 
the government recognize the 
professlbn; of writing as one of the 
fine arts; that' the projects for 
writers, as sucii,' should .t^e included 
in l.he work of the Fine Arts Com- 
mittee of the • Treasury ^< Department 
and, that. represientatiVes of the XJn- 
employod Writers' Association co- 
operate with this government com- 
mittee inimedjately.' 

Goes on witli a ntimber, of 'con- 
crete proposals' ,and suggestions, 
among which are ' printing^ of 
workis.: .by the government and the 
estabiishmeht of a lecture btireau 
so that writetjB,'. play Wrlgh.ts . and 
poets be paid to read their own 
wbrlcsvtp tlie public, if they' cd.n't 
get Uiesc works printed. 



Newspaper Chain Survey ' 

There, are , now .65 liewispaper 
clxains in the. United States operat- 
ing a tOtiEil of '361. dailies,, accptding 
tp' a- check-up made by Editor and 
Publisher.' 

. Biggest ' of the . chains '; is. the 
Hearst outfit with 24 dailies and 16 
S.unday sheets. Scripps-Howard Is 
liezt with the same nu^iier of 
dallies, buit only six Sundays. Qen- 
eral: Newsp.apers^:Inc., is third with 
l^t ,and. 10.^ In' actual circulation 
tiearst. is still first, but Patterson-. 
McCormick papers, only two and 
two. of each, are .second, and 
Scripps-Hpward is third; 
^. 'jFoUowingf Scripps-Howard in cir- 
culation are~ the Paul Block ptipers, 
Rtdder Newspapers, Gannett -News- 
papers,. Scripps Lieague of Newspa- 
pej^s, Bppth Newspapers, Lee Syndl- 
cate,; Copley. Newspapers, Fen tress- 
Marsh Newspapers, Brush-Moore 
Newspaperd and General Newspa-> 
peirs, Inc. 



Presft Card Economy 

Some squawking around town pnL_|. 
the pplice card situation, but most 
newspapers are helping the city 
straighten put the situation, Po- 
lice Department's contention is that 
there have been too many reporters' 
cards issued in the past, and that 
police IPst all • respect for them. 
NpW they'll be limited. 

Newspapers Were asked to ciit 
down their . request lists and keep 
them limited to outride men who 
actually use them. All complied 
and cut aboiit 35%. P. . D, main- 
tains that inside men, copy reaiaeris, 
rewrite staff, etc., who do hot come 
into actual ' contact with hews cov- 
eriage don't heed police cards. 

Sartie goes fpr Sveckly~ publica- 
tions. Not believed that a weeWy 
has to be oh the spot, generally 
Speaking, for news . coverage, ei.^, 
cept on press day. Thus such 
papers win be allocated two or 
three cards for emergency use on 
promise pf the editors hot tp ' Use 
them otherwiise. 

There , were last year about 2,8B0 
regular reporters' pplice cards in. 
New YPrk issued: monthly, a,nd al-.: 
most thiat many more publication 
cards issued sprni -yearly. First 
batch , has been trimmed. ' l,iQO. 
and second batch will be dohe.^way 
almost completely. .Perhaps BOO 
publication cards, , , •jvill go out 
in the regular oblong shape. . Dailies'v 
cards ha'Vft a new shape. They' .iarte 
more than twice the size Of the old 
cards, badged-shaped. so as not pos- 
sibly hidden or obscured- dui'ihig: ac- 
tion. ■ 

Mayor liaGuardia has apppinted a 
special cothmitte'e to woJfk on the 
situation together wiith W. Hender- 
son of the New YPric City News As- 
sociation. 



Mn. Lehman's Hen • Party 

Friendly relations with reporters 
coverinir .the Capitol aild the Ezecti- 
tiv<^ Mansion is. a policy. : followed 
by Governor ' a.nd Mrs. Herbert H. 
LiehmanV just as it was in the' case 
of the. previous bcPiipants of the 
Mansion, Mr. and Mrs. Franklin D. 
Roosevelt. Mrs. Liehman has taken 
a '.new step in furtherance of this 
aim by inviting hiewspaperwpmen 
and the ■wives of members ot the 
liegislativb Cori^espondents Associa 
tion to dinner in .the Executive 
Mansipp on March 22, the night bf 
the correspondents' lannual dinner. 

The latter- is a stag affair, at- 
tended by the .Gpyernor and leading 
state . officials and politicians.. 

Mrs. Liehmsi^n thought that night 
would be a good time for thie women 
to have .a party of their own, and 
accordingly, invited them to the 
Mansion. 



Best SeUers 



est 8ell»ri for the week ending Feb* 24, ae reported, by the 
American News Cp^ Inc. 
Ficti 

'Anthony Adverse' (%iM'> i . . .By Hervey Allen 

'Modern Tragedy* .(92.60) i.. . .By Phyllis. Benliey 

•Work of Art' (i2i60) v. . . . . . • • • • • • ■> • • • • • • -By Sinclair liOWia 

'State vs. Elinor Norton' .($2.00) .By Mary Roberts . Jlinehart 

'Oil For the liSimps of ChinaV (12,50) . . v . . .By Alice Tlsdale" Hobert 
'Thin Man^ ($2.00) . . . . - ..... • ; • . • • . • • By DaShieU Hammett 



'Ulysses- (|3.Bb) By James Joyce 

lilfe Biegins ; at Forty- (|1.5p) ; . . v . . . . r . ^ . ... .... .By Wilter Pitkin 

"Tlie Native's Return* (|2;76) ...... . . .... • « • . • • - 1 'By I/ouls Adamic 

'Brazilian Adventure* (12.75) . . . i . i . . 1 ...... . . i. , .By, Peter Fleming 

'100,000,000 Guinea Pigs' (|2.00> . . .By Arthur Kallet & F. J. Schlink 
'Timber Line' ($8.00) ..... . . .:. i . . ■ , r • - • By <3ene . Fowler 



Peir Also Bankrupt 

Arthur Pell, head of Liyeright, 
Inc., has followed that concern in 
bankruptcy. Lists ilabilities; of 
$23,667 and no assets. 

Pell meanwhile continues to head 
the new Liveri^ht Publishing Cor 



Book Reviews 



Experiment Astray 

C lenience Dane land Richoi'd Ad- 

dlhscll tried a novei if unsuccessful 

^ * experiment in their pliE^^r, Come of 
poratioh. Which acquired ;most or i^g.^. (j)jj;j,,jjg^j^y_p^jj.j^^; $1.50). It 

All of them are concentrating es- j j,!^^.^ gp On the stage, although it 



the properties Of the. previous Live- 
right orgahizatibh. - Purchase of 
the properties of Llveright, Inc., Is 
said to haye :been done with out-: 
side money enlisted by Pell- 



Weekly Vanity Fiir 

Application by the (jonde Nitst 
Publications to the Npw fork 
Stock Exchange for authority to 
list 30,000 additional shares of 



got a lot of comment and was build- 
ing wlien withdrawn : recently. As 
I a book it won't sell too well, either, 
biit the same thing will hold true; 
it will get attention. 

Authors pair the book the text of 
:a _play in music Ijihd .'nrOrds. jiJatur- 
aliy, then, the laPk of music hurts. 
It iseems; in- print ed foi-m* .slightly 
. snmrt-alecky and obvious. And yet 
it cbntains' some Kne writing. The 



conimoh ^tPck is^^repprte^^^^ „^ I rhyming is too jingly, however, to 
move to flnance the conversion of | „i,^,„ +h» «io« t// 
Vanity Fair into a weekly. Talk 



Squawk on Title .Repeats.. 
Considerable chatter in book cir- ' 
cles was started by the open lettei: 
sent the N. Y. Times by . Horace 
Green, president of DUfheld & 
Green. Wbile charging no one pubr 
li&hef, It tobk up a. yltal book prob- 
lem pretty candidly. . It's the matter 
of copping titles that wptrie^ Green.' 

Thete is no copyright protection 
possible' for titles,, and Green thinks 
there , should be. ppesn't claim that 
he has suffered particularly, but fig- 
ures he's getting lot of tough, 
title breaks. Points but that a few 
days after his firm announced a. 
bPok for spring publication entitled 
'Kaleidoscope,' Another firm an- 
nounced a book with the same title. 
Both diie - out at about the same 
time. \A-fter DufReld & Green, pub- 
lished . 'Conquistador,' a book of 
poetry with the .same title was 
publlished by Knopf. Same . confiict 
in titles oh 'Meantime,' at least two 
books by. that name following each 
other. William Rose Benet had two 
Pf his titles, 'Rip Tide' and 'First 
Person Singular,' repeated br others. 
Green thinks it was all uninten 



in the trade for some time that the 
mag would go weekly; ■with, the 
added stock, issue the first intima- 
tion, that TBt-as • to becomt . a 
reality. 

Idea is tp mfike Vanity Fair 
more newsy and bring it Into di- 
rect competitibh with the New 
Yorker. 



allow tlxe, play to 'get atten^ien as 
poetry. It's frahitly ah experiment 
and has .value Ha such, but in np 
othe»* wa,5-. 



Chatter 

Robert Edgren in Hpllywood on 
a vacash. 

Jonathan Cape,- British publisher, 
back home after .'ing the local 
mairket. 

Elizabeth Robins home after Eu- 
ropean travels. 

Abe Greene; city editot of the 
Pater son, .-N, J^^ Evening News, has . 
been designated the outstanding cit- 
izen of the town. 



rieBt and Preati 

Tiiere is. always a new angle for 
(Ictioneers, . but ;Morley Callaghan 
seems to have . had considerable 
coumge ih tacking- that one of the 
priest and. the prostie again. .His 
new book. 'Such Is My Beloved' 
(Scribhersj $2) deserves much more 
attention; than it wiir get. 

cailaghan's story is. of &n. earnest 
young Catholic priest who meets 
two girls, of the street and triiss to 
reform them. He falls and ends up 
by almost getting himself in trouble 
Cor bis earheist attemt>ts. . The girls 
are shipped away by a wise Bishop 
and the poor , young .priest is lost 
mentally. It makes easy; quick 
reading of the sort that does not 



on their training jaunti 

American Mercury offering, new 
subscribei's..nine issues for two dol- 
lars—half the - regular price. 

Charles Horace Snow is the real 
name of Charles. Ballew, whose 
'Cowpuncher* had just been pub- 
lished; by Morrow. 
Edgar Kobac is out of McGraw 
tion'^^Vfar"' as ot¥er"publV^hers I ^^"v ^^^^ »»® occupied an execu 
were concerned, but that doesn't I P^^t for years, 



Jimmy Dawson, N. "Y. "Times 
sports Writer, trekking to Miami for I especially impress, but grows and 
the fight and then joins; the Yanks ] weighs on the mind after the vol- 



ume is laid down. 

Nothing In it for films, but 
would make a grand legit play. 



it 



HOT CHQCOLATE3 

(Continued from page 50) 
here with the Cox gal back to an- 
noy for a few minutes. 

Radcliffe and Rodgprs are jierhapa 
a bit too early. Things were pretty 
slow anyway and their, drawling, 
playful chatter doesn't help. Boys 
are pretty funny and one of them 
knows hbw to sing, but it doesn't 
measure up at this point of the pro>'' 
ceedings. 

The Gobs is another hoofing trio. 
Go in for taps mpre extensively than 
most' (Lnd even manage a heat tap 
routine . to Sousa's 'Stars And 
Stripes.' That's fast. 

Avis, Andrews in here for two 
songs; She's got a- pretty good Voice 
but takes herself too seriously: One 
of the two songs she . uses is 'Eli. 
BIl,' >That ought to be a q:uick .chop 
because it does, nothing .but slow . 
proceedings, besideis annoying n few 
people in tlie. house: 

Peg Legs Bates fprtunately comes 
in hero to pick, up the pieces and 
goes oyer big. His dancing Is of the 
highly sensational order and the 
Brboklynltes loVed it. ' 

Maybe with Radcliffe and Rodg- 
ers switching spots with the, An- 
drew gitl 'and both of these turns 
speeding up their routines a bit 
things might move fastet all aroUnd. 
Show runs 70 minutes generally, but 
was down to 56 here for .hoUae man- 
apf era' . sake. Kauf. 



London Craaey Show 

(RIVOLI, HEMPSTEAD) 

Hempstead, L. I., Feb. 24. 
This is Joe jFanJoh's version of a 
London Palladium 'Crazy Show.* 
Fanton is an American acrobat who 
went across the pond -last yeajj^ aiid 
While there.. a.ppeared In one bf the 
English bills of that name. How 
closely he has adhered to. the '.crig- 
Inal pattern cnnriot be ^vouched for 
by anijrone who hasn't seen a Pal- 
ladium 'Crazy Show/ bjit on the 
opening, day's etching performance 
at Hempstead ihosW of the crazy 
stuff, granting that any had been 
present earlier; was missing. 

Instead, the unit ran in the usual 
manner of units that feature com- 
edy. .This unit, fortunately, has 
Herb Williams^ who 'Is being billed 
as a nut for the first time along 
with the others in its cast., There's 
two other standard comedy tufns in 
the troupe-rJoe Whitehead. and Cole 
and Snyder. ^ . . 

Williams splits his turn into two 
sections, providing the hour's show 
with a. comedy punch at both ends; 
and he's, also on .under the finale 
in a funny balloon dance with 
Whitehead. Whitehead has his own 
spot, also, a shatter and dancing 
"routine out in /one! with the assist- 
ance of Renee Caryet. 

The Dutch comic of the Cole and 
Snyder combo didn't guess, wrong 
or take many chances in picking 
himself a quite high-priced stooge. 
' Nobody lees than Charlie Chaplin. 
He uses part bf an bid Chaplin film, 
standing off to the side, giving 
Chaplin 'instructiphs* which, of 
course, are followed on the screen. 
He gets his laughs, but being funny 
with Chaplin for a straight man 



Sterile World 

George WestOn is a young man , ,^ ^ ,„ _ , . . . 

with a Kannv facultv bf lettine his ' doesn't sound like a difficult Job. 
witn a nappy lacuity or . getting ni^ pemmes in the unit, besides Miss 



keep him from burning. 



The X- 3. Striblings are cruising 
to the Spanish Main. 

Wllloughbjr Sharp laid .tip with a 
fractured leg. Happened in Ber- 



imagination roam a,nd get a lot of 
laughter doing it. In 'His First 
iMillioh Women' (Farrar & Rine- 
hart; $2), Weston iioes this with 
facility anii^ 'manages to arouse a lot 
I of easy humor.. ' 

On the face of it Westoh would 
I seem to have picked a subjep.t 
that's dangerously near the, border 
line. But he skates over the thin 



Reporters' 'Yellow' Training 

Maybe, there's a tip in the activ- 
ities of the foreign news agencies 
pe.cially hard Far . Bast service 
and ti*aining men to handle news 
from there, with frequent Shifts ;ih 
the staffs to give thehi greater and 
more varied experience. 

"The news services seem to. "ex-; 
pect serious trouble to bi^eak in the 
Far East in the near future and 
want to , be ready .when it cpmPs. 
iSeveral of .them were caught nap- 
ping at the start of tbe Sino-Japa- 
hess hostilities. Next timti it's fig- 
.tired it will be more Important trou- 
ble. ' 

Before a. year is up all large hews 
agencies in New; York will have At 
least two or three .men around the 
world whp hilve had experience in 
the Far. E:ast, and who, when going 
there again on ' a minute's notice, 
won't find themselves complete 



Writer Wants Freedom 

John Middletph Murry, the Eng- j muda as he was bparding his yacht, 
lish scribble--, holds the - theory that Ludwig Lewisohn returns soon 

every mag writer is more or less at Ufter six years i In Paris. ■ ^^^^„t^,,r +i,„+ i,^ 

the mercy of 'big business* inter- Seems all best-selling novelists fJ!:^^.^^^^^^^ 
ests. :So to be free from 'big busl- [go to Miami.. First; Hervey Allen, 
ness,' . Muri'y. is publishing his [then Dashiell Hanimett and soon 
i>riefer scribblings in a mag of his | Sinclair Lewis, 

own. Publication is cialled The [ Phil Stong will do a novel on New 

York 

Helen Grace Carlisle has been in- 



Wahderer, and it's all Murry, 



to be in° danger of getting himself 
pointed at by the • Sumnerites. He 
tells the story of a world facing 
a new problem. A new planet api- 
proachea and all men bePome 
sterile^ No births anywhere in the 



Bob D,avis, attached to the New 
York 'Sun,' has arrived in. Capetown 
with Mrs. Davis ahd a; Press artist 

He is doings a hustle tour looking 
for local material for a travel bpPk 
on South Africa, which will be the 
eighth issue of his travel series 
'Hither and YOh.' 



vited to . lecture with Thebdore world untirone young man in New 
■ ^ ^ 'York is found who is immune from 



Dreiser. 

John Dos PaSSois has deliveired the 
I rest'bf that bd^k to Harcourt-Bracte 
Claude McKay, Harlpm scribbler, 
got two teas immediately after his 
return from abroad. 

Delineator htis tied uP Mignon 
Eberhart for a series of mystery 
I tcilod* 

Irwin R. F^-anklyn, writeif, giving [sbelves only 
free instructions in scribbling under 



the curse. Frond all bver the wprld 
boatloads of . women, start pouring 
in and the President has to appoint 
special ..commlssipns to handle the 
young .man's affairs.. ' 

It's grand satire a,nd pujgrht to get 
itself considerable , readers. But it 
will haVe to Komiain book- 



ife Savers', Inc., for the'llrst time state- educational auspices 



Atltintio oh«Own 

■ ■ Aft^i*- maiiy years as a member 
of the Quality Group of n^ilgs, the 
"=Atlantic=^Monthl3Hhas-brok6n=away- 
And will , go it alone. L^ave6 
Harper's, Current Histoi'y and 
Scrlbner's remaining 4n, the combo, 
Pqhald B. Snyder, Atlantic pub^^ 
lii^er, felt he , wasn't .getting the 
business h^ - should because of the, 
oonibihation buying made necessary 
byf the union of the fpur. Present 
Circulation of his .mag Is around 
%0,0000. 



plains to place the . bulk of its ad- 
vertising api)ropriation for the com- 
ing year With dailies the country 
over. Concern hag " been a large 
purchaser of space in magazines. 
It is increasing its Advertising 
budget for 103.4-'35. 



Yarn's Day ' ' 

Metro's recent story buy, 'Caliii 
iifpurself,' by Edward Hope, will 
run serially simultaneously with 
picture release in the American 
Magazi 



Charlotte Wilder, ThOrriton Wil- 
(ler's sister, doihfe a novel. 

Claude Kendall celebrating his 
fifth anniversary as a book pub- 
lisher. 

Horace Stokes back from England 
with a number of British scripts. 

Jules Sauerwein, French scribbler, 
here for a brief stia-y. 

John Steven McGroiirty publish- 
ing his own book, 'Just California..' 

SeUmas MacManus, Irish writer, 
Is living in Santa, Monica, Calif., 
and writing a novel on Irisli life 



, .rimer 

About the. best bpok of Its ■■ kind 
is 'Cruide to Play Selection;* by Mil- 
ton Smith and published by Apple- 
ton-Century. ($1.60),i It., was com- 
piled .for the i National Council of 
I'eachers, of English and. Ought to 
have a big sale, for it is hot only a 
sjilendld school teachers' volume, 
but, a good one fpr. all stock, reper- 
toire and little theatre groups to 
have on hand. 

Small and. concise, tlie bpPk 
nevertheless' 'Is cpm'plete. It , is a 
thorough dc^criptlV'e index, of . full 
lenfirth knd one-act! pla,ys for pro 



bouble Pan for Reich 



and customs, 

i r , , I «JL*'AJ?rn' 1 theatre: groups. Describes the pjays. 

Viking has new novels on Jewish Cleveland News, effective A^^^^^^ 1. j^^^ and where to get them, how to 

life in Germany from Itp two ace He leaves week after that for. a p^^u them 'whal the cost would 

dribbling exiles. IJon Feuchtwan- six-month tour of Europe Produce ^^f,^' ^^^f ^^^^^ ^'g.t^^^^ . 

ger and Franz Werfel, William Reltael, noyelist who | ^, n^^i, ! 

Feuchtwanger Will have the edge, | scribbles finder , tag of Wilson 



Carvet, nuniber 18, of whom 12 are 
in line. Others are Mrs. Fantpn, 
who works in the acrobat-prodUcer's 
turn; Three Beverly Sisters, and th» 
two. girl members of the Blue Step- 
pers. Reverly girls sing and dance. 
They start out singing and it's a, 
cinch to .^uess they're bound to 
dance, or something, otherwise no 
reason for the singing. But when 
they dance it'^ a differeitt story, for 
they make a good 'appearance, have 
a nice unison dancing style, and cam 
step. Blue Steppers, consists of two 
girls and a boy in straight and 
strenuous hoofing. It's hard work 
and looks eveh harder the way they 
do it. 

Line girls start out in white union 
suits and never discard 'em, wear- 
ing" the same tights under all their 
costumes thereafter.. It saves on 
stockings, but not worth the saving, 
The result is that their appearance 
is never as gbod as their work. 

Clem Taylor, one of . Herb Wil^ 
Hams' ■ straights, doubles oS. a tenor, 
soloist. ; Another .single spotter is 
Joe Roberts, banjoist, who is placed 
tpo late for best results. In the 
finale; an unbilled boy does a 'slide 
for life' on a rbpe extending, from 
the balcony to tlie stage, , 

Show ran 76 .minutes at .the mat- 
inee and* Was down to an hour by 
hipht. It's new and needs work, 
but niay bo whipped into something 
with its comedy foundation to carry 
it. ,B»(;c. 

Thompson's *Red Heads* 

Hollywood, Feb. 2C. 
First writing assignment; for 
Kcene Thompson under his new 
Jesse Lasky cohti'act is a new 
'treatment on <Red Hieftds on Fa- 
rride.' 

f Joase Li 

>y]th>i m._^ . , 



ajg his novel, 'The Oppermans,' is to Wright, currently spieling before 
be published first. Werfel's 'The southern wpmen's clubs, ^eltzel's 
^prty Days of Musa Dagh' is atlll latest book is 'Ma.n Wants Biit Lit 
In translation. I tie ' 



be and all other necessary data 
along these lines. 

' professor ,Sniith. .lectujrer. on the 
Drama at. ' 'Cblumbifi, ' -has ' do^e a 
thoroughly worth'-whiie job on this 

[book.'" • ■ 



Cannon on Politifcs 

Jimmy Cannon, former Broadway 
reporter .for the World -Telegram 
and iprlor to that radio, columnist 
for the same sheet, .is now a dig- - 
nified Washington columnist. 

He Is dtrt^jig, the^.Wa.^hirigton ob- 
server column' for I.N.S. 



Tuesday* February 27, 1934 



J I N F S SQUARE 



VASIETY 



59 




Among the Women 

By The Skirt 



Best .Dressed Woman of the Week; 
JEANETTE HACKETT 

(Palace) 



Scarcity of Women 

Women seem to be scathe as far as vaudeville Is concerned. Take the 
Palace this week, five a,ctB In which only three women, participate. Jea-: 
nette Hackett Is 'doing .a liiee dancihg act with Don Carthay. Miss 
Haickett's first dr^s is chartrueise chifCon made with a long full .skii't 
and a hi^h fronted bodice and low back caught together with strands of 
diamonds. A 'short.' cape edged with violets is worn for a jtninute. A 
small Jiat and inuix of net has rows of violets. Her second costiitne was 
lovely. Of cerise chiffon It was banded at the' hem with beiads of the 
same color with a pattern of the beads running through the inaterial. 
rThe skirt was long and full and the bodice, if it could be called that, 
was really a brassiere. Coming down a staircase with a long scarf draped 
over the arms "Miss Hackett made ah Imposing figure, jllss ^Hackett 
was formerly associated with ;RKO. as costu 

Mae Questel, better knb\yn as Bettp Boop, was In white. Of chiffon 
the dress carried'"^, series of net ruffles haiTow in front and. running up 
the back . to the. w^aist line. A cape not discarded was oiC. the . tiny ruffles. 
Slippers .were coral as was a hanky. In a roplpg act th^ .girl of Madie 
and Ray wore, cowgirl dress. A short white aiai seemingly of leather, 
was spiked with, steel nailheads and the blouse of white satin had black 
leather ouffig. "A red;, scarf was around the throat. 



Phil Baker Is Back 

it-Is nice having Phil Baker at the Parampuht this week. He Is dong 
a, travesty on RaSpCitln, assisted 'by Harry McNaughton and Mabel Al- 
bertsort/'iand ll Is .very, very funny.. Miss Albertspn as the Czarina Is in 
. ifuscThla.velvet.'and diamonds. Froni the Czarlii*. this young miss jumps 
to Mae West wUh a. gqwri .of flame red panne velvet much befeathered. 

Alton- girls do a Russi&ff" number in peasant costume, white blouse 
flowered skirt' ahd . high boots. Another -number is. done in the loyeliest 
of white Satfn pajamas with diamond belts, full sleeves and small caps: 

The picture, .'Death Takes a Holiday', Is Predric March in. one of those 
dramatic roles which he does isb well. Evelyn Vehable, a new face. Is 
the girl and pretty in an ethereal way. She wears two gray cloth suits 
fox trinimed', and an evening frock had rows of frilling at the hem and 
around the loW bodice. Helen Westly, who by the way Is making a name 
In pictures. Id the stately . mother In sables and chinchilla. An evening 
goiwn was. of a. iahe black lace. ^ Well groomed girls wiere Katherine Alex- 
ander and .Gail Patrick. A. headdress of Mids Patrick's was oddly good' 
looking; One slde^ of the hair was plain while the- othet wa^ a bunch of 
tiny curls. A- fringed dress worn by. Miss ' AlOTcander, ^bf white, wo]^l<l 
have tieen stuhnilhg;. had. the b'ack been more of a cape effect. A 'gown 
of solid jet was'also of the'bestl Miss Patrick's go'wii of white banded 
In crystal beads worn witl\. three-quarter coat' 'was very - good looking. 



Hysterical Women- 

Amazing effect the male screen stars in person ha-ve upon the 
women In the audience at the Capitol. For the most part they get hys- 
terica,!.. Clark Gable, doing a few scenes from 'Dancing Lady', is sissisted 
by., a tall girl in practice clothes, consisting of white satin shorts, which 
«he' followed -with, a gown of. white satin made long and plain but for a 
knee rusch and the. same around t? e neck. 

Stage show. staYted off with Dorothy Crocker, but a few -wieeks ago 
St, the Music jHall.: Misa Crocker's dress was white chiffon made with 
a long. full skirt; An unusual backdrop was a row, of legs with diamond 
slippers.' Chester . Hale girls did a slow rhythm number \n red wigs and 
black satin skirts silt in several places and brassiers. Feather fans again 
play an Important parkin a number with unique staging. The girls 
recline on two black velvet steps which move" back and forth. They 
are In . a state of undress except for diamond trunks and brassiers. 
The girls all were in blbnde -wigs. A solo dancer was in mau-^e chiffon. 

The picture, 'Mystery of Mr. X', has for its leading wpnuan Elizabeth 
Allan." Miss Allan's, clothes Are smart A suit galUao trimmed has the 
fur crossed at ^he front with which is worn a smt^ll hat. A white velvet 
evening gown has- a narrow ishouldeir cape effect and mink is used on 
one suit With an overseas cap. There Is also ore of those ne'iv shirt- 
waist evening dresses made popular by Hope ■'Williams.' In a motorcar 
sequence Miss Allan wears a good looking cloth dress combined 'with- a 
.plaid mate*rial. 



Notable ^or Clothes . 

Wheeler and Woolsiey ate at the Roxy In 'Hips, Hips, Hooray', and an 
amuslniir picture it; turns oiit to be. Taking place for the mOst part in a 
jbeftuty parrpr some Ipvely.'glrls^are ahpwn in all sorts of c^stumes^^^ for 
the mpst part daring. .. Ruth fitting is' in foi;' 6nie song dressed in \>lack 
velvet 'miade with a high ne^okline and puffed sleeves of -white lace. 

Thelma Tpdd ' is beautifully gowned at all. times. With some of the 
costumes Miss Todd, fpr: np.'appariBnt< reaspp, wears a black Wig. One 
black, dress was cddly .cpmblned' with wblt^frlnge iu'ound 'the neck: and 
hanging In long .ends from, the elbows. Odd' was a cape of flat feather; 
worn over, a -black, gown. "W^ith: this went a crpwnless hat. An exag- 
gerated silver fbx cellar wai shewn pn a light cloth dress, with large 
buttons dp-wh tlie side.' A metalic material topped pne' "black gown. 
Dorothy liee. 'wbre 'We . outstahdfiig dress; It. 'Was of black with' the 
sleeves made^of loops of bla:ck rlbbbn lined In white. 

Gae Foster Girls, in the staige show, are dressed for the first number 
In one layer chiffon gowns, half. In niauve. and 'the rest In blue. Hats 
of large brims were worn by some. The girls in the orchestra pit wore 
peasant dresses of Russian design. A do'verly arranged fan number had 
the girls in pink satin dresses made Ibng and plain with brtlllant trim- 
ming. The fans shaded from pink to red. 



A Nsiw Fact 

New faces are al'ways welcome and Blizabeth Bergner, in X!atherine 
the Great.' api>ears to be a slip of a girl, with the assurance of an actress 
with plenty of experience, A iflne job, this picture. 

The clothes of Empress Elizabeth's are. . the last word in extravagance, 
ifies Bergner, in a curly blonde wig, is lovely Iii the nnaJl waipted 
^bodIce8^and^wide^hii>ped^8ldrta^of=^^e^period.^The»materli^ 
every step. 

Flora Robson- 'runs Miss Bergner a dose second for honor*. Koyal 
boudoirs are swathed In satins, ermine and lace. 

Kay Prancia' 'Mandalay* 

'Manda]ay^ with Kay 'Francis, isn't tip to full standard, l)ut It will 
amuse her fans. The. story Is tl^in. Miss Francis Is discovered upon a 
yacht dressed as a native (Irt Her dark hair la worn straight back 



AN INDUSTRY 



Nore Drinkers but Lower Take; 
Ex-Speaks Cdmplaining* Vets 




Co-ordinated OrganisEalions 
Set Up with 400% Jump 
U.S. Betting Rooms 
Since Repeal—^More. Than 
1,000,000 I*epple Em- 
ployed,-^ $5-$10 Average 
Daily Salary 



50-50 BOOKS 



In the, three months since ..repeal 
handbooks have Jumped over ,400% 
throughput .the countryi Irt Chi- 
cago alone there are'\est.ima,ted to 
be 3,060, ;pppl .rpomis' taking bets oh. 
nags, ^ ranging from . 26c . up.r 

iBbokmaklng has' replaced boot-' 
Ieg;g:ing;as the aci^ mpney racket fOf 
the boys .who. find.; hard work., ob- 
noxious. Mpst everybpdy frpm thi^ 
putlaW liqubr buEtltiess has mbVed 

over tp hiandbpoks, with, practically, 
the same type pf dpvetailed prganr 
ization in the betting field tpday as 
In the fprmer bpptleg racket. 

As an industry it rates plenty 
high bn cpin turnpver and the num- 
bep. , of people, eniployed; 'Uising 
Chlciago as an. esample, it Is. .estl- 
mateid that each bookie Joint hires 
on ,an . average of five employees. 
The. handbook spots run- from twp 
pperatprs to as- many as< 60 depend- 
ing, on -the Joint, .rand salaries- aver-* 
age . |6-$10. 4aily.. .Whl^b means 
that In Chicago 'there cure approxi- 
mately ^20,000 people em^ftloyed 'on 
handbooks- iat^ an estimated dally 
salary list of 1126,000, 

Janitors, and Newsboys 

To - ' get an -approximate set • of 
numbers for the U'nlted Stateia as 
a whole, multiply thei Chicago fig- 
ures by BO. This totals to 1,000,000 
people employed In the business, 
.with the Cbin glye and take running 
way up in the milllbliB. 

.Everybody Is. taking 'bets now; 
janitors, elevator men and partlcu-' 
larly newsboys with corner stands. 
Foi' them it's a Bidellh(» business. 
These small -timers - do not . handle 
the be.ts themselves, but turn them 
over . to the regularly ' opierated 
Joints oh a opcrway 60-60 basis. If 
.the- bettor wins the Joint pays the 
full amount, wh^lo .1' the l^orse 
doesn't come In,'ihe ajirent gets 60% 
of the bet... Tjie. scheme has., been 
figured so thoroughly that^the Jblnts 
can operate 60-60 'bppks and still 
cpme put bn the winning side. 

The tPWPS. with the biggest hand-, 
book pla:y; are -New Tork, .St. Louis, 
Memphis, Peoria, Akron, Canton, 
Clnclni^atl, D<stroit a^id .New Or- 
leans. ' .Thpse aij« kho;^n a.s high 
-spots aBdr.are xeppzrted .on a. regular, 
telephone t phain ^that. caii handle a 
$100,000 bet without. . art: .eyerfliclfer. 




Did You Know That— 



That 'was . Jeannette Mac- 
Donald and Bob Ritchie sled- . 
ding and whooping It up in 
Central Park tlie other day , 

..they say that. when Mary 
Plckford -visited the Biograph 
studio recently Lilyan . "Tash- 
man was 'Indisposedr' and 
Florence Reed remarked that 
she couldn't see why she 
should go down to meet her 
as. she was a star biefore ^Iss 
Pickfprd was bprn. . .Dbrbthy . 
Hail's new .play, 'The, Pure iiii 
Heart.' will have mnsjic; and. 
an Alhertina .Ras.ch ballet... 
Tilden . lpst a iPt . of . fans .at 

. the recent, tennis match.es by. 
high hattihg those autograph 
fiends. . .Marion Spltzer plans 
a t;rip. east .In March... Mrs. 
Jack Benny Is baking in 
Florida. . .'0!nd Madeline Oam- 
erort' leaves " for there ' "Tues- 
day with the Tommy Meigh- 
ans... Betty (Mastbaum) Gra- 
bostky also migrating south 

- .., there were excited ' cbn-r 
jecturea -when, A. C- Blumen- 
thal was .seen coming put pf 
Cartler's the pther day... 

. they say these gergeeus stage 
sets pf ., Watspn Barrett's in 
'Np 'Mpre Ladies'- were made 

■ entirely eh his own respensi- 
blllty (he. being jstiiclc with, 
themi If the Shuberts weren't 
satisfied). • . . Melvyri Deuglas' 
blpnde Jpclcs are turning dark, 
ph dear, ph dear. ..Carl Laem- 
mle, Jr., took In 'Big Hiearted ' 
Herbert* Tuesday night 
they say a HollyVood star Is 
taking 'the rap -for" another 
gal m One of the new'er di-i 
vorce possibilities'. . . L b u 1 s .e 
Gropdy looked cunnih' lunch- 
ing' at Sardl's In' a grey _cbB- 

. turae, and tiny grey Sallorlsh 

t ha.t. . .Reglna/ Crewe ehtef- 
ta,ihed- - for. lunch there last 
week . . . the Ted Lewis* are 
busy.- decorating th0r new 
home in Elberon. . .Lily Pons 
has a pet jaguar Whose habits 
are . most amusing. . .Grace 
Permit ins caught chicken pox 
from -her children ... one of 
our much discussed male film 
.stars recently entertained a' 
party pf six on a pint .of 
champagne. In London. . .Helen 
Hayes- ' is looking at sable 
coats . . hunt-hum . . . Al a n d 
Ruby Jolson Sneaked in and 

• 'out 'of the- Morsoco: theatre 
Wben the lights were down, 
the other ' night, to avoid no- 
tice. 



♦ Former speak bw^ners. who Went 
legit with the a,dvent of repeal are 
comi>lalnlhg that the amount , of 
bppze being consumed publicly has 
distinctly decreased in comparison 
with prohibition times, although 
drinkers have Increased. Now lt*s 
a case of 'One or two drinlcs in a 
rush— and then the patron scrams. 
Pre-vlously the speaks had their 
stahdbys, vets who came In the 
afternoon and stood Against the bar 
until the next morning, thro-wlng 
their fifty-cent pieces across the 
mahogany with regular frequency. 

These chronic bppzers, resenting 
the ordinance that they ■, must hot 
park their dogs on the brass and 
allow the alky to slide down f rohi 
a perpendicular position, have 
practically disappeared. They're' 
buying by the bottle, how and alp- 
ping It at home. 

As far as the new public drinkers 
are concerned^ they haven^t bad auf-. 
ficlent experience as -yet to' consume 
enough whiskey for profit purposes. 
Best example of this Is a restaU' 
rant in ..the Times Sabare sector. 
Which, oh a rbooze and wine Invest- 
ment of $3i000, has shown ' a^proflt 
of ohly $67 in the last -30 days. 

Besides the squawks hy the o'wia- 
ers themsel'ves, the ex-speak bar- 
keeps are also moaning that Jobs ' 
are hard' to get. It seems most of 
the better-class hotels and restdu*- 
rants want sleek .looking youngsters' 
to dp the drlnk-slihglng hew that 
femmes are a majpr part Of the 
trade. The old-time barkeeps have 
the ability, but no beauty— and W 
the femmes don't seem to know 
much abdut quality in- drlnkq any- 
how. It's the beauty that counts. ' 

Maybe amateur bartendeirs' will be 
curtailed somewhat, however, sln'cb 
the bartenders of Greater New Tork 
are in the throes of bre^ahizlng into 
a unlop, currently. 



BIRTHS 

Capt. and Mrs, M. L. JEJllIbtt, 
daughter, Manila, P. I., Feb. 19. 
Mother Is ' the- former Laura D. 
Welpb^ play .broker and' producer. 
Her husband Is statibned therewith 
the JirrAy Air dbi'ps. 



hanging in a Ipng bpb. The first gpwn is a Ipng plain affair worn With 
a scarf bound. ^pund. the' hips. As^a hpstess In a ckfe a gp-wn of silver 
sequins .fits , the- fi^re - so ' Closely it seems the wearer 'Is . ■•poured Intp it. 
'With , this creation a long boa ■ of ' White rusching .is thro-wh carelessly 
around the' shoulders. 

Very strange to see 'MI^s Francis calling at headquarters in a metalic 
decollete gpwn with ruffles and a huge picture hat. Two white tailored 
suits are shown and a simple dinner dress was buttoned with tiny butr 
tons and had a two caped effect at the neck. Two nighties and a simple 
satin negligee also^isplayed. The severe headdress of hair, parted in 
the center and coiled at the neck, Is partlculcu'ly becoming to this star. 



Miss Colbert's Foiir Changes 

'It Happened One Night* found its way into Radio City this week and 
Frank Capra, its director, .reveals a new Clark Gable.. Mr. Gable Is ably 
accompanied by Claudettb Colbert. 

Miss Colbert Is seen in only four changes. of costume. There are two 
sets of pajamas and two dresses. A striped velvet blouse is worn with 
a plain blacksklr,t and a weddlnjg gown was. of white satin made severely 
■plaln^wiih .a . TOW-.of garde,nias.^a t_ th e_ neck l ine. 

The stage show at the Music Hall goes falrjf" stoir agalhT The^court 
scene is beautiful with the sti&rcase (again) at the back drop reaching 
to dizzy heights. Eda "Vltolo wears a court gPwn pf silver. Her cpurt 
ladles are seen in the huge skirts of the IS.th century. Gypsies wear red 
fringed dresses connbined in other colors with hlack shawls around the 
hips. An Imposing number had the girls in coats pf armpr and red 
tights. Silver helmets were tPpped with black plumes. Bull fighters 
wwe In the regulatien black 'Velvet and gold. 



LONG SOUGHT PURSE 
SMtCHER IS NABBED 



Sidney Goldwyn, hand bag 
snatcher, was nabbed last wieek and 
found guilty. Goldwyn specialized 
in legit theatres, but the pinch cam® 
after he grabbed a girl's pocketbook 
In the original Rpxy. Jbe fHappy* 
Malpney and Jpe Siiultz^ of tbo 
Broadway plck-ppcket squad, hiade ' 
the arrest, the girl identifying A 
lucky dlnie and worn vanity case. - 

Goldwyn has' beien known 
sleuths for about two ytiaxk and 
used a motor car in which hid parkcid 
hat and coat, crashing Into theatres 
at Intermission time, havirig UtiJe 
trouble enterihg because the door, 
check system has virtually been 
done away wlth.^ He usually lurked 
around entranees io boxeb, grabbing 
bags left on chairs. 

Three detective teams of iwo .men 
each have be^n 'Werking pn "asslern- 
mem in Tlm^ SqliWre s'lnbe Go-. 
tb)6er. ' " 



^UO^ LICENSE BREAK 

Nerthweat 3e0s Muchrfoni Spraaif. 
of Cheap Quafferiea 

Seattle, Feb. 26. 
Nlte spots have sprung up in and 
around Gleattle like mushroom*. 
Town how has 19 halls of bali room 
type'; . 80 of beer type, and a doceh 
that rate prety fair cabaret club 
type. Rbadhouses dot thei highways 
for a dozen miles out of town, in 
the four directions. Mpst of the- 
beer spots have the old timer 
planner thumper ahd other song 
and muslckers. 

Beer guzzling , is likewise on the 
up with the new state law cutting 
license fees to $26 per year. Scores 
of small cafes are fitting up to senre 
beer on draf t ^ 

.Harold Stern received a verdict 
in his favor last week when the 
$600 back salary suit brought by 
Leo Erdpdl was tried In the Munici- 
pal Court. Brdodl's claim -was 
claimed with Stern's engagement at 
the Blltmore last summer. 



60 



VARIETY 



TIMES SQUARE 



Tnesdmjt Wthnuaj 27» 1934 



East 



Rebuttlns Park Commissioner 
. Moses' chargej . the Central Park 
Casino .prices .are 'outrageously 
high/ ,Sid Solomon points out that 
a dinner there costs only $4. 

J. G. Nugent made the star of 
•Big Heatted Herbert' following the 
SQth rpierformance. 

'Too Much Party,' prevlbusly 
•Case History/ will take over the 
Masque thea,tre nei^t week. . 
.George Murphy, of 'Roberta,' 



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News From the 




This department contami remitleii theatrical iiem items as published during the week m the 
daily papers oi Nei» Yorlt, Chicago, San Francixo, Hollyivopd and London, Variety takes no 
credit for these news items; each has been rewritten from a daily paper. 



ll^!^■B^eup■J■^l■^BB■■■^■llll■■^^ 



when one of the automobiles coV-. 
lidecl with another near ValparalsoL 
Ind. The car In which Anna 
Nilson and Antonio Moreno over>^ 
turned, but both escaped with minor 
bruises. Two other machines iiC 
the caravan struck the wrec1cag«^ 
but were not damaged.. 

Irene Castle McLiaughlin left 
Chicago last week tor Florida, 
where , she will be the guest of Mrs. 
Arthur Soniers Roche. 



children's theatre, 
tried before. 

Peggy Fears, who had been told 
to com* into court, last week. (20) 



making a water-color exhibit in and testify as to tier personal a,f^ 
Boston this week; Set of 24 back- fairs in that bankruptcy suit or; go 
stage studies. | to jail. Did . neitlier. ISxtensidn 



Idea has been I waiting to see Clark Gable. Qhe , Luella F. , Summers posed , as the 
cop was trampled. wife of W. P. Summers, studio em- 

Feds crash down, on Old Grand pldyee in Hollywood, and when they 
Dad rye because the labels over- finally went through" a- marriage 
stressed the. medicinal, value; Un- ceremony it Was only to sieparate 

der the Food and Drug act. | the next day, according^ to her suit j average laymian, cpnipl^ely unadu 



4 SAINTS IN 3 ACTS 

(Continued from peige 64) 
It , is, from the fStsuidpoint of ihe 



Many promlneiit players at the | for. divorced 

" Wasren tVllliam, a studio cam 

.1 two^iaas I B*.*"^;^" A?';"' xfi'^^V^^^^ for a^ nic- Saturday. . Included were Mrs. i eramari, and a coblt were adrift near 
arresieQ ipr creauHB a. disturbance her .to go to Holly wood ror, a f jvjary G, Spooner, his sister, and ' 

in a Brooklyn theatre Tuesday (20) ture. Cecil and Edna May Spooner, i the actor'g yacht. Bhglhe quit 

Magistrate Q'Dwyer took occasion Galen Bpgue stepped in Queer nj^ggg-^ho shared in the popularity^ C 

to pay tribute to^ actors, for their peopleV when Pe|)p^^ the old stock system as stars in j.bbei-ta SemDle Smvthe daueh 

T.- — o.^«_ I (22). Finished the week, their own right. | .• i^opeita *>empie ssmytne, aaugn 

Anning S. ralU • CongresSmkn r Charles Lucas, of the Maison 
from N.Y., appointed to the Federal Royal, .N. Y., plans to open a new 
Radio Commission vice. Wm. .D. room to rival the other big ones for 
Starbuck, whose term eiipired. . size and show, 
ketrbpolitan directors . consider- [^^^ 

leave the Hollywood hospital within 



charities. Boys took: suspended sen 

Ed Wyhn fiisked for : $87,500 by 
Harry Goldman who asserts . he. was 
hired as exfec.utlve of the short- 
lived Amalgamated radio chain.. 
Wyhn tells the court Qoldman's 
claim lies against th€! company and 
not aigaihst himself individually. 

One of the results of last week's 
blizzard Wascthe delaying of a triple 
execution in Bpston because the ex- 
.iecutioner was on . a showbound 
train 



ter of Aimce Semple -Mcpherson 
Hulton, had 'fliled sUit for divorce 
from William Bradley Symthe ; in 
L.. A. 

Kathryn Cirawf ord, . who, fell . arid 



ii^l^V^^onXo^^l^'U^ Leader.|broke her bip last fall, expected to 



to Mexico City, 
tpur, next falli 

Sclientists discover that giving a 
magnet a Mae West outline, its 
power is greatly increased. Old- 
fashioried. horseshoe shape is 



contingent on a j |rets one all to, herself, 



Mulrobney to introduce a, bill in" * month, 



the N. T. Legislatiii^ extending the 
alcoholic board for another six 
months. Would halt brass rail 
footwork by that period. 
Lyle Volck, former film players 



Ralph Jestier, sculptor and archir 
tect, has . joined Cecil B; DeMille's 
staff at Paramount. Wife is Eliza- 
beth Hawies, clothes designer. 
Mary. .Astor escaped injury in an 



James Hagan, through his attor> twisted to suggest the mature sil- and fifth wife' of Morris Volck, well [auto crash in JLos Angeles 



ney, filed Tuesday (20) his formal 
aihswer to- Richard Washburn 
Child's- suit charging 'Sunday After- 
noon' a plagiarism from Child's 
^tory-. Repeats his already pub- 
lished, denials. : Points, out. resem^ 
blances 'to standard fiction. ~ 

Production of 'Ragged Army* held, 
up by need for miechanical changes 
:to comiily. with fire liaws. Chiefly 
electrical. 

Robert Henderson, who stages the 
Ann Arbor drama festivals, to put 
bn a five -week festival at the Pabst, 
Milwaukee, starting April 9^' Ann 
Arbor Set f Or May 14.\ 

Ludwig Satz joins Joseph Rum- 
Bhinsky to the management of the 
Public theatre, Yiddish hojise. Five- 
year agreement. 

French wine men tell that former 
Mayor Walker turned down an bfCer 
to come over , here and sell cham- 
pagne. * .' 

Fifth ave. assn. making another' 
War On chisel shops. 



houette. known along Broadway, died in 

On the Mayor's orders Sahitation Bellevue hospital Saturday (24) of 

nien invaded hotels and demanded an ovierdose of a sleeping potion, 

heklth certificates from the strike- She left a note saying she wis tired 

breakers. Many lacked, these papers and could ' riot go. on arid: blamlifg 

arid went. out. Hotel nien protested o.nly herself. She sep»,rated from 

to the Mayor, May settle strikci Volck in 1932. . 

Worthlngton Minor went to J- College for ^ W^ 

Hollywood for Radio, so Martin to Rutgers students as the Coop,^ 

Jones puts off 'Black Hero' until enriches the lapguage wltli twos, 
fall. Minor was to direct, T^k..- 

Mary Pickford cranked the first forms part of the ^Itle of the Co^^ 

scene of the picture which formally spring show, 'They Twos to Con- 

it5dfo"'''llst -^^hirS^^^^ Richard Bennett may be seen this I ing program 

' jSii SkndeSr^e o^ Prank s^^^^^^ Mangrum, 

Crumit, Shepherd Of the I^ambs. ||tory^of^the.el^^^^ SrSy "^^^^^^^^^ 



William Gargan nabbed, by police 
for speeding in Arcadia, Cal. ' 

Emil Spezza^ ,c.obbler to .film stars. 
Is being sued by his wife for bjEick 
alimony. 

Thieves ransacked the hotel room 
of , DSiVe Hutton Iri San Diego of 
$186 in clothine. and other articles." 

Herbert C. Hansford, 46, father 
of George Iia,risford, boxer, chariged 
with assault with a deadly weapon 
for assertediy stabbing .Jack 
O'Brien, 27, in an altercation at the 
Hollywood stadium following a box- 



headed a femme' delegation to make 
a little , cereriiony of the acceptance 
of a drawing by Howard Chandler 
Christy for the forthcoming Lambs' 
St. Patrick'is .gambol. Others were 
Mary; Lewis, Grace Menken and 
Jeanette MacDonald. 

City Hall theatre; N. T„ opposite; 
the post office was. cleared Thurs- 



Episcopal , actors' guild to hold its. i ~ -t>,v.t. /'Hy\ ...v,>^» 
annual Uetln.^ at the Vanderbilt | tthr^Fl' /i?,L^\^iL^2,r^?l.^o^^'.^ 
theatre .this „(Tues. ) . afternoon. 

Willie ■ HbWard drives a publicity 
sleigh to tbe Winter Garden 
Wednesday (21). 

'Etierine' is now 'Tea Time- LoVr 



was written by jiileSvEckert Good 
msLXi. _ 

George C. Tyler, who has not 
beeri active since 1931, plans a 
comeback with LaUrette Taylor as 
his star. She has a play. 

Last week Shuberts had 'Trip to 
Presgbiiirg' on the fire again, pire 
went out and it's cold again. 

Walter Huston Will be the star 
at Central City, Col., pjay revivals 
this summer. To do 'Othello.' 
Elmer Rice has completed the 



wife of Ray 
Mangrum, golf, profesh, ifreed in/ 
L.A. on charges of shootihg; him. 

Gloria Swanson Somborn. 12, whp 
has to wait 18 years before she in 
herits all the property left her by 



terated balderdash. But it has 
something quite n&ive aiid: charm- 
ingly disarming about it, which, 
added to the fact, that tho produc- 
tlori .cost must be ori about' the 
same level as the purchase, of four 
pretzels, will blend toward the 
making of a couple of pleasant 
bank-note figures for the producers 
and talent. It won't last lorig, prob- 
ably, but it should be a healthy 
stat\d while there. . . 

Four Saints in Three Acts' was 
written by . Gertrude Steiin early in 
1927,. Virgil Thomson, a. young man- 
In Paris, ; then. With ultra-modern 
musical inclinations, met Miss- Stein 
and asked her to ..write him ah 
opera, she thought for a, while, 
decided that her faivoritie two 
Saints were Saint Theresa and 
Saint Ignaclus. and wrote, an opera 
abbiit tliem. Just , to be cute ;she 
called it 'Four iSaints/ Thomsori 
then set it to .riiusic and tried to 6fet 
it produced; This is the first pro r 
duction; seven years later— which, 
after all, isn't such a lonjg tithe for ' 
operas; 

Mis,s teln didn't bother to cut 
hi^r opei'tii up. irito acts, scenes or 
speeches. She just wrote the words. 
Thomson just wrote music to fit 
these Words. Then, along, came 
Maurice Grosser, Frederick Ashtbn 
arid . John .Houseman, who had to 
assign! the speeches to characters 
and pump some action irito scenes 
where there was a.rid is none. . Be- 
causie the words mean nothing, 
nothing at all. So. the action can?* 
very well apply to the words. But 



her father, H- K. Soriibom, owner the stagers managed to capture a 



ers,' or 'Beloved Rival.' Both an- ■ 
nounced. ' . 

Verne Burke, drops .her idea Of a. 
musical stock CO. for N.T. 

.Max Tieger, of the Philadelphia 
Civic op. CO.,'. obtains a vefdict in 
Atlantic City against Samuel Lundy. 
Charged that Lundy ran him down 
in an auto arid- in jured ' his larynx, 
preventing his singing. Voice valued 
at $3,500. 

NRA officially drops case against' 
3^(*. Harris anerit 'The Lake.' Ac- 
tion forecast last week but npw 
signed and sealed, 
evidence 



projector igriited the film. Projec 
tibnist,. Leo Graybell, hurried Ori the 
hands and face. . 

Explosiori at RKO Proctor's thea- 
tre, Yonkers, killed thriee and in- 
jured 12 persoris Friday (23), The- 
atre was empty at the time, the iri- 
jured being pedestriaris. passing the 
building. Explosion was not in the 
theatre, -which also houses two 
stores and an office building, but 
in the cellar under the sidewalk. 
. Unable to obtain a charter from 
Hugh Frayne, local represientative 
of the A.FJj,, Radio Factory Work- 
ers union decides to go over his 
head to the executive council of the 

Fcfderatiori. 

Supreme court Friday (23) granted 
Nbt sufflcient | Rudy Vallee a temporary injunction 1 ^^hite cast; 

restraming Fay Webb Vallee from j , gj^jjjgy Ridges 



of the Brown Rerby restaurants in 
Los Angeles, will be. presented - in 
court in L.A. March 6 fOr hearing 
on the probate of her father's will. 

Slsto MattO, fllrii: actor, was run 
doWri and fatally injured, Feb. 20 in 
L.A. by a riiotorist. 



mood which they illustrate nicely, - 
and the music, carries that , mood 
along' well, so the words dPn't 
count. . .„ ^ 

Actually the production, iri spite 
of the mystified critics, riianages to 
have a mearilng. It is a double sa- 
tire. In her words Miss. Stein puts 
the Catholic sainthood up against a 
distorting miriror, and in his music 
Thomson carries the thing a bit far- 



Sidney Fox, pic actress, has filed 

. suit for divorce Jlrom Charles Bea.- 

scripts. of two new plays, but that's han, scenarist, in Los Angeles. • 
as far as he'll go until falU- Going two Los Angeles detectives have 

abroad. gone to Florida to return Harry ther, also satirizing opera in gen 

City cuts cost of season golfing Voiler to the coast to face charges eral, It comes out aja a sort Ot 
permits on municipal links from $15 oie robbing Mae West. Edward I Alice in Wonderland fantasy on 
to $10. iDaily permits are %1. ' Frledmari; co-def6ndant, recently 

George .'Cohan Working on a play, viras convicted and sent to prison 
with the tentaitive title 'God Won't I Kay Francis won a divorce in 

Los Angeles, from . Kenneth Mac 
Kerina, actor and director, 
cruelty charged. 



Want You To.' Title probably will 
be changed. He explains it's .in 'an 
act and a half.' Epilog follows the 
single act. 



Catholicism. It handles saints 
Lewis Carroll handled a deck 
cards, a rabbit and a cat.' 

When about ready to stage it. 

Mental 1 having found an angel, Thomson 
decided to .Use Negro singers iri- 



Charles J. Foy divorced in L.A. stead of white, although it was 



Theatre Union plans to follow from Grace Hayes, radio, stage and written about white saints. Carl 



'Peace on Earth' with "Wharf Nig 
ger,' story of New Orleans. Title 
changed to' 'Stevedore.' Black and 



Albert Savolr to sue London suirig him in Calif ornia or elsewhere 
Films, alleging 'Catherine the Great' i than in N. Y. state. 



is a 'direct steaV from his 'La i*etite 
Catherine/ 

Earle Boothe. to assist G. W. Jun- 
kin in the actors' CWA. 

President Roose-velt oiffered a plan 



Clark Gable eating his meals in 
Capitol theatre to avoid femmes 
around, stage door. 

Theatre and amusement em- 
ployees' union files 18 additiorial 



for a $1,000,000 endowment for a j complaints agam^^the^^^ to open an opera season at 

the Cosmopolitan March 9. 
Scrap in the lobby of the Hotel 



national theatre. Presented by Herr 
man Gantvort, who had been asked 
to suggest soriiethlng. Based on the 
pooling of hits and flops for ah 
average gain. 

Fortune Gallo, opposing the Met 
with his opera troupe, says that if 
the response is encouraglug he'll 
make it a permanent co. for N,Y. 
Opera, comique at pop prices. 



screen artist. I Van Vechteri, the novelist, says he 

Lepna Heath, sec to B. P. Schul- asked Thomson how. Negroes could 
berg, operated on for apperidlcltis play white parts, knd Thomson .is 
|.ln Glendale, Cal. supposed to hi^ve answered that 

Frank Sebastian celebrated 10th they would white up like' white ac-^ 
anniversary of his Cotton club in tors .do for colored parts. When .it 
Culver City, Cal. came to rehearsal, time they dropped 

the idea and let the Negroes alorte, 

Mi , I figuririg they're not much d&rker 

||I.W|kct than Spaniards, anyway. Saint 

lu f f I Theresa and Saint Igriaclus of Loy- 

ola Wer6 both Spanish saints. That, 

VT« Ka^iv hiipf In sDlte of the 'Alter oeing reiusea a meaire , _„__„ia_ ^aii ThAm- 



out of Guild's 
'Days "Without Erid' to go into 
'Baces,' also for the Guild. 

Joan E. Cedar heads a new ..pro 
duction company. Looking for 
plays. Has already picked 'Fight 
Ing Chi,' pby David Leonard 

Associated Artists, under Carlo 



Regional Labor. Board Friday (23) 
houses including RKO, Skouras, 
Publix and Loew. 

'Races,' last of the Guild season's 
plays, iri rehearsal last week, phlla- 

"'^fti^r^S* ^-h?- Ned I NO 6j«^ baiu^ hurt in .pite .£ the | ^S-JMTcTved' frl^S I '^^'^^^^IL^^fi^X ■ 

3Sitviir„n"o'&'t """" " 

suggestiori. He's wiling to take a I « way in 



John Valaitls, announcer and ad 
solicitor for WHOM had Vincent 



In the establishment of a perriianerit 



MMUHimiMIMl intltlttfiitnli 

|3 ii Matusevlcius, who holds a similar 

iilVT/xii. VA*.L T'l*/>r*#-«»^c^i posItiori with WBQM, iri a Brooke 
hiyCW lOrK 1 fieatreS|| lyn court last week., charged that 

the latter threatened physical vio- 
lence if he did not keep out of 



irkwood to c0mej)ack to North branch oi Satie, but is very ecclesiastical here. 

'The House_of Remsen,' | ana. moved ^o tb^^NorHi b^anc^^^^^^ *S„fL*«v"''Jflu?a"i^S 

where it will be tied up for the rest f train h"t so higm^ 
of the winter. The Dixlana docked to bother those whom modern music 
in the Chicago river last October ^^ries. It^ thin music that is. 
with -the intentions of giving per- I Pleasant to the ear, and it is splen- 



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Mrs Mlcllael Curtiz, wife of the 

'Brother Burdette,^ that Sinclair Joseph Musso opening, a new cafe 

-Lifewl*? War drama in the icebox un-) in Hollywood. 

«?fall.^ReputSwing difficulties. I- J»les Furthman, scenarist, has 
Jed Harris hands a check to Louis 



Broriifield and John Gearon; Play 
Is titled ^De Luxe.' 

Former Provincetown players now 
l lritiiriate Theatre Group. 

D. A. Doran, Jr„ ■ now , on stalt of 
Has been in plx 



Jules Furthman, 
identified Pdward Abear and Floyd 
Stanaway Of Los AngeleS, as two 
men who 'robbed him. 

Burglars robbed the home of Mar- 
garet and Helieri Lindsay, West 
Hollywood, of clothing. 

Tom Mix's suit to compel his 



shaapW drama 




In Person 
CLARK GABLE 

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Musical union asks retirement of 
Mrs, 'E. M. .Herrick as vice-chair- 
man of the Regional Labor Board. 
Says she doesn't understand them. 

Emanuel List^ of the Metropolitan, 
cancels his dates at Berlin and Bej - 
reuth. Will go to Londori '.ristead. 

N. Y. hurley houses to self-censor 
shows. .But Mayor will still nave 
thef last word. ^ 

Bobby Connelly aind Jack Blue to 
get together on dance flashes. All 
I tir=="carry=Blue*s^namer====Wants;=to^ 
emulate the old Tiller troupesJ 

Irving Franklin and Donald 
Stoner plan to produce Bottomley's 
'Olivia Bows to Mrs. Grundy' this 

qQj»lTi|J^- w — • 

' Phil" Spitalny. organizing a femme when his plane cracked up At Santa 

orchestra Monica, Cal. 

Police reserves had to be called Earl C. Anthony jtn Honolulu on 

at the Capitol, N. Y., Saturday to vacash. . " 

disperse a mob of 2,500 women For more than eight years Mrs. 



bal, to pay $194,074 of the $353,141 
Income tax the Go-vernment is seek- 
ing to -collect from him, has been 
transferred from the L.A. federal 
court to Frisco. 

George Davis, supervisor for Mc- 
Fadden Publications, in Hollywood 
on company work. 

Suit for $3,500 filed In L.A. in her 
half of Edward W, Rowland, writer, 
against Paramount on complaint he 
sold the concern a story, 'September 
Morn,', but was not paid for the 

■^manuscrlpt* ^^ " — : 

Mrs. Mercedes O. Mirovlch, L.A, 
pianist, injured in Oakland, Cal, 
Auto accident. 

Hulbert Burroughs, 26, son of Ed- 
gar Rice Burroughs, slightly injured 



formances but was restrained from 
doing so by court order. 
-"The Chlcagbland Music Fete td be 
held in Soldiers Field in Chicago 
August 18 promises crowd of' 86,000. 
The prograrii will be presented by 
nearly 10,000. musicians. . "— 

.Harry Voller, Chicago theatre 
ticket agent and former mianager 
of the late Texas' Gulnan, was ar- 
rested in Miami. Fla., where he is 
being held awaiting extra:dItiori to 
California where . he is indicted for 
the robbery of Mae West. Voller 
was arrested In Chicago last De- 
.cember but after eight continuances 
of his extradition hearing. Gov. 
Horner turned down the claim of 
California. VOiler luras later re- 
leased in Miamii, bn. $10,000 bond; 

The. extension and improvement 
program of _the World's Fair that 
has already beguri, will furnish 
work for 6,000^ betweeri now and 
June 1, when the Fair will re-opcin. 
The $1,000,000 Henry Ford exhibit 
■is begnnlng to take shape and other 
exhibits are to be ready before 
June. 

Florida, through its state cham- 
^bier., of .cori ime rce, ha s. . .sigried_cori- 
tracts for ' a State exhibit at the 
1934 World's Pair. Plans for the 
erection of a . Swiss Village at the 
Fair have been completed and work 
will begin next, week.' The Swiss 
Village will cover two acres and is 
to be one. of the features of the 
Fair. 

Members of the 'Moulin Rouge' 
caravan were shaken up last week 



did vocally. That's what does tho 
trick. Music lovet-s, anyway, can't 
figure what. . the, words ; of . operas 
generally mean. So they're likely 
to forget all about Miss Stein's 
words and enjoy the sound of . the 
words as .pung by the splendid, 
Negro voices. Actually that's "a 
triumph for MisS Stein, whbse fol- 
lowers have always told pedple that 
she writes things to , be heard arid 
not understood; but' niaybe. that 
doesn't matter. 

The stage is iset with a cellophane . 
cyclorama;,- 'which is very effective. 
The dances and general staging are 
excellent. The voices of at least 
two singers, Ed-ward Matthews and 
Beatrice Roblrison Wayrie impress 
highly. Matthews, especially has 
great potentialities for the .theatre 
and concert worlds. 

If customers can check their 
reason at the door, sit back and 
relax, they will enjoy themselves. 



MARRIAGES 

Dorothy Gray McFarlane to Ed- 

Wfr="mTpbHrir=Febr-17,^=at^Las- 

Vegas, N. M. Groom is a pic pro- 
ducer and brother of Victor Hal- 
perln,. 

Aleta Freel to Ross Alexander,, 
Feb. 19, in East Orange, N. J. Bride, 
last appeared in 'Double Door' and 
g^oom. recently closed in 'No Ques- 
tions Asked.' 



Tueadaj, Febrnwj 27f 1934 



TIMES SIIUARE 



VARIETY 



61 



Broadway 



lla« iSurray to Liondon. 
Boeer Davis flitted to Palm Beach 
Ifonday, 

Paul Mrnil and Mrs. Muni back 
trom Bussla. 

Abe liiBtfoffel plays hearts and 
burns quietly. 

liOuls Bernstein aiid the Mrs. 
back from Florida. 
■'■ John McBrlde, ticket' agent,, to 
SurojEte with the missus. 

Paul Whiteman hasn't missed; a 

Icture opening since '29.. 

Hugh Weir is In Doctor's Hosplta) 
recuperating from overwork. 

Charles Gray wintering In'.Mlaini. 
liucky with ponies, he admits. 

Jbhii Monyham lis now a con- 
rmed Long Island coiiiniuttei*. 

Frank Glllmore and Paul Turner 
9tC on two weeks' winter cruise. 
RKO buys Vincent LAwrence's 
' play, 'Sour Grapes,' for. Cllv© Brook. 

Broadway friends- of Pauline 
Garon 'watching for her in "Wonder. 
Bar.' 

Thos. Meighan in : from London. 
Was to uiake a .picture there, but 
didn't. V, 

, Abe Lyman and Jonie Taps had 
,the sea ague on the way to and from 
Bernluda. 

Marooned in Niew that 
Lrong Islander O. L. I'hose 
white flakes. 

Gary Grant and> his new bride, 
Virginia Cherrjll, leave today (27) 
for Hollywood. 

H«rnian Zbhbel, Nate Bluihberg 
aiid Fred Meyer of RKO oh week- 
end cruise to Berniuda.. 

Jaihes Braiilgan,. aide to ex-mayor 
Jatlies P. 0*Bren, now conducting 
rivate detective agency. 
Tess, Garden (Ai^nt Jemima) has 
lost 60 pounds by dieting. She 
wants, to drop another 40. 

Roxy took a quick one to Pine-, 
hiirst last week to keep those 
mashie shots hear the pin. 

Mary Pickford's visit to the old 
Blograph studio in the Bronx In- 
duced plenty of reminiscences. 

'Morris iSreen to Chicago to con- 
fer with Joe Cook and observe loop's 
showing of 'The Curtain Rises.' 

Even the. easterners have been 
chirping 'unusual Weather.' > Much 
to the visiting Coast defenders' de- 
light. 

John Flinn's 'delightful treat- 
ment of the cards' bas him to the 
fore amongst the film bridgerbr- 
When he finds time. 

Dr. Leo. Michel back frpm - Miami' 
In. midst of week-end' ..blizzatd. 
Squawked about New Orleans, part 
j6z trlpr-^a total flop.. 

Bargain rates for six-day. grind 
at Garden are 40 to 76 cents .day- 
time. . First, thrieis nights are 6& cents 
.to 2 bucks, taxes Included, 

Hip boots becanle popular again 
with the commuters. Also pinochle 
on those four-hour trains; etrUggling 
oyer a normal half-hour run. 

B6berta iXcWade, daughter of 
Robert' McWa^e, character actor, 1* 
Ins.tructor in dramatics at th'e'NOtt 
Terrace High ' School, Schenec-. 
tady, N. T. 

. Lots, of muggs took advantage, of 
the storm, when they remained at 
homie in Westchester or Loiig 
Island, and one- who .was called by 
his home office' was so steiyed he 
iould hardly talk. 

Charlie Sinfeld thought he was 
In Montana instead of Westchester 
during 'the big snow of '34.' He's 
turning half his garage into a stable 
as preparation for next winter, and 
Warners may make a couple .of 
westerns . there. 

Excitement and confusion aplenty 
as the Cab Calloway^ band, chape- 
roned by Mr. and Mrs. Irving Mills 
and Joe Hoftman, saileJ. Friday 
\ night (23) on the Majestic for, Lbn- 
>.don. Several hundred friends of the 
musicians created a veritable traffic 
Joni in the grand salbn.. 



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ducago 



Madeline Woods handling ex- 
ploitation for the, Paul Ash -school. 

Lou Lipstone readying for a 
■coot south. 

Doris Kenyon now a camp Are 
In by initiation. 

Archie HerzofC will be a father 
Imoist any day now. 

Charlie Miller and frau are await- 
ing an addition to the family in 
July. 

Agents once more traveling to 
Milwaukee to preview units and 
acts. 

Aaron Saperstein won't go to 
Miami because he doesn't trust the 
herring down there. 

B^&K. press outfit won the Para- 
mount prize for the Mae West 'I'm 
-No^Anger^xjampalgn 



Walter Branson and Jack Osserr 
man out of hiding following the 
midwest RKO-Radio confab. 

Crusaders are now the Nairteless 
quartet until the public fltjds' a 
liame for thern, and the piibllb can't 
always be trusted. • ' 

Theatrical Mutual association will 
give its Gohlpn Anniversary show 
and danoe at the Pcrform*>r.<! Pliil) 
auditorium on March 31. 



Paris 



By Bob Sttrn 



Marcel* Aehard; to. America. 

■Jacques Diifier opening garage. 

Emma Eajnee back at home here: 
. .Vera Fokine back firom .America. 
.'.Paul Kohner of. 'tJnlversai to Ber- 
lin. ^ ■ / 

Walter: Friedland expected, back' 
soon. 

Bart planning trip, to 

Phiiiy. 

. Bunny Cooper dancing at Chez 
Florence. 

Gertrude . Hoffman In town with 
li9 dancers. 

Abbe Dlmnet siteaklng at' Ameri- 
can Club lunch.. 

~ ' Jeanette , MacDonald's Robert 
lElItchie here again. 

Doug ' Fairbanks' here to dodge' 
English newspapermen. 

Ertipire -Theatre still scaled up. by 
sheriff because of Stavisky angle. 

Jiin Wltteried pressagenting Ger- 
trude Hoffman and Ambassade.urs. 

Local U offices without word" of 
Carl ''Laemmle, Jr.'s promised visit.. 

Marie Dubas reported signing; up 
for Max Reirihardf show next year. 

Laura La Plante passing' through 
on way to make W.B. pic in London. 

Princess Bibesco' writing play 
with Alfred Savoii-, 'King of the 
ivids:' 

Suzanne Fischer,-^ Jullliar prize 
winner, .here from Berlin, learhihg 
roles. . 

Local Morris office booking 
French beauties for New York and 
Chicago. 

Henry Garat sighed up to' do .a 
musical for .Vedettes Francalses 
AsEOciees. . 

Alex Small, Chi Trlb columnist,, 
taking- a crack at films as evideihce 
ot decadent age. 

Lord Byron giving , Disney shows 
for kids Thursdays and Sundays 
from il a.m. to. 12: 15. 

'Colonel Chabert,' based on Balzac, 
book, is. next Fred Bacos film for 
£'ox distribution here. . • 

Bene Clalir making^ good progress 
on .Pathe loi on 'Last Millionaire' 
film, With Max Dearly. 

Serge Llfar, dancer, socked by a 
cop while going, hoine during riot- 
ing on Feb. 6. To bed. 

French .Uhe takliig He de France 
passengers to hotels In riibbemeck 
wagbns. due. to. taxi strike. . 
. Shakespeare's ^Coriolanus,' too 
hot for Comedle Francalse, finally 
taken Off to avoid disorder. 

Opening of Cantor's 'Roman Scan- 
dals' at Lord Byron in March to be 
a benefit, for Ameriean Hospltai. 
' Mary McCbrmic, commenting on 
Hurf 's damage suit.' says she doesh't 
think-she^s as unique as he contends. 

^Action Frahcalse,' Royalist /sheet, 
only Jiewspapei: printed in town dur^ 
Ing 1-day general strike, Monday 
(12). 

Andre Qlde and Jean Cocteau 
working on a play, too; music by 
Kurt Weil. There's a combo for 
you. 

Legit version of 'Emile and the 
Detectives,' (Ufa) in French, mak- 
ing good at Studio des Champs 
Elysees. ' 

Harold Smith, Hays man, doubling 
as American Legion . Commander, 
and warning ex-service men to keep 
out of riots. 



C H A TTE 



Was held outside of the . capital; 
Composer conducted the orchestra 
at dress rehearsal and', first night. 

dpeta Bali, held for first time in' 
twenty years, great success. Net 
profits for charities and pension 
fund, 20,000 pengoes, with pearly ia 
million turnover In tra4e— dress- 
makeris, hairdressers . and the rest. 
Chief attraction wais pageant' of 
characters from famous operas, rep- 
resented by society ladies. .'This 
was irepeated for. charities and also 
shown on the scrieen. 




Budapest 

By £^ P. Jacob! 



'Frisco Express' banned in Buda- 
pest. 

Somerset Maugham's 'The Circle' 
okay at the National. 

'Private Life of Henry Vni' (UA), 
taboo tot kiddies under 16. censor 

'Adding Machine,* by Elmer Rice, 
moderate success at small Bethlen- 
ter theatre. 

Nina Mae McKlnhey dUe here. 
'Hallelujah' (Metro), will be revived 
on this occasion. 

Alexander Goth very cleverly 
adapted and acts in Ivbr Novello's 
'Fresh Fields,' here nained 'Paying 
Guests.' ' ' 

Elsie Paal cast in 'Miss Wife, 
Hungarian picture now in the mak- 
ing at Hunnis Studios, ba^sed on 
play 'Rohiance of Ida.' 

After fiftieth performance of 'Ball 
at- the Savoy,' sctasoh's most suc- 
cessful ball was given by manage- 
ment, called 'Ball-at-the- Savoy 
Ball,' 

Diplomatic previews now the 
vogue for American pictiires. All 
Embassies invited to flrkt showing 
of I'm Ko Angel* (Par), same be- 
ing planned for Garbo picture, 
'Queen Christina' (M-G), this week. 

Melchior Lengyel is settled for 
:good=^ln= JLiOjidoji.-.=JEie =jCMi^^ 
with Lajos Biro on , scenario of 
'Great Catherine' (UA) for Eliza- 
beth Bergner and wrote "Gypsy 
Melody,' original scenario, which 
Eric;Charreil bought for Fox. 

Imre Kalman's latest • operette, 
'Der Teufelsrelter' ('The Devil's. 
Horseman') shown for the first time 
in Hungarian, not In Budapest but 
in .'-'zpged. ThLs is the first time ^ 
thnt n rpally Important nr*'mi*>re 



Berlin 



London 



.Percy Burton is general manager 
for Leon M; Lion. 

. R. Fisher- and Wyndham- Lewis^ 
again collaborating :on filin. isceha- 
rlos. .' 

Cliiire Lilce back In 'Gay Divorce, 
after bad fall . resulting in concus-^. 
sion. 

Tom Elder; Hetu-n back in the 
revue racket. Lining up six for the 
road. 

Tom Webster, the caLrtoonist, 
veloping into a good radio coinmeh-r 
tat.pr. 

A. E. Anson over here looking for 
stories for .George Arliss and Ronald 
Cblman. 

Mrs. Jack -iiylton and band emu-^ 
lating her husband In. Invading the 
Continent. 

Paul Muni made a. .i>ersbnal : ap- 
pearance at the trade show of his. 
film, 'Hi J Nellie.' 

Mat McKeigue . lunching with 
Rose Bosenberg, the Prime Minis- 
ter's private secretaiy. 

Bert Murilay and Captain Ban- 
field to tour 'BiEiUerlna;,^ with Anton 
Dolin In Origihal part. 

Pens, pencils and -writing pads in 
evidence at. the Palladium during 
the Diamond brothers' shbW. 

Outside of Apollo theatre still 
displays poster appealing for. War 
Loan stibscriptions, dated 1916. 

Percival McKay negotiating with 
Lawrence Wright .^or the Princes* 
theatre, to stage' hla . German musi- 
cal." 

. Gibson Garland, after 17 year's in 
Hollywood, .here to. play lead in 
'My&tery of the Looh' tor Wyndham 
Films. 

James Whale** two, Invisible 
Man' and ^By Candl» Light,* get- 
ting .siknultanepufl West End pre- 

releasies. 

Because of theatrical depression, 
the Vicair of Windsor has appealed 
to hiis parishioners ^not to give up^ 
theatre-goin^ in I%ht; 

Two of the hew shbwa closed Feb. 
10, 'Marriage la No Joke' ut the 
Globe «tfter five days; 'Birthday' at 
the Cambridge after eight. 

It is claimed 'Catherine the Great,' 
at ..the Leicester Square theatre, kl 
beating "Henry "Vlll' grosses. Even 
if equalling, it Is excellent! 

'Whlspetlhjg In the Dark* played 
Chaitham^to |760 g^oss, -with , entire 
cast on ' perbentagb and .i^ettlng 
nothing. Sb it is whispered. 

Prince of Wales, Queen of Spain 
and King' of Greece headed list of 
notables at' 'Catherine the ' Great' 
premiere at Leicester Square, Feb. 9. 

H'einrlch Fraenkel loaned' by 
Gauniont-Brltlsh to' Sound City to. 
adapt 'Expensive Halo,' by Gordon 
Davioti author of 'Richard of Bor- 
deaux.' 

'Finished Abroad' from the Rob- 
ert Newton Shilling theatre, Fiil- 
ham, goes into Savoy, as temporary 
replacer, prior to the Tomson revue, 
due in April. 

Frank Eliot, the Oldest employee 
of' Moss Empire, now on pension, 
feels happier under Gaumbnt-Brit- 
ish regime; Claims does not haye to. 
Walt around for his. check any inore. 



Tke Hague 

By M. W'CttyLeal 



a!v.R.O.— broadcaster iarranging 
an ihternatibnai qbncert by air. 

Maria Ivogtien is dangerously 111 
and had to cancel her Holland-tour. 

Tuschinsky Cinema premiere, of 
100% Dutch talker, "The Sailors,' a 
panic. 

Notwithstanding depression, mo- 
torcar show at Amsterdam, a box- 
office and sales-success. . . 

M. Viruly, poet-pilot, who flies the 
Royal Dutch Airmail planes, to Java, 
has Just finished a play 'Sand over 
Shalba.' Premiere at Amsterdam, 
early in. March. 

Two cabarets in opposish at the 
Hague Tiow, one with native talent 
led by Fientje de la Mar, other one 
with French artists, the Cabaret 
Pizanj .from - Paris .: -l., . 

■William Mengelberg. conductor of 
Concertgebouw orchestra still un- 
able to do his work. Has been ill 
for a year and having a rest-cure 
In Switzerland. His engagements 
are filled by various conductors; At 
present Bruno Walter is waving his 
baton in the regular concerts at Am- 
st*»r<1nm aiid also to lead pcrfom- 
anoe of Mozart's 'SeraJJ' by- Wag- 
nor Asfi' 



Bavarlia. Film, Munich, denies the 
.rumor that Anny - Ondra, Max 
Schmellng'S' wife, had a nervous 
breakdown. 

jenny Jiigb, Paul Hoerbiger, Theo 
LIngeh,. LIssi Arna and Friedrich 
Benfer in 'At My Place Tonighti' 
Klagemann production for German 

Fox.: 

For repeated offense against ad- 
mission rulings a Munich exhib wjas 
fined 260 marks by Reichs Film 
.Chamber and threatened with" ex- 
pulsion. 

Cradle Song* (Par) released at 
the Marmbrhaus at -a special night 
performance ""ebi'IB. Was to be 
started earlier but 'Dinner' (MG) 
was still, being served. It got four 
weeks. .. 

Metro has . started a prize com-: 
petition for the German version of 
'(Gabriel Over the White House.' 
Artists, were shown the film and 
asked to inake a sj^^tch of their 
impressions. First prize $100. ' 

Relnhold Schuenzel.. - director, of 
the successful Ufa pic, 'Viktor and 
Viktoria' now making 'Daughters of 
Her Excellency' for Ufa featuring 
Kaethe von Nagy< Willy Fritsch, 
Gustav Waldau, Anton Pbintner. 

. Arzen vori Cserepiy has developed 
new methods at the Grunewald stu- 
dios. Settings are all put oii rollers 
and then wheeled Into .the studio 
where lamps are permanently fitted. 
It takes eight minutes to change 
decorations. 

Coiuposer films are booming. 
With a Mozart, filih reported from 
Prague, Cine-Alliahz is screening 
Chopin's 'Farewell Waltz' in co^ 
operation with Boston Films and 
also a short about Haydn's 'Fare- 
well Symphony* featuring Paul 
Hoerbiger, Theo Llngen, Ina Al- 
brecht, Maria Melssher, Else Beyal, 
Hllde Krueger. 

Gustav Froehllch is to star In 
three films of the itala-Otzoup pro- 
duction, Magda Schneider prob- 
ably co-starring. Itala also plans 
a picture with Magda Schneider and 
Vlttorlo de Siea who was so buc- 
cessful In the Volpl film, 'Song of 
the Sun.* Beside this German pro- 
duction, Italia will make Oennan 
versions In Turin and Romo^ 



Pamana 



Bucharest 

By Marie- LIm Emtit 



George Georgeson swinging bate* 
at- Monte Carlo. 
'Manoh* played hare by aotreaa 

Maria Filotti, aged 69. 

Professor M. ManoUescu lecturing 
on Kema], Mussolini and Hitler. 

klritescu's 'Grasshoppers' falls to 
attract despite Al mlse-en-scene at 
the Na-tional. 

Late star actress* Agatha Bares- 
cu's memoirs ambhg spring list of a. 
local publisher. 

Pianist A. Cionca; concerting la 
benefit of committee for the erection 
Of SLoyal Music Acadeniiy. 

Connie Veidt's 'Wandering JeW 
reaching Roumanian capital and at- 
tracting Intelligentsia at the Rio. 

Instltutbdl Cultura Itallana boost- 
ing Italian pianist Carlo Zecchi and 
violoncellist Nerlo Bninelli at the 
AUteneum here. 

•Henry VIH' (UA), 'Olver Twist* 
(Radib) and 'Jenny Gerhardt* (Par) 
hitting it off with the press, despite 
fact that few critics and less audi- 
tors have knowledge of English. 

Lucia Stut-dza Bulaiidra, Star iac- 
tress and niianageress of the Reglna 
Maria theatre, turns to directing 
plays and starts venture with 'Con- 
flict,' a melodrama by a German 
lawyer. Max Alsberg. 



Leslie liussei is married a^ain, to 
a Panama business manj ' ' 

Jessie Lasky passed through en- 
route to N;T. ' 

Every club In town -gave a dance 
and show on the President's birth- 
day. 

Kings of Jazz left for Kingston to 
appear at the Trade Exhibition 

Jimmy Farrell has returned to 
Panama after a -number of years In 
Peru. . ^ 

Natalie. Talmadge and Larry 
Kent, producer, -were here for a 
visit on Kent's yacht. 

Swimming pool m Balboa Is put- 
ting on a show and bathing beauty 
parade, 'A. Nite ln Spain.* 

Carnival is bn and. every thing is 
Wide open. Open-air native dance 
hall on every other corner. 

Helen. Pearson and Scotty Fields, 
two ex-performers, put bn a show 
for the local Odd Fellows In Cris- 
tobal. 

Panama will ' have anbther beer 
garden. The first one does the best 
business in town and gives steady 
work to two orchestras. 

Abraham Behedetti Is the new 
censor of Colon, for cabaret actsr 
films and. an^ . other form . of .public 
entertainment until 1936.' 

-The Young Cadies orchestra from 
Cuba closed a ten-day:,engagement 
at the Atlas Garden ap'd opened at 
the Strangers club in Colon. 

Warner Brbs.* picture, 'Captured,' 
is. barred from Pahiama.. The G^r-. 
man minister claims the plctiire Is 
an insult to Germany arid her peo- 
ple. 

Maya. Marimba band returned 
from Costa Rica and opened, at the 
Atlantic. Another Cuban orchestra 
of 14 pieces arrived for the Atlas 
Garden. 

Happy Draughon is back at his 
old stand, Happyland, with Luly 
Romero, Josephiiie Baker, Hortencia 
Suarez, Conchita Chavana and Per- 
lita. Happyland is the ex La Vida 
and Cotton club. 

Richard La Cos.ta, who wrote 
'Night Life in Panama,' broke into 
print again. He is being held at 
the quarantine station. He Jumped 
.ship and police Won't . recognize a\ 
.Writer__a8_self,.supporting. ^ _ _j 
""Ariny and Navy YM.cTa. in Bal- 
boa had a theatrical night and all 
the old-time show folksr did their 
stuff. This town has more ex-actors 
than Freeport. Acts were Val Por- 
ter, O. Rllvf/ra, A L, Clark. Buddy 
Williams, Lewellyn Callend<>r., 
Jimmy Harnofjg, -John Ka.stle and 
Alexander and Sanford who were 
the Gold Dust Twins y*»nrn ago in 
vaudeville. 



By P. L. Grahams 

i^illy Leeds arirlved on his yacht. 
Grene Raymond Wintering in Palm 
Beach. 

Benny Meroff and orchestra open 
at Florldlan. 

Irene Bordonl the draw at Al 
Howard's Embassy. 

Theire are 38 night blnlM operat- 
ing In the Miami district. 
. Horse show's - grand', ataad boxes 
at $82.60 were all taken. 

Ray Bolger opened at the Miami 
Biltmore to good results. 

Biscayne Kennel Club Inaugurates 
donkey races once a week. 

Edsel Ford and faniUy. arrlvo ta 
private car for short iti^. 

Claire Windsor visiting thO Jiilto 
Sanchez oh Hibiscus Island. 

Jas. P. Allmaii, police commis- 
sioner of Chicago, vacationing. 

Dave Marx Is occupying the pent- 
house apartment. In the Boney. . 

Harry Richman has purchaised. 
Julius Fleishman's honio ob the 
bay front. 

Haxry Archer, Carver Pusey and 
Will B. Johnstone quartered out in 
Coral Gables. 

There are over three hundred 
thousand visitors ^in the greater 
Miami district, a record. 
. fhe Broadway boys are t|iklng 
the short end of the pilce-plcking 
Lbiighran to win on a decision. 

Ray Teal and orchestra, succeeded 
Ben' Bemie. at the Bonian Pools, 
with Joe . Lewis feature iattraction; 

Malone Bros., owners of Boman 
Pools, are. attempting to get re- 
financing fbr the .property before 
the receiver's sale. 

Childs restaurant is putting on a 
dance every night for Its patrons. 
No oover. Capacity, business with 
tiimaway Saturday nights. 
, Palm Beach aglow with Jewels as 
depres^on wanes, .Those seen 
wearing .-their famous stones include 
Mrs. James P. Donahue, Mrs. E. F. 
Hutton and Mrs. E. T. Stotesbury. 

The town Is overrun with speaks, 
most of which have a few games as 
an added attraction. Florida has no 
liquor enforcement law and. the 
state law forbids the sale of all 
spirita. 

Lillian Roth opened at Deauville 
Tacht Club as counter attraction to 
Sophie Tucker at Hollywood Coun- 
try Club. Both spots doing most 
of the business owing to game, at - 
tractiohiB. 



Hollywood 



Moe 'iSftckin in from Paris. 

Ruby Keeler back from N. T.. 

Carle Laemmle, Jr., back from the 
east; ' ' ' ' 

^tSte 'Rlohard Wallaces back from 
New;' Tor*!.' 

Richard- Arlen on. a , three -dfty 
ya'chtlnir<trip. • .-> 

J. J, Mllsteln back from M': T. 
code .'coh'fi^bs. 

Add ■ Itentucky colonels— -Jean- 
ette MacDonal.d. 

James Whale In from three-month 
trek, to England. 

Emily Fltzroy back from foUr 
years In London. 

Reginald Berkeley hat a bunga- 
low on the Fox lot. 

May Robson back In town aftfr 
her eastern personals. 

Marjorie Rambeau in from N. T; 
and talking new deals. 

Elizabeth Allen is getting pass- 
ports for a trip abroad. 

Ivan Kahn in 'larger quarters in 
the WB building on the boul, 

Len Powers, lenser, going in cos- 
TTnPtlc=bIz withr"Rixrhard=Ouesti^^=^=- 

Ida Luplfio and Elsie Ferguson, 
Jr., vacationing to Vancouver. 
' Daniel fleed running school' for 
young contract players at WB. 

George .Sidney throwing a party 
In honor of the L. Wolfe Gilbert's. 

Seymour Stem has complet-ed 
ff^-i-fpt of 'Pueblo' at Santa F*,J(r,,M. 

Jj^o Morrison has placed\Porter 

(Continued oh page 9i) 



62 



L ESQ HE 



f aesdaj, Febifuary 27, 1931 




CORSE PAYTON 

Corse Payton, 77y once one of the 
leaflint; Agures .in touring repertory 
and stock companies, died in Green - 
point liospltal; Brodklyn, Feb, 23. 
He had been ill since iearly Decem- 
ber. . 

Payton went on the stage at. the 
age o£ 16 .-with a company composed 
entirely of members of his own fam- 
ily. Later he assumed , the role of 
actor-manager, touring a repertory 
company, the chief attractloh 6f 



vaudeville and presently egtablished 
a music publislilng buglness in the 
Quaker city. When Frank Du- 
mont's death in 1919 threatened the 
closing of the last permanent home 
of minstrelsy, he took it oycir. The 
house was destroyed by fire in 1929. 
At the tirtie of his death he. wias 
heading a small minstrel company 
[through central. Pennsylvania. 



20. Survived hy his widow and two 
children. 

ALBERT H. T. BANZHAP 
Albert H. T. Banztaaf. who was 

16gal counsel to many thOatrical 
and picture people, Including D, W. 
Griffith, committed/ suicide In his 
Laircluinont home Fieb. 21. Ill health 
is ascribed as the cau^e of his act. 

He la survived by his. widow, 
three children, and a nephew. In- 
terment at Larchmohtt 



MADELIENE RYUEY 

Madeliehie Xiicette Ryley, 75, whb I 
which wks a gaudily" painted baig- [as Madellene Lucette wrote a iac^^^ 
gage car lettered ; 'Scenery .for jof successful plays in. the last two 
the^ Gorse Payton Players.* This 
cai: was always set but near the 
passenger dieppt and was a power- 



ful attraction in the small towns 
he i)layed; their theatres being but 
ypborly provided with stock scenery. 



decades of tliie 19th century, died in 
London Feb. 21, after a long ill-: 
I ness. 

Her . best .remembered plays .are: 
I 'An American Citizen' in which Nat 
|g. Gbodwyn starred and 'Chrlsto- 



MR8, HYMEN 8HENBERQ 

Mother of Mrs. Louis . B. Mayer, 
Mrs., Hymen Shenberg, 78, died iii 
Glendale;: Cal., Feb. 20 followin§r a 
long Illness. 

Mrs. Shehbergf was alsb the moth.; 
er of Mrs. Mayer, of Mrs. Nat Holt- 
man of . Santa Monica, Cal.^ and of 
Victor Shenberg, who lives; in Bos- 
ton; 



His success gave him the . money I pher, Jr.,' a vehicle for John Drew 
and the (confidence to invade the and MaUde Adams, then his leading 
larger towns, arid for years he was Kyomah. She -vyas married .to. John 
a matinee; idol at various Brooklyn H. Ryley, English comedian, and 
theatres,^ and for a time he also did originally -was a comic; opera com- 
well in Newark.' With his first wife, [edfenne. She was chiefly noted for 



JEttia Reed, he enjoyed enormous 
!poi)uiarlty, and at one time was 
reputed to be taking a prbflt of 
41100,000 a yean He; produced a, 
wide range of plays, arid when. Olga 
.NethersOle .ielectrlfled New Yorker? 
With 'SiaPPhO' Payton added a new 
first act to 'The Marble Heart' and , 
offered the. combination as' a ; new 
version of 'Sappho.' There was rio 
time to write a c6nii>lete play; 

The advent of the picture thea- 
tres was the first. blOw dealt the ac- 
tor. Later hd got into trouble with 
Equity' oyer a production of 'The 
Gorilla;' arid was suspended for a 
year. He made several tries to 
come back, and sought In vain to 
break into talking pictures. HO has 
been practically destitute for somd 
time. 

The late Tad Dprgan: once dubbed 
himi ^the best bad actor" arid he 
gloried in the distinqtion. If he 
..could not be the best at least being 
the worst was a distinction.. His 
style was the florid ranting of a 
Previous generation, but . was ac^ 
cepted as inspired work in the stook 
spots. He dressed in gaudy clothes^ 
and his daily strut on Broadwiay, 
.when time permitted, was always 
an event; 

He is surived by his second , wife, 
the former Henrietta Brown, by a 
nephew and his sister, Mrs. Marjt 



her clean, fast .comedies and oc- 
cupied . _a foremost position in her 
day. 



. R. L. aONES 

. R. Jj. Jones, art, exhibitor in Sari- 
ger, Texas, for 20 years, died sud- 
denly at Sanger Sunday, Feb; 11, 
of heart failure.'' 

FOr the liast .few months lie has 
been operating the Grayson In 
Sherman; Texas; for Penny Swet- 
coff. 



JOSEPH W, CONE 

Joseph W. Cone, 53, for many 
years in the theatre business, died 
last week in Rochester of hieart dis- 
ease,. At the time of his death he 
was manager of the Hotel -Warren 
in this' city. 

The greater part of his; life, howr 
ever, was devoted to the theatre; 
He came to Worcester In 1918 and. 
was successively manager of the 
Grand (now Poll's) and Plaza the- 
atres under the management of S. 
Z. Poll. 

He also engaged in the hotel busi- 
ness in Springfield and Washington, 
His widow, and two children sur- 
vive. 



DOROTHY G. HAMILTON 

Mrs. Dorothy Greathouse Hamil-. 
ton, .46, former member Of the Chi- 
cago Grand Oitera Co., died in. Lbs 
Angeles Feb 17, Leaiv.es her hus- 
band, James ' C. . Hamilton ; f atherj 
two sisters and one. brother. Burial 
Jat Glendale, Gal. 



Rosjenbhtt Urges La Guardia to Let 
Barley Theatres Do Own Censoring 



Biirlesqne ^cegieiils 

Chicago, feb. 26. 

Milt Schuster office, last week 
spotted Prances Parks In the i^aiace 
at Buffalo, Ednit Allen into jtlie Atr 
Ianta> Ga., and Joei Moss at t^e Va- 
riety, Pittsburgh. 

flo Drsike and Dot Dabneiy went 
to the Gayety In Milwaukee, wiiile 
the Garrick In St. Louis corralled 
Mildred Steele, Cell Von Dell and 
Elinpre Johnson. Billy Horan, 
MbllV Moran and Marguerite, went 
to the- Roxy, Cleveland, and the Star 
and Garter here drew Ada L<Bonard, 
Dorothy Deneese and Billy Baud. 
The .Empire, Toronto, got Frasier 
and Glandy, and the Eight Cherubs 
with the world's largest fan dancer.' 



TEXAS STATE LAW HAS 
NO INDECENCY CLAUSE 



MARIAN CAMPBELL 

Marian Campbell died Feb. 14 
following an operation for acute 
appendicitis.' 

She was the first wife of Douglas 
(Abe) Leavitt. 



WALLACE JACKSON 

Wallace Jackison, 78, died at the 
I Englewood (N. J.) home of the Ac- 
tors' Fund Feb. 21,. as the result 
I of an accident , about , six . months 
|ago. 

He made his stage debut in 1881 



GEORGE L. GUETIG 

George L. Giuetlg,. yeteran min-r 
strel and Shakespearean actor, died 
in Syracuse last week from a heart 
.attack that followed a hip fracture 
in a fall. 



CHARLES DOISEAU 

Charles Doiseau, 60, fpr many 
years electrician iat Loew's State, 
New Orleans, died February 23 fol; 
lowing a short lUness. , He Is suT- 
with Mrs. W. J; Florence, and had | yivied by a wife and two children, 
played with many leading stars. 



He was with Maude Adams in the 
original prodiiction of 'Peter Pan' I 
aild In 'The Little Minister.' His I 
nepnew ana^^is sisier, isars. mary . , appearance was in 1923 in 'Will 
Spconer, mother of Cecil, and Ednd I g^^j^g^Jg^j.^ , | 

Survived by his son, Wallace, Jr. I 



May .Spooner» both strong stock, 
company favorites In. their heyday. 

Interment was in Centerville, 
Ohio. 



Grandmother of Fay Webb Vallee, 
Mary Wells Webb, 80, died at Santa 
Monica, Ca.lif., Feb. 19. 

Alien Talent 



Dallas, 

A supposedly big 'catch' in in- 
decency fizzled here when a state 
court discovered it had not one iota 
of law to quote tO the Joy burlesk 
house, arraigned by the d.a.' office 
for allegedly iinmorai shows. Now 
it's up to the city again to censor 
and pinch, but the town's protesting 
ladles were told by city manager 
Edy such action would be- delegated 
to tho poiicO' \H0 greatly disfayors 
spending extra dough , f or ' a special 
censqr board* Backing him Is Karl 
Hoblitzelle, heiad of the Interstate. 
Circuit, Inc., who- has already 
pledged fullest co-operation In 
keeping his end of the boulevard 
in the safety zone. 

Joy got much; sympathy from the 
scribes, who couldn't figure why a 
IBrcent house' has to be the goat 
for a ifew wriggles not exclusive tp 
its own chorus. 



Storm Havoc 



(Continued froin page,.2) 



RUPERT RICHARDS 

Rupert Richards; owner of a 
string of theatres in Louisiana, Mls- 
sissippij Alabama and Florida, died 
Sunday mprriing (25) at Covington, 
La., after a lengthy illness. 

Mr. Richards was the younger 
brother of the nationally known E, 
V. Richards, head of the Saenger 
Circuit, and himself controlled 14 
houses/ most of which were along 
the Gulf coast. Rupert Richards, 
although a cripple for years, drove 
his car regularly over his entire clr 
cuit and carried It along profitably 
even through the depression 



'any 



A. L. REHM 

A. L. Rehm, age 70, died Monday, 
Feb. 12, at his home In Dallas, 

the Crescent at Garland, Texas. 
The Rehm family moved to Dal 



(Continued from page 66) 
I cansf can't be fourid to play 



down they couldn't get word through 
to New York and when finally going 



should make a big appropriation 

engage Prof. George Baker to 

las seveiv years ago and bought the I develop natiVe talent. 
Re-Nile theatre on Knox street Against Singers, Too 

Previously they had operated three Legialation putting up bars 
theatres In Kansas. Funeral serv- against more foreign singers was 
ices were held Thursday In Baxter requested by Mr. Krlstow, speaking 



Springs, Kansas. 



WiLLlAM J. ROWAN 

William James Rowan, master elec- 
Itrician, for the past 12 yearis at 
the Earle theatre, Philadelphisi, 



.died Feb. 8 after a short illness. 
Dyring recent months and because ^a.s due to a heart affliction 

of his illness, Gaston Dureau, of the I ^g^^jj^^^ ^^^^ gassed over- 

Saenger chain, has been booking his |ggj^g ^^^^ ^^^^^-^ Engineers. He 



theatres. He lived at Bay St. Louis, 
Miss., his home being directly across 
the street f irom E^mwopd_Manor(_the 
country, eState of B. " V. Richards 
Love of the brothers for each other 
was admirable, especially in this 
day ana time. 



was a member of J. Barrie Post of 
tha Legion and of the lATSE. 

Survived by his widow;, the fpr^ 
mer Nellie Deane, comedienne. 



I for the Grand Opera Choral Alliance, 
who said thie Dicksteln bill would 
'be a blessing.' Krlstow said the 
vogue for foreign singers has re- 
sulted In reduced fees until Ameri- 
cans 'are wage ethers— we don't 
receive salaries any more.' Chisel- 
ing producers force resident choral 
singers to accejpt th^lr terms by 
threatening to bring in foreign tal- 
ent, he charged. 



with prints for Long Isliand towns, 
it had been snowed under. It wasn't 
found until the snow melted off 
Thursday (22). 

As a result, Par bicycled i)rints 
between houses. This company was 
more fortunate in its Albtiny and 
Buffalo territories. The exchange 
bookers, at those points closely 
watch shippers' reports and when 
a storm may be on the way they, 
get features out In advance. Same 
is true of New England, where Par 
also ships pretty ihuch in advance 
instead of working prints .closely 
as other companies do. 

Mlssouts occurred just the samei 
with all companies, especially, where 



Written statements in opposition exchanges carry a nominal number- 
were ftled by -Max Gordon, Margaret I bf prints, arid keep ithem working 
iftewes, thet Hays organization, the [steadily ,to close in. orie. town .at; 
League of New Torlc Theatres, Eva night and open elsewhere the next; 
LeGallienne, and a group of noted | day. 



National Recovery Administration 
has made public a telegram sent by 
Deputy Adniinlstrator Sol Rosen* 
blatt to Mayor LaGuardia of ^eW 
York, In which hie urges , the Mayor 
to .perihit the burlesque theatreis t* 
demontstrate wiiat they cian do witi 
self-cerisorshlp. 

This proposition was hiade f ol« 
lowing a sin>ilar action in the cas« 
of the picture jiroducers, thia .idea 
being that If the iself-lmposed clean- 
up should prove ineffective, th» 
NRA can step in;. 

Text of the telegram : 

Dear Miayor LaGuardia: I ami 
happy to advise you of the.fpllow- 
Ing wire whi.ch 1 have Just re- 
ceiyed from, the National Bur^r 
lesque Association of America,' 
which has proposed :a code of fair 
. competftion for the burlesque the- 
atrical industry which Is now be- 
ing revised ..aihd will undoubtedly 
in the very near future become 
effective;. 'Burlesque theatre .op- 
erators of Greater New York have 
determined to adopt self govern^ 
ing censorship methods how i' 
yogue in the mottoh picture indus- 
try. Towards that end ..they have 
selected me to head censorship 
committee, and in . such capacity 
have conferred with Commissioner 
of Licenses Moss, and have as- 
sured him that burlesque theatres 
desire to co-operate fully with the 
LaGuardia administration and 
Will preserit only such productions 
which administrative authorities 
approve of. 

'May I emphasize the foljowing 
facts relative to the burlesque in- 
dustry of New York? Seven thea- 
tres are now operating in the 
greater city alone. Directly and 
indirectly they afford a livelihood 
to at least a thousand persons per 
theatre. During, the entire period 
of depression ' four theatres in 
Greater New York were operated 
62.weeks of the year, a record un- 
equaled in any other branch of the 
theatrical industry when consid- 
ered proportionately to the num- 
ber of theatres operated. 

.'The code submitted and about 
to be adopted for the burlesque 
theatrical industry contains pro- 
visions wholly approved of by or- 
ganized labor. .In view of tho 
above statements, I request you to 
communicate with Mayor La-. 
Guardia and assure him Of our. 
wholehearted Intentions to fully 
co-operate with; his administra- 
tion, so that the' theatres present- 
ing burlesque In New York, may 
continue to entertain tens of thou- 
sands ,of bur . best citizens and ex- 
tend a Hying to thousands of other 
men and women as part of One of 
great branches of the contempo- 
rary theatre. (Signed) I. H. Herk, 
president National Burlesque As- 
sociation of America, Inc., Strand 
Theatre Building,. New York City.' 

In my opinion this evidences a 
proper and constructive method 
of procedure,, and I .heartly. ap- 
prove of the co-operation prom- 
ised to your administration by 
this industry. 

'Sincerely yours, 
'(Signed) Bol A, Rosenblatt, 
'Division Administrator, Div. 6, 
National Recovery Adminis- 
tration.' 



SIR EDWARD ELGAR 

Sir Edward Elgar, 77, cohsldei-ed I -vvprks and City Sealer, established 
as one of the greatest of the Eng- his first house, the Ker'nan, a quar- 
lish compolsers, died at his home in U^]. century ago and later operated 



JAMES 4ERNAN 

James Jeri>an, Pioneer ^Syracus^.j p^^^^J^^^ including 

xr d jjyggj^g. O'Neill, Elmer Rice and 
Ciiarles MacArthlir 

Hays' View 
The MPPDA brief emphasized 



exhibitor, died laist week. Kernan, a 
former Commissioner of Public 



Wovcfstcr, England, Feb. 23. HeUhe; gtarland, Capitol, Liberty, arid that 'personalities make motion pic 



had; been ill since last October,' fol- 
lowing an operation. For the past 
13 years he has been in virtual re- 
tirement following the death ojf his 
wife. 

His best known composition Is 



Burnet Park; At time of death he 
still owned and operated the Ker- 
nan, Capitol and Liberty. 



DANIEL PROTHARVE 

Daniel Prbtharye,. 67, Chicago 
'Pomp and Circumstance,' though j choral conductor and composerrdied 
by no means the most important, here Feb; 26 of heart, trouble, 
and he is favorably known, as al jn addition to his work In Chi 
writer .of sacred music and ora- 1 cago, he annually conducted .the fes- 
torio. He was repeatedly favored I tival at Harlech castle, Wales, de 
with royal, honors, culminating in I voted to the prieservatlon of Celtic 
his ftp'polnitment as Master of the | airs 
King's Musick, corresponding to the 
--^position, of Poet Laureate. 



EMMETT J. WELSH 

Bmmett J. Welsh, 64, one of the 
last ;of the old-time stars of rinin 
strelsy, died in FhlladOlphia Feb. 20 
of paralysis. He had been stricken 
In Gettysburg, about 100 miles dls 
.tant> and was hurried to Phlladel 
phia in compliance with his request. 



tureis, and added»that any restric- 
tion on development of new talent, 
either foreign or native,' places a 
handicap oni the industry which will 
Jeopardize the livelihood of thou 
sands of American workers.' 

The motion picture , -industry is 
international in iacope, with the 
American producing companies 
practically controlling the finest pic 
tures,' the Hays argurhient said, 
'We cannot hope to imaintaln the 
preeminent position of this Ameri 
can Industry In foreign lands with 

out foreign talent.^ _ 

"KemtfrkTninaat^^be Titnesg^ 



^ _ _CLARENC,E_PHjL1P 

Clarence Philip, 64, ^'director »f 
the Troy, N. Y., Conservatory of [artist for a film part, or the genius 



Fox's New Haven branch, oni 
Tuesday (20), was unable to ; ship 
out more than 60% of Its shows; 
according to the exchange, manager^ 
who was iri .New York on top of 
the storm, ■ but generally the' 
branches grappled . with th<B sltua 
tion themselves. R(bport to home 
offices will, not be made before 
more definite computation of the 
blizzard's toll can foe arrlyed at. 

Most film In the east and New 
England Is moved by truck instead 
of by express.: Seyerity of the storm 
was such that even trains couldn't 
get through and in many .distant 
poihtf^ Up in northern New England 
theatres were left high and dry! 
with films on engagement when the 
storm' broke. These were either re 
taihed or theatres were closed 



LETTERS 

IVheh Sending tor Mall to 
VABIETS Address UaU Clerk.. 
P0STCARO6, AOVEBTISIMO or 
CIRCCLAR . LETTBB8 WIU. NOl 
BE ADVEBTISED 
LETTEBS ADVBBnSED IK 
ONE ISSUE ONLY 



Sflake F C 

DeGlehh Mary 
DIGatano Amelia 

Oreenwald - Joseph 

Herla Hafold 



Kingston Greta 

Xieonard. T^eon 

Mlerse Walter 

Nawroit Harriett 
Pullman K(^te 



DOROTHEA ANTEL 

St6 W. 78d St.. New York City 
Mj New Assortment ol 0BEEf1N(l 
CARDS Is Now Ready. SI BeanUfol 
CARDS and FOLDERS. Boxed. Post« 
paid, for 



Music,: died "Feb. 20. He was con- 
ductor of the Troy YMCA orches- 
tra, one of the oldest musical ag- 
gregations In the United States. 



of a director, can be proved only 
after filming hatj been completed, 
the Hays group warned that the 
Dicksteln bill 'makes the impractic- 
able proposition that a producer 
must prove . In adyance the sound 



• RALPH STOVER 

Balph Stover, 34, a «a^u1»r of the I ness of his Judgment and subject 

^'startin^ M a church choir sWerj Herald -E^^^^ staff in Los An- expert judgment to the ffjisorHhlp 
In the early 90?s, he later turned to ' grloK, died at Pasnd^na. Gal., Feb. |of Inexpert opinion,' 



I N'S T I T U T I 0 N 



t N.T K K N A T I O If A L B 



Shoes for the S^^g^ S^^eet 

SHOWFOI^K'S SHOSSHOP-^ISSS BROADWAY 



Tuesday, February 27, 1934 



¥ D O O R S 



VARIETY 



63 



C H A T T E 




16 



(Continued from page 61) 
Hall and. Roberta Beatty un 
wihff. ' ,. 

Crelghtori Chaney's champ Dober-. 
man visited by • $tprk loaded witli 
10 pups. 

Irving Starr returns to the agency 
biz as associate: with the Al King- 
ston office. 

Peggy Wood gives: Hollywood the 
go-by and takeis a suitie in a Pasa^ 
dena hotel. 

Dorothj^ Lamdur,. with Herbie 
Kay's bajid In Denver, in.for a quick 
Warners test. 

Eric Alexander Is operating a 
floor show in the basement of the 
Hotel Christie. 

Jean Harlow hgcrprinted by 
Pasadena police to vaJdate. her act* 
Ing chief's appointment. 

Lioraine J23ddy (^Mrs. Douglas M.ac- 
Lean) rettirnihg to pictures with 
new tag, Loraine MacLean. 

Bertha Jancke, until ; recently 
fashion editor in Fox publicity, lias 
gone to Col. in same capacity. 

C, J.. (Sallant haq been appointed 
chief aide tO; Jvidge, Ben liindsey; 
NBA official on labor compliance. 

Peter Ermatlnger- and the. missus', 
Gertrude Stanton,, becanie God- 
parents to Jay Shreck's daughter. 

Agnes De Mille,. daughter of Wil- 
liam C, returhihg fi'bm London , in 
April. Will da a dance in 'Cleopatra,'; 

Bob Kerr has couple of more-pic- 
ture bookings on tap for 6ene Aus- 
tin a,nd his aiides, Candy and Coco. 

Robert Young negotiated' to buy 
a house in Beverly Only. to. find it 
was owned by his agent.. Nat Gbld- 
stone. 

Mr?. Rube Goldberg being partled: 
by the Ned Marins, Ben Goetz's, 
Jack Warners arid- Harry Beau- 
monts. 

'Kiissell Mack has begged off from 
Metro until script l;s ready on' Tish.'' 
Can take other jobs pending return 
to meg pic. . .. > 

Emmett Schoehbaum, Fox. stlllr 
man, is. recovering from fractured 
ribs suffered while on location alt 
kernville; Cal. 

Ann ftyorak and .Leslie FeritOn 
enrolling in bacteriology course at 
U. S. C. as foundation for advanced, 
iab experimenting. •. 
. Harvey Perry recovered Carole; 
Ix>Tnbard'^S liurse at Catalina; Island, 
from 80 feet of aqua. Received 
felicitations and two bruised pegs. 
. A note oif appreciation on .Mark 
Twain's .calling cayd sent back 
stage, to' iSdwin Booth,, has been 
Added to Harold Lloyd's coUectlpn 

Judgment of $367> tor unpaid 
grocery bill ' ' has been entered' 
against Hoot- Gibson in the L.A 
Municipal court by a jyroduce comr 
pany. 

; Betty. Mace, sec. to Jules Furth 
man at M^M,. honeyniooning , with 
Orville" . 'ftedi'. Ruthven of MGM 

. sound . dept. Bride is Loretta 

-.Young's cousin. 

Francis Lederer pulled a split, 
second scram . from the EI Capitan 
to American Legioni hall i to give the 
LegionnaireSi . the lowdown on his 

^^.orld peace plan. 

Charging failure to . turn over 
monies' collected for* him, Barry 
Trivers, writer, has filed suit . in 
Municipal Court against David Kay, 
his agent. Asks for $560. 



Players will guarantee to\xf weeks 
to. Barry Jones ari.d Maurice Coir 
bourne in repertoire, after that 
iJrbadway.- nose-dive; \ 

The Kerby . Hawkes production of 
Theodox'a,' Avhlch took n split-week 
brodie on Broadway, was backed by 
the local Mrs. Jbiin Agnew, socialite 
sister . of Joe MilWar who is 
Hawkes' best friend. 



Toronto 



Dong English to the 'Globe.* 
N. L. Nathanson to Florida for a 
month. 

J. J, (FP-Can> Fitzglbbon to 
Jamaica. 

The Patricia Quinn in 'Tobacco 
Road' is a local. 

That Paul Whiteman. engagement 
at Massey Hall is off. 

Loew's spot to be closed shortly 
for .a.:$lBO.O.OO. renoyatibn, . 

Ernie (Empire Films) Guyer used 
to plaly sheriff Toles in serials.. 

There are three known Mae Wests 
In town but only one is a blonde. 

Sammy Wilson off the hotel . beat 
t asst. city-ed of the 'Telegram.* 

Maurice Schwartz still dickering 
with the Royal on percentages for a 
•Yoshe Kalbe* engagement. 

Amos 'h' Andy, laying in a stock 
of English sOcks; shoes and shirts 
but cravats musi be French, 

Manning (Skimpy) Shore of the 
Standard Theatre and the beauteous 
Lorna. Lane in a taxi smash. 

Helena Rubinstein bringing up 
that ' collection of voodoo gods and 
death masks on' her next visit here. 

Representatives of 'Pageant of a 
People' dickering with the Maple 
Leaf ,(?arden owners for a date at 
$5 top. 

Changing policy at the Empire 
now has the house a- burley spot 
'With Rube Bernstein backing the 
project. 

Roland (Mail & Empire) Young 
reddening at reminders lie jpredicted 
"Shining--Holir»- wouldn't=last' a -week 
on Booadway. 

Rumors on the curb that Billy 
Bissett and his band Will be ousted 
from the Royal York aria denied by 
the managertent. 

Engagement of Ted Shawn 'and 
his dancing men has meant a spurt 
for the male dance classes con- 
ducted by Sada Gerrard, Mai^ Wig- 
man protegee. 

To open the old Tictorla, Famoofl 



By Mabei 1 homas 



Mr. and Mrs. Otis Skinner here 
for a month,; 

Merna Loy at the Royal: Hawaiian 
for ten days. ■: ' 

Margaret L. Smith .back from 
New York buying trip. 

John Jacob Asto'r also a layover 
visitor, enroute to" Orient; 

Jack Gilbert and his physician at 
the Royal for. an indefinite stay. 

Alice White and husband,. Cy • 
Bartlett, :exp6cted here • next month. " 

S. Sawamura, Japanese theatre 
owner here, leiEiytng for a six months 
trip. ' 

Ez.I. Parker making a second trip 
to Japan, to siecure Oriental book- , 
ings. 

Larry Belli^, orchestra leader, and 
Dorothy Biauckhahi, were married 
Feb. 14. 

Fred Williariis from 
Frisco,, for Cd.nspli yearly 
meeting. 

Liberty Theatre reopened and 
showing Jsipanese.Alms. House for- 
rnerly had stock. 

Johiiny Noble, celebrating his 
sixteenth year as Hawaiian com- 
poser, at the Princess theatre. .. 

Lester Sechrist and Ruth Andrew, 
member^ of the Marcus troupe, en 
route ;t'6 Japan,., were married on 
board the S, S. Asams Muru, by 
Capt. Ito. 

Fred Jiay Lucas, formerly stock 
manager at Modesto, and the past 
five years conhectejl with K;G.M.B. 
as radio announcer here, dropped 
dead Feb. 12. 

Chris ' Holmes returned to his 
Walkiki .estate last week, and is 
building a hunting preserve on an 
island recently, leased from the 
Government on the other side of this 
island. 



that be would want on a show. 
Rather the systeni is for the 
booker to make known to his 
agents the type of act required, 
and to listen to oral proposals 
from his agents. 

The William Morris Agency fur- 
ther' gives warning to all vaude- 
ville actors to avoid and refuse 
any consideration of the proposed 
authorization as i)roposed by the 
National Asisoclation of ' Theatrical 
Artists Representatives. 

It is a definite fact that the well 
established and recognized vauder 
ville actor, as. well as . the head- 
liner and box office attraction, w'lH 
certainly not ensliave- himself to 
such an uneiqultable dpctinieht. 



Store Shows Jam Loop 
For Sure-Fire Ex 




Code of Ethics 



( Continued ' fi:d!in . page 48) 
actor of his financial reliability 
to meet any default in 'his guar- 
antee. 

Furthermore, iinder the author- 
Izatioh proposed by the National 
Association Of Theatrical Artists 
Representatives, the artist woiiild 
tie himself up to .aix agent for an 
indefinite period, and that this 
authorization can. only be ean- 
celled by the artist making cbm-^ 
plaint .before a bo£u:d of arbitra- 
tion. 

, Actor's Rights 

The -Morris Agency maintains 
that the vaudeville actor at all 
times must retain the right and 
privilege to change his agent as 
often as he wishes, providing: the 
discharged agent is paid for ser- 
vices rendered and for contracts 
and negotiations secured for the 
future, same to be paid when ar- 
tist plays the future engagement 
ref erred, to. 

-Furthermore, the Morris Agency ' 
maintains that th6 vaudeVlUe ac- 
tor has the right and privilege to 
have more than one agent at the 
same time, providing each agent 
he engages represents him in a, 
specified field, as it is known, and 
understood that not more than one 
agent can represent the sarrie actor 
ait the same • time in the same 

-booking office. > - , 

Furthermore, the Morris Agency 
maintains that the vaudeville ar- 
tist has a right to appoint any- 
one .'whom • he. sees fit to repre- . 
sent him In his booking negotiia.- 
tions, And that, under the pro-, 
posed code oi ethics of the Na- 
tional. Association of Theatrical • 
Artists Representatives, the 
. vaudeville actor would be prohib- 
ited from this privilege by the 
Clause demanding a five-year ap-. 
prentlceship on the part of a new- 
comer to the vaudeville field of 
artists' representatives. . The Mor- 
ris Agency . maintains that the 
vaudeville field of artists' repre^- 
sentatives is, and shoUld .be, open 

to any man . or woman who chooses 
to make it his or her profession. 
Success^ in this field can be ob- 
tained by xSapablllty, . hard work, 
honesty, loyalty, and intelligence, 
and this .field should not be closed 
to . ambitious men and women. 

Furthermore, the proposed Na- 
tional Association of Theatrical 
Artists Representatives proposes 

^a^eall=Board'"through=whlch^book»^^ 
ers and mana.gers can secure the 
names of representatives repre- 
senting a desired actor. This pro- 
posal and idea is absurd for the 
reason that It requires all the . 
energy and tim^ any agent pos- 
sesses to Jbook his artist, and that 
Xt necessitates daily pushing and 
plugging, and that, furthermore, 
m only the rarest occasions will 
ft t>6oker think of a specific aot 



Salary Findings 

((Continued froth page 6) 
to reward their big shots while the 
indies istuck to the.. Idea . of a flat 
salary with nbthihg on the .side; 
Some of the leading salaries for last_ 
year, in 'nearly all cases somewhat 
below the 1928 -rZS leVel, but still 
relatively high, were Nlchplas M, 
Schehck, |33,800| Arthur M. Lpew. 
$155,500; Louis E, Mayer, $84,500; 
Irving Thalberg, $135,200; J. Rpb- 
ert Rubin, $57,460; Felix F. 
$55,125,'! ■'■ 

Rehri^w (partnership of three 
Warner Brothers), $200,000; Abel 
Ciaiy Thomas of Warhef^,' $130,000: 
il. S. Baresford, $19;685. 

Harry Cohn of Columbia, $14S,- 
600; Jack Cohn. $83,26b. 

Sidney R; Kent, $60,060; Winnie 
Sheehan,' $250,000; Carl Laemmle, 
$146,000; R. H. Cochrane, $26,000; 
David Sarnoff, $37,'740; Harold . B, 
Franklin, $60,420; B. B. Kahahe, 
$46,858. 

ig Busi 

. The. .pea,k years were 1928 and 
1929 when bonuses were Immense 
and stock dividends, along with 
percentages, swelled many a, top 
exec's income Into tfaie six^flgure 
group: Major interest attached to 
MGM's return, which explained 
that Mayer, Thalberg and J. Robert 
Rubin receive a 20% interest In 
firm's profits under a . partnership 
contract originally negQtia,ted be 
tweeh Louis B'; Mayer -Pictures and 
Metro; in return for this percentage, 
trip turned over business, good will 
and other . assets Including valu- 
able cbntfacts with stars, directors, 
etc, 

Report ezplalnedithe profits pay 
mient io Mayer-Rubin- Thalberg 
ranged aS follows: . 1928, $1,060,848; 
1929, 11,755.723;: 19B0, $2,212,889; 
1931. $1,748,786; .1932. $922,141. Sala- 
ries brought these figures much 
higher eia'ch year and in 1932. when 
profits were less than a million, trio, 
received total - comipenisati On of 
$1,333,576. 

Noteworthy fact was that MGM, 
Loew's and Paramount did .. not 
report net income for any of. the 
years. 

Report also snowed that assets of 
all reporting' companies, with sole 
exception of Universal, are rated 
much higher In 1932 than they were 
before the depresh. Warner's assets 
went up over $2,600,000; Fox, $40,- 
000,000: RKO, $25,000,000; Par, 
$35,000,000; Columbia, $3,600,000; 
Loew's, $16,000,4)00, and MGM, 
$5,000,000. Unlversal's as^eta dropped 
from $20,475,220 in 1928 to $14,141,460 
in 1932. 

Claims, of William Fox that, he 
derived no isalary from Hi's gTgantlc 
holdings were, partially substantiat- 
ed by Fox Film report, which listed 
his totail compensation — not includ- 
ing stock dividends — at $80 in 1928. 
-Harley Lr- ClarkOr • leiader . of grbup 
which, with Wall Street aid ab- 
sorbed FoX; holdings, drew $500 In 

1931. Saul E. Rpgers-r-attprney ■ ac- 
cused by F6±^knocked down $40,000 
m 1928 and |40,000 In 1931. 

WInfield R. Sheehan was rated at 
$44,999 in 1928; $129,747 In 1929; 
$469,666 in 1930; and $269,797 in 

1932. Jack Leo also jumped .rapidly 
from $37,640 in 1928 to $5161000 in 
1930. 

Bob Cochrane slumped from 
$35,000 in 1929 to $26,000 In 1932; 
Carl Laeromie rose from $132,000 In 
1929 to $166,000 in 1933. John Hertz, 
chairman of 1 ara Finance Com., in 
1932 knocked down $97,065. Adplph 
Zukor slumped from $372,389 to 
$96,031; Sam Katz from $297,911 to 
$75,392, 

In 1932. Par paid Emanuel dohen 
$173,142;. Eugene Zukor,. $25,663; 
While In 1929, Jess.e Lasky had re- 
ceived $372,389 and Sidney Kent 
$297,9 11.. ,.^Par:irep oi^^.exp l^ 
salary ..paym'^nts being made- from 
Para-Publlx earnings In 1932. 

Harry M. Warner and j, L. War-' 
ner drew compensation hniich like 
the MGM trio, payments being to 
Renraw, Inc., under agreement of 
1929 covering six yearis employment 
at $10,000 a week, plus liberal stock. 
Renraw, in 1929, received $(320,000 
and In 193d was 1 ted for $260,000. 



OUTDOOR CODE SESSION 
NOW SET FOR MARCH 12 



Washington, Feb., 26, 
Further . pbstpphemerit of fre- 
quently delayed resumption' of 
hearings .on NRA .code fpr amiise- 
nierit. parks,, pools arid beaches was 
ordered, last ,w!eek. No date has! 
been , set, but if arrangements can 
be made sessions wili reconvene 
during week of March 12: 

Originally scheduled for Feb. l4, 
re.sumption of Interrupted hearings 
later was put. oyer to March . l2 to: 
permit. ISTRA to make complete 
exariiination pif questipnriaires sent 
but to entire industry. Gen. Hugh 
Jphrispn's general order caneelling 
all hearings between Feb. .27 arid 
March: 8 latest postpone- 

ment. 



Loiidon Fair ^Elects 

London, Can,, F"eb.- 26; 
At the ual meeting of the 
Western Fair Association, siecond: 
iargest in .Canada, J. H- iSaunders 
W.as re-elected president .for 1934 
along with the complete slate of 
1933 'of fleers . and directors. 

It was ahnpimced that.; the board 
wound up lOiZ with an operating 
deficit of $6,172.02. and with a de-: 
crease of almost 20,000 admissions 
last yean 



THE tERRlftLE TURK 

(Coritiriued from' page 54) 

Community Playhouse here, produc- 
tion was way over-length, but left 
small doubt of its -Broadway possi-> 
bilities. It's smart comedy, with. the 
entire actibp taking place back of 
the frpnt curtain in a N. Y. theatre, 
and revealing Mr.,.T.urk asj an ege- 
tlstical, Ill-riftannered, self -centered 
iridiyidual who believes his mission 
is to. produce the better things of 
the theatre and who doesn't give a 
tinker's darn as to what audiences 
might think. 

Play, is essentially a one-character 
yarn, with Vincent Sherman playing 
the role of ' Turk and giving- a sterr. 
ling performance that not pnly rings 
true hilt also reveals him as one of 
the mOst uniqiig type actors of the 
current stage. a 

A strong cast lends excellent. sup- 
port, with several names standing 
out prominently; among them Rose- 
mary DeCamp, Sheila Manners arid 
Williarii Barclay. : Miss Mannbrs is 
making, her first aftraight legit ap- 
pearance, and giv^s promise of .de- 
veloping into a Worthwhile jjerson- 
ality. Although a bit weak In a, few 
cot her scenes at tprilght's preriilerei 
on the whole she acquitted herself 
very capably. 

Miss DeCamp . plays an exotic, 
temperamental' star, giving a , flaw- 
less performance and .Indicating a 
wise choice for the part. Barclay's 
interpretation of the author- is a bit 
exaggerated, but he . turns In a cred- 
itable and altogether satisfying. per- 
formance. Richard Abbott is hard- 
ly convincing as the hardboiled 
company manager, and some of the 
other characters could be improved 
upon, but cast as a whole is accept- 
able.. 

Story revolves around the ego, 
ruthlessness, whims and moods of 
Turk. He's the type, of producer 
who thinks nothing of calllnjg Plf a 
play on the eve of production, re 
gardless of the week? of rehearsing 
and near-starvation of .his cast 
Flushed with several successes, he 
cannot face a possible failure. On 
the eve of producing his newest 
play, which, Barclay, as Anthony- 
Todd has authored, Turk throw.s up 
the sponge and does a fadeout when 
Malllia Leigh (Miss DeCamp), his 
star, quits, and another actor, capa^ 
bly played by Loui.«5 DeVole, tries 
suicide because of Turk's. brutalities. 

Miss . Mannors . as Sybil A«h has 
preyipu'sly sold herself " to Turk by 
her nerve, and persistence, and when 
the producer walks, persuades her 
Wealthy aunt to buy the piece from 
Turk's rtianagar for 25 G's. Notified 
at sea of the sale, Turk beats it back 
and just^ before, curtain time at- 
tempt.i to halt production. He ca- 
pitulates when the girl shows up his 
ego and weakness. 

Play, naturally, is a howling suc- 
cess; 'Sybi) tears up the purchase 
contract before the news that Turk 
Is Out becoriics known, and aftf-r 
turning down the crestfallen ■ pro- 
jiucBJE's=ioiIej^.£^=mam:iage'v=hecausc. 
she says she would be afraid to trust 
herself to his lll-toriiper, .leaves him 
flat. At curtain hp is Ju.«5t a big boy 
phoning to his riiolht-r apologfti'-aUy 
he'll be home to dinner the follow- 
int? night. 

Play can- ea,<^ny stand 25 to „!'> 
min.s. cutting, hut. bnre It's hocn 
whipped into .shapt' oii.crht to he 
.siirt'fii'o for \visn old .Ilrofvlwiiy. 
Production Is adequate. '' " 



Chicago, 

Store shows and pitchmen are 
scrambling into town trying to get 
prize locatlpi.s to be in time for the 
big hustie of the 1934 Fair season. 
Animal .shows, medicine shows, 
freaks and flea circuses have filled 
every empty store in and around 
the loop arid the alleys are craniped 
space to. make room for the pitchr 
men .' who axe working on each side 
pt the alley. 

Plenty of fern me. flesh around in 
the store spots. However, strange- 
ly enough, are not trying any of 
tbe f an . dancer . stuff . because of the 
overdose of fariners in tpwji for 
the past year. Pi-actlcally every 
store show with femni'e displays 
have gorie back to. the 18i93" era with 
the hula iand >he nautch sex appeal,' 
No' stripiiJing or teasing but plenty 
of the good old- fashioned hip grind- 
ing and bumps. 

It's IOC .admission all the way 
along' thpugh a cpuple of spots .are 
able to take an extra diijie or nickel 
away -from the chumps with addii 
tlonal come-on and build-up for 
•men orily' . ibts, , iBut this Is .rare, 
with few of tlie spots wllli 
riisk tfiis' time; 

Competi 

That . iriiie .admlsb,. however. Is 
causing plenty of hpwllng ampng 
the regular .picture and burley 
houses . down on the lower end; of 
the loop. Burley spots with . 
25c minirinum are . finding they can't 
keep up with the IpWrnut, ;.lpw-ad-. 
mission come-on of the store show 
outfits. In . most cases it's just to 
get out of the cold for the custom- 
ers but that coin in going to the 
store, shows nevertheless' arid that's 
where, the rub comes. 

Burley siiots are all blamlrig In 
the ciirrent brutal trade at. their 
houses . on this low cost competi- 
tion. Most of the. boys know what 
they'rie going to see at the burlesque 
spots because they've- seen the show 
plenty ' times before. The store 
shows are novelties arounid here 
agalh and they, are getting that 

play. 

' Animal jshows are starving 
throughout the town* 'even with 
medicine tie-ups and all these stores 
aire eyeing around for new Wrinkles. 
And all are deciding that the new- 
est angle is the . oldest one, plenty 
of femme display, 



BIGGER AND FEWEB 

Albany, Feb. 26. 

Bigger and fewer county fairs 
with greater attractions were urged 
by Charles A. Baldwin, . New York 
state commissioner of agriculture 
and markets, in addressing the New 
York State Association of Agricul- 
tural Societies, which had its an- 
nual convention Monday (19) and 
Tuesday (20) in Albany. Baldwin, 
urging conelplidatlon of the smaller 
fairs, pointed out that many have 
faced deficits in the past; 

Association elected the following 
officers: President, Xewis .K. Rocke- 
feller; first vice-president, David 
Miller; secpnd vice-president, Ja- 
cob C. Newman; secretary, G. W. 
Harrison of Albany, re-elected, and 
treasurer,. William E. Pearson of 
Ithaca, re-elected. 



H-W PABADE BACK 

Fort Wayne, Feb.. 26, 
The old-time circus parade with 
band and Ibads of flash ballyhoo is 
to be resumed this year, according 
to advance men for Hagehbeck- 
Wallace show, who stopped off here 
for a short time. Parades were 
abandoned by the circus In 1926, 
because they were conslderexl an 
extra expci^se and were losing 
favor; Now oflicials deem it the 
ripe moment to revive the former 
fanfare -with, special flourishes. 
The regular pageant which has. al- 
■ways been a highlight will also he 
given added attention this coming 
season. 



iCE BEVUE 

Burlihgton/ Vt., Feb. 26, 
Lynn E. Hill, for many yeni-s a 
fancy skater connected wttli the 
Ncw— Y-ork ^. Hipp od rome,„ha.«i_ sta rted 



something new In winter show busi- 
ness for New England. Lyriri has 
organized a band of ten girls and 
Is playing winter carnival date.s as 
a revue. GirKs do fancy skating and 
line routine on skates. 

Hill work.s single for fancy skat- 
ing and douliJf.s witli one of the 
girls for acrobatic; numbers. Show 
runs about 54 minutes. 



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